System for individual healthcare information

• US 20060143048A1
• Filed: 12/28/2004
• Published: 06/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Torbjorn Fryklund
• Original Assignee: Torbjorn Fryklund
• Inventors: Fryklund, Torbjorn
• Application Number:
  US11/022,632
• Publication Number:
  US 20060143048A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• 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 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

The present invention discloses a medical information system comprising a main database comprising standardized diagnosis and treatment information regarding medical conditions, at least one affiliated database comprising customized diagnosis and treatment information regarding medical conditions, and a health care provider user interface for accessing said databases, arranged to allow a health care provider to select the standardized or customized diagnosis and treatment information for a given medical condition, to edit the diagnosis and treatment information, to save the edited information as customized information in at least one of the affiliated databases, and to forward the edited information to an information receiver as personal healthcare report. The invention further comprises a method and a tool.

Claims

1. Medical information system comprising

a main database comprising standardized diagnosis and treatment information regarding medical conditions,

at least one affiliated database comprising customized diagnosis and treatment information regarding medical conditions, and

a healthcare provider user interface for accessing said databases, arranged to allow a health care provider

to select the standardized or customized diagnosis and treatment information for a given medical condition,

to edit the diagnosis and treatment information,

to save the edited information as customized information in at least one of the affiliated databases, and

to forward the edited information to an information receiver as personal healthcare report.

2. Medical information system according to claim 1 comprising an affiliated healthcare organisation database comprising diagnosis and treatment information regarding medical conditions customized by said healthcare organisation.

3. Medical information system according to claim 1 comprising an affiliated health care provider database comprising diagnosis and treatment information regarding medical conditions customized by said healthcare provider.

4. Medical information system according to claim 1 wherein the standardized and/or customized diagnosis and treatment information for a given medical condition comprises a number of treatment information alternatives that can be selected individually or as a group.

5. Medical information system according to claim 1 is arranged so that personal information not can be stored in the main diagnosis and treatment information database.

6. Medical information system according to claim 1 is arranged so that personal information not can be stored in the affiliated diagnosis and treatment information database(s).

7. Medical information system according to claim 1 wherein the user interface for the healthcare provider alerts the healthcare provider about updates of information in the database(s).

8. Medical information system according to claim 1 wherein the user interface for the healthcare provider accessing said databases, is arranged to allow a healthcare provider to add patient data to the personal medical information by retrieving data from local patient database, and or electronic patient journal.

9. Medical information system according to claim 1 wherein the personal medical information comprises a formal prescription and/or referral form.

10. Medical information system according to claim 1 wherein the user interface for the healthcare provider accessing said databases, is arranged to allow a healthcare provider to add care provider contact data, return visit information, and further references to the personal healthcare report.

11. Medical information system according to claim 1 wherein the personal healthcare report may be forwarded to the information receiver as a printed document, e-mail, braille, and/or a verbal message from an artificial voice machine.

12. Medical information system according to claim 1 wherein the diagnosis and treatment information regarding a medical condition in the personal healthcare report may be provided in language other than a default language of the medical information system.

13. Medical information system according to claim 1 wherein the personal healthcare report may include information about two or more related or separate medical conditions.

14. Medical information system according to claim 2 further comprising a user interface for healthcare organisation allowing said organisation to edit the customized diagnosis and treatment information in the affiliated health care provider database.

15. Method of providing personal medical information comprising the steps:

providing a main database comprising standardized diagnosis and treatment information regarding medical conditions,

providing at least one affiliated database comprising customized diagnosis and treatment information regarding medical conditions,

providing a user interface for healthcare provider accessing said databases, allowing a healthcare provider to provide personal medical information by;

selecting the standardized or customized diagnosis and treatment information for a given medical condition,

editing the diagnosis and treatment information,

saving the edited information as customized information in at least one of the affiliated databases, and

forwarding the edited information to an information receiver as personal medical information.

16. A tool for providing personal medical information comprising an interface for:

selecting diagnosis and treatment information for a given medical condition, from a main database comprising standardized diagnosis and treatment information and/or at least one affiliated database comprising customized diagnosis and treatment information regarding medical conditions

editing the diagnosis and treatment information,

saving the edited information as customized information in at least one of the affiliated databases, and

forwarding the edited information to an information receiver as personal medical information.

17. A tool according to claim 16 comprising means for importing personal information from patient database and/or electronic journal.

18. A tool according to claim 17 further comprising means for editing, storing and forwarding personal medical information.

19. Personal medical information forwarded from a health care provider, comprising diagnosis and treatment information for a given medical condition, selected from a main database comprising standardized diagnosis and treatment information and/or at least one affiliated database comprising customized diagnosis and treatment information regarding medical conditions, wherein the diagnosis and treatment information is edited by the health care provider.