Method for delivery of urologic devices and services

• US 20020194020A1
• Filed: 06/19/2001
• Published: 12/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thomas G. Hunter
• Original Assignee: Thomas G. Hunter
• Inventors: Hunter, Thomas G.
• Application Number:
  US09/884,631
• Publication Number:
  US 20020194020A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• 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

Abstract

A method is provided for limiting the embarrassment of ordering medicines, medical services or medical devices and the like from ones bedside without the necessity of going into a doctors office, or pharmacy through the utilization of a handheld ordering device coupled to a cell phone or other wireless device in which a nurse or other person attending the patient keys in the patients record, the items requested, and billing information which is transmitted to a server. The server upon verification fulfills the bedside patient order by sending the requested devices to the patient in total privacy including instructions to permit either use by the patient or use by the care giver, such that the patient does not have to confront his or her embarrassment problems, while at the same time being a one step fulfillment and billing system which is wirelessly connected to the server. Additionally, bedside diagnosis and treatment can be administered from the server.

Claims

1. A method for limiting the embarrassment of having health care services provided to a patient in secure environs comprising the steps of:

providing a wireless channel from the patient to a server for the provision of information related to the health care service to be provided; and

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fulfilling the health care service responsive to the output from the server, whereby patient privacy is maintained without the patient having to move out of the secure environs.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the health care service includes ordering of health care devices and the delivery thereof direct to the patient.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the health care service includes delivery of information relative to the health care service direct to the patient.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the health care service includes administering of a treatment under control of the server.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the administering step includes sending signals from the server to the patient.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the sending step includes utilization of the wireless channel.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the sending step includes utilization of the Internet.

9. The method of claim 1, and further including the step of the server ascertaining the appropriateness of the health care service requested.

10. The method of claim 9, and further including storing the diagnosis for the patient at the server and ascertaining the appropriateness of the health care service requested from the stored diagnosis.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the health care services are taken from the group consisting of medical devices, medical information, medicines, medical procedures and medical treatments.

8. The method of claim 8, and further including the step of wirelessly obtaining authorization for the billing associated with the health care service.