Methods and apparatus for processing medical data from a plurality of users

• US 10,642,445 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2013
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Patientkey Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Patientkey Incorporated
• Inventors: Quinn, Patrick W, Malone, Michael S, Gupta, Piyush
• Primary Examiner(s): Burgess, Joseph D
• Application Number:
  US14/649,150
• Publication Number:
  US 20160140296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,349 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method that comprises receiving, a user request from a first system user of a plurality of system users for a communication of health data with a health information system. The health information system includes a data store that stores health data related to the plurality of system users. The method further comprises providing to the first system user health data stored by a second system user in the data store based on access approval by the second system user in response to a user request for health data associated with the second system user; analyzing health data for a first group of system users if the user request is an analysis of health data associated with the first group of system users; providing to the first system user the analyzed health data; and communicating health data associated with the first system user to a second group of system users if the user request is a request to communicate and the first system user has designated the system users of the second group of system users.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a controller, a user request from a first system user of a plurality of system users for a communication of health data with a health information system,

wherein the health information system includes the controller and a data store that stores health data related to the plurality of system users;

determining, by the controller, whether the user request is a request for health data associated with a second system user or a request for an analysis of health data associated with the first group of system users or a request to communicate health data;

providing to the first system user, by the controller, health data stored by the second system user in the data store based on access approval by the second system user in response to the user request being a user request for health data associated with the second system user;

analyzing, by the controller, health data for a first group of system users in response to the user request being a request for an analysis of health data associated with the first group of system users;

providing, by the controller, to the first system user the analyzed health data for the first group of system users;

altering monitoring of health data of the patient based on the analyzed health data for the first group of system users indicating a request for additional health data of a patient;

altering treatment to the patient based on the analyzed health data for the first group of system users indicating a change to treatment to the patient; and

communicating, by the controller, health data associated with the first system user to a second group of system users in response to the user request being a request to communicate health data and the first system user has designated the system users of the second group of system users.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of system users includes a plurality of health care providers, a plurality of payers, a plurality of patients, a plurality of health data source developers, and a plurality of health analytics developers.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving first ranking for a third system user from a third group of system users;

generating a first composite ranking of the third system user based on the rankings of the third system user.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

receiving second rankings for the third system user from a fourth group of system users;

generating a second composite ranking of the third system user based on the second rankings of the third system user;

generating a second overall composite ranking of the third system user based on the first and second rankings of the third system user;

determining, for each of the first rankings, whether said each first ranking is to be adjusted based on data related to the corresponding system user of the third group of system users;

adjusting the first rankings for each corresponding system user of the third group of system users for which an adjustment to said first ranking is determined; and

adjusting the first overall composite ranking of the third system user based on the adjusted first rankings of the third system user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first system user is a patient and the first user request is a download of health data from at least one heath data source of the patient at a selected one of an automatic download or a patient initiated download.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first system user is a health care provider and the first user request is an upload of health data of a patient from the data store, the method further comprising selecting a health care application for use by the patient on a health data source based on the uploaded health data.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining, by the controller, from the health data of a group of patients in the plurality of system users efficacy of at least one of health data device used by the group of patients, health applications used by the group of patients, or medications taken by the group of patients;

determining, by the controller, from the health data of a group of patients in the plurality of system users trends in the health of said group of patients of at least one of health data device, health applications, or medications; and

determining, by the controller, potential chronic health conditions in said group of patients based on said determined trends in the health of said group of patients.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving information for a plurality of health applications

adding the information for the plurality of health applications to an online health application store for access by system users that are patients.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

retrieving first health data for the patient;

analyzing said first health data to generate a metric of health or wellness of said patient;

retrieving second health data from a plurality of health care sources associated with a plurality of patients and executing a health care application; and

analyzing said second health data to evaluate the health care application.

