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Method for clinician house calls utilizing portable computing and communications equipment

  • US 20050060198A1
  • Filed: 09/03/2004
  • Published: 03/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing medical care, comprising operations of:

  • a mobile care entity providing a network of predesignated mobile clinicians;

    the mobile care entity providing the clinicians with use of preprogrammed portable computers, each portable computer coupled to a wireless communications interface and including local storage of patient data;

    according to a predetermined schedule, each portable computer updating patient data in the local storage by utilizing the wireless communications interface to download updates from a central storage facility;

    the mobile care entity receiving a request for medical services at a patient'"'"'s premises, and responsive thereto, selecting one of the predesignated mobile clinicians and dispatching the selected clinician to the patient'"'"'s premises;

    the clinician visiting the patient'"'"'s premises accompanied by a preselected collection of electronic medical care devices;

    the clinician examining the patient, including selecting and operating one or more of the medical care devices to analyze one or more aspects of the patient'"'"'s condition and prepare representative outputs;

    the clinician directing the portable computer to perform follow-up operations comprising;

    electronically collecting the outputs and presenting them in human-readable form;

    storing a machine-readable record including observations from the clinician'"'"'s examination of the patient; and

    utilizing the wireless communications interface to transmit the machine-readable record to the central storage facility.

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