Direct patient association

A method, system, and apparatus for associating a patient with a bed or a room includes sensing wireless information transmitted by a transmitter worn by the patient, such as an RFID transmitter of a wristband, and relying on automatic communication between the bed, a bed status computer, and an adm...

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Main Authors Tallent, Dan R, Bishop, William B, Kim, Peter S, Ribble, David Lance, Huster, Keith A, Agdeppa, Eric D, Schuman, Richard Joseph
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 19.04.2017
Subjects
CALCULATING
CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
FUNERAL DEVICES
HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS
PHYSICS
TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS
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Summary:A method, system, and apparatus for associating a patient with a bed or a room includes sensing wireless information transmitted by a transmitter worn by the patient, such as an RFID transmitter of a wristband, and relying on automatic communication between the bed, a bed status computer, and an admission, discharge and tracking (ADT) computer to verify the patient-to-room or patient-to-bed association. The verification is achieved without the need for any manual data entry at the bed or at the bed status computer. The bed status computer stores bed data sent from the bed until the verification is made and then the bed status computer transmits the stored bed data to an electronic medical records (EMR) computer.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20140155347