System and method for physician note creation and management

• US 20040111296A1
• Filed: 09/04/2003
• Published: 06/10/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Visicu Incorporated (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Visicu Incorporated (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Breslow, Michael, Rosenfeld, Brian
• Granted Patent: US 7,475,019 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

The present invention is a system and method for inputting physician notes associated with the admission, diagnosis and treatment of patients in a healthcare system. It can be used for those who are critically ill as well as those who are engaged in more routine medical care. The present invention reduces the risk of medical treatment by populating specific patient information throughout the patient care system so that current physician notes are combined with other information and made available rapidly to hospital personnel at all levels of patient care. The present invention also assists in analyzing data in relation to risk associated with management choices and managing the patient care to reduce assessed risk.

Claims

1. A process for generation of physician notes for patient management via a programmable machine, the process comprising:

inputting patient health data reflecting a current state of the patient and treatment objectives for the patient via formatted input options;

receiving the patient health data in a healthcare system;

creating a customized healthcare profile based on the patient health data;

making the patient health data available throughout the healthcare system;

remotely programming therapeutic monitoring and delivery systems to provide care to the patient.

2. The process of claim 1 wherein:

inputting patient health data comprises inputting data on remote devices from group consisting of wired devices and wireless devices.

3. The process of claim 1 wherein:

receiving the patient health data in a healthcare system comprises time stamping the patient health data when it is released by a physician;

storing the time stamped patient health data throughout the patient care system.

4. The process of claim 3 wherein:

remotely programming therapeutic monitoring systems comprises setting smart alarms automatically in patient monitoring systems based on the time stamped patient health data.

5. A physician note system for entering patient health data:

a patient health data input device;

a patient healthcare system connected to the patient health data input device;

structured data elements stored in the patient healthcare system, the structured data elements adapted to be made available to the patient health data input device;

means for completing and releasing applicable structured data elements; and

instructions in the patient healthcare system for making the released structured data elements to users having access to the patient healthcare system.

6. The physician note system of claim 5 wherein:

the patient health data input device comprises devices taken from the group consisting of wired devices and wireless devices.

7. The physician note system of claim 5 wherein:

means for completing and releasing applicable structured data elements further comprises means for time stamping the patient health data when it is release by a physician; and

storing the time stamped patient health data throughout the patient care system.

8. The physician note system of claim 5 further comprising:

means for remotely programming therapeutic monitoring systems comprising setting smart alarms automatically in patient monitoring systems based on the time stamped patient health data.