METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA RECORDING, TRACKING, AND ANALYSIS IN CRITICAL RESULTS MEDICAL COMMUNICATION

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for implementing a medical critical results communication, including: receiving an identification and a classification of a finding of criticality on a patient; creating and transmitting a critical results communication to a recipient by electronic methods; receiving and storing an acknowledgement from the recipient that the critical results communication was received; receiving and storing feedback and/or the initiation of clinical intervention and a follow-up action from the recipient, and transmitting same to the health care provider sender; receiving and storing diagnostic confirmation from the recipient and/or the healthcare provider sender; performing an analysis of critical results data, and performing a compliance analysis with stored established medical standards; and providing the critical results data analysis and the compliance analysis to at least the health care provider sender.