Method for the administration of medical patient data
First Claim
1. A method for administering medical patient data comprising the steps of:
- electronically storing medical data for a patient in a secured patient medical file with restricted access, said medical patient data containing data representing all previous examinations of the patient including a date of each examination and findings from each examination;
before implementing a new examination of the patient with a medical device prescribed by a physician, requiring automatic electronic, non-manual comparison of said patient medical file to data representing said new examination to obtain an electronic comparison result;
automatically electronically, non-manually preventing billing of costs of said new examination if said electronic comparison result indicates a previous examination exists comparable to said new examination in said patient medical file within a predetermined time span preceding the comparison; and
when said new examination is implemented, automatically determining if data representing a documentation of said new examination have been entered in said patient file, and automatically electronically, non-manually preventing monetarily charging said patient for a cost associated with said new examination if said data representing a documentation of said new examination are not entered in said patient medical file.
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Abstract
In a method for the administration of medical patient data with a centralized or decentralized patient medical file having secured access enabled by the patient or an enable code administered by the patient, wherein the patient data contain all previous examinations with data representing when the examination was conducted and the findings, a check-in of a patient into the device is implemented before a new examination by the physician, the check-in ensuing upon indication of the initial suspicion as well as of the planned examinations, an enable of these examination via a comparison device, particularly an expert system, ensues only when no relevant, previous examinations are present in a specific, preceding time span, and invoicing for the new examination is possible only in conjunction with a documentation of the examination and its results in the patient medical file.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for administering medical patient data comprising the steps of:
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electronically storing medical data for a patient in a secured patient medical file with restricted access, said medical patient data containing data representing all previous examinations of the patient including a date of each examination and findings from each examination; before implementing a new examination of the patient with a medical device prescribed by a physician, requiring automatic electronic, non-manual comparison of said patient medical file to data representing said new examination to obtain an electronic comparison result; automatically electronically, non-manually preventing billing of costs of said new examination if said electronic comparison result indicates a previous examination exists comparable to said new examination in said patient medical file within a predetermined time span preceding the comparison; and when said new examination is implemented, automatically determining if data representing a documentation of said new examination have been entered in said patient file, and automatically electronically, non-manually preventing monetarily charging said patient for a cost associated with said new examination if said data representing a documentation of said new examination are not entered in said patient medical file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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