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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2009
Rachit Jain, Karnataka, IN;
Ramkumar Saptharishi, Karnataka, IN;
Monika Jain, Karnataka, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for facilitating automated navigation in a healthcare facility. The navigation system comprises: a healthcare information system configured to have access to at least patient information, healthcare resource information and healthcare facility information; and an identification device provided to a patient in the healthcare facility, configured to communicate at least the current location of the patient to the hospital information system. The identification device and the healthcare information system interact with each other for generating and providing at least navigation information to the patient.