Internet-based integrated healthcare delivery process and model

A method of coordinating delivery of healthcare services to patients via a communications network, comprising:

• (a) providing a computer-driven information management system including:
• (i) a server including a database configured to receive and store for retrieval data representing information regarding a patient and collected by a coordinating party from an information source;
• (ii) a data entry device for permitting said coordinating party to enter the data into the database;
• (iii) a computer communicating with the database via the communications network for processing the data using software downloaded to said server for permitting a requesting party selected from the group consisting of said coordinating party, the patient, and an individual authorized to access the data to use the data to coordinate a plan of care for the patient related to treatment of at least one medical condition;
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• (iv) a display device for displaying said data to said requesting party;
• (b) collecting said information regarding the patient from said information source;
• (c) entering the data representing the information collected from the information source into said database using said data entry device;
• (d) using said computer to process the data using said software;
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• (e) communicating the plan of care to the requesting party.

A computer readable medium including software for coordinating delivery of healthcare services to a patient for treatment of at least one medical condition, said software comprising instructions for:

• (a) configuring a database located on a server to receive and store for retrieval data representing information regarding a patient and collected by a coordinating party from an information source;
• (b) associating a data entry device with said database for permitting said coordinating party to enter the data into the database;
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• (c) associating a computer with said data entry device and the database for processing the data, thereby permitting a requesting party selected from the group consisting of said coordinating party, the patient, and an individual authorized to use the data to coordinate a plan of care for the patient related to treatment of at least one medical condition;
• (d) enabling said computer to cooperate with a communications network for permitting said requesting party to access the plan of care from a remote location;
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• (e) enabling a display device associated with the computer to display the data to the requesting party.

A computer-driven information management system for coordinating delivery of healthcare services to patients via a communications network, comprising:

• (a) a server including a database configured to receive and store for retrieval data representing information regarding a patient and collected by a coordinating party from an information source;
• (b) a data entry device for permitting said coordinating party to enter the data into the database;
• (c) a computer communicating with the database via the communications network for processing the data using software downloaded to said server for permitting a requesting party selected from the group consisting of said coordinating party, the patient, a healthcare provider, an individual authorized to access the data to use the data to coordinate a plan of care for the patient related to treatment of at least one medical condition;
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• (d) a display device for displaying said plan of care to said requesting party.