Patient Record Management

Patient Record Management patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

11/23/06 - 20060265253 - Patient data mining improvements
Improvements in mining information from patient records and/or use of such mined information are provided. A scheduled appointment is identified. In response, the patient record is mined to identify any possible lack of adherence. A form requiring authorization and including a clinical action or prescription is generated to address, at ...

11/23/06 - 20060265252 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method
Processing of searching for personal information and image processing parameters specified by image identification information (S31) and specifying readable elements of the readout personal information to be transmitted to a user terminal is executed (S32). Of the elements contained in the personal information searched in step S31, the elements specified ...

11/23/06 - 20060265251 - Computerized system and methods for adjudicating and reimbursing for healthcare services based on quality
A method for adjudicating and reimbursing a care provider for services provided for a clinical event is provided. The method includes the step of receiving a transaction having a number of clinical data elements. The method also includes the steps of accessing a data store including payer information and determining ...

11/23/06 - 20060265250 - Computerized system and methods for adjudicating and automatically reimbursing care providers
A method for adjudicating and reimbursing a care provider for services provided for a clinical event is provided. The method includes the step of receiving a transaction having a number of clinical data elements. The method also includes the steps of accessing a data store including payer information and determining ...

11/23/06 - 20060265249 - Method, system, and computer-readable medium for providing a patient electronic medical record with an improved timeline
A computer-readable medium for displaying and providing access to a stored patient electronic medical record (EMR), the computer-readable medium comprising a code segment executable by a processor for providing a user interface screen for display to a user, the user interface screen comprising a graphically-displayed timeline, the timeline comprising a ...

11/16/06 - 20060259332 - Home power management system
Systems and methods for managing power usage are provided. The system includes a programmable microprocessor, at least one input mechanism, a memory having instructions and/or other information, a display, at least one power consuming power device and a remote server. The systems allows the user of a power consuming device ...

11/16/06 - 20060259331 - Medical records website and related methods
The invention is for a medical records website and for methods for collecting, storing, and distributing medical information over the internet. The website contains web pages containing electronic medical forms that a patient may access from any computer. A patient sees initially empty data fields on the electronic medical forms ...

11/16/06 - 20060259330 - Electronic prescription system for internet pharmacies and method threfor
An electronic prescription system that includes a first prescription processor, a second prescription processor and a third prescription processor. The first prescription processor is configured to provide prescription information for creating an electronic prescription for a patient. The second prescription processor is configured to provide an electronic prescription processing service. ...

11/16/06 - 20060259329 - System and method for determining the degree of abnormality of a patient's vital signs
A system and method for determining the degree of abnormality of a vital sign of a patient by obtaining the clinical profile of said patient and determining the statistical difference between the vital sign of the patient and the vital signs of previously evaluated patients having similar clinical profiles. The ...

11/09/06 - 20060253304 - Providing an independent practitioner medical opinion via a network
A system and method of providing a medical opinion prepared by an independent practitioner using a networked computer system where the opinion is related to issues regarding certain medical claims are described. ...

11/02/06 - 20060247952 - Method and apparatus of transmitting patient medical data between a client computer and a server using electronic mail
A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium transmits data between a client computer and a server in communication with each other, including compressing, privatizing and encrypting, by the client computer, the data including patient medical data of a patient into a file, and automatically generating and transmitting to the server ...

10/26/06 - 20060241979 - Medical image filing system and medical image filing method
A medical image filing system comprises a primary storage device and a secondary storage device. In addition, the medical image filing system comprising: an image secondary storage condition setting unit for presetting a secondary storage condition to secondarily store a medical image data to the secondary storage device; an image ...

10/26/06 - 20060241978 - Electronic clinical chart system
An electronic clinical chart system having a search function based on comparison including measurement data obtained at the examination stage when a doctor in charge searches for similar case patients showing a symptom and the results of examinations similar to those of a new patient from past cases stored in ...

10/26/06 - 20060241977 - Patient medical data graphical presentation system
A system provides a comprehensive overview of patient health problems and treatments over an extended period of time in a graphical representation of diagnostic procedures, sites of disease and interventions. A user interface system for presenting patient medical information, includes at least one medical data repository including medical data identifying ...

10/26/06 - 20060241976 - System and method for determining cpt codes
A system for determining an applicable CPT code for the patient encounter. The system, in one form, includes a paper form defining a history section, an examination section and a complexity section. Each of the history and examination sections includes a plurality of point indicators, each of which is associated ...

10/19/06 - 20060235729 - Application-specific biometric templates
Disclosed are techniques for transforming a biometric template so that each application uses a unique template format. One transformed template cannot be successfully matched to a second template extracted from the same biologic entity unless the second template is transformed so that its format is identical to that of the ...

10/19/06 - 20060235728 - System and method for improved medical billing, payment, record keeping and patient care
A system and method for improved medical billing, payment, record keeping and patient care. The system and method includes a patient room computer containing a time clock algorithm, an electronic card reader connected to the patient room computer for reading a patient electronic card and for providing patient information contained ...

10/12/06 - 20060229919 - Internet medical information system (imed)
A system for creating, maintaining and selectively accessing medical histories. The system allows a patient and other selected parties to build a medical history, but importantly places the authority to grant access to the medical history solely in the hands of the patient. When the patient's medical history file is ...

10/12/06 - 20060229918 - Electronic personal health record system
Methods and apparatus for providing access to information associated with a patient are disclosed. Information associated with a patient may be stored electronically, enabling the information from an electronic health record (e.g., electronic personal health record controlled by a patient) or a portion thereof to be provided to an entity ...

10/12/06 - 20060229917 - Modifiable summary of patient medical data and customized patient files
A method for generating a modifiable summary of medical data derived from a patient can comprise steps of selecting a subset of medical data from a medical database, wherein the subset at least partially is uniquely associated with an individual patient, and generating a living graphical representation from at least ...

10/05/06 - 20060224420 - Healthcare insurance security system
A system that facilitates verifying insurance coverage of an insured includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) card, a card reader system, and an insurance system. The radio frequency identification card is coupled to a patient and is capable of transmitting card data. The card reader system receives the card data ...

09/28/06 - 20060218015 - Methods and apparatus for increasing and/or for monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines
Methods and apparatus are provided for increasing and/or monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines. In a first embodiment, a method is provided for use by a first container that is adapted to store a first medicine. The method includes storing information regarding the first medicine and ...

09/28/06 - 20060218014 - Methods and apparatus for increasing and/or for monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines
Methods and apparatus are provided for increasing and/or monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines. In a first embodiment, a method is provided for use by a first container that is adapted to store a first medicine. The method includes storing information regarding the first medicine and ...

09/28/06 - 20060218013 - Electronic directory of health care information
A system for assisting the exchange of information between healthcare providers, third party payors and persons receiving healthcare, employs an electronic data index with a record for each person identified listing the payors and/or providers with data regarding that person and instructions for accessing these data. The index records are ...

09/28/06 - 20060218012 - System for managing documents and associated document information deficiencies
A system auto-analyzes a document to automatically complete a record (e.g., a patient record) and create data indicating a document deficiency and assign data indicating the deficiency after the document is acquired into a patient record based on the type of the document and a predefined set of rules. A ...

