Medical history record filing system

• US 4,221,404 A
• Filed: 06/12/1978
• Issued: 09/09/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Richard M. Shuffstall
• Original Assignee: Richard M. Shuffstall
• Inventors: Shuffstall, Richard M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, Paul A.
• Application Number:
  US05/914,843
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• Field of Search: 40/382, 40/384, 283/1 R, 283/1 A, 283/6, 283/32, 283/37, 283/48
• US Class Current: 283/115
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/00 Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/90 Medical record

Abstract

A medical history record filing system including a plurality of attachment sheets for holding medical test records and a plurality of medical record sets. Each medical record set includes a plurality of separable portions and at least one of the plurality of separable portions is adapted to be attached to one of the attachment sheets. The record sets and the attachment sheets are color coded to indicate the type of medical test that is to be performed and recorded. The separable portion of the medical records set that is adapted to be attached to the medical record attachment sheet has provisions for locating the separable portion in a chronological order on the medical record attachment sheet. Each medical record set has provisions for the physician to indicate the type of tests that are to be run, the urgency of the request and other pertinent information. In addition, each medical record set has provisions for the laboratory, or the person that is analyzing the tests to record test data. Provisions related to the test desired are separated vertically from the provisions related to the test results. The separable portions of the medical record sets are so designed that when a series of them are attached to the attachment sheet only the test results and related information are normally visible on the medical record attachment sheet. One or more medical record attachment sheets and the associated portions of the medical record set can be located in one file folder.

Claims

1. A medical history record filing system comprising:

a plurality of medical record sets, each of said medical record sets comprising a plurality of separable portions with at least one of the separable portions having color coded means for indicating the type of medical test to be performed and recorded, said color coded portions of different medical record sets being color coded with different colors for different types of medical tests, the separable portions of said plurality of said medical record sets being divided to form one portion with provisions for indicating the type of tests and another portion with the provisions for reporting on the results of the tests;

a plurality of means for holding medical test records, said plurality of means for holding medical test records having color coded means corresponding to the various colors of the color coded separable portions, said plurality of means for holding medical test records having means for locating a plurality of same color coded portions of said medical test sets to cover up non-essential information, at least some of said plurality of means for holding medical test records having means for arranging a plurality of same color coded portions of said medical record sets in chronological sequence;

attachment means for attaching the color coded separable portions of said medical record sets to said plurality of means for holding medical test records; and

detachable specimen labeling means associated with at least one of said medical record sets.

2. The medical history record filing system of claim 1 wherein said detachable labeling means comprise separable tag portions having a numerical designation and wherein at least one of the separable portions of said medical record sets has a numerical designation, the numerical designations on the separable tag portions being identical to the numerical designation on the separable portion of said medical record set.

3. The medical history record filing system of claim 2 wherein the separable tag portions are located on a backing material and are stripable therefrom.

4. The medical history record filing system of claim 2 wherein said means for arranging a plurality of same color coded portions of said medical record sets in chronological order comprises a series of substantially parallel lines.

5. The medical history record filing system of claim 4 further comprising at least one substantially one-half portion of a geometrical figure located adjacent to each of said lines.

6. The medical history record filing system of claim 5 wherein at least two spaced substantially one-half portions of a geometrical figure are located adjacent to each of said lines.

7. The medical history record filing system of claim 6 wherein at least two matching substantially one-half portions of a geometrical figure are located adjacent to an edge of a plurality of separable portions of said medical record sets and wherein said substantially one-half portions of a geometrical figure are color coded with the same color.

8. The medical history record filing system of claim 7 wherein said attachment means for attaching the color coded separable portions of said medical record sets comprises tabs having a matching substantially full geometrical figure adapted to be placed over the substantially one-half of a portion of a geometrical figure on the color coded separable portions and the substantially one-half of a portion of a geometrical figure located adjacent to the lines.

9. The medical history record filing system of claim 8 wherein said one-half portion of a geometrical figure comprises a semi-circle.

10. The medical history record filing system of claim 8 wherein the separable portion of said medical record sets have respective columns to indicate the type of test run, the normal values of the test, the results of the tests and the date of the tests and wherein said means for locating a plurality of same color coded portions of said medical record sets to cover up non-essential information comprises means for covering up columns indicating the type of test run and the normal values of the test.

11. The medical history record filing system of claim 10 further comprising at least one additional means for holding medical test records for holding separable portions of a special medical record set and wherein at least one of the separable portions of said non-special medical record sets has a reference to the special medical report.

12. The medical history record filing system of claim 11 wherein at least one of the separable portions of said medical record sets has means fo indicating the urgency of the desired test.