Medical media file management system and method
First Claim
1. A medical communications and management system for facilitating the generation, storage, retrieval and transmission of digitized medical information comprising:
- a) at least one server system having a database associated therewith, said server system and database associated therewith being operative to receive, store, retrieve and transmit medical image data generated by a medical image modality selected from the group consisting of computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, digital x-ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, angiography and nuclear magnetic resonance, said server system and database associated therewith further being operative to receive, store, retrieve and transmit digital data corresponding to an item of digitized information selected from the group consisting of an audio file, a scanned image and a digital photograph, said server system and database associated therewith having a single retrievable file for receiving, storing, and retrieving computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, digital x-ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, angiography, nuclear magnetic resonance, scanned images, digital photographs, and digital audio;
b) a communications link; and
c) at least one information retrieval device operatively coupled by said communications link to said server system and database associated therewith, said information retrieval device being selected from the group consisting of a hospital information system, an e-mail server, a fax server, and an archive server.
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Abstract
A medical communications and management system (MCMS) that is operative to compile, store, retrieve and transmit digitized medical information from a variety of medical imaging modalities, as well as digital information such as scanned in images, digital photographs, audio files, and digitized information corresponding to monitored physiological conditions, such as heart rate and the like. The MCMS is further operative to include personal patient identification information, such as retinal scans and fingerprints, and is capable of being archived to thus enable such digitized information to be readily accessed. To that end, it is contemplated that the MCMS of the present invention will be used in connection with an electronic medical record and facilitate compliance with HIPAA.
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14 Claims
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1. A medical communications and management system for facilitating the generation, storage, retrieval and transmission of digitized medical information comprising:
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a) at least one server system having a database associated therewith, said server system and database associated therewith being operative to receive, store, retrieve and transmit medical image data generated by a medical image modality selected from the group consisting of computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, digital x-ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, angiography and nuclear magnetic resonance, said server system and database associated therewith further being operative to receive, store, retrieve and transmit digital data corresponding to an item of digitized information selected from the group consisting of an audio file, a scanned image and a digital photograph, said server system and database associated therewith having a single retrievable file for receiving, storing, and retrieving computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, digital x-ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, angiography, nuclear magnetic resonance, scanned images, digital photographs, and digital audio; b) a communications link; and c) at least one information retrieval device operatively coupled by said communications link to said server system and database associated therewith, said information retrieval device being selected from the group consisting of a hospital information system, an e-mail server, a fax server, and an archive server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13)
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9. A method for generating, storing, retrieving and transmitting digitized medical information comprising the steps:
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a) generating medical image data from a medical image modality selected from the group consisting of computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, digital x-ray, ultrasound, angiography and nuclear magnetic resonance; b) generating digitized information corresponding to a digitized audio file, scanned in image and digital photograph; c) transmitting said digitized data in steps a) and b) to a server system having a dedicated database associated therewith, said server system and database associated therewith being operative to store, retrieve and transmit such digitized data in a single retrievable file; d) providing a communications link between said server system and database associated therewith in step e) with an information retrieval device; and e) requesting information from said information retrieval device through said communications link to said server system with database associated therewith, said server system and database associated therewith being operative to retrieve and transmit said digitized data received in steps a) and b) in response to said request made by said information retrieval device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 14)
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