Medical charging system and monitoring equipment
By establishing a communication connection between the monitoring equipment and the server, obtaining physiological parameter signals and patient identification information, and performing automatic billing, the problem that medical billing cannot be automated in the existing technology is solved, and an intelligent and standardized billing process is realized.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202311292040.3
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2023-09-28
- Publication Date
- 2025-03-28
AI Technical Summary
Existing monitoring equipment cannot achieve automated medical billing, and medical staff need to fill in records manually, which cannot realize the intelligent and standardized billing process.
A medical billing system is designed, including a monitoring device and a server. The monitoring device is used to obtain physiological parameter signals and patient identification information and send relevant information to the server, and the server automatically bills based on this information.
Automatic billing based on inspection items and measurement times or measurement duration is realized, which improves the intelligence and standardization of medical billing, and reduces the errors and time-consuming of manual operations.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of monitoring equipment, and in particular to a medical billing system and monitoring equipment. Background Art
[0002] With the development of smart healthcare, higher requirements have been put forward for the intelligence and clarity of medical billing. Existing monitoring equipment simply monitors the patient's vital signs parameters, such as heart / electroencephalogram monitoring, invasive blood pressure (IBP), blood oxygen (SpO2), etc. After the test, the medical staff manually fill in the record on the medical record, which cannot realize automatic billing. Summary of the invention
[0003] A series of simplified concepts are introduced in the Summary of the Invention, which will be further described in detail in the Detailed Description of the Invention. The Summary of the Invention does not mean to attempt to define the key features and essential technical features of the claimed technical solution, nor does it mean to attempt to determine the scope of protection of the claimed technical solution.
[0004] A first aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides a medical billing system, comprising a monitoring device and a server, wherein the monitoring device is communicatively connected to the server;
[0005] The monitoring device is used to communicate with the sensors of one or more examination items, obtain the physiological parameter signals detected by the sensors, and display the processing results of the physiological parameter signals after processing the physiological parameter signals, wherein the physiological parameter signals include at least one of an electrocardiogram signal, a blood oxygen signal, a respiratory parameter signal, a blood pressure signal, a body temperature signal, a pulse signal and a carbon dioxide signal;
[0006] The monitoring device is used to obtain patient identification information and associated patient examination information, wherein the patient examination information includes one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least part of the examination items;
[0007] The server is used to obtain the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information from the monitoring device, and automatically bill based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information, and output a billing result.
[0008] In some embodiments, the examination items are represented by corresponding examination item flags, and the patient examination information includes one or more examination item flags and the number of measurements or measurement durations of at least some of the examination item flags.
[0009] In some embodiments, the medical billing system further includes an information converter, which is used to convert the first form of examination item flags received from the monitoring device into a second form of examination item flags, and send the second form of examination item flags to the server.
[0010] In some embodiments, the server is further configured to obtain a billing result output instruction, and output the billing result in response to the billing result output instruction.
[0011] In some embodiments, the server obtains a billing result output instruction, and outputs the billing result in response to the billing result output instruction, including:
[0012] The server automatically performs billing upon acquiring the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information, obtains a billing result and stores the billing result in the server;
[0013] When the charging result output instruction is obtained, the charging result is output.
[0014] In some embodiments, the server obtains a billing result output instruction, and outputs the billing result in response to the billing result output instruction, including:
[0015] The server stores the acquired patient identification information and the associated patient examination information in the server;
[0016] When the billing result output instruction is obtained, automatic billing is performed based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information to obtain a billing result and output the billing result.
[0017] In some embodiments, the server includes a fee list, the fee list includes multiple examination items and their single charges or unit time charges, and automatic billing is performed based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information, and the output billing result includes:
[0018] Matching one or more examination items in the patient examination information with multiple examination items in the fee list to determine corresponding examination items;
[0019] Based on the number of measurements or measurement duration of the corresponding examination item in the patient examination information and the single charge or unit duration charge of the corresponding examination item in the charge list, a calculation is performed to obtain the billing result.
[0020] In some embodiments, the monitoring device obtaining the patient identification information includes:
[0021] Acquire the patient identification information through information input by medical staff; or,
[0022] Acquire the patient identification information through biometric information recognition; or,
[0023] The patient identification information is obtained by scanning the code.
[0024] In some embodiments, the patient identification information includes one or more of name, ID number, clinic number, hospital number, or bed number.
[0025] In some embodiments, the monitoring device is further used to obtain the start measurement time and the end measurement time of the examination item to obtain the measurement duration of the examination item.
[0026] In some embodiments, the monitoring device is further used to obtain patient on-line information and patient off-line information, and to obtain a total time duration for which the patient uses the monitoring device based on the patient on-line information and the patient information.
