US 7,624,027 B1Granted

Method and system for automated medical records processing

AssigneePractice Velocity, LLC

InventorsDavid E. Stern, Wayne R. Pearson, John J. Koehler

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Abstract

A method and system for automated medical records processing. The method and system includes plural paper and electronic templates specifically designed such that they reduce the complexity of collecting patient encounter information and help generate the appropriate number and type medical codes for a specific type of medical practice when processed. The method and system also includes processing applications that allow easy and automated collection, processing, displaying and recording of medical codes (e.g., diagnosis codes, billing codes, insurance codes, etc.). The medical codes and other types of processed patient encounter information are displayed in real-time on electronic templates immediately after a patient encounter.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A method of processing medical records, comprising:

(a) creating on a network device with one or more processors and one or more associated databases, one or more different medical templates capable of being used to enter information from an encounter with a patient, wherein the one more medical templates comprise a plurality of data fields comprising:
(i) patient history data;
(ii) patient physical condition data;
(iii) summary information;
(iv) existing patient history information;
and
(v) complexity risk coding information;
(b) printing the one or more different medical templates on paper forms;
(c) entering patient encounter information from a patent encounter into the plurality of data fields by writing on the paper forms with a writing utensil, thereby creating completed paper forms;
(d) scanning the completed paper forms into the network device;
(e) digitizing the completed paper forms by:
(i) identifying from the network device a plurality of locations of data fields on the completed paper forms;
and
(ii) performing optical character recognition on the network device on data created with the writing utensil at each of the plurality of identified locations of the data fields;
(f) aggregating the recognized data into an electronic patient medical record and storing the electronic patient medical record on the network device;
and
(g) determining on the network device with the stored electronic patient medical record for the patient encounter represented by the paper forms:
(i) medical and billing codes;
(ii) legal compliance for medical treatment provided to the patient during the patient encounter;
(iii) an appropriateness of care based on the stored patient data and the medical treatment provided during the patient encounter;
(iv) a physician practice profile by aggregating data for a particular physician;
and
(v) data for use in research studies.

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A system for processing medical records on a plurality of network devices each with one or more processors, comprising in combination:

a first network device for:
creating one or more different medical templates capable of being used to enter patient encounter information, wherein the one or more medical templates comprises a plurality of data fields comprising:
(i) patient history data;
(ii) patient physical condition data;
(iii) summary information;
(iv) existing patient history information;
(v) complexity risk coding information;
printing on the first network device the one or more different medical templates on paper forms;
entering patient encounter information from a patent encounter into the plurality of data fields by writing on the paper forms with a writing utensil, thereby creating completed paper forms;
a second network device with one or more associated databases for:
scanning the completed paper forms;
digitizing the completed paper forms by:
(i) identifying from the network device a plurality of locations of data fields on the completed paper forms;
(ii) performing optical character recognition on the second network device on data created with the writing utensil at each of the plurality of identified locations of the data fields;
aggregating the recognized data into an electronic patient medical record and storing the electronic patient medical record on the second network device;
determining on the second network device with the stored electronic patient medical record for the patient encounter represented by the paper forms:
(i) medical and billing codes;
(ii) legal compliance for medical treatment provided to the patient during the patient encounter;
(iii) an appropriateness of care based on the stored patient data and the medical treatment provided during the patient encounter;
(iv) a physician practice profile by aggregating data for a particular physician;
and
(v) data for use in research studies;
generating one or more electronic templates from the stored electronic medical record on the second network device;
and
displaying the scanned paper forms, the stored electronic medical record and the generated one or more electronic templates on a graphical user interface (GUI) on the second network device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/692,976Filed 24 Oct 2003 · us provisional application
Priority: 29 Oct 2002
Granted: 24 Nov 2009
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G16H 10/60
ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic…
G16H 70/00
Ict specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references
G06Q
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial