SYSTEM FOR CENTRALIZED STORAGE OF PATIENT RELATED DATA RECORDS INCLUDING MEDICAL NOTES AND TEST RESULTS AND FOR SCHEDULING PATIENT RELATED SERVICES

摘要

A hospital computer system (26) includes terminals (24) in all departments (12 and 14) for entering information regarding a patient's stay in the hospital. The initial information entered includes the patient's history (28), the results (3) of the physical examination carried out by the doctor who received the patient, and the doctor's requests for tests or other health care. 'hospital. The system (26) prints a history and report for the patient record and highlights abnormal discoveries and complaints. The system (26) schedules and reprograms all hospital services for the patient on a priority basis, thereby eliminating this responsibility for nurses and other hospital staff, thereby avoiding situations where the patient must be in two locations simultaneously. The system (26) receives and stores all test results and notes from technicians, nurses and doctors and prints a discharge discharge summary document for the sheet or record, as well as an instruction document for the patient.