Methods for improving the clinical outcome of patient care and for reducing overall health care costs
First Claim
1. A method for delivering health care services comprising the steps of:
- receiving a claim for compensation for medical services from a medical practitioner for medical treatment of a patient, said claim including at least one diagnosis code corresponding to at least one medical treatment received by said patient;
determining if said diagnosis code corresponds to a medical diagnosis found in a data base of medical diagnoses;
sending a notice to the medical practitioner when said diagnosis code corresponds to a medical diagnosis found in said data base;
providing the medical practitioner access to a website, said website provides the medical practitioner with access to EBM treatment guidelines for said medical diagnosis;
said website requests the medical practitioner to confirm medical treatment within the scope of said EBM treatment guidelines;
monitoring the medical practitioner'"'"'s access of said EBM treatment guidelines;
selecting a compensation pay scale in response to said medical practitioner'"'"'s input received on said website;
said website providing said medical practitioner with the option of prescribing information therapy for said patient; and
, said website automatically generating a notice for transmission to a patient when said medical practitioner prescribes information therapy.
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Abstract
The current invention is directed to improved methods for providing health care and for reducing the costs of health care. Additionally, the methods of the current invention are designed to improve the clinical outcome for the patient. The methods of the current invention provide financial incentives to both the patient and the medical service provider is an integrated manner that encourages patient empowerment, patient and physician accountability and appropriate checks and balances by incorporating evidence-based medicine treatment guidelines and content and other similar types of content through an Internet application or by other means to improve the clinical outcome of the health care treatment and to reduce the overall costs of health care.
43 Citations
55 Claims
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1. A method for delivering health care services comprising the steps of:
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receiving a claim for compensation for medical services from a medical practitioner for medical treatment of a patient, said claim including at least one diagnosis code corresponding to at least one medical treatment received by said patient;
determining if said diagnosis code corresponds to a medical diagnosis found in a data base of medical diagnoses;
sending a notice to the medical practitioner when said diagnosis code corresponds to a medical diagnosis found in said data base;
providing the medical practitioner access to a website, said website provides the medical practitioner with access to EBM treatment guidelines for said medical diagnosis;
said website requests the medical practitioner to confirm medical treatment within the scope of said EBM treatment guidelines;
monitoring the medical practitioner'"'"'s access of said EBM treatment guidelines;
selecting a compensation pay scale in response to said medical practitioner'"'"'s input received on said website;
said website providing said medical practitioner with the option of prescribing information therapy for said patient; and
,said website automatically generating a notice for transmission to a patient when said medical practitioner prescribes information therapy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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12. A method for delivering health care services comprising the steps of:
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receiving a claim for medical services from a medical practitioner, said claim including at least one code corresponding to at least one medical diagnosis;
comparing said code to a data base of medical diagnoses;
sending a notice to the medical practitioner when said code corresponds to a medical diagnosis found in said data base;
providing the medical practitioner access to an website, said website provides the medical practitioner with access to guidelines for EBM treatment of said medical diagnosis;
said website provides the means for the medical practitioner to confirm medical treatment within the scope of the EBM treatment guidelines;
said website providing said medical practitioner with the option of prescribing information therapy;
said website automatically generating a notice for transmission to a patient when said medical practitioner prescribes information therapy;
said website providing said patient with access to medical information relating to said medical diagnosis;
monitoring the access of said medical information by said patient;
providing said patient with a knowledge exam to determine said patient'"'"'s understanding of the medical diagnosis;
automatically scoring said knowledge exam; and
,forwarding the knowledge exam results to patient'"'"'s health care network. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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13. A method for delivering health care services comprising the steps of:
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receiving a claim for medical services from a medical practitioner, said claim including at least one code corresponding to at least one medical diagnosis;
comparing said code to a data base of medical diagnoses;
sending a notice to the medical practitioner when said code corresponds to a medical diagnosis found in said data base;
providing the medical practitioner access to an website, said website provides the medical practitioner with access to guidelines for EBM treatment of said medical diagnosis;
said website provides the means for the medical practitioner to confirm medical treatment within the scope of the EBM treatment guidelines;
said website providing the means for monitoring the medical practitioner'"'"'s access of said EBM treatment guidelines;
said website selecting a compensation pay scale based on said medical practitioner'"'"'s response to said request for confirmation of medical treatment within the scope of said EBM treatment guidelines;
said website selecting between at least two pay scales;
said website providing said medical practitioner with the option of prescribing information therapy;
said website automatically generating a notice for transmission to a patient when said medical practitioner prescribes information therapy;
said website providing said patient with access to medical information relating to said medical diagnosis;
monitoring the access of said medical information by said patient;
providing said patient with a knowledge exam to determine said patient'"'"'s understanding of the medical diagnosis;
automatically scoring said knowledge exam; and
,forwarding the knowledge exam results to patient'"'"'s health care network. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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14. A method for delivering health care services comprising the steps of:
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receiving a claim for compensation for medical services from a medical practitioner for medical treatment of a patient, said claim including at least one diagnosis code corresponding to at least one medical treatment received by said patient;
determining if said diagnosis code corresponds to a medical diagnosis found in a data base of medical diagnoses;
providing the medical practitioner access to a website, said website provides the medical practitioner with access to treatment guidelines for said medical diagnoses;
said website requests the medical practitioner to confirm medical treatment within the scope of said treatment guidelines;
monitoring the medical practitioner'"'"'s access of said treatment guidelines;
selecting a compensation pay scale based on said medical practitioner'"'"'s response to request for confirmation of treatment within the scope of said treatment guidelines. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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