Electronic clinical recording system
First Claim
1. An electronic clinical recording system handling, as electronic data, information including a patient'"'"'s consultation record, comprising:
- a portable storage medium for storing the patient'"'"'s consultation record described in a structured language as one or more specified files containing patient consultation information, as one or more of said specified files and link information indicating one or more external files containing patient consultation information, or as said link information;
means for writing said one or more specified files, said one or more specified files and link information or said link information at at least one of a plurality of medical institutions in order to initially store or to add to the patient'"'"'s consultation record stored in the portable storage medium, said means for writing including converting/producing means for converting or producing the link information as part or all of the patient'"'"'s consultation record when the patient consultation information is determined to have a predetermined characteristic; and
means for reading the patient'"'"'s consultation record from the portable storage medium at each of the plurality of medical institutions so that each medical institution can share the patient'"'"'s consultation record, said means for reading further including data acquiring/referencing means for acquiring or referencing one or more external files indicated by any stored link information read from the portable storage medium, wherein the predetermined characteristic includes file size and the means for writing further includes first determining means for determining said file size of the one or more specified files and second determining means for determining whether or not to store the one or more specified files in the portable storage medium depending on the file size determined by the first determining means.
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Abstract
There is provided an electronic clinical recording system handling, as electronic data, information including a patient'"'"'s consultation record. The system comprises a portable storage medium for storing the patient'"'"'s consultation record; an element for writing the patient'"'"'s consultation record described in a structured language into the storage medium; and an element for reading the patient'"'"'s consultation record from the storage medium. The writing element includes a converting/producing element for converting or producing link information in the consultation record when the consultation record is written in the storage medium, the link information being indicative of making reference to one or more specified files relevant to the consultation record and prepared as external information. The reading element includes a data acquiring/referencing element for acquiring or referencing the one or more specified files indicated by the link information when the consultation record is read from the storage medium.
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22 Claims
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1. An electronic clinical recording system handling, as electronic data, information including a patient'"'"'s consultation record, comprising:
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a portable storage medium for storing the patient'"'"'s consultation record described in a structured language as one or more specified files containing patient consultation information, as one or more of said specified files and link information indicating one or more external files containing patient consultation information, or as said link information;
means for writing said one or more specified files, said one or more specified files and link information or said link information at at least one of a plurality of medical institutions in order to initially store or to add to the patient'"'"'s consultation record stored in the portable storage medium, said means for writing including converting/producing means for converting or producing the link information as part or all of the patient'"'"'s consultation record when the patient consultation information is determined to have a predetermined characteristic; and
means for reading the patient'"'"'s consultation record from the portable storage medium at each of the plurality of medical institutions so that each medical institution can share the patient'"'"'s consultation record, said means for reading further including data acquiring/referencing means for acquiring or referencing one or more external files indicated by any stored link information read from the portable storage medium, wherein the predetermined characteristic includes file size and the means for writing further includes first determining means for determining said file size of the one or more specified files and second determining means for determining whether or not to store the one or more specified files in the portable storage medium depending on the file size determined by the first determining means.
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2. An electronic clinical recording system handling, as electronic data, information including a patient'"'"'s consultation record, comprising:
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a portable storage medium for storing the patient'"'"'s consultation record described in a structured language as one or more specified files containing patient consultation information, as one or more of said specified files and link information indicating one or more external files containing patient consultation information, or as said link information;
means for writing said one or more specified files, said one or more specified files and link information or said link information at at least one of a plurality of medical institutions in order to initially store or to add to the patient'"'"'s consultation record stored in the portable storage medium, said means for writing including converting/producing means for converting or producing the link information as part or all of the patient'"'"'s consultation record when the patient consultation information is determined to have a predetermined characteristic; and
means for reading the patient'"'"'s consultation record from the portable storage medium at each of the plurality of medical institutions so that each medical institution can share the patient'"'"'s consultation record, said means for reading further including data acquiring/referencing means for acquiring or referencing one or more external files indicated by any stored link information read from the portable storage medium, wherein the predetermined characteristic includes file type and the means for writing further includes first determining means for determining the file type of the one or more specified files and second determining means for determining whether or not to store the one or more specified files in the portable storage medium depending on the file type determined by the first determining means.
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3. An electronic clinical recording system handling, as electronic data, information including a patient'"'"'s consultation record, comprising:
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a portable storage medium for storing the patient'"'"'s consultation record described in a structured language as one or more specified files containing patient consultation information, as one or more of said specified files and link information indicating one or more external files containing patient consultation information, or as said link information;
means for writing said one or more specified files, said one or more specified files and link information or said link information at at least one of a plurality of medical institutions in order to initially store or to add to the patient'"'"'s consultation record stored in the portable storage medium, said means for writing including converting/producing means for converting or producing the link information as part or all of the patient'"'"'s consultation record when the patient consultation information is determined to have a predetermined characteristic; and
means for reading the patient'"'"'s consultation record from the portable storage medium at each of the plurality of medical institutions so that each medical institution can share the patient'"'"'s consultation record, said means for reading further including data acquiring/referencing means for acquiring or referencing one or more external files indicated by any stored link information read from the portable storage medium, wherein the predetermined characteristic includes file type and file size and the means for writing further includes first determining means for determining the file type and the file size of the one or more specified files and second determining means for determining whether or not to store the one or more specified files in the portable storage medium depending on the file type and the file size determined by the first determining means.
