System and method for determining a location and a status of an asset

摘要

A method. The method includes, at a computing system, receiving information associated with an asset. The method also includes determining a location of the asset based on the received information, and determining a status of the asset based on the received information and/or the determined location of the asset. The determining of the location and the determining of the status are performed by the computing system.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
at a computing system, receiving patient information associated with an asset via a hospital network and information from a RFID tag connected to the asset; populating a database with data associating the RFID tag with the asset and associating the asset with a patient; determining a location of the asset, wherein determining the location is performed by the computing system and comprises:
continuously determining a location of an autonomous mobile robot; andbased directly on the determined location of the autonomous mobile robot, determining a location of the RFID tag relative to the determined location of the autonomous mobile robot; determining a status of the asset based on the following:
the received patient information; andthe determined location of the asset, wherein determining the status is performed by the computing system;wherein determining the status of the asset comprises determining the following:
that the asset is in use;that the asset is not in use and is not available for use; andthat the asset is not in use and available for use;wherein when the patient is discharged, the status of the asset associated with the patient automatically changes from in use to not in use and not available for use; andwherein when the asset is at least one of cleaned, sterilized, and reset, the status of the asset automatically changes from not in use and not available for use to not in use and available for use; and utilizing the patient information received from the hospital network to update the data stored in the database.