Physicians' remote charge capture system
First Claim
1. A method for managing patient information pertinent to a hospital-based physician'"'"'s practice comprising:
- a. providing a computer server having a memory, the computer server being located at a site remote from a hospital;
b. storing in the memory of the computer server patient information regarding patients of a physician;
c. providing a physician accessible computer remote from the computer server;
d. linking the physician accessible computer to the computer server over a computer network;
e. accessing the computer server via the physician accessible computer over the computer network to allow a physician to view information regarding patients of such physician; and
f. entering additional information into the computer server via the physician accessible computer over the computer network to allow a physician to update the status of a patient following a visit of such patient by the physician.
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Abstract
A patient management method for hospital-based physicians includes a remote computer server storing certain minimal information regarding patients of one or more physicians. The remote server is linked over a computer network to one or more physician-accessible computers remote from the computer server. Physicians can access such patient information over the network via the physician-accessible computer to view information regarding their patients. Following patient visits, the physician can update patient status information, such as diagnosis, treatment codes, and patient disposition, by entering such information into the server over the network. An administrator in the physician'"'"'s office can also access the server over a computer network to capture updated patient status information for purposes of workload distribution and/or billing. The interposition of the server between the physician-accessible computer and the physician'"'"'s office helps ensure compliance with the federal HIPAA Privacy Rule.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for managing patient information pertinent to a hospital-based physician'"'"'s practice comprising:
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a. providing a computer server having a memory, the computer server being located at a site remote from a hospital;
b. storing in the memory of the computer server patient information regarding patients of a physician;
c. providing a physician accessible computer remote from the computer server;
d. linking the physician accessible computer to the computer server over a computer network;
e. accessing the computer server via the physician accessible computer over the computer network to allow a physician to view information regarding patients of such physician; and
f. entering additional information into the computer server via the physician accessible computer over the computer network to allow a physician to update the status of a patient following a visit of such patient by the physician. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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