Medical and other consent information management system
First Claim
1. A consent information management system suitable for healthcare use, comprising:
- at least one repository associating consent information of a particular patient with data identifying, a corresponding particular treatment provided to said particular patient and signatures validating consent obtained from said particular patient and other persons; and
a consent data processor for using said at least one repository and determining signatures required for a particular consent for providing a particular treatment to a particular patient are obtained.
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Abstract
A system allows healthcare personnel to automatically associate patient related activities to an appropriate consent form and track the status of consent forms electronically. A consent information management system suitable for healthcare use, comprises at least one repository associating consent information of a particular patient with data identifying, a corresponding particular treatment provided to the particular patient and signatures validating consent obtained from the particular patient and other persons. A consent data processor uses the at least one repository and determines signatures required for a particular consent for providing a particular treatment to a particular patient are obtained.
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22 Claims
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1. A consent information management system suitable for healthcare use, comprising:
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at least one repository associating consent information of a particular patient with data identifying, a corresponding particular treatment provided to said particular patient and signatures validating consent obtained from said particular patient and other persons; and
a consent data processor for using said at least one repository and determining signatures required for a particular consent for providing a particular treatment to a particular patient are obtained. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A consent information management system suitable for healthcare use, comprising:
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at least one repository associating consent information of a particular patient with data identifying, a corresponding particular treatment provided to said particular patient and a signature validating consent obtained from said particular patient; and
a consent data processor for, using said at least one repository and determining a patient signature required for a particular consent for providing a particular treatment to a particular patient is obtained and receiving status data representing status of a signature required or a particular consent and associating a status with a particular consent using said at east one repository. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A consent information management system suitable for healthcare use, comprising:
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at least one repository associating consent information of a particular patient with data identifying, a corresponding particular treatment provided to said particular patient and a signature validating consent obtained from said particular patient; and
a consent data processor for, using said at least one repository and determining a patient signature required for a particular consent for providing a particular treatment to a particular patient is obtained and automatically applying predetermined rules to determine if a signature previously acquired for said particular consent for providing said particular treatment to said particular patient is at least one of, (a) expired and (b) approaching expiration. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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