Integrated emergency medical database system
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1. An emergency dispatch database system, comprising:
- one or more server computers specially programmed with a database storing a plurality of database records;
the one or more server computers specially programmed with a set of patient-related data that forms the basis for a patient record or database query where the patient-related data in the database may be queried without using a device unique to the patient;
the one or more server computers specially programmed with a first database module comprising instructions for dispatching a vehicle carrying an emergency transport crew to a patient site;
the one or more server computers specially programmed with a second database module comprising instructions for generating a calculated vehicle path to the patient site;
the one or more server computers specially programmed with a third database module comprising instructions for tracking and storing an actual vehicle path of the vehicle and determining whether the actual vehicle path varies from the calculated vehicle path;
wherein the determining whether the actual vehicle path varies from the calculated vehicle path includes identifying a variation from the calculated vehicle path;
wherein the third database module additionally comprises instructions for making information regarding the variation available to at least a fourth database module; and
wherein the information regarding the variation comprises a reason for the variation, and the fourth database module comprises instructions for calculating a bill at least in part based on the reason for the variation.
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Abstract
An integrated medical database system for the emergency medical transportation business is disclosed. The system includes a dispatch module, clinical module, administration module and billing module. Each module may communicate data with one or more of the other modules to form a system incorporating data sharing, thus achieving an end-to-end automation of emergency medical care accounting. Internal consistency checks are performed by the system to ensure that proper treatments are performed according to a chosen diagnosis.
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1. An emergency dispatch database system, comprising:
- one or more server computers specially programmed with a database storing a plurality of database records;
the one or more server computers specially programmed with a set of patient-related data that forms the basis for a patient record or database query where the patient-related data in the database may be queried without using a device unique to the patient;
the one or more server computers specially programmed with a first database module comprising instructions for dispatching a vehicle carrying an emergency transport crew to a patient site;
the one or more server computers specially programmed with a second database module comprising instructions for generating a calculated vehicle path to the patient site;
the one or more server computers specially programmed with a third database module comprising instructions for tracking and storing an actual vehicle path of the vehicle and determining whether the actual vehicle path varies from the calculated vehicle path;wherein the determining whether the actual vehicle path varies from the calculated vehicle path includes identifying a variation from the calculated vehicle path; wherein the third database module additionally comprises instructions for making information regarding the variation available to at least a fourth database module; and wherein the information regarding the variation comprises a reason for the variation, and the fourth database module comprises instructions for calculating a bill at least in part based on the reason for the variation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- one or more server computers specially programmed with a database storing a plurality of database records;
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11. A medical database system, comprising:
- one or more server computers specially programmed with a database storing therein a plurality of database records;
the one or more server computers specially programmed with a set of patient-related data that forms the basis for a patient record or database query where the patient-related data in the database may be queried without using a device unique to the patient;
the one or more server computers specially programmed with a first database module comprising instructions for dispatching an vehicle carrying an emergency transport crew to a patient site;
the one or more server computers specially programmed with a second database module comprising instructions for generating a calculated vehicle path to the patient site and storing the calculated vehicle path data in the database;
the one or more server computers specially programmed with a third database module comprising instructions for recording in the database the actual vehicle path of the vehicle and calculating a variation from the actual vehicle path;wherein the determining whether the actual vehicle path varies from the calculated vehicle path includes identifying a variation from the calculated vehicle path; wherein the third database module additionally comprises instructions for making information regarding the variation available to at least a fourth database module; and wherein the information regarding the variation comprises a reason for the variation, and the fourth database module comprises instructions for calculating a bill at least in part based on the reason for the variation.
- one or more server computers specially programmed with a database storing therein a plurality of database records;
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