Patent ID: 8041583

Claim:
A system for managing patient care workflow and resource allocation in real time in a clinical setting comprising: an input processor in communication with a workflow management application server and patient record database; a plurality of workflow management applications on the workflow management application server, each of said workflow management applications associated with at least one of a plurality of system user roles; a plurality of workflow interfaces associated with the at least one of a plurality of workflow management applications wherein patient information from the patient record database is associated with a patient's health record, the workflow interfaces being configured to: determine the system user's role; associate an image of a patient with a first clinic resource by placing and displaying a graphical representation of the image of the patient in a screen portion of the workflow interface associated with the first clinic resource, wherein the workflow management application does not allow users to assign or associate patients to unavailable resources; track the patient and clinic resource based on the location of the graphical representation of the image; update the first clinic resource status for all system users; record when the graphical representation of the image of the patient is associated with a clinic resource; generate a wait time for a resource; generate efficiency data based in part on the generated wait time; and a timing process associated with said input processor configured to generate automatic data updates indicative of patient progress and/or treatment in the clinic.