Patent ID: 7299192

Claim:
A process for tracking skilled-service rendered to a patient at a physical therapy treatment location by a physical therapy provider trained in a physical therapy discipline, comprising the steps of: treating said patient based on at least one physical therapy treatment goal at said physical therapy treatment location by said provider; generating at least one record of incremental provider observed progress development, said record of incremental provider observed progress development comprising an indication of incremental patient advances made toward a composite physical therapy treatment goal as compared to a preferred result; evaluating development of said patient during at least one treatment modality based on said at least one physical therapy treatment goal during a treatment session; dynamically modifying said composite physical therapy treatment goal to create at least one edited treatment goal identified for the patient based upon a development evaluation of said patient during at least one treatment modality; receiving an input comprising at least one of said record of incremental provider observed progress development so generated, for storage as treatment record data at a host location; using said treatment record data and a host processor, automatically generating a patient report; and submitting said patient report to an entity selected from the group consisting of a health care facility, a health care provider, an insurer, the patient, an entity authorized to receive records of the patient, and a record-keeping entity for the provider.