31 results about "Nursing facility" patented technology

Disclosed is a patient monitoring and drug delivery system and associated methods for use during diagnostic, surgical or other medical procedures. The functionality of the invention enables many time consuming and laborious activities to be minimized or moved to a part in the procedure where time is not as critical. The invention is capable of increasing practice efficiency in patient care facilities through system architecture and design into two separate units. A patient unit receives input signals from patient monitoring connections and outputs the signals to a procedure unit. The procedure unit is operational during the medical procedure and controls the delivery of drugs to the patient.

Computer-based systems and methods are disclosed for reconciling medications at long-term care facilities. An integrated system comprises a patient care management system and a communications network for accessing third-party computer systems. The patient care management system comprises an EMR system, a medication reconciliation system, a data entry device, and one or more databases adapted to receive and store multiple patient and medical data. A computer-enabled method comprises first providing a system adapted to reconcile medications. The medication reconciliation system typically includes a server, a computer database, a data entry device, and a display. Then, the computer-enabled method comprises collecting data for a medication from the data entry device into a new medication panel repository and creating a medication line item from the information in the new medication panel repository. The medication line item can then be adjudicated by selecting one of approving, modifying, and discontinuing the medication line item.

Systems, methods, and devices are described related to the assignment and management of patient-specific bins. A dispensing device at a healthcare facility may include a number of bins for storage of medical supplies, with some of the bins designated as patient-specific bins allocated to be assigned to patients for storage of their medications or certain other supplies. A central server computer system, in communication with a computer of the dispensing device, may monitor and assign current and future patient-specific use of the bins for the dispensing device. The assignment and management of patient-specific bins may be performed by devices distributed through the system.

A system for managing discharge of patients from a hospital to a nursing care facility has the steps of a nursing facility registers on the database, the nursing facility providing real-time updates on a current bed availability, the database is updated with the bed availability as well as features of the available bed, an up-to-date view of bed availability is provided to a hospital case managers view bed availability, and the patient is discharged and sent to the available bed. The features are selected from the group consisting of gender, isolation beds, subacute conditions, custodial beds and the presence of a ventilator. The system may also have the step of placing a biomonitoring device on a patient and monitoring the patient. Monitoring the patient may include locating the patient within the facility, monitoring vital functions, and monitoring for early stroke detection.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a system of pharmaceutical dispensing for at least one first facility, comprising: a data processing and management computer; a facility pharmacy management software; a communications network in communication with said facility pharmacy group management server; at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine; said system further comprises at least one supplemental supplier of said plurality of pharmaceuticals in case said at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine cannot dispense.

A portable radiographic apparatus system reduces the number of types of spare rechargeable battery. A first rechargeable battery for operation of a portable radiographic apparatus has the same shape and characteristics as a second rechargeable battery for operation of a portable X-ray source. The first rechargeable battery and the second rechargeable battery are interchangeable. When, in order capture images during a visit to an individual's home or a visit to a nursing facility, the portable radiographic apparatus and the portable X-ray source are taken to the visit destination, spare rechargeable batteries must be taken in case of trouble with the rechargeable batteries. Because the first rechargeable battery and the second rechargeable battery are interchangeable, by bringing either the first rechargeable battery or the second rechargeable battery, trouble can be addressed if it arises. In this way, the number of types of spare rechargeable battery can be reduced.

A secure and automated computerized system providing a computerized program product and service method for integrating disparate data sources and assessing risk of hospital admission of an individual is disclosed. Individuals who are long-term residents of a nursing facility may be stratified into high, medium, or low risk groups, and the information used by health care service providers. The system also includes methods for providing an individualized resident “continuum of care” plan for a particular resident. A unique set of covariate elements for use in the automated computerized method and system is also provided.

The air purification technology and methods of the disclosure will reduce the levels of airborne biological, chemical, and particulate contamination and thus improve outcomes in, for example, all areas of basic, applied, commercial, industrial, biological, and chemical research and manufacturing, as well as hospital settings, and long-term care facilities, as set forth herein.

A method includes obtaining an electrical signal that includes a set of at least two sensed physiologic measurements of a patient, comparing the at least two physiologic measurements with a predetermined physiologic measurement range, identifying data required to determine a probability and a severity of a condition of interest of the patient, in response to determining the at least two physiologic measurements do not satisfy the physiologic measurement range, receiving the identified data in electronic format, determining a first probability and a first severity of the condition of interest based on the received identified data, determining a recommended course of action for the patient based on the first probability and the first severity, resources of a healthcare facility, and an event guideline; and causing a display to visually present the first probability and first severity and the recommended course of action.

