Staff Assignment and Sharing System
First Claim
1. An assignment system for coordinating staff members of a hospital, the assignment system comprising:
- a plurality of interface devices;
a communication network coupled to each of the plurality of interface devices, the plurality of interface devices capable of receiving input data and sending output data over the communication network;
an application server coupled to the communication network, the application server is configured to communicate with each of the plurality of interface devices; and
a nurse call system coupled to the application server and configured to track and update one or more client devices based on data received from the application server.
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Abstract
A system, method, and device are provided for sharing staff assignments between a nurse call system in a hospital and other hospital systems possessing assignments interfaces. Sharing is achieved by an assignment server working in conjunction with a nurse call system of the hospital. The assignment server contains an assignment interface that exchanges staff assignments with interface devices and the nurse call system. The assignment server is further capable of updating and synchronizing staff assignments between the interface devices and the nurse call system. Interface devices can be assigned to staff, staff can be assigned to locations within the hospital, and interface devices can be assigned to locations within the hospital by accessing a publishing system and updating staff assignments within the nurse call system. Accordingly, redundancy of a staff member updating each various interface device a staff member utilizes is reduced.
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39 Claims
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1. An assignment system for coordinating staff members of a hospital, the assignment system comprising:
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a plurality of interface devices; a communication network coupled to each of the plurality of interface devices, the plurality of interface devices capable of receiving input data and sending output data over the communication network; an application server coupled to the communication network, the application server is configured to communicate with each of the plurality of interface devices; and a nurse call system coupled to the application server and configured to track and update one or more client devices based on data received from the application server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19)
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16. A method of coordinating staff assignments in a hospital nurse call system, the hospital nurse call system interfaces with an application server that communicates with an at least one publishing device over a communication network, the method comprising:
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receiving, by an assignment interface, a staff assignment from the at least one publishing device; parsing, by the assignment interface, the staff assignment to obtain assignment information; storing the assignment information of the staff assignment in a call system database associated with the nurse call system; detecting, by the nurse call system, the stored assignment information; and notifying, by the nurse call system, a client device of the nurse call system of the staff assignment. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An application server for coordinating staff members of a hospital with a nurse call system, the application server coordinates hospital staff assignments between an at least one publishing device and the nurse call system, the at least one publishing device and the application server are communicatively coupled over a hospital communication network, the application server comprises:
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an at least one processor; and a computer readable memory device associated with the at least one processor, the computer readable memory device having computer executable instructions for performing the steps of; receiving, by an assignment interface of the application server, a staff assignment from the at least one publishing device; parsing, by the assignment interface, the staff assignment to obtain assignment information; and storing the assignment information of the staff assignment in a call system database associated with the nurse call system. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A method of coordinating staff assignments in a hospital nurse call system, the hospital nurse call system interfaces with an application server that communicates with an at least one subscribing device over a communication network, the method comprising:
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relaying, by the nurse call system, a staff assignment from a client device of the nurse call system to an assignment interface of the application server; parsing, by the assignment interface, the staff assignment to obtain assignment information; and sending, by an assignment messenger of the assignment interface, the assignment information of the staff assignment to the at least one subscribing device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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