09/28/06 - 20060218011 - Systems and methods for improved health care compliance
According to some embodiments, systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture may provide for improved health care compliance. Embodiments may comprise, for example, identifying an occurrence of an event associated with the taking of a substance by a patient, determining output information associated with a game, and providing the output ...

09/28/06 - 20060218010 - Systems and methods for obtaining, storing, processing and utilizing immunologic information of individuals and populations
A system and method for obtaining, storing, processing and utilizing immunologic information of individuals and populations is presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a biological sample can be taken from one or more individuals and the sample submitted to one or more panels of assays. The results of ...

09/21/06 - 20060212317 - Mammography operational management system and method
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method in a computer system is provided for managing mammography examination information. The method includes receiving electronically personal information of a patient, such as name, demographic information, and insurance information. Next, digital mammography images of the patient are produced by ...

09/21/06 - 20060212316 - Monitoring and feedback wireless medical system and method
A system and method are provided for obtaining medical data from a user, analyzing it and providing a feedback message. Existing home medical devices are connected to a data translation device which transmits the data to a cellular phone. The cellular phone transmits the data to a server where it ...

09/14/06 - 20060206361 - System for maintaining patient medical records for participating patients
A portable heath care records system employs a server on which the health care records of participating patients are stored. The patients may access the system using cards or CD-ROMS that are inserted into the patient's computer. The patients can review their own records via Internet and can edit them. ...

09/14/06 - 20060206360 - Medical information management apparatus and method, and medical information management program
A medical information management apparatus for creating facile electronic medical charts by which patients can understand their medical conditions or diagnostic results by viewing their own medical charts. The apparatus includes: a managing unit for managing electronic medical chart data; a recording medium in which a dictionary file is recorded; ...

09/07/06 - 20060200369 - Management of pending medication orders
Pending medication orders are presented on the controller of an infusion pump to which a patient has been identified. All pending medication orders are displayed on the screen of the controller and any may be selected by the clinician. Selecting a pending order at the controller that involves an infusion ...

09/07/06 - 20060200368 - Healthcare coordination, mentoring, and coaching services
A system for coordinating healthcare and services for an individual includes an assessment module programmed to collect data from the individual associated with internal and external factors related to the individual, an analysis module programmed to analyze the data and to recommend services based on the analysis, and a graphical ...

09/07/06 - 20060200367 - Anesthesia clinical calculator
A method for clinical calculation of anesthetic administration is disclosed. The method includes the step of providing a source containing anesthetic administration calculation programming. A a user device adapted and constructed to receive data from the source is also provided. Anesthetic administration data from the source is loaded onto the ...

08/31/06 - 20060195343 - Method and program-encoded medium for computerized synchronization of distributed radiology system
Inconsistencies between the local data sets of a distributed radiology system are detected and corrected centrally. The corrections are communicated to the affected actors of the radiology system. The data sets of the affected actors are synchronized by incorporation of the corrections. Wrong associations and losses of x-ray images are ...

08/31/06 - 20060195342 - Method and system for providing medical healthcare services
A method is provided for ordering over a network one or more tests for a medical condition for a patient, the method including the steps of providing to the user over the network one or more tests for the patient that can be selected, allowing a user to select over ...

08/31/06 - 20060195341 - Method and system for creating a conveniently accessible medical history
A method and system for creating a conveniently accessible medical history. An information-input node receives medical information and transmits it through an information-transmission connection to a record-creating node, which is remote from the information-input node. The record-creating node is for receiving the information through the information-transmission connection, for configuring it ...

08/24/06 - 20060190303 - Coordinated health and human services delivery system and process
A system (200) and method (500) is provided for a coordinated health care service delivery program. The method can include providing services to clients at high risk for chronic disease including co-morbidities and consequent disabilities associated with the chronic disease, linking community and vocational services (130) for facilitating community inclusion ...

08/24/06 - 20060190302 - System and method for managing patient care
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing care to a patient, comprising a patient care device having a number of configuration databases stored in a memory in the device. Each configuration database preferably includes protocols, operating limits, rule sets and/or operating features that collectively define ...

08/24/06 - 20060190301 - Method and apparatus for automated generation of a patient treatment plan
A method and apparatus for generating a patient treatment plan includes processing that begins by providing a list of health care services to a patient and/or care provider. The processing continues by prompting for input of digital information regarding the patient when health care services applicable to addressing the patient's ...

08/17/06 - 20060184395 - Method and system of verifying and authenticating personal history
A method and system of verifying and authenticating personal history data of a subject comprising requesting the personal history data of the subject from a data base provider, searching the data base for the personal history data of the subject, transmitting the requested personal history data to the requester, reviewing ...

08/17/06 - 20060184394 - Method to display up-to-date medical information graphs
A system employs a prediction processor for predicting demand for a graph and in response to receiving an individual new clinical result, observation or other information, updates associated graphs as a background process to provide a graph with reduced response time upon user request. A medical data graphing system includes ...

08/10/06 - 20060178914 - Remote health monitoring and maintenance system
A system and method is described that enables a health care provider to monitor and manage a health condition of a patient. The system includes a health care provider apparatus operated by a health care provider and a remotely programmable patient apparatus that is operated by a patient. The health ...

08/10/06 - 20060178913 - Medical and other consent information management system
A system allows healthcare personnel to automatically associate patient related activities to an appropriate consent form and track the status of consent forms electronically. A consent information management system suitable for healthcare use, comprises at least one repository associating consent information of a particular patient with data identifying, a corresponding ...

08/10/06 - 20060178912 - Computerized system for developing weight-loss plan
A weight loss program can be implemented at least partially on a Web server or other computing device. Patient data are input into the computing device. The computing device determines a weight-loss program, including a prescription, and provides the weight-loss program and the prescription to a physician for review before ...

08/10/06 - 20060178911 - System and user interface for providing patient status and care setting information
A system incorporates inpatient and outpatient clinical status information in a display image using layout and graphic symbols to graphically indicate a change in patient care setting and change in a level of care required for the patient. A system for providing patient status and care setting information to a ...

08/10/06 - 20060178910 - Publisher gateway systems for collaborative data exchange, collection, monitoring and/or alerting
A Publisher source of healthcare data is configured to communicate with an Internet-based data sharing system, the Publisher comprising a Publisher Gateway configured to electronically receive patient data from a plurality of data input sources, automatically correlate data from the plurality of input sources associated with respective patients into respective ...

08/10/06 - 20060178909 - System and method for automatically notifying a blood bank database of blood product administration and transfusion
The present invention relates to a method for automatically tracking blood product administration in a computerized healthcare environment. Information regarding a blood product unit received by the blood bank department is documented in a database. An indication that the blood product unit has been administered to the patient by a ...

08/03/06 - 20060173719 - Message-based connectivity manager
A connectivity manager for use in a medical information system. The medical information system can include a facility information system, a medical imaging ordering system, and a picture archiving system, and the connectivity manager can be configured to use message-based communications to receive messages from the medical imaging ordering system, ...