[0027] In some embodiments, the sensors of the one or more examination items include one or more of an electrocardiogram sensor, a blood oxygen sensor, and a respiratory sensor.
[0028] In some embodiments, the billing results can be queried, displayed and / or paid on a remote terminal.
[0029] A second aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides a monitoring device, the monitoring device is used to communicate with sensors of one or more examination items, obtain physiological parameter signals detected by the sensors, and after processing the physiological parameter signals, display the processing results for the physiological parameter signals, wherein the physiological parameter signals include at least one of an electrocardiogram signal, a blood oxygen signal, a respiratory parameter signal, a blood pressure signal, a body temperature signal, a pulse signal, and a carbon dioxide signal;
[0030] The monitoring device is also used to obtain patient identification information and associated patient examination information and send the patient identification information and associated patient examination information to a server for automatic billing by the server, wherein the patient examination information includes one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the examination items.
[0031] A third aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides a monitoring device, the monitoring device is used to communicate with sensors of one or more examination items, obtain physiological parameter signals detected by the sensors, and display processing results for the physiological parameter signals after processing the physiological parameter signals, wherein the physiological parameter signals include at least one of an electrocardiogram signal, a blood oxygen signal, a respiratory parameter signal, a blood pressure signal, a body temperature signal, a pulse signal, and a carbon dioxide signal;
[0032] The monitoring device is also used for:
[0033] Acquire patient identification information and associated patient examination information, wherein the patient examination information includes one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the duration of measurements of at least some of the examination items;
[0034] Automatically billing is performed based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information, and a billing result is output.
[0035] In some embodiments, the monitoring device obtains a fee list locally or remotely from a server, the fee list includes multiple examination items and their single charges or unit time charges, and automatically charges based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information, and outputs the billing results including:
[0036] Matching one or more examination items in the patient examination information with multiple examination items in the fee list to determine corresponding examination items;
[0037] Based on the number of measurements or measurement duration of the corresponding examination item in the patient examination information and the single charge or unit duration charge of the corresponding examination item in the charge list, a calculation is performed to obtain the billing result.
[0038] In some embodiments, the examination items are represented by corresponding examination item flags, and the patient examination information includes one or more examination item flags and the number of measurements or measurement durations of at least some of the examination item flags.
[0039] In some embodiments, the monitoring device is further used to obtain a billing result output instruction, and output the billing result in response to the billing result output instruction.
[0040] The medical billing system and monitoring equipment provided by the present invention can realize automatic billing based on the examination items and the number of measurements or measurement duration of the examination items, thereby realizing intelligent and standardized medical billing. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0041] The following drawings of the present invention are used to understand the present invention as part of the present invention. The embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings and the description thereof is used to explain the principle of the present invention.
[0042] In the attached figure:
[0043] Figure 1 A schematic structural block diagram of a medical billing system according to an embodiment of the present application is shown;
[0044] Figure 2 A flowchart showing a working method of a monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present application is shown;
[0045] Figure 3 A schematic structural block diagram of a monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present application is shown;
[0046] Figure 4 A flow chart of a working method of a monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0047] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more obvious, the example embodiments according to the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments of the present application, and it should be understood that the present application is not limited to the example embodiments described herein. Based on the embodiments of the present invention described in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work should fall within the scope of protection of the present application.
[0048] In the following description, a large number of specific details are provided to provide a more thorough understanding of the present application. However, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that the present application can be implemented without one or more of these details. In other examples, in order to avoid confusion with the present application, some technical features well known in the art are not described.
[0049] It should be understood that the present application can be implemented in different forms and should not be interpreted as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. On the contrary, providing these embodiments will make the disclosure thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the present application to those skilled in the art.
[0050] The purpose of the terms used herein is only to describe specific embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the present application. When used herein, the singular forms "one", "an" and "said / the" are also intended to include plural forms, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the terms "consisting of" and / or "comprising", when used in this specification, determine the presence of the features, integers, steps, operations, elements and / or parts, but do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, parts and / or groups. When used herein, the term "and / or" includes any and all combinations of the relevant listed items.
[0051] In order to thoroughly understand the present application, a detailed structure will be proposed in the following description to illustrate the technical solution proposed by the present application. The optional embodiments of the present application are described in detail as follows, but in addition to these detailed descriptions, the present application may also have other implementation methods.
[0052] like Figure 1As shown, the present invention provides a medical billing system 100, including a monitoring device 110 and a server 120, wherein the monitoring device 110 is in communication connection with the server 120.
[0053] In some embodiments, the monitoring device 110 is connected to the server 120 through an external communication interface. The external communication interface can be one or a combination of local area network interfaces composed of Ethernet, Token Ring, Token Bus, and Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) as the backbone network of these three networks, or one or a combination of wireless interfaces such as infrared, Bluetooth, WiFi, WMTS communication, or one or a combination of wired data connection interfaces such as RS232 and USB. The external communication interface can also be a combination of one or both of a wireless data transmission interface and a wired data transmission interface.
