Medical professional monitoring system and associated methods

• US 20070027711A1
• Filed: 07/28/2005
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beraja IP LLC
• Original Assignee: Esther Beraja, Roberto Beraja, Victor Beraja
• Inventors: Beraja, Victor, Beraja, Esther, Beraja, Roberto
• Granted Patent: US 7,464,042 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

A medical professional monitoring system includes a user interface in communication with a global communications network for use by a medical professional. The system may also include a patient information database, a diagnosis database, a medical treatment database, and a server, each of which are in communication with a global communications network and are accessible by the medical professional. The patient information database includes patent information for a plurality of registered patients. The diagnosis database includes diagnosis information, and the medical treatment database includes medical treatment information. The server may include a recording system to record medical treatments selected by the medical professional, and to track the selected medical treatments for compliance with predetermined standards.

Claims

1. A medical professional monitoring system comprising:

at least one user interface in communication with a global communications network for use by at least one medical professional;

at least one patient information database in communication with the global communications network and including patient information for a plurality of patients accessible by the at least one medical professional;

at least one diagnosis database in communication with the global communications network and including diagnosis information accessible by the at least one medical professional;

at least one medical treatment database in communication with the global communications network and including medical treatment information accessible by the at least one medical professional; and

at least one server in communication with the global communications network and accessible by the at least one medical professional, said server comprising a recording system to record medical treatments selected by the at least one medical professional and to track the selected medical treatments for compliance with at least one predetermined standard.

2. A system according to claim 1 further comprising at least one standards database in communication with the global communications network and including the plurality of predetermined standards;

and wherein said at least one standards database is updateable.

3. A system according to claim 2 wherein the plurality of predetermined standards are hospital standards, insurance standards, medical treatment standards, pharmaceutical standards, medical office standards, or emergency response standards.

4. A system according to claim 1 wherein each of said at least one patient information, diagnosis, and medical treatment databases are updateable.

5. A system according to claim 2 further comprising a reporting system in communication with a global communications network for reporting a medical professional that selects a medical treatment that is not in compliance with at least one of the plurality of predetermined standards in said at least one standards database to a reporting agency.

6. A system according to claim 1 further comprising a medical professional identification system in communication with a global communications network for identifying the at least one medical professional that has accessed at least one of the patient information, diagnosis, and medical information databases.

7. A system according to claim 1 further comprising a notification system in communication with the global communications network for notifying an insurance company of patient treatment.

8. A system according to claim 1 wherein the at least one medical professional is at least one of a physician, a physician assistant, a nurse, a pharmacist, a dietician, a laboratory technician, and an emergency responder.

9. A method for monitoring at least one medical professional, the method comprising:

providing at least one medical professional access to at least one of a patient information database, a diagnosis database, and a medical treatment database; and

monitoring at least one medical treatment selected by the at least one medical professional for compliance with at least one predetermined standard selected from a plurality of predetermined standards on a predetermined standards database.

10. A method according to claim 9 further comprising reporting a medical professional that selects a medical treatment that is not in compliance with the plurality of predetermined standards to a reporting agency.

11. A method according to claim 9 further comprising identifying the at least one medical professional that has accessed at least one of the patient information, diagnosis, and medical information databases.

12. A method according to claim 9 further comprising notifying an insurance company of patient treatment.

13. A system according to claim 9 further comprising updating the patient information, diagnosis, medical treatment, and standards databases.

14. A method for selecting a medical treatment, the method comprising:

accessing and updating patient information of at least one patient in a patient information database;

accessing diagnosis information in a diagnosis database, the diagnosis information being based upon the patient information in the patient information database;

selecting at least one medical treatment for the registered patient based upon the diagnosis information in the diagnosis database, the at least one selected medical treatment being selected from at least one of a medical treatment database and by at least one medical professional; and

evaluating the at least one selected medical treatment for conflict with an existing medical treatment.

15. A method according to claim 14 wherein evaluating the selected medical treatment comprises comparing the selected medical treatment with patient information in the patient information database, diagnosis information in the diagnosis database, and medical treatment information in the medical treatment database.

16. A method according to claim 14 further comprising monitoring the selected medical treatment for compliance with at least one predetermined standard selected from a plurality of predetermined standards on a predetermined standards database.

17. A method according to claim 16 further comprising reporting a medical professional that selects a medical treatment that is not in compliance with the plurality of predetermined standards to a reporting agency.

18. A method according to claim 14 further comprising identifying the at least one medical professional that has accessed at least one of the patient information, diagnosis, and medical information databases.

19. A method according to claim 14 further comprising notifying an insurance company of patient treatment.

20. A system according to claim 16 further comprising updating the patient information, diagnosis, medical treatment, and standards databases.