Enterprise healthcare management system and method of using same
First Claim
1. A method of accurately associating medical information with a given person in a healthcare enterprise, the enterprise having a plurality of healthcare facilities, comprising:
- networking a centralized server system with at least one computer at each of the plurality of healthcare facilities, the centralized server system operating a suite of health care software applications;
generating a master index of enterprise patient names and their associated patient identifiers;
storing the master index on the centralized server system;
permitting access to the master index directly by practitioners at each of the plurality of healthcare facilities;
establishing in the centralized server system a shared document repository;
storing enterprise patient medical records in the shared document repository;
permitting access to the shared document repository to practitioners at each of the plurality of healthcare facilities;
receiving patient specific data regarding a certain person to be treated at one of the healthcare facilities;
comparing the patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers;
determining whether the comparing the patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers results in positively identifying the certain person;
determining a set of two or more tentative patients whose patient identifiers most closely correlate to the patient specific data, if the comparing the patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers results in identifying multiple patients;
displaying the set of tentative patients and their associated patient identifiers to facilitate a positive identification of the certain person;
enabling the practitioner to attempt to positively identify the certain person from the displayed patient identifiers in the displayed set of tentative patients;
receiving additional patient specific data regarding the certain person in response to an inability to positively identify the certain person from the displayed set of tentative patients;
comparing the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers;
determining whether the comparing the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers results in positively identifying the certain person;
determining another set of two or more tentative patients whose patient identifiers most closely correlate to the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data, if the comparing the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers results in identifying multiple patients;
displaying the another set of tentative patients and their associated patient identifiers to facilitate a positive identification of the certain person;
enabling the practitioner to attempt to positively identify the certain person from the displayed patient identifiers in the displayed another set of tentative patients;
permitting access, in response to the certain person being positively identified, directly to the shared document repository on the centralized server system storing the medical record for the certain person being positively identified; and
adding the certain person to the master index as a new patient, in response to the certain person not being positively identified.
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Abstract
The enterprise healthcare management system and method includes a novel healthcare management system. The healthcare management system includes a server system connected to a plurality of enterprise facilities. A master index and a shared document repository on the server facilitate positively identifying patients and confidently associating that patient with proper medical records. The method of using the system also facilitates finding where in the enterprise a patient is located, and identifying available patient records. Healthcare practitioners also use the healthcare management system to access a patient treatment plan system, irrespective of which enterprise facility presently has the patient or which enterprise treatment plan system operates the patient treatment plan.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of accurately associating medical information with a given person in a healthcare enterprise, the enterprise having a plurality of healthcare facilities, comprising:
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networking a centralized server system with at least one computer at each of the plurality of healthcare facilities, the centralized server system operating a suite of health care software applications; generating a master index of enterprise patient names and their associated patient identifiers; storing the master index on the centralized server system; permitting access to the master index directly by practitioners at each of the plurality of healthcare facilities; establishing in the centralized server system a shared document repository; storing enterprise patient medical records in the shared document repository; permitting access to the shared document repository to practitioners at each of the plurality of healthcare facilities; receiving patient specific data regarding a certain person to be treated at one of the healthcare facilities; comparing the patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers; determining whether the comparing the patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers results in positively identifying the certain person; determining a set of two or more tentative patients whose patient identifiers most closely correlate to the patient specific data, if the comparing the patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers results in identifying multiple patients; displaying the set of tentative patients and their associated patient identifiers to facilitate a positive identification of the certain person; enabling the practitioner to attempt to positively identify the certain person from the displayed patient identifiers in the displayed set of tentative patients; receiving additional patient specific data regarding the certain person in response to an inability to positively identify the certain person from the displayed set of tentative patients; comparing the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers; determining whether the comparing the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers results in positively identifying the certain person; determining another set of two or more tentative patients whose patient identifiers most closely correlate to the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data, if the comparing the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers results in identifying multiple patients; displaying the another set of tentative patients and their associated patient identifiers to facilitate a positive identification of the certain person; enabling the practitioner to attempt to positively identify the certain person from the displayed patient identifiers in the displayed another set of tentative patients; permitting access, in response to the certain person being positively identified, directly to the shared document repository on the centralized server system storing the medical record for the certain person being positively identified; and adding the certain person to the master index as a new patient, in response to the certain person not being positively identified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system of accurately associating medical information with a given person in a healthcare enterprise, the enterprise having a plurality of healthcare facilities, comprising:
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a centralized server system coupled by a network to at least one computer at each of the plurality of healthcare facilities, the centralized server system operating a suite of health care software applications; means for generating a master index of enterprise patient names and their associated patient identifiers; means for storing the master index on the centralized server system; means for permitting access to the master index directly by practitioners at each of the plurality of healthcare facilities; means for establishing in the centralized server system a shared document repository; means for storing enterprise patient medical records in the shared document repository; means for permitting access to the shared document repository to practitioners at each of the plurality of healthcare facilities; means for receiving patient specific data regarding a certain person to be treated at one of the healthcare facilities; means for comparing the patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers; means for determining whether the means for comparing the patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers positively identifies the certain person; means of determining a set of two or more tentative patients whose patient identifiers most closely correlate to the patient specific data, if the means for comparing the patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers results in identifying multiple patients; means for displaying the set of tentative patients and their associated patient identifiers to facilitate a positive identification of the certain person; means for enabling the practitioner to attempt to positively identify the certain person from the displayed patient identifiers in the displayed set of tentative patients; means for receiving additional patient specific, data regarding the certain person in response to an inability to positively identify the certain person from the set of tentative patients; means for comparing the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers; means for determining whether the means for comparing the patient specific, data and the additional patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers positively identifies the certain person; means for determining another set of two or more tentative patients whose patient identifiers most closely correlate to the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data, if the means for comparing the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers results in identifying multiple patients; means for displaying the another set of tentative patients and their associated patient identifiers to facilitate a positive identification of the certain person; means for enabling the practitioner to attempt to positively identify the certain person from the displayed patient identifiers in the displayed another set of tentative patients; means for permitting access, in response to the certain person being positively identified, directly to the shared document repository on the centralized server system storing the medical record for the certain person being positively identified; and means for adding the certain person to the master index as a new patient, in response to the certain person not being positively identified. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system of accurately associating medical information with a given person in a healthcare enterprise, the enterprise having a plurality of healthcare facilities, comprising:
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a centralized server system coupled by a network to at least one computer at each of the plurality of healthcare facilities, the centralized server system operating a suite of health care software applications; a first module for generating a master index of enterprise patient names and their associated patient identifiers; a second module for storing the master index on the centralized server system; a third module for permitting access to the master index directly by practitioners at each of the plurality of healthcare facilities; a fourth module for establishing in the centralized server system a shared document repository; a fifth module for permitting access to the shared repository to practitioners at each of the plurality of healthcare facilities; a sixth module for receiving patient specific data regarding a certain person to be treated at one of the healthcare facilities; a seventh module for comparing the specific data to the stored patient identifiers; an eighth module for determining whether the seventh module for comparing the patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers positively identifies the certain person; a ninth module for determining a set of two or more tentative patients whose patient identifiers most closely correlate to the patient specific data, if the seventh module for comparing the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers identifies multiple patients; a tenth module for displaying the set of tentative patients and their associated patient identifiers to facilitate a positive identification of the certain person; an eleventh module for enabling the practitioner to positively identify the certain person from the displayed patient identifiers in the displayed set of tentative patients; a twelfth module for receiving additional patient specific data regarding the certain person in response to an inability to positively identify the certain person from the set of tentative patients; a thirteenth module for comparing the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers; a fourteenth module for determining whether the thirteenth module for comparing the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers positively identifies the certain person; a fifteenth module for determining another set of two or more tentative patients whose patient identifiers most closely correlate to the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data, if the thirteenth module for comparing the patient specific data and the additional patient specific data to the stored patient identifiers identifies multiple patients; a sixteenth module for displaying the another set of tentative patients and their associated patient identifiers to facilitate a positive identification of the certain person; a seventeenth module for enabling the practitioner to attempt to positively identify the certain person from the displayed patient identifiers in the displayed another set of tentative patients; an eighteenth module for permitting access, in response to the certain person being positively identified, directly to the shared document repository on the centralized server system storing the medical record for the certain person being positively identified; and a nineteenth module for adding the certain person to the master index as a new patient, in response to the certain person not being positively identified. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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