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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190449 | Alert distribution and management system and returns module A method for managing a returns process in response to product alerts is provided. The method includes receiving an alert related to a product. The method also includes processing the alert into an alert repository. The method further includes retrieving product dat... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190447 | Computerized methods and systems for user-centric selection of menu items Methods for use in, e.g., in-patient care computing environment, for user-centric (e.g., in-patient-centric) selection of at least one menu item are provided. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention may include receiving a plurality of me... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190446 | Enhanced system and method for enhancing and supplementing the informed consent process of a patient undergoing a medical procedure A method for enhancing and supplementing the informed consent process of a patient undergoing a medical procedure is disclosed. A plurality of interactive multi-media program segments relating to a medical procedure are presented on-line to a patient who is to under... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190448 | Methods and apparatus for healthcare supply planning for healthcare continuity and/or patient surge Methods and apparatus for determining a minimum recommended healthcare product supply to maintain a healthcare facility through a supply chain disruption, patient surge or a combination of both are described. Embodiments of the invention include the ability to make ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190450 | System and method to manage a quality of delivery of healthcare A system and method to manage a quality of delivery of healthcare to a patient. The method includes tracking completion of a portion of a protocol associated with one of a series of candidate hypotheses to deliver healthcare to the patient; tracking a change in a qu... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185407 | Referral request system A method for electronically managing patient referrals includes, in a network of interconnected computers, submitting a referral request by a first provider, accepting the referral request by a second provider, obtaining an insurance approval of the referral request... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185426 | Method and system for providing real time appointment rescheduling A system and method for providing real-time appointment rescheduling by providing access to one or more computer-based appointment scheduling systems and a virtual open appointment wait-list associated with one or more appointment slots in the scheduling systems. On... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185410 | System and method for verifying medical impairments The present invention provides a method of verifying a medical impairment, comprising receiving a medical diagnosis of an injury, the numeric permanent impairment rating resulting from an evaluation of a permanent impairment, and comparing that permanent impairment ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185409 | Method and apparatus for operative event documentation and related data management In one embodiment, method and apparatus are disclosed which provide that a plurality of physicians each enter operative event data into an operative event database, wherein the operative event data documents planned or completed operative events and the physicians e... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185408 | Health care financing system and method A system and computer implemented method for determining eligibility of a patient to receive financial assistance. The method utilizes health care financial assistance information associated with a plurality of potential health care financial assistance plans, where... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180651 | System and method of patient destination prediction A system and method of predicting telemetry signal dropout creates a prediction of patient destination. The method includes defining a telemetry coverage area, receiving a location of a monitored patient, recording the received location, calculating a trajectory and... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180652 | Remote healthcare method for measuring physiological parameter and reporting self-perceived health status A remote healthcare method is applied to a healthcare server and includes the steps of receiving detected information from a physiological parameter detecting instrument, reading a patient identification code and a physiological parameter from the detected informati... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180650 | Use of location awareness to request assistance for a medical event occurring in a healthcare environment A method of requesting assistance for a medical event occurring in a hospital. The method comprises receiving data regarding a location of the medical event; receiving data regarding a type of the medical event; receiving data regarding at least one wirelessly detec... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175893 | Method for recommending disposable incontinence articles The present invention is directed to a method for recommending a disposable incontinence device to be used by an incontinent person. The method comprises the steps of: (a) receiving information, from a user, about incontinence devices which are currently used by the... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175891 | System for separating and distributing pharmacy order processing for compound medication An information system and method that provides the ability to reroute portions of prescription order work between a plurality of organizational units in order to leverage capacity, expertise, or other resources to increase network efficiency. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175892 | System and method for radiation therapy imaging and treatment workflow scheduling and optimization External beam radiotherapy treatment workflow scheduling and optimization. The system and method provides for determining a workflow metamodel, receiving a treatment plan, determining a treatment schedule corresponding to the workflow metamodel and treatment plan, t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175890 | Pharmacy based method and algorithm for handling of radioactive pharmaceuticals and generating of reports therefrom An algorithm for generating of a program, as well as an associated method for handling of radioactive pharmaceuticals by a pharmacy so that data may be maintained on the acquisition, dispensing and handling of the radioactive pharmaceuticals and the disposition ther... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170894 | Method of identifying innovations possessing business disrupting properties The instant invention involves a method for determining the expected presence of disruptive business process innovations by performing various nonlinear dynamic processes and analysis with both expected data values and referenced data values. After processing the ne... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170887 | System and method for providing continuous, expert network care services from a remote location(s) to geographically dispersed healthcare locations A system and method for providing continuous expert network critical care services from a remote location. A plurality of healthcare locations with associated patient monitoring instrumentation is connected over a network to a command center which is manned by inten... