Interconnective and interrelational information interface system

• US 6,416,328 B1
• Filed: 07/27/1999
• Issued: 07/09/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John F. Callahan
• Original Assignee: John F. Callahan
• Inventors: Callahan, John F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Christman, Kathleen M.
• Application Number:
  US09/361,007
• Time in Patent Office: 1,078 Days
• Field of Search: 434/118, 434/236, 434/350, 434/219, 705/2
• US Class Current: 434/322
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• 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

An interconnective and interrelational information system comprising at least one computer having an input member, an output member and an storage member. At least one of the at least one computers includes a managing structure, a data storage structure and a training structure. The managing structure manages at least one process. The data storage structure is associated with the process managing structure, and includes at least one item of data pertaining to the at least one process. The training structure facilitates the training of at least one employee to complete the processes identified in the process managing structure. The training structure interfaces with the process managing structure and with the data storage structure, to, in turn, obtain the necessary item of data from the data storage structure to provide training to the at least one employee for the at least one process. The invention further includes methods of managing processes and training employees.

Claims

1. A computer program product for facilitating compliance by a facility with a plurality of regulations comprising:

a computer data storage device; and

computer program instructions, recorded on the computer data storage device, executable by a computer processor, for performing the steps of;

storing data pertaining to at least one process;

identifying at least one process which requires completion for compliance with a plurality of regulations;

determining at least one procedure necessary to complete the process;

assigning the execution of at least one procedure to at least one person;

determining the training necessary for the at least one person to complete the execution of the procedures;

determining if the at least one person has completed the determined necessary training;

providing the determined necessary training to the at least one person if it is determined that the at least one person has not completed the determined necessary training;

facilitating the updating of the progress of the at least one person relative to the completion of the process; and

monitoring the progress of the at least one person relative to the completion of the process, to, in turn, determine compliance by a facility with the plurality of regulations.

2. The product of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

alerting at least one other person in the event that the step of monitoring determines that the completion of the process is not proceeding as necessary for the compliance by a facility with the plurality of regulations.

3. The product of claim 1 wherein the step of storing data pertaining to a process further comprises the steps of:

storing data pertaining to each procedure required to complete the at least one process; and

storing data pertaining to training for each procedure required to complete the at least one process.

4. The product of claim 1 wherein the step of assigning firer comprises the steps of:

storing data pertaining to the at least one person, the data including;

name;

job description; and

skills; and

identifying at least one person from the stored data having at least one skill for completing at least one procedure of the at least one process.

5. The product of claim 4 wherein the step of determining the training further comprises the step of:

updating the stored data pertaining to the at least one person after the step of providing the necessary training to the at least one person.

6. The product of claim 1 wherein the step of facilitating the updating further comprises the step of facilitating the updating of the progress by the at least one person.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the computer program instructions further performs the step of:

providing a facilitating means for the at least one person to communicate with at least one other person.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the step of providing a facilitating means further comprises the step of:

preserving the anonymity of the at least one person.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the step of providing a facilitating means further comprises the step of:

facilitating email communication between the at least one person and the at least one other person.

10. A computer program product for facilitating compliance by a facility with a plurality of regulations comprising:

a computer data storage device; and

computer program instructions, recorded on the computer data storage device, executable by a computer processor, for performing the steps of;

storing data pertaining to a plurality of processes necessary for compliance with a plurality of regulations;

identifying processes on an ongoing basis which require completion for compliance with a plurality of regulations, for each such identified process completing the steps of;

determining at least one procedure necessary to complete the process;

assigning the execution of each at least one procedure to at least one person;

determining the training necessary for each at least one person to complete the execution of each at least one procedure;

determining if the at least one person has completed the determined necessary training;

providing the determined necessary training to the at least one person if it is determined that the at least one person has not completed the determined necessary training;

facilitating the updating of the progress of each at least one person relative to the completion of the process; and

monitoring the progress of each at least one person relative to the completion of the process, to, in turn, determine compliance by a facility with the plurality of regulations.

11. The product of claim 10 further comprising the step of:

analyzing the progress of the completion of a process.

12. The product of claim 10 further comprising the step of:

updating the data pertaining to the plurality of processes necessary for compliance with a plurality of regulations on an ongoing basis.

13. The product of claim 10 further comprising the steps of:

storing data pertaining to each at least one person, the data including job description and trained skills;

periodically reviewing the training skill data and job description data pertaining to each at least one person;

determining if any further training is necessary for each at least one person; and

training each at least one person if the step of determining results in a finding that training is necessary.

14. The product of claim 10 further comprising the step of:

alerting at least one person in the event that the step of monitoring determines that the completion of any process is not proceeding as necessary for the compliance by a facility with the plurality of regulations.

15. The product of claim 14 further comprising the step of:

alerting at least one person other than the person that was previously alerted in the event that the step of monitoring determines that the completion of the process is not proceeding as necessary for the compliance by a facility with the plurality of regulations after the first step of alerting.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the computer program instructions further performs the step of:

providing a facilitating means for the at least one person to communicate with at least one supervisor.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the step of providing a facilitating means further comprises the step of:

preserving the anonymity of the at least one person.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the step of providing a facilitating means further comprises the step of:

facilitating email communication between the at least one person and the at least one other person.