System and method of issuing patient identification devices
AssigneeQuadraMed Affinity Corporation
InventorsChakravarthy S. Toleti, Rajesh S. Toleti, Nageshwara R. Vempaty
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Abstract
A system and method of issuing patient identification devices to patients in a self service fashion at a provider facility. The system includes a processor for obtaining first patient identification information from a patient, for retrieving second patient identification information from patient records, for positively identifying the patient by comparing the first identification information to the second identification information, for initiating a patient identification device with a code unique to the patient, for issuing the identification device to the patient, and for storing an indication that the identification device has been initiated and issued.
Claims20
A computer comprising:
- a processor for obtaining first patient identification information from a patient, for retrieving second patient identification information from patient records, for positively identifying the patient by comparing the first identification information to the second identification information, for initiating a patient identification device with a code unique to the patient, for issuing the identification device to the patient, and for storing an indication that the identification device has been initiated and issued;
- wherein:
- the processor positively identifies the patient based on a variable amount of first patient information, said variable amount being a function of a purpose of an encounter with the patient.
A system for issuing identification devices to patients comprising:
- a provider of an identification device;
- and
- a computer for obtaining first patient identification information from a patient, for retrieving second patient identification information from patient records, for positively identifying the patient by comparing the first identification information to the second identification information, for initiating the patient identification device, for causing the provider to issue the identification device to the patient, and for storing an indication that the identification device has been initiated and issued to the patient for an encounter;
- wherein:
- the computer positively identifies the patient based on a variable amount of first patient information, said variable amount being a function of a purpose for the encounter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.