Health data collection tool
First Claim
1. A health data tool for use by a healthcare provider, comprising,a housing configured to be of a shape, size and weight to permit the housing to be held in a hand of a human healthcare provider;
- a code reader associated with the housing configured to read at least one of information pertaining to the patient'"'"'s identity and information pertaining to at least one of a drug or device used by the patient;
a plurality of input ports for different data assimilation devices associated with the housing for inputting different health care data obtained from a patient into the health data tool;
a display screen configured to display the health care data obtained from the data assimilation devices; and
at least one of a data transmitter and a data receiver port configured to at least one of transmit and receive, respectively, the health care data between the health data tool and a remote device separate from the health data tool.
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Abstract
A portable health data tool permits a health care provider to assimilate and display a plurality of health care data from a patient and to associate the data with patient identifying information all stored in a memory contained in the tool. The tool includes a code reader for reading patient information into the tool from a bar code or other coded tag. The tool is associated with a plurality of different data assimilation devices stored with the tool'"'"'s housing, including but not limited to, instruments for measuring, temperature, blood pressure, two-finger or lead wire ECG data, pulse oximetry data, sound data and picture data obtained from an optional digital camera integrated within the housing. The tool further includes data receiver and/or transmitter ports, which may be wireless or cable ports, for transferring data between the health data tool and a separate computer system that stores patient records.
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1. A health data tool for use by a healthcare provider, comprising,
a housing configured to be of a shape, size and weight to permit the housing to be held in a hand of a human healthcare provider; -
a code reader associated with the housing configured to read at least one of information pertaining to the patient'"'"'s identity and information pertaining to at least one of a drug or device used by the patient; a plurality of input ports for different data assimilation devices associated with the housing for inputting different health care data obtained from a patient into the health data tool; a display screen configured to display the health care data obtained from the data assimilation devices; and at least one of a data transmitter and a data receiver port configured to at least one of transmit and receive, respectively, the health care data between the health data tool and a remote device separate from the health data tool. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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