[0054] In some embodiments, the monitoring device 110 is used to communicate with sensors of one or more examination items, obtain physiological parameter signals detected by the sensors, and display the processing results of the physiological parameter signals after processing the physiological parameter signals. The physiological parameter signals include at least one of electrocardiogram signals, blood oxygen signals, respiratory parameter signals, blood pressure signals, body temperature signals, pulse signals and carbon dioxide signals.
[0055] In some embodiments, the monitoring device 110 may be a monitor, which is connected to one or more sensors through an external communication interface. The sensor is used to monitor the patient's physiological parameter signals and obtain physiological parameter data corresponding to the physiological parameter signals. The physiological parameter signals may include various vital sign parameters, such as electrocardiogram signals, blood oxygen signals, respiratory parameter signals, blood pressure signals, body temperature signals, pulse signals, and carbon dioxide signals. The physiological parameter data may be the original collected electrical signal, which may be presented in a waveform, or may be data obtained after processing the original collected electrical signal. The corresponding physiological parameter data may be visualized by at least one of a numerical value, a waveform, and a waveform change trend graph.
[0056] In some embodiments, the sensor is connected to an accessory part that is in close contact with a body part of a user (e.g., a patient). In some embodiments, the accessory part may be a strap-type structure for tying to an arm or wrist of a user. In some embodiments, the accessory part may be an electrode sheet attached to a specific part of the user's body (e.g., the chest near the heart). In some embodiments, the accessory part may be a clamping structure clamped on the user's finger, and a blood oxygen probe may be provided in the clamping structure. In some embodiments, the sensor and the accessory part may be provided with a detachable connection, so that the sensor can be easily replaced when the sensor is low on power, etc., without removing the accessory part from the user.
[0057] In some embodiments, the sensor may be an electrocardiogram sensor, which acquires the user's electrocardiogram signal, such as an electrocardiogram, through an electrode sheet attached to a specific part of the user's body. In some embodiments, the sensor may be a respiration sensor, which acquires the user's respiration parameter signal, such as a respiration rate, through an electrode sheet attached to a specific part of the user's body. In some embodiments, the sensor may be a blood oxygen sensor, which acquires the user's blood oxygen signal, such as blood oxygen concentration, through a blood oxygen probe clamped in a clamping structure of the user's finger.
[0058] In some embodiments, the monitoring device is further used to obtain patient identification information and associated patient examination information, wherein the patient examination information includes one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the examination items.
[0059] In some embodiments, the patient identification information is information indicating the patient's identity, including but not limited to one or more of the patient's name, ID number, outpatient number, hospitalization number, or bed number. The monitoring device can select the method for obtaining the patient identification information as needed, for example, obtaining the patient identification information through information input by medical staff; obtaining the patient identification information through biometric information recognition (for example, face recognition, fingerprint recognition, AI intelligent voice recognition, etc.); obtaining the patient identification information by scanning a code (for example, a QR code, a barcode, etc.); or other methods can be selected, and this application does not limit this.
[0060] In some embodiments, the patient examination information includes one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the examination items. In some embodiments, when the examination items are items such as electrocardiogram and respiratory rate, the measurement duration of the examination items can be obtained; when the examination items are items such as blood sugar concentration and non-invasive blood pressure, the number of measurements of the examination items can be obtained.
[0061] In some embodiments, the monitoring device can also be used to obtain the start measurement time and the end measurement time of the examination item to obtain the measurement duration of the examination item. In some embodiments, the method of obtaining the start measurement time of the examination item includes but is not limited to: obtaining the start measurement time through the operation or input of the medical staff or the patient; or automatically obtaining the start measurement time through the power-on time of the sensor; or automatically obtaining the start measurement time when the patient or a part of the patient's body is in a specified position. Similarly, the method of obtaining the end measurement time of the examination item includes but is not limited to: obtaining the end measurement time through the operation or input of the medical staff or the patient; or automatically obtaining the end measurement time through the power-off time of the sensor; or automatically obtaining the end measurement time when the patient or a part of the patient's body leaves the specified position. Other methods can also be selected to obtain the start measurement time and the end measurement time of the examination item, and this application does not limit this.
[0062] In some embodiments, the monitoring device is also used to obtain patient information and patient information, and obtain the total time the patient uses the monitoring device based on the patient information and the patient information. In one embodiment, the method of obtaining the patient information includes but is not limited to: obtaining the patient information through the operation or input of medical staff or patients; or automatically obtaining the patient information when the patient identification information is obtained; or automatically obtaining the patient information when the patient or a part of the patient's body is located at a specified position. Similarly, the method of obtaining the patient information includes but is not limited to: obtaining the patient information through the operation or input of medical staff or patients; or automatically obtaining the patient information when the patient identification information is obtained again; or automatically obtaining the patient information when the patient or a part of the patient's body leaves the specified position. Other methods can also be selected to obtain the patient information and the patient information, and this application does not limit this.
