Method of coordinating maintenance of vital patient data and software therefor
AssigneeRaymond H.J. Powell
InventorANDREW L. DIRIENZO
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Abstract
The present invention provides a patient record including a digital vital patient record (VPR) storing essential predetermined information for a patient, and a hardcopy patient record (HCPR) storing routine information and essential information, wherein the information in the VPR takes precedence over corresponding information in the HCPR. Preferably, the HCPR is stored in a designated storage area, and a printout of the VPR is added to the HCPR each time the HCPR is retrieved from the storage area. Moreover, the HCPR is stored in a designated storage area, and the printout of the VPR corresponds to a request to retrieve the HCPR from the storage area. A method and corresponding software for maintaining the VPR are also described.
Claims18
A patient record comprising:
- a digital vital patient record (VPR) storing essential predetermined information for a patient;
- and
- a hardcopy patient record (HCPR) storing routine information and essential information,
- wherein the information in the VPR takes precedence over corresponding information in the HCPR.
A method of maintaining vital patient information complementing a hardcopy patient record (HCPR) maintained at a healthcare provider's office, comprising:
- generating a digital vital patient record (VPR) corresponding to a patient;
- updating predetermined information in at least one of N categories in the VPR;
- opening the VPR whenever the patient interacts with the healthcare provider's office;
- and
- inserting a printed copy of the VPR whenever the HCPR is accessed in the healthcare provider's office,
- wherein N is an integer greater than 1.
A recording medium for storing a computer readable instructions for converting a general purpose computer into a core records system for maintaining vital patient information complementing a hardcopy patient record (HCPR) maintained at a healthcare provider's office, wherein the instructions permit the computer to generate a digital vital patient record (VPR) corresponding to a patient;
- to update predetermined information in at least one of N categories in the VPR;
- to open and update the VPR whenever the patient interacts with the healthcare provider's office;
- and to print a copy of the VPR for insertion into the HCPR whenever the HCPR is accessed in the healthcare provider's office, wherein N is an integer greater than 1.
A computer program for converting a general purpose computer into a core records system for maintaining vital patient information complementing a hardcopy patient record (HCPR) maintained at a healthcare provider's office, wherein the instructions permit the computer to generate a digital vital patient record (VPR) corresponding to a patient;
- to update predetermined information in at least one of N categories in the VPR;
- to open and update the VPR whenever the patient interacts with the healthcare provider's office;
- and to print a copy of the VPR for insertion into the HCPR whenever the HCPR is accessed in the healthcare provider's office, wherein N is an integer greater than 1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.