System and Method for Tracking and Maintaining Vascular Access Medical Records
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1. A method for maintaining vascular access medical records by a non-institutional healthcare provider, the method comprising:
- a. receiving from a directing healthcare provider a new vascular access service request for a patient needing vascular access assistance;
b. using a network client to search a database for a patient record associated with the patient;
c. if the patient record is not found in the database, then generating the patient record in the database and populating the patient record to reflect the new vascular access service request;
d. if the patient record is found in the database, then updating the patient record to reflect the new vascular access service request;
e. providing the new vascular access service request, through a communication network, to a vascular access practitioner;
f. if the patient record includes a past service record containing past vascular access service requests for the patient from healthcare facilitators, then allowing the vascular access practitioner to access the past service record through the communication network; and
g. accessing the database through the communication network and supplementing the patient record to include a vascular access service entry.
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Abstract
The present invention describes a system and method for tracking and maintaining vascular access medical records. Specifically, the invention allows records to be maintained concerning a vascular access patient regardless of where or from whom the vascular access services were performed or requested, respectively.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for maintaining vascular access medical records by a non-institutional healthcare provider, the method comprising:
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a. receiving from a directing healthcare provider a new vascular access service request for a patient needing vascular access assistance; b. using a network client to search a database for a patient record associated with the patient; c. if the patient record is not found in the database, then generating the patient record in the database and populating the patient record to reflect the new vascular access service request; d. if the patient record is found in the database, then updating the patient record to reflect the new vascular access service request; e. providing the new vascular access service request, through a communication network, to a vascular access practitioner; f. if the patient record includes a past service record containing past vascular access service requests for the patient from healthcare facilitators, then allowing the vascular access practitioner to access the past service record through the communication network; and g. accessing the database through the communication network and supplementing the patient record to include a vascular access service entry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for maintaining vascular access related medical records by a third party healthcare provider, the method comprising:
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a. using a network client to document a patient profile in a memory in a network server through a communication network, wherein the patient profile includes a past vascular access services field so that past vascular access service requests for the patient from healthcare facilitators may be documented therein, b. associating a new vascular access service request from a healthcare entity with the patient profile using the network client; c. communicating the new vascular access service request through the communication network to a remote network device which may be accessed by a healthcare practitioner; d. confirming the healthcare practitioner received the new vascular access service request; e. accessing the patient profile through the remote network device so that the healthcare practitioner may have access to the past vascular access services field; f. updating the patient profile to include a new service request outcome; and g. sending a notification to the network client, through the communication network, that the new vascular access service request has been completed. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for maintaining vascular access medical records by an outsourced healthcare provider, the method comprising:
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a. generating a vascular access service record based on a plurality of past vascular access service requests and storing the vascular access service record in a database in a network server connected to a communication network; b. receiving a new vascular access service request for a patient from a healthcare provider; c. employing a network client, connected to the communication network, to modify the vascular access service record so that the new vascular access service request is incorporated therein; d. assigning the new vascular access service request to a healthcare practitioner through the network client that is connected to the communication network; e. permitting the healthcare practitioner to access the database through a remote network device so that the healthcare practitioner may review the vascular access service record; f. recording a service request history in the vascular access service record; and g. informing the network client through the communication network that the new vascular access service request has been completed. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for tracking and maintaining vascular access medical records, comprising:
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a data storage connected to a communication network; a database associated with the data storage; a patient record for a vascular access patient stored in the database, wherein the patient record includes a new vascular access service request field, a past service record containing past vascular access service requests from one or more providers, and a vascular access service entry containing service data, and a network client connected to the communication network so that the network client may access the patient record and amend the new vascular access service request field to include a new vascular access service request by a requesting healthcare entity. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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