ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,129, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Access to multiple caregiver information systems" was invented by Jeffrey A. Gilbert (Saint Petersburg, Fla.) and Justin Haldane (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device for managing notifications for a caregiver associated with multiple healthcare facilities is described. The electronic device connects to an active site associated with a first healthcare facility, connects to a passive site associated with a second healthcare facility, receives the notifications from both the active site and the passive site, and switches the p...