Hygienic Enforcement and Nosocomial Diagnostic System (HEANDS)
First Claim
1. A method of managing operation of a health care facility, the method comprising the steps of:
- acquiring data regarding i) environmental factors in the health care facility and ii) a presence, a location and an identity of personnel in the health care facility using a sensing platform system having a plurality of sensing points throughout the health care facility, wherein the sensing platform is configured to identify the personnel in the health care facility via radio-frequency identification (RFID); and
analyzing the data to provide real-time analytics for managing operation of the health care facility.
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Abstract
Techniques for acquiring and analyzing environmental and personnel presence, location and identification data from a health care facility to manage operations of the health care facility with regards to personnel tracking, patient comfort and/or enforcement of hygienic protocols are provided. In one aspect, a method of managing operation of a health care facility is provided. The method includes the steps of: acquiring data regarding i) environmental factors in the health care facility and ii) a presence, a location and an identity of personnel in the health care facility using a sensing platform system having a plurality of sensing points throughout the health care facility, wherein the sensing platform is configured to identify the personnel in the health care facility via radio-frequency identification (RFID); and analyzing the data to provide real-time analytics for managing operation of the health care facility.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of managing operation of a health care facility, the method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring data regarding i) environmental factors in the health care facility and ii) a presence, a location and an identity of personnel in the health care facility using a sensing platform system having a plurality of sensing points throughout the health care facility, wherein the sensing platform is configured to identify the personnel in the health care facility via radio-frequency identification (RFID); and analyzing the data to provide real-time analytics for managing operation of the health care facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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18. An apparatus for managing operation of a health care facility, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory; and at least one processor device, coupled to the memory, operative to; acquire data regarding i) environmental factors in the health care facility and ii) a presence, a location and an identity of personnel in the health care facility using a sensing platform system having a plurality of sensing points throughout the health care facility, wherein the sensing platform is configured to identify the personnel in the health care facility via radio-frequency identification (RFID); and analyze the data to provide real-time analytics for managing operation of the health care facility.
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20. A computer program product for managing operation of a health care facility, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
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acquire data regarding i) environmental factors in the health care facility and ii) a presence, a location and an identity of personnel in the health care facility using a sensing platform system having a plurality of sensing points throughout the health care facility, wherein the sensing platform is configured to identify the personnel in the health care facility via radio-frequency identification (RFID); and analyze the data to provide real-time analytics for managing operation of the health care facility.
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