[0063] In some embodiments, when the monitoring device is used to check multiple items, the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the items need to be obtained separately. When the monitoring device is only used to check a single item, the measurement duration of the inspection item can be obtained, or the total duration of the monitoring device can be used as the measurement duration, which is not limited in this application.
[0064] In some embodiments, the patient examination information needs to be associated with the patient identification information to prevent the examination information from being attributed to other patients. The patient examination information and the patient identification information are associated in a manner including but not limited to: the patient identification information and the patient examination information constitute an information pair; each patient examination information includes the patient identification information or a variant thereof; the patient examination information can only be obtained after the patient identification information is obtained, specifically, after the patient identification information is obtained and the electronic medical record of the patient is automatically opened, the monitoring device can start the project inspection to obtain the patient examination information.
[0065] In some embodiments, the monitoring device is further configured to send the acquired patient identification information and associated patient examination information to a server for automatic billing by the server.
[0066] In some embodiments, the examination items are represented by corresponding examination item flags, and the patient examination information includes one or more examination item flags and the number of measurements or measurement durations of at least some of the examination item flags.
[0067] In one embodiment, when the patient completes an examination item, the monitoring device sends the examination item flag (for example, tag1) to the server. At the same time, the monitoring device can display a prompt message "XX examination has been completed and sent successfully" to allow the medical staff or the patient to confirm that the examination information has been sent to the server. The monitoring device performs the examination items in turn and sends the corresponding examination item flags (for example, tag2...tagn) to the server in turn.
[0068] In one embodiment, for the measurement duration of the inspection item, the monitoring device can directly calculate the measurement duration through the start measurement time and the end measurement time and send the measurement duration to the server, or the inspection item flag and the corresponding start measurement time or its flag (for example, flag) and the end measurement time or its flag are sent to the server, and the server calculates the measurement duration. This application does not impose any restrictions on this.
[0069] In one embodiment, the medical billing system further includes an information converter, which is used to convert the first form of the inspection item flag received from the monitoring device into a second form of the inspection item flag, and send the second form of the inspection item flag to the server. In one embodiment, the monitoring device sends the inspection item flag (e.g., tag) and the start / end measurement time (or patient on / off information) flag (e.g., flag) to the information converter, which is converted internally by the information converter to form another set of tags and flag flags, which are then sent to the server.
[0070] In some embodiments, the server is used to obtain the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information from the monitoring device, and automatically perform billing based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information, and output a billing result.
[0071] In some embodiments, the server stores a fee list, which includes multiple inspection items and their single charges or unit time charges. In some embodiments, the fee list can be a fee list or fee standard uniformly issued by a country, region or industry alliance, etc., and this application does not limit this.
[0072] In some embodiments, automatic billing based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information includes automatic billing based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information and the fee list. Specifically, one or more examination items in the patient examination information are matched with multiple examination items in the fee list to determine the corresponding examination items; based on the number of measurements or measurement duration of the corresponding examination items in the patient examination information and the single charge or unit time charge of the corresponding examination items in the fee list, a calculation is performed to obtain a billing result.
[0073] In some embodiments, the server is further used to obtain a billing result output instruction, and output the billing result in response to the billing result output instruction. Specifically, when the server obtains the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information, it performs automatic billing, obtains the billing result and stores the billing result in the memory of the server; when the billing result output instruction is obtained, it outputs the billing result. Alternatively, the server stores the obtained patient identification information and the associated patient examination information in the memory of the server; when the billing result output instruction is obtained, it performs automatic billing based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information to obtain the billing result and outputs the billing result.
[0074] In some embodiments, the billing results can be queried, displayed and / or paid on a remote terminal. Specifically, the billing results can include item details and price lists. After the medical billing system completes automatic billing, it can be used through apps, hospital official accounts, mini-programs, etc., after the patient binds information (for example, completes registration), to achieve fee inquiries, detailed inquiries, fee payments, etc. Online payment can add technologies such as face recognition, fingerprint recognition, and AI intelligent voice recognition to enhance charging security and reduce online payment risks.
[0075] The medical billing system provided according to the present invention can realize automatic billing based on the examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of the examination items, thereby realizing the intelligence and standardization of medical billing.
