Patent ID: 11869638
Assignee: HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. A patient monitoring system, comprising:
a centralized computer server, wherein the centralized computer server is comprised of a server communication module, a patient database, and a server processor, wherein the patient database is comprised of a full set of patient profiles for a corresponding set of patients being monitored, wherein each of the patient profiles within the full set of patient profiles is comprised of patient profile information, wherein the patient profile information is comprised of biographical information and observation information, and wherein the patient profile information for each one of the patient profiles is correlated to a unique patient identification code within the patient database;
a monitoring device located remotely from the centralized computer server, wherein the monitoring device comprises a display screen, an input device, a mobile communication module, a computer processor, and a data storage module, wherein the computer processor populates a status board interface on the display screen with patient profile information for at least a partial set of patient profiles received from the patient database when the monitoring device is in operative communication with the centralized computer server at a first time without saving the patient profile information in the data storage module, wherein the observation information is further comprised of a set of observation parameters selected from the group of parameters consisting of a set of risk factors, a set of observed locations, a set of observed behaviors, a set of behavior contexts, a set of reasons for missing an observation, and any combination thereof, wherein the input device receives a first selection of one of the patient profiles shown on the status board interface, wherein the computer processor provides the display screen with an observation entry interface in response to the first selection while there is the operative connection, wherein the monitoring device loses communication with the centralized computer server at a second time following the first time and there is no communication link between the server communication module and the mobile communication module for a time period following the second time, and wherein the computer processor and the display screen have none of the patient profile information for any of the patient profiles during the time period following the second time; and
a plurality of proximity devices physically associated with the set of patients whose biographical information is stored in the patient database, wherein each one of the proximity devices is further comprised of a unique device identification code matching the unique patient identification code for each corresponding one of the patient profiles for the set of patients, wherein none of the proximity devices stores any patient profile information, wherein an entry of the unique device identification code into the monitoring device through at least one of the input device and the mobile communication module is relayed to the centralized computer server, wherein the server processor matches the unique device identification code received from monitoring device with the unique patient identification code for a particular one of the patient profiles stored in the patient database, and wherein the centralized computer server provides to the monitoring device a positive identification indicator for the particular one of the patient profiles that is populated on the status board interface on the display screen.