Medical reporting system and method

• US 20030115214A1
• Filed: 12/17/2001
• Published: 06/19/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Doram Sobol, Merav Barkavi-Shani, Nir Essar
• Original Assignee: Doram Sobol, Merav Barkavi-Shani, Nir Essar
• Inventors: Sobol, Doram, Barkavi-Shani, Merav, Essar, Nir
• Application Number:
  US10/015,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20030115214A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• 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 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A medical reporting system comprising a distributed system including a patient part, a database computer and a doctor'"'"'s part, and communication means attached to each part of the distributed system for transferring data or voice therebetween. A distributed medical reporting system comprising a central database, connected through communication means to a hub for medical measurement devices. A medical reporting method comprising the steps of: A. creating a patient record, by a doctor recording the data in a system'"'"'s central database; B. recording a specific medical questionnaire to his/hers patient, relevant to the patient'"'"'s problem, by the doctor; C. providing the patient with a phone number for calling the medical reporting system, for answering the doctor'"'"'s questionnaire; D. calling the medical reporting system by the patient, and answering by speaking into the phone to voice questions presented by the system; E. recording the patient'"'"'s voice answers at the medical reporting system; and F. reporting to the doctor the recorded patient'"'"'s voice answers.

Claims

1. A medical reporting system comprising a distributed system including a patient part, a database computer and a doctor'"'"'s part, and communication means attached to each part of the distributed system for transferring data or voice therebetween.

2. The medical reporting system according to claim 1, wherein the database computer includes means for voice recording, analysis and forwarding.

3. The medical reporting system according to claim 2, wherein the voice analysis means comprise voice stress analysis means.

4. The medical reporting system according to claim 1, wherein the database computer includes means for storing both recorded voice and computer data.

5. The medical reporting system according to claim 4, wherein the computer data includes text, figures and/or graphs.

6. The medical reporting system according to claim 1, wherein the database computer includes means for recording a patient'"'"'s voice response to voice questions presented by the database computer.

7. The medical reporting system according to claim 1, wherein the database computer includes means for recording both voice and data gathered from medical measurement devices used by a patient.

8. The medical reporting system according to claim 1, wherein the patient part includes means for connecting to a medical instrument and for transferring information from the instrument to the communication means attached to the patient part.

9. A distributed medical reporting system comprising a central database, connected through communication means to a hub for medical measurement devices.

10. The distributed system according to claim 9, further including means for connecting the central database through communication means to reporting means at a therapist facilities.

11. The distributed system according to claim 10, wherein the reporting means at the therapist facilities comprise a phone, fax or computer.

12. The distributed system according to claim 9, wherein the communication means comprise interface means to a PSTN, a cellular network, the Internet or to a dedicated network.

13. The distributed system according to claim 9, wherein the communication means further includes communication means for connecting to a plurality of hubs for medical measurement devices.

14. A medical reporting method comprising the steps of:

A. creating a patient record, by a doctor recording the data in a system'"'"'s central database;

B. recording a specific medical questionnaire to his/hers patient, relevant to the patient'"'"'s problem, by the doctor;

C. providing the patient with a phone number for calling the medical reporting system, for answering the doctor'"'"'s questionnaire;

D. calling the medical reporting system by the patient, and answering by speaking into the phone to voice questions presented by the system;

E. recording the patient'"'"'s voice answers at the medical reporting system; and

F. reporting to the doctor the recorded patient'"'"'s voice answers.