System and method to schedule resources in delivery of healthcare to a patient

US8027849B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Christopher Donald Johnson · Clifton Park, US
• Kunter Seref Akbay · Niskayuna, US
• Jenny Marie Weisenberg · Niskayuna, US
• Paul Edward Cuddihy · Ballston Lake, US
• Onur Ilkin Dulgeroglu · Niskayuna, US
• David Toledano · Golden Isles, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 26, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 27, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 3, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16Z99/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method to schedule resources in delivery of healthcare to a series of patients is provided. The method comprises the steps of identifying an availability of the series of resources to deliver the healthcare to each patient; calculating a predicted duration to deliver the healthcare to each patient; calculating a schedule including a block of time dependent on the predicted duration for each resource to deliver healthcare to the patient, the block of time including a start time and an end time; calculating a confidence level in the schedule, the confidence level including a probability that one or more of the resources will not be available for the block of time of the schedule or calculating a likelihood that one or more resources will be available for the block of time in the schedule; and outputting the schedule and the confidence level in the schedule for display.