Therapy system
First Claim
1. In a computer system, a method for assisting administration and monitoring of the therapy of patients, the method comprising:
- storing patient individual rehabilitation data records in a memory in the computer system;
retrieving and updating a patient individual data record in said memory of said computer system for a selected patient upon arrival of said selected patient for a therapy activity;
operating the computer system to generate at least one therapy session input screen corresponding to the selected patient, said therapy session input screen being generated for the therapy provider for use in administering therapy to said patient, said therapy session input screen showing treatments to be administered to said patient during a therapy session, and said patient individual data record including patient activity data from previous therapy sessions;
inputting subjective data into said therapy session input screen in said computer system by the therapy provider selecting choices from lists of subjective data fields; and
recording said selected data fields in said computer system by entering said data fields into said computer memory wherein said at least a portion of said patient data is displayed as a list and;
retrieving predefined phrases for said patient data, storing and combining said patient data with said phrases when said data is selected from the said list for creating a therapy report.
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Abstract
A computer system and method for assisting the administration and monitoring of the therapy of patients includes the step of storing patient individual data records in a memory of a computer system. The patient data record for a selected patient is retrieved and updated in the memory of the computer system upon the arrival of the selected patient for a therapy activity. The computer system is operated to generate at least one therapy session input screen corresponding to the selected patient, the screen including treatments for the patient. Data is input into the therapy session input screen at least in part by the therapy provider selecting from lists of data. The selected data is recorded to provide a record of the patient activity during the therapy session.
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40 Claims
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1. In a computer system, a method for assisting administration and monitoring of the therapy of patients, the method comprising:
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storing patient individual rehabilitation data records in a memory in the computer system; retrieving and updating a patient individual data record in said memory of said computer system for a selected patient upon arrival of said selected patient for a therapy activity; operating the computer system to generate at least one therapy session input screen corresponding to the selected patient, said therapy session input screen being generated for the therapy provider for use in administering therapy to said patient, said therapy session input screen showing treatments to be administered to said patient during a therapy session, and said patient individual data record including patient activity data from previous therapy sessions; inputting subjective data into said therapy session input screen in said computer system by the therapy provider selecting choices from lists of subjective data fields; and recording said selected data fields in said computer system by entering said data fields into said computer memory wherein said at least a portion of said patient data is displayed as a list and; retrieving predefined phrases for said patient data, storing and combining said patient data with said phrases when said data is selected from the said list for creating a therapy report. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer system for assisting administration and monitoring the therapy of patients, the method comprising:
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means for storing patient personal rehabilitation data records in the computer system; means for updating a patient personal data record for a selected patient in said memory of said computer system upon arrival of said selected patient for therapy activity; means for generating a therapy session input screen corresponding to the selected patient, said therapy session input screen being generated for the therapy provider for use in administering therapy to said patient, said therapy session input screen showing treatments to be administered to said patient during a therapy session, and said therapy record showing patient activity data from previous therapy sessions; means for displaying lists of choices of subjective therapy data to the therapy provider in association with said therapy session input screen, to assist input of data to record therapy activity; means for selecting choices from the lists of subjective therapy data to record patient activity during a present therapy session; means for entering said subjective therapy data to record patient activity during the therapy session to provide a record of patient activity during the present session. means for automatically combining said selected therapy data with predefined phrases thereby creating a patient report. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A method for operating a programmable computer to facilitate the rehabilitation of patients and the documentation of said rehabilitation, comprising the steps of:
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defining at least one field of patient rehabilitation data; defining visual representations for each of said patient rehabilitation data; displaying said representations on a computer screen; providing means to permit a therapist to select at least one of said representations; defining a sentence phrase for said field of patient rehabilitation data; selecting at least one of said representations on said computer screen; storing the corresponding patient data and sentence phrase in response to the selection of at least one of said representations according to said definition of said sentence phrase for said field of patient rehabilitation data; and combining a set of said patient rehabilitation data and said phrases to generate a patient therapy report.
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31. A method for operating a programmable computer to facilitate the rehabilitation of patients and the documentation of said rehabilitation, comprising the steps of:
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defining at least one field of patient rehabilitation data; defining visual representations for each of said patient rehabilitation data in said field; displaying said representations on a computer screen; providing means for selecting said representations; providing means responsive to said selection for entering said selected data into a computer memory, said means comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of; (a) displaying a numeric keypad on said computer screen for entering numerical patient data; (b) displaying at least a partially blank text entry area on said computer screen, said area displaying text entered by the user on an alpha-numeric data entry device; (c) displaying in sequential fashion responsive to said selection predefined alternatives, whereby the user can continue the selection process until the desired alternative appears; and storing patient rehabilitation data entered in said memory combining said patient rehabilitation data with predefined phrases for creating a therapy report.
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32. A system for providing rehabilitation to patients and the documenting said rehabilitation, comprising;
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at least one programmable computer having a memory; at least one data field of said patient information data stored in said memory; at least one visual representation for one of said patient rehabilitation data stored in said memory; means for displaying at least one of said patient rehabilitation data and said representations on a computer screen; means for selecting at least one of said displayed visual patient rehabilitation data and representations; and
,means for storing the patient data in response to the selection of at least one of said patient rehabilitation data and representations; means for automatically combining said selected patient data with predefined phrases thereby creating a patient report. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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