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Longitudinal electronic record system and method with task-based workflow

  • US 8,751,501 B2
  • Filed: 02/15/2012
  • Issued: 06/10/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for electronic record keeping, organizing and managing, comprising:

  • collecting visit level information for administrative use, said visit level information comprising data items representing at least one of the following;

    demographic information, subjective information, objective information, assessment information and plan information;

    collecting and maintaining a list of items relating to an individual;

    assuming management of follow up items;

    creating a revision history of said list of items over time;

    implementing a privacy protocol;

    providing a task-based workflow;

    supporting secure data exchange; and

    supporting resource-based tasking;

    wherein the creating step includes;

    linking a data item of information created during a first visit and a data item of information created during a second visit, directly or indirectly, using a pointer; and

    designating the second visit data item as current;

    wherein the linked data items are stored in a directed graph data structure.

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