Method and process for preparing and analyzing medical legal cases

• US 20060136269A1
• Filed: 11/29/2005
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Med Legal Consulting Source, Inc. (Elevate Services, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Med Legal Consulting Source, Inc. (Elevate Services, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fraser, Nancy E.
• Application Number:
  US11/291,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20060136269A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a method and system which extracts data from medical informational sources in order to organize, analyze, and summarize the information into document form so that it may be used with ease by lawyers in preparing medical legal cases. In one aspect, such a document is a patient chronology. In another aspect, such a document is a plan for a patient'"'"'s needs for future care.

Claims

1. A method for generating a technical document comprising:

extracting data from at least one medical informational source;

analyzing the data; and

organizing the data to create said technical document.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical informational source comprises a medical chart.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical informational source comprises a specific individual'"'"'s medical history.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical informational source comprises a set of medical bills associated with a specific individual.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical informational source comprises anthropomorphic data.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical informational source comprises laboratory reports.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical informational source comprises a set of medical statistics.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical informational source comprises information derived from medical personnel.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said information is derived from an affidavit.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein said information is derived from a testimony.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein said information is derived from a deposition transcript.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical informational source comprises information derived from law enforcement personnel.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein said information is derived from an affidavit.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein said information is derived from a testimony

15. The method of claim 12 wherein said information is derived from a deposition transcript.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical informational source comprises information derived from a witness.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein said information is derived from an affidavit.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein said information is derived from a testimony.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein said information is derived from a deposition transcript.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical informational source comprises information derived from a patient.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein said information is derived from an affidavit.

22. The method of claim 20 wherein said information is derived from a testimony.

23. The method of claim 20 wherein said information is derived from a deposition transcript.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein said technical document comprises a patient chronology chart.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein said patient chronology chart comprises:

a date of a medical event; and

a reference notation associated with a first document.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein said first document is an original medical document.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein said original medical document comprises a medical chart.

28. The method of claim 26 wherein said original document comprises a specific individual'"'"'s medical history.

29. The method of claim 26 wherein said original document comprises a set of medical bills associated with a specific individual.

30. The method of claim 25 wherein said patient chronology chart further comprises a chief complaint of the medical event.

31. The method of claim 25 wherein said patient chronology chart further comprises a medical personnel'"'"'s studies and findings.

32. The method of claim 25 wherein said patient chronology chart further comprises a diagnosis of the medical event.

33. The method of claim 25 wherein said patient chronology chart further comprises a treatment associated with the medical event.

34. The method of claim 25 wherein said patient chronology chart further comprises an identity of medical personnel associated with the medical event.

35. A method for generating a technical document comprising:

extracting data from at least one medical informational source;

analyzing the data; and

organizing the data to create said technical document, wherein said technical document comprises a plan for a patient'"'"'s needs for future care.

36. A method for generating a technical document comprising:

extracting data from at least one medical informational source;

analyzing the data; and

organizing the data to create said technical document, wherein said technical document comprises the usual and customary level of medical costs and bills.