MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CUSTOMER WEB PORTAL
First Claim
1. A system for managing medical equipment, the system comprising:
- an equipment tracking module to maintain equipment records corresponding to medical equipment that are shipped from a medical equipment manufacturer to a medical center;
a patient information tracking module to maintain patient records corresponding to patients of the medical center and to associate the patient records with the equipment records when the patients are equipped with the medical equipment; and
a mapping module to provide locations of medical facilities capable of providing support for the medical equipment for those of the patients that have been discharged from the medical center.
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Abstract
A system for managing medical equipment is described. The system includes an equipment tracking module to maintain equipment records corresponding to medical equipment that are shipped from a medical equipment manufacturer to a medical center. The system also includes a patient information tracking module to maintain patient records corresponding to patients of the medical center and to associate the patient records with the equipment records when the patients are equipped with the medical equipment. In addition, the system includes a mapping module to provide locations of medical facilities capable of providing support for the medical equipment for patients that have been discharged from the medical center. Other embodiments are also described.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for managing medical equipment, the system comprising:
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an equipment tracking module to maintain equipment records corresponding to medical equipment that are shipped from a medical equipment manufacturer to a medical center; a patient information tracking module to maintain patient records corresponding to patients of the medical center and to associate the patient records with the equipment records when the patients are equipped with the medical equipment; and a mapping module to provide locations of medical facilities capable of providing support for the medical equipment for those of the patients that have been discharged from the medical center. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method for tracking medical equipment sold by a medical equipment manufacturer, the method comprising:
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generating, by a computer, an equipment record corresponding to the medical equipment, wherein the step of generating the equipment record is initiated by the medical equipment manufacturer when the medical equipment manufacturer ships the medical equipment to a medical center; updating an inventory list of the medical center to include the medical equipment when the equipment record is generated; receiving data indicating an association of the equipment record with a patient record of a patient when the patient is equipped with the medical equipment; and receiving data indicating a disassociation of the equipment record from the patient record when the patient is no longer using the medical equipment. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to perform a method comprising:
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generating, by a computer, an equipment record corresponding to the medical equipment, wherein the step of generating the equipment record is initiated by the medical equipment manufacturer when the medical equipment manufacturer ships the medical equipment to a medical center; updating an inventory list of the medical center to include the medical equipment when the equipment record is generated; receiving data indicating an association of the equipment record with a patient record of a patient when the patient is equipped with the medical equipment; and receiving data indicating a disassociation of the equipment record from the patient record when the patient is no longer using the medical equipment. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A system for managing medical equipment, the system comprising:
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a processor; and a display device coupled to the processor and presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user, wherein the GUI includes a pop-up navigation interface element comprising; a patients interface element accessible by the user to display patients lists of a medical center that are associated with the medical equipment; and an equipment interface element accessible by the user to display an equipment list of the medical center; and mapping interface element that is accessible by the user to allow the user to enter locality information to obtain locations of medical facilities nearby a target location or along a route of a trip. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A method of providing a web portal for use by customers, including a plurality of medical centers, of a medical equipment provider, the method comprising:
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storing equipment information for each medical center, the equipment information being stored in an equipment module accessible through the Internet by each medical center, the medical equipment provider causing entry of data into the equipment module when the medical equipment provider provides medical equipment to each medical center; storing patient information, for a plurality of patients, for each medical center, the patient information being stored in a patient module accessible through the Internet by each medical center, each medical center causing entry of data for a particular patient when it associates medical equipment with the particular patient; authenticating each medical center when it seeks access to either the patient module or the equipment module; providing access, through the Internet, to the patient module and to the equipment module to a medical center after authenticating the medical center; receiving data representing inputs from the medical center, as a result of providing access, and updating at least one of the patient module and the equipment module; transmitting data to cause the display of a web page at the medical center after receiving and processing the data representing inputs. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method at a medical center to use a web portal maintained for medical equipment provided by a medical equipment provider, the method comprising:
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exchanging data with the web portal to authenticate the medical center with the web portal; receiving equipment data, from the web portal, about medical equipment provided by the medical equipment provider to the medical center, the equipment data being displayed in a web page on a display device controlled by the medical center, the equipment data being received by a network interface controlled by the medical center, wherein the equipment data is received from a database system and the equipment data is entered into the database system by the medical equipment provider; transmitting patient data, from the medical center to the web portal, for storage in the database system; receiving and displaying, at the medical center, patient data and equipment data, the patient data and the equipment data being displayed in a web browser and wherein the web portal provides to the medical center a list of medical equipment from the medical equipment provider that is associated with patients of the medical center and a list of medical equipment in inventory of the medical center. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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Specification