Patent Document ID: 7904309
Application ID: 11454731

Base Claim:
1. A method for assessing and managing a work-related musculoskeletal injury associated with at least one work site with a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method comprising: receiving musculoskeletal injury categories; drawing, by a computer, relationships between the musculoskeletal injury categories by applying specialized medical knowledge, wherein the relationships between the musculoskeletal injury categories and the current procedural terminology comprises drawing relationships between specific procedural terminology and generalized procedural terminology, the relationships being determined, at least in part, by analyzing the table structure to determined trends, the trends being indicative of the relationships between the musculoskeletal injury categories and the current procedural terminology; structuring storage of the relationships between the musculoskeletal injury categories by tabulating a table structure that facilitates computational linkage between specific musculoskeletal injury categories and generalized musculoskeletal injury categories, wherein tabulating the table structure comprises joining, to the table structure, at least one of the following: a doctor-patient diagnosis history table, a patient corrective procedures table, demographic data, statistical data, and occupational data; gathering, for each work site, statistics on work-related musculoskeletal injuries associated with at least one of the following: relatively high lost work time and relatively high medical cost; and utilizing the relationships and the statistics to compile and retrieve data that facilitates improved work-related musculoskeletal injury resolution, wherein the improved work-related musculoskeletal injury resolution comprises at least one of the following: effective treatment of the work-related musculoskeletal injury; faster resolution and payment of an insurance claim associated with the work-related musculoskeletal injury; reduction in lost work time associated with the work-related musculoskeletal injury; and reduction in medical cost associated with the work-related musculoskeletal injury.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: analyzing the work site for occupations having a high injury profile; developing a job description associated with each occupation having the high injury profile for use by a physician treating the work-related musculoskeletal injury; identifying potential catastrophic work-related injuries based on the job description and analyzing the work site; and implementing early intervention measures to prevent the potential catastrophic injuries.