System and a method for tracking patients undergoing treatment and/or therapy for renal disease
First Claim
1. A method for a user to integrally track a history of a patient undergoing therapy for a disease wherein the disease has a plurality of stages and a plurality of therapies to treat the disease throughout the plurality of stages, the method comprising the steps of:
- inputting information into a system regarding the patient; and
inputting information into the system regarding each of the plurality of therapies during each of the plurality of stages for the patient wherein the information is displayed on a plurality of display screens associated with the system.
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Abstract
A system and a method for tracking patients having renal disease, particularly Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), are provided. The system and method track patients through a common system with multiple healthcare professionals, such as doctors, nurses and the like, having access to the system and updating the system based on information regarding the care, treatment, diagnosis, therapy, or the like provided to the patients. The system and method interface with remote machines and supply chains by a modem, via the internet or by wireless devices. The system and method provide a continuum of care for renal patients, i.e., CKD, peritoneal dialysis (PD), home hemodialyis (HHD), in-center hemodialysis and transplant within a single database associated with the system.
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153 Claims
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1. A method for a user to integrally track a history of a patient undergoing therapy for a disease wherein the disease has a plurality of stages and a plurality of therapies to treat the disease throughout the plurality of stages, the method comprising the steps of:
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inputting information into a system regarding the patient; and
inputting information into the system regarding each of the plurality of therapies during each of the plurality of stages for the patient wherein the information is displayed on a plurality of display screens associated with the system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95)
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96. An integrated system for providing information related to a patient having renal disease wherein the information is accessible by a user and further wherein the information is used to evaluate the patient, the system comprising:
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input means for receiving the information about the patient and a clinical history of events related to the renal disease of the patient wherein the information is accessible by the user to evaluate the patient; and
disease modality means for identifying types of therapy available to the patient for treating the disease. - View Dependent Claims (97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120)
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121. A renal disease tracking system for patients undergoing treatment for renal disease and for users administering treatment to the patients, the system comprising:
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information display means including information relating to the patients and to the users wherein the information is displayed on a plurality of screens; and
means for inputting additional information related to the types of treatment for the patients wherein the patients are tracked through stages of care for the renal disease. - View Dependent Claims (122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153)
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