Michael S Rizzo

US Patent:

20080154642, Jun 26, 2008

Filed:

Dec 21, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/614524

Inventors:

Susan Marble - Natick MA, US
Sandra Sieck - Mobile AL, US
Joseph F. Foster - Mobile AL, US
James Hoekstra - Lewisville NC, US
Yvette DeLaune Stancil - Wake Forest NC, US
Patsy Fowlkes - Amory MS, US
Stephen Brandon - Amory MS, US
Lois Gibson - Bradley Beach NJ, US
Lisa Tripodi - Chicago IL, US
David Larson - Burnsville MN, US
R. Norman McDonald - Hickory NC, US
Timothy Henry - Minneapolis MN, US
Michael J. Rizzo - Reading MA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 50/00

US Classification:

705 3

Abstract:

Software and a system created by the software with its application are applied in the healthcare setting for various patients corresponding to the CMS or JCAHO core measures. The software and its system captures necessary patient data related to future P4P initiatives designed by federal authorities, private payors or other organizations plus report safety events. The software allows real-time data entry at the bedside, during patient care processes, from admission to discharge. The system provides real-time feedback to practitioners on their performance as well as hospital benchmarking. The software can be used on a variety of hardware devices, and may gather data from various hospital information systems.

US Patent:

39943550, Nov 30, 1976

Filed:

May 19, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/578509

Inventors:

Michael J. Rizzo - East Boston MA

International Classification:

B60K 2300

US Classification:

180 75

Abstract:

An improved wheel assembly includes a pair of contact bearings which are displaced from the vertical center line of the wheel for reducing frictional forces and the required torque in rotating the wheel. The bearings contact the inner surface of a drum having a pair of side plates, one of which has a central aperture. A weight bearing sleeve is located through the aperture and includes sleeve extension arms which are affixed to the contact bearings. A rotatable axle is located within the sleeve and extends through the drum so that the axle may be affixed to the other side plate of the drum. The drum thus rotates with the axle, and the vehicle weight is transferred from the sleeve to the drum by the two contact bearings which rotate in place.