Method and Apparatus for Picture Archiving Communication System With STAT Workflow
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1. A method, comprising:
- enrolling medical professionals in a computer system;
creating a list of the medical professionals that desire to receive emergency broadcast transmissions;
entering medical data about a patient, an urgency type for the patient, and a medical data type for the patient into the computer system;
broadcasting a first message to the medical professionals that desire to receive emergency broadcast transmissions when an urgency type for the data is in an emergency status;
conducting a second broadcast message to a medical professional with a medical professional type corresponding to the medical data type when the urgency type corresponds to a need for immediate reading of the medical data for the patient; and
retrieving the broadcast message to the medical professional and conducting a replacement broadcast when the urgency type of the medical data changes from a first state to a second state.
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Abstract
A method for medical scan archiving and notifying medical professionals of a need for evaluation of the medical scan, having a capability to identify emergency condition data for medical patients and notify appropriate personnel of the emergency data pending within the system.
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1. A method, comprising:
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enrolling medical professionals in a computer system; creating a list of the medical professionals that desire to receive emergency broadcast transmissions; entering medical data about a patient, an urgency type for the patient, and a medical data type for the patient into the computer system; broadcasting a first message to the medical professionals that desire to receive emergency broadcast transmissions when an urgency type for the data is in an emergency status; conducting a second broadcast message to a medical professional with a medical professional type corresponding to the medical data type when the urgency type corresponds to a need for immediate reading of the medical data for the patient; and retrieving the broadcast message to the medical professional and conducting a replacement broadcast when the urgency type of the medical data changes from a first state to a second state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for medical scan archiving and notifying medical professionals of a need for evaluation of the medical scan, comprising:
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enrolling medical professionals in a computer system; creating a list of the medical professionals that desire to receive emergency broadcast transmissions; entering medical data about a patient, an urgency type for the patient, and a medical data type for the patient into the computer system; broadcasting a first message to the medical professionals that desire to receive emergency broadcast transmissions when an urgency type for the data is in an emergency status; conducting a second broadcast message to a medical professional with a medical professional type corresponding to the medical data type when the urgency type corresponds to a need for immediate reading of the medical data for the patient; and retrieving the broadcast message to the medical professional and conducting a replacement broadcast when the urgency type of the medical data changes from a first state to a second state. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for medical data retention and medical professional notification, comprising:
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a computer workstation configured to enter and display patient information medical data scans; a broadcast module; and a computer server connected to the computer workstation, the computer server configured to store the medical data scans patient information, the computer server also having a messaging module connected to the broadcast module, wherein the messaging module is configured to both activate the broadcast module to send a message to a medical professional at a location remote from the computer workstation and the computer server based upon a predefined status of the patient information and to accept and maintain a list of medical professionals qualified to receive an emergency broadcast, the messaging module further configured to retrieve previously conveyed messages when a status of data corresponding to the message has changed.
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