Verbal ordering system

• US 20060111948A1
• Filed: 11/22/2005
• Published: 05/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AssistMed, Inc.
• Original Assignee: AssistMed, Inc.
• Inventors: Kivatinetz, Raul
• Application Number:
  US11/287,185
• Publication Number:
  US 20060111948A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

A verbal physician ordering system authenticates identity of the physician and enables caregivers and physicians to coordinate their activities in treating patients. Such authentication is realized electronically by telephone, datalink password and/or PIN, voice print authorization, or otherwise. In this way, the physician can exercise medical authority remotely, have the physician'"'"'s instructions executed by the caregiver, and have the appropriate logging functions for treatment instructions executed. In conjunction with a telephone or other audio/visual exchange as well as a web server, text-to-speech conversion server, and authentication server, caregivers can make inquiry and doctors can effect patient treatment in a coordinated fashion. Caregivers can propose treatments and the system ensures that licensed physicians only make the medical decisions regarding patient treatment. Alternatively, such doctors can initiate such treatment and have it administered by the caregiver. Using text-to-speech conversion, specific treatments or remedies can be selected by GUI and then played back to the doctor for approval, disapproval, or modification.

Claims

1. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment, comprising:

a database of treatments and procedures for administration to a patient;

an interface providing access to said database and selection of an element with said database;

a conference calling system coupled to said database; and

a text-to-speech conversion system coupled to said conference calling system, whereby

a first person can select one or more proposed treatments and/or one or more proposed procedures for a patient to create a proposed treatment set lo having one or more elements and a second person who is authorized to approve the individual elements of said treatment set can be informed of said individual elements by said conference calling system and said text-to-speech conversion system and can approve or disapprove individually each separate one of said individual elements.

2. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 1, wherein said database of treatments and procedures further comprises:

a database of established treatments and procedures that have generally been standardized for patient therapy.

3. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 1, wherein said database of treatments and procedures further comprises:

said database of treatments and procedures transmitting audio signals of entries in said database.

4. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 3, wherein said database of treatments and procedures further comprises:

said database of treatments and procedures transmitting audio signals of entries in said database by means selected from the group consisting of pre-stored audio files, pre-recorded audio files, spontaneous conversion of text files to audio signals, and any combination of these.

5. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 1, wherein said interface further comprises:

an interface selected from the group consisting of;

graphic user interfaces (GUIs), voice-based interfaces, and combinations thereof.

6. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 5, wherein said interface further comprises:

A graphical user interface allowing selection of one or more items contained in said database from stationary and/or mobile computerized and/or telephonic systems or devices.

7. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 5, wherein said conference calling system further comprises:

a conference calling system selected from the group consisting of;

telephone conference calling systems, voice-over-internet conference calling systems, interactive voice response systems, and combinations thereof.

8. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 1, wherein said text-to-speech conversion system further comprises:

a text-to-speech conversion program enabling transmission of items in said database as voice messages over said conference calling system.

9. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

said first person being healthcare professional selecting a desired treatment or other protocol, prescription, or equipment recommendation from said database; and

said second person being an authorizing physician who hears said desired treatment or other protocol, prescription, or equipment recommendation as a verbal communication via said conference calling system.

10. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

said first and second person being the same person.

11. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

a database of users authorized to access the system, said user database coupled to said treatments database.

12. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 11, further comprising:

a web server coupled to a computer network, said web server providing said interface;

a text-to-speech conversion server coupled to said web server, said text-to-speech conversion server providing said text-to-speech conversion system; and

an authentication server coupled to said conference calling system and said user database, said authentication server authenticating users of the system.

13. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 12, further comprising:

said authentication server authenticating a user by voice-print authentication.

14. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 13, further comprising:

said authentication server further authenticating said user by a second key.

15. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 14, wherein said second key further comprises:

a second key selected from the group consisting of;

a PIN (personal identification number), a user ID, and a combination of these.

16. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 12, further comprising:

a telephony exchange and conferencing system having user authentication capacity coupled to said text-to-speech conversion server, said telephony exchange providing said conference calling system.

17. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment, comprising:

a database of treatments and procedures for administration to a patient including a database of established treatments and procedures that have generally been standardized for patient therapy;

a database of users authorized to access the system, said user database coupled to said treatments database;

a web server coupled to a computer network, said web server providing an interface providing access to said treatments database and selection of an element with said database, said interface selected from the group consisting of;

graphic user interfaces (GUIs), voice-based interfaces, and combinations thereof;

said user interface allowing selection of one or more items contained in said database from stationary and/or mobile computerized and/or telephonic systems or devices;

a telephony exchange and conferencing system having user authentication capacity, said telephony exchange providing a conference calling system coupled to said treatments database, said conference calling system selected from the group consisting of;

telephone conference calling systems, voice-over-internet conference calling systems, interactive voice response systems, and combinations thereof;

a text-to-speech conversion server coupled to said web server, said text-to-speech conversion server providing a text-to-speech conversion system, said text-to-speech conversion system coupled to said conference calling system, said text-to-speech conversion program enabling transmission of items in said database as voice messages over said conference calling system;

said database of treatments and procedures transmitting audio signals of entries in said database by means selected from the group consisting of pre-stored audio files, pre-recorded audio files, spontaneous conversion of text files to audio signals, and any combination of these;

an authentication server coupled to said conference calling system and said user database, said authentication server authenticating a user by voice-print authentication and by a second key selected from the group consisting of;

a PIN (personal identification number), a user ID, and a combination of these;

whereby

a first person can select one or more proposed treatments and/or one or more proposed procedures for a patient to create a proposed treatment set having one or more elements and a second person who is authorized to approve the individual elements of said treatment set can be informed of said individual elements by said conference calling system and said text-to-speech conversion system and can approve or disapprove individually each separate one of said individual elements.

18. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 17, further comprising:

said first person being healthcare professional selecting a desired treatment or other protocol, prescription, or equipment recommendation from said database; and

said second person being an authorizing physician who hears said desired treatment or other protocol, prescription, or equipment recommendation as a verbal communication via said conference calling system.

19. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 17, further comprising:

said first and second person being the same person.

20. A method for providing documented care and treatment for a patient, comprising:

providing a database of treatments and procedures for administration to the patient;

providing an interface providing access to said database and selection of an element with said database;

receiving a selection of a proposed treatment or procedure via said interface;

establishing contact with a physician via a conference calling system coupled to said database; and

transmitting said selection of a proposed treatment to said physician via a text-to-speech conversion system coupled to said conference calling system;

whereby

a first person can select one or more proposed treatments and/or one or more proposed procedures for a patient to create a proposed treatment set having one or more elements and said physician who is authorized to approve the individual elements of said treatment set can be informed of said individual elements by said conference calling system and said text-to-speech conversion system and can approve or disapprove individually each separate one of said individual elements.

21. A method for providing documented care and treatment for a patient as set forth in claim 20, wherein said database of treatments and procedures further comprises:

a database of established treatments and procedures that have generally been standardized for patient therapy.

22. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 20, further comprising:

transmitting audio signals of entries in said database of treatments and procedures.

23. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 20, further comprising:

transmitting audio signals of entries in said database of treatments and procedures by means selected from the group consisting of pre-stored audio files, pre-recorded audio files, spontaneous conversion of text files to audio signals, and any combination of these.

24. A method for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 20, wherein said interface further comprises:

an interface selected from the group consisting of;

graphic user interfaces (GUIs), voice-based interfaces, and combinations thereof.

25. A method for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 24, wherein said interface further comprises:

A graphical user interface allowing selection of one or more items contained in said database from stationary and/or mobile computerized and/or telephonic systems or devices.

26. A method for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 24, wherein said conference calling system further comprises:

a conference calling system selected from the group consisting of;

telephone conference calling systems, voice-over-internet conference calling systems, interactive voice response systems, and combinations thereof.

27. A method for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 20, wherein said text-to-speech conversion system further comprises:

a text-to-speech conversion program enabling transmission of items in said database as voice messages over said conference calling system.

28. A method for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 20, further comprising:

said first person being healthcare professional selecting a desired treatment or other protocol, prescription, or equipment recommendation from said database.

29. A method for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 20, further comprising:

said first person and said physician being the same person.

30. A method for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 20, further comprising:

authenticating users by providing a database of users authorized to access the system, said user database coupled to said treatments database.

31. A method for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 30, further comprising:

providing a web server coupled to a computer network, said web server providing said interface;

providing a text-to-speech conversion server coupled to said web server, said text-to-speech conversion server providing said text-to-speech conversion system; and

providing an authentication server coupled to said conference calling system and said user database, said authentication server authenticating users of the system.

32. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 31, further comprising:

said authentication server authenticating a user by voice-print authentication.

33. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 32, further comprising:

said authentication server further authenticating said user by a second key.

34. A system for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 33, wherein said second key further comprises:

a second key selected from the group consisting of;

a PIN (personal identification number), a user ID, and a combination of these.

35. A method for providing documented patient care and treatment as set forth in claim 31, further comprising:

providing a telephony exchange and conferencing system having user authentication capacity coupled to said text-to-speech conversion server, said telephony exchange providing said conference calling system.

36. A method for providing documented care and treatment for a patient, comprising:

providing a database of treatments and procedures for administration to the patient, said treatments database including a database of established treatments and procedures that have generally been standardized for patient therapy;

providing a web server adapted to be coupled to a computer network, said web server providing an interface providing access to said database and selection of an element with said database, said interface selected from the group consisting of;

graphic user interfaces (GUIs), voice-based interfaces, and combinations thereof and including a graphical user interface allowing selection of one or more items contained in said database from stationary and/or mobile computerized and/or telephonic systems or devices;

receiving a selection of a proposed treatment or procedure via said interface;

establishing contact with a physician via a conference calling system coupled to said database, said conference calling system selected from the group consisting of;

telephone conference calling systems, voice-over-internet conference calling systems, interactive voice response systems, and combinations thereof;

transmitting said selection of a proposed treatment to said physician via a text-to-speech conversion system coupled to said conference calling system, said a text-to-speech conversion program enabling transmission of items in said database as voice messages over said conference calling system;

transmitting audio signals of entries in said database of treatments and procedures by means selected from the group consisting of pre-stored audio files, pre-recorded audio files, spontaneous conversion of text files to audio signals, and any combination of these

authenticating users by providing a database of users authorized to access the system, said user database coupled to said treatments database;

providing a text-to-speech conversion server coupled to said web server, said text-to-speech conversion server providing said text-to-speech conversion system;

providing an authentication server coupled to said conference calling system and said user database, said authentication server authenticating users of the system;

providing a telephony exchange and conferencing system having user authentication capacity coupled to said text-to-speech conversion server, said telephony exchange providing said conference calling system;

whereby

a first person can select one or more proposed treatments and/or one or more proposed procedures for a patient to create a proposed treatment set having one or more elements and said physician who is authorized to approve the individual elements of said treatment set can be informed of said individual elements by said conference calling system and said text-to-speech conversion system and can approve or disapprove individually each separate one of said individual elements.

37. A method for providing documented care and treatment for a patient as set forth in claim 36, further comprising:

said first person being healthcare professional selecting a desired treatment or other protocol, prescription, or equipment recommendation from said database;

38. A method for providing documented care and treatment for a patient as set forth in claim 36, further comprising:

said first and said physician being the same person.