Patient care delivery system
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving from a remote monitoring device an indication of a physiological anomaly associated with a patient;
selecting at least one remote expert from a plurality of potential remote experts to provide an opinion regarding the anomaly;
determining at least one compensation amount to be provided to at the least one of the at least one selected remote experts in exchange for the opinion; and
causing a communication with the at least one selected remote expert to be initiated, wherein the communication comprises a request for the opinion in exchange for the compensation amount.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for analyzing data from remote monitoring equipment, such as patient telemetry devices, and determining (i) whether an anomalous event has occurred, (ii) if an anomalous event has occurred, whether a physician should be contacted, and (iii) if a physician should be contacted, selecting the physician to contact. Further, the system operates in parallel, in that a plurality of experts (e.g. physicians) may be contacted in response to a single or multiple anomalous events, thus ensuring an efficient response to an anomalous event.
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51 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving from a remote monitoring device an indication of a physiological anomaly associated with a patient;
selecting at least one remote expert from a plurality of potential remote experts to provide an opinion regarding the anomaly;
determining at least one compensation amount to be provided to at the least one of the at least one selected remote experts in exchange for the opinion; and
causing a communication with the at least one selected remote expert to be initiated, wherein the communication comprises a request for the opinion in exchange for the compensation amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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receiving, from a remote monitoring device, an indication that a patient is in need of a medical diagnosis;
selecting a plurality of remote experts to provide the diagnosis;
transmitting physiological data associated with the patient to the plurality of remote experts;
receiving at least one opinion from the plurality of experts; and
determining an aggregate diagnosis based on the at least one opinion. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method, comprising:
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establishing an agreement with an expert, wherein the agreement specifies a periodic compensation amount that the expert will receive in exchange for providing a minimum number of diagnoses during a time period;
transmitting, during the time period, a plurality of requests to the expert, wherein each request comprises a request for a diagnosis of a physiological anomaly associated with a patient;
receiving, from the expert, a response to each of the requests;
receiving, for each response that is an acceptance of the request, the diagnosis for the patient of the request; and
causing the compensation amount to be provided to the expert if, at the end of the time period, it is determined that the expert has provided the minimum amount of diagnoses during the time period. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43)
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42. A method, comprising:
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establishing an agreement with an entity, wherein the entity agrees to continuously monitor physiological parameters through at least one telemetry device in exchange for compensation;
wearing the at least one telemetry device;
receiving an indication from the entity that an anomaly has occurred in at least one of the physiological parameters; and
receiving a diagnosis based on the anomaly. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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46. An apparatus comprising:
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a storage device; and
a processor connected to the storage device, the storage device storing a program for controlling the processor; and
the processor operative with the program to;
receive from a remote monitoring device an indication of a physiological anomaly associated with a patient;
select at least one remote expert from a plurality of potential remote experts to provide an opinion regarding the anomaly;
determine at least one compensation amount to be provided to at the least one of the at least one selected remote experts in exchange for the opinion; and
cause a communication with the at least one selected remote expert to be initiated, wherein the communication comprises a request for the opinion in exchange for the compensation amount.
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47. A computer readable medium encoded with processing instructions for implementing a method, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving from a remote monitoring device an indication of a physiological anomaly associated with a patient;
selecting at least one remote expert from a plurality of potential remote experts to provide an opinion regarding the anomaly;
determining at least one compensation amount to be provided to at the least one of the at least one selected remote experts in exchange for the opinion; and
causing a communication with the at least one selected remote expert to be initiated, wherein the communication comprises a request for the opinion in exchange for the compensation amount.
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48. An apparatus comprising:
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a storage device; and
a processor connected to the storage device, the storage device storing a program for controlling the processor; and
the processor operative with the program to;
receive, from a remote monitoring device, an indication that a patient is in need of a medical diagnosis;
select a plurality of remote experts to provide the diagnosis;
transmit physiological data associated with the patient to the plurality of remote experts;
receive at least one opinion from the plurality of experts; and
determine an aggregate diagnosis based on the at least one opinion.
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49. A computer readable medium encoded with processing instructions for implementing a method, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, from a remote monitoring device, an indication that a patient is in need of a medical diagnosis;
selecting a plurality of remote experts to provide the diagnosis;
transmitting physiological data associated with the patient to the plurality of remote experts;
receiving at least one opinion from the plurality of experts; and
determining an aggregate diagnosis based on the at least one opinion.
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50. An apparatus comprising:
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a storage device; and
a processor connected to the storage device, the storage device storing a program for controlling the processor; and
the processor operative with the program to;
establish an agreement with an expert, wherein the agreement specifies a periodic compensation amount that the expert will receive in exchange for providing a minimum number of diagnoses during a time period;
transmit, during the time period, a plurality of requests to the expert, wherein each request comprises a request for a diagnosis of a physiological anomaly associated with a patient;
receive, from the expert, a response to each of the requests;
receive, for each response that is an acceptance of the request, the diagnosis for the patient of the request; and
cause the compensation amount to be provided to the expert if, at the end of the time period, it is determined that the expert has provided the minimum amount of diagnoses during the time period.
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51. A computer readable medium encoded with processing instructions for implementing a method, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing an agreement with an expert, wherein the agreement specifies a periodic compensation amount that the expert will receive in exchange for providing a minimum number of diagnoses during a time period;
transmitting, during the time period, a plurality of requests to the expert, wherein each request comprises a request for a diagnosis of a physiological anomaly associated with a patient;
receiving, from the expert, a response to each of the requests;
receiving, for each response that is an acceptance of the request, the diagnosis for the patient of the request; and
causing the compensation amount to be provided to the expert if, at the end of the time period, it is determined that the expert has provided the minimum amount of diagnoses during the time period.
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