Inventory and patient management system
First Claim
1. A system for managing the treatment of patients diagnosed with sleep-disordered breathing and products used in their treatment, comprising:
- at least one barcode scanner configured to scan medically-prescribed barcodes to be used in identifying corresponding products and in retrieving identifying information about said identified products;
an integrated product and patient database tangibly stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the integrated product and patient database being configured to store said retrieved identifying product information and information about patients; and
,said product and patient database being updated at least when said products are received and dispensed as the medically-prescribed barcodes are scanned, the product and patient database being updated to include either or both of;
(a) an automatically-generated reminder specific to a patient and product, the reminder including a date/time and a reason for the reminder, and (b) a rental and/or loaner agreement specific to the product.
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Abstract
A system and/or method for managing patients and products used in the treatment of their sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is provided. A barcode scanner preferably scans product data and wirelessly communicates it to a database for use in an inventory management system for tracking and generating product and patient information for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) treatment, for example, when receiving items into stock, dispensing products, returning loaned, rented, and/or defective products, etc. Custom patient reminders, notes, reports, and the like may be generated automatically based on the scanned data.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for managing the treatment of patients diagnosed with sleep-disordered breathing and products used in their treatment, comprising:
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at least one barcode scanner configured to scan medically-prescribed barcodes to be used in identifying corresponding products and in retrieving identifying information about said identified products; an integrated product and patient database tangibly stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the integrated product and patient database being configured to store said retrieved identifying product information and information about patients; and
,said product and patient database being updated at least when said products are received and dispensed as the medically-prescribed barcodes are scanned, the product and patient database being updated to include either or both of;
(a) an automatically-generated reminder specific to a patient and product, the reminder including a date/time and a reason for the reminder, and (b) a rental and/or loaner agreement specific to the product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for managing the treatment of patients diagnosed with sleep-disordered breathing and products used in their treatment, said method comprising:
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scanning medically-prescribed barcodes associated with said products to retrieve identifying information about said products; storing said retrieved identifying product information and information about patients in an integrated product and patient database tangibly stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium; updating said product and patient database via at least one processor at least when said products are received and dispensed as the medically-prescribed barcodes are scanned so as to include either or both of;
(a) an automatically-generated reminder specific to a patient and product, the reminder including a date/time and a reason for the reminder, and (b) a rental and/or loaner agreement specific to the product. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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