Administering A Patient In A Hospital
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCynthia E. Barber-Mingo, Angela Richards Jones, Ruthie D. Lyle
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for administering a patient in a hospital. Embodiments include identifying, by a room optimizer module, upon the patient checking into the hospital, a set of patient attributes, each patient attribute describing an aspect of the health of the patient; selecting, by the room optimizer module, an optimized room for the patient in dependence upon the patient attributes and a set of room attributes of a plurality of rooms available, and indicating, by the room optimizer module, the selection of the optimized room to a hospital administrator.
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A computer implemented method for administering a patient in a hospital, the method comprising:
- identifying, by a room optimizer module, upon the patient checking into the hospital, a set of patient attributes, each patient attribute describing an aspect of the health of the patient;
- in dependence upon the patient attributes and a set of room attributes of a plurality of available rooms, selecting, by the room optimizer module, an optimized room for the patient;
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- indicating, by the room optimizer module, the selection of the optimized room to a hospital administrator.
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