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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1999
Annsheng C. Ting, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Kenneth I. Macrae, Atherton, CA (US);
Chung-Jen Ho, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mark Steven Schroeder, Belmont, CA (US);
Michael Aaron Thompson, Milpitas, CA (US);
Confer Software, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing changes to computerized medical protocols is provided. Each change to a medical protocol results in a new binary file being generated. Each binary file associated with the protocol then has a version number, which may be divided into two parts: a major version number and a minor version number. The default is that major changes to the medical protocol result in an incremented major number while minor changes to the medical protocol result in an incremented minor number. At assignment time, the version of the medical protocol to be assigned is assumed to be the one with the highest major number. At execution time, the version of the medical protocol to be executed is assumed to be the one with the highest minor number. This allows for the constant modification of treatment protocols without interfering with the protocols of patients already receiving treatment.