System and method for representing a patient data

• US 20080004899A1
• Filed: 06/29/2006
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Digital Intern Services, LLC
• Original Assignee: Digital Intern Services, LLC
• Inventors: Braxton, John H.
• Application Number:
  US11/477,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20080004899A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• 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 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

The present invention includes a system and method for representing patient data, preferably in a clinical context. The system of the present invention generally includes a central computer having a database, wherein the database includes clinical data for a number of patients. The computer further includes a representation unit that is configured to select actionable data for each patient from that patient'"'"'s clinical data. The actionable data is then processed and formatted such that it can be represented and readily conveyed to a user, such as for example an attending health care professional. The method of the present invention generally includes the steps of inputting clinical data regarding a patient into a selection algorithm, selecting actionable data from the clinical data, and representing a status of the patient in response to the actionable data. The representation of the patient status may take the form of qualitative and quantitative presentations that are complimentary and non-exclusive in nature.

Claims

1. A method for representing patient data comprising:

(a) inputting clinical data regarding a patient into a selection algorithm;

(b) selecting actionable data from the clinical data; and

(c) representing a status of the patient in response to the actionable data.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

(d) receiving the clinical data regarding the patient.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

(e) defining a disease process for the patient.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of:

(f) defining a normalized course of therapy for the disease process.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising the step of:

(g) comparing the actionable data and the normalized course for the patient and the disease process.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein step (c) includes visually presenting the patient status relative to the normalized course for the patient and the disease process.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein step (c) includes the step of defining a quantitative normalized course.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein step (c) further includes the step of presenting the patient status as a recovery score.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein step (c) includes the step of defining a qualitative normalized course.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein step (c) further includes the step of presenting the patient status as a milestone.

11. The method of claim 6 wherein step (c) further includes the step of providing access to the actionable clinical data.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of:

(h) prompting a physician in response to an insufficient recovery score.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of:

(i) prompting a physician in response to an insufficient milestone.

14. The method of claim 6 wherein step (c) further includes the step of providing access to non-actionable clinical data.

15. A system for representing patient data comprising:

a central computer including a database of patient data and a representation unit coupled to the database of patient data, wherein the representation unit includes a selection algorithm adapted to select between actionable and non-actionable data and a presentation unit adapted to format the actionable data into a presentable format; and

a mobile device communicable with the central computer, the mobile device including a display for displaying actionable data receivable in the presentable format from the central computer.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the mobile device is communicable with the central computer through wireless means.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the presentation unit is further adapted to format the non-actionable data in a presentable format.

18. The system of claim 15 wherein the database of patient data includes data regarding a diagnosis of a disease for each patient and further includes a disease process for each disease corresponding to each patient.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the database of patient data includes data regarding a normalized course of therapy for each disease process.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein the selection algorithm is adapted to select between actionable and non-actionable data for each patient in response to the disease process and the normalized course.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein the presentation unit is adapted to format the actionable data into a presentable format in response to the disease process and the normalized course.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the presentable format includes a quantitative representation of the patient status as a recovery score relative to the normalized course.

23. The system of claim 21 wherein the presentable format includes a qualitative representation of the patient status as a milestone relative to the normalized course.

24. The system of claim 21 wherein the presentation unit is further adapted to prompt a user of the mobile device in response to a deviation between the patient status and the normalized course.

25. The system of claim 15 further comprising a second mobile device communicable with the central computer.

26. The system of claim 25 wherein the second mobile device is communicable with the central computer through wireless means.

27. A system for representing patient data comprising:

a central computer including a database of patient data and means for representing patient data coupled to the database of patient data, wherein the means for representing patient data includes selection means for selecting between actionable and non-actionable data and presentation means for presenting the actionable data into a presentable format; and

a mobile device communicable with the central computer, the mobile device including a display for displaying actionable data receivable in the presentable format from the central computer.

28. The system of claim 27 wherein the mobile device is communicable with the central computer through wireless means.

29. The system of claim 27 wherein the presentation means includes means for formatting the non-actionable data in a presentable format.

30. The system of claim 27 wherein the database of patient data includes data regarding a diagnosis of a disease for each patient and further includes a disease process for each disease corresponding to each patient.

31. The system of claim 30 wherein the database of patient data includes data regarding a normalized course of therapy for each disease process.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein the selection means selects between actionable and non-actionable data for each patient in response to the disease process and the normalized course.

33. The system of claim 32 wherein the presentation means formats the actionable data into a presentable format in response to the disease process and the normalized course.

34. The system of claim 33 wherein the presentable format includes a quantitative representation of the patient status as a recovery score relative to the normalized course.

35. The system of claim 33 wherein the presentable format includes a qualitative representation of the patient status as a milestone relative to the normalized course.

36. The system of claim 33 further including means for prompting a user of the mobile device in response to a deviation between the patient status and the normalized course.

37. The system of claim 27 further comprising a second mobile device communicable with the central computer.

38. The system of claim 37 wherein the second mobile device is communicable with the central computer through wireless means.