Integrated electronic patient health care and billing coordination system
First Claim
1. An integrated patient care and billing coordination system, the system comprising:
- a plurality of hand-held computers, the hand-held computers each having a user interface, the user interface enabling activities comprising;
facilitating access to patient health care information, inputting new patient health care information, receiving real-time information and alerts about patient health condition;
notification of timing of patient prescription medication treatment, inputting of timing of administration of patient treatment and creating an electronic record confirming the timing of the treatment administered; and
a computer in wireless communication with the plurality of hand-held computers, the computer having memory comprising a database configured to store and update patient health care information, the computer automatically and in real time receiving patient health care information from one of the plurality of hand-held computers and automatically synchronizing, in real time, the received patient health care information with all others of the plurality of hand-held computers, the computer in communication with an in-system party or an out-of-system party to transmit patient health care information and receive acknowledgment of receipt of the information, the computer monitoring fee-bearing information exchanged with the in-system party and updating the database for an appropriate patient;
wherein the patient health care information comprises, for each patient, prescriptions, care-giver notes, care-giver prepared charts, patient medical history, physician orders and patient health insurance information.
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Abstract
A patient care coordination system that includes a plurality of hand-held computers in communication with a cloud computing network or a remote server that has an accessible database of all patients and the health care information of each. The cloud computing network or remote server synchronizes, in real time, patient health care information input in any one of the plurality of hand-held computers with all the others of the plurality of hand-held computers. The hand-held computers are able to download and view the patient health care information in the database in a user friendly graphic user interface equipped with a touch screen for ease of user data navigation. The cloud computing network or remote server also receives, as input, data from patient care devices that are used to monitor patient condition periodically or continuously and store these in the database for the appropriate patient. In addition, the cloud computing network or remote server transmits encrypted electronic digital patient health care information to a third party and receives acknowledgment of third party receipt of the information. The cloud computing network or remote server monitors fee-bearing information exchanged with the third party and automatically assesses a predetermined fee based on fee-bearing information exchanged and stores the billing information to the appropriate patient in the database.
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1. An integrated patient care and billing coordination system, the system comprising:
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a plurality of hand-held computers, the hand-held computers each having a user interface, the user interface enabling activities comprising;
facilitating access to patient health care information, inputting new patient health care information, receiving real-time information and alerts about patient health condition;
notification of timing of patient prescription medication treatment, inputting of timing of administration of patient treatment and creating an electronic record confirming the timing of the treatment administered; anda computer in wireless communication with the plurality of hand-held computers, the computer having memory comprising a database configured to store and update patient health care information, the computer automatically and in real time receiving patient health care information from one of the plurality of hand-held computers and automatically synchronizing, in real time, the received patient health care information with all others of the plurality of hand-held computers, the computer in communication with an in-system party or an out-of-system party to transmit patient health care information and receive acknowledgment of receipt of the information, the computer monitoring fee-bearing information exchanged with the in-system party and updating the database for an appropriate patient; wherein the patient health care information comprises, for each patient, prescriptions, care-giver notes, care-giver prepared charts, patient medical history, physician orders and patient health insurance information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An integrated, synchronized patient care and billing coordination system, the system comprising:
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a plurality of hand-held computers, the hand-held computers each having a user interface, the user interface enabling activities comprising;
facilitating access to patient health care information, inputting new patient health care information, receiving real-time information and alerts about patient health condition;
notification of timing of patient prescription medication treatment, inputting of timing of administration of patient treatment and creating an electronic record confirming the timing of the treatment administered; anda computer in real time communication with the plurality of hand-held computers, the computer having memory comprising a database configured to receive, store and update patient health care information for a plurality of patients, the computer automatically and in real time receiving patient health care information from one of the plurality of hand-held computers and automatically synchronizing, in real time, the received patient health care information with all others of the plurality of hand-held computers, the computer also receiving as input patient data from patient care devices and storing these data in the database for a corresponding patient, the computer transmitting patient health care information to an in-system pharmacy and receiving acknowledgment of the information, the computer monitoring fee-bearing information, automatically assessing a predetermined fee based on fee-bearing information exchanged with the in-system pharmacy, and automatically applying a charge to the database for a corresponding patient; wherein the patient health care information comprises, for each patient, prescriptions, care-giver notes, care-giver prepared charts, patient medical history, physician orders and patient health insurance information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A multi-user, automatically synchronized, patient care coordination system, the system comprising:
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a plurality of wireless hand-held computers, the hand-held computers each having a user interface, the user interface enabling activities comprising;
facilitating access to patient health care information, inputting new patient health care information, receiving real-time information and alerts about patient health condition;
notification of timing of patient prescription medication treatment, inputting of timing of administration of patient treatment and creating an electronic record confirming the timing of the treatment administered; andat least one remote server, the remote server in real time communication with the plurality of hand-held computers in real time, the remote server having memory comprising a database configured to store patient health care information for a plurality of patients, and applications software, the remote server automatically and in real time synchronizing patient health care information between the plurality of portable hand-held computers by making newly-input patient health care information received from any one of the plurality of hand-held computers substantially immediately available to all others of the plurality of portable hand-held computers, the remote server in electronic digital communication with an in-system party or out-of-system party to transmit encrypted patient health care information to the in-system party or out-of-system party, system application software automatically assessing a fee based on patient health care information communicated to the in-system party or out-of-system party; wherein the patient health care information comprises, for each patient, prescriptions, care-giver notes, care-giver prepared charts, patient medical history, physician orders and patient health insurance information.
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