Use of location awareness to establish and suspend communications sessions in a healthcare environment
First Claim
1. A method of managing access to a healthcare information system of a healthcare establishment communications network, said method comprising:
- receiving data regarding a wirelessly detectable tag associated with a clinician;
determining whether the clinician is positioned relative to a terminal of the healthcare establishment communications network such that a proximity condition is satisfied based at least in part on the data regarding the wirelessly detectable tag;
responsive to the proximity condition being satisfied, providing an opportunity for authentication of the clinician;
responsive to successful authentication of the clinician, establishing a session for the clinician between the terminal and the healthcare information system.
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Abstract
A method of managing access to a healthcare information system of a healthcare establishment communications network. The method comprises receiving data regarding a wirelessly detectable tag associated with a clinician; determining whether the clinician is positioned relative to a terminal of the healthcare establishment communications network such that a proximity condition is satisfied based at least in part on the data regarding the wirelessly detectable tag; responsive to the proximity condition being satisfied, providing an opportunity for authentication of the clinician; and responsive to successful authentication of the clinician, establishing a session for the clinician between the terminal and the healthcare information system. The ability to detect proximity of clinician facilitates the process by which the clinician may access the healthcare information system, while the requirement for authentication of the clinician minimizes the risk of data being made available to an unauthorized party.
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107 Claims
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1. A method of managing access to a healthcare information system of a healthcare establishment communications network, said method comprising:
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receiving data regarding a wirelessly detectable tag associated with a clinician;
determining whether the clinician is positioned relative to a terminal of the healthcare establishment communications network such that a proximity condition is satisfied based at least in part on the data regarding the wirelessly detectable tag;
responsive to the proximity condition being satisfied, providing an opportunity for authentication of the clinician;
responsive to successful authentication of the clinician, establishing a session for the clinician between the terminal and the healthcare information system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. A system for managing access to a healthcare information system of a healthcare establishment communications network, the healthcare establishment communications network comprising a plurality of terminals, said system comprising:
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a first functional entity adapted to determine, based at least in part on data regarding wirelessly detectable tags associated with respective clinicians, when a particular one of the clinicians is positioned relative to a particular one of the terminals such that a proximity condition is satisfied for the particular clinician and the particular terminal;
a second functional entity adapted to enable receipt of authentication data from the particular clinician in response to the proximity condition being satisfied for the particular clinician and the particular terminal; and
a third functional entity adapted to establish a session for the particular clinician between the terminal and the healthcare information system in response to receipt of authentication data from the particular clinician and if the received authentication data corresponds to pre-determined authentication data associated with the particular clinician. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106)
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107. A computer-readable storage medium comprising a program element for execution by a computing device to manage access to a healthcare information system of a healthcare establishment communications network, the program element including:
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computer-readable program code for determining, based at least in part on data regarding wirelessly detectable tags associated with respective clinicians, when a particular one of the clinicians is positioned relative to a particular one of the terminals such that a proximity condition is satisfied for the particular clinician and the particular terminal;
computer-readable program code for enabling receipt of authentication data from the particular clinician in response to the proximity condition being satisfied for the particular clinician and the particular terminal; and
computer-readable program code for establishing a session for the particular clinician between the terminal and the healthcare information system in response to receipt of authentication data from the particular clinician and if the received authentication data corresponds to pre-determined authentication data associated with the particular clinician.
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