Patient information and communication system

• US 20070282629A1
• Filed: 06/01/2006
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: enpenet GmbH (Plambeck Holding GmbH)
• Original Assignee: enpenet GmbH (Plambeck Holding GmbH)
• Inventors: Plambeck, Norbert
• Application Number:
  US11/445,501
• Publication Number:
  US 20070282629A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method of compiling and utilizing patient information includes receiving patient data related to a particular patient, storing the patient data and generating a patient medical history including the patient data. The method further includes providing a search filter having a plurality of search fields, communicating between the patient medical history and the search filter, wherein patient data from the patient medical history is directly input into at least one of the search fields, and searching an information source using the search filter.

Claims

1. A method of compiling and utilizing patient information, comprising:

receiving patient data related to a particular patient;

storing said patient data;

generating a patient medical history including said patient data;

providing a search filter having a plurality of search fields;

communicating between said patient medical history and said search filter, wherein patient data from said patient medical history is directly input into at least one of said search fields; and

searching an information source using said search filter.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said information source includes a medical database that contains information related to known illnesses, symptoms, treatment options, specialists, doctors, treatment costs, and the like.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising automatically executing said steps of searching upon completion of said step of storing said patient data.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving additional patient data related to a plurality of patients;

storing said patient data and said additional patient data in a database; and

providing information to enable a comparison between a treatment program of said particular patient to that of at least one anonymously identified patient based on said patient data and said additional patient data.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising providing information associated with at least one health care professional that is treating said at least one anonymously identified patient.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating summaries of said patient data for said particular patient.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said summaries include at least one of a graph and a table.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating an alert based on said patient data, said alert indicating an undesired health condition.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating health indicator statistics based on patient data that is associated with a plurality of patients and that is stored within said database.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a plurality of access levels, one of which is assignable to each of a plurality of authorized users, wherein said access levels define which patient data is accessible to a particular authorized user.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising communicating said patient data to a health care provider.

12. A patient information and communication system for compiling, summarizing, distributing and searching patient information, comprising:

at least one user interface device that communicates with a network;

an information source; and

a software program that is operable on said at least one user interface device and that performs steps including;

receiving patient data related to a particular patient;

storing said patient data;

generating a patient medical history including said patient data;

providing a search filter having a plurality of search fields;

communicating between said patient medical history and said search filter, wherein patient data from said patient medical history is directly input into at least one of said search fields; and

searching said information source using said search filter.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said information source includes a medical database that contains information related to known illnesses, symptoms, treatment options, specialists, doctors, treatment costs, and the like.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein said information is resident on one of a plurality of user interface devices.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein said one of said plurality of user interface devices is associated with a third party that is not one of a plurality of authorized users.

16. The system of claim 12 wherein said software program automatically executes said step of searching upon completion of said step of storing said patient data.

17. The system of claim 12 wherein said software program receives additional patient data related to a plurality of patients, stores said patient data and said additional patient data in a database, and provides information to enable a comparison between a treatment program of said particular patient to that of at least one anonymously identified patient based on said patient data and said additional patient data.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein said software program provides information associated with at least one health care professional that is treating said at least one anonymously identified patient.

19. The system of claim 12 wherein said software program generates summaries of said patient data for said particular patient.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein said summaries include at least one of a graph and a table.

21. The system of claim 12 wherein said software program generates an alert based on said patient data, said alert indicating an undesired health condition.

22. The system of claim 12 wherein said software program generates health indicator statistics based on patient data that is associated with a plurality of patients and that is stored within said database.

23. The system of claim 12 wherein said software program provides a plurality of access levels one of which is assignable to each authorized user, wherein said access levels define which patient data is accessible to a particular authorized user.

24. The system of claim 12 wherein said software program communicates said patient data to a health care provider.