Patent ID: 7664657
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of caring for a plurality of patients, the method comprising: maintaining, in a database, instructions regarding individualized care plans of a plurality of patients; capturing a spoken message from a care provider at a personal terminal remote from the database; using a speech recognition program to process the captured spoken message to determine the content of the spoken message; accessing patient care instructions in response to the content of the spoken message, wherein the instructions are associated with at least one patient and with the individualized care plan of the at least one patient for directing care that is to be provided to the patient; audibly reproducing the instructions as part of a speech dialogue for being heard by the care provider; receiving information from the care provider, relating to the care that is provided to the patient for the individualized care plan, by way of additional spoken messages and the use of the speech recognition program; and, wirelessly transmitting the information to the database.