Patent ID: 6055506
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
An outpatient care data system, comprising:a data storage system located at a hospital and which stores outpatient data in the form of a plurality of medical records for a plurality of outpatients associated with said outpatient care data system, said medical records including, for each outpatient, an identification of the outpatient and data relating to the medical history of the outpatient;a data receiver coupled to said data storage system, said data receiver being adapted to receive outpatient data from a first outpatient system situated at a first location remote from said hospital and being adapted to receive outpatient data from a second outpatient system situated at a second location remote from said hospital; anda monitor for checking outpatient data stored in said data storage system and generating messages relating to said outpatients, said monitor being programmed to determine whether a deliverable medical device was delivered to an outpatient home in accordance with a scheduled delivery time and to generate a message relating to whether said deliverable medical device was delivered in accordance with said scheduled delivery time.