Automated method for medical care management
First Claim
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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Abstract
A computer-assisted method for diagnosing and treating illnesses and health complaints in patients in which diagnosis is performed by following processes specified in one or more diagnostic templates and treatment occurs pursuant to processes specified in one or more treatment templates. Both types of templates include processes related to selected sets of illnesses and health conditions. Use of the method changes the focus in healthcare delivery from one which is encounter-centric to one which is problem-centric by organizing patient records around the processes used to diagnose and treat health problems. The method also provides enhanced administrative ability to monitor, coordinate and manage these processes along with healthcare resources.
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30 Claims
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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. - 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)
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24. An interactive, computer-assisted method for diagnosing in at least one patient at least one condition from a known set of diseases and medical conditions, wherein each patient has at least one medical complaint associated with at least one medical project for that patient and wherein further the diagnosis depends on the results of executing at least one process described in at least one diagnostic 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 said diagnostic templates in at least one database;
at least one patient presenting with at least one health complaint;
associating said at least one health complaint with at least one of said diagnostic templates from said first database;
linking said at least one associated diagnostic template with the at least one medical project associated with said patient; and
establishing at least one diagnosis for each of said patients related to said at least one health complaint of each of said patients by completing the processes specified in the at least one diagnostic template linked with the at least one medical project associated with each of said patients. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. An interactive, computer-assisted method for treating at least one diagnosed disease or health condition from a known set of diseases and medical conditions in at least one patient presenting with at least one complaint, wherein at least one diagnosis for each patient is associated with at least one medical project for that patient and wherein further treatment is accomplished by executing at least one process described in at least one treatment template, comprising
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; -
storing the treatment templates in at least one database;
selecting at least one of said stored treatment templates associated with each diagnosis related to the at least one patient;
linking said at least one selected treatment template to the at least one medical project associated with the at least one patient; and
treating each patient according to the processes included in said 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 complaints have evolved into manageable chronic conditions or a need to refer the patient elsewhere for one or more of the complaints is determined. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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