PHARMACY MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION WITH BEDSIDE REAL-TIME MEDICAL EVENT DATA COLLECTION
First Claim
1. A system for automatically establishing an enhanced electronic heath record for a patient, comprising:
- an automatic data collection facility for collecting data of a medically-related event in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises medication administration data; and
a real-time data integration facility in electronic communication with the automatic data collection facility for automatically integrating the data of a medically-related event with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to establish the enhanced electronic health record.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for automatically establishing an enhanced electronic health record (EHR) for a patient include an automatic data collection facility that collects data of a medically related event in proximity to a patient upon occurrence of the event. The collected data may include medication administration data such as medication, time of administration, administration of a dosage of medication, reaction data, and the like. The collected data is communicated to a real-time data integration facility that automatically integrates the data with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to establish an enhanced electronic health record.
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191 Claims
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1. A system for automatically establishing an enhanced electronic heath record for a patient, comprising:
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an automatic data collection facility for collecting data of a medically-related event in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises medication administration data; and a real-time data integration facility in electronic communication with the automatic data collection facility for automatically integrating the data of a medically-related event with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to establish the enhanced electronic health record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for automatically establishing an enhanced electronic health record for a patient, comprising:
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collecting data of a medically-related event with an automatic data collection facility in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises medication administration data; and integrating in real-time the data of a medically-related event automatically with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to establish the enhanced electronic health record. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for automatically establishing an enhanced electronic health record for a patient, comprising:
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collecting data of a medically-related event with an automatic data collection facility in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises raw medication administration data; transforming with a processor the raw medication administration data collected by the automatic data collection facility into a format suitable for use in an enhanced electronic healthcare database record; and integrating in real-time the data of a medically-related event automatically with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to establish the enhanced electronic health record. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for automatically maintaining an enhanced electronic heath record for a patient, comprising:
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an automatic data collection facility for collecting data of a healthcare-related event in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the healthcare-related event comprises medication administration data; and a real-time data integration facility in electronic communication with the automatic data collection facility for automatically integrating the data of a healthcare-related event with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to maintain the enhanced electronic health record. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method for automatically maintaining an enhanced electronic heath record for a patient, comprising:
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collecting data of a healthcare-related event with an automatic data collection facility in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the healthcare-related event comprises medication administration data; and integrating in real-time the data of a healthcare-related event automatically with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to maintain the enhanced electronic health record. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method for automatically maintaining an enhanced electronic heath record for a patient, comprising:
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collecting data of a healthcare-related event with an automatic data collection facility in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the healthcare-related event comprises raw medication administration data; transforming with a processor the raw medication administration data collected by the auto collection facility into a format suitable for use in an enhances electronic healthcare database record; and integrating in real-time the data of a healthcare-related event automatically with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to maintain the enhanced electronic health record. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A system for automatically establishing an enhanced electronic heath record for a patient, comprising:
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an automatic data collection facility for collecting data of a medically-related event in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises medication administration data and another type of data of the medically-related event; and a real-time data integration facility in electronic communication with the automatic data collection facility for automatically integrating the data of a medically-related event with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to establish the enhanced electronic health record. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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81. A system for automatically maintaining an enhanced electronic heath record for a patient, comprising:
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an automatic data collection facility for collecting data of a medically-related event in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises medication administration data that includes patient identification data that is collected from a medication container contemporaneously with the medically-related event; and a real-time data integration facility in electronic communication with the automatic data collection facility for automatically integrating the data of a medically-related event with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to establish the enhanced electronic health record.
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82. A method for automatically maintaining an enhanced electronic heath record for a patient, comprising:
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collecting data of a medically-related event with an automatic data collection facility in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises medication administration data that includes patient identification data that is collected from a medication container contemporaneously with the medically-related event; and integrating in real-time the data of a medically-related event automatically with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to establish the enhanced electronic health record.
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83. A method for automatically maintaining an enhanced electronic heath record for a patient, comprising:
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collecting data of a medically-related event with an automatic data collection facility in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises raw medication administration data that includes patient identification data that is collected from a medication container contemporaneously with the medically-related event; transforming with a processor the raw medication administration data collected by the automatic data collection facility into a format suitable for use in an enhanced electronic healthcare database record; and integrating in real-time the data of a medically-related event automatically with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to establish the enhanced electronic health record.
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84. A system for automatically maintaining an enhanced electronic heath record for a patient, comprising:
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an automatic data collection facility for collecting data of a medically-related event in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the medically-related event is a medication administration event and wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises data for a medication that was prescribed but not administered during the occurrence of the event; and a real-time data integration facility in electronic communication with the automatic data collection facility for automatically integrating the data of a medically-related event with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to establish the enhanced electronic health record.
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85. A method for automatically maintaining an enhanced electronic heath record for a patient, comprising:
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collecting data of a medically-related event with an automatic data collection facility in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the medically-related event is a medication administration event and wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises data for a medication that was prescribed but not administered during the occurrence of the event; and integrating in real-time the data of a medically-related event automatically with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to establish the enhanced electronic health record.
