Health Care Facility Management and Information System
First Claim
1. A method of providing patient information, the method comprising:
- receiving from at least one input device data associated with a first patient admitted to a health care facility;
displaying patient information on an electronic room display disposed in the first patient'"'"'s room in the health care facility, the patient information including care provider information, treatment plan information and site information; and
updating the patient information on the room display when there is a change in the patient information.
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Abstract
A method, system, computer program product and apparatus related to managing and disseminating information in a health care facility is disclosed. The system may comprise a plurality of input devices, a processor connected to the input devices and a plurality of electronic output devices connected to the processor. The output devices may include a master patient information display, an electronic patient room information display, a master precaution display, a patient hourly rounding display and an individual room precaution display. The method may comprise receiving from at least one input device data associated with a plurality of patients, and displaying for each patient the information, based on the data received, that is associated with each patient, and then updating on each output device the information when it changes.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of providing patient information, the method comprising:
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receiving from at least one input device data associated with a first patient admitted to a health care facility; displaying patient information on an electronic room display disposed in the first patient'"'"'s room in the health care facility, the patient information including care provider information, treatment plan information and site information; and updating the patient information on the room display when there is a change in the patient information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for displaying patient information, the method comprising:
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receiving from at least one input device data associated with a first patient admitted to a health care facility; displaying patient information on an electronic room display disposed in the first patient'"'"'s room in the health care facility, the patient information including care provider information, treatment plan information and site information; and updating the patient information on the electronic display when there is a change in the patient information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of managing information in a health care facility, the method comprising:
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providing a system including a plurality of input devices, a processor connected to the input devices and a plurality of electronic output devices connected to the processor, the output devices including an electronic patient room information display, a master precaution display, and an individual room precaution display; receiving from at least one of the input devices data related to a first patient admitted to the health care facility; associating the received data with the first patient; displaying patient information for the first patient on the electronic patient room information display, wherein the patient room information display is disposed in the first patient'"'"'s room in the health care facility and the patient information includes care provider information, treatment plan information and site information; displaying on the master precaution display for a plurality of admitted patients precaution information and hourly rounding status information, the plurality of admitted patients including the first patient; and updating the patient information displayed on the electronic patient room information display when there is a change in the patient information for the first patient. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for displaying information associated with a first patient, the method comprising:
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receiving from at least one of the input devices data related to a first patient admitted to the health care facility; associating the received data with the first patient and storing the associated data as information in a database; displaying at least some of the information associated with the first patient on an electronic patient room information display, a master precaution display, an individual room precaution display, a master patient information display and a patient hourly rounding display; and updating the displayed information when new data is received for the first patient.
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22. A apparatus comprising an electronic display device having a screen, the device configured to receive information associated with a patient admitted to a health care facility and to display the information on the screen, wherein the device is disposed in the room of a patient in a health care facility and the information displayed on the screen comprises nurse assignment information, PCT assignment information, nurse manager information, physician information and a log of the most recent staff visits to the patient'"'"'s room.
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