Patient education modules

• US 10,339,500 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2012
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Research Solutions, LLC
• Original Assignee: Universal Research Solutions, LLC
• Inventors: Hussam, Ali Adel
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Samchuan C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Humphrey, Michael C
• Application Number:
  US13/648,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20140099616A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,456 Days
• Field of Search: 434262, 434322, 434323, 600300
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references

Abstract

A computer-implemented method comprising: retrieving, by one or more computer systems, a patient education module for educating a patient about a medical procedure; wherein a structure of the patient education module comprises a first educational section and a second educational section; where the first educational section comprises information and one or more visualizations related to a first stage of the medical procedure; wherein the second educational section comprises information and one or more visualizations related to a second stage of the medical procedure; transmitting, to a device used by the patient, the patient education module for the patient to review the patient education module; receiving, from the device used by the patient, information specifying that the patient has reviewed and understood one or more of the first educational section and the second educational section.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of electronically obtaining consent over a network for performance of a medical procedure, the method comprising:

tracking, by one or more computer systems, one or more medical appointments by obtaining external data structured using fields of a first relational data structure that is stored in a memory device of an electronic booking system of a medical services provider and used by the external appointment booking system of the medical services provider to represent medical appointments for one or more patients, wherein the external appointment booking system is configured for communication with the one or more computer systems using the Internet that are (i) remote from the memory device of the electronic booking system of the medical services provider and (ii) configured to perform the tracking and automatic assignment of medical procedure modules to patients;

based on the tracking, automatically detecting, by the one or more computer systems, particular data obtained from the structured fields of the relational data structure that is stored in the memory device of the electronic booking system, wherein the particular data (i) represents an upcoming medical appointment for a patient and (ii) includes a key value that is used to identify the patient;

responsive to the detecting, (i) accessing, by the one or more computer systems, a second relational data structure that includes fields that structure data representing an electronic medical record (EMR) associated with the patient using the key value and (ii) analyzing, by the one or more computer systems, the EMR associated with the patient to identify, based on the data structured in the fields of the second relational data structure representing the EMR, one or more items of medical data in the EMR;

generating, by the one or more computer systems, a search query that includes search parameters based on the one or more items of medical data that were identified based on the data structured in the fields of the second relational data structure representing the EMR;

automatically executing, by the one or more computer systems, the generated search query against a database storing a plurality of potential medical procedure modules to identify a medical procedure module associated with one or more criteria that are satisfied by the parameters of the generated search query that include the one or more items of medical data that were identified based on the data structured in the fields of the second relational data structure representing the EMR, wherein the medical procedure module includes sections representing stages of a medical procedure, and wherein the sections include a first stage section and a second stage section, wherein the first and second stages each include sections for obtaining consent for a medical procedure that is represented by the identified medical procedure module;

identifying, based on the automatic execution of the generated search query by the one or more computer systems, a particular medical procedure module that is associated with the one or more criteria that are satisfied by the parameters of the search query that include the one or more items of medical data that were identified based on the data structured in the fields of the second relational data structure representing the EMR;

automatically assigning, by the one or more computer systems, the identified medical procedure module to the patient;

updating, in a first data storage device, data in a field of a third relational data structure to include first information that specifies whether one or more conditions have been satisfied to initiate an update to a webpage that can be provided by the one or more computer systems to display the second stage section;

responsive to determining, by the one or more computer systems and based on the updated data, that the one or more conditions have been satisfied to initiate an update to the webpage, transmitting, to a device used by the patient over the network, a notification to provide electronic consent, the notification including a link, wherein selection of the link causes rendering, by an application of the device, of a webpage in a display of the device that displays the first stage section of the medical procedure module;

tracking, by the one or more computer systems, a first amount of time the patient reviews the first stage section;

receiving, by the one or more computer systems and from the device used by the patient over the Internet, a fourth relational data structure that includes structured fields that represent second information indicating that the patient has input information that affirms that the patient has reviewed and understood the first stage section;

determining, by the one or more computer systems, whether the first amount of time the patient reviews the first stage section exceeds a predetermined threshold amount of time;

accessing, by the one or more computer systems, program code that correlates the first information, the second information, and data indicating that (i) the determining indicates that the first amount of time exceeds a predetermined threshold or (ii) the determining indicates that the first amount of time does not exceed a predetermined threshold;

when the correlated information includes information specifying that the first amount of time exceeds the predetermined threshold, accessing, by the one or more computer systems, computer code that enhances the first information for use in updating the webpage provided by the one or more computer systems to display the second stage section;

when the correlated information includes information specifying that the first amount of time does not exceed the predetermined threshold;

restricting, by the one or more computer systems, transmittal of the second stage section to the device used by the patient until the information specifying that the patient has input information that affirms that the patient has reviewed and understood the first stage section is received; and

