Managing patient bed assignments and bed occupancy in a health care facility
First Claim
1. An apparatus for modifying and graphically displaying a health care facility'"'"'s bed management and patient status information, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a display for a health care facility;
(b) an arrangement for producing a plurality of data cells for being viewed on the display, the cells having a plurality of modifiable attributes simultaneously relating to;
(i) bed management information for a health care facility, including at least one of bed occupancy and bed availability for a health care facility; and
(ii) patient status information for patients of a health care facility; and
(c) a controller which modifies at least one of the attributes of at least one of the cells to convey said bed management and patient status information; and
(d) an arrangement for producing a plurality of icons for being viewed on the display, said icons conveying said bed management and patient status information;
(e) wherein said icons are adapted to display secondary information associated with each attribute of the icon; and
(f) wherein said icons are configured to be continually updated based on information received from a patient admissions/discharge system of a health care facility via transactional messages.
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Abstract
An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT) systems. The bed management system is an easy-to-use business intelligence application that is designed to allow administrators, clinicians and managers to easily access, analyze and display real-time patient and bed availability information from ancillary information systems, databases and spreadsheets. It enables users to see trends and relationships in hospital (bed) management data directly from their desktop personal computers.
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1. An apparatus for modifying and graphically displaying a health care facility'"'"'s bed management and patient status information, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a display for a health care facility; (b) an arrangement for producing a plurality of data cells for being viewed on the display, the cells having a plurality of modifiable attributes simultaneously relating to; (i) bed management information for a health care facility, including at least one of bed occupancy and bed availability for a health care facility; and (ii) patient status information for patients of a health care facility; and (c) a controller which modifies at least one of the attributes of at least one of the cells to convey said bed management and patient status information; and (d) an arrangement for producing a plurality of icons for being viewed on the display, said icons conveying said bed management and patient status information; (e) wherein said icons are adapted to display secondary information associated with each attribute of the icon; and (f) wherein said icons are configured to be continually updated based on information received from a patient admissions/discharge system of a health care facility via transactional messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for modifying and graphically displaying a facility'"'"'s bed management and patient status information, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a display for a health care facility; (b) an arrangement for producing a plurality of data cells for being viewed on the display, the cells having a plurality of modifiable attributes simultaneously relating to; (i) bed management information for a health care facility, including at least one of bed occupancy and bed availability for a health care facility; and (ii) patient status information for patients of a health care facility; and (c) a controller which modifies at least one of the attributes of at least one of the cells to convey said bed management and patient status information; (d) wherein said cells are displayed in different colors to convey information related to bed management and patient placement; and (e) wherein said cells are configured to be continually updated based on information received from a patient admissions/discharge system of a health care facility via transactional messages. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A method of modifying and simultaneously graphically displaying both bed management information for a health care facility and patient status information for a health care facility, the method comprising the step of displaying a plurality of data cells, the cells having a plurality of modifiable attributes, wherein at least one of the attributes of at least one of the cells is modified to convey information related to:
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(a) bed management information for a health care facility, including at least one of bed occupancy and bed availability for a health care facility; and (b) patient status information for a health care facility; (c) wherein said cells are displayed in different colors to indicate information related to bed management and patient placement; and (d) wherein said cells are configured to be continually updated based on information received from a patient admissions/discharge system of a health care facility via transactional messages. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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