Medical and dental software program

• US 20040236608A1
• Filed: 05/21/2004
• Published: 11/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David Ruggio, Matthew Ruggio
• Original Assignee: David Ruggio, Matthew Ruggio
• Inventors: Ruggio, Matthew, Ruggio, David
• Application Number:
  US10/851,285
• Publication Number:
  US 20040236608A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

A medical and dental software program that generates computerized data reports and patient progress notes based upon information gathered from testing and from patients'"'"' personal and medical information. The medical and dental software program generates reports based upon information gather from diagnostic testing systems currently in use, inclusive of, but not limited to visual, physical, radiographic, laser, pulp testing, microscopic, biopsy, CT scan, MRI, electron beam and blood analysis. The medical and dental software program is designed to integrate future diagnostic systems (in the form of modules) that are under development or in current use in specialty fields of medicine. The program compiles the reports and integrates them into a computerized patient progress note, which is the document format that is used in the medical and dental professions. The program utilizes human anatomic forms (anatomic fields and anatomic grids) that represent a particular organ or body part—i.e. the mouth, the oral/facial complex, the brain, heart, lung, kidney and alike to aid in the input of patient data. The anatomic forms are used by the practitioner to enable them to easily enter relevant medical diagnostic data into the system. Each grid and/or field contains a series of subparts that allow the practitioner to enter specific detail with regards to a particular organ or body part. The findings such as normal, a variation of normal and pathologic are subparts a practitioner would find upon examination or interpretation of a particular organ or body part. From those findings entered into the program, the practitioner can form a diagnosis, treatment plan, document the treatment and subsequently generate a report.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of recording medical and dental information and compiling and writing a progress note comprising the steps of:

entering general and specific patient symptom data into a subjective module wherein the subjective module includes preformatted primary and secondary templates adapted to permit the user to electronically enter the general and specific patient symptom data into the report;

assigning a patient identifier to the patient symptom data and storing the symptom data in a database;

entering diagnostic data, from patient test results and physical examination, into specific information gathering modules, the specific information gathering modules including anatomic fields adapted to permit the user to select an anatomic region and enter diagnostic data into the anatomic fields, the recorded diagnostic data given the specific patient identifier and stored in a database by the patient identifier;

compiling a progress note based upon the recorded patient symptoms and diagnostic data.

2. The computer implemented method of recording medical and dental information and compiling and writing a progress note of claim 1, further including the step of displaying the recorded diagnostic data on a date tree.

3. The computer implemented method of recording medical and dental information and compiling and writing a progress note of claim 1, wherein the recorded medical and dental information is password protected.

4. A computer implemented method of creating an electronic progress note for a patient in an information gathering system comprising the following steps:

assigning an identifier to the patient;

inputting general and specific examination and test data into multi-tiered linked templates associated with system modules, the general and specific examination and test data entered into one or more of the multi-tiered linked templates and merged to form underlying report data;

storing the inputted report data into categorized databases, the inputted report data marked with the patient identifier to permit the patient'"'"'s report data to be recalled from the databases;

compiling the report data stored in the databases to create a patient report;

assigning the patient identifier to the patient report;

archiving the patient report, the archived patient report assigned the patient identifier.

5. A computer-implemented method for diagnosing a medical and dental condition, the method comprising the steps of:

providing an interface for entering patient symptom, diagnostic and test data, the interface including multi-tiered preformatted template containing an anatomic grid;

entering patient test data into the anatomic grid by selecting one or more anatomic regions, the selecting of the one or more anatomic regions prompting the opening of at least one template;

selecting one or more subject lines of the at least one template;

merging the anatomic grid selections with corresponding selected subject lines and storing in a database;

compiling a progress note based off of the selected anatomic and subject line data.

6. A computerized system for creating and managing medical and dental treatments, the system comprising a storage device, memory, a program module, a communications interface, and a processor responsive to a plurality of instructions from the program module, being operative to:

provide an interface for entering patient test data, the interface including primary and secondary templates, the secondary templates being linked to the primary templates;

selecting subject lines from the primary template related to an anatomic region in which patient test data is to be applied, selecting subject lines of the primary template prompting the opening of at least one secondary template;

selecting subject lines from the secondary template related to specific test data findings;

merging selected information from the primary and secondary templates and storing the selected information in a database;

compiling the selected data into a progress note.

7. A computer-readable medium or modulated signal being encoded with computer-executable instructions to manage client dental and medical information, comprising:

a consultation software module, the consultation software module containing code for collecting notes made during a consultation with a client and formatting the notes into SOAP format;

a diagnostic module, the diagnostic module containing code for generating a diagnosis based on subjective and objective factors collected by the consultation software module; and

a treatment software module, the treatment software module containing code for generating a treatment plan, the treatment plan including a series of treatment units, the treatment software further containing code to record progress information related to the series of treatment units.

8. A computer implemented method of recording information and creating a data compilation comprising the steps of:

selecting a general subject line within a primary template, selecting the general subject line prompting the opening of a secondary template containing specific subject lines that are linked to the specificity of the general subject line of the first template;

selecting at least one of the specific subject lines of the secondary template;

compiling the general subject line of the primary template with the at least one specific subject lines of the secondary template to create at least one data compilation.

9. The computer implemented method of recording information and creating a data compilation of claim 8 wherein the primary template includes an anatomic grid that permits a user to select at least one anatomic region in which data is to be entered;

selecting the anatomic region prompting the opening of the secondary template containing the specific subject lines, selectable by the user.

10. The computer implemented method of recording information and creating a data compilation of claim 8 further comprising the step of creating a patient chart wherein the patient chart is assigned an individualized patient code.

11. The computer implemented method of recording information and creating a data compilation of claim 10 further comprising the step of accessing one or more modules when within the patient chart to record patient related data.

12. The computer implemented method of recording information and creating a data compilation of claim 11 further comprising the step of storing the patient related data in one or more databases, the patient related data identified by the individualized patient code.

13. The computer implemented method of recording information and creating a data compilation of claim 11 wherein the data compilation from the primary and secondary templates is arranged in a textual progress note.

14. The computer implemented method of recording information and creating a data compilation of claim 11 wherein the modules include the primary and secondary templates to record patient data, the modules designed to receive input relating to patient symptoms, diagnostic test data, practitioner diagnosis and patient treatment.

15. The computer implemented method of recording information and creating a data compilation of claim 14 wherein the diagnostic test data includes visual, physical, radiographic data.