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US 2010/0305972 A1Published application
Managing Provider Roles in Medical Care
AssigneeMedaxion, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Lee McLaren, William Dyer Rodes, II, John Malcolm Toups
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Abstract
Techniques for managing provider roles during medical are are supported. A system may include a central medical information management system that maintains information regarding ongoing treatment of patients, which can track medical professionals assigned to the patients. Medical professionals may use mobile devices to access and display the information regarding assigned case roles and may further use the mobile devices to coordinate assumption and handoff of roles.
Claims24
A handheld apparatus comprising:
- a user interface comprising a display and capable of receiving user input;
- a wireless network interface capable of coupling to a central medical information management system, the central medical information management system maintaining a plurality of patient tracking records for patients receiving care, wherein each of the patient tracking records includes a patient identifier, medical personnel assignments indicating, for those patient tracking records with assigned personnel, one or more assigned medical providers and, for each assigned medical provider, one of a plurality of caregiver roles, and case status information indicating a current state of the care for the patient;
- a memory maintaining a medical information management application and a user profile comprising a user identifier;
- a processor operable, when executing the medical information management application:
- to display a list of the patient tracking records received from the medical information management system;
- to identify a selected one of the patient tracking records based on user input;
- to display indications of at least one of the caregiver roles;
- to receive a role selection for the selected patient tracking record based on user input, the role selection indicating a desire to assume one of the caregiver roles for the selected patient tracking record;
- to communicate the role selection and the user identifier to the medical information management system;
- and
- to receive an information update from the medical information management system, the information update reflecting that the medical information management system has updated the assigned medical providers for the selected patient tracking entry to reflect the role selection.
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A method comprising:
- displaying a list of patient tracking records received from a medical information management system, the central medical information management system maintaining a plurality of patient tracking records for patients receiving care, wherein each of the patient tracking records includes a patient identifier, medical personnel assignments indicating, for those patient tracking records with assigned personnel, one or more assigned medical providers and, for each assigned medical provider, one of a plurality of caregiver roles, and case status information indicating a current state of the care for the patient;
- identifying a selected one of the patient tracking records based on a user input;
- displaying indications of at least one of the caregiver roles;
- receiving a role selection for the selected patient tracking record based on user input, the role selection indicating a desire to assume one of the caregiver roles for the selected patient tracking record;
- communicating the role selection and the user identifier to the medical information management system;
- and
- receiving an information update from the medical information management system, the information update reflecting that the medical information management system has updated the assigned medical providers for the selected patient tracking entry to reflect the role selection.
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A system, comprising:
- a central medical information management system operable to maintain a plurality of patient tracking records for patients receiving care, wherein each of the patient tracking records includes a patient identifier, medical personnel assignments indicating, for those patient tracking records with assigned personnel, one or more assigned medical providers and, for each assigned medical provider, one of a plurality of caregiver roles, and case status information indicating a current state of the care for the patient;
- one or more medical information management applications each residing on a wireless handheld device and operable, when executed, to:
- display a list of the patient tracking records received from the medical information management system;
- identify a selected one of the patient tracking records based on user input;
- display indications of at least one of the caregiver roles;
- receive a role selection for the selected patient tracking record based on a user input, the role selection indicating a desire to assume one of the caregiver roles for the selected patient tracking record;
- communicate the role selection and the user identifier to the medical information management system;
- and
- receive an information update from the medical information management system, the information update reflecting that the medical information management system has updated the assigned medical providers for the selected patient tracking entry to reflect the role selection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.