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4. An electrical clinical recording system handling, as electronic data, information including a patient'"'"'s consultation record, comprising:
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a portable storage medium for storing the patient'"'"'s consultation record;
means for creating the patient'"'"'s consultation record described in a structured language including determining means for determining that one or more patient consultation data files to be included in the patient'"'"'s consultation record are of a particular file size or of a particular file type and means responsive to the determining means for enabling the creating means to create link information for accessing one or more external patient consultation data files instead of the actual patient consultation data files as at least a part of the created patient'"'"'s consultation record and for otherwise creating the patient'"'"'s consultation record so as to directly contain the one or more patient consultation data files;
means for writing the created patient'"'"'s consultation record into the portable storage medium; and
means for reading the patient'"'"'s consultation record from the portable storage medium including means for acquiring or referencing the one or more external patient consultation data files indicated by link information when link information is read as part of the patient'"'"'s consultation record.
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5. An electronic clinical recording system handling, as electronic data, information including a patient'"'"'s consultation record, the patient'"'"'s consultation record being described in a structured language as one or more specified files containing patient consultation information, as one or more of said specified files and link information indicating one or more external files containing patient consultation information, or as said link information, the system comprising:
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means for writing said one or more specified files, said one or more specified files and link information or said link information at at least one of a plurality of medical institutions in order to initially store or to add to the patient'"'"'s consultation record, said means for writing including converting/producing means for converting or producing the link information as part or all of the patient'"'"'s consultation record when the patient consultation information is determined to have a predetermined characteristic; and
means for reading the patient'"'"'s consultation record from storage at each of the plurality of medical institutions so that each medical institution can share the patient'"'"'s consultation record, said means for reading further including data acquiring/referencing means for acquiring or referencing one or more external files indicated by any stored link information read as part of the patient'"'"'s consultation record, wherein the predetermined characteristic includes file size and the means for writing further includes first determining means for determining said file size of the one or more specified files and second determining means for determining whether or not to store the one or more specified files as part of the patient'"'"'s consultation record depending on the file size determined by the first determining means.
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6. An electronic clinical recording system handling, as electronic data, information including a patient'"'"'s consultation record, the patient'"'"'s consultation record being described in a structured language as one or more specified files containing patient consultation information, as one or more of said specified files and link information indicating one or more external files containing patient consultation information, or as said link information, the system comprising:
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means for writing said one or more specified files, said one or more specified files and link information or said link information at at least one of a plurality of medical institutions in order to initially store or to add to the patient'"'"'s consultation record, said means for writing including converting/producing means for converting or producing the link information as part or all of the patient'"'"'s consultation record when the patient consultation information is determined to have a predetermined characteristic; and
means for reading the patient'"'"'s consultation record from storage at each of the plurality of medical institutions so that each medical institution can share the patient'"'"'s consultation record, said means for reading further including data acquiring/referencing means for acquiring or referencing one or more external files indicated by any stored link information read as part of the patient'"'"'s consultation record, wherein the predetermined characteristic includes file type and the means for writing further includes first determining means for determining said file type of the one or more specified files and second determining means for determining whether or not to store the one or more specified files as part of the patient'"'"'s consultation record depending on the file type determined by the first determining means.
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7. An electronic clinical recording system handling, as electronic data, information including a patient'"'"'s consultation record, the patient'"'"'s consultation record being described in a structured language as one or more specified files containing patient consultation information, as one or more of said specified files and link information indicating one or more external files containing patient consultation information, or as said link information, the system comprising:
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means for writing said one or more specified files, said one or more specified files and link information or said link information at at least one of a plurality of medical institutions in order to initially store or to add to the patient'"'"'s consultation record, said means for writing including converting/producing means for converting or producing the link information as part or all of the patient'"'"'s consultation record when the patient consultation information is determined to have a predetermined characteristic; and
means for reading the patient'"'"'s consultation record from storage at each of the plurality of medical institutions so that each medical institution can share the patient'"'"'s consultation record, said means for reading further including data acquiring/referencing means for acquiring or referencing one or more external files indicated by any stored link information read as part of the patient'"'"'s consultation record, wherein the predetermined characteristic includes file type and file size and the means for writing further includes first determining means for determining the file type and the file size of the one or more specified files and second determining means for determining whether or not to store the one or more specified files as part of the patient'"'"'s consultation record depending on the file type and file size determined by the first determining means.
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8. An electrical clinical recording system handling, as electronic data, information including a patient'"'"'s consultation record, comprising:
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means for creating the patient'"'"'s consultation record described in a structured language including determining means for determining that one or more patient consultation data files to be included in the patient'"'"'s consultation record are of a particular file size or of a particular file type and means responsive to the determining means for enabling the creating means to create link information for accessing one or more external patient consultation data files instead of the actual patient consultation data files as at least a part of the created patient'"'"'s consultation record and for otherwise creating the patient'"'"'s consultation record so as to directly contain the one or more patient consultation data files;
means for writing the created patient'"'"'s consultation record into storage; and
means for reading the patient'"'"'s consultation record from storage including means for acquiring or referencing the one or more external patient consultation data files indicated by stored link information when link information is read as part of the patient'"'"'s consultation record. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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