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86. A method for automatically maintaining an enhanced electronic heath record for a patient, comprising:
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collecting data of a medically-related event with an automatic data collection facility in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the medically-related event is a medication administration event and wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises raw data for a medication that was prescribed but not administered during the occurrence of the event; transforming with a processor the raw data for a medication collected by the automatic data collection facility into a format suitable for use in an enhanced electronic healthcare database record; and integrating in real-time the data of a medically-related event automatically with a patient'"'"'s electronic health record to establish the enhanced electronic health record.
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87. A system for maintaining a health information dashboard, comprising:
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an automatic data collection facility for collecting data of a medically-related event in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises medication administration data; a real-time data integration facility in electronic communication with the automatic data collection facility for automatically integrating the data of a medically-related event into a data repository; and a user interface for displaying data from the data repository, the displayed data facilitating management of health care administration. - View Dependent Claims (88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113)
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114. A method for maintaining a health information dashboard, comprising:
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collecting data of a medically-related event with an automatic data collection facility in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of medically-related event comprises medication administration data; integrating in real-time the data of the medically-related event automatically in to a data repository; and displaying in a dashboard of a user interface data from the data repository, the displayed data facilitating management of health care administration.
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115. A method for maintaining a health information dashboard, comprising:
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collecting data of a medically-related event with an automatic data collection facility in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of medically-related event comprises raw medication administration data; transforming with a processor the raw medication administration data collected by the automatic data collection facility into a format suitable for use in a medical information data repository; integrating in real-time the data of the medically-related event automatically into the data repository; and displaying in a dashboard of a user interface data from the data repository, the displayed data facilitating management of health care administration.
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116. A dashboard for a system to manage the prescribing and administration of medication, comprising:
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a medication administrator records (MAR) facility configured to access a database having information from a reporting source therein, wherein the reporting source comprises an automatic data collection facility for collecting data of a medically-related event in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of medically-related event comprises medication administration data; a user selectable dashboard definer configured to provide user selectable options for defining the information from the MAR facility to be presented in a report at a dashboard; and a display definer configured to operate in conjunction with the user selectable dashboard definer to define the format in which the report from the MAR facility is to be presented at a dashboard. - View Dependent Claims (117, 118, 119, 120)
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121. A system for predicting a health-related outcome of a patient with a health condition, comprising:
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an automatic data collection facility for collecting data of a medically-related event in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein data of the medically-related event comprises automatically collected medication administration data and outcome data; a real-time data integration facility in electronic communication with the automatic data collection facility for automatically integrating the data of a medically-related event into a data repository; and a prediction facility in electronic communication with the data repository utilizing the data of a medically-related event for predicting the health-related outcome. - View Dependent Claims (122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164)
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165. A method for predicting a health-related outcome of a patient with a health condition, comprising:
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collecting data of a medically-related event with an automatic data collection facility in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises automatically collected medication administration data and event outcome data; integrating in real-time the data of the medically-related event automatically into a data repository; and utilizing the data of the medically-related event for predicting the health-related outcome. - View Dependent Claims (166, 167, 168, 169, 170)
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171. A method for predicting a health-related outcome of a patient with a health condition, comprising:
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collecting data of a medically-related event with an automatic data collection facility in proximity to a patient upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the data of the medically-related event comprises raw medication administration data and raw event outcome data; transforming with a processor the raw medication administration data and raw event outcome data collected by the automatic data collection facility into a format suitable for use in a medical information data repository; integrating in real-time the data of the medically-related event automatically into the data repository; and utilizing the data of the medically-related event for predicting the health-related outcome.
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172. A system to manage the prescribing and administration of medication, comprising:
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a medication management facility comprising an electronic order entry facility for accepting electronic medication orders, the medication management facility configured to at least one of; verify formulary compliance; determine drug allergy information associated with the electronic medication orders; and determine drug interaction information associated with the electronic medication orders; a medication billing and dispensing facility in electronic communication with the medication management facility, the medication billing and dispensing facility for receiving the electronic medication orders, providing information regarding formulary compliance, providing the drug allergy information, providing the drug interaction information, and further comprising an interface allowing a pharmacist to approve the electronic medication order; a medication dispensing machine in electronic communication with the medication dispensing and billing facility, receiving an approved electronic medication order and dispensing at least one dosage of medication based on the approved electronic order, the at least one dosage being packaged in packaging comprising electronically readable information regarding the at least one dosage of medications; a medication cart configured to store a plurality of dosages of medications; a workstation having an output facility, the workstation in electronic communication with the medication management facility; and a reader device in electronic communication with the workstation and capable of reading the electronically readable information regarding the at least one dosage of medications, wherein the workstation transmits the electronically readable information regarding the at least one dosage of medication read by the reader to the medication management facility, and wherein the medication management facility generates a warning if the electronically readable information transmitted from the workstation differs from a current electronic medication order. - View Dependent Claims (173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187)
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188. An integrated system of managing administration, billing, and filling orders for medication, comprising:
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a medication administration facility for automatically receiving data related to actual administration of medications; a medication order and billing facility for storing data related to orders and cost of the administered medication; and a reporting interface, wherein the medication administration facility and the medication order and billing facility are in real-time two-way communication with one another, and in real-time communication with the reporting interface. - View Dependent Claims (189, 190, 191)
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