US 12,406,766 B2
Methods and apparatuses for managing healthcare assets and processes
Jeffrey B. Hargrove, Bancroft, MI (US); Geoffrey A. Wilson, Canton, MI (US); and Jack Weiner, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to INTRALOGIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC., Brentwood, TN (US)
Filed by IntraLogic Health Solutions, Inc., Brentwood, TN (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/650,211.
Application 18/650,211 is a continuation of application No. 17/196,930, filed on Mar. 9, 2021, granted, now 12,009,092.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/986,949, filed on Mar. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0290479 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 40/20 (2018.01) [G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A healthcare facility process management method wherein data from an asset management system provides information used to manage a healthcare facility process, the method comprising the steps of:
operating an asset management system comprising a plurality of asset units, each asset unit carrying a durable information identifier;
utilizing one or more durable information identifier detectors to obtain data relating to asset unit use at points of healthcare facility processes performed on the asset units;
processing the data relating to asset unit use at points of healthcare facility processes to obtain additional data related to the carrying out of the healthcare facility processes, wherein information received by the one or more durable information identifier detectors relates to tracking process uses of the asset units and the information is appended to one or more databases containing information about the asset units as utilized by a facility for asset and process management;
retrieving process data relating to the healthcare facility processes from the asset management system by using a computational processor, wherein data acquisition devices configured to acquire such additional data are utilized in relation to the facility operational processes, and wherein information received by the devices is appended to the one or more databases containing information about each process use; and
operationally coupling the data acquisition devices and the one or more durable information identifier detectors to a data acquisition system, wherein coupling is achieved by interfacing the data acquisition devices and the one or more durable information identifier detectors to an information technology platform utilizing a computer-based data acquisition system linked to the one or more databases, wherein the data acquisition devices and the one or more durable information identifier detectors further comprise computer-based systems including computers, processors, memory, displays or peripheral devices, and wherein the computer-based systems utilize software practically applied to control the data acquisition devices and the one or more durable information identifier detectors.