Operating room management system with mobile application
An Operating Room Management System (ORMS) for facilitating the efficient and optimal organization of hospital medical personnel and resources runs on local and remote servers and comprises a real-time updated daily schedule which is displayed on digital whiteboards and other displays throughout the hospital. The schedule display simplifies the crucial information concerning common hospital concerns and permits quick, accurate decision making on the part of the hospital medical personnel and administrators.
1 . A system for managing the display of a real time daily schedule, said schedule displayed as a series of blocks dynamically affected by real time activities of medical personnel within a healthcare facility and displayed on both whiteboard display devices in operating rooms of said healthcare facility and displays on mobile phones, the system comprising:
a cloud server running a program having a set of data concerning the management of said operating rooms, a digital whiteboard server that receives and processes said set of data for display on said whiteboard display devices, and a mobile applications server that processes said set of data for display on said mobile phones;
a software interface receiving and configuring processed data from said whiteboard server to display said real time daily schedule on said whiteboard display devices in operating rooms;
wherein said software interface configures said whiteboard display devices to display a schedule which changes in response to the real time activities of the medical personnel, and wherein a portion of at least one said blocks is highlighted in a first color, and said software interface is programmed to change said first color to a second color in response to a first condition.
2 . The system for managing the display of a real time daily schedule of a healthcare facility according to claim 1 wherein said mobile applications server communicates with at least one mobile phone which runs an application that alerts a mobile phone user.
3 . The system according to claim 2 wherein at least one display by said application is of a daily schedule of the user.
4 . The system according to claim 1 wherein said display devices receive and display data which is input digitally to said display devices using a tablet computer and said display devices also receive and display data which is input in an analog manner directly on a display surface of the display devices in operating rooms.
5 . The system according to claim 1 wherein the display devices are capable of displaying a schedule for teams of healthcare facility personnel, said teams having been formed from a displayed list of healthcare facility personnel.
6 . The system according to claim 3 wherein specific data input to said mobile applications server automatically triggers sending an alert to said user.
7 . The system according to claim 1 wherein the display devices show breaks taken by said facility employees in realtime.
8 . A system for managing the display of a real time daily schedule, said schedule dynamically affected by real time activities of medical personnel within a healthcare facility and displayed on both whiteboard display devices in operating rooms of said healthcare facility in a building and displays on mobile phones, the system comprising:
at least one server running a program having a set of data concerning the management of said operating rooms and a real time daily schedule for said operating rooms in said building;
a whiteboard server and a software interface receiving data from said at least one server and configuring the display of said real time daily schedule on said whiteboard display devices in operating rooms;
wherein said software interface configures said whiteboard display devices to display a schedule which changes in response to the real time activities of the medical personnel, and wherein at least one block is highlighted in a first color and contains a simple symbolic code, and said software interface is programmed to change said first color to a second color in response to a first condition.
9 . The system of claim 8 including a mobile applications server receiving, processing, and displaying said schedule on at least one mobile phone.
10 . The system for managing the display of a real time daily schedule of a healthcare facility according to claim 9 wherein said mobile applications server communicates with at least one mobile phone which runs an application that alerts a mobile phone user.
11 . The system according to claim 8 wherein at least one display by said application is of a daily schedule of the user.
12 . The system according to claim 8 wherein said display devices receive and display data which is input digitally to said display devices using a tablet computer and said display devices also receive and display data which is input in an analog manner directly on a display surface of the display devices in operating rooms.
13 . The system according to claim 8 wherein the display devices display a schedule for teams of healthcare facility personnel, said teams having been formed from a displayed list of healthcare facility personnel.
14 . The system according to claim 10 wherein specific data input to said mobile applications server automatically triggers sending an alert to said user on said at least one mobile phone.
15 . The system according to claim 8 wherein the display devices show breaks taken by said facility employees in realtime.
16 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
(a) manage a real time daily schedule for a healthcare facility, said schedule displayed as a series of blocks dynamically affected by real time activities of medical personnel within the healthcare facility;
(b) cause the schedule to be displayed on both whiteboard display devices located in operating rooms of the healthcare facility and on displays of mobile phones;
(c) operate a cloud server that maintains a set of data concerning the management of said operating rooms;
(d) operate a digital whiteboard server that receives and processes said set of data for display on the whiteboard display devices;
(e) operate a mobile applications server that processes said set of data for display on said mobile phones;
(f) receive and configure processed data from said whiteboard server through a software interface to display said real time daily schedule on said whiteboard display devices in operating rooms; and
(g) configure said whiteboard display devices to display a schedule which changes in response to the real time activities of the medical personnel, wherein a portion of at least one of said blocks is highlighted in a first color, and wherein the instructions further cause the first color to be changed to a second color in response to a first condition.
17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to operate the mobile applications server to communicate with at least one mobile phone that runs an application that alerts a mobile phone user.
18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to cause the application to display a daily schedule of the user.
19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to receive and display data on the display devices that is (i) digitally input to said display devices using a tablet computer and (ii) input in an analog manner directly on a display surface of the display devices in operating rooms.
20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to configure the display devices to display a schedule for teams of healthcare facility personnel, said teams having been formed from a displayed list of healthcare facility personnel.
21 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to send an alert automatically to a user in response to specific data input to said mobile applications server.
22 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to display, on the display devices, breaks taken by said facility employees in real time.
23 . A computer-implemented method for managing the display of a real time daily schedule in a healthcare facility, the method comprising:
(a) managing a real time daily schedule for the healthcare facility, said schedule displayed as a series of blocks dynamically affected by real time activities of medical personnel within the healthcare facility;
(b) displaying the schedule on both whiteboard display devices located in operating rooms of the healthcare facility and on displays of mobile phones;
(c) operating a cloud server that maintains a set of data concerning the management of the operating rooms;
(d) operating a digital whiteboard server that receives and processes said set of data for display on the whiteboard display devices;
(e) operating a mobile applications server that processes said set of data for display on the mobile phones;
(f) receiving and configuring processed data from said whiteboard server through a software interface to display said real time daily schedule on the whiteboard display devices in operating rooms; and
(g) configuring the whiteboard display devices to display a schedule which changes in response to the real time activities of the medical personnel, wherein a portion of at least one of said blocks is highlighted in a first color, and changing said first color to a second color in response to a first condition.
24 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising operating the mobile applications server to communicate with at least one mobile phone that runs an application that alerts a mobile phone user.
25 . The method of claim 24 , further comprising displaying, by the application, a daily schedule of the user.
26 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising receiving and displaying data on the display devices that is, (i) digitally input using a tablet computer and, (ii) input in an analog manner directly on a display surface of the display devices in operating rooms.
27 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising configuring the display devices to display a schedule for teams of healthcare facility personnel, said teams having been formed from a displayed list of healthcare facility personnel.
28 . The method of claim 25 , further comprising automatically sending an alert to the user in response to specific data input to the mobile applications server.
29 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising displaying, on the display devices, breaks taken by said facility employees.