| 5805676 |
Telephone/transaction entry device and system for entering transaction data into databases |
| Sep-8-1998 |
A data transaction processing system in which transaction data is entered by the user in response to prompts in a template which is tailored to each user application. The template and entered data are... |
| 5802495 |
Phrasing structure for the narrative display of findings |
| Sep-1-1998 |
A method for generating sentences of text for selected medical findings in an electronic medical diagnostic system is disclosed. First, a descriptive phrase for each medical finding is created. Each descriptive... |
| 5794208 |
Creating and using protocols to create and review a patient chart |
| Aug-11-1998 |
A method and apparatus for creating and using a reusable medical protocol to create a patient chart is provided. The protocol is created by selecting various medical findings from a database containing... |
| 5781890 |
Method for managing clustered medical data and medical data filing system in clustered form |
| Jul-14-1998 |
In a medical data managing system, a plurality of medical data are first classified based on a classification item such as sorts of medical examinations. Thereafter, the classified medical data are stored... |
| 5774865 |
Patient compliance and monitoring system for multiple regimens using a movable bar code reader |
| Jun-30-1998 |
The patient compliance and monitoring device utilizes a tray with a base for holding medicine containers such as bottles. Inside the base attached to the tray is a weight scale connected to a computer.... |
| 5772585 |
System and method for managing patient medical records |
| Jun-30-1998 |
A system and method for managing patient medical information to facilitate data management and improve physician access to and recordal of examination data is described. The method comprises a computer... |
| 5765139 |
Method and apparatus for transforming a resource planning data structure into a scheduling data structure |
| Jun-9-1998 |
An apparatus and method for directing a computer system to transform a plurality of data in a planning data structure into a scheduling data structure. Each entry of the scheduling data structure has at... |
| 5764923 |
Medical network management system and process |
| Jun-9-1998 |
In a medical network management system (NMS) (20), health plan beneficiaries access a team of health care professionals over the telephone to help them assess their health needs and select appropriate... |
| 5758096 |
System and method for personalized medication treatment management |
| May-26-1998 |
A computer-based system and method for generating a medication management display comprises entering a plurality of medication names prescribed for one or more patients, with corresponding strength attributes,... |
| 5758095 |
Interactive medication ordering system |
| May-26-1998 |
A system and method for ordering and prescribing drugs for a patient. This system includes an improved process for facilitating and automating the process of drug order entry. The user may interact with... |
| 5752235 |
Electronic medication monitoring and dispensing method |
| May-12-1998 |
A device for monitoring medication of a patient and for prompting the patient into certain medication taking schedule and/or certain programming steps and routines. The device has a plurality of compartments,... |
| 5752234 |
Method and apparatus for managing disposable medical supplies appropriate for a single patient visit |
| May-12-1998 |
A method of supplying health care workers with disposable supplies appropriate for a single patient visit determines a requirement for disposable medical supplies for a patient during an associated single... |
| 5737539 |
Prescription creation system |
| Apr-7-1998 |
An electronic prescription creation system for use by professional prescribers at the point of care has a prescription division subsystem permitting creation of a single prescription to be automatically... |
| 5732401 |
Activity based cost tracking systems |
| Mar-24-1998 |
A system for tracking costs of medical procedures by monitoring the movements of personnel, supplies and equipment and processing data on these movements to produce detailed and accurate cost accounting... |
| 5732221 |
Electronic documentation system for generating written reports |
| Mar-24-1998 |
System and methods for generating written reports based on succinct input from a user. A method of the present invention comprises entering a first mode for initialization; defining menus; entering a second... |
| 5724580 |
System and method of generating prognosis and therapy reports for coronary health management |
| Mar-3-1998 |
A system and method of automatically formulating an alpha-numeric comprehensive management and prognosis report at a centralized data management center for a patient at a remote location is defined comprising:... |
| 5724379 |
Method of modifying comparable health care services |
| Mar-3-1998 |
