Systems, methods, and computer program products for facilitating communications, workflow, and task assignments in medical practices and clinics
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating patient examinations in a medical office, the method comprising the following steps performed via a handheld device:
- identifying an examination location of a patient;
identifying one or more medical procedures to be performed, wherein the one or more medical procedures are selected from the group consisting of;
laboratory analysis of biological samples obtained from the patient, diagnostic tests on the patient, patient vaccinations and/or injections, and preparing a medical prescription;
displaying a patient examination summary, wherein the displayed summary includes patient identification information, patient location information, patient health status information, and a list of identified medical procedures; and
communicating the patient examination summary to a nurse station computer within the medical office.
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Abstract
A method of facilitating patient examinations in a medical office includes the following steps performed via a handheld device: identifying an examination location of a patient; identifying one or more medical procedures to be performed, wherein the one or more medical procedures are selected from the group consisting of: laboratory analysis of biological samples obtained from the patient, diagnostic tests on the patient, patient vaccinations and/or injections, and preparing a medical prescription; displaying a patient examination summary, wherein the displayed summary includes patient identification information, patient location information, patient health status information, and a list of identified medical procedures; and communicating wirelessly the patient examination summary to a nurse station computer within the medical office.
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46 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating patient examinations in a medical office, the method comprising the following steps performed via a handheld device:
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identifying an examination location of a patient; identifying one or more medical procedures to be performed, wherein the one or more medical procedures are selected from the group consisting of;
laboratory analysis of biological samples obtained from the patient, diagnostic tests on the patient, patient vaccinations and/or injections, and preparing a medical prescription;displaying a patient examination summary, wherein the displayed summary includes patient identification information, patient location information, patient health status information, and a list of identified medical procedures; and communicating the patient examination summary to a nurse station computer within the medical office. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 44)
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11. A handheld device that facilitates patient examinations in a medical office, comprising:
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means for identifying an examination location of a patient; means for identifying one or more procedures to be performed, wherein the one or more procedures are selected from the group consisting of;
laboratory analysis of biological samples obtained from the patient, diagnostic tests on the patient, patient vaccinations and/or injections, and preparing a medical prescription;means for displaying a patient examination summary, wherein the displayed summary includes patient identification information, patient location information, patient health status information, and a list of identified medical procedures to be performed; and means for communicating the patient examination summary to a nurse station computer within the medical office. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A medical office system that facilitates patient examinations, comprising:
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a nurse station computer; and one or more handheld devices, wherein each handheld device communicates wirelessly with the nurse station computer, and wherein each handheld device comprises; means for identifying an examination location of a patient; means for identifying one or more procedures to be performed on the patient, wherein the one or more procedures are selected from the group consisting of;
laboratory analysis of biological samples obtained from the patient, diagnostic tests on the patient, patient vaccinations and/or injections, and preparing a medical prescription;means for displaying a patient examination summary, wherein the displayed summary includes patient identification information, patient location information, patient health status information, and a list of identified procedures to be performed on the patient; and means for communicating the patient examination summary wirelessly to the nurse station computer. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of facilitating examination of a patient in a medical office, the method comprising:
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receiving a patient examination summary, wherein the patient examination summary comprises patient identification information, patient location information, patient health status information, and information about one or more medical procedures to be performed; and displaying all information in the patient examination summary in a single GUI displayed on a screen. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 45)
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42. A method of displaying medical emergency information communicated by a first device connected to a medical office network, comprising:
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receiving information at a second device connected to the medical office network about a medical emergency within the medical office; and displaying the received medical emergency information in a single GUI that substantially fills a display screen of the second device, wherein the emergency information identifies the location of the emergency within the medical office, and wherein the second device is rendered unusable until the medical emergency has been responded to. - View Dependent Claims (43, 46)
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