SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MEDICAL SERVICES
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1. A system for managing patients during medical treatment, comprising:
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a medical database communicating with the server, the medical database including patient information associated with patients within a territory undergoing medical treatment, the medical information including a status of each patient indicating a stage of treatment, one or more pre-treatment stages, and one or more treatment stages;
a communication interface for communicating between the server and a plurality of team electronic devices associated with at least one respective team member within the territory, the communication interface configured to receive communications from individual team electronic devices indicating that patients have advanced between stages of treatment, whereupon the server updates the status of the patients in the medical database to reflect the current status of patients between the stages of treatment;
the server configured to, via the communication interface, synchronize a local database of the team electronic devices with the medical database to update the local database with the statuses of patients in the medical database such that team members may review the current status of an individual patient in the medical database.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for managing patients during pain management treatment that includes a server and a medical database including patient information associated with patients within a territory, the medical information including a status of each patient indicating a stage of treatment between a candidate for treatment stage, one or more pre-treatment stages, and one or more treatment stages. The system also includes team electronic devices communicating with the server to add and/or update information regarding patients in the medical database and/or synchronize local databases of the team electronic devices with the medical database.
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1. A system for managing patients during medical treatment, comprising:
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a server; a medical database communicating with the server, the medical database including patient information associated with patients within a territory undergoing medical treatment, the medical information including a status of each patient indicating a stage of treatment, one or more pre-treatment stages, and one or more treatment stages; a communication interface for communicating between the server and a plurality of team electronic devices associated with at least one respective team member within the territory, the communication interface configured to receive communications from individual team electronic devices indicating that patients have advanced between stages of treatment, whereupon the server updates the status of the patients in the medical database to reflect the current status of patients between the stages of treatment; the server configured to, via the communication interface, synchronize a local database of the team electronic devices with the medical database to update the local database with the statuses of patients in the medical database such that team members may review the current status of an individual patient in the medical database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12)
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13. A method for managing patients during medical treatment using a server communicating with a plurality of team electronic devices associated with respective team members within a territory;
- a medical database communicating with the server that includes patient information associated with patients within the territory undergoing medical treatment, the medical information including a status of each patient indicating a stage of treatment between a candidate for treatment stage, one or more pre-treatment stages, and one or more treatment stages, the method comprising;
receiving, at the server, a first communication from a team electronic device indicating that a patient at a candidate for treatment stage has decided to proceed with treatment, the server updating the status of the patient to pre-treatment stage; receiving, at the server, a second communication from a team electronic device indicating that the patient has been scheduled for treatment, the server updating the status of the patient in the medical database to treatment stage; and receiving, at the server, a third communication from a team electronic device indicating that the patient has completed treatment, wherein the server intermittently synchronizes the medical database with local databases on the team electronic devices to update the local databases with information regarding the patient including the status of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 28)
- a medical database communicating with the server that includes patient information associated with patients within the territory undergoing medical treatment, the medical information including a status of each patient indicating a stage of treatment between a candidate for treatment stage, one or more pre-treatment stages, and one or more treatment stages, the method comprising;
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30. A method for managing a patient during pain management treatment, comprising:
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a) presenting on a display of a first team electronic device information regarding a patient who is a candidate for pain management treatment and a scale including a plurality of icons representing stages of treatment of the patient; b) after initial consultation with the patient; i) entering, via a user interface of the first team electronic device, patient information including confirmation that the patient would like to enter trial pain management treatment; and ii) selecting an icon presented on the display of the first team electronic device to advance the patient to a trial pre-op stage; c) thereafter, during or after pre-trial consultation with the patient; i) presenting, on a display of a second team electronic device, information regarding the patient including information entered using the first team electronic device, wherein a second icon on the scale is highlighted relative to other icons on the scale indicating the patient is at the trial pre-op stage; ii) entering, via a user interface of the second team electronic device, pain information regarding pain being experienced by the patient; and iii) selecting an icon presented on the display of the second team electronic device to advance the patient to a trial stage; d) thereafter, after a trial procedure in which a set of leads are implanted in the patient'"'"'s body; i) presenting, on a display of a third team electronic device, pain information regarding the patient including information entered using the second team electronic device, wherein a third icon on the scale is highlighted relative to other icons on the scale indicating the patient is at the trial stage; and ii) entering, via a user interface of the third team electronic device, trial treatment information regarding pain treatment being experienced by the patient after the second procedure. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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