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

displaying, by the controller, a plurality of health data device icons, each health data device icons associated with a health data device used by a patient,

wherein the data store further stores health data related to the patient;

displaying a plurality of health application icons, each health application icon associated with a health application used by the patient;

associating each health data device with any health applications used by the patient; and

displaying, for each health data device, a connection with each associated health application.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising

receiving, by the controller, a plurality of first rankings for a health system from a plurality of patients;

receiving a plurality of second rankings for the health system from a plurality of providers;

generating a composite patient ranking for the health system based on the plurality of first rankings;

generating a composite provider ranking for the health system based on the plurality of second rankings; and

generating a composite overall provider ranking for the health system based on the plurality of first rankings and the plurality of second rankings.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein generating a composite patient ranking for the health system from the plurality of first rankings includes, for each patient, adjusting the ranking based on usage of the health system by the patient and determining a weighting of the patient ranking, wherein generating a composite provider ranking for the health system from the plurality of second rankings includes, for each provider, adjusting the ranking based on prescriptions of the health system by the provider and determining a weighting of the provider ranking.

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

receiving, by the controller, a device developer request from a device developer for a communication with a health information system,

wherein the data store further stores a device development document for a health data device and a standard interface specification;

analyzing, by the controller, the device developer request;

upon determining the device developer request is a request for the standard interface specification, downloading the standard interface specification to the device developer;

upon determining the device developer request is a request for uploading the device development document to the health information system, uploading the device development document to the health information system; and

analyzing the device development document to determine whether the device development document complies with the standard interface specification.

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

receiving, by the controller, a device developer request from a device developer for a communication of device data with a health information system,

wherein the data store further stores the device data;

analyzing, by the controller, the device developer request;

upon determining the device developer request is a data upload request, uploading the device data to the health information system;

upon determining the device developer request is a specification upload request, uploading an interface specification of a health data device to the health information system;

receiving a request for the interface specification from a health applications developer; and

upon authorizing the health application developer, providing the interface specification to the health application developer.

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

displaying, by the controller, a plurality of health data item icons, each health data item icons associated with a health data item related to a patient,

wherein the data store further stores the health data items related to the patient;

receiving a selection of at least one health data items from the patient;

displaying a list of system users;

receiving, for each selected health data item, a selection at least one system user; and

authorizing, for each selected health data item, access to the associated health data item by the at least one selected system user for sharing the selected health data item with the at least one selected system user.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the system users include members of a medical provider network, other patients having the same disease as the patient, other patients using the same health application as the patient, using the same health data device as the patient, or the same bundle of health application and health data deice as the patient.

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

receiving, by the controller, a patient request from a patient for a communication of health data with a health information system,

wherein the data store further stores health data related to the patient;

analyzing, by the controller, the patient request;

upon determining the patient request is an upload request, uploading health data related to the patient from patient input, a health data source or a health application to the health information system; and

upon determining the patient request is an analysis request downloading analysis of health data related to the patient.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

generating advertising based on the prioritization of health issues of the patient in response to the patient request being a prioritization of health issues;

generating advertising based on the prioritization of chronic health of the patient in response to the patient request being a prioritization of chronic health;

displaying at least one health data device, at least one health application or a bundle of at least one health data device and at least one health application available to the patient based on the health data related to the patient in response to the patient request being a marketplace request;

displaying recommendations shared by the patient in response to the patient request being a recommendation review request; and

displaying in a single screenshot data from all health data devices and health applications used by the patient in response to the patient request being a consolidation request.

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

receiving, by the controller, a provider request from a provider for a communication of health data with the health information system,

wherein the data store further stores patient health data related to a patient;

analyzing, by the controller, the provider request;

upon determining the provider request is a prescription request, communicating a prescription to the patient; and

upon determining the provider request is an analysis request downloading analysis of health data related to the patient.

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

receiving, by the controller, a payer request from a payer for a communication of health data with a health information system,

wherein the data store further stores patient health data related to a patient and provider data related to a provider;

analyzing, by the controller, the payer request;

upon determining the payer request is a provider request, downloading analysis of health data related to the provider; and

upon determining the payer request is a patient analysis request, downloading analysis of health data related to the patient.