Health care services are made more efficient by comparing health care services from different providers independently of the clinical complexity of treating the diseases of the patients involved. This... |
| 5715451 |
Method and system for constructing formulae for processing medical data |
| Feb-3-1998 |
A method and system for constructing formulae for processing medical data is provided by a formula construction facility. In a preferred embodiment, the facility displays a list of time-indexed medical... |
| 5713350 |
Patient information analysis management system and method |
| Feb-3-1998 |
In medical facilities in which medical treatments are performed at a plurality of locations, the state of a patient can be continuously and time-serially determined even if the location at which the medical... |
| 5706441 |
Method and apparatus for objectively monitoring and assessing the performance of health-care providers |
| Jan-6-1998 |
A method and apparatus for objectively assessing the complexity of health-care services delivered by each health-care provider within a group of health-care providers to patients serviced by the group... |
| 5675744 |
Workstation for medical service |
| Oct-7-1997 |
A system bus for connecting modules in a workstation for medical service has connected thereto a CPU, a main memory device, an input-output apparatus comprising a CRT or a display device such as liquid... |
| 5671359 |
Noise reduction in a storage phosphor data acquisition system |
| Sep-23-1997 |
A laser imaging system, such as a storage phosphor system, provides an x-ray image signal. X-ray image processing apparatus includes an image processor for processing the x-ray image signal for an image... |
| 5668954 |
Instructional CD player |
| Sep-16-1997 |
Devices and methods for providing emergency information. This emergency information device is a portable unit which may be carried to an emergency site. It is operative in response to parameter entries... |
| 5666492 |
Flexible computer based pharmaceutical care cognitive services management system and method |
| Sep-9-1997 |
A computer based pharmaceutical care cognitive services management system and method allows the transformation of a pharmacist from a vendor to a health care provider. The pharmaceutical care cognitive... |
| 5664207 |
Systems and methods for automatically sharing information among remote/mobile nodes |
| Sep-2-1997 |
Information is automatically shared among a plurality of remote/mobile data processing nodes which are temporarily and intermittently linked to a data processing server by distributing an information form... |
| 5664109 |
Method for extracting pre-defined data items from medical service records generated by health care providers |
| Sep-2-1997 |
A central medical record repository for a managed health care organization accepts and stores medical record documents in any format from medical service providers. The repository then identifies the document... |
| 5655118 |
Methods and apparatus for managing information on activities of an enterprise |
| Aug-5-1997 |
A system for maintaining various information representative of activities of an enterprise having four components. The first component creates the information including project data, subproject data, task... |
| 5655084 |
Radiological image interpretation apparatus and method |
| Aug-5-1997 |
A Radiology Healthcare Network provides high quality, timely medical interpretations of radiological images on a national (e.g., across the U.S.) and regional basis. The images can include images created... |
| 5651117 |
Method and system for disseminating obituaries and administering a depository to achieve this |
| Jul-22-1997 |
This is a system for disseminating obituaries by a depository that monitors reports of death and selectively transmits some of them to persons who have contracted beforehand with the depository to be notified... |
| 5651067 |
Storage and selective information transmission system for personal data |
| Jul-22-1997 |
Storage and selective information transmission system of personal data comprising at least one optical memory card on which a defined memory field for storing a multiplicity of key terms is provided, a... |
| 5644778 |
Medical transaction system |
| Jul-1-1997 |
A medical transaction system is disclosed which is capable of permitting a plurality of healthcare providers to communicate with a plurality of payors and financial institutions. The healthcare providers,... |
| 5617313 |
Image displaying method |
| Apr-1-1997 |
The present invention relates to a method for displaying images such as radiation images on a display apparatus such as, for example, a cathode-ray tube. This method is intended to obtain conversion information... |
| 5612870 |
System for tracking secure medical test cards |
| Mar-18-1997 |
A method and apparatus are provided for tracking information associated with a plurality of test cards. Each of the test cards is anonymously associated with a patient such that the patient's identity... |
| 5612869 |
Electronic health care compliance assistance |
| Mar-18-1997 |
