Health care management system for comparing user-proposed and recommended resources required for treatment
First Claim
1. An electronic system for managing resources required for medical treatments, wherein a recommended treatment is recommended by the electronic system and a care giver proposes a proposed treatment, the system comprising:
- an input device that receives the proposed treatment from a user;
an input device that receives resources required for the proposed treatment;
a resource display that displays for the user one or more medical resources required to implement a recommended treatment so that the required resources can be readily compared to those required for the proposed treatment;
a treatment comparator that compares the resources required for the proposed treatment with the resources required for a recommended treatment, and notifies the user that the proposed treatment requires resources that vary from those required for the recommended treatment;
an final-recommendation-for-treatment input device that receives from the user a final recommendation for a treatment identified by a care giver.
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Abstract
A health care management system for use by hospitals, physicians, insurance companies, health maintenance organizations, and others in the health care field includes a processing unit and health condition guidelines. A user inputs information related to the health condition of an individual and guideline treatment options are identified. The user also inputs actual or proposed and final recommendation treatments for the same individual. The resulting comparative information can be used to modify the actual or proposed treatment, or provide explanatory information as to reasons for the difference between the final recommendation treatment and guideline treatment options. Also, the comparative information can be used by a reviewer for evaluation or utilization purposes.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic system for managing resources required for medical treatments, wherein a recommended treatment is recommended by the electronic system and a care giver proposes a proposed treatment, the system comprising:
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an input device that receives the proposed treatment from a user; an input device that receives resources required for the proposed treatment; a resource display that displays for the user one or more medical resources required to implement a recommended treatment so that the required resources can be readily compared to those required for the proposed treatment; a treatment comparator that compares the resources required for the proposed treatment with the resources required for a recommended treatment, and notifies the user that the proposed treatment requires resources that vary from those required for the recommended treatment; an final-recommendation-for-treatment input device that receives from the user a final recommendation for a treatment identified by a care giver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An electronic system for managing medical treatments and resources required for the treatments, wherein a recommended treatment is recommended by the electronic system to a care giver and the care giver proposes a proposed treatment, the system comprising:
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means for entering the proposed treatment; resource-display means for displaying on a display device for a user one or more medical resources required to implement the recommended treatment and those required for the proposed treatment so that the required resources can be readily compared; treatment-comparison means for comparing the resources required for the proposed treatment with the resources required for the recommended treatment, and notifying the user that the proposed treatment requires resources that vary from those required for the recommended treatment; final-recommendation-for-treatment input means for entering a final recommendation for a treatment identified by the care giver. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic system for managing medical treatments and resources required for the treatments, wherein a recommended treatment is recommended by the electronic system to a care giver and the care giver proposes a proposed treatment, the system comprising:
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input means for entering the proposed treatment; input means for entering resources required for the proposed treatment; resource-display means for displaying on a display device for a user one or more medical resources required to implement a recommended treatment so that the required resources can be readily compared to those required for the proposed treatment; treatment-comparison means for comparing the resources required for the proposed treatment with the resources required for a recommended treatment, and notifying a user that the proposed treatment that-requires resources that vary from those required for the recommended treatment; final-recommendation-for-treatment input means for entering a final recommendation for a treatment identified by a care giver. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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