Patent ID: 7774210
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. In a system that is configured to be associated with healthcare services, a method for generating, displaying and recording healthcare service information, the method comprising: electronically selecting a pool of healthcare procedures characteristically performed by an individual healthcare provider of a healthcare facility for inclusion in a customized form for use by the healthcare provider, wherein the pool of healthcare procedures are limited to reflect only the medical services rendered by the individual healthcare provider; electronically selecting one or more healthcare diagnoses characteristically employed by the individual healthcare provider for inclusion in the customized form that is to be used by the healthcare provider, wherein the one or more diagnoses are reasons for performing at least one of the procedures from the pool of healthcare procedures characteristically performed by the individual healthcare provider; generating the customized form in a generally integrated graphical display, by defining display specifications that relate to a display of the healthcare procedures characteristically performed by the individual healthcare provider and the healthcare diagnoses characteristically employed by the individual healthcare provider, wherein the display specifications are based on user preferences of the individual healthcare provider, and wherein said step for generating the customized form comprises: using a computer processing system and interface to define a structure for the customized form, selecting a number of rows for inclusion into the customized form, wherein the rows are selectively moved up or down, obtaining aspects of the customized form from an existing customized form, determining whether to pull detail lines from the existing customized form, defining specifications relating to the pool of healthcare procedures as performed by the individual healthcare provider in the practice of the individual healthcare provider, defining specifications relating to the one or more healthcare diagnoses pertaining to the practice of the individual healthcare provider, displaying a reference to the customized form in a searchable field within a form definition window, populating one or more fields of the form definition window, displaying the form definition window with the populated fields, entering procedure and diagnosis codes curtailed to the practice of the individual healthcare provider, providing a status and an identification relating to the electronically created customized form, providing a visit form look up and description, instantaneously updating the customizable form, providing the ability to lock the customized form, and displaying a preview of the customized form; and determining a particular sequence of the pool of healthcare procedures based upon user preferences of the individual healthcare provider; selecting at least one of (i) a diagnosis of the customized form and (ii) a procedure of the customized form, the diagnosis and the procedure being limited to reflect only those commonly rendered by the individual healthcare provider in connection with one of the healthcare procedures from the pool of healthcare procedures on a patient; displaying billing information on a real time basis and prior to the rendering of the one of the procedures on the patient to allow the healthcare provider to advise the patient as to healthcare service to be rendered, including the most cost efficient healthcare alternative for the patient; and automatically recording an insurance code entry on an insurance invoice, the insurance code entry representing the diagnosis and the procedure selected by the specialized healthcare provider, wherein the process of selecting the diagnosis and the procedure automatically creates the insurance code entry on the insurance invoice.