System for processing and consolidating records
First Claim
14. A method for consolidating multiple healthcare records associated with a patient and stored in at least one record repository, comprising the steps of:
- in response to a single entry of user identification and password information for accessing a plurality of concurrently operating applications for, identifying a first record;
identifying a second record;
applying record matching criteria to compare data element content of said first and second identified records to determine commonality data indicative of a likelihood said first and second records are associated with a common patient; and
merging said first and second record content into a composite record in response to said determined commonality data.
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Abstract
A system prevents the creation of duplicate records and identifies, groups, and consolidates duplicate records and manages the associated workload. A method consolidates multiple records that are associated with a single entity and are stored in at least one record repository. The method involves identifying first and second records and applying record matching criteria to compare data element content of the first and second identified records to determine commonality data. The commonality data is indicative of a likelihood the first and second records are associated with a common entity. The first and second record content is merged into a composite record in response to the determined commonality data. One of the first and second records are selected as a surviving record based on earliest date of record creation or relative content of the first and second records.
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30 Claims
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14. A method for consolidating multiple healthcare records associated with a patient and stored in at least one record repository, comprising the steps of:
in response to a single entry of user identification and password information for accessing a plurality of concurrently operating applications for, identifying a first record;
identifying a second record;
applying record matching criteria to compare data element content of said first and second identified records to determine commonality data indicative of a likelihood said first and second records are associated with a common patient; and
merging said first and second record content into a composite record in response to said determined commonality data. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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24-1. A method according to claim 23, wherein
said predetermined condition identifies at least one of, (a) said patient is on a physician patient list and (b) said clinical data of said second record duplicates said clinical data of said first record.
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26. A method for consolidating multiple records associated with a single entity and stored in at least one record repository, comprising the steps of:
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identifying first and second records as being associated with a single entity;
determining from stored record information whether said first and second records are indicated as being associated with different entities;
in response to said determination, applying record matching criteria to compare data element content of said first and second identified records to determine commonality data indicative of a likelihood said first and second records are associated with a common entity; and
merging said first and second record content into a composite record in response to said determined commonality data. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A method for providing a user interface supporting consolidating multiple healthcare records associated with a patient and stored in at least one record repository, comprising the steps of:
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initiating generation of at least one display window supporting merging data elements from first and second records into a composite record, said at least one display window including, a display element prompting a user to select one of a plurality of predetermined rules to be applied in merging non-clinical data of said first and second records, a display element prompting a user to select one of said first and second records as a surviving record, and initiating merger of data elements from first and second records into a composite record in response to user selection of a displayed icon. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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