Method and system for improving care determination

• US 10,650,920 B2
• Filed: 05/05/2017
• Issued: 05/12/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OrangeDot, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ginger.io, Inc. (OrangeDot, Inc.)
• Inventors: Moturu, Sai, Madan, Anmol
• Primary Examiner(s): Tomaszewski, Michael
• Application Number:
  US15/587,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20170235912A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,103 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• 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 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

Embodiments of a method and system for improving care determination for care providers in relation to a condition of a user associated with a mobile device can include: collecting a log of use dataset associated with user digital communication behavior at the mobile device; collecting a mobility supplementary dataset corresponding to a mobility-related sensor of the mobile device; determining a medical status analysis for a condition of the user based on at least one of the log of use dataset and the mobility supplementary dataset, the medical status analysis including at least one of a diagnosis and a therapeutic intervention associated with the condition; and promoting the at least one of the diagnosis and the therapeutic intervention to a care provider.

Claims

1. A system for improving care determination in relation to a condition of a user associated with a user mobile device, the system comprising:

a care determination system communicatively coupled to the user mobile device, a care professional mobile device of a care professional of the user, and a treatment system, the care determination system being operable to;

collect, from the user mobile device, log of use data associated with user digital communications at the user mobile device during a time period;

collect, from the user mobile device, mobility sensor supplementary data sampled at a mobility-related sensor of the user mobile device during the time period, the mobility sensor supplementary data being associated with a mobility behavior for the user of the user mobile device;

extract, from the log of use data and the mobility sensor supplementary data collected from the user mobile device, mobility-communication features associated with the time period based on a first feature engineering rule operable to improve the care determination system;

collect care professional data from the care professional mobile device via a network, the care professional data associated with the condition and the time period;

determine a care status analysis of the user for the condition of the user based on the extracted mobility-communication features and the collected care professional data, wherein the care status analysis comprises a treatment for improving the condition;

provide the care status analysis of the user to the treatment system;

the treatment system, wherein the treatment system is constructed to automatically provide at least a portion of the care status analysis of the user to the care professional mobile device, in response to the care status analysis received from the care determination system;

the care professional mobile device, wherein the care professional mobile device is constructed to automatically display information identifying the treatment comprising a medication for improving the condition of the user, wherein the displayed information is used by the care professional to administer the treatment to the user; and

an automated medication system, wherein the treatment system automatically initiates a signal that controls the automated medical system to dispense the medication for improving the condition, wherein the medication system dispenses the medication in response to the signal.

2. The system of claim 1,

wherein the care determination system is further operable to:

determine a reasoning component of the care status analysis based on the condition, the reasoning component associated with determination of the treatment; and

modify a visually perceptible digital element of the care status analysis based on the condition, the visually perceptible digital element associated with the reasoning component and operable to improve display of the care status analysis; and

wherein the treatment system is operable to automatically present the reasoning component and the treatment to the care professional mobile device for improving the condition.

3. The system of claim 1,

wherein the mobility-related sensor comprises a GPS receiver operable to collect GPS satellite data during the time period,

wherein the care determination system comprises a remote central processing unit (CPU) operable to extract the mobility-communication features using the GPS satellite data, wherein the mobility-communication features are operable to improve determination of the care status analysis by the remote CPU, and wherein the care status analysis is associated with the location of the GPS receiver during the time period, and

wherein the treatment system is operable to control the care professional mobile device to present the care status analysis comprising the treatment.

4. The system of claim 1,

wherein the mobility sensor supplementary data comprises an orientation of the user mobile device during the time period, the orientation determined based on signals from a set of inertial sensors mounted respectively at the user mobile device during the time period;

and

wherein the care determination system is operable to extract the mobility-communication features based on the orientation.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the care determination system is further operable to:

obtain the first feature engineering rule defining the care status analysis as a function of the log of use data and the mobility sensor supplementary data; and

generate the mobility-communication features based on evaluating the log of use data and the mobility sensor supplementary data against the first feature engineering rule.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the care determination system is further operable to:

obtain a second feature engineering rule operable to associate the mobility-communication features with the care professional data, wherein the second feature engineering rule is further operable to improve the care determination system;

modify the mobility-communication features based on the care professional data; and

determine the care status analysis based on the modified mobility-communication features.

7. The system of claim 1,

wherein the care determination system is operable to determine the medication based on the mobility-communication features and the care professional data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the care determination system is operable to:

assign the user to a user subgroup of a set of user subgroups, based on the mobility-communication features and the care professional data, wherein the user subgroup shares a mobility-communication behavior and is operable to improve care determination for the condition; and

determine the care status analysis based on the user subgroup, the mobility-communication features, and the care professional data.

