System for managing healthcare related information supporting operation of a healthcare enterprise
First Claim
1. A system for managing healthcare data including codes, terms and identifiers supporting operation of a healthcare enterprise, comprising:
- a first database including healthcare data including elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and derived from a plurality of different sources, said healthcare data common elements supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations;
a processor for providing at least a portion of said healthcare data in said first database to a second database employed by at least one of said plurality of organizations in response to user command, said second database also supporting use of user selectable items of healthcare data; and
an interface processor for intermittently receiving healthcare data updates for incorporation in said first database.
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Abstract
A comprehensive database system employs common medical terms, vocabularies and identifiers in identifying organizational characteristics as well as location availability and suitability for delivering services by a particular physician to a patient with particular medical conditions via a user friendly display interface. A system for managing healthcare data including codes, terms and identifiers supports operation of a healthcare enterprise. The system includes a first database including healthcare data including elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and derived from a plurality of different sources. The healthcare data common elements support use of consistent terminology between the plurality of organizations. A processor provides at least a portion of the healthcare data in the first database to a second database employed by at least one of the plurality of organizations in response to user command. The second database also supports use of user selectable items of healthcare data. An interface processor intermittently receives healthcare data updates for incorporation in the first database.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for managing healthcare data including codes, terms and identifiers supporting operation of a healthcare enterprise, comprising:
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a first database including healthcare data including elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and derived from a plurality of different sources, said healthcare data common elements supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations;
a processor for providing at least a portion of said healthcare data in said first database to a second database employed by at least one of said plurality of organizations in response to user command, said second database also supporting use of user selectable items of healthcare data; and
an interface processor for intermittently receiving healthcare data updates for incorporation in said first database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for managing healthcare related information supporting operation of a healthcare enterprise, comprising:
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a first database including healthcare data derived from a plurality of different sources, said healthcare data including (a) information identifying a plurality of organizations, (b) location information identifying a plurality of locations in an individual organization available to accommodate a patient for different purposes, and (c) data elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations; and
a processor for providing at least a portion of said healthcare data in said first database to a second database employed by at least one of said plurality of organizations in response to user command, said second database also supporting user access to selectable items of healthcare data. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for managing healthcare related information supporting operation of a healthcare enterprise, comprising:
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an interface processor for acquiring healthcare data including (a) information identifying a plurality of organizations, (b) location information identifying a plurality of locations in an individual organization available to accommodate a patient for different purposes, and (c) data elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations;
a database maintained by at least one of said plurality of organizations for storing said acquired healthcare data; and
a processor supporting user access to selectable items of said stored acquired healthcare data. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A user interface system supporting user access to healthcare data, comprising the steps of:
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initiating generation of at least one displayed image including image elements supporting user entry of search criteria for finding information concerning a service associated with treatment of a medical condition;
searching a first database in response to user command and receiving said search criteria, said first database incorporating healthcare data intermittently provided by a second database, said healthcare data including, (a) information identifying a plurality of organizations, (b) location information identifying a plurality of locations in an individual organization, and (c) data elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations; and
initiating generation of at least one displayed image presenting results of said search. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method for managing healthcare data including codes, terms and identifiers supporting operation of a healthcare enterprise, comprising the steps of:
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accumulating healthcare data derived from a plurality of different sources in a first database, said healthcare data including elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations;
communicating at least a portion of said healthcare data in said first database to a second database employed by at least one of said plurality of organizations in response to user command, said second database also supporting use of user selectable items of healthcare data; and
intermittently receiving healthcare data updates for incorporation in said first database.
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22. A method for managing healthcare data including codes, terms and identifiers supporting operation of a healthcare enterprise, comprising the steps of:
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accumulating healthcare data derived from a plurality of different sources in a first database, said healthcare data including, (a) information identifying a plurality of organizations, (b) location information identifying a plurality of locations in an individual organization available to accommodate a patient for different purposes, and (c) data elements common to a plurality of healthcare organizations and supporting use of consistent terminology between said plurality of organizations; and
communicating at least a portion of said healthcare data in said first database to a second database employed by at least one of said plurality of organizations in response to user command.
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