Patient Bed Search and Management System
First Claim
1. A patient bed search system implemented by at least one processing device, comprising:
- at least one repository including bed information for a plurality of beds in a healthcare facility, said bed information comprising a plurality of clinical attributes of individual beds and current and pending availability status of individual beds of said plurality of beds;
a bed management processor for automatically employing said bed information in providing data representing a candidate list of beds for a particular patient in response to clinical and non-clinical requirements associated with said particular patient and a request to allocate a bed for said particular patient by initiating a search and automatically comparing said bed information with said clinical and non-clinical requirements in response to user command, said bed management processor providing data representing a ranked candidate list of beds for a particular patient by ranking identified beds by identifying clinical and non-clinical requirements associated with said particular patient and ranking said candidate list of beds in response to scores assigned to corresponding individual satisfied search criteria and combinations of satisfied search criterion values; and
a user interface for generating data representing at least one display image presenting said candidate list of beds for a particular patient.
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Abstract
An automated search system uses data indicating clinical and non-clinical needs of a patient to provide a ranked list of candidate beds, status of beds and availability of a specific type of bed having a particular set of clinical attributes, using a score value derived using configurable rules for comparing patient requirements with bed characteristics. A patient bed search system includes at least one repository including bed information for multiple beds in a healthcare facility comprising multiple clinical attributes including current availability for individual beds of the multiple beds. A bed management processor automatically employs the bed information in providing data representing a candidate list of beds for a particular patient in response to clinical and non-clinical requirements associated with the particular patient and a request to allocate a bed for the particular patient. A user interface generates data representing at least one display image presenting the candidate list of beds for a particular patient.
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21 Claims
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1. A patient bed search system implemented by at least one processing device, comprising:
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at least one repository including bed information for a plurality of beds in a healthcare facility, said bed information comprising a plurality of clinical attributes of individual beds and current and pending availability status of individual beds of said plurality of beds; a bed management processor for automatically employing said bed information in providing data representing a candidate list of beds for a particular patient in response to clinical and non-clinical requirements associated with said particular patient and a request to allocate a bed for said particular patient by initiating a search and automatically comparing said bed information with said clinical and non-clinical requirements in response to user command, said bed management processor providing data representing a ranked candidate list of beds for a particular patient by ranking identified beds by identifying clinical and non-clinical requirements associated with said particular patient and ranking said candidate list of beds in response to scores assigned to corresponding individual satisfied search criteria and combinations of satisfied search criterion values; and a user interface for generating data representing at least one display image presenting said candidate list of beds for a particular patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A patient bed search system implemented by at least one processing device, comprising:
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at least one repository including bed information for a plurality of beds in a healthcare facility comprising a plurality of clinical and non-clinical attributes of individual beds and current and pending availability status of individual beds of said plurality of beds; a bed management processor for automatically employing said bed information in providing data representing a candidate list of beds for a particular patient in response to clinical and non-clinical requirements associated with said particular patient and a request to allocate a bed for said particular patient by initiating a search and automatically comparing said bed information with said clinical and non-clinical requirements to identify attributes matching search criteria and deriving a score value in response to matching attributes, said score value indicating significance of match of an individual bed with said search criteria, said bed management processor providing data representing a ranked candidate list of beds for a particular patient by ranking identified beds by identifying clinical and non-clinical requirements associated with said particular patient and ranking said candidate list of beds in response to scores assigned to corresponding individual satisfied search criteria and combinations of satisfied search criterion values; a sorting processor for providing data representing a ranked candidate list of beds in response to derived score values; and a user interface for generating data representing at least one display image presenting said ranked candidate list of beds for a particular patient. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A patient bed search system implemented by at least one processing device, comprising:
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at least one repository including bed information for a plurality of beds in a healthcare facility comprising a plurality of clinical and non-clinical attributes of individual beds and current and pending availability status of individual beds of said plurality of beds; a bed management processor for automatically employing said bed information in providing data representing a candidate list of beds for a particular patient comprising search results provided by automatically comparing, said bed information with search criteria indicating clinical and non-clinical requirements of a particular patient and deriving individual score values associated with corresponding individual beds in response to matching attributes indicating degree of match of an individual bed with said search criteria, said bed management processor providing data representing a ranked candidate list of beds for a particular patient by ranking identified beds by identifying clinical and non-clinical requirements associated with said particular patient and ranking said candidate list of beds in response to scores assigned to corresponding individual satisfied search criteria and combinations of satisfied search criterion values; a sorting processor for providing data representing a ranked candidate list of beds in response to derived score values; and a user interface for generating data representing at least one display image presenting said ranked candidate list of beds for a particular patient. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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