SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MANAGE A WORKFLOW IN DELIVERING HEALTHCARE
First Claim
1. A system to manage progression of a patient through a workflow of events occurring in as room or defined space, the workflow of events associated with at least one resource in the delivery of healthcare to the patient, the system in communication with a billing system to invoice the delivery of healthcare to the patient, comprising:
- a tracking system operable to acquire a location data of the patient relative to the at least one resource with progression through the workflow; and
a controller in communication with the tracking system, the controller including at least one processor in communication with a memory of a plurality computer readable program instructions operable to instruct the processor to perform the steps of;
detecting an association of the patient with the at least one resource dependent on the location data acquired from the tracking system,generating a classification of the patient as receiving emergency care versus receiving urgent care dependent on the association, andgenerating an output indicative of the classification for communication to a billing system to generate the invoice for delivery of healthcare to the patient.
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Abstract
A system and method to manage progression of a patient through a workflow of events occurring in the delivery of healthcare to the patient is provided. The system can include a tracking system operable to acquire a location data of the patient relative to the at least one resource with progression through the workflow; and at least one processor in communication with a memory that stores computer-readable program instructions for execution by the processor to perform the steps of: detecting an association of the patient with the at least one resource dependent on the location data acquired from the tracking system; generating a classification of the patient as receiving emergency care versus receiving urgent care dependent on the association; and generating an output indicative of the classification for communication to a billing system to generate the invoice for delivery of healthcare to the patient.
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20 Claims
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1. A system to manage progression of a patient through a workflow of events occurring in as room or defined space, the workflow of events associated with at least one resource in the delivery of healthcare to the patient, the system in communication with a billing system to invoice the delivery of healthcare to the patient, comprising:
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a tracking system operable to acquire a location data of the patient relative to the at least one resource with progression through the workflow; and a controller in communication with the tracking system, the controller including at least one processor in communication with a memory of a plurality computer readable program instructions operable to instruct the processor to perform the steps of; detecting an association of the patient with the at least one resource dependent on the location data acquired from the tracking system, generating a classification of the patient as receiving emergency care versus receiving urgent care dependent on the association, and generating an output indicative of the classification for communication to a billing system to generate the invoice for delivery of healthcare to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method to manage progression of a patient through a workflow of events in delivering healthcare with at least one resource, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a generally real-time location data of the patient relative to the at least one resource with progression through the workflow; detecting an association of the patient with the at least one resource dependent on the location data; generating a classification of the patient as receiving emergency care versus receiving urgent care dependent on the association; and generating an output indicative of the classification for communication to a billing system to generate an invoice for delivery of healthcare to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable storage medium comprising a plurality of program instructions for execution by at least one processor to perform the steps of:
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acquiring a generally real-time data of at least one of a location, a movement, and a proximity of the patient relative to the at least one resource with progression through the workflow, and a duration thereof; detecting an association of the patient with the at least one resource dependent on at least one of the location, the movement, the proximity data, and the duration; generating a classification of the patient as receiving emergency care versus receiving urgent care dependent on the association; and generating an output indicative of the classification for communication to a billing system to generate an invoice for delivery of healthcare to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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