Information management system for bed data
First Claim
1. A healthcare computer network comprisingan admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) system, anda first computer device having stored therein bed message data for at least one hospital bed, the bed message data comprising bed identification (ID) data, wherein at least one of the ADT system and the first computer device communicates the bed message data via packets with the other of the ADT system and the computer device, anda second computer device that effectuates packet based communication between at least one of the ADT system and the first computer device and the other of the ADT system and the first computer device, wherein the first computer device builds digital signals into message packets that are addressed to a third computer device.
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Abstract
A hospital bed, patient/nurse call system, and a hospital network are provided. Communication is provided over a packet based communication network.
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20 Claims
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1. A healthcare computer network comprising
an admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) system, and a first computer device having stored therein bed message data for at least one hospital bed, the bed message data comprising bed identification (ID) data, wherein at least one of the ADT system and the first computer device communicates the bed message data via packets with the other of the ADT system and the computer device, and a second computer device that effectuates packet based communication between at least one of the ADT system and the first computer device and the other of the ADT system and the first computer device, wherein the first computer device builds digital signals into message packets that are addressed to a third computer device.
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8. A healthcare computer network comprising
a first computer device having bed message data stored therein, the bed message data comprising bed identification (ID) data, a second computer device associated with an admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) system, a plurality of communication devices, a packet based network coupled to the first and second computer devices and coupled to the plurality of communication devices, the packet based network handling device data packets communicated between at least one of the first and second computer devices and the other of the first and second computer devices, the packet based network handling voice data packets communicated between at least a first and a second of the communication devices, wherein the packet based network prioritizes voice data packets higher than device data packets such that delivery of at least some device data packets are delayed during delivery of at least some voice data packets.
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14. A healthcare computer system comprising
an intra-room network comprising a client computer device and a plurality of data devices which communicate data to the client computer device, the data including bed message data comprising bed identification (ID) data, a packet based network comprising a plurality of server computers, one of the server computers being a web server, the intra-room network being coupled to the packet based network, and an admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) system coupled to the packet based network, the packet based network effectuating packet based communication between at least one of the ADT system and the intra-room network and the other of the ADT system and the intra-room network, wherein the plurality of data devices comprises at least one hospital bed.
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