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TRACKING SYSTEM FOR HEALTHCARE FACILITIES

  • US 20130124227A1
  • Filed: 11/13/2012
  • Published: 05/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A process for performing asset tracking in a patient care environment, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a plurality of data elements from a tracking system in the patient care environment, each data element having a reader identification code corresponding to one of a plurality of readers, a tag identification code corresponding to an identification tag attached to one of a plurality of assets and read by one of the readers, and a timestamp corresponding to a time that the identification tag was read by the reader;

    storing interaction records in an electronic database wherein each interaction record corresponds to one or more of the plurality of data elements received from the tracking system;

    generating a plurality of interaction sequence plans, each interaction sequence plan including a defined time period and an expected sequence of interactions between assets in the patient care environment during the defined time period; and

    performing an analysis for each interaction sequence plan, the analysis comprising the steps of;

    searching the database;

    identifying interaction records in the database having timestamps within the defined time period and identification data corresponding to one or more of the assets;

    comparing the identified interaction records with the expected sequence of interactions; and

    generating a metric based upon the comparison of the identified interaction records with the expected sequence of interactions.

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