Record and verification method, apparatus and system
First Claim
1. A patient treatment check sheet containing at least a first field for entry of at least a name of a patient to be treated and a second field including printed patient treatment parameters and blanks to be filled in during a course of treatment of the patient, said check sheet further comprising at least one fixed patient identifier including characteristic coding adapted to be scanned by a scanning device to provide reading thereof and at least one removable patient identifier including said characteristic coding and adapted to be affixed to a further element to be used in the treatment of the patient, said at least one fixed patient identifier further comprising a first human readable identification symbol and said at least one removable patient identifier further comprising a second human readable identification symbol different from said first human readable identification symbol.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for verification of the identity of a patient undergoing treatment administered by a medical treatment practitioner in a treatment room. An identifying element such as patient chart or patient photograph is provided for the patient which includes a patient identifier, e.g., a barcode, capable of being read by a reader device located within the treatment room. In use, the patient identifier is read by the reader device in the treatment room and a characteristic audio signal, previously assigned to the patient and known to the patient, is generated in response to the reading of the identifying element when there is a match between the patient identifier and a stored identifier for the patient. Treatment of the patient is at least temporarily withheld if any audio signal generated in response to reading of the patient identifier by the reader device is not the characteristic audio signal assigned to the patient. A special patient chart with a removable identifier can be used. A billing method which may involve the scanning step is also provided.
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9 Claims
- 1. A patient treatment check sheet containing at least a first field for entry of at least a name of a patient to be treated and a second field including printed patient treatment parameters and blanks to be filled in during a course of treatment of the patient, said check sheet further comprising at least one fixed patient identifier including characteristic coding adapted to be scanned by a scanning device to provide reading thereof and at least one removable patient identifier including said characteristic coding and adapted to be affixed to a further element to be used in the treatment of the patient, said at least one fixed patient identifier further comprising a first human readable identification symbol and said at least one removable patient identifier further comprising a second human readable identification symbol different from said first human readable identification symbol.
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4. A verification system for use in verification of an identity of a patient about to undergo medical treatment administered to the patient in a treatment room under control of at least one medical practitioner, said system comprising:
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a verification workstation including electronic storing means for storing a patient identifier assigned to the patient to be treated;
at least one scanning device for scanning a scannable patient identifier which uniquely identifies the patient to be treated; and
means for generating a characteristic audible output assigned to the patient to be treated and unique to the patient, responsive to matching of the patient identifier scanned by said scanning device and the patient identifier stored by said electronic storing means at said verification workstation. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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