Health Promotion Outreach System
First Claim
1. A health promotion outreach (HPO) system for increasing access of patients to medical services performed by a medical facility, said system comprising:
- a computer processor comprising an electronic patient registry; and
a tracking algorithm with which said processor is programmed, said tracking algorithm being operationally linked with said patient registry, said tracking algorithm comprising;
means for electronically accessing selected data from patient medical and administrative records of said medical facility and populating said patient registry with said selected data;
means for recording, sorting and displaying data in said patient registry; and
means for recording, sorting and displaying patient status in an HPO process, wherein said HPO process comprises;
identifying and confirming eligibility of patients of said medical facility for selected medical services;
contacting patients who are confirmed to be eligible for said selected medical services, said patients being physically located outside said medical facility;
scheduling said selected medical services for said patients; and
recording results of said selected medical services.
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Abstract
Patient receipt of recommended preventive and chronic disease care is suboptimal, partly because of poorly organized clinical information and time-limited and sporadic appointments with medical providers. To overcome these problems, we provide a Health Promotion Outreach System (HPOS) based on electronic data queries, active patient-centered outreach, and minimizing patient barriers to adherence. HPOS has many advantages over traditional preventive care delivery systems and chronic disease management programs, and helps promote the type of clinical practice change contemplated by the chronic care model.
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28 Claims
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1. A health promotion outreach (HPO) system for increasing access of patients to medical services performed by a medical facility, said system comprising:
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a computer processor comprising an electronic patient registry; and a tracking algorithm with which said processor is programmed, said tracking algorithm being operationally linked with said patient registry, said tracking algorithm comprising; means for electronically accessing selected data from patient medical and administrative records of said medical facility and populating said patient registry with said selected data; means for recording, sorting and displaying data in said patient registry; and means for recording, sorting and displaying patient status in an HPO process, wherein said HPO process comprises; identifying and confirming eligibility of patients of said medical facility for selected medical services; contacting patients who are confirmed to be eligible for said selected medical services, said patients being physically located outside said medical facility; scheduling said selected medical services for said patients; and recording results of said selected medical services. - 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)
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