35 results about "Patient Tracking" patented technology

A system for processing data provided by medical devices. The system includes a medical device having a memory device configured to store medical device information. The system also includes an information system connected to the medical device. The information system includes at least a server configured to receive at least a portion of the medical device information from the memory device of the medical device. The server is also configured to employ the medical device information to process at least one of patient data, prescription data and inventory / ordering data. The medical device information may include serial number data, device identifier data, operation data and / or usage data for the medical device. The patient data may include at least one of patient tracking data, patient recordkeeping data and patient billing data. The prescription data may include prescription issuance data, prescription filling data and prescription tracking data. The inventory / ordering data may include at least one of maintenance and replacement schedule data, administrator notification data, and automatically-generated medical device order data.

A task management system uses patient tags (e.g., wireless RFID, Infrared tracking, GPS etc.) for patient location tracking, together with an integrated workflow system to automatically, track patient location how long they have been there and how many patients are at the same location (e.g., waiting room) and manages waiting time and an overall waiting queue, supporting automated adjustment of healthcare staffing, patient flows, and team coordination. A task management system for use in providing healthcare to a patient includes a patient tracking processor and a workflow processor. The patient tracking processor automatically acquires data derived by wireless communication from patient attached tag devices for use in identifying a location of multiple patients in a healthcare enterprise and identifying a first number of patients at a particular location and a second number of patients awaiting receiving a particular type of treatment. The workflow processor automatically initiates a patient load balancing activity to improve a match between a healthcare resource and a patient load by communicating a message to update a healthcare worker task schedule with a task in response to a determination the identified first or second number of patients exceeds a predetermined threshold number.

The computerized system provides a method to track Alzheimer's patients and other diseases that affect the patient's ability to contact and communicate their location or vital information to their caregivers. The system applies an electronic tag to each patient of a multiplicity of patients or only to non-confined patients and employs a computer to maintain information about their location and well being. Use is made of a global positioning system to locate a lost patient as well as to track movements of the patient. A history of the movement of the patient may also be plotted on a map. Additional components of the tag gather and relay information about the patient's condition and other environmental data. In addition, the use of a an additional external transmitter keeps the wearable tag in a low power “sleep” mode when it is in range, preserving the internal battery and only consuming power when the tag moves out of range of the external transmitter.

A method and system for automated medical records processing with cloud computing including patient tracking for actual and virtual encounters. The method and system includes plural electronic medical templates specifically designed such that they reduce the complexity and risk associated with collecting patient encounter information, creating a medical diagnosis, tracking the patient through the medical processes at the medical facility and generate the appropriate number and type medical codes for a specific type of medical practice when processed. The medical codes and other types of processed actual or virtual patient encounter information are displayed in real-time on electronic medical records and invoices immediately after an actual or virtual patient encounter via a cloud computing network.

An oral hygiene system for cleaning teeth and gums includes a mouthpiece having at least one arcuate channel adapted to receive and surround the teeth. The mouthpiece includes at least two modalities chosen from a group consisting of a mechanical modality, an iontophoretic modality, and a disinfection modality, wherein the mechanical modality brushes the teeth and gums and dislodges food debris, the iontophoretic modality breaks up plaque and tartar buildup, and the disinfection modality removes the food debris, plaque and tartar buildup. A control system coordinates the transmission of modalities, tracks and records utilization, recording completed and failed treatment cycles, and transmits them to a monitoring system. The monitoring system, which links to electronic medical administrating record (eMAR) technology and patient tracking technology (e.g., RFID sensors, electronic tags), facilitates compliance with recommended oral hygiene regimens and review of compliance by medical staff, assisted living staff, and / or caregivers.

Improved systems and methods for collecting Protected Health Information (PHI) with or without the assistance of a physician scribe are described. Documenting a patient encounter utilizing a template-based charting system (either electronic or paper-based), and the tracking of this document status and patient clinical status throughout the encounter, for purposes of managing multiple patients and multiple patients' documents, as well as improved communication between providers and assistants. The systems and methods of this invention generally comprise an electronic records system for creating and maintaining information in electronic records; patient tracking system (either computerized or not) for managing tasks specific to provider documentation of specific clinical care actions and patient clinical status; complimentary utilization of medical history questionnaires which are designed to correlate with template-based charting tools; methods of communication between provider assistants (including physician assistants, nurses, secretaries, scribes, patients, or other assistants) to convey the status of the collection and management of the PHI, including patient history, patient examination, testing results, medical decision making, patient disposition plan, follow-up information and other elements of provider charting of PHI; sequence of patient tracking indicators that represent steps in the care of the patient, status of the document, and clinical or documentation-related tasks for completion by providers or provider assistants; improvements on a real-time compliance system for identifying the specific stage or status of each electronic record, and allowing providers and assistants to track this completion status, thereby streamlining documentation and compliance workflows.

