Computerized clinical messaging system
First Claim
1. A computer operated clinical messaging system for receiving, categorizing, storing and selectively retrieving clinical messages through the World Wide Web, said system comprising:
- at least one originating source at which a user inputs and retrieves data;
a clinical messaging report processing program comprising a plurality of report templates for matching corresponding report categories and accessing means for a receiving, categorizing, storing and selectively retrieving client reports by report category;
a web browser, wherein said clinical messaging client application program resides and executes in said web browser;
a central data repository, wherein said clinical messaging report processing program feeds data to said central data repository;
and a clinical messaging report interface for importing and extracting data from reports received from said at least one originating source from the at least one originating source.
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Abstract
A computer operated clinical messaging system for receiving, categorizing, storing and selectively retrieving clinical messages through the World Wide Web includes at least one originating source at which a user inputs and retrieves data; a clinical messaging report processing program including a number of report templates for matching corresponding report categories and accessing mechanisms for a receiving, categorizing, storing and selectively retrieving client reports by report category; a web browser, where the clinical messaging client application program resides and executes in the web browser; a centralized data repository functioning as a user interface and connected to the at least one originating system via the World Wide Web; and a clinical messaging report interface for importing and extracting data from reports received from the at least one originating source from the at least one originating source. The clinical messaging report processing program preferably includes a mechanism for a receiving, categorizing, storing and selectively retrieving client reports by overlapping a number of report categories.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer operated clinical messaging system for receiving, categorizing, storing and selectively retrieving clinical messages through the World Wide Web, said system comprising:
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at least one originating source at which a user inputs and retrieves data;
a clinical messaging report processing program comprising a plurality of report templates for matching corresponding report categories and accessing means for a receiving, categorizing, storing and selectively retrieving client reports by report category;
a web browser, wherein said clinical messaging client application program resides and executes in said web browser;
a central data repository, wherein said clinical messaging report processing program feeds data to said central data repository;
and a clinical messaging report interface for importing and extracting data from reports received from said at least one originating source from the at least one originating source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of receiving, categorizing, storing and selectively retrieving clinical messages through the World Wide Web, said system comprising at least one originating source at which a user inputs and retrieves data;
- a clinical messaging report processing program comprising a plurality of report templates for matching corresponding report categories and accessing means for a receiving, categorizing, storing and selectively retrieving client reports by report category;
a web browser, wherein said clinical messaging client application program resides and executes in said web browser;
a central data repository, wherein said clinical messaging report processing program feeds data to said central data repository;
and a clinical messaging report processing program for importing and extracting data from reports received from said at least one originating source from the at least one originating source, wherein the method comprises the steps of;
a user transmitting data constituting at least one clinical report;
the report processing program with the data repository receiving the report and comparing the report with templates stored in the logic of the program until a matching template is found;
processing the report according to the rules of the matching template;
storing the processed report in the clinical messaging data repository in such a manner as to be accessible for viewing;
operating a computer at said originating source to select at least one of said reports by category and to access the at least one report. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
- a clinical messaging report processing program comprising a plurality of report templates for matching corresponding report categories and accessing means for a receiving, categorizing, storing and selectively retrieving client reports by report category;
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18. A method of receiving, categorizing, storing and selectively retrieving clinical messages through the World Wide Web, said system comprising at least one originating source at which a user inputs and retrieves data;
- a clinical messaging report processing program comprising a plurality of report templates for matching corresponding report categories and accessing means for a receiving, categorizing, storing and selectively retrieving client reports by report category;
a web browser, wherein said clinical messaging client application program resides and executes in said web browser;
a central data repository, wherein said clinical messaging report processing program feeds data to said central data repository; and
a clinical messaging report interface for importing and extracting data from reports received from said at least one originating source from the at least one originating source, wherein the method comprises the steps of;
opening a report to be processed;
reading the report type;
using report rules to pre-process the file;
using a template to build sql command to send report and data to the database server;
and sending the report to the database server.
- a clinical messaging report processing program comprising a plurality of report templates for matching corresponding report categories and accessing means for a receiving, categorizing, storing and selectively retrieving client reports by report category;
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