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Automated method for medical care management

  • US 20070129967A1
  • Filed: 12/05/2005
  • Published: 06/07/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An interactive, computer-assisted method for collecting, organizing, supervising and analyzing data concerning medical care of at least one patient having at least one health complaint related to a known set of diseases and health conditions involving diagnoses, treatments and health facility resource management related to at least one medical project associated with each such patient, wherein diagnosis depends on the results of executing at least one process described in at least one diagnostic template and treatment is accomplished by executing at least one process described in at least one treatment template, comprising creating a plurality of diagnostic templates, each including at least one process and each leading to a diagnosis of at least one disease or medical condition from the known set of diseases and medical conditions;

  • storing the diagnostic templates in at least one database;

    further creating a plurality of treatment templates, each including at least one process and each associated with treatment of at least one disease or medical condition from the known set of diseases and medical conditions;

    further storing the treatment templates in at least one other database;

    at least one patient presenting with at least one health complaint;

    initiating at least one medical project associated with each patient;

    collecting and storing identification, historical and demographic data concerning each patient in at least one database;

    associating the at least one health complaint with at least one of the diagnostic templates;

    linking at least one of the diagnostic templates with the at least one medical project associated with that patient;

    establishing at least one diagnosis for the at least one patient related to the at least one health complaint of the at least one patient by completing the at least one process specified in the at least one diagnostic template linked with the at least one medical project associated with the at least one patient;

    selecting at least one of the stored treatment templates associated with the at least one diagnosis related to the at least one patient;

    further linking the at least one selected treatment template with the at least one medical project associated with the at least one patient; and

    treating each patient according to the at least one process presented in the at least one selected treatment template linked to that patient'"'"'s at least one medical project until either all of the patient'"'"'s complaints are resolved, all of the patient'"'"'s complaints have evolved into manageable chronic conditions or a need to refer the patient elsewhere for one or more of the complaints is determined.

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