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Location-based management of healthcare environments

  • US 8,700,423 B2
  • Filed: 11/04/2009
  • Issued: 04/15/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing healthcare environments, the method comprising:

  • receiving from a first clinician, utilizing a first computer process, a healthcare order input into a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to be completed for the patient;

    in response to receiving the healthcare order, displaying the healthcare order to a second clinician;

    automatically associating, utilizing a second computer process, the healthcare order with one or more tangible items required to fulfill the healthcare order, wherein the one or more tangible items required to fulfill the healthcare order are automatically associated with the healthcare order without user input;

    identifying a location of one or more tangible items required to fulfill the healthcare order, wherein the location of one or more tangible items required to fulfill the healthcare order is based on an item identifier that is tracked via a plurality of sensors in a healthcare environment;

    displaying the location of the one or more tangible items required to fulfill the healthcare order to the second clinician; and

    navigating the second clinician, via turn-by-turn directions, to the one or more tangible items required to fulfill the healthcare order;

    wherein the first and second computer processes are executed utilizing one or more computing devices.

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