Patent ID: 8195476
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for administering medical patient data comprising the steps of: electronically storing medical data for a patient in a secured patient medical file with restricted access, said medical patient data containing data representing all previous examinations of the patient including a date of each examination and findings from each examination; before implementing a new examination of the patient with a medical device prescribed by a physician, requiring automatic electronic, non-manual comparison of said patient medical file to data representing said new examination to obtain an electronic comparison result; automatically electronically, non-manually preventing billing of costs of said new examination if said electronic comparison result indicates a previous examination exists comparable to said new examination in said patient medical file within a predetermined time span preceding the comparison; and when said new examination is implemented, automatically determining if data representing a documentation of said new examination have been entered in said patient file, and automatically electronically, non-manually preventing monetarily charging said patient for a cost associated with said new examination if said data representing a documentation of said new examination are not entered in said patient medical file.