Patient management method and apparatus for a physichart system
First Claim
1. A server patient management method foraccessing a server database of medical data,reading a preliminary diagnosis,reading other limited patient data such as existing diagnoses, allergy history and epidemiological data,reading information from a client vital signs component,searching business rules interpreted from medical data such as CPT and the FDA approved medications,generating steps that can become medical orders for treating each patient,including both the best standard of care and case-specific alternatives,using the preliminary diagnosis provided by a client and the server vital signs, component data, andsaving the data from all client transactions to the client computer memory.
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Abstract
A diagnostic medical system management tool that emphasizes local data collection in a global clinical environment to create a cohesive network of computer systems. This invention automates the necessary relationship between caregivers and digital knowledge resources through a functional diagnostic interface.
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9 Claims
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1. A server patient management method for
accessing a server database of medical data, reading a preliminary diagnosis, reading other limited patient data such as existing diagnoses, allergy history and epidemiological data, reading information from a client vital signs component, searching business rules interpreted from medical data such as CPT and the FDA approved medications, generating steps that can become medical orders for treating each patient, including both the best standard of care and case-specific alternatives, using the preliminary diagnosis provided by a client and the server vital signs, component data, and saving the data from all client transactions to the client computer memory.
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6. A system, comprising a server operating two computer executable components of application programs and a client computer operating two computer executable components of application programs whereby
a server computer includes a non-transitory memory device that stores an application program and a processor that executes the following computer executable components associated with the application program: -
a server patient management component that keeps a database of medical data and uses the information generated by the server and client vital signs components generates steps that can become medical orders for treating each patient, including both the best standard of care and case-specific alternatives, using a preliminary diagnosis provided by a client and the server vital signs component data, reading other limited patient data such as existing diagnoses, allergy history and epidemiological data, and a client computer including a non-transitory memory device that stores an application program and a processor that executes the following computer executable components associated with the application program; a client patient management component that presents the output from the server patient management component to a caregiver and a to a network of caregivers, including both a best standard of care and case-specific alternatives, and automatically inserts results into any record of patient care notes and all components save the data from all client transactions to the client computer memory for use and study by other components - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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