Patient and device location dependent healthcare information processing system

A healthcare system for selecting information to be provided to a healthcare worker in response to received location dependent context data comprising:

• a proximity detector for wirelessly detecting presence of an identification tag of a particular processing device substantially within a predetermined vicinity of said detector, said processing device being associated with a healthcare worker;
• a location detector for determining location information indicating a location associated with said identification tag associated with said healthcare worker detected by said proximity detector and for identifying at least one patient associated with said healthcare worker in the vicinity of the determined location from predetermined information associating patients with geographic location;
• a workflow processor for automatically adaptively selecting tasks to be performed by said healthcare worker associated with the identified at least one patient and selecting information presented to said healthcare worker identifying the selected tasks in a task sequence to be performed by said healthcare worker for the identified at least one patient in response to the detection of said identification tag attached, said information being presented to said healthcare worker using said particular processing device;
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• a user interface for automatically presenting display images including medical information of the identified at least one patient in response to the detection of said identification tag.

A healthcare system for determining information to be provided to a healthcare worker in response to received location dependent context data, comprising:

• a proximity detector for wirelessly detecting presence of an identification tag attached to a healthcare worker substantially within a predetermined vicinity of said detector and for wirelessly detecting presence of an identification tag of a particular patient substantially within a predetermined vicinity of said detector;
• a location detector for determining location information indicating a location associated with an identification tag attached to said healthcare worker detected by said proximity detector and for identifying at least one patient associated with said healthcare worker in the vicinity of the determined location from predetermined information associating patients with geographic location and for determining location information indicating a location associated with said identification tag of said particular patient detected by said proximity detector;
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• a workflow processor for automatically adaptively selecting tasks to be performed by said healthcare worker associated with the identified at least one patient and presenting information to said healthcare worker identifying the selected tasks in a task sequence to be performed by said healthcare worker for the identified at least one patient and a task sequence for said particular patient in response to the detection of said identification tag attached to said healthcare worker;
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• a user interface for automatically presenting display images including medical information of the identified at least one patient in response to the detection of said identification tag attached to said healthcare worker.

A healthcare system for selecting information to be provided to a healthcare worker in response to received location dependent context data, comprising:

• a proximity detector for wirelessly detecting presence of an identification tag of a particular healthcare worker substantially within a predetermined vicinity of said detector;
• a location detector for determining location information indicating a location associated with said identification tag of said healthcare worker detected by said proximity detector and for identifying at least one patient associated with said healthcare worker in the vicinity of the determined location from predetermined information associating patients with geographic location and for identifying medical equipment in the vicinity of the determined location from predetermined information associating equipment with geographic location;
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• a workflow processor for automatically selecting medical information of the identified at least one patient acquired from the identified medical equipment and presented to a healthcare worker including information associated with a task sequence to be performed by said healthcare worker for the identified at least one patient in response to said the detection of said identification tag of said healthcare worker.