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Method and system for tracking treatment of patients in a health services environment

  • US 8,126,739 B2
  • Filed: 03/20/2007
  • Issued: 02/28/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for tracking treatment of patients, comprising:

  • generating in a computer system appointment information corresponding to each scheduled appointment among a plurality of appointments for patients with at least one service provider;

    capturing service information, in a database, corresponding to claims received from the at least one service provider for payment of charges associated with services rendered by the at least one service provider; and

    establishing for a patient an episode of care, in the computer system, pertaining to treatment of a specified ailment over time and involving more than one appointment, and associating the established episode of care with service information regarding services rendered by the at least one service provider and captured in the database from the received claims for the patient that correspond to the treatment of the specified ailment such that service information can be automatically tracked to the specified ailment.

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