Patent Document ID: 8484048
Application ID: 11603911
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computerized method for automated prioritization of waiting patients, comprising the steps of: for a plurality of patients, gathering with the assistance of a computer at least one medical factor associated with each patient's medical condition taken from a group consisting of (a) a type of injury, (b) a symptom, (c) a condition of the patient, and (d) a demographic statistic of the patient; for the plurality of the patients, gathering with the assistance of a computer at least one subjective perception associated each patient's medical condition taken from a group consisting of (a) anxiety of the patient, (b) anxiety of the referring physician, (c) anxiety of the reviewing attendee, and (d) whether the referring physician ordered the case STAT; generating, by a software tool on a computer server, an acuity score for each of the plurality of patients based at least upon weights applied to the at least one medical factor and the at least one subjective perception respectively gathered for each of the plurality of patients; and ordering, in a prioritized list by the software tool on the computer server, the plurality of patients for at least one of (a) medical treatment and (b) medical assessment, based at least upon the respective acuity scores generated for each of the plurality of patients; wherein the prioritized list is organized from top to bottom based upon the acuity scores generated for each of the plurality of patients.