Method for objectively monitoring, recording and reporting work-hour compliance of medical and surgical residents
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring and memorializing surgical and medical resident on-site activities comprising the steps of:
- selecting first transponder means, said first transponder means configured for communications with receiver means via IR and RF transmission mediums, said communications including the transmission by said transponder means, and the reception by said receiver means of a first transponder-specific identifying data sequence, said first transponder means being configured for carriage by a first human host;
selecting a first said receiver means, said first receiver means being configured for said communications with said first transponder means via IR and RF transmission means, said first receiver means further being associated with data processing means and operating systems, in turn, configured for, upon each reception of said first transponder-specific identifying data sequence from said first transponder means, creating a distinct data record on an interfaced computer means which reflects both said first receiver means'"'"' reception of said first transponder-specific identifying data sequence and the time and date of such reception;
providing said first transponder means to a first medical or surgical resident for wearing on garments or other carriage;
installing and positioning said first receiver means at a first location of a medical facility in proximity to which first location the juxtaposition of said medical or surgical resident will cause the creation of a said data record which reflects the physical presence of said medical or surgical resident at a later-determinable time and date;
periodically examining data record(s) created by said first receiver means and ascertaining the date(s) and time(s) when, by creation of each said data record, said medical or surgical resident, in possession of said first transponder means, is indicated by said data record(s) to have been in proximity to said first receiver means.
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Abstract
A system of transponders, receivers and data processing and data recording and reporting components, and the associated therewith method for objectively, accurately and passively (without monitored personnel or employer active involvement after installation) monitoring and storing medical and surgical resident attendance at medical facilities, and for facilitating the reporting of such attendance or activities, as well as compliance violations of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) regulations (for clinical duty hour restrictions) to the resident, the residency program and/or to the ACGME via simple but secured electronic transmissions (e.g., internet via TCP/IP, web and/or wireless based network servers etc.).
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26 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring and memorializing surgical and medical resident on-site activities comprising the steps of:
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selecting first transponder means, said first transponder means configured for communications with receiver means via IR and RF transmission mediums, said communications including the transmission by said transponder means, and the reception by said receiver means of a first transponder-specific identifying data sequence, said first transponder means being configured for carriage by a first human host;
selecting a first said receiver means, said first receiver means being configured for said communications with said first transponder means via IR and RF transmission means, said first receiver means further being associated with data processing means and operating systems, in turn, configured for, upon each reception of said first transponder-specific identifying data sequence from said first transponder means, creating a distinct data record on an interfaced computer means which reflects both said first receiver means'"'"' reception of said first transponder-specific identifying data sequence and the time and date of such reception;
providing said first transponder means to a first medical or surgical resident for wearing on garments or other carriage;
installing and positioning said first receiver means at a first location of a medical facility in proximity to which first location the juxtaposition of said medical or surgical resident will cause the creation of a said data record which reflects the physical presence of said medical or surgical resident at a later-determinable time and date;
periodically examining data record(s) created by said first receiver means and ascertaining the date(s) and time(s) when, by creation of each said data record, said medical or surgical resident, in possession of said first transponder means, is indicated by said data record(s) to have been in proximity to said first receiver means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for facilitating the monitoring and memorializing of on-site activities of surgical and medical residents comprising:
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first transponder means, said first transponder means configured for communications with receiver means via IR and RF transmission mediums, said communications including the transmission by said transponder means, and the reception by said receiver means of a first transponder-specific identifying data sequence, said first transponder means being configured for carriage by a first human host;
first said receiver means, said first receiver means being configured for said communications with said first transponder means via IR and RF transmission means, said first receiver means further being associated with data processing means and operating systems, in turn, configured for, upon each reception of said first transponder-specific identifying data sequence from said first transponder means, creating a distinct data record which reflects both said first receiver means'"'"' reception of said first transponder-specific identifying data sequence and the time and date of such reception. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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