CLINICAL CARE UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20070073559A1
• Filed: 09/08/2006
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peter Stangel
• Original Assignee: Peter Stangel
• Inventors: Stangel, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 7,860,729 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A computer implemented system facilities the submission of clinical events date to a reviewing agency by prompting for date needed to authorize the appropriateness of the event. The system directs an appropriate submission to authorize the event. The system further stores the patient clinical event data and presents the date for review. The system confirms that the clinical event is appropriate by referring to the input data and predetermined validation rules.

Claims

1. A computer implemented system, consisting of one or more computers connected by one of an internet and a local area network, for generating an electronic clinical record of a patient clinical encounter for submission for review by a health care reviewing organization, comprising:

at least one selection interface module, the selection interface module adapted to facilitate the selection of at least a diagnosis; and

a verification module for determining an authorization level for the diagnosis by referring to at least data in identified fields, the verification module determining said authorization level prior to submission of the clinical record to a server computer,

said selection interface module facilitating selection of criteria prompts in a prompts pop-up button list by display of a clickable navigator text field, and

text in the navigator field describes a set of prompts which are selected to meet criteria for a diagnosis for a patient encounter.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said selection interface module facilitates one or more clinically formatted charts to be downloaded from the server computer in Excel™

spreadsheet format to a user'"'"'s computer system for on-screen display of multiple clinical charts in a single screen display.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said selection interface module facilitates display of multiple clinical encounters by displaying a timeline with color codes and text, and

each line of the timeline displays one of a parameter and a finding across multiple clinical encounters, with a single column forming a cell with the row to representing one or more findings for each date of said patient encounter.