Clinical data database system and method for a critical care and/or hospital environment
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1. A clinical data system, comprising:
- A. a distributed computer network including a plurality of nodes, one or more of said nodes including at least one server, B. a plurality of data clusters dispersed over said network, each of said data clusters being associated with one of said servers, and said data clusters each being adapted to store clinical data associated with one or more patients, C. a repository adapted to store data representative of the identity of patients having clinical data associated with particular ones of said data clusters, and D. means for querying said repository to identify one of said data clusters associated with a particular patient having clinical data associated therewith and residing on said identified data cluster, and in response to such identification of said data cluster, for querying said identified data cluster to request clinical data associated with said patient and residing thereon.
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Abstract
A system for capturing and maintaining a categorized flow of data in a clinical environment includes a distributed computer network, a plurality of data clusters dispersed over the network, a repository adapted to store data representative of the identity of patients, means for querying the repository to identify one of the data clusters associated with a particular patient and in response to such identification of the data cluster, allowing said particular patient or a user to query clinical data associated with the patient from said identified data cluster.
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1. A clinical data system, comprising:
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A. a distributed computer network including a plurality of nodes, one or more of said nodes including at least one server, B. a plurality of data clusters dispersed over said network, each of said data clusters being associated with one of said servers, and said data clusters each being adapted to store clinical data associated with one or more patients, C. a repository adapted to store data representative of the identity of patients having clinical data associated with particular ones of said data clusters, and D. means for querying said repository to identify one of said data clusters associated with a particular patient having clinical data associated therewith and residing on said identified data cluster, and in response to such identification of said data cluster, for querying said identified data cluster to request clinical data associated with said patient and residing thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for capturing and maintaining a categorized flow of data in a clinical environment, comprising the steps of:
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A. a user issuing a query to a repository, wherein said repository stores identification information of patients and an index of a plurality of data clusters storing clinical data of said patients;
B. said repository, in response, identifying an identity of a particular patient and identifying a data cluster having the clinical data associated with said particular patient;
C. the user issuing a query to said identified data cluster to request the clinical data associated with the particular patient; and
D. the user receiving the requested clinical data from said identified data cluster. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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