Method and apparatus for inventory control in medical treatment areas

摘要

Methods and systems for controlling inventory in a medical facility include providing a medical device into a medical treatment area within a wireless range of a medical facility network and automatically identifying the medical device upon introduction into the medical treatment area. Patient records are automatically updated to reflect that the medical device has been assigned to a patient.

主权项

1. A system of controlling inventory in a medical facility, comprising:
a medical treatment area within a medical facility having a network, the medical treatment area and network configured such that the network can determine that a wireless medical device is within the medical treatment area, the medical treatment area being assigned to a patient; a plurality of wireless medical devices inventoried by the medical facility, each inventoried wireless medical device having a medical device record;wherein the network is configured to automatically detect and identify a wireless medical device upon introduction of the wireless medical device into the medical treatment area, determine whether a medical device record exists for the newly detected wireless medical device, create a medical device record if the newly detected wireless medical device does not have a medical device record, and assign the newly detected wireless medical device to the patient to whom the medical treatment area is assigned.