upon receiving the information specifying that the patient has reviewed and understood the first stage section, accessing, by the one or more computer systems, computer code that enhances the first information to initiate an update to the webpage provided by the one or more computer systems to display the second stage section; and

electronically obtaining, at least partly based on first information specifying completion of the first stage section and second information specifying completion of the second stage section displayed in the webpage, consent to the medical procedure.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, for the first stage section, information and one or more visualizations related to a first stage of the medical procedure;

assigning, to the first stage section, the generated information and the one or more visualizations related to the first stage of the medical procedure;

generating, for the second stage section, information and one or more visualizations related to a second stage of the medical procedure; and

assigning, to the second stage section, the generated information and the one or more visualizations related to the second stage of the medical procedure.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first stage section comprises information and one or more visualizations related to a first stage of the medical procedure;

and

wherein the second stage section comprises information and one or more visualizations related to a second stage of the medical procedure.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein medical procedure modules are associated with unique identifiers, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, from a device used by a medical service provider, a message comprising content for a medical procedure module, wherein the message comprises a unique identifier for the content;

searching, in a database storing the medical procedure modules, for a medical procedure module with a unique identifier corresponding to the unique identifier for the content;

identifying, based on searching, a medical procedure module with a unique identifier corresponding to the unique identifier for the content; and

assigning the content to the identified medical procedure module.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for a medical procedure module that is related to a medical procedure to be performed on a patient; and

selecting, from a set of medical procedure modules, the medical procedure module that is related to the medical procedure to be performed, wherein selecting is based on a type of the medical procedure.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

following a determination that the amount of time the patient reviews the first stage section does not exceed the predetermined threshold amount of time, performing one or more of operations comprising;

sending, to the device used by the patient, a message notifying the patient to re-review the first stage section; and

sending, to a device associated with a medical service provider, a notification that that patient may have inadequately reviewed the first stage section.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the medical procedure module comprises a first medical procedure module, wherein the medical procedure comprises a first medical procedure, and wherein the method further comprises:

retrieving, by the one or more computer systems, a second medical procedure module for educating the patient about a second medical procedure;

wherein the first medical procedure module differs from the second medical procedure module;

wherein the first medical procedure differs from the second medical procedure.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

structuring the first stage section to include a series of trays, wherein a tray includes a collection of information associated with a category specified by the tray.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the medical codes associated with the patient education modules are International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes.

9. One or more machine-readable hardware storage devices storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations of electronically obtaining consent over a network for performance of a medical procedure, the operations comprising:

tracking one or more medical appointments by retrieving external data from an external appointment booking system that is configured for communication with one or more computer systems performing the tracking and automatic assignment of medical procedure modules to patients;

tracking, by one or more computer systems, one or more medical appointments by obtaining external data structured using fields of a first relational data structure that is stored in a memory device of an electronic booking system of a medical services provider and used by the external appointment booking system of the medical services provider to represent medical appointments for one or more patients, wherein the external appointment booking system is configured for communication with the one or more computer systems using the Internet that are (i) remote from the memory device of the electronic booking system of the medical services provider and (ii) configured to perform the tracking and automatic assignment of medical procedure modules to patients;

based on the tracking, automatically detecting, by the one or more computer systems, particular data obtained from the structured fields of the relational data structure that is stored in the memory device of the electronic booking system, wherein the particular data (i) represents an upcoming medical appointment for a patient and (ii) includes a key value that is used to identify the patient;

responsive to the detecting, (i) accessing, by the one or more computer systems, a second relational data structure that includes fields that structure data representing an electronic medical record (EMR) associated with the patient using the key value and (ii) analyzing, by the one or more computer systems, the EMR associated with the patient to identify, based on the data structured in the fields of the second relational data structure representing the EMR, one or more items of medical data in the EMR;

generating, by the one or more computer systems, a search query that includes search parameters based on the one or more items of medical data that were identified based on the data structured in the fields of the second relational data structure representing the EMR;

automatically executing, by the one or more computer systems, the generated search query against a database storing a plurality of potential medical procedure modules to identify a medical procedure module associated with one or more criteria that are satisfied by the parameters of the generated search query that include the one or more items of medical data that were identified based on the data structured in the fields of the second relational data structure representing the EMR, wherein the medical procedure module includes sections representing stages of a medical procedure, and wherein the sections include a first stage section and a second stage section, wherein the first and second stages each include sections for obtaining consent for a medical procedure that is represented by the identified medical procedure module;

identifying, based on the automatic execution of the generated search query by the one or more computer systems, a particular medical procedure module that is associated with the one or more criteria that are satisfied by the parameters of the search query that include the one or more items of medical data that were identified based on the data structured in the fields of the second relational data structure representing the EMR;

automatically assigning, by the one or more computer systems, the identified medical procedure module to the patient;

