Physician communication system

• US 20060029273A1
• Filed: 07/22/2005
• Published: 02/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Catalis, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Catalis, Inc.
• Inventors: Wohl, Eric, Dahlin, Michael D., Lipscher, Randolph B.
• Application Number:
  US11/188,212
• Publication Number:
  US 20060029273A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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

The disclosure is directed to a computer sever including a processor, communication circuitry accessible to the processor and configured to communicate with a data network and computer readable memory accessible to the processor. The computer readable memory includes computer implemented instructions operable by the processor to provide a medical data interface to a first remote device via the data network and computer implemented instructions operable by the processor to establish a packet-based voice communication link between the first remote device and a second remote device.

Claims

1. A computer sever comprising:

a processor;

a communication module accessible to the processor and configured to communicate with a data network; and

computer readable memory accessible to the processor, the computer readable memory including;

computer implemented instructions operable by the processor to provide a medical data interface to a first remote device via the data network; and

computer implemented instructions operable by the processor to establish a packet-based voice communication link between the first remote device and a second remote device.

2. The computer server of claim 1, wherein the computer readable memory includes medical findings data.

3. The computer server of claim 2, wherein the medical findings data is selected from a group consisting of patient personal data, family medical and social histories, current medical findings, prescription data, medical orders, and test results.

4. The computer server of claim 2, wherein the computer implemented instructions operable by the processor to provide a medical data interface are configured to access the medical findings data.

5. The computer server of claim 1, wherein the computer readable memory includes computer implemented instructions operable by the processor to provide a selection interface configured for communication to the first remote device via the data network.

6. The computer server of claim 5, wherein the selection interface includes a list of available medical professionals.

8. The computer server of claim 1, wherein the packet-based voice communications link uses a voice-over-IP communications protocol.

9. The computer server of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first remote device and the second remote device is a wireless interface device.

17. The computer server of claim 1, wherein the computer readable memory also comprises computer implemented instructions operable by the processor to provide a second medical data interface to the second remote device.

18. The computer server of claim 17, wherein the second medical data interface includes discrete medical information entered on the first remote device associated with a currently selected patient of the medical data interface communicated to the first remote device.

7. (canceled)

10-16. -16. (canceled)

19. (canceled)

20. A medical data communication device comprising:

a processor;

a communication module accessible to the processor and configured to communicate with a data network, the data network providing a data packet-based voice communication channel;

a user interface device accessible to the processor, and

memory accessible to the processor, the memory including;

computer implemented instructions operable by the processor to display a medical data interface using the user interface device; and

computer implemented instructions operable by the processor to communicate using the data packet-based voice communication channel.

21. The medical data communication device of claim 20, wherein the data network is a wireless data network.

27. The medical data communication device of claim 20, wherein the memory includes medical findings data and wherein the medical data interface is configured to access the medical findings data.

29. The medical data communication device of claim 20, wherein the memory further includes computer implemented instructions operable by the processor to implement a selection interface.

30. The medical data communication device of claim 29, wherein selection interface data associated with the selection interface is provided from a remote interface server via the data network.

31. The medical data communication device of claim 20, wherein updates to the medical findings data are transmitted to a remote machine.

22-26. -26. (canceled)

28. (canceled)

32-45. -45. (canceled)

46. A method of interacting with a medical professional, the method comprising:

providing medical data interface data to a remote interface device via a data network; and

establishing a packet-based voice communication link with the remote interface device via the data network.

47. The method of claim 46, further comprising providing selection interface data to the remote interface device via the data network.

49. The method of claim 47, further comprising displaying a medical data interface including a voice communications control element at the remote interface device wherein the medical data interface is configured to request a selection interface.

50. The method of claim 47, further comprising receiving a user selection from the remote interface device and establishing the packet-based voice communication link based on the user selection.

48. (canceled)

51-60. -60. (canceled)