[0076] An embodiment of the present invention provides a monitoring device, which is used to communicate with sensors of one or more examination items, obtain physiological parameter signals detected by the sensors, and display the processing results of the physiological parameter signals after processing the physiological parameter signals, wherein the physiological parameter signals include at least one of an electrocardiogram signal, a blood oxygen signal, a respiratory parameter signal, a blood pressure signal, a body temperature signal, a pulse signal and a carbon dioxide signal; the monitoring device is also used to obtain patient identification information and associated patient examination information and send the patient identification information and associated patient examination information to a server for automatic billing by the server, wherein the patient examination information includes one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the examination items.
[0077] Figure 2 FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a working method 200 of a monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present application. Figure 2 As shown, the working method of the monitoring device is applied to the monitoring device and may include the following steps:
[0078] Step S210: Acquire patient identification information and associated patient examination information, wherein the patient examination information includes one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least part of the examination items;
[0079] Step S220: Send the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information to the server for automatic billing by the server.
[0080] In step S210, obtaining patient identification information includes obtaining information indicating the patient's identity, including but not limited to one or more of the patient's name, ID number, outpatient number, hospitalization number, or bed number. The monitoring device can select the method for obtaining patient identification information as needed, for example, obtaining the patient identification information through information input by medical staff; obtaining the patient identification information through biometric information recognition (for example, face recognition, fingerprint recognition, AI intelligent voice recognition, etc.); obtaining the patient identification information by scanning a code (for example, a QR code, a barcode, etc.); or other methods can be selected, and this application does not limit this.
[0081] In step S210, obtaining patient examination information includes obtaining one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the examination items. In some embodiments, when the examination items are items such as electrocardiogram and respiratory rate, the measurement duration of the examination items can be obtained; when the examination items are items such as blood sugar concentration and non-invasive blood pressure, the number of measurements of the examination items can be obtained.
[0082] In step S210, obtaining the patient examination information also includes obtaining the start measurement time and the end measurement time of the examination item to obtain the measurement duration of the examination item. In some embodiments, the method of obtaining the start measurement time of the examination item includes but is not limited to: obtaining the start measurement time through the operation or input of the medical staff or the patient; or automatically obtaining the start measurement time through the power-on time of the sensor; or automatically obtaining the start measurement time when the patient or a part of the patient's body is in a specified position. Similarly, the method of obtaining the end measurement time of the examination item includes but is not limited to: obtaining the end measurement time through the operation or input of the medical staff or the patient; or automatically obtaining the end measurement time through the power-off time of the sensor; or automatically obtaining the end measurement time when the patient or a part of the patient's body leaves the specified position. Other methods can also be selected to obtain the start measurement time and the end measurement time of the examination item, and this application does not limit this.
[0083] In step S210, obtaining patient examination information also includes obtaining patient on-line information and patient off-line information, and obtaining the total time the patient uses the monitoring device based on the patient on-line information and the patient information. In one embodiment, the method of obtaining patient on-line information includes but is not limited to: obtaining the patient on-line information through the operation or input of medical staff or patients; or, automatically obtaining the patient on-line information when the patient identification information is obtained; or, automatically obtaining the patient on-line information when the patient or a part of the patient's body is located at a specified position. Similarly, the method of obtaining patient off-line information includes but is not limited to: obtaining the patient off-line information through the operation or input of medical staff or patients; or, automatically obtaining the patient off-line information when the patient identification information is obtained again; or, automatically obtaining the patient off-line information when the patient or a part of the patient's body leaves the specified position. Other methods can also be selected to obtain patient on-line information and patient off-line information, and this application does not limit this.
[0084] In step S220, sending the acquired patient identification information and the associated patient examination information to the server includes sending one or more examination item flags and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the examination item flags to the server.
[0085] In one embodiment, when a patient completes an examination item, the monitoring device sends the examination item flag (for example, tag1) to the server. At the same time, the monitoring device can display a prompt message "XX examination completed, sent successfully" to allow the medical staff or the patient to confirm that the examination information has been sent to the server. The monitoring device performs the examination items in turn and sends the corresponding examination item flags (for example, tag2...tagn) to the server in turn for automatic billing by the server.
[0086] The monitoring device provided according to the present invention can realize automatic billing based on the examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of the examination items, thereby realizing intelligent and standardized medical billing.
[0087] An embodiment of the present invention provides a monitoring device, which is used to communicate with sensors of one or more examination items, obtain physiological parameter signals detected by the sensors, and after processing the physiological parameter signals, display the processing results of the physiological parameter signals, wherein the physiological parameter signals include at least one of an electrocardiogram signal, a blood oxygen signal, a respiratory parameter signal, a blood pressure signal, a body temperature signal, a pulse signal and a carbon dioxide signal; the monitoring device is also used to: obtain patient identification information and associated patient examination information, wherein the patient examination information includes one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the examination items; perform automatic billing based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information, and output the billing results.
[0088] Figure 3 The structure of a monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The monitoring device includes a processor 310 and a memory 320, and may also include a display, an external communication interface, etc.
