System and Method of Patient Flow and Treatment Management
First Claim
1. A method of patient flow and treatment management via one or more computerized user devices in operative communication with a programmed computer, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving in the computer patient information regarding a patient admitted to a first unit of a patient treatment facility, said patient information comprising one or more of the following;
patient triage data, patient vital signs, one or more tasks related to treatment of the patient, and a completion state of each said task;
(b) a prediction module hosted by the computer predicting an estimate of at least one of the following based on said patient information received in step (a);
(1) the patient requiring a resource in either the first unit or a second unit of the facility,(2) a length of time before the resource in step (b)(1) is required, and(3) an identity of the first or second unit;
and(c) the computer dispatching to one or more of the user devices a request for the resource, said request determined by a decision module hosted by the computer based on the prediction in step (b).
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Abstract
In a system and method of patient flow and treatment management, information regarding a patient admitted to a first unit of a patient treatment facility that is received into a first one of a number of user devices is dispatched to a server computer. Upon receipt of this patient information the server computer runs (desirably in real-time) a prediction application/algorithm that predicts an estimate of (1) the patient needing a resource in the first unit or a second unit of the facility, (2) a length of time before the patient needs the resource, and/or (3) an identity of the unit that has the needed resource. The server computer then dispatches (again, desirably in real-time) one or more of the predictions to one or more of the user devices, each of which receives and displays the prediction on a display thereof.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of patient flow and treatment management via one or more computerized user devices in operative communication with a programmed computer, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving in the computer patient information regarding a patient admitted to a first unit of a patient treatment facility, said patient information comprising one or more of the following;
patient triage data, patient vital signs, one or more tasks related to treatment of the patient, and a completion state of each said task;(b) a prediction module hosted by the computer predicting an estimate of at least one of the following based on said patient information received in step (a); (1) the patient requiring a resource in either the first unit or a second unit of the facility, (2) a length of time before the resource in step (b)(1) is required, and (3) an identity of the first or second unit; and (c) the computer dispatching to one or more of the user devices a request for the resource, said request determined by a decision module hosted by the computer based on the prediction in step (b). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of patient flow and treatment management via one or more computerized user devices in operative communication with a programmed computer, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving into a first user device patient information regarding a patient admitted to a first unit of a patient treatment facility, said patient information comprising one or more of the following;
patient triage data, patient vital signs, one or more tasks related to treatment of the patient, and a completion state of each said task;(b) dispatching the patient information received in step (a) from the first user device to the computer; (c) receiving at a second user device from the computer a request for a resource in either the first unit or a second unit of the facility determined based on a prediction of at least one of the following determined based on the patient information dispatched to the computer in step (b); (1) the patient requiring the resource, (2) a length of time before the resource in step (c)(1) is needed, and (3) an identity of the first or second unit; and (d) the second user device dispatching a response to the resource request of step (c) to the computer. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of patient flow and treatment management via one or more computerized user devices in operative communication with a programmed computer, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving into a first user device patient information regarding a patient admitted to a first unit of a patient treatment facility, said patient information comprising one or more of the following;
patient triage data, patient vital signs, one or more tasks related to treatment of the patient, and a completion state of each said task;(b) dispatching the patient information received in step (a) from the first user device to the computer; (c) receiving at the computer the patient information dispatched in step (b); (d) the computer running a prediction application that predicts an estimate of at least one of the following based on the patient information received in step (c); (1) the patient requiring a resource in either the first unit or a second unit of the facility, (2) a length of time before the resource of step (d)(1) is needed, and (3) an identity of the first or second unit; (e) the computer running a decision module that determines based on the estimates predicted in step (d) that a request for the resource should be issued; (f) the computer dispatching the resource request to one or more of the user devices; and (g) each user device dispatched the resource request in step (f) displaying said resource request on a display of said user device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A patient flow and treatment management system comprising:
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a server computer hosting one or more software modules; a plurality of computerized user devices, each user device including a visual display; and a wireless network connecting the server computer and the user devices, said wireless network operative for; wirelessly delivering from a first user device to the server computer information entered into the first user device regarding a patient admitted to a first unit of a patient treatment facility, said patient information comprising one or more of the following;
patient triage data, patient vital signs, one or more tasks related to the patient, and a completion state of each said task; andwirelessly delivering from the server computer to one or more of the user devices for display on the display(s) thereof an estimate of at least one of the following determined by the one or more software modules based on the patient information wirelessly delivered to the server computer; (1) the patient requiring a resource in the first unit or a second unit of the facility, (2) a length of time before the resource is needed, and (3) an identity of the first or second unit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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