Managing Patient Bed Assignments and Bed Occupancy in a Health Care Facility
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Abstract
An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT) systems. The bed management system is an easy-to-use business intelligence application that is designed to allow administrators, clinicians and managers to easily access, analyze and display real-time patient and bed availability information from ancillary information systems, databases and spreadsheets. It enables users to see trends and relationships in hospital (bed) management data directly from their desktop personal computers.
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94 Claims
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72. A method for providing a message notification associated with care of a patient in a health care environment, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a message from a source;
(b) receiving location information associated with a patient;
(c) outputting, in a geospatial arrangement via a graphical user interface, the location information associated with the patient and a notification of the message from the source; and
(d) updating the graphical user interface when a change occurs. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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80. A system for providing a message notification associated with care of a patient in a health care environment comprising:
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(a) an output device capable of displaying, in a geospatial arrangement via a graphical user interface, a location associated with a patient and a status of a message from a source; and
(b) a message notification engine capable of, (i) receiving a message from a source, (ii) receiving information associated with the patient in a health care environment, comprising a location associated with the patient, (iii) outputting, in a geospatial arrangement via a graphical user interface for an output device, the location associated with the patient and a status of the message from the source, (iv) providing access to a user to receive the message from the source, and (v) updating the graphical user interface when a change occurs. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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88. A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that provide a user interface for providing a message notification associated with care of a patient in a health care environment, comprising:
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(a) a geospatial view of a health care environment;
(b) at least one indicator associated with a location of a patient in the health care environment; and
(c) at least one indicator of a message from a source. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94)
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