System and method for medical resource utilization management

• Main Authors: Patel, Mrigasha, Egeland, Ryan, Egeland, Brent
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.06.2019
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A server, a method, and non-transitory computer readable medium are provided. The method includes receiving at least one message from a corresponding number of gateways, wherein each received message includes a first identification parameter associated with each gateway, and a second identification parameter associated with a beacon. The method also includes identifying locations of the beacon as the beacon moves throughout an environment. The method further includes deriving a time duration that the beacon is located in each of the identified locations. The method additionally includes determining a value associated with the beacon at each of the identified locations, the value is based on each location and the time duration that the beacon is located in each of the identified locations, each location is associated with a predetermined value.