Granted Patent B1

US 9,704,117 · App. 13/843,542 · Granted Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

Claims (43)

1. A method, comprising:

at a handheld portable information handling device with a touch screen display:

communicating to a hospital transport management system information sufficient to authenticate a user of the handheld portable information handling device;

communicating to the hospital transport management system a hospital zone selection of the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device;

obtaining available hospital transport job information from the hospital transport management system relevant to the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device based on the hospital zone selection;

displaying the available hospital transport job information comprising available hospital transport jobs by hospital zone related to a workflow and the hospital zone selection of the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device;

displaying, in response to selecting an available hospital transport job, information related to the available hospital transport job, said information comprising a media player comprising a message related to said available hospital transport job;

displaying, after providing the message, functional display icons comprising an accept job icon and a bypass job icon; and

communicating, in response to user interface with the accept job icon, acceptance information of the authenticated user for an available hospital transport job to the hospital transport management system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information that is being displayed on the handheld portable information handling device comprises job requests and messages.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein additional information is displayed to the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device if the authenticated user selects a display element.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the additional information for a job request includes the location of a patient to be transported.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the additional information for a job request further includes the location to which the patient is to be transported.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a bar for a predetermined amount of time, wherein the bar includes links to the authenticated user's home configuration, job list, and messages.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the available hospital transport job information comprises displaying tasks which are available for the authenticated user of the of the handheld portable information handling device to complete.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acceptance information comprises information indicating that the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device has completed a task.

9. A portable handheld information handling device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors;

a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors that stores instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

communicating to a hospital transport management system information sufficient to authenticate a user of the handheld portable information handling device;

communicating to the hospital transport management system a hospital zone selection of the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device;

obtaining available hospital transport job information from the hospital transport management system relevant to the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device based on the hospital zone selection;

displaying the available hospital transport job information comprising available hospital transport jobs by hospital zone related to a workflow and the hospital zone selection of the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device;

displaying, in response to selecting an available hospital transport job, information related to the available hospital transport job, said information comprising a media player comprising a message related to said available hospital transport job;

displaying, after providing the message, functional display icons comprising an accept job icon and a bypass job icon; and

communicating, in response to user interface with the accept job icon, acceptance information of the authenticated user for an available hospital transport job to the hospital transport management system.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the information that is being displayed on the handheld portable information handling device comprises job requests and messages.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein additional information is displayed to the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device if the authenticated user selects a display element.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the additional information for a job request includes the location of a patient to be transported.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the additional information for a job request further includes the location to which the patient is to be transported.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising instruction for displaying a bar for a predetermined amount of time, wherein the bar includes links to the authenticated user's home configuration, joblist, and messages.

15. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein displaying the available hospital transport job information comprises displaying tasks which are available for the authenticated user of the of the handheld portable information handling device to complete.

16. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the acceptance information comprises information indicating that the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device has completed a task.

17. A program product, comprising:

a storage device having computer program code embodied therewith, the computer program code being executable by a processor and comprising:

computer program code configured to communicate to a hospital transport management system information sufficient to authenticate a user of the handheld portable information handling device;

computer program code configured to communicate to the hospital transport management system a hospital zone selection of the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device;

computer program code configured to obtain available hospital transport job information from the hospital transport management system relevant to the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device based on the hospital zone selection;

computer program code configured to display the available hospital transport information comprising available hospital transport jobs by hospital zone related to a workflow and the hospital zone selection of the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device;

computer program code configured to display, in response to a user selection of an available hospital transport job, information related to the available hospital transport job, said information comprising a media player comprising a message related to said available hospital transport job;

computer program code configured to display, after providing the message, functional display icons comprising an accept job icon and a bypass job icon; and

computer program code configured to communicate acceptance information of the authenticated user for an available hospital transport job to the hospital transport management system information.

Assignments (9)