An infusion planning system that improves timeliness and efficiency of patient care and includes methods, systems, and apparatuses for planning, visualizing, and coordinating medication delivery. These methods, systems and apparatuses can include improved scheduling capabilities for infusion pumps and other medical devices in hospitals or health care facilities. Some embodiments relate to improved recording and reporting of medical care information as well.

High-throughput centrifugation of batches of samples is achieved by dividing a single centrifugation run of a batch of samples into two or more staggered, discrete spins with fewer samples and in which the availability of centrifuge slots for loading or unloading of samples and the subsequent delivery of experimental results can be enhanced. The methodology is particularly useful in situations where multiple samples need to be processed rapidly, for example, as part of a STAT blood typing program in urgent care facilities prior to blood transfusion.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical care facilities and specifically discloses a multifunctional medical nursing bed. The bed includes a bed body and a bed board. The board is of adouble-layer structure and is divided into an upper layer and a lower layer from top to bottom. The upper layer is a supporting board on which meshes are evenly distributed. The lower layer includesa plurality of ventilation blades arranged parallelly. Both ends of each of the ventilation blades are hinged with both sides of the bed body separately. The lower layer also includes a rotating mechanism which is used for driving the ventilation blades to rotate in a vertical plane. A first opening is arranged at the position close to the hip of a patient on the bed board. A supporting mechanismarranged below the first opening is used for supporting bedpans used for collecting excrement falling from the first opening and a wiping device arranged below the bed board is used for wiping anus ofpatients. The nursing bed provided by the invention realizes the development of the medical care field from zero to one, is highly automated, reduces the labor consumption of nursing staffs greatly and also reduces human cost.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical care facilities, and concretely discloses a medicine applying device for the otology department. The device includes: a stent, wherein a shell with an inner cavity is hinged to the upper end of the support, a first channel communicated with the inner cavity penetrates through the shell, a liquid guide pipe is inserted into the first channel in a penetrating mode, a spray head is connected to the front end of the liquid guide pipe, a sleeve opening connected with a medical injector is formed in the rear end of the liquid guide pipe, and acamera and a light-emitting body for providing a light source are fixed to the spray head; and a controller connected with a control panel, wherein the controller is electrically connected with the camera and the light-emitting body, a displayer is arranged on the control panel, and a driving part for driving the liquid guide pipe to slide along the first channel is arranged in the shell. By meansof the medicine applying device for the otology department, a doctor can diagnose otology department diseases conveniently, the quality and speed are improved, follow-up nursing personnel can apply amedicine conveniently, rapidly and accurately, the medicine applying quality is guaranteed, and the treatment effect is improved.

A system for monitoring the health and safety of recumbent individuals. In some embodiments, the bed monitor system comprises a wired or wireless sensor mat which may be positioned upon a bed mattress and underneath a bedsheet. Multiple RFID tag sensors embedded within the sensor mat can detect physical, bodily, and environmental attributes and transmit this information to a controller box for further processing. Turn regiment, prohibited body positions, imminent fall danger, and bed occupancy may therefore be tracked and updated accordingly. In some embodiments, the system can dynamically generate positional images of a body proximate to the sensor mat in order to identify adverse conditions requiring attention. Incontinence discharges can also be detected by sensors and algorithms which can differentiate urinary from fecal incontinence events. Various embodiments of the system are portable, allowing for a rapid set-up within hospital venues and within other care facilities.

The invention provides a multi-purpose mobile nursing rack. The multi-purpose mobile nursing rack comprises a rack body composed of two support posts and a fixing cross beam arranged between the two support posts, wherein a support arm is hinged to the top of each support post, a power box and a driven box are arranged on the two support arms respectively, two hollow shafts are mounted between the power box and the driven box, a power box motor is mounted in the power box, a force transmission mechanism with two opposite output ends is further arranged in the power box, an input shaft of the force transmission mechanism is connected with the output end of the power box motor, two output shafts of the force transmission mechanism are respectively connected with the two hollow shafts, at least three groups of T-shaped clamp groove structures are arranged on each hollow shaft, each group of T-shaped clamp groove structure comprises a small groove and a large groove which are arranged on the hollow shaft and connected with each other, and a sealing ring arranged on the hollow shaft, the sealing ring is provided with an open slot with the shape the same as that of the large groove, and a nursing facility with a flexible belt is mounted in the corresponding T-shaped clamp groove structure through a T-shaped head arranged at the end part of the flexible belt. The multi-purpose mobile nursing rack is simple in structure, low in cost, and high in reliability.

