Healthcare communications and documentation system
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1. A method of caring for a plurality of patients, the method comprising:
- maintaining, in a database, instructions regarding individualized care plans of a plurality of patients;
capturing a spoken message from a care provider at a personal terminal remote from the database;
using a speech recognition program to process the captured spoken message to determine the content of the spoken message;
accessing patient care instructions in response to the content of the spoken message, wherein the instructions are associated with at least one patient and with the individualized care plan of the at least one patient for directing care that is to be provided to the patient;
audibly reproducing the instructions as part of a speech dialogue for being heard by the care provider;
receiving information from the care provider, relating to the care that is provided to the patient for the individualized care plan, by way of additional spoken messages and the use of the speech recognition program; and
,wirelessly transmitting the information to the database.
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Abstract
A communications and documentation system is disclosed that improves staff communication, education, and/or documentation. This system is interactive and integrates speech recognition, telephony, wireless, and/or database technologies, and innovative algorithms in a novel way that allows for assigning staff, scheduling staff activities, and data collection and reporting. The system also incorporates features that promote ease of use by persons who are not skilled at using technology.
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1. A method of caring for a plurality of patients, the method comprising:
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maintaining, in a database, instructions regarding individualized care plans of a plurality of patients; capturing a spoken message from a care provider at a personal terminal remote from the database; using a speech recognition program to process the captured spoken message to determine the content of the spoken message; accessing patient care instructions in response to the content of the spoken message, wherein the instructions are associated with at least one patient and with the individualized care plan of the at least one patient for directing care that is to be provided to the patient; audibly reproducing the instructions as part of a speech dialogue for being heard by the care provider; receiving information from the care provider, relating to the care that is provided to the patient for the individualized care plan, by way of additional spoken messages and the use of the speech recognition program; and
,wirelessly transmitting the information to the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of caring for a plurality of patients comprising:
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maintaining patient care information for at least one patient as an individualized care plan for the at least one patient; at a terminal associated with a care provider, capturing speech from the care provider; using a speech recognition program to process the captured speech to determine the content of the spoken message; accessing patient care information from the individualized care plan associated with the at least one patient in response to the content of the spoken message; audibly playing the patient care information of the individualized care plan to be heard by the care provider; capturing, at the terminal, further speech from the care provider relating to the care that is provided to the at least one patient by the care provider and using the speech recognition program on the captured further speech to generate patient care data; maintaining that patient care data in a database. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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