Patent ID: 7457765
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: G06Q,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A method of scheduling a plurality of patients and a plurality of employees in a health care environment, wherein at least two patients receive treatment during a predetermined time period, said scheduling method comprising: for each patient, evaluating patient care requirements, wherein the patient care requirements correspond to actual employee time requirements necessary to satisfy the patient care requirements and evaluating employee time requirements necessary to satisfy non-patient care activities; displaying a plurality of patient schedules in relation to time to provide a visual indication of the patient care requirements for each interval; in response to the patient care requirement evaluation and the non-patient care requirement evaluation, adjusting scheduling time of at least one patient to distribute the corresponding employee time requirements throughout a predetermined time period, wherein the predetermined time period is a day; dividing the day into intervals, wherein each interval is less than an hour; in evaluating the patient care requirements, determining the patient care requirements on a per-interval basis; scheduling employees in shifts in response to the distributed employee time requirements, wherein scheduling employees in a computer system comprises: displaying employee shift information in relation to time to provide a visual indication of scheduled employee information in relation to scheduled patient information.