US 12,080,431 B1
Method for analyzing diagnoses, and determining and reporting working diagnosis related data using standardized patient medical information
Merced Gonzales, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to Hospitalists Now, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Hospitalists Now, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/735,847.
Application 17/735,847 is a continuation of application No. 16/833,546, filed on Mar. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,348,689.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/829,558, filed on Apr. 4, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 50/20 (2018.01) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01)] 27 Claims
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
entering, via a diagnosis entry subprogram on a hardware data processor patient system, one or more diagnosis for a patient in a health care setting, said one or more diagnosis being a primary diagnosis, and one or more of a secondary diagnosis, a complication diagnosis, or a comorbidity diagnosis;
inputting a description of the diagnosis into the diagnosis entry subprogram by:
entering, via the diagnosis entry subprogram on the hardware data processor patient system, a diagnosis description by manual entry, or
selecting, via the diagnosis entry subprogram on the hardware data processor patient system, a diagnosis description from a menu, or
importing, via the diagnosis entry subprogram on the hardware data processor patient system, a diagnosis description from an external source, or
entering, via the diagnosis entry subprogram on the hardware data processor patient system, an International Classification of Disease (ICD) number, for each of said one or more diagnosis;
analyzing, via the diagnosis entry subprogram on the hardware data processor patient system, said one or more diagnosis in view of the patient's age and sex, discharge status, and any surgical procedures previously performed on said patient;
calculating, via the diagnosis entry subprogram on the hardware data processor patient system, diagnosis specific data that includes at least one Diagnosis Related Grouping (DRG) code wherein the diagnosis specific data is calculated based on how said one or more diagnosis was entered in said diagnosis entry subprogram;
generating, via the diagnosis entry subprogram on the hardware data processor patient system, a working diagnosis from the diagnosis specific data calculated by the diagnosis entry subprogram;
populating one or more display fields of an electronic medical record (EMR) with the working diagnosis and at least one DRG code generated by the diagnosis entry subprogram,
displaying the working diagnosis and at least some of said diagnosis specific data calculated by said diagnosis entry subprogram; and
storing said one or more diagnosis specific data and said working diagnosis generated by said diagnosis entry subprogram in said plurality of non-transitory storage devices programmed with executable instructions using said hardware data processor patient system.