Patent ID: 7895055
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G06Q,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A method for automating and optimizing patient clinical workflow wherein medical personnel oversee a patient from intake through care in the clinical workflow, comprising the steps of: providing said clinical workflow comprising at least the following steps providing a patient monitoring unit in the form of a radio frequency identification tag providing tracking location information of the patient during said clinical workflow; providing at least one equipment communication unit for providing operation information for equipment used in the workflow in examining, treating, or caring for the patient; providing at least one information technology system providing information technology medical information for said patient as said workflow information; providing rules information as said workflow information; providing medical personnel information relevant to said patient as said workflow information; providing a centralized communication platform computer for receiving said patient information, symptoms information, patient diagnostics information, patient examination information, patient tracking location information, patient result/report information, equipment operation information, information technology medical information, rules information, and medical personnel information; with said communication platform computer, utilizing said workflow information to automatically determine said optimized clinical workflow for said patient in advance of said patient treatment; to automatically determine said optimized clinical workflow, said platform computer performing the steps of with said centralized communication platform computer outputting the optimized clinical workflow in advance of said treatment for said patient including information for overall management of the clinical workflow and including a schedule for decision making and a check list relevant to said optimized workflow.