Bed/room/patient association systems and methods
First Claim
1. A system comprisinga first subsystem for associating a bed to a room of a healthcare facility, the first subsystem comprisinga locator unit that is fixed in place and that transmits a location ID,a patient bed having first circuitry that has a first ID and that receives the location ID, the patient bed having second circuitry that is independent of the first circuitry, the second circuitry being configured to transmit a bed ID and bed status data,a first transceiver spaced from the locator unit and spaced from the patient bed, the first transceiver receiving the first ID and location ID transmitted by the first circuitry,a second transceiver that is spaced from and independent of the first transceiver, the second transceiver receiving the bed ID and the bed status data transmitted by the second circuitry,a first remote computer device receiving the location ID and first ID transmitted to the first remote computer device by the first transceiver, anda second remote computer device that receives the bed ID and the bed status data which is transmitted to the second computer device by the second transceiver, wherein the first and second remote computer devices cooperate to associate the location ID and the bed status data with the bed ID;
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Abstract
Systems and methods of associating beds and/or rooms and/or patients are provided. One system and method involves using a signature of emitted light to determine a location of a patient bed in a healthcare facility. Another system and method involves reading a bar code from an array of redundant bar codes. Still another system and method involves manually entering location information on a graphical user interface of a patient bed for subsequent transmission. A further system and method involves sending bed ID and location ID along parallel paths from two independent circuits on a patient bed for receipt by two different transceivers and ultimately by two different remote computers that cooperate to associate the bed ID with the location ID. Still a further system and method involves using circuitry on a bed to mutate a received location ID and a bed ID into a single unique mutated ID such as by adding the location ID and bed ID and then performing a hashing operation.
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1. A system comprising
a first subsystem for associating a bed to a room of a healthcare facility, the first subsystem comprising a locator unit that is fixed in place and that transmits a location ID, a patient bed having first circuitry that has a first ID and that receives the location ID, the patient bed having second circuitry that is independent of the first circuitry, the second circuitry being configured to transmit a bed ID and bed status data, a first transceiver spaced from the locator unit and spaced from the patient bed, the first transceiver receiving the first ID and location ID transmitted by the first circuitry, a second transceiver that is spaced from and independent of the first transceiver, the second transceiver receiving the bed ID and the bed status data transmitted by the second circuitry, a first remote computer device receiving the location ID and first ID transmitted to the first remote computer device by the first transceiver, and a second remote computer device that receives the bed ID and the bed status data which is transmitted to the second computer device by the second transceiver, wherein the first and second remote computer devices cooperate to associate the location ID and the bed status data with the bed ID; - and
a second subsystem comprising a light source that emits visible light having a signature that is unique to a location of the healthcare facility in which the light source is situated, and a second patient bed including second circuitry that analyzes the light from the light source to determine the signature corresponding to the location, the circuitry being configured to transmit data corresponding to the signature and to transmit a second bed identifier (ID) of the second patient bed to the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising
a first subsystem for associating a bed to a room of a healthcare facility, the first subsystem comprising a locator unit that is fixed in place and that transmits a location ID, a patient bed having first circuitry that has a first ID and that receives the location ID, the patient bed having second circuitry that is independent of the first circuitry, the second circuitry being configured to transmit a bed ID and bed status data, a first transceiver spaced from the locator unit and spaced from the patient bed, the first transceiver receiving the first ID and location ID transmitted by the first circuitry, a second transceiver that is spaced from and independent of the first transceiver, the second transceiver receiving the bed ID and the bed status data transmitted by the second circuitry, a first remote computer device receiving the location ID and first ID transmitted to the first remote computer device by the first transceiver, and a second remote computer device that receives the bed ID and the bed status data which is transmitted to the second computer device by the second transceiver, wherein the first and second remote computer devices cooperate to associate the location ID and the bed status data with the bed ID; - and
a second subsystem comprising a light source that emits visible light and infrared (IR) light, wherein the IR light has a signature that is unique to a location of the healthcare facility in which the light source is situated, and a second patient bed including second circuitry that analyzes the IR light from the light source to determine the signature corresponding to the location, the circuitry being configured to transmit data corresponding to the signature and to transmit a second bed identifier (ID) of the second patient bed to the network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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