A charting system is provided for use in a healthcare facility having a network. The charting system includes a microphone to receive voice inputs from a caregiver. A vital sign monitor obtains a vital sign from a patient and displays it. The system includes a communication device having a voice-to-text module that includes a processor coupled to the microphone. The processor operates a voice-to-text algorithm that converts the vital sign into text in response to the caregiver dictating the vital sign into the microphone. The processor initiates transmission of the vital sign to an EMR computer via the network after conversion of the at least one vital sign to text.

A computer software for managing discharge of patients from a hospital to a nursing care facility has the steps of a nursing facility registers on the database, the nursing facility providing real-time updates on a current bed availability, the database is updated with the bed availability as well as features of the available bed, an up-to-date view of bed availability is provided to a hospital case managers view bed availability, and the patient is discharged and sent to the available bed. The features are selected from the group consisting of gender, isolation beds, subacute conditions, custodial beds and the presence of a ventilator.

The invention relates to a bathing nursing facility suitable for old people. The bathing nursing facility comprises a complete bathtub composed of a flexible tub body and a rigid bathtub body, wherein the flexible tub body is positioned on the front of the rigid bathtub body; the flexible tub body comprises a top air bag, a middle air bag and a bottom air bag realizing inner cavity communication, a sealed flanging is arranged at the edge of the bottom of the bottom air bag, the sealed flanging is in sealed connection with the edge of the front of the rigid bathtub body, and an air inlet pump for pumping air into the flexible tub body and an air exhaust pump for pumping air out from the flexible tub body are further mounted on the outer wall of the rigid tub body; and a chair assembly is mounted behind the inside of the rigid bathtub body, a backrest assembly is mounted on the middle-upper part of the rear wall of the rigid bathtub body, and a folding light-shading awning assembly is mounted on the top of the rear side of the rigid bathtub body. The bathing nursing facility is simple in structure and convenient to use, necessary assistance is provided during converting between the sitting posture and standing posture, and thus the nursing safety is promoted.

The invention discloses a surgical cutting stapler with rigid components, belonging to the technical field of surgical cutting staplers, comprising a handle part, one side of the handle part is communicated with a shaking mechanism, and a connecting pipe is movably connected in the shaking mechanism, the The other end of the connecting pipe is hinged with a supporting nail bin, and the top of the supporting nail bin is hinged with a clamping nail, and the clamping nail and the outer side of the supporting nail bin are provided with a limit mechanism, and the outer side wall of the supporting nail bin is There are nursing facilities in the suite. In the present invention, the cutting seat and the supporting nail seat are removed from the jaws and the main body of the staple cartridge, and flexible gaskets are provided in the cutting seat and the main body of the staple cartridge in the jaws. The advanced cutting seat and supporting nail seat improve the fit ability, effectively avoid tissue damage caused by clamping, and can quickly disassemble the cutting group and the main body of the staple cartridge for suction and disinfection, which can significantly reduce the difficulty of disinfection and maintenance and meet the needs of continuous use.

The invention relates essentially to a method for handling a patient by a health vehicle, implemented by a system comprising said health vehicle and a remote server, said health vehicle comprising anemergency situation indication device, the method comprising the following steps: obtaining of a data item relating to the health of the patient by the health vehicle, transmission of said data item to the remote server for analysis of said data item, and when the result of the analysis implies that the patient should be transported to a health facility, transport of the patient by said health vehicle to the health facility, and when the result of the analysis implies that the patient should be transported to a health facility as a matter of emergency, turning on of the emergency situation indication device of said health vehicle.

A patient monitoring system includes a sensing device configured to measure physiological parameter data from a patient, an identification transmitter that transmits an identification signal, whereinthe identification signal is associated with the patient, and a location tracking system having a plurality of identification receivers arranged in a care facility that receive the identification signal from the identification transmitter and determine a patient location within the care facility based on a location of receipt of the identification signal. The patient monitoring system further includes a contextual alarming module that receives the patient location and selects at least one location-specific alarm rule based on the patient location in the care facility. Physiological parameter data is then assessed by the patient monitoring system based on the location-specific alarm rule.

