System for Coordinating Medical Treatments and In-Care Patient Tracking

摘要

A method for coordinating medical treatments and in-care patient tracking system is set forth wherein a patient peripheral enables determination of patient location data, patient identification data, and treatment data, by sensed spatiotemporal relationships of the patient peripheral within a designated area. Proximity of the patient peripheral with a practitioner peripheral enables automated association of treatment data to a patient record alongside practitioner identification data. Treatment data generated, such as collected samples and other data, effects automatic assignment of the patient identity to relevant data and materials. Inventory is trackable, and doses administered are reportable automatically to the patient record.

主权项

1. A system for coordinating medical treatments and in-care patient tracking within determined bounds of a designated area, said system comprising:
at least one base station disposed wirelessly sensible of said designated area, said base station disposed to effect wireless communications with each of a patient peripheral and a practitioner peripheral when discovered as operating within the bounds of said designated area; at least one threshold disposed within the bounds of the designated area, said at least one threshold enabling communication of time of entry data and time of exit data whenever the patient peripheral or the practitioner peripheral is sensed at said at least one threshold; wherein patient identification data is readable from the patient peripheral and transmissible to a central server to enable update of a patient record; wherein patient location data is readable from the patient peripheral and transmissible to the central server to enable update of the patient record determinable relative space and time within the designated area; wherein practitioner location data is readable from the practitioner peripheral and transmissible to the central server to enable update of the patient record proximally determined in space and time relative the patient peripheral and space and time within the designated area; wherein practitioner identification data, readable from the practitioner peripheral, is transmissible to the central server and associable with the patient record when said practitioner peripheral is discovered within a proximal range of the patient peripheral; wherein practitioner identification data and patient identification data enable determination of treatment data updateable to the patient record; and wherein patient location data enables determination of treatment data updateable to the patient record.