A system and method involve tracking the location of objects within an area of interest using transmitted-reference ultra-wideband (TR-UWB) signals. The system includes at least three base stations communicating with a central processor, at least one mobile device and at least one fixed beacon transmitter of known location. The mobile device is equipped with a transmitter for transmitting a TR-UWB signal to a base station, which then determines a location of the mobile device based on time difference of arrival information between the beacon transmitters and mobile devices measured at all the base stations. Preferably, the area of interest includes a plurality of mobile devices each transmitting a delay-hopped TR-UWB signal according to a code-division multiple access scheme. The mobile devices may be attached to a patient and / or a medical asset within the hospital for tracking purposes. Additionally, patient medical information may be transmitted with the TR-UWB signals to allow patient monitoring to occur simultaneously with asset / patient tracking.

A system and user friendly display interface supports creation and modification of a flexible and comprehensive organization structure model able to support provision of clinical care, patient tracking, billing and administration. A method provides a user interface for maintaining organization related information in support of organization operation. The method involves receiving search criteria for use in identifying organization characteristic information. The search criteria is employed in searching a profile comprising information identifying an encompassing organization structure including information identifying multiple constituent organizations and associated organization type and user determinable organization role. Search result information is processed in providing organization characteristic information suitable for presentation to a user via a displayed image in response to user command. A user interface menu supports modification of information representing the encompassing organization structure by adding, removing or moving an organization in the encompassing organization structure and updating a database to incorporate the modifications.

An apparatus for tracking patients utilizes a wristband with integrated radio frequency circuits (RFIC). The wristband may further incorporate an antenna on a flex PCB. The wristband may also be disposable and comprising means for replacing the RFIC.

A system for telemetrically monitoring a patient includes a remote monitoring device associated with the patient. A location services system tracks a location of the remote monitoring device. A patient tracking computer calculates a distance and a duration of patient ambulation from the tracked location. A method of monitoring an ambulatory patient monitors the location of a remote monitoring device and derives ambulatory event data from the monitored location.

Provided are a method and system for tracking a patient at a medical facility. Tracking the patient includes, using a computer comprising an input peripheral manipulated by a user, receiving a first location of the patient within the medical facility identified by the user via the input peripheral. The first location is displayed on a display device operatively connected to the computer, the first location being identified by a graphical marker representing the first location where the patient can be found. In response to a user interaction with the input peripheral, a second location of the patient is received, indicating movement of the patient from the first location to the second, different location. In response to receiving the second location, the graphical marker on the display device operatively connected to the computer is moved to identify the second location where the patient can be found after being moved.

A system supports creation and modification of a flexible and comprehensive organization structure model able to support provision of clinical care, patient tracking, billing and administration via a user friendly display interface. A method maintains organization related information for use in supporting organization operation. The method involves establishing a profile comprising information identifying an encompassing organization structure including information identifying a plurality of constituent organizations. The profile incorporates attributes for constituent individual organizations including, a constituent organization type identifier, and a user determinable role identifier. The role identifier indicates a role of a constituent organization in the encompassing organization structure. The method also involves employing the profile in providing a user with information concerning a constituent organization in response to user command.

For those experienced with medical and dental practice management, it is clear that there exists a substantial need for better communication across medical / dental offices as pertains directly to mutual patient treatment and care. The specification herein provides a straightforward way to better serve the patient and improve practice efficiency through the design of a single, centralized system for which to manage all patient referrals in their practice. More specifically the present disclosure comprises a simple, thorough, and straightforward answer to this problem. The methods and management systems are easy to use, reliable, and created by medical / dental personnel for medical / dental personnel to provide cost savings, increase practice production, and most importantly, improve the patient experience.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an artificial intelligence sterilization system and a novel process of providing outsourced sterilization services for processing surgical instruments comprising of: a GUI module along with wizards representing an interactive user interactions to direct to the next action to be performed, authentication module comprising of RFID authentication / AI facilitated control of protective gear worn by the users as well as the workspace, sterilizer's module configured to automate, control and track sterilizer level operations; cassettes module configured to automate, control and track surgical lab instruments with RFID or AI tracking and place instruments in their respective cassettes; patient's module configured to deal with the surgical lab instruments to cassettes to equipment to patient tracking; audit and reporting module configured to deal with a detailed audit report; training module providing context based training modules and reference manuals, inventory module providing requirement based auto replenishments of the surgical lab instruments directed by artificial intelligence.

