| 摘要 |
The present invention involves a patient identifier processed and displayed on a printable medium and a method of generating the identifier. The identifier is generated from a block of identifying information in a health-care facility's data base. It is structured in segments for rapid visual or tactile discernment of patient-specific information, treatment-specific information, and facility-specific information for a particular patient. The identifier takes the form of different symbols, alpha-numerics, and geochromes (color and shapes). Patient-specific information has a numeric portion of two or more numbers with at least one of the numbers being enlarged and positioned at an outer edge of the identifier, an alpha portion of two or more letters with at least one of the letters being enlarged and positioned at an opposite outer edge. Between the alpha and numeric portion is a geochrome segment made of one or more colors in combination with one or more shapes or one or more patterns. The configuration of the geochrome represents patient-specific triage information such as risk category and urgency of care. The identifier contains one or more symbols of a clearly discernible design which correlates to a medical procedure, to the body part involved, and to treatment alerts (such as allergies, drugs to be avoided, etc.). The method to generate the identifier utilizes the admission records, extracts data, checks against duplication with other identifiers, makes corrections if duplication is discovered, and generates the identifier.
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