FREEZING A NETWORK- DELIVERED HEALTHCARE QUESTIONNAIRE
First Claim
1. A method for ensuring that a provider is able to take an action toward a patient in response to medical information provided by the patient through an electronic medical questionnaire, the method comprising:
- delivering the electronic medical questionnaire to the patient, the electronic medical questionnaire including a question regarding the action and a complete-by date;
delivering a first medical information from the patient to the provider via the electronic medical questionnaire, wherein the first medical information is a first response to the question regarding the action;
preventing delivery of a second medical information from the patient to the provider via the electronic medical questionnaire upon an occurrence of at least one of;
the provider reviewing the first medical information,the patient providing the second medical information after an expiration of the complete-by date, orthe patient submitting a completed electronic medical questionnaire to the provider before the expiration of the complete-by date,wherein the second medical information is at least one of a second response to the question regarding the action or a modification of the first medical information; and
notifying the patient that the second medical information is undeliverable via the electronic medical questionnaire.
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Abstract
A network-delivered healthcare questionnaire may be frozen to prevent misinformation and confusion between a healthcare provider and a patient during a medical course of treatment. A patient accesses the questionnaire regarding an event such as a test or procedure during the patent'"'"'s course of treatment. The patient submits responses to a plurality of questions. The responses include information that is actionable by the provider and related to the course or treatment. The patient assigns a frozen status to the submitted answers after completing the questionnaire or the provider assigns the frozen status after viewing the submitted responses or another triggering event. Once the responses are frozen, they may not be modified. Any further information the patient wishes to convey to the provider must be submitted directly or through another channel, thus ensuring that both the provider and the patient possess current and accurate information during the course of treatment.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for ensuring that a provider is able to take an action toward a patient in response to medical information provided by the patient through an electronic medical questionnaire, the method comprising:
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delivering the electronic medical questionnaire to the patient, the electronic medical questionnaire including a question regarding the action and a complete-by date; delivering a first medical information from the patient to the provider via the electronic medical questionnaire, wherein the first medical information is a first response to the question regarding the action; preventing delivery of a second medical information from the patient to the provider via the electronic medical questionnaire upon an occurrence of at least one of; the provider reviewing the first medical information, the patient providing the second medical information after an expiration of the complete-by date, or the patient submitting a completed electronic medical questionnaire to the provider before the expiration of the complete-by date, wherein the second medical information is at least one of a second response to the question regarding the action or a modification of the first medical information; and notifying the patient that the second medical information is undeliverable via the electronic medical questionnaire. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for freezing a response given by a patient to at least one of a plurality of questions directed to the patient from a healthcare provider:
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accessing a healthcare questionnaire, the healthcare questionnaire including the plurality of questions directed to the patient from the healthcare provider; submitting the response given by the patient to at least one of the plurality of questions, the response including information that is actionable by the healthcare provider and related to at least one of a medical test, a surgical procedure, and a medical course of treatment event; assigning a frozen status to the healthcare questionnaire upon the provider reviewing the first medical information, the frozen status preventing modification of the previously-submitted response; and communicating a notice to the patient, the notice including the frozen status and indicating that the response is unchangeable by the patient; wherein the response is actionable if it is communicated to the healthcare provider within a period of time before the medical test, the surgical procedure, or the medical course of treatment event. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computing system including a memory and a processor physically configured to execute computer executable code for:
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delivering an electronic medical questionnaire from a healthcare provider to a patient, the electronic medical questionnaire including at least one question; communicating a first response to the at least one question from the patient to the healthcare provider through the electronic medical questionnaire, the first response including information upon which the healthcare provider implements an action regarding a course of treatment associated with the patient; attempting to communicate a second response to the at least one question from the patient to the healthcare provider through the electronic medical questionnaire; and preventing communication of the second response to the at least one question from the patient to the healthcare provider through the electronic medical questionnaire, wherein the second response includes information upon which the healthcare provider is able to implement the action regarding the course of treatment associated with the patient after a critical time during the course of treatment. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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