07/27/06 - 20060167724 - Electronic systems and methods for processing health care transactions
Disclosed are embodiments of a computer-based processing system that enables health care providers to sell and order health care products and services from third party vendors for their patients in accordance with federal and state laws. For example, a provider server may initiate an order of a product or may ...

07/27/06 - 20060167723 - Method of treating dependencies
A method and apparatus of treating an addiction is provided. The method includes evaluating the individual to determine the individual's needs. An individual admitted to the program undergoes a supervised treatment protocol that may include education and initial treatment, group therapy, and relapse prevention. There may also be a maintenance ...

07/27/06 - 20060167722 - System and method for adaptive drug delivery
The present invention provides a system and method for determining and maintaining a concentration level of medication in a patient sufficient to achieve and maintain a desired effect on that patient. Generally speaking, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a medication delivery controller uses a patient response profile ...

07/20/06 - 20060161460 - System and method for a graphical user interface for healthcare data
A system and method for use with a graphical user interface, includes but is not limited to organizing the healthcare data for one or more patients in a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface configured to be altered according to one or more documentation preferences of a user of ...

07/20/06 - 20060161459 - System and method for displaying a health status of hospitalized patients
A system and method for displaying a health status of hospitalized patients. Patient data associated with hospitalized patients is selected according to display rules. A display module selects selected patient data, applies display rules to the selected patient data, and displays the selected patient data. A smart alert module generates ...

07/13/06 - 20060155585 - Image information processing apparatus, image information processing method and medical image information processing system
An object is to provide an image information processing apparatus, an image information processing method and a medical image information processing system wherein, when medical image information is shared by a plurality of hospitals, even patient ID and check ID given freely by each hospital can be registered correctly, and ...

07/13/06 - 20060155584 - System and method for patient identification, monitoring, tracking, and rescue
A system and method for uniquely identifying each patient, monitoring, tracking and rescue, when admitted to any hospital, nursing home or health care providing facility. The patient identification is done by issue of a Unique Patient Identification Number (PIN). Patient monitoring is done by collection of critical parameters and comparison ...

07/13/06 - 20060155583 - Medical apparatus and method for controlling access to medical data
A medical apparatus includes an operator attribute information storing unit, a medical data storing unit, a data authorship information storing unit, and an access control unit. The operator attribute information storing unit stores attribute information of an operator as operator attribute information. The medical data storing unit stores medical data. ...

07/13/06 - 20060155582 - Modular microprocessor-based power tool system
A power tool system and method of using the same is provided. The system can include a programmable microprocessor device including at least one input mechanism, and a memory having instructions and/or other information. The system can also include a display; at least one power tool having at least one ...

07/13/06 - 20060155581 - Systems with user selectable data attributes for automated electronic search, identification and publication of relevant data from electronic data records at multiple data sources
Systems, methods and computer program products that allow Subscribers to electronically obtain data of interest from participating Publishers using a computer network which employ an Administrative Server configured to allow Subscribers to electronically define, select and/or request an electronic topic data request with data elements of interest from a plurality ...

07/13/06 - 20060155580 - Vital data vtilization system, method, program and recording medium
In a vital data utilization system (100), (i) measurement systems (110) include a measurement unit (111) for measuring the vital data of subjects, a clock unit for detecting each measurement time at which vital data is measured and a communication unit (112) for sending the vital data including measurement time ...

07/06/06 - 20060149602 - Methods and systems for online clinical trial screening
In a clinical trial program screening method, potential clinical trial candidates are driven to a screening website by, for example, banner ads, text messages, or other electronic advertisements. When a respondent clicks the advertisement, a multiple level screening method is conducted to screen qualified candidates for participation in a clinical ...

07/06/06 - 20060149601 - System and method for recording medical image data on digital recording media
A system and method for recording medical image data onto a digital recording media. The system and method comprising a medical imaging modality interface for receiving a plurality of video images from a medical imaging modality. A video capturing device is coupled to the medical imaging modality for capturing the ...

07/06/06 - 20060149600 - Transferring image and patient data as a virtual print operation
A method, article of manufacture and apparatus for transferring image data is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request to a print data corresponding to an image, displaying a user interface to enable identification of patient information corresponding to the image data, formatting the image data into ...

07/06/06 - 20060149599 - System and method for automatically generating physician orders for urgent care
A system and method are provided for using a caregiver portable computing device for documenting performance of patient-related tasks during an emergency care process. The system includes an emergency interface for regulating communication between a user and the portable caregiver computing device during performance of emergency care processes and a ...

06/29/06 - 20060143052 - Method, system and article of manufacture, such as a card, to provide user selectable medical information and information to obtain elegibility of healthcare payments
An article of manufacture, such as a credit card sized health card having a magnetic strip, includes user selected medical information and/or information to obtain medical information of an individual and eligibility of healthcare payments in an embodiment. A user may customize the medical information displayed on the health card. ...

06/29/06 - 20060143051 - System and method for managing patient care
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing care to a patient, comprising a patient care device having a number of configuration databases stored in a memory in the device. Each configuration database preferably includes protocols, operating limits, rule sets and/or operating features that collectively define ...

06/29/06 - 20060143050 - Healthcare management system using patient profile data
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method which gathers information from all of a person's healthcare providers and abstracts from that information the data necessary for a healthcare provider to render informed medical decisions. In one embodiment, information necessary to process proper payment to a provider (re: ...

06/29/06 - 20060143049 - System and method for selecting healthcare management
The present invention is directed to a system and method which allows a prospective insured to make an informed decision on healthcare insurance or a specific health care management decision by using a current medical profile to assist in their selection. Based on past medical care, as obtained from payor ...

06/29/06 - 20060143048 - System for individual healthcare information
The present invention discloses a medical information system comprising a main database comprising standardized diagnosis and treatment information regarding medical conditions, at least one affiliated database comprising customized diagnosis and treatment information regarding medical conditions, and a health care provider user interface for accessing said databases, arranged to allow a ...

06/22/06 - 20060136272 - Method for acquiring and analyzing a list of a patient's prescription medications
A computer system for obtaining, analyzing and providing information to a community of user patients regarding their medication is disclosed. The system is provided by means of world wide web access and generates a user patient screen prompting the manual entry of data relating to the use patient and drugs ...

06/22/06 - 20060136271 - Patient care system
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing care to a patient, comprising a patient care device having a number of configuration databases stored in a memory in the device. Each configuration database preferably includes protocols, operating limits, rule sets and/or operating features that collectively define ...

06/22/06 - 20060136270 - Medical claim data transfer to medical deposit box and/or medical visit record
A method for generating a personal health record for a patient includes: providing a plurality of medical claim objects that are stored in a first format, the medical claim objects including medical claim codes indicative of medical claim events; and translating the medical claim objects from the first format into ...

06/22/06 - 20060136269 - Method and process for preparing and analyzing medical legal cases
The present disclosure describes a method and system which extracts data from medical informational sources in order to organize, analyze, and summarize the information into document form so that it may be used with ease by lawyers in preparing medical legal cases. In one aspect, such a document is a ...

