Method of providing health care

• US 20050038672A1
• Filed: 08/15/2003
• Published: 02/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ajai Sawhney, Rush Jl
• Original Assignee: Ajai Sawhney, Rush Jl
• Inventors: Sawhney, Ajai, Rush, J.L.
• Application Number:
  US10/642,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20050038672A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A method of providing medical treatment in which a patient is received in an emergency situation and is properly diagnosed. Diagnosis includes: taking a medical history of the patient; conducting a physical examination of the patient; and, if necessary, performing tests on the patient. All of the diagnosis is digitally stored and is made accessible to the primary care physician and also to a receiving hospital or long-care facility. The patient is not kept at the invention'"'"'s facility for more than twenty-four hours.

Claims

1. A method of providing medical treatment comprising the steps of:

a) receiving a patient in an emergency situation;

b) diagnosing said patient;

c) digitally storing all aspects of the diagnosis on a computer; and

,

d) providing treatment based upon said diagnosis for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours.

2. The method of providing medical treatment according to claim 1, wherein the step of diagnosing said patient includes the steps of:

a) taking a medical history of the patient;

b) conducting a physical examination of the patient; and

,

c) performing tests on the patient.

3. The method of providing medical treatment according to claim 2, wherein the step of performing tests on the patient includes the step of generating selected digital imaging of the patient.

4. The method of providing medical treatment according to claim 3, wherein the step of generating digital imaging of the patient includes the step of creating a digital x-ray of a portion of the patient.

5. The method of providing medical treatment according to claim 4, further including the step of making the diagnosis of the patient digitally accessible to a remote care-facility.

6. The method of providing medical treatment according to claim 5, further including:

a) automatically and electronically notifying a primary care physician of the patient; and

,

b) digitally providing access to the diagnosis to the primary care physician.

7. The method of providing medical treatment according to claim 5, further including the step of transporting the patient to the remote care-facility.

8. An emergency care method comprising the steps of:

a) diagnosing a patient within a facility remote from a hospital;

b) digitally storing all aspects of the diagnosis on a computer; and

,

c) providing treatment based upon said diagnosis for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours.

9. The method according to claim 8,

a) wherein the step of diagnosing said patient includes the steps of taking a medical history of the patient,

conducting a physical examination of the patient, and, performing tests on the patient;

and,

b) wherein the step of digitally storing all aspects of the diagnosis includes the step of, under a reference for the patient, digitally storing the medical history, physical examination results, and tests of the patient.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of performing tests on the patient includes the step of generating selected digital imaging of the patient.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of generating digital imaging of the patient includes the step of creating a digital x-ray of a portion of the patient.

12. The method according to claim 11, further including:

a) automatically and electronically notifying a primary care physician of the patient; and

,

b) digitally providing access to the diagnosis to the primary care physician.

13. The method according to claim 11, further including the step of making the diagnosis of the patient digitally accessible to a remote care-facility.

14. The method according to claim 13, further including the step of transporting the patient to the remote care-facility.

15. A method of providing medical treatment comprising the steps of:

a) receiving a patient in an emergency situation;

b) diagnosing said patient by,

1) taking a medical history of the patient,

2) conducting a physical examination of the patient, and,

3) performing tests on the patient;

c) digitally storing all aspects of the diagnosis on a computer; and

,

d) providing treatment based upon said diagnosis for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours.

16. The method of providing medical treatment according to claim 15, further including:

a) automatically and electronically notifing a primary care physician of the patient; and

,

b) digitally providing access to the diagnosis to the primary care physician.

17. The method of providing medical treatment according to claim 15, wherein the step of performing tests on the patient includes the step of generating selected digital imaging of the patient.

18. The method of providing medical treatment according to claim 17, wherein the step of generating digital imaging of the patient includes the step of creating a digital x-ray of a portion of the patient.

19. The method of providing medical treatment according to claim 18, further including the step of making the diagnosis of the patient digitally accessible to a remote care-facility.

20. The method of providing medical treatment according to claim 19, further including the step of transporting the patient to the remote care-facility.