Visual display of room information

• US 8,560,580 B1
• Filed: 05/10/2000
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: TeleTracking Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: TeleTracking Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Nacey, Gene E.
• Primary Examiner(s): AL HASHEMI, SANA A
• Application Number:
  US09/567,897
• Time in Patent Office: 4,906 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825, 340/28, 340/29, 340/522, 340/525, 707/607, 707/609, 707/687, 707/705, 707/821, 707/953, 712/217, 705/3, 705/5, 705/6, 348/14.08, 345/854
• US Class Current: 707/825
• 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

An apparatus and method for the visual display of room information. 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

1. An apparatus for the graphical display of a facility'"'"'s bed management and room occupant status information, said apparatus comprising:

a display incorporating at least one icon viewed on said display, said icon simultaneously conveying a first level of hospital room information regarding;

bed management information, including at least one of patient bed occupancy and bed availability, said at least one icon being arranged on said display in the pattern of a floor plan of the facility;

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;

said display providing a link to secondary patient information;

the secondary patient information being displayed in response to user interaction with an icon of a patient occupied room.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the secondary information is displayed solely to authorized users of the apparatus.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a controller which is adapted to modify an attribute upon a prompt from an authorized user of the apparatus.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the icon depicts a bed.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the icon indicates the room is unoccupied.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the icon indicates the room is occupied.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the icon indicates an emergency condition exists within the room without a patient of a room providing input indicating an emergency situation to the apparatus.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said icon indicates a bed within the room is being made.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1:

wherein at least one differing level of information is displayed for said at least one icon;

wherein, by the user interacting with said at least one icon, at least one level of information associated with at least one modifiable attribute of the icon is displayed;

wherein more than one modifiable attribute of the icon can be displayed at a time;

wherein said at least one level of information may relate to patient medical information.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the secondary information is displayed in a pop up window.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the secondary information is restricted to authorized users of the apparatus.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the secondary patient information is medical information of the patient occupying the room.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the icon comprises a color indicating one or more of isolation, observation, telemetry and age bracket for the patient.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the secondary information is dependent upon the icon.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the secondary patient information is medical information of the patient occupying the room, and wherein the medical information of the patient comprises pre-admission data of the patient.

16. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the at least one level of information is displayed solely to authorized users of the apparatus.

17. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a controller which is adapted to modify an attribute upon a prompt from an authorized user of the apparatus.

18. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the icon depicts a bed.

19. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the icon indicates the room is unoccupied.

20. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the icon indicates the room is occupied.

21. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the icon indicates an emergency condition exists within the room.

22. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said icon indicates a bed with the room is being made.