Method and system for triage of emergency patients
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1. An intake and prioritization system for receiving patients in an emergency care center comprising:
- a system monitoring station;
at least one user interface including, a computer processor, software resident on said computer processor, said software configured to control the intake and prioritization process, a means for a user to interact with said interface connected to said computer processor, wherein said user provides information regarding said patient'"'"'s medical history and current medical condition in response to prompts from said software, instruments for measuring the physiological data of said patient connected to said processor, said instruments controlled by said software, and an electronic communication network connecting said system monitoring station and said at least one user interface, wherein said software records and compiles said medical history, current medical condition and physiological data into a patient record, wherein said computer processor transmits said medical record via said communication network to said monitoring station for review and prioritization.
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Abstract
A method and system for automated patent intake and triage in the context of an emergency care center is provided. The system consists of a kiosk computer terminal, which is placed in a receiving area within the emergency treatment center and preferably includes a touch screen interface, a variety of physiological monitoring devices and software that collects and assesses the user input and physiological data to calculate the severity of the patient'"'"'s condition. This allows automated triage and prioritization of patients thereby freeing health care professional resources to perform other patient care functions.
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1. An intake and prioritization system for receiving patients in an emergency care center comprising:
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a system monitoring station;
at least one user interface including, a computer processor, software resident on said computer processor, said software configured to control the intake and prioritization process, a means for a user to interact with said interface connected to said computer processor, wherein said user provides information regarding said patient'"'"'s medical history and current medical condition in response to prompts from said software, instruments for measuring the physiological data of said patient connected to said processor, said instruments controlled by said software, and an electronic communication network connecting said system monitoring station and said at least one user interface, wherein said software records and compiles said medical history, current medical condition and physiological data into a patient record, wherein said computer processor transmits said medical record via said communication network to said monitoring station for review and prioritization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for the automation of intake and prioritization of patients at an emergency care center comprising the steps of:
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receiving said patient at said emergency care center;
assessing the condition of said patient to determine the severity of the patient'"'"'s medical condition;
referring high severity patients for receipt of immediate medical care;
referring low severity patients to an automated intake and prioritization system;
obtaining information from said low severity patient regarding medical history current medical condition and current physiological condition;
packaging said information into a medical record wherein said medical record is assigned a prioritization ranking;
forwarding said medical record to a monitoring station wherein said medical record is prioritized relative to all other medical records based on said prioritization ranking; and
treating said patients in order of said prioritization of said medical records. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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