Electronic medical documentation
First Claim
1. A computer useable medium encoded with a computer program for enabling electronic healthcare documentation, said program comprising:
- a code segment for receiving a patient identifier and first patient healthcare information from a first user, associating said first patient healthcare information with said patient identifier, and storing said first patient healthcare information in an intermediate database; and
a code segment for receiving a command from said first user and, upon receipt of said command, communicating said first patient healthcare information from said intermediate database to an electronic medical record database according to a protocol that enables said electronic medical record database to store said first patient healthcare information in an electronic medical record pertaining to said patient identifier as a caregiver note.
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Abstract
A system for electronic medical documentation receives a patient identifier and patient healthcare information from a user, associates the patient healthcare information with the patient identifier, and stores the patient healthcare information in an intermediate database. The system receives a command from the user and, upon receipt of the command, communicates the patient healthcare information from the intermediate database to an electronic medical record database according to a protocol that enables the electronic medical record database to store the patient healthcare information as a caregiver note in an electronic medical record pertaining to the patient identifier. The intermediate database may include patient information received from the electronic medical record database and relating only to current patients, and may be stored on a wireless handheld computing device.
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29 Claims
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1. A computer useable medium encoded with a computer program for enabling electronic healthcare documentation, said program comprising:
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a code segment for receiving a patient identifier and first patient healthcare information from a first user, associating said first patient healthcare information with said patient identifier, and storing said first patient healthcare information in an intermediate database; and a code segment for receiving a command from said first user and, upon receipt of said command, communicating said first patient healthcare information from said intermediate database to an electronic medical record database according to a protocol that enables said electronic medical record database to store said first patient healthcare information in an electronic medical record pertaining to said patient identifier as a caregiver note. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer useable medium encoded with a computer program for enabling electronic healthcare documentation, said program comprising:
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a code segment for enabling a caregiver to create one or more user-defined note templates, said one or more user-defined note templates each defining an information structure; a code segment for presenting a list of patient identifiers and a list of note templates to said caregiver, said list of note templates including said one or more user-defined note templates and at least one pre-defined note template; a code segment for receiving from said caregiver a first patient identifier selected from said list of patient identifiers and first patient information; a code segment for adding said first patient information to a note template selected from said list of note templates by said user; a code segment for storing said template in an intermediate database, wherein said template includes said first patient information and is associated with said first patient identifier; a code segment for enabling a second caregiver to view said template and said first patient information and to submit second patient information; a code segment for adding said second patient information to said template and storing said template in said intermediate database with said first patient information and said second patient information; and a code segment for communicating said first patient information and said second patient information to an electronic medical record database according to a protocol that enables said electronic medical record database to store said first patient information and said second patient information as a single caregiver note in an electronic medical record associated with said first patient identifier. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer useable medium encoded with a computer program for enabling electronic healthcare documentation, said program comprising:
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a code segment for enabling a handheld computing device to receive patient data from a wireless communications interface, wherein said patient data represents a portion of data from an electronic medical record database; a code segment for enabling said handheld computing device to present a list of patient identifiers to a user, wherein each patient identifier of said list of patient identifiers represents a patient whose information is included in said patient data; a code segment for enabling said handheld computing device to receive patient information from said user, to enable said user to select a patient identifier from said list of patient identifiers, and to update a portion of said patient data relating to said patient identifier to include said patient information; and a code segment for enabling said handheld computing device to communicate at least part of said patient data to said wireless communications interface, wherein said at least part of said patient data includes said patient information received from said caregiver. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer useable medium encoded with a computer program for enabling electronic healthcare documentation, said program comprising:
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a code segment for receiving patient data from an electronic medical record database interface; a code segment for communicating at least a part of said patient data to a wireless interface; a code segment for receiving from said wireless interface updated patient data and updating said intermediate database to include said updated patient data; and a code segment for communicating at least a portion of said intermediate database to said electronic medical record database. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A system for enabling electronic healthcare documentation, said system comprising:
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an electronic medical record database; an intermediate database; a handheld computing device in wireless communication with said intermediate database; and a computer program for identifying information in said electronic medical record database relating to current patients, and for storing said information in said intermediate database, enabling said handheld wireless device to receive and locally store an instance of said intermediate database, enabling said handheld wireless device to present a list of patient identifiers to a first user, wherein each patient identifier of said list of patient identifiers represents a patient whose information is included in said instance of said intermediate database, receiving from said first user a selected patient identifier selected from said list of patient identifiers and first patient healthcare information, associating said first patient healthcare information with said selected patient identifier, and storing said first patient healthcare information in said intermediate database, and receiving a command from said first user and, upon receipt of said command, communicating said first patient healthcare information from said intermediate database to said electronic medical record database according to a protocol that enables said electronic medical record database to store said first patient healthcare information as a caregiver note in an electronic medical record pertaining to said selected patient identifier. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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