System and method of coordinating medical screening and treatment data
First Claim
1. A method for screening for a medical condition within a network of care, comprising the steps of:
- identifying one or more risk profiles indicative of a higher than average risk of a first medical condition;
identifying a second medical condition related to, but distinct from, said medical condition;
identifying a patent being treated for said second medical condition in a healthcare delivery site and having one or more of said demographic factors; and
informing a physician associated with said patient of said treatment for said second medical condition in said healthcare delivery site, and of said one or more risk profiles indicative of a higher than average risk of said second, related medical condition.
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Abstract
A system and method for screening for a medical condition within a network of care in which patents being treated for a secondary medical condition are screened for risk profiles indicative of a risk of having a primary medical condition, and conveying that information to appropriate healthcare providers and authorized community care givers. Patents in healthcare delivery site being treated for a fracture may, for instance, be automatically screened for risk profiles related to osteoporosis. If matches are found, a physician associated with the patient may be informed of the treatment for the secondary condition, and of the potential risk for the primary condition, as well as a request for consideration for evaluative tests and treatments for the primary condition. This may be done by updating a secure electronic database and simultaneously sending the designated physician an email containing the address of the secure electronic database.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for screening for a medical condition within a network of care, comprising the steps of:
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identifying one or more risk profiles indicative of a higher than average risk of a first medical condition;
identifying a second medical condition related to, but distinct from, said medical condition;
identifying a patent being treated for said second medical condition in a healthcare delivery site and having one or more of said demographic factors; and
informing a physician associated with said patient of said treatment for said second medical condition in said healthcare delivery site, and of said one or more risk profiles indicative of a higher than average risk of said second, related medical condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for screening for a medical condition with in a network of care, comprising:
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means for identifying one or more risk profiles indicative of a higher than average risk of a first medical condition;
means for identifying a second medical condition related to, but distinct from, said medical condition;
means for identifying a patent being treated for said second medical condition in an healthcare delivery site and having one or more of said demographic factors; and
means for informing a physician associated with said patient of said treatment for said second medical condition in said healthcare delivery site, and of said one or more risk profiles indicative of a higher then average risk of said second, related medical condition. - View Dependent Claims (10, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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- 11. The system of claim 11 wherein said means for identifying a patient being treated for said second medical condition in healthcare delivery site and having one or more of said risk profiles further comprises means for searching an electronic data base containing one of more case histories of patient'"'"'s treated in said healthcare delivery site.
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