06/22/06 - 20060136268 - System and method for maintaining the association of healthcare orders in a healthcare plan in a computerized pharmacy application
A system and method for maintaining association of healthcare medication orders in a healthcare plan in a computerized environment are provided. A first and second medication order are received for a healthcare plan for a patient. The first and second medication orders for the healthcare plan for the patient are ...

06/22/06 - 20060136267 - System and method for automatic scheduling based on remote monitoring
A system and method are provided for managing patient care based on data received from a remote monitoring system. The system includes a data monitor for automatically evaluating the data received from the remote monitoring system and a scheduling module for receiving a data evaluation from the data monitor. The ...

06/22/06 - 20060136266 - Medicinal product order processing system
A repeat prescription ordering system for allowing patients requiring resupply of medication or medical products to access a server using a portable communications and data processing device such as a smart phone or personal digital assistant. The server supplies to the patient a list of medication and medical products which ...

06/15/06 - 20060129435 - System and method for providing community health data services
A system and method for receiving health data from a community of independent sources of health data related to one or more patients, the health data being selected from the set including oral data, written data and/or electronic data; formatting the health data to enable creation of a universal patient ...

06/15/06 - 20060129434 - System and method for disseminating healthcare data from a database
A system and method for disseminating healthcare data in a database includes storing the healthcare data in the database located in a central server connected to a community of independent sources of the healthcare data for a plurality of patients; incorporating one or more updates to the healthcare data in ...

06/15/06 - 20060129433 - Method and system for delivering high risk medical therapies
A method for delivering a to a patient a high risk medical therapy with restricted distribution or access under one or more restricted access programs, including programs with little or no restricted access, while providing a method for the patient's risk level to be adjusted over time. The method involves ...

06/15/06 - 20060129432 - Device, system, and method for providing health management service
A device, system, and method for providing health management services are provided. The device, system, and method analyze health data based on user health data obtained through a health measurement device and provide feedback data based on the analyzed result, thereby allowing accurate monitoring and management of the user's health ...

06/08/06 - 20060122870 - Techniques for accessing healthcare records and processing healthcare transactions via a network
A technique for automating the check-in and check-out process within the healthcare industry and enabling the portability of personal health records. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method including receiving identification information and other information, retrieving at least one of personal information or insurance ...

06/08/06 - 20060122869 - System and method for standardizing care in a hospital environment
A system and method for standardizing care in a hospital environment. Information concerning the latest care and practice standards for a given condition is provided to a decision support module. The decision support module comprises decision support algorithms that reflect a standardize guideline of practice for a particular medical condition. ...

06/08/06 - 20060122868 - Systems, methods and apparatus for managing an infection prevention program
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments, a software system instructs a participant in a vaccination process when the participant should schedule medical appointments to receive vaccinations as a part of the process. In some embodiments, the software system tracks information submitted by the participant as ...

06/01/06 - 20060116910 - Condition analysis
The present invention provides a method of determining a treatment program for a subject. The method includes obtaining subject data representing the subject's condition. The subject data is used together with a model of the condition, to determine system values representing the condition. These system values are then used to ...

05/25/06 - 20060111944 - System and method for encouraging performance of health-promoting measures
The present invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring and promoting behavioral modification with regard to an individual's health. In particular, the present invention provides a means for monitoring an individual's performance of health-promoting measures and, based on the member compliance to health-promoting measures, issuing tangible and/or intangible incentive ...

05/25/06 - 20060111943 - Method and system to edit and analyze longitudinal personal health data using a web-based application
In a global computer network, a system for processing personal health records is disclosed. The system includes a web-based application providing an application web server that does not store personal data. A user starts a new session using the application web site and begins entering medical data. During the session, ...

05/25/06 - 20060111942 - Consultation service, system, and method for selecting an electronic medical record (emr) provider
A system for searching for vendor products including a consultant data store, a search engine, and a client interface having an input section and a result section. The consultant data store can be populated with standardized product characteristics for a plurality of products supplied by different vendors. The search engine ...

05/18/06 - 20060106649 - Method for programming a patient care device
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing care to a patient, comprising a patient care device having a number of configuration databases stored in a memory in the device. Each configuration database preferably includes protocols, operating limits, rule sets and/or operating features that collectively define ...

05/18/06 - 20060106648 - Intelligent patient context system for healthcare and other fields
An intelligent patient context sharing system enables a user, interfacing with multiple, different sources each storing patient specific context information, to create probabilistic associations among the patient specific context information. The system includes a predictive identification processor and a communication processor. The predictive identification processor performs probabilistic matching on multiple ...

05/18/06 - 20060106647 - Method and apparatus for determining pharmacy order parameters based on patient context data
A health care information system includes an information database and a pharmacy module. The information database is adapted to store a record for a patient including patient context data. The pharmacy module is adapted to receive a pharmacy order for the patient, retrieve the patient context data from the record ...

05/18/06 - 20060106646 - Medical kiosk with multiple input sources
A method of creating or updating a personal information device includes entering patient identification information, medical history information, current patient care plan, and patient medical preference information onto a computer (88). The patient identification information, medical history information, current patient care plan, and patient medical preference information is written or ...

05/18/06 - 20060106645 - System and methods for tracking medical encounters
A method for tracking a patient's medical encounters includes storing a record identifying the patient in a database, receiving notification of a medical encounter between the patient and a healthcare provider, adding encounter information to the record to generate an updated record, and storing the updated record. The method also ...

05/18/06 - 20060106644 - Patient referral and physician-to-physician marketing method and system
A method and apparatus are provided for creating a referral network for member physicians utilizing the Internet. The referral network provides its members an organized and efficient system for generating and storing patient referrals. To become a member of the referral network, a physician registers with the referral network web ...

05/11/06 - 20060100910 - Interactive video based remote health monitoring system
A health monitoring system includes a plurality of remote user sites, each remote user site comprising at least one health monitoring device for collection of user health monitoring data, an interactive video device, and a user interface apparatus; at least one remote computing facility configured for signal communication with, and ...

05/11/06 - 20060100909 - Providing standardized medical triage
A triage category for determining a medical triage disposition includes a set of tiered triage questions comprising a plurality of only yes/no questions arranged in a plurality of tiers. The tiers are ranked according to a level of urgency. There is also a plurality of dispositions corresponding to the plurality ...

05/11/06 - 20060100908 - Matching travel arrangements of medical practitioners with requests for transports of patients
A method for organizing pre-planned medical assistance for a transport of a patient comprises the computer-implemented step of matching information about travel arrangements of medical practitioners with a request for the transport of the patient, wherein the information about said travel arrangements is contained in at least one computer-implemented database ...

05/11/06 - 20060100907 - Medication management system
A medication management system (MMS) includes a medication management unit (MMU) associated with a medical device. The MMU downloads a medication order to the medical device only if information from a first input matches information from a second input. The medical device receives delivery information only from the MMU. The ...

05/04/06 - 20060095300 - Providing patient-specific drug information
Systems and methods for processing data relating to use of a drug by a patient that receive patient information and determine a dosage of the drug on the basis of the patient information. The systems and methods may be operated to provide patient-specific information on drug cost and on comparative ...

