Healthcare procedure and resource scheduling system
First Claim
1. A radiology resource monitoring system, comprising:
- at least one repository including, data identifying scheduled procedures, data identifying room and equipment availability and data identifying healthcare worker availability;
a tracking unit for monitoring patient status including progress of patient procedures and patient arrival; and
an information management processor for updating a task schedule of a healthcare worker in response to a change in patient status indicated by said tracking unit and in response to data derived from said at least one repository.
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Abstract
A User Interface system provides a physician with a user-friendly overview of operational and resource information of a Radiology Information System (RIS) and uses rules and hospital knowledge to find and filter RIS information to provide information facilitating making a particular decision. A radiology resource monitoring system comprises at least one repository including, data identifying scheduled procedures, data identifying room and equipment availability and data identifying clinician availability. A patient tracking unit monitors patient status including progress of patient procedures and patient arrival. An information management processor updates a task schedule of a worker in response to a change in patient status indicated by the tracking unit and in response to data derived from the at least one repository.
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18 Claims
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1. A radiology resource monitoring system, comprising:
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at least one repository including, data identifying scheduled procedures, data identifying room and equipment availability and data identifying healthcare worker availability;
a tracking unit for monitoring patient status including progress of patient procedures and patient arrival; and
an information management processor for updating a task schedule of a healthcare worker in response to a change in patient status indicated by said tracking unit and in response to data derived from said at least one repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A radiology resource monitoring system, comprising:
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at least one repository including, data identifying scheduled procedures, data identifying room and equipment availability and data identifying healthcare worker availability;
a tracking unit for monitoring patient status including progress of patient procedures and patient arrival; and
a display processor for processing data derived from said at least one repository and said tracking unit and initiating generation of data representing a single display image identifying room, healthcare worker and equipment availability for performing a scheduled procedure of a particular patient at a particular time. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A radiology resource monitoring system, comprising:
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at least one repository including, data identifying scheduled procedures and data identifying healthcare worker availability;
an information management unit for monitoring patient status including progress of patient procedures and patient arrival and using predetermined information and schedule data to estimate a time of completion of a scheduled procedure of a particular patient; and
a display processor for processing data derived from said at least one repository and said information management unit and initiating generation of data representing a single display image identifying room, healthcare worker and equipment availability for performing said scheduled procedure of said particular patient at a particular time. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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