Data accuracy filter for integrated emergency medical transportation database system
First Claim
1. A computerized, integrated emergency medical transportation database system having a demographic audit module, the system comprising:
- a medical emergency database configured to store clinical encounter information, patient demographic data, and transport information comprising the type of transport, and wherein the patient demographic data is selected from a group consisting of;
the patient name, the patient social security number, the patient insurance data, the patient address, the patient date of birth and combinations thereof; and
a demographic audit module in communication with the medical emergency database, wherein the demographic audit module is configured to;
determine whether sufficient patient demographic data exists in the medical emergency database, wherein the sufficient patient demographic data comprises the patient name, the patient social security number, the type of transport, and the patient insurance data,search other databases in an attempt to obtain missing demographic information from at least one of the other databases; and
retrieve at least a portion of the missing demographic information from at least one of the other databases.
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Abstract
An integrated medical database system for the emergency medical transportation business. The system includes a dispatch module, clinical module, administration module and billing module. Each module may communicate data with one or more of the other modules to form a system incorporating data sharing, thus achieving an end-to-end automation of emergency medical care accounting. Internal consistency checks using specific libraries of modifiable data rules are performed by the system to ensure that proper treatments are performed according to a chosen diagnosis. The system includes a demographic data accuracy filter operating on patient data prior to the billing module.
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14 Claims
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1. A computerized, integrated emergency medical transportation database system having a demographic audit module, the system comprising:
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a medical emergency database configured to store clinical encounter information, patient demographic data, and transport information comprising the type of transport, and wherein the patient demographic data is selected from a group consisting of;
the patient name, the patient social security number, the patient insurance data, the patient address, the patient date of birth and combinations thereof; anda demographic audit module in communication with the medical emergency database, wherein the demographic audit module is configured to; determine whether sufficient patient demographic data exists in the medical emergency database, wherein the sufficient patient demographic data comprises the patient name, the patient social security number, the type of transport, and the patient insurance data, search other databases in an attempt to obtain missing demographic information from at least one of the other databases; and retrieve at least a portion of the missing demographic information from at least one of the other databases. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An integrated emergency medical transportation database system having a data accuracy filter module, the system comprising:
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a medical emergency database configured to store clinical encounter information, patient demographic data, and transport information comprising the type of transport, and wherein the patient demographic data is selected from a group consisting of;
the patient name, the patient social security number, the patient insurance data, the patient address, the patient date of birth and combinations thereof; anda data accuracy filter module in communication with the medical emergency database, wherein the data accuracy filter module is configured to; determine whether sufficient patient demographic data exists in the medical emergency database, wherein the sufficient patient demographic data comprises the patient name, the patient social security number, the type of transport and the patient insurance data, search other databases to obtain any missing demographic information from at least one of the other databases; and retrieve at least a portion of the missing demographic information from at least one of the other databases. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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