Medical record management system and process with improved workflow features
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1. A patient record system for recording and maintaining medical information for a patient, comprising:
- a first caregiver'"'"'s terminal to allow a first caregiver to access the patient record system;
a second caregiver'"'"'s terminal to allow a second caregiver to access the patient record system;
a patient record database having patient data, the patient record database being coupled to said first and second caregivers'"'"' terminals, the patient record database providing a first contact portion corresponding to access by the first caregiver to the patient record system and a second contact portion corresponding to access by the second caregiver to the patient record system, the patient record database selectively providing access to the patient data from one of the first and second caregiver'"'"'s terminals responsive to a predetermined set of access rules.
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Abstract
A patient medical record system includes a number of caregiver computers, and a patient record database with patient data coupled to the caregiver computers selectively providing access to the patient data from one of the caregiver computers responsive to a predetermined set of access rules. The predetermined set of rules includes a rule that access to a predetermined portion of the patient data by a first caregiver must be terminated before access to the same predetermined portion by a second caregiver is allowed.
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14 Claims
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1. A patient record system for recording and maintaining medical information for a patient, comprising:
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a first caregiver'"'"'s terminal to allow a first caregiver to access the patient record system; a second caregiver'"'"'s terminal to allow a second caregiver to access the patient record system; a patient record database having patient data, the patient record database being coupled to said first and second caregivers'"'"' terminals, the patient record database providing a first contact portion corresponding to access by the first caregiver to the patient record system and a second contact portion corresponding to access by the second caregiver to the patient record system, the patient record database selectively providing access to the patient data from one of the first and second caregiver'"'"'s terminals responsive to a predetermined set of access rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of maintaining a patient record, comprising:
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providing a first caregiver with a terminal; providing a second caregiver with a terminal; and selectively permitting the first and second caregivers, using said terminals, to access portions of patient data from a patient record database according to a predetermined set of access rules, the patient record database providing a first contact portion corresponding to access by the first caregiver to the patient record system and a second contact portion corresponding to access by the second caregiver to the patient record system. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method of maintaining patient records, comprising:
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providing a first caregiver with a first terminal; providing a second caregiver with a second terminal; creating encounter records for a plurality of patients; and selectively permitting the first and second caregivers, using said first and second terminals, to access portions of patient data corresponding to a subset of said plurality of patients from a patient record database according to a predetermined set of access rules, the encounter records including a first contact record corresponding to access by the first caregiver to the patient records and a second contact record corresponding to access by the second caregiver to the patient records. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of maintaining a patient record, comprising:
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providing a terminal; and selectively permitting a plurality of caregivers, using said terminal, to access portions of patient data from a patient record database according to a predetermined set of access rules, the patient database providing a plurality of encounter records, each corresponding to interaction with data for a particular patient, the encounter records further including a plurality of contacts, each corresponding to interaction with said data for said particular patient by one of said plurality of caregivers. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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