System and method for accessing and processing patient data
First Claim
1. A method for providing on-line medical services associated with a network accessible medical application, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a user request for an on-line medical service;
determining if the user has at least one prepaid use available for the requested service;
allowing access to the requested service, if there is at least one prepaid use available for the requested service; and
if there are no available prepaid uses, preventing the user from purchasing a use if the user has not performed a predetermined on-line function associated with the medical application.
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Abstract
A system and method for accessing and processing auscultatory data and in particular, to a business model that provides on-line services such as storage, retrieval, diagnostic decision support and review of auscultatory data and auscultatory records. A business method is preferably based on a “per use” market model, wherein each “use” of a medical application and related services is treated as a service for which registered and authorized users will make proportional and/or periodic payments based on the requested service(s). Such payments may be in addition to or in lieu of a one-time payment for the purchase of a medical data acquisition device and/or client software, which is associated with the on-line service and which is provided to each registered user for acquiring patient acoustic data. A business model according to the invention may be implemented with any suitable medical diagnostic application that is configured for capturing and processing auscultatory information to provide automated diagnostic evaluation and determination of medical conditions.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for providing on-line medical services associated with a network accessible medical application, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a user request for an on-line medical service;
determining if the user has at least one prepaid use available for the requested service;
allowing access to the requested service, if there is at least one prepaid use available for the requested service; and
if there are no available prepaid uses, preventing the user from purchasing a use if the user has not performed a predetermined on-line function associated with the medical application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for providing on-line medical services associated with a network accessible medical application, the system comprising:
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a data acquisition device for acquiring acoustic data representative of an acoustic signal associated with an anatomical function;
an application server for providing a plurality of on-line medical services, the on-line medical services comprising a service for automatically analyzing acoustic data, which is acquired with the data acquisition device, to determine physiologically significant features useful in medical diagnosis; and
a auscultatory records database, accessible by the application server, for storing auscultatory records comprising the acquired acoustic data of one or more patients, wherein the application server comprises an access control mechanism for preventing a user from accessing a medical service if the user has not performed a predetermined on-line function associated with the medical application. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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