METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING PATIENT INFORMATION

• US 20090150172A1
• Filed: 12/06/2007
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Amanda Grant, Anita Low, Barbara Duffey-Rosenstein, Giancarlo D.E. Lio, Jody Tone, Kenneth Locke, Nicolas Hariton, Quin Powell, Silvia Dos Santos, Syed Ain
• Original Assignee: Amanda Grant, Anita Low, Barbara Duffey-Rosenstein, Giancarlo D.E. Lio, Jody Tone, Kenneth Locke, Nicolas Hariton, Quin Powell, Silvia Dos Santos, Syed Ain
• Inventors: Tone, Jody, Duffey-Rosenstein, Barbara, Low, Anita, Dos Santos, Silvia, Locke, Kenneth, Hariton, Nicolas, Grant, Amanda, Ain, Syed, De Lio, Giancarlo, Powell, Quin
• Application Number:
  US11/951,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20090150172A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method of communicating a patient care message is disclosed. The method comprises inputting patient information into the patient care message; inputting an urgency indicator into the patient care message; inputting health condition information into the patient care message; transmitting the patient care message electronically, wherein the patient care message comprises the patient information, the urgency indicator, and the health condition information.

Claims

1. A method of communicating a patient care message, the method comprising:

a) inputting patient information into the patient care message;

b) inputting an urgency indicator into the patient care message;

c) inputting health condition information into the patient care message;

d) transmitting the patient care message electronically, wherein the patient care message comprises the patient information, the urgency indicator, and the health condition information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient care message may be transmitted to a paging device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient care message may be transmitted to a mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the interface is accessed online.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient care message further comprises contact information for a requesting health professional.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient care message is stored for subsequent retrieval through an online interface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more health care professionals may view all patient care messages that have been transmitted.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the patient care messages may be viewed through an online interface.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a physician receiving the patient care messages, may access an online interface and submit notes regarding the patient care message.

10. A method of creating a task for completion by a health care professional, the task associated with a patient, the method comprising:

a) inputting patient information associated with the task;

b) inputting a time duration for completion of the task;

c) adding the task to an electronic task list associated with the patient; and

d) monitoring the task list for non completed tasks, and electronically notifying the health care professional about non completed tasks.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of notifying a requesting health care professional regarding completed and non-completed tasks.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of indicating by the health care professional that the task has been completed.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of adding notes associated with the completed task.

14. A method of recording patient care tasks for completion by a health care professional, the method comprising;

a) inputting patient information associated with the patient care task;

b) inputting whether the patient care task is an urgent task

c) inputting health condition information associated with the patient care task; and

d) adding the patient care task to a patient task list

e) accessing the patient task list to mark a patient care task as completed or not completed.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the patient care task and patient care task list is accessible to the health care professional through an online interface.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein a physician receives an electronic message regarding an urgent patient care task.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the electronic message is sent to a paging device.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the electronic message is sent to a mobile device.