Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7475019 | System and method for physician note creation and management The present invention is a system and method for inputting physician notes associated with the admission, diagnosis and treatment of patients in a healthcare system. It can be used for those who are critically ill as well as those who are engaged in more routine med... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7467094 | System and method for accounting and billing patients in a hospital environment A system and method for accounting and billing patients in a hospital environment. A hospitalized patient is associated with a patient identifier. Billable services provided to the hospitalized patient are associated with the patient identifier. If the billable serv... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7454360 | Order evaluation system for use in a healthcare location An order evaluation system for use in a healthcare location evaluates an order against a first set of patient assessment data elements to determine whether the order should be issued. If the order is issued, a rules generator generates a patient-specific rule that i... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454359 | System and method for displaying a health status of hospitalized patients A system and method for displaying a health status of hospitalized patients. Patient data associated with hospitalized patients is selected according to display rules. A display module selects selected patient data, applies display rules to the selected patient data... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7433827 | System and method for displaying a health status of hospitalized patients A system and method for standardizing care in a hospital environment. Information concerning the latest care and practice standards for a given condition is provided to a decision support module. The decision support module comprises decision support algorithms that... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7411509 | System and method for observing patients in geographically dispersed health care locations A system and method for observing patients in geographically dispersed health care locations. A portable monitoring station is associated with a patient assigned to a health care location. The portable monitoring station comprises monitoring equipment that monitors ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403902 | System and method for standardizing care in a hospital environment A system and method for standardizing care in a hospital environment. Information concerning the latest care and practice standards for a given condition is provided to a decision support module. The decision support module comprises decision support algorithms that... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395216 | Using predictive models to continuously update a treatment plan for a patient in a health care location A system for determining a treatment plan for a patient comprises a database of patient data elements indicative of a medical condition associated with a patient. A predictive model is applied to patient assessment data and used to prepare a treatment plan. A rules ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7321862 | System and method for patient-worn monitoring of patients in geographically dispersed health care locations A patient-worn monitoring system and method for geographically dispersed health care locations. A patient-worn monitoring system comprises a network, a body-worn monitoring station, a monitoring station server, a remote command center, and a rules engine. The networ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315825 | Rules-based patient care system for use in healthcare locations A rules-base patient care system for use in healthcare locations. A patient rules generator creates rules for the patients. Performance measures indicative of the ability of a rule to predict changes in the condition of the patient are acquired by the rules generato... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7307543 | System and method for video observation of a patient in a health care location A system and method for observing patients in geographically dispersed health care locations. A patient is assigned to a health care location comprising a patient visual monitoring system, a patient audio receiver, and a patient controller. The visual monitoring sys... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7256708 | Telecommunications network for remote patient monitoring A communications network for providing continuous patient monitoring to provide critical care services from a remote location. A plurality of patient monitoring stations with associated patient monitoring instrumentation is connected over a communications network to... | 08/14/2007 |
| 6804656 | System and method for providing continuous, expert network critical care services from a remote location(s) A system and method for providing continuous expert network critical care services from a remote location. A plurality of intensive care units (ICU's) with associated patient monitoring instrumentation is connected over a network to a command center which is manned ... | 10/12/2004 |
