Method and system for selective merging of patient data
First Claim
1. A device for providing access to medical information, the device comprising:
- a source database having a plurality of source database medical records maintained in a source format, each of said plurality of source database medical records including a plurality of source fields;
a destination database having a plurality of destination database medical records, said destination database configured for the receipt of medical records in a destination format, each of said plurality of destination database medical records including a plurality of destination fields corresponding to said plurality of source fields; and
a data comparison program adapted to identify medical records in said source database that are substantially identical to medical records in said destination database by comparing fields selected from the plurality of source fields to corresponding fields selected from the plurality of destination fields.
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Abstract
A method and system for merging patient data in the form of medical information, e.g., patient and/or healthcare provider information, is provided, which may be utilized to identify medical information stored in a first location that is unique to, a duplicate of, and/or a potential duplicate of medical information stored in a second location. In one exemplary embodiment, the present invention is utilized in conjunction with or incorporated into medical management software. In one exemplary embodiment, the medical management software is disease management software, such as diabetes management software. In medical management software, it is important to ensure that specific, individual records containing medical information are properly associated with an individual patient and/or healthcare provider.
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1. A device for providing access to medical information, the device comprising:
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a source database having a plurality of source database medical records maintained in a source format, each of said plurality of source database medical records including a plurality of source fields; a destination database having a plurality of destination database medical records, said destination database configured for the receipt of medical records in a destination format, each of said plurality of destination database medical records including a plurality of destination fields corresponding to said plurality of source fields; and a data comparison program adapted to identify medical records in said source database that are substantially identical to medical records in said destination database by comparing fields selected from the plurality of source fields to corresponding fields selected from the plurality of destination fields. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. In a computing device, a method of identifying substantially identical medical information, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining patient data from a medical device and configuring the patient data in a source database having source database medical information, with the source database medical information including the patient data from the medical device; selecting a destination database containing destination database medical information; comparing the source database medical information to the destination database medical information; determining whether any of the source database medical information is substantially identical to the destination database medical information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine-readable data migration utility program on media for storing instructions for a method of identifying substantially identical medical information, the method comprising the steps of:
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prompting a user to obtain patient data from a medical device and configuring the patient data in a source database having source database medical information, with the source database medical information including the patient data from the medical device; prompting the user to identify a destination database containing destination database medical information; comparing the source database medical information to the destination database medical information; and determining whether the source database medical information is substantially identical to the destination database medical information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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