Patent ID: 7734482

Claim:
A computerized system for scheduling pre-admission testing comprising: a database for storing scheduling information for a variety of available and unavailable pre-admission test (PAT) appointments; and one or more servers, connected to a public network, adapted to: receive from a remote computer a request to schedule a pre-admission test for a patient; transmit to said remote computer a request to provide patient information for the patient requiring a pre-admission test; receive from said remote computer the requested patient information; generate a list of valid available pre-admission test appointments for the patient from pre-admission testing scheduling data electronically retrieved from the database; transmit the list of valid available pre-admission test appointments for display by the remote computer; prompt the remote computer to select an appointment from those provided on the list of available appointments that is to be scheduled for the patient; receive a request from the remote computer to schedule the patient for an appointment that has been selected from the list of available appointments; update the database to indicate that the patient is scheduled for the selected appointment and that the selected appointment is no longer available; transmit an appointment confirmation message for display by said remote computer; receive a request from a remote computer to view a master schedule of all scheduled pre-admission tests for a given testing facility; compile the master schedule of all scheduled pre-admission tests for a given testing facility; transmit the master schedule of scheduled pre-admission tests for display by the requesting remote computer; receive from a remote computer a request to view a list of at least one lab test that must be performed on the patient during pre-admission testing to clear the patient for an upcoming medical procedure; generate a list of at least one lab test that must be performed on the patient during pre-admission testing based on the received patient information; transmit the generated list of at least one lab test to the remote computer for viewing; receive from the remote computer a request to amend the list of at least one lab test by adding at least one lab test to the list; amend the list of at least one lab test that must be performed on the patient during pre-admission testing by adding at least one lab test to the list; and transmit the amended list of lab tests to the database.