Point of care
First Claim
1. A computer based method of providing evidence-based information to a service provider that is in the process of making a decision as to a treatment regimen to be followed, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) prompting the provider to select a medication;
(b) receiving the provider'"'"'s selection of a medication; and
(c) in response to the provider'"'"'s selective request, providing evidence-based information on the selected medication on a scaled basis.
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Abstract
A computer-implementable method and apparatus provides concise bits of information at the point of care within the confines of a provider-patient relationship. Interactive computer screens display information to the provider in the form of selectable indications, drugs, methods and evidence-based articles. Health care organizations may integrate this computer-implementable method into the general work flow of patient care to provide timely information to the provider. The computer-implementable method and apparatus may be integrated into existing health care patient systems or may be instituted as a stand-alone application. The computer-implementable method allows the provider to drill down for digestible bits of information, within the system, to receive information at levels conversant to the need of the given situation in patient care. At any time, the provider may choose to receive more comprehensive bits of knowledge or have the information electronically mailed for later study. Integrated within the main point of care information system is a computer-implementable method used to write prescriptions for patients. The prescription writer permits the provider to either manually enter the prescription based on the original drug selection or lets the computer-implementable method issue a prescription. The prescription writer issues prescriptions based upon rules set forth in the computer-implementable method regarding dosing of a previously chosen drug and the patient information available to the computer-implementable method.
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55 Claims
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1. A computer based method of providing evidence-based information to a service provider that is in the process of making a decision as to a treatment regimen to be followed, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) prompting the provider to select a medication;
(b) receiving the provider'"'"'s selection of a medication; and
(c) in response to the provider'"'"'s selective request, providing evidence-based information on the selected medication on a scaled basis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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17. A computer based method of providing evidence-based information to a service provider that is in the process of making a decision as to a treatment regimen to be followed, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) prompting the provider to select a treatment regimen;
(b) receiving the provider'"'"'s selection of a treatment regimen; and
(c) in response to the provider'"'"'s selective request, providing evidence-based information on the selected treatment regimen on a scaled basis.
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30. A computer apparatus for providing evidence-based information to a service provider that is in the process of making a decision as to a treatment regimen to be followed, the apparatus comprising:
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means for prompting the provider to select a medication;
means for receiving the provider'"'"'s selection of a medication; and
means for providing evidence-based information on the selected medication on a scaled basis in response to the provider'"'"'s selective request. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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36. The apparatus of claim 35, further comprising means for generating dosing information by calculating the dose of the selected medication using information provided on a patient.
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36-1. A computer system for providing evidence-based information to a service provider that is in the process of making a decision as to a treatment regimen to be followed, the system comprising:
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a user interface including input means and output means;
a processing unit coupled to the user interface; and
a storage medium coupled to the processing unit;
wherein the processing unit being operable under control of program code stored in the storage medium to;
prompt the provider via the output means to select a medication;
receive the provider'"'"'s selection of a medication via the input means; and
in response to the provider'"'"'s selective request via the input means, provide evidence-based information of the selected medication on a scaled basis via the output means.
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