[0089] The processor 310 may be a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or other forms of processing units having data processing capabilities and / or instruction execution capabilities, and may control other components in the monitoring system to perform desired functions. For example, the processor 310 may include one or more embedded processors, processor cores, microprocessors, logic circuits, hardware finite state machines (FSMs), digital signal processors (DSPs), graphics processing units (GPUs), or combinations thereof.
[0090] The memory 320 is used to store various data and also to store executable programs of the related monitoring system. It may include one or more computer program products, which may include various forms of computer-readable storage media, such as volatile memory and / or non-volatile memory. Volatile memory may include, for example, random access memory (RAM) and / or cache memory (cache), etc. Non-volatile memory may include, for example, read-only memory (ROM), hard disk, flash memory, etc. If there is a need for local storage of data such as a fee list, monitoring data (such as physiological parameter data), various setting information, etc., it can be stored in the memory 320.
[0091] The display is configured to output information, such as one or more physiological parameter data of the patient and visual information such as video. The display may be a touch screen, liquid crystal display, etc. built into the monitoring device, or an independent display device such as a liquid crystal display, a television, etc. that is independent of the monitoring device, or a display screen on an electronic device such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer, etc.
[0092] The monitoring device also includes a user interface, through which a user of the monitoring device can control the operation of the monitoring device. The user interface can be provided by a display, which can include a touch screen that allows the user to input operating instructions to the monitoring system through the display, and / or include one or more control panels, etc., through which the user can control the operation of the monitoring system.
[0093] The external communication interface may be one or a combination of Ethernet, Token Ring, Token Bus, and LAN interfaces formed by the fiber distributed data interface (FDDI) as the backbone network of these three networks, or one or a combination of wireless interfaces such as infrared, Bluetooth, WiFi, WMTS communication, or one or a combination of wired data connection interfaces such as RS232 and USB. The external communication interface may also be one or a combination of wireless data transmission interfaces and wired data transmission interfaces.
[0094] Figure 4 FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a working method 400 of a monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present application. Figure 4 As shown, the working method of the monitoring device is applied to the monitoring device and may include the following steps:
[0095] Step S410: Acquire patient identification information and associated patient examination information, wherein the patient examination information includes one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least part of the examination items;
[0096] Step S420: Automatically bill based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information, and output the billing result.
[0097] In step S410, obtaining patient identification information includes obtaining information indicating the patient's identity, including but not limited to one or more of the patient's name, ID number, outpatient number, hospitalization number, or bed number. The monitoring device can select the method for obtaining patient identification information as needed, for example, obtaining the patient identification information through information input by medical staff; obtaining the patient identification information through biometric information recognition (for example, face recognition, fingerprint recognition, AI intelligent voice recognition, etc.); obtaining the patient identification information by scanning a code (for example, a QR code, a barcode, etc.); or other methods can be selected, and this application does not limit this.
[0098] In step S410, obtaining patient examination information includes obtaining one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the examination items. In some embodiments, when the examination items are items such as electrocardiogram and respiratory rate, the measurement duration of the examination items can be obtained; when the examination items are items such as blood sugar concentration and non-invasive blood pressure, the number of measurements of the examination items can be obtained.
[0099] In step S410, obtaining patient examination information also includes obtaining the start measurement time and the end measurement time of the examination item to obtain the measurement duration of the examination item. Obtaining patient examination information also includes obtaining patient on-machine information and patient off-machine information, and obtaining the total time the patient uses the monitoring device based on the patient on-machine information and the patient information. When the monitoring device is used to examine multiple items, the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the items must be obtained separately. When the monitoring device is only used to examine a single item, the measurement duration of the examination item can be obtained, or the total duration of the monitoring device can be used as the measurement duration, and this application does not impose any restrictions on this.
[0100] In some embodiments, the examination items are represented by corresponding examination item flags, and the patient examination information includes one or more examination item flags and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the examination item flags. For example, when a patient completes an examination item, the memory 320 of the monitoring device stores the examination item flag (e.g., tag1), and the monitoring device can display a prompt message "XX examination completed" to allow the medical staff or the patient to confirm that the examination information has been cached in the memory 320, and the monitoring device performs the examination items in turn and caches the corresponding examination item flags (e.g., tag2...tagn) in the memory 320 in turn.
[0101] In step S420, automatically charging based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information includes automatically charging based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information and the fee list. The fee list includes multiple examination items and their single charges or unit time charges. In some embodiments, the fee list can be a fee list or fee standard uniformly issued by a country, region or industry alliance, etc., and this application does not limit this.
[0102] Before step S420, the process also includes the step of obtaining the charging list. The monitoring device can remotely obtain the charging list from the server through the external communication interface, or store the charging list or part of the charging list in the memory 320 of the monitoring device in advance, so that the monitoring device can obtain the charging list locally.
