System and method for managing medical facility procedures and records
AssigneeMerge Healthcare Incorporated
InventorKishore Tipirneni
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Abstract
The invention facilitates the efficient administration of medical offices and patient records including visual coordination of room, patient, and task status indicators. The invention also enables improved document review and transcription management.
Claims17
A medical facilities management system comprising:
- at least one system user interface;
- a server hosting a medical office management application coupled to said at least one system user interface, wherein said office management application is configured to facilitate color coding of examination room identifiers displayed on said at least one system user interface according to a at least one task associated with a patient assigned to an examination room.
A computer-implemented method for facilitating the management of a medical facility comprising:
- displaying at least one room identifier on a networked user interface;
- and
- coordinating a color of said at least one room identifier according to at least one of room occupancy, care provider identity, patient condition, patient medical alerts, scheduled tasks, and completed tasks.
A computer-implemented method to facilitate management of medical records comprising:
- associating an electronic document with an electronic patient chart;
- submitting said electronic document for first physician review;
- and
- automatically restricting another submission of said electronic document for second physician review upon detection of first physician review of said electronic document.
A computer-implemented method for facilitating management of medical records and documents comprising:
- compiling multiple patient transcripts into a single document file;
- inputting said document file into a computer system;
- and
- separating said patient transcripts within said computer system according to at least one of predetermined character sets, patient specific information, and patient identifiers to obtain separated patient transcripts.
A computer-implemented method for facilitating management of medical records and documents comprising:
- storing patient records in at least one database and in at least one file format;
- and
- exporting at least a portion of said patient records to a single file of a uniform format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.