Method and system of personal healthcare management

• US 20070035403A1
• Filed: 08/11/2006
• Published: 02/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shankar Iyer, Sudhir Krishna
• Original Assignee: Shankar Iyer, Sudhir Krishna
• Inventors: Krishna, Sudhir, Iyer, Shankar
• Application Number:
  US11/503,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20070035403A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/006 Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system of personal healthcare management are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes storing a crisis relevant data of a user of a personal communication module on the personal communication module, routing an emergency signal of the user from the personal communication module to a dispatch center, and automatically communicating the crisis relevant data to the dispatch center through the personal communication module. The method may include electronically communicating through the dispatch center the crisis relevant data of the user to a first responder without manual reentry by the dispatch center. In addition, the method may include processing a communication of a health aggregation system to update the crisis relevant data when the system updates a heath history data of the user based on a healthcare provider of the user providing a revised health data of the user through middleware conversion layer(s).

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing a crisis relevant data of a user of a personal communication module on the personal communication module;

routing an emergency signal of the user from the personal communication module to a dispatch center; and

automatically communicating the crisis relevant data to the dispatch center through the personal communication module.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising electronically communicating through the dispatch center the crisis relevant data of the user to a first responder without manual reentry by the dispatch center.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the crisis relevant data aids the first responder in assessing a condition of the user in an emergency scenario.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising processing a communication of a health aggregation system to update the crisis relevant data when the health aggregation system updates a health history data of the user based on a healthcare provider of the user providing a revised health data of the user through at least one middleware conversion layer.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the health aggregation system includes a legal health data of the user including a healthcare power of attorney, a will, a trust, and other relevant corpus and res data of the user.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising providing a reminder data to the user based on an actual use data of a pharmaceutical substance communicated by the user to the personal communication module, wherein the reminder data may be again presented after a preset interval when a snooze algorithm is applied to the reminder data through a response of the user.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the reminder data is also provided based on an appointment schedule between the healthcare provider and the user maintained by the health aggregation system.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising providing an interface to the user to reorder the pharmaceutical substance based on at least one of the actual use data, a projected calculation based on an initial input of dosage and pills, and a regimen defined by at least one of the user and the healthcare provider.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising generating an alert data to the healthcare provider based on noncompliance with the regimen.

10. The method of claim 4 further comprising segmenting through the health aggregation system a portion of the health history data of the user to create the crisis relevant data, an archival data, and a current data.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising enabling the user of the personal communication module to access at least one of the crisis relevant data, the archival data, and the current data directly through the personal communication module whenever the user communicates a request of at least one of the crisis relevant data, the archival data, and the current data to the personal communication module.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising restricting access to the at least one of the crisis relevant data, the archival data, and the current data based on a security algorithm that identifies an operator of the personal communication module as being the user associated with the at least one of the crisis relevant data, the archival data, and the current data.

13. The method of claim 12 applying the security algorithm using a biometric information provided by the operator of the personal communication module comprising at least one of an auditory data, a visual data, and a tactile data.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising devising the security algorithm to comply with at least one governmental regulation in a jurisdiction in which the personal communication module is presently located.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising automatically determining a present location of the personal communication module through a global positioning algorithm.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising automatically selecting the security algorithm currently activated on the personal communication module based on the at least one governmental regulation.

17. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing an acute care guidance data to the user when a real time response data of a test provided to the user through an external device that wirelessly interfaces with the personal communication module is processed by the personal communication module; and

revising a recommendation to the user through the personal communication module based on an automatic analysis of the real time response data.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the external device is at least one of a blood pressure measurement device, a blood sugar measurement device, a temperature monitoring device, a heart rate monitoring device, a blood oxygenation device, a vital sign measuring device, and a sensory measurement device.

19. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing an expense tracking data and an insurance coverage data to the user including a monthly premium data, a deductible data, a co-pay data, a pre-approval data, a coverage data, a group plan data, an affiliate and partner data, a health savings account data and a claim filing data.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising providing an electronic payment technology directly through the personal communication module through an integrated interface having the expense tracking data and the insurance coverage data to enable the user to remit payment to a service provider.

21. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing a diet and exercise data to the user of the personal communication module to enhance wellness of the user of the personal communication module; and

providing a trend reporting data to the user of the personal communication module based on an analysis of changes to a health data of the user.

22. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a consultation system to the user through a treatment workflow provided by a reputed authority and organized based on module that can be navigable by the user in which a health care provider is electronically and automatically contacted based on at least one response of the user to the treatment workflow.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein a transcript of response to the consultation system by the user is automatically provided to the health care provider.

24. The method of claim 22 wherein the consultation system to automatically display certain modules of the treatment workflow in a more quickly accessible location on the personal communication module through an analysis of historical navigation and selection data of the user.

25. The method of claim 22 wherein a symptom list is automatically created based on an outbreak in a geographic area of a virus, bacteria, or health alert.

26. The method of claim 22 wherein a travel advisory is provided through the consultation system to the user based on a geographic positioning system in the personal communication module.

27. The method of claim 1 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 1.

28. A personal communication module, comprising:

a crisis module having an emergency relevant data of a primary user of the personal communication module;

an update module to automatically bring up to date the emergency relevant data based on a communication with a health vault module having profile information of a plurality of patients including the primary user of the personal communication module; and

a routing module to automatically communicate the emergency relevant data to at least one of a dispatch center and a first responder when an emergency situation is detected by the personal communication module.

29. The personal communication module of claim 28 wherein the health vault module aggregates a health data of the primary user from a plurality of historical and current health care providers of the primary user, and wherein each of the plurality of historical and current health care providers are provided a tailored interface module to provide the health data of the primary user to the health vault module.

30. The personal communication module of claim 29 wherein any of the health data of the primary user is accessible by the primary user through the personal communication module.

31. A system comprising:

a plurality of health care providers of a user each to share a crisis relevant data, an archival data, and a current data of the user with a health vault module;

a network; and

a personal communication module carried on a person of the user to communicate with the health vault module through the network, and through which is provided at least one of the crisis relevant data, the archival data, and the current data to the user on demand of the user through the personal communication module.

32. The system of claim 31 comprising a dispatch center to automatically process the crisis relevant data of the user when the dispatch center is notified of an emergency situation affecting the user of the personal communication module.

33. The system of claim 31 wherein the health vault module to provide a diet and exercise data to the user of the personal communication module to enhance wellness of the user of the personal communication module;

and wherein the health vault module to provide a trend reporting data to the user of the personal communication module based on an analysis of changes to a health data of the user that is at least one of voluntarily inputted by the user or provided by the plurality of health care providers to the health vault module.