Substance abuse management system and method
First Claim
1. A method of managing correctional and/or rehabilitation programs for substance abuse for a number of entities having jurisdictional responsibility for persons, the method comprising:
- receiving correctional and/or rehabilitation data from a plurality of entities having jurisdictional responsibility for persons, said correctional and/or rehabilitation data including information on substance abuse by persons for which said entities have jurisdictional responsibility;
processing the received correctional and/or rehabilitation data to aggregate the data and reference the data by each entity to allow for comparative analysis of the correctional and/or rehabilitation programs;
storing the processed correctional and/or rehabilitation data in a central database; and
managing the correctional and/or rehabilitation programs dependant upon the processed data.
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Abstract
A method of managing correctional and/or rehabilitation programs for substance abuse for a number of entities having jurisdictional responsibility for persons, the method comprising: receiving correctional and/or rehabilitation data from a plurality of entities having jurisdictional responsibility for persons, said correctional and/or rehabilitation data including information on substance abuse by persons for which said entities have jurisdictional responsibility; processing the received correctional and/or rehabilitation data to aggregate the data and reference the data by each entity to allow for comparative analysis of the correctional and/or rehabilitation programs; storing the processed correctional and/or rehabilitation data in a central database; and managing the correctional and/or rehabilitation programs dependant upon the processed data.
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57 Claims
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1. A method of managing correctional and/or rehabilitation programs for substance abuse for a number of entities having jurisdictional responsibility for persons, the method comprising:
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receiving correctional and/or rehabilitation data from a plurality of entities having jurisdictional responsibility for persons, said correctional and/or rehabilitation data including information on substance abuse by persons for which said entities have jurisdictional responsibility;
processing the received correctional and/or rehabilitation data to aggregate the data and reference the data by each entity to allow for comparative analysis of the correctional and/or rehabilitation programs;
storing the processed correctional and/or rehabilitation data in a central database; and
managing the correctional and/or rehabilitation programs dependant upon the processed data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 57)
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16. Apparatus for managing correctional and/or rehabilitation programs for substance abuse for a number of entities having jurisdictional responsibility for persons, the apparatus comprising:
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receiving means for correctional and/or rehabilitation data from a plurality of entities having jurisdictional responsibility for persons, said correctional and/or rehabilitation data including information on substance abuse by persons for which said entities have jurisdictional responsibility;
processing means for processing the received correctional and/or rehabilitation data to aggregate the data and reference the data by each entity to allow for comparative analysis of the correctional and/or rehabilitation programs;
a storage arrangement for storing the processed correctional and/or rehabilitation data in a central database; and
management means to manage the correctional and/or rehabilitation programs dependant upon the processed data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of forming a chain of custody record for instant drug tests for persons, the method comprising:
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obtaining point-of-test information at times instant drug tests are taken, the point-of-test information including information on the circumstances surrounding the taking of a drug test;
obtaining results of the instant drug tests; and
storing the point-of-test information in conjunction with the results to provide a chain of custody record for the instant drug test for each person. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. Apparatus for forming a chain of custody record for instant drug tests for persons, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving point-of-test information at times instant drug tests are taken, the point-of-test information including information on the circumstances surrounding the taking of a drug test;
means for receiving results of the instant drug tests; and
storage means for storing the point-of-test information in conjunction with the results to provide a chain of custody record for the instant drug test for each person. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of forming a chain of custody record for instant drug tests for persons, the method comprising:
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recording test information at times instant drug tests are taken, the test information including information on test conditions;
recording results of the instant drug tests; and
storing the test information in association with the results to provide a chain of custody record for the instant drug test for each person.
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48. Apparatus for recording test information for forming a chain of custody record for instant drug tests for persons, the apparatus comprising:
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a camera component for taking still or motion pictures of the test conditions;
a biometric recorder component for taking a biometric measurement of the tested persons;
an input interface for the input of test information including test results;
a memory for storing the test information, the pictures and the biometric measurements as chain of custody record records; and
an output interface for transmitting the stored information to a remote computer apparatus for recordal of the chain of custody records. - View Dependent Claims (49)
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50. Apparatus for forming a chain of custody record for instant drug tests for persons, the apparatus comprising:
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a camera component for taking still or motion pictures of the test conditions at times instant drug tests are taken;
a biometric recorder component for taking biometric measurements of the tested persons;
an input interface for the input of test information including results of the instant drug tests; and
a storage device for storing the still or motion pictures, the biometric measurements, and the results to provide a chain of custody record for the instant drug test for each person.
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51. A substance abuse management system comprising:
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a database storing substance abuse data for a plurality of persons, the database storing substance abuse results data, data on persons, data on users of the system, and data on hierarchical relationships of the users; and
a database interface for allowing the input of data to and the output of data from the database, the database interface comprising code structured to operate in accordance with an object oriented data model in which data is represented as objects, said objects including substance abuse results objects defining information on substance abuse results for persons, person objects defining information on persons, users and/or location objects defining information on system users comprising custodians of said persons and/or information on custodial locations of said persons, and organisation objects defining information on at least one hierarchical relationship of said system users and/or locations of said persons, said at least one hierarchical relationship defining at least one custodial hierarchy for custodianship of said persons;
wherein said database interface code is structured to allow for the formation and management of said at least one hierarchical relationship to provide for the formation and management of said at least one custodial hierarchy for said persons. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53)
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54. A substance abuse management method comprising:
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storing substance abuse data for a plurality of persons in a database, the data comprising substance abuse results data, data on persons, data on users of the system, and data on hierarchical relationships of the users; and
forming a database interface to allow the input of data to and the output of data from the database using an object oriented data model in which data is represented as objects, said objects including substance abuse results objects defining information on substance abuse results for persons, person objects defining information on persons, users and/or location objects defining information on system users comprising custodians of said persons and/or information on custodial locations of said persons, and organisation objects defining information on at least one hierarchical relationship of said system users and/or locations of said persons, said at least one hierarchical relationship defining at least one custodial hierarchy for custodianship of said persons;
wherein said object oriented data model allows for the formation and management of said at least one hierarchical relationship to provide for the formation and management of said at least one custodial hierarchy for said persons. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56)
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