System and method for ordering patient specific healthcare services
First Claim
1. A method for providing a displayable list of services available for order by a healthcare provider in providing health care to a patient, comprising the steps of:
- using a computer apparatus for,automatically deriving search criteria indicating a known medical condition of a patient and a clinically related medical condition unidentified as a medical condition of said patient and determined by mapping of said known medical condition to a clinically related condition using stored information indicating conditions and problems of a patient;
automatically applying the search criteria in searching a database of predetermined services associated with a plurality of different medical conditions to identify candidate treatment services for order by a user in providing health care addressing a diagnosed medical condition and an associated medical sub-condition of the particular patient, said candidate treatment services for order being for treating said diagnosed medical condition and said associated medical sub-condition; and
automatically compiling a list of the identified candidate treatment services.
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Abstract
A system and method for ordering healthcare services wherein a list of selectable orders for medical services for a given patient is dynamically generated based on medical information of the patient (e.g., the patient'"'"'s condition or set of conditions) and presented to a user (e.g., a physician). In one aspect, a system for ordering patient specific healthcare services comprises a user interface that enables a user to input a medical condition of a patient and to select desired medical services from a list of orderable medical services presented to the user; a services database comprising a plurality of predetermined medical services that are each associated with a medical condition; and an engine for compiling the list of orderable medical services from one or more predetermined medical services in the services database that are associated with the input medical conditions of the patient. A clinical knowledge model is used by the engine to identify a medical condition that is potentially associated with a known or identified medical condition of the patient, based upon potential etiology, potential complication, clinical associations, or any combination thereof.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a displayable list of services available for order by a healthcare provider in providing health care to a patient, comprising the steps of:
using a computer apparatus for, automatically deriving search criteria indicating a known medical condition of a patient and a clinically related medical condition unidentified as a medical condition of said patient and determined by mapping of said known medical condition to a clinically related condition using stored information indicating conditions and problems of a patient; automatically applying the search criteria in searching a database of predetermined services associated with a plurality of different medical conditions to identify candidate treatment services for order by a user in providing health care addressing a diagnosed medical condition and an associated medical sub-condition of the particular patient, said candidate treatment services for order being for treating said diagnosed medical condition and said associated medical sub-condition; and automatically compiling a list of the identified candidate treatment services. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for providing a displayable list of services available for order by a healthcare provider in providing health care to a patient, the method steps comprising:
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automatically deriving search criteria indicating a known medical condition of a patient and a clinically related medical condition unidentified as a medical condition of said patient and determined by mapping of said known medical condition to a clinically related condition using stored information indicating conditions and problems of a patient; automatically applying the search criteria in searching a database of predetermined services associated with a plurality of different medical conditions to identify candidate treatment services for order by a user in providing health care addressing a diagnosed medical condition and an associated medical sub-condition of the particular patient, said candidate treatment services for order being for treating said diagnosed medical condition and said associated medical sub-condition; and automatically compiling a list of the identified candidate treatment services. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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