# US 2013/0159016 A1 · Automated admission

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- Number: US 2013/0159016 A1
- Document ID: US20130159016A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/370,097
- Filed: 2012-02-09
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-16
- Assignees: Qatar Foundatiion
- Inventors: Ahmed ALI; Kareem Darwish
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130159016A1

## CPC

- G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
- G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
- G16H 40/63: for local operation
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

A computer-implemented method and system for providing automated admission to a healthcare unit for a potential patient, comprising receiving patient data from the potential patient at a server via a communications module of a mobile terminal, processing the patient data to determine a level of care required, updating an admission support module of a healthcare unit on the basis of the determined level of care, displaying a notification on a display of the mobile terminal representing an instruction for the potential patient.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A computer-implemented method for providing automated admission to a healthcare unit for a potential patient, comprising:
receiving patient data from the potential patient at a server via a communications module of a mobile terminal;
processing the patient data to determine a level of care required;
updating an admission support module of a healthcare unit on the basis of the determined level of care;
displaying a notification on a display of the mobile terminal representing an instruction for the potential patient.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising receiving medial data for the potential patient from a remote healthcare database on the basis of the patient data.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 2, wherein receiving medical data includes querying the healthcare database to determine a record for the potential patient.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the instruction for the potential patient includes directions to the healthcare unit.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
using a sensor to determine a measure for one or more user conditions such as temperature and blood pressure;
using a measure to augment data the patient data.

### Claim 6

A system for providing automated admission to a healthcare unit for a potential patient, comprising:
a mobile terminal to receive input data from a user representing a current state of their wellbeing;
a processor of the mobile terminal to process the input data;
a server to receive data from the mobile terminal using a communications module thereof; and
an admission support module of a healthcare unit to receive admission data representing a level of care derived from the data.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

A system as claimed in claim 6, the admission support module to receive medial data for the potential patient from a remote healthcare database.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

A system as claimed in claim 7, the admission support module to query the healthcare database to determine a record for the potential patient.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

A system as claimed in claim 6, the mobile terminal to display an instruction for the potential patient which includes directions to a healthcare unit.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

A system as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:
a sensor to determine a measure for one or more user conditions such as temperature and blood pressure and to generated condition data representing the or each condition.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

A system as claimed in claim 10, the mobile terminal to augment data input by a user with condition data.