AUTOMATED REPORTING, NOTIFICATION AND DATA-TRACKING SYSTEM PARTICULARLY SUITED TO RADIOLOGY AND OTHER MEDICAL/PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS
First Claim
1. A closed-loop method of communicating information about a condition, comprising the steps of:
- a) storing a profile information in a database, the profile information including at least a contact information pertaining to each of a plurality of persons to be notified and information regarding at least one mode of communication to reach each of the persons to be notified;
b) providing a computer system in data communication with the database, the computer system providing access to a user to create and update at least the profile information in the database and to generate an alert;
c) communicating the alert to one of the persons to be notified using the at least one mode of communication;
d) communicating the alert to another one of the persons to be notified in the event that a threshold for communicating the alert to at least one of the persons to be notified is reached; and
e) repeating step d) as necessary until the alert has been acknowledged by at least one of the persons to be notified.
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Abstract
A closed-loop method of communicating information about a condition includes the steps of storing a profile information in a database, the profile information including at least a contact information pertaining to each of a plurality of persons to be notified and information regarding at least one mode of communication to reach each of the persons to be notified, providing a computer system in data communication with the database, the computer system providing access to a user to create and update at least the profile information in the database and to generate an alert, communicating the alert to one of the persons to be notified using the at least one mode of communication, communicating the alert to another one of the persons to be notified in the event that a threshold for communicating the alert to at least one of the person to be notified is reached.
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20 Claims
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1. A closed-loop method of communicating information about a condition, comprising the steps of:
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a) storing a profile information in a database, the profile information including at least a contact information pertaining to each of a plurality of persons to be notified and information regarding at least one mode of communication to reach each of the persons to be notified; b) providing a computer system in data communication with the database, the computer system providing access to a user to create and update at least the profile information in the database and to generate an alert; c) communicating the alert to one of the persons to be notified using the at least one mode of communication; d) communicating the alert to another one of the persons to be notified in the event that a threshold for communicating the alert to at least one of the persons to be notified is reached; and e) repeating step d) as necessary until the alert has been acknowledged by at least one of the persons to be notified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A closed-loop method of communicating information about a condition, comprising the steps of:
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a) storing a profile information in a database, the profile information including includes at least a contact information pertaining to each of a plurality of persons to be notified and information regarding at least one mode of communication to reach each of the persons to be notified; b) providing a computer system in data communication with the database, the computer system providing access to a user to create and update at least the profile information in the database and to generate an alert having a pre-defined threshold, the alert representing an action to be taken by at least one of the persons to be notified; c) communicating the alert to at least one of the persons to be notified using the at least one mode of communication; d) communicating the alert to another one of the persons to be notified in the event that the threshold associated with the alert is reached; and e) repeating step d) as necessary until the alert has been acknowledged by at least one of the persons to be notified. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A closed-loop method of communicating information about a condition, comprising the steps of:
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a) storing a profile information in a database, the profile information including includes at least a contact information pertaining to each of a plurality of persons to be notified and information regarding at least one mode of communication to reach each of the persons to be notified, wherein the persons to be notified are arranged in a communications hierarchy; b) providing a computer system in data communication with the database, the computer system providing access to a user to create and update at least the profile information in the database and to generate an alert having a pre-defined threshold, the alert representing an action to be taken by at least one of the persons to be notified; c) communicating the alert to a first one of the persons to be notified using the at least one mode of communication and based upon the communications hierarchy; d) communicating the alert to the next one of the persons to be notified in communications hierarchy in the event that a previous one of the persons to be notified does not acknowledge the alert within the threshold associated with the alert; and e) repeating step d) as necessary until the alert has been acknowledged by at least one of the persons to be notified. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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