Method and apparatus for delivering healthcare
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1. A healthcare management system, comprising:
- a plurality of user terminals;
an application layer coupled to the user terminals and running a plurality of healthcare related application programs;
a repository for holding patient data, the repository storing patient identification data and clinical data separately, whereby clinical data may be retrieved with or without the patient identification data to which it relates;
a data access layer arranged between the application layer and the repository for retrieving data from the repository or one of a plurality of further databases external to the system, the data access layer including information regarding the location of data required by the application programs.
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A healthcare management system integrates medical practitioners, healthcare administrators, patients and educators/students. Patient data is stored in a repository as clinical data with associated patient data. The clinical data is available for medical practitioners, educators and students without the patient data. The system is structured as an application layer accessed by user terminals and separated from the repository by a data access layer which stores details of where, and in what format, data is stored.
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1. A healthcare management system, comprising:
- a plurality of user terminals;
an application layer coupled to the user terminals and running a plurality of healthcare related application programs;
a repository for holding patient data, the repository storing patient identification data and clinical data separately, whereby clinical data may be retrieved with or without the patient identification data to which it relates;
a data access layer arranged between the application layer and the repository for retrieving data from the repository or one of a plurality of further databases external to the system, the data access layer including information regarding the location of data required by the application programs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21)
- a plurality of user terminals;
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12. A healthcare management system comprising a computer network for communicating between a plurality of user terminals and an application system for running a plurality of application programs, the application system including a database storing clinical data and related patient data, and an interface to a plurality of further data stores each containing patient related information;
- the communications network linking medical practitioners, healthcare administrators, patients and educations establishments and/or students, whereby each have access at least to clinical data stored in the database.
- View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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