Surgery – Diagnostic testing
Patent
1997-06-02
2000-10-03
O'Connor, Cary E.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
128920, A61B 500
Patent
active
061265969
ABSTRACT:
A system that can collect data, directly from a client and use this data both to diagnose and to establish the severity of a client's condition. The system can also use this data to look-up one or more appropriate treatments according to treatment guidelines stored in its memory. It then uses this information to monitor if the treatment decisions made by the treating clinician or other medical provider is consistent with the stored treatment guidelines. The system can suggest treatments to the medical provider, inform the provider if the provider chooses a treatment or treatments that do not follow the treatment guidelines, require the provider to actively over-ride the treatment guidelines or require the provider to obtain agreement to over-ride from a supervisor. Additionally, the system can store information on treatments that do not follow the treatment guidelines for ongoing review of provider performance by provider supervisors.
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O'Connor Cary E.
Winakur Eric F.
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