[0103] In step S420, one or more examination items in the patient examination information are matched with multiple examination items in the charging list to determine the corresponding examination items; based on the number of measurements or measurement duration of the corresponding examination items in the patient examination information and the single charge or unit duration charge of the corresponding examination items in the charging list, calculation is performed to obtain the billing result.
[0104] In step S420, the monitoring device is also used to obtain a billing result output instruction, and output the billing result in response to the billing result output instruction. Specifically, the monitoring device automatically bills when the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information are obtained, obtains the billing result and stores the billing result in the memory 320; when the billing result output instruction is obtained, the billing result is output. Alternatively, the monitoring device stores the obtained patient identification information and the associated patient examination information in the memory 320; when the billing result output instruction is obtained, the monitoring device automatically bills based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information to obtain the billing result and output the billing result.
[0105] The monitoring device provided according to the present invention can realize automatic billing based on the examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of the examination items, thereby realizing intelligent and standardized medical billing.
[0106] Although example embodiments have been described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it should be understood that the above example embodiments are merely exemplary and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application to this. Those of ordinary skill in the art may make various changes and modifications therein without departing from the scope and spirit of the present application. All these changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present application as required by the appended claims.
[0107] Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of this application.
[0108] In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only schematic, for example, the division of the units is only a logical function division, and there may be other division methods in actual implementation, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another device, or some features can be ignored or not executed.
[0109] In the description provided herein, a large number of specific details are described. However, it is understood that the embodiments of the present application can be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques are not shown in detail so as not to obscure the understanding of this description.
[0110] Similarly, it should be understood that in order to streamline the present application and help understand one or more of the various inventive aspects, in the description of the exemplary embodiments of the present application, the various features of the present application are sometimes grouped together into a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof. However, the method of the present application should not be interpreted as reflecting the following intention: the claimed application requires more features than the features clearly stated in each claim. More specifically, as reflected in the corresponding claims, the inventive point is that the corresponding technical problem can be solved with features less than all the features of a single disclosed embodiment. Therefore, the claims following the specific embodiment are hereby explicitly incorporated into the specific embodiment, wherein each claim itself serves as a separate embodiment of the present application.
[0111] It will be understood by those skilled in the art that, except for mutually exclusive features, all features disclosed in this specification (including the accompanying claims, abstracts and drawings) and all processes or units of any method or device disclosed in this specification may be combined in any combination. Unless otherwise expressly stated, each feature disclosed in this specification (including the accompanying claims, abstracts and drawings) may be replaced by an alternative feature that provides the same, equivalent or similar purpose.
[0112] In addition, those skilled in the art will appreciate that, although some embodiments described herein include certain features included in other embodiments but not other features, the combination of features of different embodiments is meant to be within the scope of the present application and form different embodiments. For example, in the claims, any one of the claimed embodiments can be used in any combination.
[0113] The various component embodiments of the present application can be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that a microprocessor or a digital signal processor (DSP) can be used in practice to implement some or all of the functions of some modules in the article analysis device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The present application can also be implemented as a device program (e.g., a computer program and a computer program product) for executing part or all of the methods described herein. Such a program implementing the present application can be stored on a computer-readable medium, or can have the form of one or more signals. Such a signal can be downloaded from an Internet website, or provided on a carrier signal, or provided in any other form.
[0114] It should be noted that the above embodiments illustrate the present application rather than limit the present application, and that those skilled in the art may design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference symbol between brackets should not be constructed as a limitation to the claims. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in the claims. The word "one" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of multiple such elements. The present application may be implemented by means of hardware including several different elements and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In a unit claim that lists several devices, several of these devices may be embodied by the same hardware item. The use of the words first, second, and third, etc. does not indicate any order. These words may be interpreted as names.
[0115] The above is only a specific implementation or description of a specific implementation of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto. Any technician familiar with the technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present application, which should be included in the protection scope of the present application. The protection scope of the present application shall be based on the protection scope of the claims.
Claims
1. A medical billing system, characterized in that: It includes a monitoring device and a server, wherein the monitoring device is communicatively connected with the server; The monitoring device is used to communicate with the sensors of one or more examination items, obtain the physiological parameter signals detected by the sensors, and display the processing results of the physiological parameter signals after processing the physiological parameter signals, wherein the physiological parameter signals include at least one of an electrocardiogram signal, a blood oxygen signal, a respiratory parameter signal, a blood pressure signal, a body temperature signal, a pulse signal and a carbon dioxide signal; The monitoring device is also used to obtain patient identification information and associated patient examination information, wherein the patient examination information includes one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least part of the examination items; The server is used to obtain the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information from the monitoring device, and automatically bill based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information, and output a billing result.
