Method and a system for optimizing hospital beds and ambulance allocations via a computer network
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating personnel of an ambulance with a delivery of a patient in the ambulance to a room in a hospital using a computer network and a database connected to the computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
- inputting a status of the room into the database wherein the status of the room indicates an availability of the room to receive the patient;
inputting a wait time for the room into the database wherein the wait time indicates a length of time the patient will wait to receive medical treatment in the room;
inputting a processing time into the database wherein the processing time indicates an average length of time required to process the patient at the hospital;
inputting information about the patient into the database;
making a determination to deliver the patient to the room based upon the status of the room, the wait time, the processing time and the information about the patient;
communicating the determination to the personnel of the ambulance wherein the personnel of the ambulance transport the patient based on the determination; and
changing the status of the room in the database based on the determination.
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Abstract
A method and a system for optimizing hospital beds and ambulance allocations via a computer network are provided. The method and the system determine the status of emergency rooms and/or the status of beds in emergency rooms of hospitals via a computer network. The system and the method allocate emergency rooms and/or the beds in the emergency rooms of the hospitals to ambulances and/or ambulance services. The system and the method diverts or bypasses patients to emergency rooms of other hospitals for medical treatment.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating personnel of an ambulance with a delivery of a patient in the ambulance to a room in a hospital using a computer network and a database connected to the computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
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inputting a status of the room into the database wherein the status of the room indicates an availability of the room to receive the patient; inputting a wait time for the room into the database wherein the wait time indicates a length of time the patient will wait to receive medical treatment in the room; inputting a processing time into the database wherein the processing time indicates an average length of time required to process the patient at the hospital; inputting information about the patient into the database; making a determination to deliver the patient to the room based upon the status of the room, the wait time, the processing time and the information about the patient; communicating the determination to the personnel of the ambulance wherein the personnel of the ambulance transport the patient based on the determination; and changing the status of the room in the database based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for allocating a room from a plurality of rooms in a hospital to a patient in an ambulance based upon healthcare services required by the patient wherein the room is necessary to provide the healthcare services to the patient, the system comprising:
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a computer network; a database associated with the computer network; means for inputting information into the database wherein the information is associated with the room and further wherein the information indicates a status of the room wherein the status of the room is an availability of the room to receive the patient wherein the information indicates a wait time for the room wherein the wait time is a length of time the patient will wait to receive the healthcare services in the room wherein the information indicates a processing time wherein the processing time is an average length of time required to process the patient at the hospital and further wherein the information indicates the healthcare services required by the patient wherein the database matches the room to the patient based upon the information in the database wherein the patient is delivered to the hospital based on the information in the database wherein the information in the database is accessed via the computer network; a plurality of computers connected to the computer network to access the information in the database via the computer network wherein one of the plurality of computers is located within the ambulance wherein another of the plurality of computers is located within the hospital; and reports generated by the database from the information wherein the reports summarize the information wherein the reports are accessible by the plurality of computers via the computer network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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