Method and apparatus for inventory control in medical treatment areas

A system, comprising:

• a storage system configured to store medical device information;
• and
• one or more computing devices,
• the one or more computing devices configured to:
• determine that a wireless connection is formed between a first wireless communication device of a medical device and a second wireless communication device inside a medical treatment area currently associated with a patient of a medical facility, wherein the wireless connection is formed when the first and second wireless devices are within a predetermined wireless range associated with the medical treatment area;
• determine, responsive to determining that the wireless connection is formed, that the medical device moved into the medical treatment area currently associated with the patient;
• automatically responsive to detecting that the medical device moved into to the medical treatment area currently associated with the patient:
• obtain device identity information from the medical device;
• update, based on the obtained device identity information, a patient record of the patient currently associated with the treatment area to reflect that the medical device has been assigned to the patient currently associated with the treatment area.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method, comprising:

• determining that a wireless connection is formed between a first wireless communication device of a medical device and a second wireless communication device inside a medical treatment area currently associated with a patient of a medical facility, wherein the wireless connection is formed when the first and second wireless devices are within a predetermined wireless range associated with the medical treatment area;
• determining, responsive to determining that the wireless connection is formed, that the medical device moved into the medical treatment area currently associated with the patient;
• automatically, responsive to detecting that the medical device moved into to the medical treatment area currently associated with the patient:
• obtaining device identity information from the medical device;
• updating, based on the obtained device identity information, a patient record of the patient currently associated with the treatment area to reflect that the medical device has been assigned to the patient currently associated with the treatment area.