9. A method for improving care determination in relation to a condition of a first user associated with a first user mobile device, the method comprising:

collecting, from the first user mobile device, a first log of use dataset associated with first user digital communication behavior at the first user mobile device;

collecting, from the first user mobile device, a first mobility sensor supplementary dataset corresponding to a first mobility-related sensor of the first user mobile device;

determining a medical status analysis for the first user based on the first log of use dataset and the first mobility sensor supplementary dataset, the medical status analysis comprising a diagnosis and a therapeutic intervention associated with the condition;

promoting the diagnosis and the therapeutic intervention from the medical status analysis for improving the care determination by communicating with a first care provider mobile device of a first care provider of the first user;

collecting a first care provider dataset from the first care provider mobile device, wherein the first care provider dataset is associated with the medical status analysis;

updating the medical status analysis for the condition based on the first care provider dataset; and

administering at least one therapeutic intervention to the first user based on the updated medical status analysis.

10. The method of claim 9,

wherein the first care provider dataset comprises user-first care provider interaction data between the first user and the first care provider, and the method further comprising:

collecting a second care provider dataset from a second care provider mobile device, the second care provider dataset comprising user-second care provider interaction data between the first user and the second care provider,

wherein updating the medical status analysis comprises updating the medical status analysis based on the user-first care provider interaction data and the user-second care provider interaction data.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising collecting first care provider-second care provider interaction data between the first and the second care providers, wherein updating the medical status analysis comprises updating the medical status analysis based on the first care provider-second care provider interaction data, the user-first care provider interaction data, and the user-second care provider interaction data.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein collecting the first care provider-second care provider interaction data comprises:

automatically initiating, during a user-first care provider interaction period associated with the user-first care provider interaction data, a telemedicine communication through a wireless communicable link between the first care provider mobile device, associated with the first care provider, and the second care provider device, associated with the second care provider; and

collecting the first care provider-second care provider interaction data based on the telemedicine communication.

13. The method of claim 9,

wherein determining the medical status analysis comprises:

determining the diagnosis with a diagnosis model based on the first log of use dataset and the first mobility sensor supplementary dataset; and

determining the therapeutic intervention with a therapeutic intervention model based on the diagnosis; and

wherein updating the medical status analysis comprises;

updating the diagnosis and the therapeutic interventions based on the diagnosis model, the therapeutic intervention model, and the first care provider dataset.

14. The method of claim 13,

wherein collecting the first care provider dataset comprises collecting the first care provider dataset during a user-care provider interaction period, and

wherein updating the medical status analysis comprises, in response to collecting the first care provider dataset:

retrieving the diagnosis model during the user-care provider interaction period;

retrieving the therapeutic intervention model during the user-care provider interaction period; and

updating the medical status analysis in real-time during the user-care provider interaction period based on the diagnosis model, the therapeutic intervention model, and the first care provider dataset.

15. The method of claim 9,

wherein the first log of use dataset and the first mobility sensor supplementary dataset are associated with a first time period, and the method further comprising:

collecting a second log of use dataset associated with the user digital communication behavior at the first user mobile device during a second time period subsequent the first time period; and

collecting a second mobility sensor supplementary dataset corresponding to the mobility-related sensor of the first user mobile device during the second time period,

wherein updating the medical status analysis comprises updating the medical status analysis based on the second log of use dataset, the second mobility sensor supplementary dataset, and the first care provider dataset.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein determining the medical status analysis comprises determining a medication dosage for the condition based on the first log of use dataset and the first mobility sensor supplementary dataset, and wherein updating the medical status analysis comprises updating the medication dosage based on the second log of use dataset, the second mobility sensor supplementary dataset, and the first care provider dataset.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

collecting an additional log of use data corresponding to second user digital communication behavior at a second user mobile device associated with a second user; and

collecting an additional mobility sensor supplementary dataset corresponding to a second mobility-related sensor of the second user mobile device;

wherein updating the medical status analysis comprises updating the medical status analysis based on the additional log of use data, the additional mobility sensor supplementary dataset, the second log of use dataset, the second mobility sensor supplementary dataset, and the first care provider dataset.

18. The method of claim 17,

wherein the first care provider dataset comprises first user-care provider interaction data between the first user and the first care provider, and the method further comprising:

collecting a second care provider dataset comprising second user-care provider interaction data between the second user and the first care provider, wherein the first user-care provider interaction data and the second user-care provider interaction data are associated with the condition,

wherein updating the medical status analysis comprises updating the medical status analysis based on the first and the second care provider datasets, the additional log of use data, the additional mobility sensor supplementary dataset, the second log of use dataset, and the second mobility sensor supplementary dataset.

19. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining a medical status generation frequency based on the diagnosis associated with the condition, wherein updating the medical status analysis comprises updating the medical status analysis based on the medical status generation frequency and the first care provider dataset.

20. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining effectiveness of the therapeutic intervention;

in response to the effectiveness being below a threshold condition, determining a match between the first user and a second care provider based on the first log of use dataset, the first mobility sensor supplementary dataset, and the diagnosis; and

presenting the match to the first care provider.