2. The medical billing system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The examination items are represented by corresponding examination item flags, and the patient examination information includes one or more examination item flags and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the examination item flags.
3. The medical billing system according to claim 2, characterized in that: The medical billing system further includes an information converter, which is used to convert the first form of the examination item flag bits received from the monitoring device into the second form of the examination item flag bits, and send the second form of the examination item flag bits to the server.
4. The medical billing system according to claim 1, wherein: The server is further configured to obtain a billing result output instruction, and output the billing result in response to the billing result output instruction.
5. The medical billing system according to claim 4, characterized in that: The server obtains a billing result output instruction, and outputs the billing result in response to the billing result output instruction, including: The server automatically performs billing upon acquiring the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information, obtains a billing result and stores the billing result in the server; When the charging result output instruction is obtained, the charging result is output.
6. The medical billing system according to claim 4, characterized in that: The server obtains a billing result output instruction, and outputs the billing result in response to the billing result output instruction, including: The server stores the acquired patient identification information and the associated patient examination information in the server; When the billing result output instruction is obtained, automatic billing is performed based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information to obtain a billing result and output the billing result.
7. The medical billing system according to claim 1, wherein: The server includes a charge list, which includes a plurality of examination items and their single charges or unit time charges, and automatically charges based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information, and outputs the charge result including: Matching one or more examination items in the patient examination information with multiple examination items in the fee list to determine corresponding examination items; Based on the number of measurements or measurement duration of the corresponding examination item in the patient examination information and the single charge or unit duration charge of the corresponding examination item in the charge list, a calculation is performed to obtain the billing result.
8. The automatic medical billing system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The monitoring device acquiring the patient identification information includes: Acquire the patient identification information through information input by medical staff; or, Acquire the patient identification information through biometric information recognition; or, The patient identification information is obtained by scanning the code.
9. The automatic medical billing system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The patient identification information includes one or more of name, ID number, clinic number, hospital number or bed number.
10. The automatic medical billing system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The monitoring device is further used to obtain the start measurement time and the end measurement time of the examination item to obtain the measurement duration of the examination item.
11. The medical billing system according to claim 1, wherein: The monitoring device is also used to obtain patient on-machine information and patient off-machine information, and obtain the total time the patient uses the monitoring device based on the patient on-machine information and the patient information.
12. The medical billing system of claim 11, wherein: The sensors of the one or more examination items include one or more of an electrocardiogram sensor, a blood oxygen sensor, and a respiratory sensor.
13. The medical billing system of claim 11, wherein: The billing result can be queried, displayed and / or paid on a remote terminal.
14. A monitoring device, characterized in that: The monitoring device is used to communicate with the sensors of one or more examination items, obtain the physiological parameter signals detected by the sensors, and display the processing results of the physiological parameter signals after processing the physiological parameter signals, wherein the physiological parameter signals include at least one of an electrocardiogram signal, a blood oxygen signal, a respiratory parameter signal, a blood pressure signal, a body temperature signal, a pulse signal and a carbon dioxide signal; The monitoring device is also used to obtain patient identification information and associated patient examination information and send the patient identification information and associated patient examination information to a server for automatic billing by the server, wherein the patient examination information includes one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the examination items.
15. A monitoring device, characterized in that: The monitoring device is used to communicate with the sensors of one or more examination items, obtain the physiological parameter signals detected by the sensors, and display the processing results of the physiological parameter signals after processing the physiological parameter signals, wherein the physiological parameter signals include at least one of an electrocardiogram signal, a blood oxygen signal, a respiratory parameter signal, a blood pressure signal, a body temperature signal, a pulse signal and a carbon dioxide signal; The monitoring device is also used for: Acquire patient identification information and associated patient examination information, wherein the patient examination information includes one or more examination items and the number of measurements or the duration of measurements of at least some of the examination items; Automatically billing is performed based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information, and a billing result is output.
16. The monitoring device according to claim 15, characterized in that: The monitoring device obtains a fee list locally or remotely from a server, wherein the fee list includes multiple examination items and their single charges or unit time charges, and automatically charges based on the patient identification information and the associated patient examination information. The output of the charging result includes: Matching one or more examination items in the patient examination information with multiple examination items in the fee list to determine corresponding examination items; Based on the number of measurements or measurement duration of the corresponding examination item in the patient examination information and the single charge or unit duration charge of the corresponding examination item in the charge list, a calculation is performed to obtain the billing result.
17. The monitoring device according to claim 15, characterized in that: The examination items are represented by corresponding examination item flags, and the patient examination information includes one or more examination item flags and the number of measurements or the measurement duration of at least some of the examination item flags.
18. The monitoring device according to claim 15, characterized in that: The monitoring device is further used to obtain a billing result output instruction, and output the billing result in response to the billing result output instruction.