Patent ID: 7707042

Claim:
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for use with a computer for enabling a user to output a user report of estimated needed medical supplies based on a selected operational scenario, said computer program comprising: computer readable code operable to enable interaction with a database of operational scenarios comprising data concerning relationships between defined patient conditions, tasks required to treat each patient condition, functional area and level of care for each of said tasks, and quantity and types of supplies needed to perform each of said tasks, wherein said database of operational scenarios comprises one or more predefined operational scenarios; computer readable program code operable to enable a user to select an operational scenario from said database of operational scenarios; computer readable program code operable to enable input of functional area and levels of care data into the selected operational scenario, so as to build a patient stream; computer readable program code operable to reference said database so as to retrieve tasks required for each of said defined patient conditions; computer readable program code operable to reference said database of operational scenarios so as to determine medical supplies needed to perform each of said tasks; computer readable program code operable to calculate total supplies consumed for each of said defined patient conditions, said calculation based upon a projection of the frequency of specific injuries and illnesses likely to occur given the selected operational scenario; and computer readable program code operable to output a report to the user of estimated necessary medical supplies and tasks associated with each of said defined patient conditions from a selected operational scenario.