Administering A Patient In A Hospital
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1. A computer implemented method for administering a patient in a hospital, the method comprising:
- identifying, by a room optimizer module, upon the patient checking into the hospital, a set of patient attributes, each patient attribute describing an aspect of the health of the patient;
in dependence upon the patient attributes and a set of room attributes of a plurality of available rooms, selecting, by the room optimizer module, an optimized room for the patient; and
indicating, by the room optimizer module, the selection of the optimized room to a hospital administrator.
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Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for administering a patient in a hospital. Embodiments include identifying, by a room optimizer module, upon the patient checking into the hospital, a set of patient attributes, each patient attribute describing an aspect of the health of the patient; selecting, by the room optimizer module, an optimized room for the patient in dependence upon the patient attributes and a set of room attributes of a plurality of rooms available, and indicating, by the room optimizer module, the selection of the optimized room to a hospital administrator.
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1. A computer implemented method for administering a patient in a hospital, the method comprising:
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identifying, by a room optimizer module, upon the patient checking into the hospital, a set of patient attributes, each patient attribute describing an aspect of the health of the patient; in dependence upon the patient attributes and a set of room attributes of a plurality of available rooms, selecting, by the room optimizer module, an optimized room for the patient; and indicating, by the room optimizer module, the selection of the optimized room to a hospital administrator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. Apparatus for administering a patient in a hospital, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
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identify, by a room optimizer module, upon the patient checking into the hospital, a set of patient attributes, each patient attribute describing an aspect of the health of the patient; in dependence upon the patient attributes and a set of room attributes of a plurality of available rooms, select, by the room optimizer module, an optimized room for the patient; and indicate, by the room optimizer module, the selection of the optimized room to a hospital administrator. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product for administering a patient in a hospital, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable, when executed cause the computer to:
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identify, by a room optimizer module, upon the patient checking into the hospital, a set of patient attributes, each patient attribute describing an aspect of the health of the patient; in dependence upon the patient attributes and a set of room attributes of a plurality of available rooms, select, by the room optimizer module, an optimized room for the patient; and indicate, by the room optimizer module, the selection of the optimized room to a hospital administrator. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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