SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL DEVICE IDENTIFIER
First Claim
1. A method for managing data associated with a home medical equipment (HME) device provided to a patient, the method comprising:
- receiving an HME device identifier associated with the HME device, the HME device identifier being a unique identifier to distinguish the HME device provided to the patient from other HME devices registered at a computer-based records management system;
searching, by a processor, the records management system for a patient record that is associated with the HME device identifier, the search being performed by using a search key based on the HME device identifier;
upon the search failing to retrieve a patient record associated with the HME device identifier, instructing, by the processor, accessing a patient record; and
storing the HME device identifier into the accessed patient record.
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Abstract
A method and system assists in management of data associated with a home medical equipment (HME) device provided to a patient. An HME identifier may be received by a physician terminal or an HME provider terminal. In an example, an HME identifier may be stored, encoded, engraved or otherwise applied to a component of an HME device such as a removable storage medium (e.g., an SD card). A records management system may then be searched for a patient record associated with the HME device identifier based on retrieval of the identifier from the component. If a patient record is found, the identity of the patient may be verified. Optionally, if no such patient record is found, then a new patient record associated with the HME identifier may be created.
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53 Claims
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1. A method for managing data associated with a home medical equipment (HME) device provided to a patient, the method comprising:
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receiving an HME device identifier associated with the HME device, the HME device identifier being a unique identifier to distinguish the HME device provided to the patient from other HME devices registered at a computer-based records management system; searching, by a processor, the records management system for a patient record that is associated with the HME device identifier, the search being performed by using a search key based on the HME device identifier; upon the search failing to retrieve a patient record associated with the HME device identifier, instructing, by the processor, accessing a patient record; and storing the HME device identifier into the accessed patient record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for managing data associated with a home medical equipment (HME) device provided to a patient, the method comprising:
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receiving an HME device identifier associated with the device; searching, by a processor, a records management system for a patient record that is associated with the HME device identifier, the search being performed by using a search key based on the HME device identifier; if such a patient record is found, facilitating a verification of identity of the patient; and granting a permission to a user of the records management system to view or modify the patient record, if the identity of the patient is positively verified. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for managing data associated with a home medical equipment (HME) device provided to a patient, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a computer based record management system, a request for a patient record associated with an HME device identifier, the request being based on the HME device identifier, the request being initiated by a user; identifying a patient record associated with the HME device identifier; receiving, at the record management system, a confirmation of identity of the patient; and granting to the user at least one of a permission to access the patient record and a permission to modify the patient record, upon receiving a confirmation of the identity of the user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for managing data associated with a home medical equipment (HME) device provided to a patient, the system comprising:
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a memory; a reader device configured to accept a removable storage medium including an HME device identifier, the HME device identifier being a unique identifier to distinguish the HME device provided to the patient from other HME devices registered at a computer based records management system; and a processor coupled to the memory and the reader device, the processor being configured to; retrieve the HME device identifier from the removable storage medium; search, by the processor, the records management system for a patient record that is associated with the HME device identifier, the search being performed by using a search key based on the HME device identifier; upon the search failing to retrieve a patient record associated with the HME device identifier, instruct accessing a patient record; and store the HME device identifier into the created patient record. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for managing data associated with a home medical equipment (HME) device provided to a patient, the system comprising:
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a memory; a reader device configured to accept a removable storage medium including an HME device identifier, the HME device identifier being a unique identifier to distinguish the HME device provided to the patient from other HME devices registered at a computer based records management system; and a processor coupled to the memory and the reader device, the processor being configured to; retrieve, using the reader device, the HME device identifier that is stored on the removable storage medium; search a records management system for a patient record that is associated with the HME device identifier, the search being performed by using a search key based on the HME device identifier; facilitate a verification of an identity of the patient upon locating a patient record that is associated with the HME device identifier; and modify the patient record only when the identity of the patient is positively verified. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A records management system for managing of data associated with a home medical equipment (HME) device provided to a patient, the system comprising:
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a memory; a reader device configured to accept a removable storage medium including an HME device identifier, the HME device identifier being a unique identifier to distinguish the HME device provided to the patient from other HME devices registered at a computer based records management system; and a processor coupled to the memory and the reader device, the processor being configured to; receive a request for a record associated with an HME device identifier with a search query, the search query being based on the HME device identifier, the search query being initiated by a user; identify a patient record associated with the HME device identifier; receive, at the record management system, a confirmation of identity of the patient; and grant to the user at least one of a permission to access the patient record and a permission to modify the patient record, upon receiving a confirmation of the identity of the user. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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38. A method for managing, by way of a computer based patient records management system, data associated with a home medical equipment (HME) device provided to a patient, the method comprising:
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receiving, by way of a first processor, an HME device identifier associated with the HME device from a removable storage medium, the HME device identifier being a unique identifier to distinguish the HME device provided to the patient from other HME devices registered at a computer based records management system; and verifying, by way of the first or a second processor, the received HME device identifier; and providing access to a user to the record management system, based on a positive verification of the received HME device identifier. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A method for managing data records attributable to home medical equipment compliance, the method comprising:
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for a plurality of patients, centrally storing with at least one processor, records of compliance data representative of patient compliance with an HME device; associating with a processor the compliance data for the plurality of patients with unique identifiers, the unique identifiers based on HME device identifiers for HME devices; searching data with a processor, the data being representative of the unique identifiers; and creating with a processor a new patient record of compliance data based on the search, the new patient record of compliance data including an association with a new one of the unique identifiers, the new unique identifier based on an HME device identifier for an HME device. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An apparatus for managing data records attributable to home medical equipment compliance, the apparatus comprising:
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a processor configured to centrally storing for a plurality of patients records of compliance data representative of patient compliance with an HME device; a processor to associate the compliance data for the plurality of patients with unique identifiers, the unique identifiers based on HME device identifiers for HME devices; a processor to search data, the data being representative of the unique identifiers; and a processor to create a new patient record of compliance data based on the search, the new patient record of compliance data including an association with a new one of the unique identifiers, the new unique identifier based on an HME device identifier for an HME device. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method for managing data associated with a home medical equipment (HME) therapy device provided to a patient, the method comprising:
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receiving a removable storage medium, the removable storage medium having stored thereon an HME device identifier associated with the HME device and compliance data associated with the HME device; reading, using a reading device communicatively coupled to a computer based records management system, the removable storage medium; receiving the HME device identifier associated with the HME device from the removable storage medium, the HME device identifier being a unique identifier to distinguish the HME device provided to the patient from other HME devices registered at the computer based records management system; automatically searching, by processor, the computer based records management system for a patient record that is associated with the HME device identifier received from the removable storage medium, the search being performed by using a search key based on the HME device identifier; displaying, at a record management application, patient information retrieved from the patient record, the patient information including at least a name of the patient; loading the compliance data from the from the removable storage medium into the records management system. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53)
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