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US 7,734,482 B1Granted
System and method for pre-admission testing
OwnerEarl D. Vance, Joseph A. Mack +1inventors
InventorsEarl D. Vance, Joseph A. Mack, Nicholas P. Nelson
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Abstract
A system and method for scheduling pre-admission testing (PAT) appointments and accessing PAT reports through an on-line interface. The system and method allows the input of patient demographic and medical information from a remote location. PAT physicians can access scheduling information and input patient information using an electronic medical record module.
Claims47
A computerized system for scheduling pre-admission testing comprising:
- a database for storing scheduling information for a variety of available and unavailable pre-admission test (PAT) appointments;
- and
- one or more servers, connected to a public network, adapted to:
- receive from a remote computer a request to schedule a pre-admission test for a patient;
- transmit to said remote computer a request to provide patient information for the patient requiring a pre-admission test;
- receive from said remote computer the requested patient information;
- generate a list of valid available pre-admission test appointments for the patient from pre-admission testing scheduling data electronically retrieved from the database;
- transmit the list of valid available pre-admission test appointments for display by the remote computer;
- prompt the remote computer to select an appointment from those provided on the list of available appointments that is to be scheduled for the patient;
- receive a request from the remote computer to schedule the patient for an appointment that has been selected from the list of available appointments;
- update the database to indicate that the patient is scheduled for the selected appointment and that the selected appointment is no longer available;
- transmit an appointment confirmation message for display by said remote computer;
- receive a request from a remote computer to view a master schedule of all scheduled pre-admission tests for a given testing facility;
- compile the master schedule of all scheduled pre-admission tests for a given testing facility;
- transmit the master schedule of scheduled pre-admission tests for display by the requesting remote computer;
- receive from a remote computer a request to view a list of at least one lab test that must be performed on the patient during pre-admission testing to clear the patient for an upcoming medical procedure;
- generate a list of at least one lab test that must be performed on the patient during pre-admission testing based on the received patient information;
- transmit the generated list of at least one lab test to the remote computer for viewing;
- receive from the remote computer a request to amend the list of at least one lab test by adding at least one lab test to the list;
- amend the list of at least one lab test that must be performed on the patient during pre-admission testing by adding at least one lab test to the list;
- and
- transmit the amended list of lab tests to the database.
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A computerized system for scheduling pre-admission testing, comprising:
- a database for storing scheduling information for a variety of available and unavailable pre-admission test (PAT) appointments;
- and
- one or more servers, connected to a public network, adapted to:
- receive from a remote computer a request to schedule a pre-admission test for a patient;
- transmit to said remote computer a request to provide patient information for the patient requiring a pre-admission test;
- receive from said remote computer the requested patient information;
- generate a list of valid available pre-admission test appointments for the patient from pre-admission testing scheduling data electronically retrieved from the database;
- transmit the list of valid available pre-admission test appointments for display by the remote computer;
- prompt the remote computer to select an appointment from those provided on the list of available appointments that is to be scheduled for the patient;
- receive a request from the remote computer to schedule the patient for an appointment that has been selected from the list of available appointments;
- update the database to indicate that the patient is scheduled for the selected appointment and that the selected appointment is no longer available;
- transmit an appointment confirmation message for display by said remote computer;
- receive a request from a remote computer to view a master schedule of all scheduled pre-admission tests for a given testing facility;
- compile the master schedule of all scheduled pre-admission tests for a given testing facility;
- transmit the master schedule of scheduled pre-admission tests for display by the requesting remote computer;
- generate an order for at least one lab test that is to be performed on the patient during pre-admission testing and transmit the order to the facility where the lab test is going to be performed;
- receive a report that was generated during the ordered lab test from a remote computer;
- transmit the report to the database;
- receive a request from a remote computer to view said report;
- and
- transmit the report to the remote computer for viewing.
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A computerized method for pre-admission testing comprising the steps of:
- receiving from a remote computer a request to access a web server and to schedule a pre-admission test for a patient;
- transmitting to said remote computer a request to provide patient information for the patient requiring a pre-admission test;
- receiving from said remote computer the requested patient information;
- generating a list of valid available pre-admission test appointments for the patient from pre-admission testing scheduling data electronically retrieved from a database;
- transmitting the list of valid available pre-admission test appointments for display by the remote computer;
- prompting the remote computer to select an appointment from those provided on the list of available appointments that is to be scheduled for the patient;
- receiving a request from the remote computer to schedule the patient for an appointment that has been selected from the list of available appointments;
- updating the database to indicate that the patient is scheduled for the selected appointment and that the selected appointment is no longer available;
- transmitting an appointment confirmation message for display by said remote computer;
- receiving a request from a remote computer to view the master schedule of all scheduled pre-admission tests for a given testing facility;
- compiling a master schedule of all scheduled pre-admission tests for a given testing facility;
- transmitting the master schedule of scheduled pre-admission tests for display by the requesting remote computer;
- receiving a request from a remote computer to view a list of at least one lab test that must be performed on the patient during pre-admission testing to clear the patient for an upcoming medical procedure;
- generating a list of at least one lab test that must be performed on the patient during pre-admission testing;
- transmitting the generated list of at least one lab test to the remote computer for viewing;
- receiving a request to amend the list of at least one lab test by adding at least one lab test to the list;
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- amending the list of the at least one lab test as requested by the remote computer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.