04/20/06 - 20060085229 - Remote command center for patient monitoring relationship to other applications
A remote command center for providing services to geographically dispersed hospitalized patients. A datastore accessible to the remote command center receives patient data from geographically dispersed hospitalized patients. Monitored data elements of geographically dispersed hospitalized patients are also received at the remote command center and stored in the datastore. A ...

04/13/06 - 20060080152 - Modular microprocessor-based appliance system
A system and method is described that enables a health care provider to monitor and manage a health condition of a patient. The system includes a health care provider apparatus operated by a health care provider and a remotely programmable patient apparatus that is operated by a patient. The health ...

04/13/06 - 20060080151 - Healthcare management method and system
The present invention is a system and a method for managing health records of a patient on a secure healthcare information network. It includes registering the patient with the healthcare information network; establishing a healthcare account for the patient; gathering personal and medical information about the patient; wherein the gathering ...

04/13/06 - 20060080150 - Whole-patient system for joint replacement care
A whole-patient system for joint replacement care has seven intrinsic steps/features, which apply both to the patient care method itself and to the overall administrative system which embodies the method. These key seven steps are: (1) Patient evaluation and pre-screening; (2) Body Mass Index assessment; (3) Diagnostic study selection protocol; ...

04/13/06 - 20060080149 - Healthcare guidance support system
A health guidance support system for examinee's health improvement including a health checkup data storage for examinees' data containing levels of health conditions or development of diseases and related risk data collected at a certain time interval, an input unit for a health level and risk data in the present ...

04/06/06 - 20060074722 - Computerized method and system for providing medical service and related measurement apparatus
A method and system for providing medical service. A measured data of a patient is transmitted to a database; the patient selects a physician through a selection interface; and the measured data is retrieved from the database by the selected physician so that the physician can perform a diagnosis based ...

04/06/06 - 20060074721 - System and method for patient directed digital medical image transmittal device
The invention generally relates to a system and method for a digital medical image transmittal service that allows a patient, at the time of a medical imaging procedure, to choose to have a digital copy of their medical image acquired by the system (service). The system utilizes a patient account ...

04/06/06 - 20060074720 - Medical planning agent
A system and method to plan medical diagnosis and/or therapy procedures is provided. The method includes electronic recording of a patient anamnesis (medical history), electronic recording of a patient finding, automatic generation of a keyword list dependent on the patient anamnesis and the patient finding by access to a keyword ...

04/06/06 - 20060074719 - System and method for collection of community health and administrative data
The present invention involves a health care patient document system and method which enable patients to enter clinical, administrative, and financial information normally completed on a clipboard in a medical office into a computerized system that stores the information. The patient is then enabled to direct the stored information to ...

04/06/06 - 20060074718 - Portable veterinary medical record apparatus and method of use
An embodiment of a portable veterinary medical record system includes a portable memory storage device that contains both a data structure for medical records and a set of processing instructions related to use of the device. The set of instructions may include authentication instructions for user authentication; instructions for data ...

04/06/06 - 20060074717 - Method and system to track customer purchases
A system and method for identifying transactions relating to a single customer in a data set received from a plurality of outlets (402), such that one patient's (404) pharmaceutical prescription data may be linked (406) to represent the entire pharmaceutical purchases of said patient is disclosed (414). ...

03/23/06 - 20060064329 - Health-care e-commerce systems and methods
A virtual health-care electronic commerce community includes a network to communicate information relating to the community; one or more patients coupled to the network; one or more treating professionals coupled to the network; and a server coupled to the network, the server storing data for each patient and performing patient ...

03/23/06 - 20060064328 - System and method for utilizing a dicom structured report for workflow optimization
A system and method for utilizing a Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) structured report (SR) for workflow optimization are provided. A method for providing a DICOM SR in an extensible markup language (XML) comprises: generating the DICOM SR; mapping attribute fields of the DICOM SR to an XML ...

03/23/06 - 20060064327 - Global synchronization technology
A system and method for synchronizing data transmitted from at least one wireless portable device to at least one server for storage on a database, and for providing conflict resolution of data simultaneously transmitted from the at least one wireless portable device to the at least one server. ...

03/23/06 - 20060064326 - System and process for prescribing medications through the internet
A centralized system and process for prescribing medications through the Internet comprising a secured, interactive website with a unique URL address for entering and retrieving medical prescriptions via the Internet by a general use computer. The website is secured by encryption and by limiting access to medical and pharmaceutical personnel ...

03/23/06 - 20060064325 - Health management system, activity status measusring device, and data processing device
For this purpose, a measuring device 10 measures movement of a subject using an acceleration sensor 104, stores activity data in a storage part 114, stores identification information specifying the subject in an identification information storage part 118, and transmits the stored activity data and the identification information to a ...

03/16/06 - 20060059019 - Medical order management system and user interface
A physician order entry user interface system facilitates resolution of a problem associated with an order for a treatment to be administered to a patient. A user interface system for use in managing orders for providing treatment for a patient, includes a display processor for initiating generation of data representing ...

03/02/06 - 20060047538 - System and method for dynamically adjusting patient therapy
A system and method of managing therapy provided to patients in an institution. The system monitors all aspects of the medication delivery to a patient, as well as other information related to the patient, such as values of vital signs, laboratory results and patient factors such as history, diagnosis, allergies ...

02/23/06 - 20060041452 - All-in-one electronic method and a technology designed to collect, integrate, analyze & display medical & health data ( brand name : health-e-window)
When patients are not complying with the optimal treatment of their disease it will often have a long-term adverse effect on their health. The present invention offers an effective method to help patients' manage their disease (an important aspect of this is to increase the compliance). The present invention is ...

02/16/06 - 20060036472 - Association of data entries with patient records, customized hospital discharge instructions, and charting by exception for a computerized medical record system
Apparatus and a method for associating an electronic patient record with the corresponding patient are described. A data processor accesses a patient record not associated with a unique person and compares the patient identification data to corresponding data in a known patient record to identify a set of likely matching ...

02/16/06 - 20060036471 - Computerized automation of physician-patient interaction for streamlined physician workflow
Systems and methods are provided for automating physician-patient encounters. A centralized database server stores information associated with a plurality of patents. A portable computing device includes a wireless component that is operative to retrieve information associated with a given patient from the centralized database server in response to input from ...

02/09/06 - 20060031102 - System for detecting, monitoring, and reporting an individual's physiological or contextual status
The invention is a system for detecting, monitoring, and reporting an individual's physiological or contextual status. The system works deriving a physiological or contextual status parameter of an individual using the system. The derivation utilizes two sensed parameters of the individual. The system is able to present the derived parameter ...

02/09/06 - 20060031101 - Bi-directional messaging in health care
A method for patient bi-directional messaging to improve patient adherence to case management, is disclosed. The method extends the provider/patient communication beyond the provider premises. The method includes comparing source characteristics to target characteristics of both source and target patients, respectively thus updating questions posed to the target patients to ...

02/02/06 - 20060026043 - Medical records system and method
Medical information systems and methods are disclosed. A database of pointers may be used to identify the location of medical information and a biometric may be required to obtain those pointers. ...

02/02/06 - 20060026042 - Privacy compliant consent and data access management system and methods
An information management system for restricting access to personal data in compliance with law or regulation includes a database having restricted records stored therein, at least one of the records including an identification of a client or group of clients about whom said record concerns. A computer system under the ...

02/02/06 - 20060026041 - System and method for managing a prescription drug savings plan
Patient prescription savings are maintained in an account, with manufacturer rebates applied to the account. When a prescription is processed, benefit carrier contribution is determined. Contra-indications for the prescribed drug are also identified and when so identified an alert is provided to the pharmacy. ...

02/02/06 - 20060026040 - System and method for providing remote analysis of medical data
A system and method for providing remote analysis of medical imaging data. The system may include a remote server with a database and a plurality of imaging data analyzing modules. The remote server receives, via a communications network, medical data from a medical facility and stores the medical data in ...

02/02/06 - 20060026039 - Method and system for provision of secure medical information to remote locations
A method for enabling remote self service retrieval of medical information for an individual is disclosed. The method includes steps of storing personal information and medical information in different databases. Different encryption keys are used to isolate the types of information. Upon receipt of a request from a health care ...

01/26/06 - 20060020494 - System and method for managing the administering of medications
In a first aspect, the invention comprises a monitoring device, the monitoring device used by a caregiver or patient, the device storing and displaying information related to a patient's medication regimen. Using the monitoring device, a single caregiver can monitor and confirm the correct medication to be given, and also ...

01/19/06 - 20060015372 - System and method of coordinating medical screening and treatment data
A system and method for screening for a medical condition within a network of care in which patents being treated for a secondary medical condition are screened for risk profiles indicative of a risk of having a primary medical condition, and conveying that information to appropriate healthcare providers and authorized ...

01/19/06 - 20060015371 - Health tracking system
Techniques are disclosed for capturing first information (such as a digital photograph) descriptive of a health-related item (such as a meal or fitness device), and transmitting the first information to a server which queues the first information for subsequent association with second information (such as nutritional content information) descriptive of ...

01/12/06 - 20060010015 - Healthcare organization central record and record identifier management system
A system (100) for providing multiple facility healthcare corporations the ability to assign and maintain shared medical record numbers (43) across multiple entities. The system establishes a parent/child relationship among the entities to share medical record number ranges, formats, and data. A patient record identifier database (102) contains patient records ...

01/05/06 - 20060004611 - Remote health monitoring and maintenance system
A system and method is described that enables a health care provider to monitor and manage a health condition of a patient. The system includes a health care provider apparatus operated by a health care provider and a remotely programmable patient apparatus that is operated by a patient. The health ...

01/05/06 - 20060004610 - Clinical data database system and method for a critical care and/or hospital environment
A system for capturing and maintaining a categorized flow of data in a clinical environment includes a distributed computer network, a plurality of data clusters dispersed over the network, a repository adapted to store data representative of the identity of patients, means for querying the repository to identify one of ...

01/05/06 - 20060004609 - System and method for developing and managing the healthcare plans of patients with one or more health conditions
The present invention is an automated disease management system designed to assist healthcare providers in the care management of patients with one or more health conditions. More particularly, this invention relates to a system and method for assisting healthcare providers in developing and monitoring the implementation of patient care plans. ...

12/29/05 - 20050288967 - Methods for centralized data management for electronic patient data in clinical care and multicenter clinical trials
Methods for centralized data management for electronic patient data in clinical care and multicenter clinical trials are Web-based. The methods provide secure access to proprietary documents that provide standard operating procedures (SOPs) that may be used for the collection, processing, transfer, and storage of clinical trial data. The methods may ...

12/29/05 - 20050288966 - System and method for collecting diagnosis and prescription drug information
A system for the capture, management or use of patient medical and prescription data is disclosed. In some illustrative embodiments, the system includes: a computer system including at least one server computer and at least one physician computer in communication with said at least one server over a network, such ...

12/22/05 - 20050283387 - System for providing an interactive anatomical graphical representation of a body for use in a health care environment
Disclosed is a system and method for providing a comprehensive interactive anatomical graphical representation of a body for use in a health care environment. The system comprises a health care information system having at least one data repository for storing data and at least one graphical user interface in communication ...

12/22/05 - 20050283386 - Method and system for marketing a treatment regimen
A software program, for use on a computing device such as a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, is provided to a health care provider (HCP). The software program configures the computing device with means for inputting profile information regarding patients and means for comparing the patient profile information against a ...

12/15/05 - 20050278197 - Biometric information reader and system
The invention relates to a reader system of biometric information adapted to sense biometric information and process the same. ...

12/08/05 - 20050273367 - Secure health information connectivity system
A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving site specific patient information including a plurality of site specific data sets for a plurality of patients from different sites at a server computer, where the site specific patient information was previously converted from a first data format to a second data ...

12/08/05 - 20050273366 - Radiographic image detection device and radiographic imaging system
A radiographic image detection device of a portable type to detect radiation and obtain image information on a radiographic image, includes: an accompanying information obtaining unit to obtain accompanying information concerning radiographing for obtaining the radiographic image; and a correlating unit to correlate the accompanying information obtained by the accompanying ...

12/08/05 - 20050273365 - Generalized approach to structured medical reporting
Methods and systems of creating and sharing structured reports. In one embodiment, a system for creating structured reports includes a business logic server and a structured object repository configured to hold at plurality of structured report templates. The structured report templates are based on a common schema. The system also ...

12/08/05 - 20050273364 - Patient centered process for the delivery of chronic and preventive medical care
It has been long noted that there is a shift in patterns of disease toward chronic illness. This shift necessitates a process that will support and encourage involvement of the patient in their own care, improve coordination of treatment among multiple providers, use reminders to keep preventive medicine and screening ...

12/01/05 - 20050267782 - System for processing patient medical data for clinical trials and aggregate analysis
A system processes medical information of multiple patients to provide data for use in supporting clinical decision making. The system includes an interface for receiving, from a remote source, data representing patient non-specific medical information excluding patient specific information. The patient non-specific medical information comprises medical information of multiple individual ...

11/24/05 - 20050261942 - Self-serve patient check-in and preventive services kiosk
A medical check-in and data communication kiosk for efficiently checking-in patients at a medical facility and/or exchanging relevant data with the patient. A patient automatically provides initial identification information by swiping, scanning, etc., an I.D. card and the kiosk then accesses various legacy database systems to gather all relevant medical ...

11/24/05 - 20050261941 - Method and system for providing medical decision support
A medical information management system is disclosed comprising at least one patient record repository that includes information identifying treatments and corresponding outcomes for a plurality of different patients. The system further comprises a query generator for generating a message to acquire information concerning a medical condition of a particular patient ...

11/24/05 - 20050261940 - Method and apparatus for managing drug inventory at point of care
A system for managing administration of prescription drugs supplied by a medication supplier to a health care facility, comprising a central application server site for maintaining Medical Administration Records (MARs) pertaining to residents in the health care facility and having data communication paths to the medication supplier and the health ...

