Method and system for routing information to an appropriate care provider
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1. A method of routing medical information, the method comprising:
- collecting a set of remote patient data from a patient;
accessing a set of routing rules in a routing database; and
routing the set of remote patient data to a first caregiver in accordance with the routing rules.
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Abstract
The method and system includes efficiently routing remotely acquired patient data to both clinical and non-clinical care providers. The method and system collects a set of physiological data from the patient, accesses a set of routing rules from a routing database, and routes the set of physiological data to the appropriate care provider based on the routing rules. The method and system is configured to automatically route the set of physiological data, but may be configured for manual routing as well. The method may be embodied as software and executed on an appropriate system.
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1. A method of routing medical information, the method comprising:
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collecting a set of remote patient data from a patient;
accessing a set of routing rules in a routing database; and
routing the set of remote patient data to a first caregiver in accordance with the routing rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for routing medical information, the system comprising:
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a remote sensing system configured to collect a set of remote patient data from a patient;
a storage media for storing a computer application; and
a processing unit coupled to the remote sensing system and the storage media, and configured to execute the computer application, and further configured to receive the set of patient data from the remote sensing system, wherein when the computer application is executed, a routing database having a set of routing rules is accessed, and further wherein the set of remote patient data is routed to a first caregiver in accordance with the routing rules. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of routing medical information of a patient to an appropriate caregiver, the method comprising:
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entering a set of routing rules into a routing database, wherein the routing rules include a set of patient characteristics;
collecting a set of remote patient data from the patient;
accessing the set of touring rules in the routing database;
automatically routing the set of remote patient data to a first caregiver in accordance with the routing rules; and
routing the set of remote patient data to a second caregiver when the first caregiver is not able to appropriately respond to the patient.
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