EMERGENCY SERVICES DISPATCH SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC ROSTERING OF RESOURCES
First Claim
1. A system that enables a user to pre-plan for a transfer event and then dynamically assign emergency services resources to the transfer event at a time of dispatch, comprising:
- a plurality of access devices; and
a computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system accessible by the access devices, wherein the CAD system presents a plurality of web pages that enable a plurality of users using the access devices to;
configure a plurality of emergency services resources for storage in a database;
create a plurality of transfer orders each of which defines a plurality of required criteria for a transfer event, wherein the transfer event comprises transfer of a patient from a start location to an end location on a specified date and at a specified time, wherein the required criteria comprises the start location for the transfer event, the end location for the transfer event, and the specified date and time for the transfer event, wherein each created transfer order is stored in the database;
create a virtual unit to fulfill each transfer order, wherein the virtual unit identifies one or more resource types required for the transfer event and does not identify any of the emergency services resources stored in the database, wherein each created virtual unit is stored in the database; and
thenroster each virtual unit with one or more of the emergency services resources stored in the database that are associated with the required resource types identified in the virtual unit so as to create a rostered unit for the transfer event, whereby a dispatch notice is sent to at least one of the emergency services resources in the rostered unit.
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Abstract
A computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system that enables dynamic rostering of emergency services resources is disclosed. The CAD system includes a server system accessible by a plurality of access devices. The server system presents a plurality of web pages that enable a plurality of users using the access devices to: create a transfer order for a transfer event; create a virtual unit to fulfill the transfer order, wherein the virtual unit identifies one or more resource types required for the transfer event; and then roster the virtual unit by assigning one or more specific resources associated with the required resource types, whereby the assigned specific resources are dispatched to the transfer event.
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1. A system that enables a user to pre-plan for a transfer event and then dynamically assign emergency services resources to the transfer event at a time of dispatch, comprising:
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a plurality of access devices; and a computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system accessible by the access devices, wherein the CAD system presents a plurality of web pages that enable a plurality of users using the access devices to; configure a plurality of emergency services resources for storage in a database; create a plurality of transfer orders each of which defines a plurality of required criteria for a transfer event, wherein the transfer event comprises transfer of a patient from a start location to an end location on a specified date and at a specified time, wherein the required criteria comprises the start location for the transfer event, the end location for the transfer event, and the specified date and time for the transfer event, wherein each created transfer order is stored in the database; create a virtual unit to fulfill each transfer order, wherein the virtual unit identifies one or more resource types required for the transfer event and does not identify any of the emergency services resources stored in the database, wherein each created virtual unit is stored in the database; and
thenroster each virtual unit with one or more of the emergency services resources stored in the database that are associated with the required resource types identified in the virtual unit so as to create a rostered unit for the transfer event, whereby a dispatch notice is sent to at least one of the emergency services resources in the rostered unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for dynamic rostering of emergency services resources via remote access to a computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system by a plurality of access devices, comprising:
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presenting, by the CAD system, a plurality of web pages that enable configuration by at least one of the access devices of a plurality of emergency services resources; storing the emergency services resources in a database; presenting, by the CAD system, a plurality of web pages that enable creation by at least one of the access devices of a plurality of transfer orders each of which defines a plurality of required criteria for a transfer event; storing each transfer order in the database; presenting, by the CAD system, a plurality of web pages that enable creation by at least one of the access devices of a virtual unit to fulfill each transfer order, wherein the virtual unit identifies one or more resource types required for the transfer event and does not identify any of the emergency services resources stored in the database; storing each virtual unit in the database; presenting, by the CAD system, a plurality of web pages that enable rostering by at least one of the access devices of each virtual unit with one or more of the emergency services resources stored in the database that are associated with the required resource types identified in the virtual unit so as to create a rostered unit for the transfer event; storing each rostered unit in the database; and sending, by the CAD system, a dispatch notice to at least one of the emergency services resources in the rostered unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system that enables a user to pre-plan for a transfer event and then dynamically assign emergency services resources to the transfer event at a time of dispatch, comprising
a database server that maintains a single database; - and
an application server in communication with the database server; and a web server in communication with the application server, wherein the web server presents a plurality of web pages that enable a plurality of remote users using a plurality of access devices to; configure a plurality of emergency services resources for storage in the database; create a plurality of transfer orders each of which defines a plurality of required criteria for a transfer event, wherein each created transfer order is stored in the database; create a virtual unit to fulfill each transfer order, wherein the virtual unit identifies one or more resource types required for the transfer event and does not identify any of the emergency services resources stored in the database, wherein each created virtual unit is stored in the database; and
thenroster each virtual unit with one or more of the emergency services resources stored in the database that are associated with the required resource types identified in the virtual unit so as to create a rostered unit for the transfer event, whereby a dispatch notice is sent to at least one of the emergency services resources in the rostered unit. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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