An electronic health care compliance assistance system includes a user device and a host station used by a health care provider. The user device generates voice messages to remind a user when and how to... |
| 5594638 |
Computerized medical diagnostic system including re-enter function and sensitivity factors |
| Jan-14-1997 |
A system and method for providing computerized, knowledge-based medical diagnostic and treatment advice. The medical advice is provided to the general public over a telephone network. Two new authoring... |
| 5592374 |
Patient identification and x-ray exam data collection bar code system |
| Jan-7-1997 |
In storage phosphor radiography a latent x-ray image of a patient is stored in a storage phosphor. A storage phosphor reader converts the latent image into an x-ray image signal. A patient identifying... |
| 5581460 |
Medical diagnostic report forming apparatus capable of attaching image data on report |
| Dec-3-1996 |
To automatically form a medical diagnostic report containing various patient's information and also relevant medical diagnostic image data, a plurality of medical diagnostic image data are previously registered.... |
| 5579393 |
System and method for secure medical and dental record interchange |
| Nov-26-1996 |
A system for secure medical and dental record interchange comprises a provider system and a payer system. The provider system includes a digital imager, a processing unit, a data transmission/reception... |
| 5572422 |
Method for managing clustered medical data and medical data filing system in clustered form |
| Nov-5-1996 |
In a medical data managing system, a plurality of medical data are first classified based on a classification item such as sorts of medical examinations. Thereafter, the classified medical data are stored... |
| 5572421 |
Portable medical questionnaire presentation device |
| Nov-5-1996 |
A hand-held, battery-powered medical questionnaire presentation device is provided for use by a patient. The device has means for displaying questions to the patient, a limited number of keys by which... |
| 5544044 |
Method for evaluation of health care quality |
| Aug-6-1996 |
A software-based medical information system performs a method of analyzing health care claims records for an enrolled population (e.g., HMO, Medicaid) to assess and report on quality of care based on conformance... |
| 5513101 |
Radiological image interpretation apparatus and method |
| Apr-30-1996 |
A Radiology Healthcare Network provides high quality, timely medical interpretations of radiological images on a national (e.g., across the U.S.) and regional basis. The images can include images created... |
| 5508912 |
Clinical database of classified out-patients for tracking primary care outcome |
| Apr-16-1996 |
A computerized medical database system for the standardized recording and tracking of out-patient care by the simulation through existing software of multiple facets of a typical primary care clinical... |
| 5499293 |
Privacy protected information medium using a data compression method |
| Mar-12-1996 |
The present invention uses an efficient data compression/decompression scheme using a passive data storage media such as a card-based approach for storage of medical data information. The invention operates... |
| 5483443 |
Method for computing current procedural terminology codes from physician generated documentation |
| Jan-9-1996 |
A process is disclosed for calculating a Current Procedural Terminology ("CPT") code from input received from a physician or other medical professional. The physician is prompted with lists of choices... |
| 5469353 |
Radiological image interpretation apparatus and method |
| Nov-21-1995 |
A Radiology Healthcare Network provides high quality, timely medical interpretations of radiological images on a national (e.g., across the U.S.) and regional basis. The images can include images created... |
| 5361202 |
Computer display system and method for facilitating access to patient data records in a medical information system |
| Nov-1-1994 |
To improve access to patient information in medical information system for a health care facility, a computer display system, and a method for such a display system, includes a displayed representation... |
| 5327341 |
Computerized file maintenance system for managing medical records including narrative reports |
| Jul-5-1994 |
A file maintenance system for computer processing of multiple files of a client/patient type, the files having record sets in an organizational structure combining a plurality of standard, categorical,... |
| 5325294 |
Medical privacy system |
| Jun-28-1994 |
Method and apparatus for providing authorized access to medical information concerning an individual while preserving the confidentiality of, and preventing unauthorized access to, such information. A... |
| 5319543 |
Workflow server for medical records imaging and tracking system |
| Jun-7-1994 |
A computer system with a workflow server provides for automatic and prioritized assignment of work involving processing of medical information records, or "charts", to particular resources (personnel)... |
