Abstract: A system and method for scheduling professional staff among a plurality of nodes can include a server and one or more applications including a visualization engine, a communications engine, and a predictive and optimization engine that perform various functions. In some embodiments, the applications form the plurality of nodes having at least one manager assigned to at least one of the plurality of nodes and where each node includes pre-qualified staff members and form a pool of the pre-qualified staff members that can be shared, where the pool includes information about each pre-qualified staff member. The applications can further send an open role to the pool in response to inputs by at least one manager, receive responses in response to inputs from the pre-qualified staff members, form an application for the open role by members who accepted the open role, and fill the open role.

Abstract: A method for live patient tracking for surgical centers and hospitals is provided comprising tracking patient journey through a healthcare facility. The method also comprises overlying tracked journey data on patient surgical status data and visualizing the overlaid journey data and surgical status data on a display. Visualization of data is performed on the display of a TV screen, a tablet, a desktop computer, a tablet or a smartphone. The visualized data includes patient indoor location within the healthcare facility. Patient indoor location is performed by means of an indoor positioning system such as Real Time Location Service (RTLS) system.

Abstract: A method for estimating a duration of at least one surgical procedure based on learning from accumulated historical data is provided. The method comprises gathering historical patient data and hospital personnel performance data. The method also comprises analyzing the historical data and the performance data and learning about surgical procedure durations from the analysis. The method also comprises estimating a duration of a surgical procedure or a combination of surgical procedures based on the analysis and learned procedure duration information.

Abstract: A method for providing an intelligent schedule board for operating rooms in surgical centers and hospitals is provided. The method comprises displaying an estimated location of a patient on an operating room schedule board and displaying status information on the operating room schedule board. The method also comprises automatically updating the schedule dashboard as at least one of the location and the status of the patient changes. Patient location is estimated using an indoor tracking system and wherein the system is an RTLS system. Patient status information is entered by staff members by means of at least one of a tablet device, a phone device, and a computer. Patient status information is entered automatically by means of a computer vision scheme that detects patient status comprising at least one of a start of surgery and an end of surgery. Patient status information is entered using a voice recognition scheme.

Abstract: A system for registering and communicating user condition to a remote device is provided. The system comprises a portable device comprising a processor and a memory, a transmitter, a user interface that displays a plurality of selectable objects, each object associated with a level of user condition, and an application stored in the memory. When executed on the processor, the application receives a message associated with a user entry to a first selectable object of the plurality of selectable objects. The application also determines a first level of the user condition based on analysis of the first message. The application also sends, via the transmitter, electronic material describing the first level to a server requesting action associated with the first level.

Abstract: A method for providing an intelligent schedule board for operating rooms in surgical centers and hospitals is provided. The method comprises displaying an estimated location of a patient on an operating room schedule board and displaying status information on the operating room schedule board. The method also comprises automatically updating the schedule dashboard as at least one of the location and the status of the patient changes. Patient location is estimated using an indoor tracking system and wherein the system is an RTLS system. Patient status information is entered by staff members by means of at least one of a tablet device, a phone device, and a computer. Patient status information is entered automatically by means of a computer vision scheme that detects patient status comprising at least one of a start of surgery and an end of surgery. Patient status information is entered using a voice recognition scheme.

Abstract: A method for live patient tracking for surgical centers and hospitals is provided comprising tracking patient journey through a healthcare facility. The method also comprises overlying tracked journey data on patient surgical status data and visualizing the overlaid journey data and surgical status data on a display. Visualization of data is performed on the display of a TV screen, a tablet, a desktop computer, a tablet or a smartphone. The visualized data includes patient indoor location within the healthcare facility. Patient indoor location is performed by means of an indoor positioning system such as Real Time Location Service (RTLS) system.