A clinical trial participant reimbursement system relies on a separate a patient tracking system having a patient database with a participant record unique identification string for each patient of a plurality of patients configured in such a way that maintains patient anonymity and does not itself convey patient identifying information. The clinical trial participant reimbursement system creates an association between the participant record unique identification string and a reloadable payment card unique identification string for a payment card assigned to each participant for receiving reimbursement payments. The payment card itself can be issued without being coupled to the patient's bank account, and by loading a payment card there is no need to issue checks with the patient's name (i.e., patient identifying information) thereon. The payment card can be issued with a zero balance, a pre-determined balance, or a customized balance indicated by the system and set at the time of the card activation.

The invention provides a patient tracking system for bone joint nursing, and the system comprises at least one patient terminal which receives tracking information inputted by a patient, at least one medical care terminal used for medical care personnel to input the osteoarticular disease information and the current treatment scheme of the patient, a storage module used for receiving and storing the tracking information, the osteoarticular disease information and the current treatment scheme of each patient, a prediction module used for predicting a predicted treatment process according to the osteoarticular disease information and the current treatment scheme, an acquisition module used for acquiring the actual clinical manifestation of the patient at the predicted time node, an analysis module used for performing processing according to the predicted treatment process and the actual clinical manifestation to obtain an analysis result and outputting an alarm signal according to the analysis result, and a feedback module used for reminding medical staff of the condition that the current treatment scheme does not improve the illness state of the patient according to the alarm signal, so that the medical staff can adjust the current treatment scheme of the patient. The beneficial effect is that the medical staff can adjust the current treatment scheme in time according to the illness state of the patient.

Methods for selecting treatment paths are disclosed generally comprising the steps of: (a) discovering a set of treatment path clusters based on latent patterns in historical patient trace data, (b) building a set of binary classifiers based on historical patient trace data, historical patient data and target outcomes, and (c) given the treatment path clusters, actual patient data, and a selected target outcome, applying the binary classifiers to predict a treatment path for a new patient that optimizing the selected target outcome. Processor based systems to implement the methods are also disclosed.

System and methods for performing surgery at a target site defined by a virtual object. A surgical navigation system includes a patient tracker (54,56) to be attached to a patient. A localizer (44) cooperates with the patient tracker and generates localizer data associated with the target site during the surgery. The surgical navigation system also includes a vision device (72) to generate image data associated with the target site and surfaces surrounding the target site. A navigation computer in communication with the localizer and the vision device is configured to determine a region to beavoided outside of the target site based on the localizer data and the image data. In some cases, a second virtual object is generated to define the region to be avoided so that a surgical instrumentused during the surgery avoids the region.

The invention discloses a blood pressure monitoring method, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining the current blood pressure data, and judging whether a user is in a medicine period or not ifthe current blood pressure data exceeds a first preset blood pressure range; generating medicine suggestion information according to the historical blood pressure data information and the informationof taken medicines if the user is in the medicine period, or else generating health suggestion information, combining the blood pressure data information and the information of medicines taken by theuser for analysis, and giving a reasonable and scientific suggestion.

The present invention provides a method and a system for tracking patients during a medical emergency or in a medical facility. The present invention provides for recording patient data, assigning the patient to a medical facility or resource and updating patient tracking information with this information. Further, the medical facility or resource that the patient is assigned to is provided with permissions to access the patient's medical records. The medical facility or resource also receives an alert informing the facility or resource about the incoming patient. Further, the present invention provides storing patient tracking information and patient medical information in a way such that users accessing the patient information are provided information based on their access level that is determined dynamically.

The invention relates to the technical field of smart hospitals, in particular to a smart hospital intelligent emergency treatment system based on big data and a core algorithm. The system comprises a data integration unit, an electronic medical record storage unit, a doctor-patient distribution unit, an allocation doctor-seeing unit and a patient tracking unit, and the data integration unit integrates data in big data into a unified data set and stores the data set in the electronic medical record storage unit. The doctor-patient distribution unit queries and analyzes the data stored in the electronic medical record storage unit, distributes doctors, transmits the data to the allocation doctor-seeing unit to record the treatment data of the doctors and the patients, and transmits the data to the patient tracking unit for subsequent tracking treatment according to the condition information of the allocation doctor-seeing unit; according to the invention, the effective information resources of the patients dispersed in the information islands are gathered together, so that centralized management is facilitated, the conditions of the patients can be preliminarily analyzed conveniently and quickly during emergency treatment, the emergency treatment efficiency is improved, and doctors and the patients can communicate online anytime and anywhere.