Patent ID: 8463619

Claim:
A system comprising: a memory device having instructions stored therein; a processor configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory device, the instructions comprising to: receive a plurality of patient locations representing locations where a patient is identified as located in a medical facility, wherein the plurality of patient locations includes a first location deriving from a first location system and a second location deriving from a second location system, and wherein the first location system has greater precision than the second location system and the second location system has greater accuracy than the first location system; map each of the plurality of patient locations into a hierarchy of patient locations that describes parent-child relationships between discrete possible patient locations in the medical facility; determine whether the first location is a descendant of the second location in the hierarchy of patient locations; when the first location is the descendant of the second location in the hierarchy of patient locations, output the first location as a resolved patient location; and when the first location is not the descendant of the second location in the hierarchy of patient locations, output the second location as the resolved patient location.