DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ROUTING A MEDICAL ALERT TO A SELECTED STAFF MEMBER
First Claim
1. A method for routing a medical alert to a selected staff member, the method comprisingreceiving an alert signal generated by an alert generation device,obtaining the current location and identity of multiple staff members from a location tracking system configured to track the locations of the multiple staff members,upon receiving the alert signal,determining which staff members of the multiple staff members are available to respond to the alert, a particular staff members is determined as unavailable if its location is in a defined unavailability area,selecting from the multiple suitable staff members a selected staff member that is available to respond to the alert type and by at least determining that the distance between a location of the alert generation device and the location of the selected staff member is shorter than the distance between the location of the alert generation device and the location of at least one of the multiple suitable staff members other than the selected staff member that is also available to respond, andsending an alert signal to an individually addressable mobile device associated with the selected staff member.
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Abstract
A method for routing a medical alert to a selected staff member 151-153, the method comprising receiving an alert signal generated by an alert generation device 121-126, obtaining the current location and identity of multiple staff members from a location tracking system 141-146 configured to track the locations of the multiple staff members, upon receiving the alert signal, selecting from the multiple staff members a selected staff member by at least determining that the distance between a location of the alert generation device and the location of the selected staff member is shorter than the distance between the location of the alert generation device and the location of at least one of the multiple staff members other than the selected staff member, and sending an alert signal to an individually addressable mobile device associated with the selected staff member.
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1. A method for routing a medical alert to a selected staff member, the method comprising
receiving an alert signal generated by an alert generation device, obtaining the current location and identity of multiple staff members from a location tracking system configured to track the locations of the multiple staff members, upon receiving the alert signal, determining which staff members of the multiple staff members are available to respond to the alert, a particular staff members is determined as unavailable if its location is in a defined unavailability area, selecting from the multiple suitable staff members a selected staff member that is available to respond to the alert type and by at least determining that the distance between a location of the alert generation device and the location of the selected staff member is shorter than the distance between the location of the alert generation device and the location of at least one of the multiple suitable staff members other than the selected staff member that is also available to respond, and sending an alert signal to an individually addressable mobile device associated with the selected staff member.
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9. An alert router for routing a medical alert to a selected staff member, the alert router comprising
a receiver configured to receive an alert signal generated by an alert generation device, a location obtainer configured to obtain the current location and identity of multiple staff members from a location tracking system configured to track the locations of the multiple staff members, a selector configured to upon receiving the alert signal, determining which staff members of the multiple staff members are available to respond to the alert, a particular staff members is determined as unavailable if its location is in a defined unavailability area, selecting from the multiple suitable staff members a selected staff member that is available to respond to the alert type and by at least determining that the distance between a location of the alert generation device and the location of the selected staff member is shorter than the distance between the location of the alert generation device and the location of at least one of the multiple staff members other than the selected staff member that is also available to respond, an alert signal sender configured to send an alert signal to an individually addressable mobile device associated with the selected staff member.
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