SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARDIOVASCULAR TESTING
First Claim
1. A system for testing and diagnosis of a medical condition, comprising:
- a test device located at a test location and configured to perform a medical testing protocol for generating test data, the test device including a computer and memory module for storing a patient record containing test data and a communications module for sending the patient record to a medical specialist, wherein the test data comprises vascular test data; and
a recipient computer for receiving the patient data from the test device, the recipient computer displaying the test data to the medical specialist at a diagnosis center located remote from the test location, the test location and the diagnosis center located at different facilities, wherein the recipient computer includes an input device configured to enter input indicative of a diagnosis by the medical specialist as a function of medical analysis of the test data, wherein the input indicative of the diagnosis includes an electronic signature executed by the medical specialist.
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Abstract
A system for testing and diagnosis of a medical condition includes a test device located at a test location and configured to perform a medical testing protocol for generating test data, and a recipient computer for receiving the patient data from the test device. The test device includes a computer and memory module for storing a patient record containing test data and a communications module for sending the patient record to a medical specialist. The test data comprises vascular test data. The recipient computer displays the test data to the medical specialist at a diagnosis center located remote from the test location. The recipient computer includes an input device configured to enter input indicative of a diagnosis by the medical specialist as a function of medical analysis of the test data. The input indicative of the diagnosis includes an electronic signature executed by the medical specialist.
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16 Claims
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1. A system for testing and diagnosis of a medical condition, comprising:
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a test device located at a test location and configured to perform a medical testing protocol for generating test data, the test device including a computer and memory module for storing a patient record containing test data and a communications module for sending the patient record to a medical specialist, wherein the test data comprises vascular test data; and a recipient computer for receiving the patient data from the test device, the recipient computer displaying the test data to the medical specialist at a diagnosis center located remote from the test location, the test location and the diagnosis center located at different facilities, wherein the recipient computer includes an input device configured to enter input indicative of a diagnosis by the medical specialist as a function of medical analysis of the test data, wherein the input indicative of the diagnosis includes an electronic signature executed by the medical specialist. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for testing and diagnosis of a medical condition, comprising:
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a test device located at a test location and configured to perform a medical testing protocol for generating test data, the test device including a computer and memory module for storing a patient record containing test data and a communications module for sending the patient record to a medical specialist; a recipient computer for receiving the patient data from the test device, the recipient computer displaying the test data to the medical specialist at a diagnosis center located remote from the test location, the test location and the diagnosis center located at different facilities, wherein the recipient computer includes an input device configured to enter input indicative of a diagnosis by the medical specialist as a function of medical analysis of the test data; and an intermediate computer operatively connected to the test device and the recipient computer, the intermediate computer located remote from both the test location and the diagnosis center at a different facility and configured to send a signal to the recipient computer after the test device produces a set of test data, the signal being indicative of the availability of the test data for diagnosis by the medical specialist, the intermediate computer being further configured to transmit the input indicative of the diagnosis to the computer of the test device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A medical diagnosis system, comprising:
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a plurality of test devices configured to generate test data as a function of a medical testing protocol, wherein the test data is vascular test data; a plurality of remote computers located remotely from each other and from each of the test devices at different facilities; an interface server operably connected between the remote computers and the test devices to enable selective transfer of the test data from the any one of the test devices to one or more of the remote computers, the interface server located remotely from each of the test devices and each of the remote computers at a different facility, the remote computers being configured to input a diagnosis generated as a function of medical analysis of the test data transferred thereto; and a plurality of payer computers, wherein the interface server is configured to provide a medical procedure code with the test data from each of the test devices, and wherein the medical procedure code is incorporated into a signal conveying billing information to a selected one of the payer computers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method of diagnosing a medical condition, comprising the steps of:
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initiating an automated test protocol utilizing a test device at a test location; generating test data using the test device according to the test protocol, wherein the test data is indicative of performance of a physiological body function; transmitting the test data to a medical specialist at a diagnosis center located remotely from the test location, wherein the test location and the diagnosis center are located at different facilities, and wherein the at least a portion of the diagnosis report is transmitted from the diagnosis center to the test location via an intermediate computer located remotely from the test location and the diagnosis center at a different facility; generating a diagnosis report based on medical analysis of the transmitted test data by the medical specialist; transmitting at least a portion of the diagnosis report to the test location; generating a first payment request from the test device indicative of a payment for producing the test data; generating a second payment request from a remote computer at the diagnosis center indicative of a payment for providing the diagnosis report; and transmitting the first and second payment requests to an intermediate computer located remotely from both the test location and the diagnosis center at a different facility. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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