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165895 | System and method for selecting compliance related services A comprehensive medication management system is disclosed. The comprehensive medication management system offers a number of compliance related services that may be offered to patients in to improve medication therapy compliance. The system identifies compliance bar... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165896 | Compliance data for health-related procedures Exemplary embodiments provide a verification technique that facilitates administration of a health-related procedure to an intended recipient patient or group of patients. An interface template or signal protocol may be configured to establish suitable matching betw... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165893 | Medical monitoring and coordinated care system Systems and methods are provided for monitoring members of a group and providing coordinated care of the members. Monitoring devices are provided to each of the members which may take periodic health measurements of the member. The health measurement is compared to ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165892 | Monitoring drug packaging in clinical trial process A method for automatically tracking compliance in a clinical trials process involving one or more operations comprising selecting a container; associating an identifier with the container, the identifier having a unique signature data item thereon; reading the uniqu... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165897 | Medical decision system including interactive protocols and associated methods An interactive protocol system for a medical decision system includes a plurality of medical related information databases containing medical related information and rules, a patient information database including patient information, a medical practices database in... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165898 | System and method for generating a medical history A system and method for generating a medical history that is determined based on the patient's medication list. Medications are taken for specific indications, i.e., disease and/or symptom, and the system includes a knowledge base of all known medications and associ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165894 | Fully automated health plan administrator A system for fully automating the administration of a health plan. The system accepts inputs from enrollees, insureds, providers, insurers and vendors, but requires no physical data entry from the plan administrator. The system also features an automated methodology... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160896 | Method and system for monitoring patient care The subject invention is a Patient Care Monitoring System which employs a novel method and system for monitoring the care provided to a patient at a health care facility. In one embodiment, the subject invention includes a central processor in communication with a h... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160895 | User interface for clinical decision support User interfaces for proactive and interactive clinical decision support events are provided. When a clinical decision support event is initiated for a patient, relevant stored clinical information associated with the patient is accessed. A user interface is generate... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160897 | Satori integrated health and financial benefits system and method A shared medical savings system and method are provided that allow a patient to participate in the savings generated by selecting to have a medical procedure performed overseas. The system has one or more computing devices, a link that is capable of connecting the o... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160898 | Identification of specialty drugs Methods for determining whether a drug is a specialty drug, methods for creating tools to be used in making the determination, and the tools themselves are disclosed. The overall value of a drug depends on the drug's attribute values with respect to each of a set of... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160894 | System and method for improving medical care A computer system comprising a processor for executing program instructions and a memory coupled to the processor for storing the program instructions, the programming instructions comprising: enter intake data on a patient; entering symptoms the patient is experien... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161025 | Patent mapping The present subject matter provides systems, methods, software, and data structures for patent mapping, storage, and searching. Some such embodiments include mapping patent documents, claims, and claim limitations. Some further embodiments provide for searching a un... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155980 | Systems and methods for managing medical data Managing electrocardiogram (ECG) processing is described. ECGs are distributed to a technician system and/or a cardiologist system based on protocol data and one or more factors to promote processing efficiency for the ECGs. A modification to the protocol data can b... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155982 | Methods for sampling and relaying patient medical data In an aspect of a method of the present invention, medical data may be obtained either through a wired or wireless connection to a medical device (or both), and may be relayed to a medical data server directly or through an intermediary device (or a combination of b... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155983 | Managing appointments and payments in a health care system A data management system for managing appointment and payment transactions, such as HIPAA transactions, for patient care is provided. The data management system operates within a network of medical service entities and insurance entities that communicate with one an... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155977 | Rule management method and system A rule processing method includes defining a target group of patients chosen from a group of existing patients. An action to be taken concerning one or more patients within the target group of patients is defined, and an execution time for the action is scheduled. | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155978 | Operating method for a computer A user predefines for a computer a retrieval instruction for primary data of a patient or of several patients. The computer accesses the primary data of this patient and outputs them to the user via a visual display device. The primary data comprise the primary imag... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155979 | Attachment integrated claims systems and operating methods therefor Systems and methods for processing textual messages which are integrated with one or more digital attachments is described. These systems and methods are useful in the electronic filing and processing of, for example, image data, and of textual data associated with ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150706 | Remote prescription refill system A prescription refill system having Voice-over-IP (VoIP) capabilities is provided. A central station remote from a pharmacy is provided for receiving phone calls (e.g., PSTN or VoIP calls) relating to prescription information. The central station obtains the prescri... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150709 | Integrated point of care medication administration information system An integrated point of care medication administration system comprises a point of care medication administration system including an interface for communicating with the at least one repository and information sources and including a processor. The processor uses th... | 04/03/2012 |
