Patent ID: 8712793

Claim:
An emergency dispatch database system, comprising: one or more server computers specially programmed with a database storing a plurality of database records; the one or more server computers specially programmed with a set of patient-related data that forms the basis for a patient record or database query where the patient-related data in the database may be queried without using a device unique to the patient; the one or more server computers specially programmed with a first database module comprising instructions for dispatching a vehicle carrying an emergency transport crew to a patient site; the one or more server computers specially programmed with a second database module comprising instructions for generating a calculated vehicle path to the patient site; the one or more server computers specially programmed with a third database module comprising instructions for tracking and storing an actual vehicle path of the vehicle and determining whether the actual vehicle path varies from the calculated vehicle path; wherein the determining whether the actual vehicle path varies from the calculated vehicle path includes identifying a variation from the calculated vehicle path; wherein the third database module additionally comprises instructions for making information regarding the variation available to at least a fourth database module; and wherein the information regarding the variation comprises a reason for the variation, and the fourth database module comprises instructions for calculating a bill at least in part based on the reason for the variation.