HEALTHCARE DATA SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for evaluating healthcare treatment of a patient, comprising:
- establishing a diagnosis for the patient;
establishing symptoms corresponding to the diagnosis;
establishing a weight for each symptom;
periodically collecting data from the patient relating to symptoms;
processing the collected data to measure progress of treatment, and taking into account the weight established for each symptom; and
reporting the measured progress.
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Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment, a system and method is used for collecting, measuring, and reporting on data associated with healthcare treatment. A healthcare data system collects data from a patient using an interactive voice response system (IVR). The IVR periodically contacts the patient with questions as to severity of symptoms. The severity data is processed along with prior collected data to report treatment progress to the patient, to a provider, to a provider organization and to a payer. Symptom weights are entered by a provider and used in measuring progress. Other methods to collecting severity data may be used, such as email and text messaging.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for evaluating healthcare treatment of a patient, comprising:
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establishing a diagnosis for the patient; establishing symptoms corresponding to the diagnosis; establishing a weight for each symptom; periodically collecting data from the patient relating to symptoms; processing the collected data to measure progress of treatment, and taking into account the weight established for each symptom; and reporting the measured progress. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for measuring healthcare treatment of a patient, comprising:
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a provider data entry system used by a treatment provider for entering data relating to a diagnosis for the patient and symptoms corresponding to the diagnosis; a patient data entry system used by a patient to periodically enter data from the patient relating to severity of symptoms; and a data processing system for receiving and processing the severity data in order to measure progress of treatment, and for reporting the measured progress to at least one of; the patient, the treatment provider, a provider organization of the treatment provider, and a payer that pays for at least a portion of the treatment. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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