Data accuracy filter for integrated emergency medical transportation database system
An integrated medical database system for the emergency medical transportation business. The system includes a dispatch module, clinical module, administration module and billing module. Each module may communicate data with one or more of the other modules to form a system incorporating data sharing, thus achieving an end-to-end automation of emergency medical care accounting. Internal consistency checks using specific libraries of modifiable data rules are performed by the system to ensure that proper treatments are performed according to a chosen diagnosis. The system includes a demographic data accuracy filter operating on patient data prior to the billing module.
1. A computerized, integrated emergency medical transportation database system having a demographic audit module, the system comprising:
a medical emergency database configured to store clinical encounter information, patient demographic data, and transport information comprising the type of transport, and wherein the patient demographic data is selected from a group consisting of: the patient name, the patient social security number, the patient insurance data, the patient address, the patient date of birth and combinations thereof; and
a demographic audit module in communication with the medical emergency database, wherein the demographic audit module is configured to:
determine whether sufficient patient demographic data exists in the medical emergency database, wherein the sufficient patient demographic data comprises the patient name, the patient social security number, the type of transport, and the patient insurance data,
search other databases in an attempt to obtain missing demographic information from at least one of the other databases; and
retrieve at least a portion of the missing demographic information from at least one of the other databases.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the demographic audit module is additionally configured to record one or more attempts to obtain any missing demographic information.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the demographic audit module is additionally configured to apply modifiable data collection rules associated with a payer type to determine whether sufficient patient demographic data exists in the medical emergency database.
4. The system of claim 1 , additionally comprising a billing module in communication with the medical emergency database, the billing module receiving data from the demographic audit module.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the patient demographic data comprises data specific to an insurance provider.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the patient demographic data is based at least in part on criteria specific to the type of transport, the type of incident, or the type of patient.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transport information comprises information obtained about the transport after first contact by medical transport personnel.
8. The system of claim 4 , wherein the billing module is configured to generate a bill based at least in part upon the data from the demographic audit module.
9. The system of claim 2 , wherein the demographic audit module is additionally configured to, subsequent to the recording one or more attempts, search at least one of the other databases for at least a portion of the missing demographic information, wherein the search is based on the record of one or more attempts.
10. An integrated emergency medical transportation database system having a data accuracy filter module, the system comprising:
a medical emergency database configured to store clinical encounter information, patient demographic data, and transport information comprising the type of transport, and wherein the patient demographic data is selected from a group consisting of: the patient name, the patient social security number, the patient insurance data, the patient address, the patient date of birth and combinations thereof; and
a data accuracy filter module in communication with the medical emergency database, wherein the data accuracy filter module is configured to:
determine whether sufficient patient demographic data exists in the medical emergency database, wherein the sufficient patient demographic data comprises the patient name, the patient social security number, the type of transport and the patient insurance data,
search other databases to obtain any missing demographic information from at least one of the other databases; and
retrieve at least a portion of the missing demographic information from at least one of the other databases.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the data accuracy filter module is additionally configured to record one or more attempts to obtain missing demographic information.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the data accuracy filter module is additionally configured to apply data collection rules associated with a payer type to determine whether sufficient patient demographic data exists in the medical emergency database.
13. The system of claim 10 , additionally comprising a billing module in communication with the medical emergency database, the billing module receiving data from the data accuracy filter module.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the data accuracy filter module is additionally configured to, subsequent to the recording one or more attempts, search at least one of the other databases for at least a portion of the missing demographic information, wherein the search is based on the record of one or more attempts.