Granted Patent B2

US 12,198,529 · App. 17/745,041 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Inventor: Marc Neubauer (Silver Spring, MD)

G08B25/005G08B21/18

Abstract

Claims (63)

1. A method for managing a task, comprising the steps:

identifying the task;

ranking a staff member based in part on a staff member dynamic attribute that is associated with the staff member;

selecting a recipient based in part on the ranking;

assigning the task to the recipient; and

reassigning one or more tasks previously assigned to the recipient to another staff member.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic attribute is selected from a group of attributes consisting of:

capability;

availability;

workload;

burnout;

performance; and

management.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the capability attribute is based in part on one or more of the group consisting of:

education;

experience; and

training.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the task comprises one or more of a patient task and a device task;

the availability attribute is based in part on one or more of the group consisting of:

break status; and

do not disturb (DND) status.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the workload attribute is based in part on one or more of the group consisting of:

a number of patients currently assigned to the staff member;

a number of currently assigned patients having a patient health assessment score above a threshold;

a number of active alarms above a sub-priority threshold and currently assigned to the staff member; and

a currently assigned patient who requires special care assigned to the staff member.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the burnout attribute is based in part on one or more of the group consisting of:

a reported level of burnout;

a measurement;

a grief event; and

a work schedule.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the performance attribute is based in part on one or more of the group consisting of:

a never event;

a preventable adverse event; and

an alarm response time >goal.

8. The method of claim 2 , wherein the management attribute is based in part on one or more of the group consisting of:

a number of backups to the staff member;

whether the staff member is assigned as a backup to another staff member; and

staffing level of current shift.

9. A system for managing a task, comprising:

a processor configured to accept an identification of the task; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory comprising:

a dynamic attribute of a staff member;

an algorithm for retrieving the dynamic attribute, ranking the staff member based in part on the dynamic attribute, selecting a recipient based in part on the ranking, assigning the task to the recipient; and reassigning one or more tasks previously assigned to the recipient to another staff member; and

instructions that, when loaded into the processor and executed, cause the processor to execute the algorithm upon identification of the task.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the task comprises resolution of an alarm received from a medical device; and

assigning the task comprises providing an alert to the recipient.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein:

ranking the staff member comprises a determination of whether the staff member has a capability to perform a corrective action to address the medical device alarm.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a criticality of the task based in part on a dynamic attribute of the recipient; and

assigning, when the determined criticality is greater than a threshold, a Do Not Disturb (DND) status to the recipient.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein ranking the staff member excludes a staff member who is currently assigned a Do Not Disturb (DND) status.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein ranking the staff member, if the task is associated with a patient under special care, comprises assessment of a special skill associated with the special care.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein ranking the staff member comprises using a patient dynamic attribute to select one of more dynamic attributes of the staff member to consider in the ranking.

16. A non-volatile memory comprising instructions that, when loaded into a processor and executed, cause the processor to perform steps of:

identifying a task;

ranking a staff member based in part on a dynamic attribute that is associated with the staff member;

selecting a recipient based in part on the ranking;

assigning the task to the recipient; and

reassigning one or more tasks previously assigned to the recipient to another staff member.

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