COMPUTERIZED METHOD OF ORGANIZING AND DISTRIBUTING ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE RECORD DATA
First Claim
1. A method of organizing and distributing electronic healthcare record (EHR) data using a computerized system, the system including a server computer in communication with an EHR database, said method comprising the steps of:
- periodically transferring EHR data from the EHR database to the server computer;
storing appointment data in the server computer wherein the appointment data includes a scheduled time of an appointment and at least one category of EHR data necessary for the appointment;
analyzing the appointment data to determine appointments scheduled within a range of times;
filtering the EHR data for each appointment based on the at least one category of EHR data necessary for the appointment to generate filtered EHR data; and
generating at least one electronic document that is readable by a health care provider and includes the filtered EHR data for each appointment scheduled within the range of times.
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Abstract
A system and method for organizing and distributing electronic healthcare records (EHRs) copies the EHRs from an EHR database to a separate, remote server computer. The remote server generates viewable and printable electronic documents from the EHRs while omitting information that is not needed by the healthcare professional viewing the electronic documents. Electronic documents for patient appointments in a predetermined window are transferred from the remote server to client computers located in a health care facility. The electronic documents may also be transferred between the client computers to save on network bandwidth from the server computer. The server computer routinely updates the electronic documents based on new EHRs received form the EHR database. Stale electronic documents with out-of-date information are tagged as such.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of organizing and distributing electronic healthcare record (EHR) data using a computerized system, the system including a server computer in communication with an EHR database, said method comprising the steps of:
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periodically transferring EHR data from the EHR database to the server computer; storing appointment data in the server computer wherein the appointment data includes a scheduled time of an appointment and at least one category of EHR data necessary for the appointment; analyzing the appointment data to determine appointments scheduled within a range of times; filtering the EHR data for each appointment based on the at least one category of EHR data necessary for the appointment to generate filtered EHR data; and generating at least one electronic document that is readable by a health care provider and includes the filtered EHR data for each appointment scheduled within the range of times. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of distributing electronic healthcare record (EHR) data using a computerized system, the system including a server computer in communication with an EHR database, a plurality of client computers in communication with the server computer, said method comprising the steps of:
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periodically transferring EHR data from the EHR database to the server computer; generating at least one electronic document from the EHR data for each appointment that is readable by a health care provider; communicating the at least one electronic document from the server computer to at least one of the client computers. transferring the at least one electronic document from the at least one of the client computers to another of the client computers separate from the at least one of the client computers. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method of organizing and distributing electronic healthcare record (EHR) data using a computerized system, the system including a server computer in communication with an EHR database, said method comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a copy of the EHR data on the server computer; maintaining at least one electronic document generated from the EHR data on the server computer; periodically transferring from the EHR database to the server computer only new EHR data which is different from the EHR data on the server computer; determining if the at least one electronic document needs to be updated based on the new EHR data received at the server computer; and generating at least one new electronic document including the new EHR data in response to the determination that the at least one electronic document needs to be updated. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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