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Use of location awareness to request assistance for a medical event occurring in a healthcare environment

  • US 20060181424A1
  • Filed: 02/25/2005
  • Published: 08/17/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of requesting assistance for a medical event occurring in a healthcare establishment, said method comprising:

  • receiving data regarding a location of the medical event within the healthcare establishment;

    receiving data regarding a type of the medical event;

    receiving data regarding at least one wirelessly detectable tag, each one of the at least one wirelessly detectable tag being associated with a respective one of at least one clinician;

    determining a respective location of each one of the at least one clinician within the healthcare establishment based at least in part on the data regarding the at least one wirelessly detectable tag;

    identifying at least one particular clinician of the at least one clinician as being eligible to provide assistance for the medical event, based at least in part on the location of the medical event, the type of the medical event, and the respective location of each one of the at least one clinician; and

    performing an action to cause requesting of assistance for the medical event from each one of the at least one particular clinician.

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