Abstract: A system and method of issuing patient identification devices to patients in a self service fashion at a provider facility. The system includes a processor for obtaining first patient identification information from a patient, for retrieving second patient identification information from patient records, for positively identifying the patient by comparing the first identification information to the second identification information, for initiating a patient identification device with a code unique to the patient, for issuing the identification device to the patient, and for storing an indication that the identification device has been initiated and issued.

Abstract: A system and method of managing time spent for healthcare which provides patients with choices that can minimize time they spend attending to healthcare needs. The method includes establishing a record of patients which have checked-in at a healthcare facility by a server, storing times at which the patients received care from a healthcare provider by the server, storing patient wait time information by the server, and providing the patient wait time information to prospective patients through a web site by the server.

Abstract: A system and method of issuing patient identification devices to patients in a self service fashion at a provider facility. The system includes a processor for obtaining first patient identification information from a patient, for retrieving second patient identification information from patient records, for positively identifying the patient by comparing the first identification information to the second identification information, for initiating a patient identification device with a code unique to the patient, for issuing the identification device to the patient, and for storing an indication that the identification device has been initiated and issued.

Abstract: The present invention provides a software engine, a CBOM (collaboration bill of materials), to automate the collaboration process on a BOM that is distributed over the supply chain network and the demand chain network. In one embodiment of the invention, the CBOM comprises a rules engine, an optimization engine, an applications server and a database server. The rules engine implements rule-based decision making functions. The optimization engine of the CBOM allows the distributed system to resolve routine problems that may reoccur on a regular basis and provide a preferred, well-tested and unambiguous resolution to the routine problems. In one embodiment of the invention, the CBOM monitors for an arrival of an input or an event entered by a business party in the distributed production system. When an input is received by the CBOM, the CBOM performs an intelligent decision making by determining whether the input represents an out-of-tolerance case.