Patent ID: 8121859
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: G06Q,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. Computerized method for controlling a clinical pathway for a patient in a medical facility, comprising the steps of: Defining at least one clinical pathway with a pathway generation module, the pathway generation module defining for at least one patient a plurality of necessary process steps out of a plurality of all possible process steps; Determining resources for carrying out the necessary process steps including at least one human medical resource and/or at least one equipment resource for carrying out the necessary process steps; Tracking in real time with a plurality of localization devices a position of said at least one patient as the patient advances along said at least one clinical pathway; Tracking in real time with the plurality of localization devices a position of said at least one human medical resource and/or equipment resource for carrying out the necessary process steps; Identifying a respective real time local position of the patient and said at least one human medical resource, wherein the identifying of the respective real time local position of said at least one patient and said at least one human medical resource is each performed at a selectable rate; relating an expected level of traffic in said at least one clinical pathway to a respective present local position of the patient and a respective present local position of said at least one human medical resource; Selecting the respective rate for the identifying of the respective real time local position of said at least one patient and for the identifying of the respective real time local position of said at least one human medical resource based on the expected level of traffic related to the respective present local position of the patient and the respective present local position of said at least one human medical resource; Identifying a respective real time local position of said at least one equipment resource; Controlling the clinical pathway by way of a controller configured to determine a schedule for the necessary process steps, the controlling based on the respective identified local position of the patient, the respective identified local position of said at least one human medical resource, and/or the respective identified local position of said at least one equipment resource.