System and method for physician note creation and management
First Claim
1. A method for utilizing physician notes in a healthcare system comprising:
- inputting patient health data reflecting a current state of patients in geographically dispersed health care locations and treatment objectives for the patients to an input device, wherein the patient health data is inputted via formatted input options presented by the input device and wherein the input device is connected to a network;
receiving the patient health data in the healthcare system via the network;
monitoring patient data elements of the patients;
communicating the monitored patient data elements from the geographically dispersed health care locations to a remote command center via the network, wherein the remote command center comprises a database;
storing the monitored patient data elements in the database, wherein the database comprises stored patient data elements;
creating a rule for a patient using the patient health data and the patient data elements;
applying the rule continuously to selected patient data elements stored in the database to search for patterns of data and to produce an output indicative of a change in a medical condition of the patient; and
utilizing the output to determine if intervention is warranted,wherein the monitoring and determining if intervention is warranted for the patient occurs in an automated fashion at the remote command center 24 hours per day 7 days per week.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for inputting physician notes associated with the admission, diagnosis and treatment of patients in a healthcare system. It can be used for those who are critically ill as well as those who are engaged in more routine medical care. The present invention reduces the risk of medical treatment by populating specific patient information throughout the patient care system so that current physician notes are combined with other information and made available rapidly to hospital personnel at all levels of patient care. The present invention also assists in analyzing data in relation to risk associated with management choices and managing the patient care to reduce assessed risk.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for utilizing physician notes in a healthcare system comprising:
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inputting patient health data reflecting a current state of patients in geographically dispersed health care locations and treatment objectives for the patients to an input device, wherein the patient health data is inputted via formatted input options presented by the input device and wherein the input device is connected to a network; receiving the patient health data in the healthcare system via the network; monitoring patient data elements of the patients; communicating the monitored patient data elements from the geographically dispersed health care locations to a remote command center via the network, wherein the remote command center comprises a database; storing the monitored patient data elements in the database, wherein the database comprises stored patient data elements; creating a rule for a patient using the patient health data and the patient data elements; applying the rule continuously to selected patient data elements stored in the database to search for patterns of data and to produce an output indicative of a change in a medical condition of the patient; and utilizing the output to determine if intervention is warranted, wherein the monitoring and determining if intervention is warranted for the patient occurs in an automated fashion at the remote command center 24 hours per day 7 days per week. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for utilizing physician notes in a healthcare system comprising:
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a network; an input device connected to the network, wherein the input device comprises instructions for; presenting formatted input options; and receiving patient health data reflecting a current state of patients in geographically dispersed health care locations and treatment objectives for the patients in accordance with the formatted input options; monitoring stations comprising monitoring equipment comprising instructions for monitoring data elements from patients in the geographically dispersed healthcare locations and sending the monitored data elements to a remote command center via the network, and wherein the remote command center comprises; a database, wherein the database comprises stored patient data elements relating to the patients; a computerized patient care management system, wherein the computerized patient care management system comprises instructions for; receiving the monitored patient data elements from the plurality of geographically dispersed health care locations; storing the monitored patient data elements in the database; creating a rule for a patient using the patient health data and the patient data elements; applying the rule continuously to selected patient data elements stored in the database to search for patterns of data and to produce an output indicative of a change in a medical condition of the patient; and utilizing the output to determine if intervention is warranted, wherein the monitoring and determining if intervention is warranted for the patient occurs in an automated fashion at the remote command center 24 hours per day 7 days per week. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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