Patent ID: 8180650

Claim:
A method of requesting assistance for a medical event occurring in a healthcare establishment, said method being executed by at least one computer, the method comprising: in a controller, receiving data regarding a location of the medical event within the healthcare establishment; in the controller, receiving data regarding a type of the medical event; in a location calculation engine, receiving data regarding at least one wirelessly detectable tag, each one of the at least one wirelessly detectable tag being associated with a respective one of at least one clinician; in the location calculation engine, determining a respective location of each one of the at least one clinician within the healthcare establishment based at least in part on the data regarding the at least one wirelessly detectable tag; in the controller: determining a requisite skill set associated with the medical event based at least in part on the type of the medical event; obtaining a respective profile of each one of the at least one clinician, wherein the respective profile of each one of the at least one clinician indicates whether each one of the at least one clinician has the requisite skill set; identifying at least one potential assistance-providing clinician of the at least one clinician as being qualified to provide assistance for the medical event, based at least in part on the requisite skill set associated with the medical event and the respective profile of each one of the at least one clinician; identifying at least one particular clinician of the at least one potential assistance-providing clinician as being eligible to provide assistance for the medical event, based at least in part on proximity of the location of the medical event to the respective location of each one of the at least one potential assistance-providing clinician; determining an availability of the at least one particular clinician of the at least one potential assistance-providing clinician identified as being eligible to provide assistance for the medical event based on a present location and a next likely location of the at least one particular clinician; and performing an action to cause requesting of assistance for the medical event from each one of the at least one particular clinician.