Method, apparatus and system for providing targeted information in relation to laboratory and other medical services
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving information about a medical procedure performed for a patient based upon a request from a healthcare provider;
performing a query function to retrieve from one or more databases a list of data sources based upon the received information about the medical procedure; and
generating one or more documents containing the list of data sources retrieved from the database.
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided in which information about a medical procedure/test is received. The information about the medical procedure/test may include one or more codes or descriptions relevant to the patient and procedure/test that are used to process, identify or classify the medical procedure/test performed by a service provider. Upon receiving the information about the medical procedure/test, a query function is performed to retrieve from a database a list of data sources and/or support information that correspond to the information received. One or more documents are generated that contain the list of data sources and/or support information retrieved from the database.
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56 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving information about a medical procedure performed for a patient based upon a request from a healthcare provider;
performing a query function to retrieve from one or more databases a list of data sources based upon the received information about the medical procedure; and
generating one or more documents containing the list of data sources retrieved from the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A database of information comprising:
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a first code corresponding to a medical procedure;
a list of one or more definitions corresponding to the first code; and
a first list of data sources obtained based upon the one or more definitions. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of developing a database of information, comprising:
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generating one or more queries based upon a procedure code;
identifying one or more documents based upon the one or more queries;
performing a selection process to select a subset of documents from the one or more documents identified based upon a set of selection criteria; and
storing the subset of documents in the database. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system comprising:
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a first database to store multiple lists of content links, each list corresponding to a specific medical procedure code; and
a first server to receive information about a medical procedure from one or more sources, said information about the medical procedure including one or more procedure codes, the first server to retrieve from the first database one or more lists of content links based upon the one or more procedure codes received, the first server to generate one or more documents containing the one or more list of content links retrieved from the first database. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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receiving information about a medical procedure performed for a patient based upon a request from a healthcare provider;
performing a query function to retrieve from a database a list of data sources based upon the received information about the medical procedure; and
generating one or more documents containing the list of data sources retrieved from the database. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49)
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50. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform the following:
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generating one or more queries based upon a procedure code;
identifying one or more documents based upon the one or more queries;
performing a selection process to select a subset of documents from the one or more documents identified based upon a set of selection criteria; and
storing the subset of documents in a database. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A database comprising:
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a list of patients; and
for each patient in the list, a set of documents each generated based upon information received from a healthcare service provider following a performance of a medical procedure for the respective patient according to a request by the respective patient'"'"'s healthcare provider, said set of documents being accessible by said respective healthcare provider via a computer network. - View Dependent Claims (56)
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