REAL-TIME METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HEALTHCARE DELIVERY PROCESSES WITHIN A CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A real-time method of controlling healthcare delivery processes within a clinical environment monitored by real-time locating apparatus including auto-ID tags, the method comprising:
- providing a set of rules which are predefined so as to be representative of a combination of event data and subject data values occurring when the healthcare delivery processes are performing optimally;
collecting real-time event data which represents the locations of mobile tag-wearing subjects within the environment and events which occur within the facility;
collecting subject data which is directly or indirectly related to the tag-wearing subjects;
evaluating in real-time the event data and subject data based on the set of predefined rules to measure performance of the processes; and
performing at least one corrective action to improve the performance of at least one of the processes if a measured performance is less than optimal and unacceptable.
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Abstract
A real-time method and system for controlling healthcare delivery processes within a clinical environment is provided. The clinical environment is monitored by real-time locating apparatus including auto-ID tags. The method includes providing a set of rules which are predefined so as to be representative of a combination of event data and subject data values occurring when the healthcare delivery processes are performing optimally. The method further includes collecting real-time event data which represents the locations of mobile tag-wearing subjects within the environment and events which occur within the facility. The method still further includes collecting subject data which is directly or indirectly related to the tag-wearing subjects and evaluating in real-time the event data and subject data based on the set of predefined rules to measure performance of the processes. The method finally includes performing at least one corrective action to improve the performance of at least one of the processes if a measured performance is less than optimal and unacceptable.
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1. A real-time method of controlling healthcare delivery processes within a clinical environment monitored by real-time locating apparatus including auto-ID tags, the method comprising:
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providing a set of rules which are predefined so as to be representative of a combination of event data and subject data values occurring when the healthcare delivery processes are performing optimally; collecting real-time event data which represents the locations of mobile tag-wearing subjects within the environment and events which occur within the facility; collecting subject data which is directly or indirectly related to the tag-wearing subjects; evaluating in real-time the event data and subject data based on the set of predefined rules to measure performance of the processes; and performing at least one corrective action to improve the performance of at least one of the processes if a measured performance is less than optimal and unacceptable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A real-time system for controlling healthcare delivery processes within a clinical environment monitored by a real-time locating apparatus including auto-ID tags, the system comprising:
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a storage device for storing a set of rules which are predefined so as to be representative of a combination of event data and subject data values occurring when the healthcare delivery processes are performing optimally; a database of real-time event data which represents the locations of mobile tag-wearing subjects within the environment and events which occur within the facility; a source of subject data which is directly or indirectly related to the tag-wearing subjects; and a control computer subsystem including a processor operable to execute software instructions, a memory operable to store software instructions accessible by the processor, and a set of software instructions stored in the memory to at least partially perform the steps of; evaluating in real time the event data and the subject data based on the set of predetermined rules to measure performance of the processes; and performing at least one corrective action to improve the performance of at least one of the processes if a measured performance is less than optimal and unacceptable. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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