updating, in a first data storage device, data in a field of a third relational data structure to include first information that specifies whether one or more conditions have been satisfied to initiate an update to a webpage that can be provided by the one or more computer systems to display the second stage section;

responsive to determining, by the one or more computer systems and based on the updated data, that the one or more conditions have been satisfied to initiate an update to the webpage, transmitting, to a device used by the patient over the network, a notification to provide electronic consent, the notification including a link, wherein selection of the link causes rendering, by an application of the device, of a webpage in a display of the device that displays the first stage section of the medical procedure module;

tracking, by the one or more computer systems, a first amount of time the patient reviews the first stage section;

receiving, by the one or more computer systems and from the device used by the patient over the Internet, a fourth relational data structure that includes structured fields that represent second information indicating that the patient has input information that affirms that the patient has reviewed and understood the first stage section;

determining, by the one or more computer systems, whether the first amount of time the patient reviews the first stage section exceeds a predetermined threshold amount of time;

accessing, by the one or more computer systems, program code that correlates the first information, the second information, and data indicating that (i) the determining indicates that the first amount of time exceeds a predetermined threshold or (ii) the determining indicates that the first amount of time does not exceed a predetermined threshold;

when the correlated information includes information specifying that the first amount of time exceeds the predetermined threshold, accessing, by the one or more computer systems, computer code that enhances the first information for use in updating the webpage provided by the one or more computer systems to display the second stage section;

when the correlated information includes information specifying that the first amount of time does not exceed the predetermined threshold;

restricting, by the one or more computer systems, transmittal of the second stage section to the device used by the patient until the information specifying that the patient has input information that affirms that the patient has reviewed and understood the first stage section is received; and

upon receiving the information specifying that the patient has reviewed and understood the first stage section, accessing, by the one or more computer systems, computer code that enhances the first information to initiate an update to the webpage provided by the one or more computer systems to display the second stage section; and

electronically obtaining, at least partly based on first information specifying completion of the first stage section and second information specifying completion of the second stage section displayed in the webpage, consent to the medical procedure.

10. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating, for the first stage section, information and one or more visualizations related to a first stage of the medical procedure;

assigning, to the first stage section, the generated information and the one or more visualizations related to the first stage of the medical procedure;

generating, for the second stage section, information and one or more visualizations related to a second stage of the medical procedure; and

assigning, to the second stage section, the generated information and the one or more visualizations related to the second stage of the medical procedure.

11. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 9, wherein the first stage section comprises information and one or more visualizations related to a first stage of the medical procedure;

and

wherein the second stage section comprises information and one or more visualizations related to a second stage of the medical procedure.

12. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 9, wherein medical procedure modules are associated with unique identifiers, and wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from a device used by a medical service provider, a message comprising content for a medical procedure module, wherein the message comprises a unique identifier for the content;

searching, in a database storing the medical procedure modules, for a medical procedure module with a unique identifier corresponding to the unique identifier for the content;

identifying, based on searching, a medical procedure module with a unique identifier corresponding to the unique identifier for the content; and

assigning the content to the identified medical procedure module.

13. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a request for a medical procedure module that is related to a medical procedure to be performed on a patient; and

selecting, from a set of medical procedure modules, the medical procedure module that is related to the medical procedure to be performed, wherein selecting is based on a type of the medical procedure.

14. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 9,

wherein, after it is determined that the amount of time the patient reviewed the first stage section does not exceed the predetermined threshold amount of time, the method further comprises performing one or more of the following operations:

sending, to the device used by the patient, a message notifying the patient to re-review the first stage section; and

sending, to a device associated with a medical service provider, a notification that that patient may have inadequately reviewed the first stage section.

15. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 9, wherein the medical procedure module comprises a first medical procedure module, wherein the medical procedure comprises a first medical procedure, and wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving a second medical procedure module for educating the patient about a second medical procedure;

wherein the first medical procedure module differs from the second medical procedure module;

wherein the first medical procedure differs from the second medical procedure.

16. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

structuring the first stage section to include a series of trays, wherein a tray includes a collection of information associated with a category specified by the tray.