11/17/05 - 20050256746 - System for managing recorded audio medical information
An automated system automatically provides a linkage (e.g., using a hyperlink) between an audio recording (specifically, metadata associated with the audio recording) and a patient electronic medical record. A system manages recorded audio information concerning a patient medical condition. An interface receives a signal comprising recorded dictated audio information concerning ...

11/17/05 - 20050256745 - Computer systems and methods for providing health care
The invention provides a computer network comprising a first computer and one or more second computers that are in electronic communication with each other. The first computer is associated with a first health care facility and has instructions for retrieving, over a network, one or more data structures for a ...

11/10/05 - 20050251426 - Apparatus for making medical operating information accessible
An apparatus for making medical operating information accessible has a central server via which a consumer can search a databank with medical operating information in order to find medical operating information suitable for the consumer purposes. The consumers likewise can offer their own measurement parameters to other consumers for use. ...

11/10/05 - 20050251425 - Method, system and apparatus for life issue tracking
A method of coordinating life issues and corresponding services within a life issue tracking system can include storing member profile information for each of a plurality of members of an organization, creating a life issue entry, and associating the life issue entry with a selected member from the plurality of ...

11/10/05 - 20050251424 - Method and apparatus for facilitating the provision of health care services
The invention concerns a method and apparatus for facilitating the provision of health care services using, for example, an application service provider. One embodiment of the invention concerns a physiological testing unit, a RFID tag and a RFID transceiver. The RFID tag communicates with the RFID transceiver. In response, a ...

11/10/05 - 20050251423 - Interactive system for patient access to electronic medical records
A programmable rules-based interface between a patient and an electronic medical record EMR allows controlled patient access to the EMR allowing increased patient participation in the healthcare process. ...

11/03/05 - 20050246205 - Data sharing infrastructure
The present invention relates to systems and methods for constructing a regional medical data exchange infrastructure that can provide the aggregation and presentation of personal health data that previously exists in different health care organizations in a segmented fashion. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for ...

11/03/05 - 20050246204 - Method and system for transfer of data originating from a medical examination apparatus
In a method, a data transmission device and a system for transfer of operating and/or error data originating from a medical examination apparatus from a user of the apparatus to a third-party organization, operating and/or error data of the medical examination apparatus necessary for determination of an operating and/or error ...

11/03/05 - 20050246203 - Crucial and significant (c&s) patient information management and display
Method, product and system for Health Care Providers (HCP) to extract, store, organize, password protect, and share crucial and significant (C&S) health, medical, dental, and pharmacy information without regard to healthcare provider systems are provided. All the C&S information contained in a patient's medical record(s) is entered in a customizable ...

11/03/05 - 20050246202 - Examination management device
When a medical institution outsources an examination to an external examination institution, a transport identification number generated by a number generating section (16) of the medical institution's data management system (1) is printed out on a barcode label and affixed to a specimen container. The transport identification number is sent ...

10/27/05 - 20050240446 - System and method for determining the qualifications of a patient for a specific care and quantifying the appropriateness of its application
A system and method is provided for determining a patient's need for a specific clinical care or component and its appropriateness for the patient's needs. The system and method can comprise gathering scores for a plurality of categories having one or more questions directed to one or more characteristics of ...

10/27/05 - 20050240445 - Medical archive library and method
A low-cost scaleable turnkey system and method for archiving medical image data. The archive system and method permits the selective storing of medical data (including image data) received from a medical modality (e.g., CT, MRI, etc.) onto a removable medium (e.g., DVD or Blu-ray), which may subsequently be placed via ...

10/27/05 - 20050240444 - System and method of individualized mass diagnosis and treatment of obesity
An individualized system and method of mass diagnosis and treatment of obesity that is optionally configurable for a plurality of patients and health providers. Computer and relational data storage systems are used for operating a computer program and a secure web site on an internet. User profiles are assigned for ...

10/27/05 - 20050240443 - Method and system for accepting data related to a patient
A method of accepting data related to a patient includes entering data related to the patient into a computer during a session. The method also includes determining, during the session, if the data entered during the session conflicts with other data accessible via the computer using predetermined conflict rules. ...

10/20/05 - 20050234746 - Medical information provision method, and client terminal and statistical server used for the same
A medical information provision method capable of collectively storing examination result data including information on examination results obtained in plural medical institutions, patient attribute information and examination attribute information etc., and providing various kinds of medical information to the respective medical institutions based on the examination result data. The medical ...

10/20/05 - 20050234745 - Automated data entry method and system
A data entry method includes, in a computer-based data record including a plurality of data fields, defining one or more data fields for which desired field data is to be acquired. A data source in possession of the desired field data is contacted, and the desired field data is received ...

10/20/05 - 20050234744 - Method and device for securing patient data
The invention relates to a method and device for securing patient data when exchanging information between a patient and a specialist via a data network using computers. The invention involves the use of a first web server, which serves to exchange data pertaining to the individual who is the patient, ...

10/06/05 - 20050222876 - System and method for disclosing personal information or medical record information and computer program product
A medical record information disclosure system includes a medical record information server for storing medical record information of patients, a policy information setting portion for setting policy information indicating an attribution of a medical expert who can see contents of medical record information for each medical record information, an authority ...

10/06/05 - 20050222875 - System and method for interlinking medical-related data and payment services
The invention enables the aggregation of medical patient financial and medical service access data. With the aggregation of data, a patient can conduct financial and medical-related transactions with different services from a single access point using a single patient identifier and access code. Further, with the aggregation of data, payment ...

09/29/05 - 20050216314 - System supporting exchange of medical data and images between different executable applications
A system, for exchanging medical image data between different processing systems, includes a central repository and an interface. The central repository stores configuration information including entity related information and authorization information. The authorization information associates a user with an indicator of authorization to access particular patient medical records. Multiple different ...

09/29/05 - 20050216313 - Method, device, and systems to facilitate identity management and bidirectional data flow within a patient electronic record keeping system
A electronic medical record keeping system includes a central data collection and data storage server linked via a network to different health data input sources each of which provides controlled unidirectional input data via a first encryption key code for individual patients thereby enabling assimilation of data in the central ...

09/29/05 - 20050216312 - System and method for monitoring patient care
Systems and methods are provided for facilitating management of health care in medical facilities such as hospitals, clinics, emergency rooms, etc., for example by monitoring and assessing the quality of patient care. Data is collected and operated on relating to medical conditions, treatment, cost, care, events, outcomes and results of ...

09/29/05 - 20050216311 - Communications system and a method of processing medical data
The present invention relates to a communications system for the processing of medical data comprising a medical device which has recording means for the recording of medical data, a memory unit for the callable storing of the data and a communications interface for the data transfer; comprising a server which ...

09/29/05 - 20050216310 - Pharmaceutical inventory and dispensation computer system and methods
A computer-implemented method and system for inventory administration and monitoring of medicines and pharmaceuticals from a pharmacy and medicinal administration facility for use in correctional facilities, such as in prisons. Information related to past medical history of a patient may be reviewed while simultaneously reviewing a prescription written for the ...

09/22/05 - 20050209891 - Method for consolidatin medical records through the world wide web
Medical records, clinical observations, and medical imagery are organized and aggregated into a common database, enabling the data to be viewed and/or updated by medical practitioners world-wide. The information may also be viewed and monitored by patients or their relatives for accuracy, also regardless of their location. The invention further ...

