Web-based data entry system and method for generating medical records
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1. An apparatus for producing a patient medical record, comprising:
- an information receiving component operative by an inputting user who supplies patient health information to the receiving component;
an analysis component receiving the health information from the receiving component, the analysis component traversing a traversal path through a clinical pathway responsive to the health information, wherein the clinical pathway comprises hierarchical nodes joined by interconnecting branches;
an output component generating the medical record in response to the traversal path; and
a storage component storing the medical record as a data file.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for generating a patient'"'"'s medical record. The apparatus comprises a data input component that executes through a plurality of clinical, tree-like pathways that are traversed as data describing the patient'"'"'s condition is entered, for example, by the physician during a clinical examination. At each node, the physician is prompted as to the additional health information required to traverse the clinical pathway. Once an end “leaf” is reached, the medical record is generated based on the path traversed through the clinical pathway. A web site stores the record for access via a web browser.
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1. An apparatus for producing a patient medical record, comprising:
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an information receiving component operative by an inputting user who supplies patient health information to the receiving component;
an analysis component receiving the health information from the receiving component, the analysis component traversing a traversal path through a clinical pathway responsive to the health information, wherein the clinical pathway comprises hierarchical nodes joined by interconnecting branches;
an output component generating the medical record in response to the traversal path; and
a storage component storing the medical record as a data file. - 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)
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30. A method for generating a patient'"'"'s medical record, comprising:
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issuing prompts for entry of patient health information, wherein each prompt is associated with a node of a clinical pathway;
entering the patient health information in response to the prompts, wherein data entered responsive to a current prompt at a current node generates a subsequent prompt associated with a subsequent node according to a path of the clinical pathway from the current node to the subsequent node;
producing the medical record responsive to nodes encountered and heath information entered along the path traversed through the clinical pathway; and
storing the medical record as a data file. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for use by a subscriber for generating, storing and retrieving medical records, comprising:
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allocating memory storage to the subscriber;
supplying patient medical information to an input component;
generating a medical record responsive to the patient medical information and to a clinical pathway;
storing the medical record; and
providing the subscriber with access to the medical record via a web browser. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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45. A computer program product for producing a patient medical record, the computer program product comprising:
a storage medium readable by a computer processor and storing program code for execution by the computer processor, the program code comprising;
receiving the patient health information in a data input device, wherein each data entry generates a prompt for the next data entry, wherein a generated prompt is derived from a plurality of clinical pathways each comprising a plurality of hierarchical nodes and interconnecting branches;
producing the medical record in response to a path traversed through the clinical pathway; and
storing the medical record as a data file.
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