Electronic patient care system
First Claim
1. A patient care system for providing health care to a patient, comprising:
- a clinician for providing said health care to said patient;
an input device for signaling by said patient that said patient is initiating a current health care encounter to provide a patient-initiated encounter signal; and
current patient information provided by said patient and received by said patient care system in response to said patient-initiated encounter signal.
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Abstract
A patient care system includes a clinician for providing the health care to the patient, an input device for signaling that the patient is initiating a current health care encounter to provide a patient-initiated encounter signal, and current patient information provided by the patient and received by the patient care system in response to the patient-initiated encounter signal. The patient care system includes an interface device in communication with the input device for providing a clinician-notification signal in response to the patient-initiated encounter signal to permit the clinician to determine that the patient has initiated the encounter, a medical records system in communication with the input device for receiving the current patient information from the patient and input devices in communication with medical records system for receiving the current patient information from a plurality of differing patients. The differing patients are disposed at a plurality of differing locations.
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20 Claims
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1. A patient care system for providing health care to a patient, comprising:
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a clinician for providing said health care to said patient; an input device for signaling by said patient that said patient is initiating a current health care encounter to provide a patient-initiated encounter signal; and current patient information provided by said patient and received by said patient care system in response to said patient-initiated encounter signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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