09/22/05 - 20050209890 - Method and apparatus creating, integrating, and using a patient medical history
This invention aids a physician and patient during a visit to an office or emergency room by providing the physician with a previously prepared medical history of the patient, which may further preferably include a list of advertisements for medical products compatible with the medical history. The previously prepared medical ...

09/22/05 - 20050209889 - Medical data storing method and terminal and server used for the same
A medical data storing method by which management and retrieval can be performed easily without complicating the hierarchy structure of medical data when the medical data on medical images, examination results, or the like retained by plural medical facilities are centrally stored in a data center. This medical data storing ...

09/22/05 - 20050209888 - X-ray exposure report system, medical apparatus, and examination protocol distribution system
A radiation report system includes a storage unit for storing a plurality of records including an exposure dose, an examination protocol, an examination part, a patient's age and a patient's weight with regard to the plurality of radiation examinations using a plurality of radiation diagnosis apparatuses. The plurality of records ...

09/22/05 - 20050209887 - Method and system for providing a portable diary and display of fitness information
The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a diary for fitness information. In one embodiment, the system is used to enter information and access information directed to one or more of workouts, meals, strength training, reports, body composition results, fitness results, triathlete information, race information, pace ...

09/15/05 - 20050203777 - System and method for accounting and billing patients in a hospital environment
A system and method for accounting and billing patients in a hospital environment. A hospitalized patient is associated with a patient identifier. Billable services provided to the hospitalized patient are associated with the patient identifier. If the billable service is provided by a physician, a physician identifier is also associated ...

09/15/05 - 20050203776 - Method of identifying clinical trial participants
Potential clinical trial participants are identified using a data source that includes dictation records of at least one healthcare professional containing information relating to the medical conditions of a plurality of patients identified by non-personal identifiers, by a method that includes the steps of establishing a search query based on ...

09/08/05 - 20050197865 - Physiologic inference monitor
The present invention provides methods, systems, and computer programs for inferring a patient's clinical status in the course of treatment. The method includes the steps of accessing a patient's data, such as data collected prior, during, and/or after the treatment, and identifying from the patient's data abnormal events occurring in ...

09/01/05 - 20050192848 - Method and apparatus for automated post-discharge follow-up of medical patients
An automated system for post-discharge follow-up of discharged patients automatically contacts each discharged patient after a predetermined period of time. The discharged patient is presented with a series of questions and an answer to each question is collected and analyzed. If the analysis detects an anomaly, an alert message is ...

09/01/05 - 20050192847 - System and method for dynamic generation of a single user interface for display and entry of medical imaging configuration data
A system and method for dynamically generating an interface includes a hierarchical organization data file defining a hierarchical organization of subsystems of a medical imaging scanner and at least one parsing component to extract configuration parameter names from the data file and generate a graphical representation of the hierarchical organization ...

09/01/05 - 20050192846 - Time coordination and synchronization of event times in electronic medical records
A computer-implemented method of recording the times of events related to the medical care delivered to patient, and for integrating those times to provide a patient history, including recording a first time of occurrence of a first event, recording first clock information characterizing a first time source from which the ...

09/01/05 - 20050192845 - Mobile clinical information system
A wireless bi-directional portable patient monitor incorporated into a mobile clinical information management system is disclosed. The portable patient monitor includes a communications interface to receive patient data from a wireless local area network (WLAN) within a medical care facility and transmit care parameters as needed to the wireless network ...

09/01/05 - 20050192844 - Systems and methods for automatically collecting, formatting, and storing medical device data in a database
The present invention provides systems and methods for gathering, formatting, storing and/or distributing medical information. In one exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides for centralized maintenance of medical information derived from a patient visit, and for distributed access to various medical information by, for example, researchers, the patient, the patient's ...

09/01/05 - 20050192843 - Systems and methods for validating patient and medical devices information
The present invention provides systems and methods for gathering, formatting, validating, storing and/or distributing medical information. In one exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides for centralized validation and maintenance of medical information derived from a patient visit. Thus, for example, a patient may visit his/her physician and during that visit ...

09/01/05 - 20050192842 - Systems and methods for authorizing and processing reimbursements for services provided in the collection of implantable medical device data
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for processing reimbursements to physicians who participate in one or more medical studies, which typically require the physicians to perform procedures on patients. In one embodiment, the system comprises a microprocessor-based controller, and a computer readable medium, which includes instructions ...

08/25/05 - 20050187797 - Method and system for consolidating and distributing information
A method and system are provided for consolidating and distributing information. Implementation of system functionalities for both restricted local and unrestricted system-wide uses are permitted. Open standards for hardware, software and firmware components and standardized medical codes, definitions and formats are supported. The preferred embodiment of the invention provides an ...

08/25/05 - 20050187796 - System and method for displaying a health status of hospitalized patients
A system and method for displaying a health status of hospitalized patients. Patient data associated with hospitalized patients is selected according to display rules. A display module selects selected patient data, applies display rules to the selected patient data, and displays the selected patient data. A smart alert module generates ...

08/25/05 - 20050187795 - Dynamic safety monitoring in clinical trial
A dynamic safety reporting system for clinical trials in which members of an initial review team are sent dossiers describing patient events in a clinical trial as the dossiers are generated. The initial review team can be required to complete the review within a predetermined time period, and disagreements among ...

08/25/05 - 20050187794 - Electronic medical record registry including data replication
In one aspect, the invention may include an electronic medical record registry system, comprising a display program capable of displaying a registered electronic medical record, a plurality of medical service provider databases, each medical service provider database comprising of a plurality of electronic medical records, each electronic medical record including ...

08/18/05 - 20050182665 - Method of recruiting patients for a clinical study
A method, apparatus and automated terminal are proposed for recruiting patients for at least one clinical study. The method includes screening for suitable clinical study patients in at least one public place, including obtaining information regarding potential patients for entry into a computer device. The method further includes determining, from ...

08/18/05 - 20050182664 - Method of monitoring patient participation in a clinical study
A method is proposed for monitoring participation of a patient in at least one clinical trial. The method includes collecting data regarding at least one clinical trial for the patient. Using a computer device, the collected data is then compared to at least one threshold. Finally, the patient is rewarded ...

08/18/05 - 20050182663 - Method of examining a plurality of sites for a clinical trial
A method is proposed for examining a plurality of sites for a clinical trial. The method includes obtaining criteria for clinical trial and determining, using a computer device, how information regarding each of a plurality of clinical trial sites relates to the obtained criteria. Based upon the determinations, a plurality ...

08/18/05 - 20050182662 - Drug prescription registry
Method and system are disclosed for facilitating patient access to pharmacies. The system and method of the present invention involves setting up a prescription registry service. The prescription registry service stores the prescriptions of patients who are members of the registry. Pharmacies, including national and international pharmacies, may then subscribe ...

08/18/05 - 20050182661 - Method, system, and apparatus for patient controlled access of medical records
A method of permitting controlled access to medical information can include establishing a storage means for containing medical information and establishing a means for accessing the medical informatio