Patent ID: 7562026
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. An automated radiology resource monitoring system compensating for unscheduled delay, comprising: at least one repository including, a tracking unit, electrically coupled to said at least one repository, for monitoring patient status including progress of currently occurring patient procedures and arrival of patients scheduled for a patient procedure; an information management processor, electrically coupled to said tracking unit, for updating a task schedule of a healthcare worker in response to a change in patient status indicated by said tracking unit and in response to data derived from said at least one repository and for adaptively compensating for an unscheduled delay in a currently scheduled patient procedure by arithmetically estimating times of completion of procedures and duties based on, a display processor, electrically coupled to said tracking unit and said information management processor, for initiating display of a single composite image identifying progress of currently occurring patient procedures, availability of particular equipment, room, and healthcare worker for performing a procedure for a particular patient at a particular time, and associated delay times for a particular patient using particular equipment, room, and healthcare worker, in response to data derived from said tracking unit and said information processor.