Software to Assist Physician Compliance with HCFA Rules

建议开发软件和无线技术，以记录医疗保险系统要求的医生与患者的接触。该软件将简化和减少费时费力的记录过程，同时为卫生保健筹资管理局(HCFA)提供全面记录遭遇程度和复杂性所需的所有信息。可通过具有无线应用协议(WAP)功能的互联网服务器访问的一系列广泛的易于使用、相互连接的HTML数据输入表单将在办公室或床边通过手持计算设备提供数据访问。数据录入路径将取决于患者就诊的类型和医疗问题的性质；每条可能的路径都将基于针对每种类型和级别的患者就诊的准确的HCFA文件指南。初步实施和调试将基于笔记本电脑/台式电脑进入，但最终实施将涉及掌上电脑和媒体电话。由于该应用程序是基于Web服务器的，因此可以将对HCFA指南的更改无缝合并到软件中。第一阶段的工作包括软件的设计和开发，在两种不同的医疗实践中进行评估，以及在医院环境中对无线数据输入进行调查和初步测试。拟议的商业应用：该项目的总体目标是一个创新的基于网络的软件包，预计将对所有照顾医疗保险患者的医生(私人或医院医生)有用。因此，客户基础非常庞大。该软件的修订版(安装在网上)将遵循HCFA文件指南中的更改。最终，该软件将与办公工具集成，如用于10个信息亭的触摸屏患者、手持计算机、语音识别软件和用于联网的红外线技术。

Development of software and wireless technologies to document the physician-patient encounters required under the Medicare system is proposed. This software will simplify and render less time-consuming the laborious process of documentation, while at the same time, provide the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) all information needed to fully document the level and complexity of the encounter. An extensive series of easy-to-use, interconnected HTML data entry forms accessible via Internet server with Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) capabilities will provide data access in the office or at the bedside with hand held computing devices. The data entry pathway will depend on the type of patient visit and the nature of the medical problem; each potential pathway will be based on the precise HCFA document guidelines for each type and level of patient visit. Initial implementation and debugging will be based on laptop/desktop computer entry, however ultimate implementation will involve palm computers and media phones. Since the application is web server- based, changes to HCFA guidelines can be seamlessly incorporated into the software. Phase I effort includes design and development of the software, evaluation in two different medical practices, and investigation and preliminary testing of wireless data entry in a hospital environment. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: The overall goal of the project is an innovative web-based software package that is expected to be useful to all physicians (private or hospital-based) caring for Medicare patients. The client base is therefore extremely large. Revised versions of the software (installed on the web) will follow changes in HCFA documentation guidelines. Ultimately, the software will be integrated with office tools such as touch-screen patient for 10 kiosk, hand-held computers, speech- recognition software and infrared technology for networking.