The invention provides a comfortable wheelchair structure with an auxiliary nursing facility, which includes a wheelchair, a handle, a self-propelled cart, a connector, a wind shield, a thermal wool cushion, a legged plate, an electric blanket, wheels, a battery, a heating switch, an anti-backup column, a leash and a non-slip mat. The top of the back-end on the wheelchair is provided with the handle, whose outer end surface is provided with a tilted antiskid groove structure; a connector is arranged on the bottom of a direction at the front end of the self-propelled cart as well as the handle;the wheelchair is arranges at inclination on the bottom of the wheelchair and both sides of the legged plate are provided with the connector, which has the advantages of protecting the wheelchair andavoiding the wheelchair turning back on the upslope so as to prevent patients from injury; the wheels have the advantages of Increasing the contact area of the wheelchair to the ground and avoiding the overturning of the wheelchair because of the unsteady bottom so as to prevent patients from injury.

A control for ensuring periodical cleaning of articles of hospital and care furniture (1). The control is initiated either by manual activation when the piece of furniture has been cleaned, or when the piece of furniture (1) is driven out of the automatic washer system (2). A timer process is started and after expiration of a preset time, it is indicated on an indication panel that the piece of furniture again needs cleaning. In a parallel process, the number of activations of the control unit (12) is registered, and an indication of the requirement for cleaning is triggered when the number of activations exceeds a preset number.

The invention relates to the technical field of infant nursing facilities, in particular to an intelligent temperature control infant incubator. The infant incubator comprises an incubator body, an infant bed, a control system and an external air heating device; after the external air heating devices heats air to required temperature, the heated air is conveyed into the incubator body through an air passage; a temperature control filtration column is arranged in the air passage; and the temperature control filtration column controls opening or closing of the air passage according to the changeof temperature. According to the infant incubator, opening or closing of the air passage for heated gas is controlled through direct contact of the temperature control filtration column and the heated gas according to the temperature, and by combining with a physical temperature control way, the problem that the temperature in the incubator is overhigh due to heating once a temperature control system breaks down is prevented; meanwhile, the filtration column further has the functions of cleaning and filtering; by combining the incubator body with the automatic control system, the stability and the safety of the environment in the incubator are guaranteed through automatic control; and the infant incubator has significant practical application value in the field of infant health protection.

A grab rail (10) comprises an elongated central gripping region (12) extending in a linear direction and two ends (14). Each end includes an elbow structure (18) extending from and adjoining the gripping region, through a direction generally transverse to the gripping region and terminating in a surface engaging structure (20). The central gripping region (12) comprises a photoluminescent material that accumulates energy under normal or daylight conditions and automatically emits light under dim light conditions to emit light in darkness. The grab rail does not require a power supply, provides enhanced visibility under dim or dark light conditions, and is particularly useful in nursing facilities and places where people are inconvenient to move.

The invention provides a bedridden patient auxiliary nursing facility for neurology nursing, relates to the technical field of medical nursing, and aims to solve the problems that when an existing bedridden patient nursing bedpan is used, the comfort is poor, no auxiliary sealing structure exists, and odor emission cannot be reduced. The bedridden patient auxiliary nursing facility comprises a main body, supporting pieces, sealing pieces and a top piece; the main body is of a rectangular structure, and a rectangular groove is formed in the top end of the main body; The supporting pieces are installed on the two sides of the main body, and clamping heads of the supporting pieces are installed in installation grooves in an embedded mode; and the sealing pieces are installed on the two sides of the top end of the main body in a bonding mode. The top piece is directly installed at the top end of the main body for use, when a patient needs to defecate, the hip can be embedded into a top groove, then the patient can feel more comfortable when defecating, the defecating effect is better, meanwhile, a sealing strip can make contact with the edge of the hip of the patient, the smell can be sealed in an auxiliary mode, and the smell emission is avoided.

To achieve smoothly coordinated activities among medical facilities, care facilities, and welfare facilities by enabling creating and referencing of consistent records and work instruction documents among the facilities even in a case where a patient is transferred from a hospital to a care facility to a home care service.An integrated multi-facility electronic medical record system includes: a facility-specific document category managing unit that manages document categories being used at facilities; a facility-specific document-category-specific document recording unit that records document data for each document category at each facility; and a facility-specific document-category-specific access right managing unit that manages access rights of staff for each document category at each facility. The facility-specific document-category-specific access right managing unit includes a staff login authenticating unit that authenticates staff for each document category at each facility, and the integrated multi-facility electronic medical record system further includes: an accessible document referencing unit that references, for each facility and each document category, a document the staff have rights to access, the document relating to a designated user; and a multi-facility document display unit that displays a referenced multi-facility document.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a system of pharmaceutical dispensing for at least one first facility, comprising: a data processing and management computer; a facility pharmacy management software; a communications network in communication with said facility pharmacy group management server; at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine; said system further comprises at least one supplemental supplier of said plurality of pharmaceuticals in case said at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine cannot dispense.