Medical professional monitoring system and associated methods
First Claim
1. A medical professional monitoring system comprising:
- at least one user interface in communication with a global communications network for use by at least one medical professional;
at least one patient information database in communication with the global communications network and including patient information for a plurality of patients accessible by the at least one medical professional;
at least one diagnosis database in communication with the global communications network and including diagnosis information accessible by the at least one medical professional;
at least one medical treatment database in communication with the global communications network and including medical treatment information accessible by the at least one medical professional; and
at least one server in communication with the global communications network and accessible by the at least one medical professional, said server comprising a recording system to record medical treatments selected by the at least one medical professional and to analyze the selected medical treatments for compliance with at least one of a plurality of predetermined standards;
wherein said medical treatment database comprises a plurality of rules that provide requirements including predetermined medical standards necessary for the at least one medical professional to make a medical recommendation, order a medical procedure or test and prescribe a medical treatment from the at least one medical treatment database;
said at least one server preventing the at least one medical professional from making a medical recommendation, ordering a medical procedure or test and prescribing a medical treatment if the requirements provided by the rules are not followed.
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Abstract
A medical professional monitoring system includes a user interface in communication with a global communications network for use by a medical professional. The system may also include a patient information database, a diagnosis database, a medical treatment database, and a server, each of which are in communication with a global communications network and are accessible by the medical professional. The patient information database includes patient information for a plurality of registered patients. The diagnosis database includes diagnosis information, and the medical treatment database includes medical treatment information. The server may include a recording system to record medical treatments selected by the medical professional, and to track the selected medical treatments for compliance with predetermined standards.
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39 Claims
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1. A medical professional monitoring system comprising:
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at least one user interface in communication with a global communications network for use by at least one medical professional; at least one patient information database in communication with the global communications network and including patient information for a plurality of patients accessible by the at least one medical professional; at least one diagnosis database in communication with the global communications network and including diagnosis information accessible by the at least one medical professional; at least one medical treatment database in communication with the global communications network and including medical treatment information accessible by the at least one medical professional; and at least one server in communication with the global communications network and accessible by the at least one medical professional, said server comprising a recording system to record medical treatments selected by the at least one medical professional and to analyze the selected medical treatments for compliance with at least one of a plurality of predetermined standards; wherein said medical treatment database comprises a plurality of rules that provide requirements including predetermined medical standards necessary for the at least one medical professional to make a medical recommendation, order a medical procedure or test and prescribe a medical treatment from the at least one medical treatment database; said at least one server preventing the at least one medical professional from making a medical recommendation, ordering a medical procedure or test and prescribing a medical treatment if the requirements provided by the rules are not followed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 39)
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8. A method for monitoring at least one medical professional, the method comprising:
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providing at least one medical professional access to at least one of a patient information database, a diagnosis database, and a medical treatment database, and a predetermined standards database wherein each of said medical treatment database and predetermined standards database include at least one rule relating to medical information; entering patient information into the patient information database; comparing information in the patient information database with information in the diagnosis database to provide a plurality of possible diagnoses; applying the at least one rule in the medical treatment database, the at least one rule providing requirement including predetermined medical standards necessary for the at least one medical professional to make a medical recommendation, order a medical procedure or test and prescribe a medical treatment from the medical treatment database so that a server prevents the at least one medical professional from making a medical recommendation, ordering a medical procedure or test and prescribing a medical treatment that is not in compliance with the at least one rule; and monitoring at least one medical treatment selected by the at least one medical professional from the medical treatment database for compliance with at least one predetermined standard selected from a plurality of predetermined standards on the predetermined standards database. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37)
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12. A method for selecting a medical treatment, the method comprising:
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accessing and updating patient information of at least one patient in a patient information database; accessing diagnosis information in a diagnosis database, the diagnosis information being selected from a plurality of possible diagnoses based upon a comparison of the patient information in the patient information database with the plurality of possible diagnoses; selecting at least one medical treatment for the at least one patient based upon the diagnosis information in the diagnosis database, the at least one selected medical treatment being selected from at least one of a medical treatment database and by at least one medical professional based upon an application of at least one rule that provides requirements including predetermined medical standards necessary for the at least one medical professional to make a medical recommendation, order a medical procedure or test and prescribe a medical treatment from the medical treatment database; and evaluating the at least one selected medical treatment for conflict with an existing medical treatment; wherein a server prevents the at least one medical professional from making a medical recommendation, ordering a medical procedure or test and prescribing a medical treatment if the requirements provided by the at least one rule are not followed. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 33, 34, 35, 38)
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