Automated messaging center system and method for use with a healthcare system
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1. An automated messaging system for use with an electronic healthcare facility system at a healthcare facility comprising:
- a healthcare facility system which maintains a plurality of electronic medical records, each said record associated with a patient and containing clinical information regarding said patient, said healthcare facility system providing access for a plurality of clinicians to information maintained in said healthcare facility system; and
, a messaging center for selectively automatically generating messages to said plurality of clinicians, said messages being available on a real time basis without the need for said clinicians to query said messaging center to determine availability of said messages.
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Abstract
An automated messaging system for use with a healthcare facility system for automatically providing clinicians associated with the facility alerts or messages upon certain patient centered events occurring. The healthcare facility system preferably clinicians access to electronic medical charts for each patient. The alerts can be placed onto Information Summary screens or windows provided for each clinician.
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1. An automated messaging system for use with an electronic healthcare facility system at a healthcare facility comprising:
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a healthcare facility system which maintains a plurality of electronic medical records, each said record associated with a patient and containing clinical information regarding said patient, said healthcare facility system providing access for a plurality of clinicians to information maintained in said healthcare facility system; and
,a messaging center for selectively automatically generating messages to said plurality of clinicians, said messages being available on a real time basis without the need for said clinicians to query said messaging center to determine availability of said messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An automatic messaging system for use with a healthcare facility system comprising:
a message center associated with a healthcare facility system capable of maintaining a plurality of electronic medical records for a corresponding plurality of patients and providing access to said healthcare facility system to a plurality of clinicians, said messaging center configured to automatically provide electronic alerts to at least one of said plurality of clinicians upon predetermined events relating to a patient. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A software program on a computer readable medium for an automated messaging system for use with an electronic healthcare facility system at a healthcare facility comprising:
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a first software code portion for implementing a healthcare facility system which maintains a plurality of electronic medical records, each said record associated with a patient and containing clinical information regarding said patient, said healthcare facility system providing access for a plurality of clinicians to information maintained in said healthcare facility system; and
,a second software code portion form implementing a messaging center for selectively automatically generating messages to said plurality of clinicians, said messages being available on a real time basis without the need for said clinicians to query said messaging center to determine availability of said messages.
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45. A software program on a computer readable medium for an automatic messaging system for use with a healthcare facility system comprising:
a first program portion for implementing a message center associated with a healthcare facility system capable of maintaining a plurality of electronic medical records for a corresponding plurality of patients and providing access to said healthcare facility system to a plurality of clinicians, said messaging center configured to automatically provide electronic alerts to at least one of said plurality of clinicians upon predetermined events relating to a patient.
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46. A software program on a computer readable medium for an automatic messaging system for use with a healthcare facility system comprising:
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a first program portion for receiving information relating to an electronic event occurring with a healthcare facility system regarding a patient; and
,a second program portion for automatically sending an alert in real time to a clinician associated with said patient regarding said electronic event. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method for providing an automatic messaging system for use with a healthcare facility system comprising:
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electronically receiving information relating to an electronic event occurring with a healthcare facility system regarding a patient; and
,automatically sending an electronic alert in real time to a clinician associated with said patient regarding said electronic event. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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