Patents by Inventor Joanne R. Bonnell

Joanne R. Bonnell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Healthcare cash management accounting system
    Patent number: 7305359
    Abstract: An automatic cash accounting system for use in a healthcare enterprise includes a message processor and a data processor. The message processor receives message data including an income amount value, representing cash income received during a time period, an associated income source identifier, and a patient identifier. The income source identifier identifies a department internal to the healthcare enterprise providing the associated income amount value. The patient identifier identifies a patient. The data processor processes the received message data to identify an income account associated with the department based on the income source identifier, and updates the identified income account with the income amount value to indicate the income amount value received by the identified income account during the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation
    Inventor: Joanne R. Bonnell
  • Healthcare cash management accounting system
    Publication number: 20040117211
    Abstract: An automatic cash accounting system for use in a healthcare enterprise includes a message processor and a data processor. The message processor receives message data including an income amount value, representing cash income received during a time period, an associated income source identifier, and a patient identifier. The income source identifier identifies a department internal to the healthcare enterprise providing the associated income amount value. The patient identifier identifies a patient. The data processor processes the received message data to identify an income account associated with the department based on the income source identifier, and updates the identified income account with the income amount value to indicate the income amount value received by the identified income account during the time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventor: Joanne R. Bonnell