APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL TESTING
First Claim
1. An Internet based software system for the controlled requisitioning, processing, monitoring and interpretation of test data, comprising a means for the performance of said laboratory testing at remote locations, while one or more functions are reviewed and/or controlled from a central location.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for practicing telemedicine in the form of software systems acting over a network and kits containing laboratory supplies and equipment to organize the laboratory operations and interpret the results of molecular diagnostic testing are disclosed. At least two computers in communication over the Internet or other network are used, a remote computer located at a remote site and a central server located at a central site. The remote site may be geographically distant from the central site. A specimen is procured from a patient proximate to the remote site. Laboratory operations are conducted on the specimen at the remote site. The laboratory data resulting from the laboratory operations is interpreted by an expert reviewer who may be located at the central site, and a report is then transmitted back to the remote site.
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17 Claims
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1. An Internet based software system for the controlled requisitioning, processing, monitoring and interpretation of test data, comprising a means for the performance of said laboratory testing at remote locations, while one or more functions are reviewed and/or controlled from a central location.
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2. A method for remote telemedicine, comprising:
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procuring a specimen; gathering patient information; performing laboratory operations at a remote site; gathering laboratory data at the remote site; preparing laboratory data and patient information for transmission by Internet to a central site; transmitting the data to an expert reviewer by Internet; interpreting the data by the expert reviewer; writing a test report under the control of the expert reviewer; and
,transmitting the test report to the remote site. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for practicing telemedicine, comprising:
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providing a computer network comprising at least a central server and a remote computer in communication with one another, the central server is located at a central site and the remote computer is located at a remote site; procuring a specimen from a patient; procuring patient information; analyzing the specimen to produce laboratory data at the remote location; inputting the patient information and the laboratory data into the remote computer at the remote location; transmitting the patient data and the laboratory data over the computer network to the central computer at the central location; providing an expert reviewer at the central site; interpreting the patient information and the laboratory data by the expert reviewer at the central site; and generating a report of the interpreting of the patient information and the laboratory data; and
,transmitting the report to the remote computer at the remote location. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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