MD for Bariatrics Overview

Minnesota Database for Bariatric (MDB) is a computer application focused on  three main areas:

Patient Information
Records patient's contacts, referring physician, co-morbidities, allergies, weight loss programs and family history.

Operation
Records primary operation type, duration, additional procedures, previous procedures and complications. Each type of operation has its own set of detailed data, i.e., when performing a gastric bypass the application also records the type of non-adjustable gastric band.

Follow-Up
Contains all visits performed by the patient since the initial visit. Each visit addresses changes in weight, changes in co-morbidities and Quality of Life surveys.

Key Benefits

Improve follow-up

Multiple patient contact methods

Track delinquent patients

Auto generation of follow-up letters

Extensive patient information capture

Demographics

Health history

Laboratory results

External document linking

Result tracking

Multiple procedure support

Complications

Co-morbidities/BAROS

Chart weight loss

Streamline office functions

Insurance company approval

Paperless medical chart

Multiple user support

Reliable technology

Relational database

Browser based application

PDA database synchronization

HIPAA Compliance

Encrypted database

Record read/write logging

Encrypted communications