Method and system for collecting and analyzing holter data employing a web site

• US 20050108055A1
• Filed: 12/27/2004
• Published: 05/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eResearchTechnology, Inc. (Explorer Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Biomedical Systems Corporation (Explorer Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kidder, Steven M., Ott, James E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,332,233 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• 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 central server controls the receipt and analysis of patient medical data and patient information. The central server receives patient medical data and patient information from a sensor or a remote computer. A storage system of the central server stores the received patient medical data, patient information, and the associated medical report prepared by the analysis software on the central server after analysis of the patient medical data. The medical report associated with the patient medical data is transmitted from the central server to the remote computer. Also, a method controls the acquisition and analysis of patient medical data over a network by a central server from a remote computer operably interconnected by the network with the central server.

Claims

1. A method of analyzing ECG data of a patient at a site remote from the patient, said method comprising:

sensing the ECG data from the patient;

transferring the sensed ECG data to a central server over a communication network;

storing the transferred ECG data in a data storage area of the central server;

analyzing the stored ECG data on the central server using analysis software available via the central server to generate a report on the central server; and

receiving the report from the central server.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein sensing comprises recording the ECG data from the patient.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein transferring comprises transferring the sensed ECG data from a sensor to the central server without intermediate storage via a USB interface.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein transferring comprises the sensed ECG data is transferred from the sensor via a port on a remote computer over the communication network to the central server so that the ECG data is stored on the central server and is not stored by the remote computer.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the sensor corresponds to a mapped drive and wherein transferring the sensed ECG data from the computer to the central server comprises transferring the data from the sensor to a storage area of the central server without intermediate storage.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising registering the user at a web page wherein the central server is configured for hosting the web page and wherein the computer is configured with a web browser for accessing the web page and transferring the sensed ECG data through the web page to the central server.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein storing comprises storing the transferred ECG data in the data storage area assigned to the patient.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising decompressing the transferred ECG data and storing the decompressed data in a data storage area of the central server.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the ECG data is Holter data and wherein the report is a Holter analysis report.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the ECG data includes patient demographics information.

11. A method for analyzing ECG data of a patient over a network, said method comprising:

establishing a connection between a server and a device having access to the ECG data of the patient;

storing the ECG data in a data storage area of the server;

analyzing the stored ECG data on the server to generate a report on the server; and

transmitting the report related to the analyzed ECG data from the server to the device.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the device is a sensor configured to sense the ECG data from the patient, and said storing includes transferring the ECG data from the sensor to the data storage area without intermediate storage.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the device is a computer with access to a sensor configured to sense the ECG data of the patient.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein establishing comprises establishing a connection between a server and a computer for transferring the ECG data wherein the computer is configured with a web browser for accessing a web page hosted by the server and for transferring the ECG data through the web page to the server.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein establishing a connection further comprises mapping a memory area of the device to a storage area of the server assigned to the patient, said memory area includes the ECG data of the patient.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein establishing a connection comprises establishing a connection between a server and a sensor for transferring the ECG data from said sensor to said server.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein storing comprises storing the ECG data at the data storage area assigned to the patient at the server.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising decompressing the ECG data and storing the decompressed ECG data at a data storage area of the central server.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein the ECG data includes patient demographics information.

20. The method of claim 11 wherein the ECG data is Holter data and wherein the report is a Holter analysis report.

21. A system for permitting a user to collect and analyze ECG data of a patient, said system comprising:

a sensor for sensing ECG data from a patient;

a first interface for transferring the sensed ECG data from the sensor;

a second interface for transferring the sensed ECG data to a central server over a communication network so that the ECG data is stored on the central server;

a third interface for use by the user for analyzing the stored ECG data using analysis software available on the server to generate a report on the server; and

a fourth interface for transferring the report to the computer.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the sensed ECG data is transferred from the sensor via a port on the remote computer over the communication network to the central server so that the ECG data is stored on the central server and is not stored by the remote computer.

23. The system of claim 21 wherein the sensor includes at least one of the following interfaces:

a USB interface and a PCMCIA flashcard interface.

24. The system of claim 21 wherein the second interface transfers the sensed ECG data from a computer over the communication network to the central server so that the ECG data is stored on the central server, said computer receiving the sensed ECG data from the sensor.

25. The system of claim 21 wherein the sensor is a Holter monitor.

26. The system of claim 21 wherein the second interface comprises a web page wherein the computer is configured with a web browser for the user to access the web page hosted by the central server wherein the web page is configured to map the sensor connecting to the computer via the first interface to a storage area of the central server assigned to the patient.

27. The system of claim 21 wherein the third interface includes an interface for uses by the user for registering the patient.

28. The system of claim 21 wherein the fourth interface comprises a web page wherein the computer is configured with the web browser for the user to access the web page hosted by the central server.

29. The system of claim 21 wherein the ECG data is Holter data and wherein the report is a Holter analysis report.

30. The system of claim 21 wherein the ECG data includes patient demographics information.

31. A system for analyzing ECG data of a patient over a communication network, said system comprising:

a central server;

an interface for receiving ECG data from a source to the central server over the communication network;

a storage area on the central server for storing the received ECG data;

an analysis software on the server for analyzing the stored ECG data; and

a processor on the central server for analyzing the stored ECG data using the analysis software on the server to generate a report on the server, said interface for transferring the report from the central server to the source.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein the interface comprises a web page hosted by the central server.

33. The system of claim 31 wherein the source comprises a computer having access to the ECG data.

34. The system of claim 31 wherein the source comprises a sensor that senses the ECG data, said sensor storing the sensed ECG data in a storage area before transferring the sensed ECG data from the sensor to the central server and wherein the ECG data is transferred from the storage area to the central server without intermediate storage.

35. The system of claim 31 wherein the computer is configured with a web browser for a user to access the web page.

36. The system of claim 31 wherein the storage area comprises a particular storage area assigned to the patient for storing the ECG data.

37. The system of claim 31 wherein the processor further comprising decompressing the ECG data and analyzing the decompressed ECG using the analysis software on the server to generate the report on the server.