Patient Tracking Systems and Methods
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- relating a transponder with a healthcare patient;
identifying one or more locations of the patient using the transponder, and associating the one or more locations with one or more time values; and
associating the one or more locations or time values with one or more billable events in the patient'"'"'s care.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method is disclosed, The method can include relating a transponder with a healthcare patient, identifying one or more locations of the patient using the transponder, and associating the one or more locations with one or more time values, and associating the one or more locations or time values with one or more billable events in the patient'"'"'s care.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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relating a transponder with a healthcare patient; identifying one or more locations of the patient using the transponder, and associating the one or more locations with one or more time values; and associating the one or more locations or time values with one or more billable events in the patient'"'"'s care. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented system, comprising:
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memory storing time-location information for a plurality of patients in a healthcare system, the time-location information correlating a physical location of a patient with a time the patient was at the physical location; a time-location server to identify one or more billing events for a patient base on the time-location information; and a billing server to generate a billing level for the patient based on the one or more identified billing events. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-implemented system, comprising:
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memory storing time-location information for a plurality of patients in a healthcare system, the time-location information correlating a physical location of a patient with a time the patient was at the physical location; and means for associating locations of patients with procedures performed on the patients to generate time information for patient billing.
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