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 computerized system (26) includes terminals (24) in all departments (12 and 14) for entering information pertinent to a patient's stay. The initial information entered includes the patient's history (28), admitting physician's physical examination results (3), and physician's orders for tests or hospital services to be performed. The system (26) prints a history and physical report for the patient's chart and highlights abnormal findings and complaints. The system (26) schedules and reschedules all hospital services for the patient on a priority basis, thereby eliminating this responsibility from the nurses and other hospital personnel, and avoids situations where the patient is scheduled to be in two places simultaneously. The system (26) receives and stores all test results and technician's, nurses, and doctor's notes and prints a summarized discharge planning document and a narrative discharge report for the chart, as well as a patient instruction document.