System and method for managing medical facility procedures and records

• US 20100088119A1
• Filed: 09/18/2009
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Merative US LP
• Original Assignee: Stryker Corporation
• Inventors: Tipirneni, Kishore
• Application Number:
  US12/586,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20100088119A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• 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 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

The invention facilitates the efficient administration of medical offices and patient records including visual coordination of room, patient, and task status indicators. The invention also enables improved document review and transcription management.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method to facilitate management of medical records comprising:

associating an electronic document with an electronic patient chart;

submitting said electronic document for first physician review; and

automatically restricting another submission of said electronic document for second physician review upon detection of first physician review of said electronic document.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising automatically updating a review status indicator for said electronic document associated with said electronic patient chart upon detection of first physician review of said electronic document.

3. A computer-implemented method for facilitating management of medical records and documents comprising:

compiling multiple patient transcripts into a single document file;

inputting said document file into a computer system; and

separating said patient transcripts within said computer system according to at least one of predetermined character sets, patient specific information, and patient identifiers to obtain separated patient transcripts.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising automatically associating said separated patient transcripts with a corresponding patient record.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein said step of separating said patient transcripts is facilitated by detecting patient specific information in at least one of transcription headers, footers, titles, and metadata.

6. A computer-implemented method for facilitating management of medical records and documents comprising:

storing patient records in at least one database and in at least one file format; and

exporting at least a portion of said patient records to a single file of a uniform format.