17. An electronic system comprising:

one or more processing devices; and

one or more machine-readable media configured to store instructions that are executable by the one or more processing devices to perform operations of electronically obtaining consent over a network for performance of a medical procedure, the operations comprising;

tracking, by one or more computer systems, one or more medical appointments by obtaining external data structured using fields of a first relational data structure that is stored in a memory device of an electronic booking system of a medical services provider and used by the external appointment booking system of the medical services provider to represent medical appointments for one or more patients, wherein the external appointment booking system is configured for communication with the one or more computer systems using the Internet that are (i) remote from the memory device of the electronic booking system of the medical services provider and (ii) configured to perform the tracking and automatic assignment of medical procedure modules to patients;

based on the tracking, automatically detecting, by the one or more computer systems, particular data obtained from the structured fields of the relational data structure that is stored in the memory device of the electronic booking system, wherein the particular data (i) represents an upcoming medical appointment for a patient and (ii) includes a key value that is used to identify the patient;

responsive to the detecting, (i) accessing, by the one or more computer systems, a second relational data structure that includes fields that structure data representing an electronic medical record (EMR) associated with the patient using the key value and (ii) analyzing, by the one or more computer systems, the EMR associated with the patient to identify, based on the data structured in the fields of the second relational data structure representing the EMR, one or more items of medical data in the EMR;

generating, by the one or more computer systems, a search query that includes search parameters based on the one or more items of medical data that were identified based on the data structured in the fields of the second relational data structure representing the EMR;

automatically executing, by the one or more computer systems, the generated search query against a database storing a plurality of potential medical procedure modules to identify a medical procedure module associated with one or more criteria that are satisfied by the parameters of the generated search query that include the one or more items of medical data that were identified based on the data structured in the fields of the second relational data structure representing the EMR, wherein the medical procedure module includes sections representing stages of a medical procedure, and wherein the sections include a first stage section and a second stage section, wherein the first and second stages each include sections for obtaining consent for a medical procedure that is represented by the identified medical procedure module;

identifying, based on the automatic execution of the generated search query by the one or more computer systems, a particular medical procedure module that is associated with the one or more criteria that are satisfied by the parameters of the search query that include the one or more items of medical data that were identified based on the data structured in the fields of the second relational data structure representing the EMR;

automatically assigning, by the one or more computer systems, the identified medical procedure module to the patient;

updating, in a first data storage device, data in a field of a third relational data structure to include first information that specifies whether one or more conditions have been satisfied to initiate an update to a webpage that can be provided by the one or more computer systems to display the second stage section;

responsive to determining, by the one or more computer systems and based on the updated data, that the one or more conditions have been satisfied to initiate an update to the webpage, transmitting, to a device used by the patient over the network, a notification to provide electronic consent, the notification including a link, wherein selection of the link causes rendering, by an application of the device, of a webpage in a display of the device that displays the first stage section of the medical procedure module;

tracking, by the one or more computer systems, a first amount of time the patient reviews the first stage section;

receiving, by the one or more computer systems and from the device used by the patient over the Internet, a fourth relational data structure that includes structured fields that represent second information indicating that the patient has input information that affirms that the patient has reviewed and understood the first stage section;

determining, by the one or more computer systems, whether the first amount of time the patient reviews the first stage section exceeds a predetermined threshold amount of time;

accessing, by the one or more computer systems, program code that correlates the first information, the second information, and data indicating that (i) the determining indicates that the first amount of time exceeds a predetermined threshold or (ii) the determining indicates that the first amount of time does not exceed a predetermined threshold;

when the correlated information includes information specifying that the first amount of time exceeds the predetermined threshold, accessing, by the one or more computer systems, computer code that enhances the first information for use in updating the webpage provided by the one or more computer systems to display the second stage section;

when the correlated information includes information specifying that the first amount of time does not exceed the predetermined threshold;

restricting, by the one or more computer systems, transmittal of the second stage section to the device used by the patient until the information specifying that the patient has input information that affirms that the patient has reviewed and understood the first stage section is received; and

upon receiving the information specifying that the patient has reviewed and understood the first stage section, accessing, by the one or more computer systems, computer code that enhances the first information to initiate an update to the webpage provided by the one or more computer systems to display the second stage section; and

electronically obtaining, at least partly based on first information specifying completion of the first stage section and second information specifying completion of the second stage section displayed in the webpage, consent to the medical procedure.

18. The electronic system of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating, for the first stage section, information and one or more visualizations related to a first stage of the medical procedure;

assigning, to the first stage section, the generated information and the one or more visualizations related to the first stage of the medical procedure;

generating, for the second stage section, information and one or more visualizations related to a second stage of the medical procedure; and

assigning, to the second stage section, the generated information and the one or more visualizations related to the second stage of the medical procedure.

19. The electronic system of claim 17, wherein the first stage section comprises information and one or more visualizations related to a first stage of the medical procedure;

and

wherein the second stage section comprises information and one or more visualizations related to a second stage of the medical procedure.

20. The electronic system of claim 17, wherein medical procedure modules are associated with unique identifiers, and wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from a device used by a medical service provider, a message comprising content for a medical procedure module, wherein the message comprises a unique identifier for the content;

searching, in a database storing the medical procedure modules, for a medical procedure module with a unique identifier corresponding to the unique identifier for the content;

identifying, based on searching, a medical procedure module with a unique identifier corresponding to the unique identifier for the content; and

assigning the content to the identified medical procedure module.