System for processing and consolidating records
First Claim
1. A method for providing a user interface supporting consolidating multiple healthcare records associated with a patient and stored in at least one record repository, comprising the steps of:
- initiating generation of at least one display window supporting merging data elements from first and second records into a composite record, said at least one display window including, a display element prompting a user to select one of a plurality of predetermined rules to be applied in merging non-clinical data of said first and second records, a display element prompting a user to select one of said first and second records as a surviving record, and initiating merger of data elements from first and second records into a composite record by excluding at least a portion of replicated and redundant information occurring in said records in response to user selection of a displayed icon.
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Abstract
A system prevents the creation of duplicate records and identifies, groups, and consolidates duplicate records and manages the associated workload. A method consolidates multiple records that are associated with a single entity and are stored in at least one record repository. The method involves identifying first and second records and applying record matching criteria to compare data element content of the first and second identified records to determine commonality data. The commonality data is indicative of a likelihood the first and second records are associated with a common entity. The first and second record content is merged into a composite record in response to the determined commonality data. One of the first and second records are selected as a surviving record based on earliest date of record creation or relative content of the first and second records.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for providing a user interface supporting consolidating multiple healthcare records associated with a patient and stored in at least one record repository, comprising the steps of:
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initiating generation of at least one display window supporting merging data elements from first and second records into a composite record, said at least one display window including, a display element prompting a user to select one of a plurality of predetermined rules to be applied in merging non-clinical data of said first and second records, a display element prompting a user to select one of said first and second records as a surviving record, and initiating merger of data elements from first and second records into a composite record by excluding at least a portion of replicated and redundant information occurring in said records in response to user selection of a displayed icon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18)
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14. A method according to claim 14, including the step of,
automatically substituting identified non-clinical elements of the selected record for corresponding elements of the non-selected record for inclusion in said composite record.
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15. A method according to claim 15, wherein
said substituted identified elements comprise at least one of, (a) patient address information, (b) patient name, (c) patient physical characteristics and (d) patient non-clinical data.
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16. A method according to claim 16, including the step of,
applying a substitution rule for automatically substituting a particular element of said identified elements, said rule comprising at least one of, (a) include only said particular element of said first record in said composite record, (b) include only said particular element of said second record in said composite record, (c) include only a first record particular element, if present in said first record, in said composite record, and (d) include only a second record particular element, if present in said second record, in said composite record.
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19. A system for providing a user interface supporting consolidating multiple healthcare records associated with a patient and stored in at least one record repository, comprising:
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a display processor for initiating generation of at least one display window supporting merging data elements from first and second records into a composite record, said at least one display window including, a display element prompting a user to select one of a plurality of predetermined rules to be applied in merging non-clinical data of said first and second records, a display element prompting a user to select one of said first and second records as a surviving record, and a consolidation processor for initiating merger of data elements from first and second records into a composite record by excluding at least a portion of replicated and redundant information occurring in said records in response to user selection of a displayed icon.
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