Method and apparatus for importing healthcare related information from a physician office management information system
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1. A method of retrieving healthcare information, comprising:
- connecting a portable computer to a physician office management information system, the physician office management information system storing healthcare related information including at least patient identifiers and upcoming patient appointment times;
emulating a terminal of the physician office management information system to obtain emulated healthcare related information; and
scraping patient identifiers and upcoming patient appointment times from the emulated healthcare related information into a memory of the portable computer.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of retrieving healthcare information. The method includes connecting a portable computer to a physician office management information system. The physician office management information system stores healthcare related information including at least patient identifiers and upcoming patient appointment times. A terminal of the physician office management information system is emulated to obtain emulated healthcare related information. Patient identifiers and upcoming patient appointment times are scraped from the emulated healthcare related information into a memory of the portable computer.
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1. A method of retrieving healthcare information, comprising:
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connecting a portable computer to a physician office management information system, the physician office management information system storing healthcare related information including at least patient identifiers and upcoming patient appointment times;
emulating a terminal of the physician office management information system to obtain emulated healthcare related information; and
scraping patient identifiers and upcoming patient appointment times from the emulated healthcare related information into a memory of the portable computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A portable computer, comprising:
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a memory for storing scraped information;
means for emulating a terminal of a physician office management information system to obtain emulated healthcare related information including at least patient identifiers and upcoming patient appointment times; and
means for scraping the patient identifiers and upcoming patient appointment times from the emulated healthcare related information into the memory. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method of using a portable computer to:
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emulate a terminal of a physician office management information system to obtain emulated healthcare related information;
scrape at least patient identifiers and upcoming patient appointment times from the emulated healthcare related information into a memory of the portable computer; and
create a prescription.
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19. Computer executable software code stored on a computer readable medium of a portable computer, the code for:
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prompting a user of the portable computer to import information from a physician office management information system;
emulating a terminal of a physician office management information system to obtain emulated healthcare related information; and
scraping at least patient identifiers and upcoming patient appointment times from the emulated healthcare related information into a memory of the portable computer. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product having computer-executable software code stored thereon for use with a portable computer, the code comprising:
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code responsive to an emulation command to emulate a terminal of a physician office management information system to obtain emulated healthcare related information; and
code responsive to a scrape command to scrape at least patient identifiers and upcoming patient appointment times from the emulated healthcare related information into a memory of the portable computer. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A method of managing healthcare related information, comprising:
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connecting a portable computer corresponding to a specific physician to a physician office management information system, the physician office management information system storing a plurality of patient appointment schedules each corresponding to a different physician;
emulating a terminal of the physician office management information system to obtain emulated healthcare related information that includes a patient appointment schedule that corresponds to the specific physician; and
scraping emulated patient appointment schedule information that corresponds to the specific physician from the emulated healthcare related information into a memory of the portable computer. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A method comprising:
creating a prescription with a portable computer using healthcare related information scraped from a plurality of predetermined fields of a physician office management information system.
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