Method for the cost-effective delivery of medical services pursuant to a procedure-based manual
First Claim
1. A method for providing treatment to a patient having an aliment, said method including the recordation of patient data and payment to a treating physician, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a means for recording said patient data within a treating physician'"'"'s facility;
providing a central processing means located separate from said recording means;
providing a means for communicating said patient data from said facility to said central processing means;
acquiring first quality of life and economic data relating to said patient;
recording said first quality of life and economic data using said recording means;
receiving a range of treatments;
treating said patient after said step of recording said first quality of life and said economic data;
acquiring second quality of life and economic data relating to said patient after said step of treating said patient; and
adjusting said range of treatments by utilizing said quality of life and said economic data to maximize said patient'"'"'s quality of life and economic conditions after treatment.
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Abstract
A method and a health care system utilizing the method for providing treatment to a patient including healthcare services which includes obtaining and recording data from the patient relating to background data, such as demographics, insurance information and medical history; staging and diagnosing the patient'"'"'s ailment; obtaining and recording data relating to the patient'"'"'s quality of life and economics; obtaining a range of preferred treatments based upon the staging, quality of life and economic data; and providing treatment to the patient. After treatment, second quality of life and economic data are obtained, recorded, and utilized to amend the range of preferred treatments to maximize the second quality of life and economic factors. In an alternative embodiment, the method and system include means for timing the delivery of treatment and for conditioning payment to the healthcare provider upon completion of the treatment within prescribed time periods.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing treatment to a patient having an aliment, said method including the recordation of patient data and payment to a treating physician, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a means for recording said patient data within a treating physician'"'"'s facility;
providing a central processing means located separate from said recording means;
providing a means for communicating said patient data from said facility to said central processing means;
acquiring first quality of life and economic data relating to said patient;
recording said first quality of life and economic data using said recording means;
receiving a range of treatments;
treating said patient after said step of recording said first quality of life and said economic data;
acquiring second quality of life and economic data relating to said patient after said step of treating said patient; and
adjusting said range of treatments by utilizing said quality of life and said economic data to maximize said patient'"'"'s quality of life and economic conditions after treatment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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16. A system for providing healthcare to a patient undergoing a treatment selected from a range of treatments, comprising:
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a local processing means for recording patient data within a treating physician'"'"'s facility;
a central processing means located separate from said local processing means;
means for communicating said patient data from said local processing means to said central processing means;
means for recording first quality of life and economic data relating to said patient;
means for recording second quality of life and economic data relating to said patient; and
means for reviewing said first and second quality of life and economic data and adjusting said range of treatments by utilizing said first and second quality of life and said economic data to maximize said patient'"'"'s quality of life and economic conditions after treatment.
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