SYSTEM, METHOD, AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR MANAGING A HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REGIONAL NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method ensuring health management for individuals and their related household members receiving care from a variety of disjointed health and human services in a predefined region comprising:
- providing shared electronic health information records on the individuals and their related household members which are maintained in a central data server;
recording information, and care and treatment events that have occurred with the variety of disjointed health and human services in the predefined region to the individuals and their related household members in the shared electronic health information records;
implementing a health information exchange system configured to permit presenting of the information and care and treatment events from the shared electronic health information records on selected ones of the individuals and their related household members to permit coordinating assistance from linked care givers, and to permit tracking of recommended care and treatment events to ensure compliance by the selected ones of the individuals and their related household members in receiving the recommended care and treatment; and
permitting the linked care givers to access the health information exchange system over a public network via a secure private web site, thereby defining a regional electronic health information network in the predefined region.
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Abstract
A method and health information exchange system for health and human care providers providing shared community health information records on individuals and their related household members in a secured relational database that is fully HIPAA compliant are disclosed. The system gathers a broad range of medical, epidemiological, and demographic information on individuals and their related household members visiting disjointed and unassociated health and human services providing care in a predefined region. The database is accessible to authorized subscribers via a secure private web site in real time, and allows for the tracking of service utilization of the individuals and their related household members in the predefined region to help ensure that the individuals and their related household members are receiving the necessary care from the variety of disjointed and unassociated health and human services.
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1. A method ensuring health management for individuals and their related household members receiving care from a variety of disjointed health and human services in a predefined region comprising:
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providing shared electronic health information records on the individuals and their related household members which are maintained in a central data server; recording information, and care and treatment events that have occurred with the variety of disjointed health and human services in the predefined region to the individuals and their related household members in the shared electronic health information records; implementing a health information exchange system configured to permit presenting of the information and care and treatment events from the shared electronic health information records on selected ones of the individuals and their related household members to permit coordinating assistance from linked care givers, and to permit tracking of recommended care and treatment events to ensure compliance by the selected ones of the individuals and their related household members in receiving the recommended care and treatment; and permitting the linked care givers to access the health information exchange system over a public network via a secure private web site, thereby defining a regional electronic health information network in the predefined region. - 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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