System and method to manage delivery of healthcare to a patient

US8799008B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Christopher Donald Johnson · Clifton Park, US
• Kunter Seref Akbay · Niskayuna, US
• Andrew Day · Newtown, US
• Gianfranco Doretto · Albany, US
• Peter Henry Tu · Niskayuna, US
• Onur Ilkin Dulgeroglu · Niskayuna, US
• Marcia Peterson · Elgin, US
• David Toledano · Golden Isles, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 26, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 5, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

A system and method to manage delivery of healthcare via a plurality of resources to a patient is provided. The system and method track and output a signal representative of a location of at least one of a series of resources relative to a control volume associated with the patient, acquire at least one signal representative of detecting ingress or egress of at least one of the plurality of resources relative to the control volume; and output a first signal representative of one of a series of milestones as defined in a predetermined protocol in response to detecting ingress or egress of at least one of the resources relative to the control volume.