Patient and healthcare provider identification system
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1. An identification system, comprising:
- first means for obtaining live print indicia from a patient and a second individual;
controller means for storing said live print indicia from said patient and said second individual;
second means for obtaining live print indicia directly from a first person to receive treatment and a second person;
means for comparing said stored print indicia with said live print indicia taken by said second means; and
means responsive to said comparing means for producing a device comprising a dimensionally stable base member having affixed thereto identification information corresponding to the stored print indicia of said patient or said second individual identifying said patient or said second individual or both, said means for producing being operative to produce said device following a determination by said comparison means that (1) identity between said patient and the first person and between said second individual and the second person has been confirmed and (2) that a relationship exists between the first person and the second person.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a patient and healthcare provider identification system which includes a database of patient and healthcare provider information including the identity of each patient and provider and some identification criteria (such as fingerprint data); a print scanner for reading the print information from a patient or provider; a control system for matching the print data read by the scanner with the print data stored in memory; and a printer for printing labels or generating stamps or other visually perceptible medium for positively identifying the patient or provider and creating a record of the identification.
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1. An identification system, comprising:
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first means for obtaining live print indicia from a patient and a second individual; controller means for storing said live print indicia from said patient and said second individual; second means for obtaining live print indicia directly from a first person to receive treatment and a second person; means for comparing said stored print indicia with said live print indicia taken by said second means; and means responsive to said comparing means for producing a device comprising a dimensionally stable base member having affixed thereto identification information corresponding to the stored print indicia of said patient or said second individual identifying said patient or said second individual or both, said means for producing being operative to produce said device following a determination by said comparison means that (1) identity between said patient and the first person and between said second individual and the second person has been confirmed and (2) that a relationship exists between the first person and the second person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14)
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11. An identification system, comprising:
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means for scanning live print indicia directly from first and second related or associated individuals and electronically encoding same; a memory device containing stored print indicia and identification information associated with said stored print indicia for said first and second related or associated individuals; computer/interface means linked to said optical scanner for comparing said electronically encoded live print indicia from said first and second related or associated individuals with said stored print indicia to determine the identity of said first and second related or associated individuals whose prints were scanned; and print generating means linked to said computer/interface means for printing said identification information associated with said stored print indicia on a record medium, said computer/interface means signaling said print generating means to print said identification information only when a positive identification is detected by said computer/interface means. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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