Robotic Management of Patient Care Logistics

A patient care logistics control system comprising:

• a logistics software program;
• a server computer operating under the control of the logistics software program for sequentially determining plural sets of priority sorted lists of queue tasks, wherein each set of priority sorted lists of queue tasks is determined in response to a change in at least one criterion used for determining the priority sorted lists of queue tasks;
• a plurality of intelligent wireless user devices, each user device including a visual display;
• and
• a wireless network connecting the server computer and the user devices and operative for wirelessly delivering for display on the display of each user device for each set of priority sorted lists of queue tasks a unique one of the priority sorted list of queue tasks on the basis of the user assigned to the user device or a role of a user assigned to the user device.

A method of controlling patient care logistics comprising:

• (a) providing a programmed computer;
• (b) providing a plurality of user devices in operative communication with the computer;
• (c) modeling on the programmed computer patient care as a multitude of queue tasks to be performed by a plurality of users, wherein each user has an associated role and carries a user device;
• (d) receiving modeling criterion via one of the following:
• one of the user devices;
• a passive measurement device;
• an active measurement device;
• or another computer;
• (e) causing the computer to run logistics management software to determine for each user device a unique priority sorted list of queue tasks for the user of said user device based on the patient care model, wherein each unique priority sorted list of queue tasks is determined on the basis of the modeling criterion;
• (f) dispatching to each user device the unique priority sorted list of queue tasks determined for said user device in step (e);
• (g) the computer receiving a change in at least one criterion;
• (h) causing the computer to run the logistics management software to determine for each user device on the basis of the change received in step (g) either an amendment to the unique priority sorted list of queue tasks for the user of said user device determined in step (e) or a new unique priority sorted list of queue tasks for the user of said user device;
• and
• (i) dispatching to each user device the unique priority sorted list of queue tasks determined for said user device in step (h).

A patient care logistics control system comprising:

• a logistics software program;
• a plurality of intelligent wireless user devices, each user device including a visual display;
• a server computer configured to model patient care as a multitude of queue tasks to be performed by a plurality of users, wherein each user has an associated role and carries a user device, the server computer further configured for receiving criterion via one of the following:
• one of the user devices;
• a passive measurement device;
• an active measurement device;
• or another computer, wherein the server computer is operating under the control of the logistics software program for sequentially determining plural sets of priority sorted lists of queue tasks for the user a user device based on the patient care model, wherein each set of priority sorted lists of queue tasks is determined on the basis of the criterion;
• and
• a wireless network connecting the server computer and the user devices and operative for wirelessly delivering for display on the display of each user device for each set of priority sorted lists of queue tasks a unique one of the priority sorted list of queue tasks on the basis of the user assigned to the user device or a role of a user assigned to the user device.