VISUAL DISPLAY OF ROOM INFORMATION

• US 20150331581A1
• Filed: 07/24/2015
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TeleTracking Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: TeleTracking Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Nacey, Gene E.
• Application Number:
  US14/808,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20150331581A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

Information of interest is graphically displayed in a manner which conveys the information to in a form which aids in comprehension of the information. Specifically, the information is preferably conveyed on the unit level through the use of the unit'"'"'s floor plan in a graphical seating chart type format. A graphical icon is used to represent each room in the unit. Components of the icon indicate key considerations for every room. Additional information may also be displayed by clicking on a component of the icon.

Claims

12. A program storage device readable by machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to:

display at least one icon on an interactive display, said icon conveying a first level of hospital room information regarding bed management information, said at least one icon being arranged in the pattern of a floor plan of the facility;

each of said at least one icon in said floor plan corresponding to a different one of said rooms of said facility for which information is conveyed; and

display secondary bed management information in response to user interaction with the icon.

13. The program storage device according to claim 12, wherein an icon indicates an emergency condition exists within a room.

14. The program storage device according to claim 12, wherein the conveying a first level of hospital room information regarding bed management information includes at least one of patient bed occupancy and bed availability.

15. The program storage device according to claim 12, wherein the conveying a first level of hospital room information regarding bed management information includes at least one of an occupied status, an available status, an unoccupied status, a clean status, a dirty status, a cleaning in progress status, a blocked status, a reserved status, or an unavailable status.

16. The program storage device of claim 12, wherein to display secondary bed management information comprises providing patient specific information in response to user interaction with an icon.

17. An apparatus for graphically displaying bed management and room occupant status information of a facility, said apparatus comprising:

a processor;

an interactive display operatively coupled to said processor; and

a memory that stores instructions executable by the processor to;

display at least one icon on the interactive display, said at least one icon conveying a first level of hospital room information regarding bed management information, said at least one icon being arranged on said display on said display in the pattern of a floor plan of the facility;

each of said at least one icon in said floor plan corresponding to a different one of said rooms of said facility for which information is conveyed;

display secondary bed management information in response to user interaction with the icon.

1. A method of graphically displaying bed management and room occupant status information of a facility, said method comprising the steps of:

displaying at least one icon on an interactive display, said at least one icon conveying a first level of hospital room information regarding bed management information, said at least one icon being arranged on said display on said display in the pattern of a floor plan of the facility;

each of said at least one icon in said floor plan corresponding to a different one of said rooms of said facility for which information is conveyed; and

displaying secondary bed management information in response to user interaction with the icon.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the room is a hospital room.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein an icon depicts a bed.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein an icon indicates a bed within a room is unoccupied.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein an icon indicates a bed within a room is occupied.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein an icon indicates an emergency condition exists within a room.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein an icon indicates a bed within a room is being cleaned.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the conveying a first level of hospital room information regarding bed management information includes at least one of patient bed occupancy and bed availability.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the conveying a first level of hospital room information regarding bed management information includes at least one of an occupied status, an available status, an unoccupied status, a clean status, a dirty status, a cleaning in progress status, a blocked status, a reserved status, or an unavailable status.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying secondary bed management information comprises providing patient specific information in response to user interaction with an icon.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein an icon indicates an emergency condition exists within a room.

19. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the conveying a first level of hospital room information regarding bed management information includes at least one of an occupied status, an available status, an unoccupied status, a clean status, a dirty status, a cleaning in progress status, a blocked status, a reserved status, or an unavailable status.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein to display secondary bed management information comprises providing patient specific information in response to user interaction with an icon.

18-1. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the conveying a first level of hospital room information regarding bed management information includes at least one of patient bed occupancy and bed availability.