Automated method for medical care management

摘要

A computer-assisted method for diagnosing and treating illnesses and health complaints in patients in which diagnosis is performed by following processes specified in one or more diagnostic templates and treatment occurs pursuant to processes specified in one or more treatment templates. Both types of templates include processes related to selected sets of illnesses and health conditions. Use of the method changes the focus in healthcare delivery from one which is encounter-centric to one which is problem-centric by organizing patient records around the processes used to diagnose and treat health problems. The method also provides enhanced administrative ability to monitor, coordinate and manage these processes along with healthcare resources.