US Patent Issued to ALLSCRIPTS SOFTWARE on Dec. 9 for "Proximity-based patient check-in computing system" (Illinois, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,282, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ALLSCRIPTS SOFTWARE LLC (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Proximity-based patient check-in computing system" was invented by Jennifer Castillo (Harwood Heights, Ill.), Ankit Singh (Apex, N.C.), Mark Plunkett (Libertyville, Ill.) and Devin Brown (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved patient check-in system for healthcare appointments is disclosed herein. Prior to a datetime of a healthcare appointment of a patient, an electronic health records application (EHR) receives a first message originating from a patient computing device of the patient. The first message includes a location of the patie...