GET PREP QUESTIONS TO ASK DOCTOR

• US 20090089082A1
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Hoof, Hubert Van, Hamilton, James R., Chitsaz, Behrooz, Karkanias, Chris Demetrios, Oliver, Nuria M., Rosenbloom, Oren, Sadovsky, Vladimir G., Heckerman, David E., Argon, Pablo, Choing, Hong L.
• Granted Patent: US 7,908,151 B2
• 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 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/60 relating to pathologies

Abstract

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates dynamically providing a question to ask a medical professional during an appointment. An interface can receive a portion of medical data. A counselor component can generate a question based on the portion of medical data, wherein the question is generated to elicit an answer from a medical professional during an appointment. Moreover, the counselor component can dynamically generate a second question directed toward the medical professional based upon at least one of the answer or a value of information (VOI) computation.

Claims

1. A computer implemented system that facilitates and effectuates dynamically providing a question to ask a medical professional during an appointment, comprising:

an interface that receives a portion of medical data;

a counselor component that generates a question based on the portion of medical data, the question is generated to elicit an answer from a medical professional during an appointment; and

the counselor component dynamically generates a second question directed toward the medical professional based upon at least one of the answer or a value of information (VOI) computation.

2. The system of claim 1, the portion of medical data is at least one of a statement from the medical professional during the appointment or the answer from the medical professional during the appointment.

3. The system of claim 1, the portion of medical data is at least one of a diagnosis, a prognosis, a medical record, a symptom, a medical evaluation, a prior medical condition, a medical condition, a disease, a virus, a blood type, an allergy, a test result, a blood pressure reading, a heart rate, an x-ray, an MRI, a scan, a CAT scan, a blood work result, a medical chart, a reading from a medical device, or a portion of information from a medical facility.

4. The system of claim 1, at least one of the counselor component or the interface are incorporated into a portable device that can communicate the question to the patient, the portable device is at least one of a smartphone, a cell phone, a mobile communication device, a portable digital assistant (PDA), a laptop, a pocket PC, a desktop, a gaming device, a portable media player, a media device, a tablet PC, a handheld, a wireless browsing device, an electronic organizer, a gaming console, or a device with Internet connectivity.

5. The system of claim 1, at least one of the counselor component or the interface are incorporated into a cloud, the cloud is at least one resource that is maintained by a party and accessible by the patient over a network.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising a device that receives the question over the network and communicates such question to the patient.

7. The system of claim 6, the device is at least one of a portable device, a smartphone, a cell phone, a mobile communication device, a portable digital assistant (PDA), a laptop, a pocket PC, a desktop, a gaming device, a portable media player, a media device, a tablet PC, a handheld, a wireless browsing device, an electronic organizer, a gaming console, or a device with Internet connectivity.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising an aggregator component that collects at least one of the answer from the medical professional or a statement from the medical professional in a standardized, uniform format.

9. The system of claim 8, the aggregator component establishes a data base including the standardized uniformly formatted data related to at least one of the answer or the statement, the data base is leveraged by the counselor component for automatic question generation.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a log component that records at least one of an answer from the medical professional, a statement from the medical professional, a response from the medical professional, the question posed to the medical professional, or a patient-defined question.

11. The system of claim 1, the counselor component is a self improving cloud that reacts to a ranking of a question by a user.

12. The system of claim 11, the counselor component enables the patient to edit at least one question, the edit is at least one of a deletion of the question, a sorting of the question, a re-arrangement of question order, a ranking of importance for the question, or a re-phrasing of the question.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising a reminder component that provides a reminder to the patient based at least in part upon one of the answer from the medical professional or a statement from the medical professional.

14. The system of claim 13, the reminder relates to at least one of taking a medication, getting lab work done, an upcoming appointment, picking up a prescription, exercising, or following an instruction received from the medical professional during the appointment.

15. The system of claim 13, the reminder is communicated to the patient with at least one of an email, a text message, a phone call, a cellular call, a mobile communication, a web alert, an instant message, or a web site posting.

16. A computer-implemented method that facilitates generating a question for an appointment with a medical professional, comprising:

receiving a portion of medical data associated with at least one of a patient or a diagnosis of the patient; and

dynamically generating a first question directed toward the medical professional for the patient to ask based at least in part upon analysis of the medical data.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving an answer in response to the first question from the medical professional; and

producing a second question for the medical professional based on the answer.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising utilizing a value of information (VOI) computation to generate at least one of the first question or the second question.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

collecting at least one of a statement from the medical professional or the answer from the medical professional; and

standardizing the collection into a uniform format.

20. A computer-implemented system that facilitates dynamically providing a question to ask a medical professional during an appointment, comprising:

means for receiving a portion of medical data;

means for generating a question based on the portion of medical data;

means for communicating the question to elicit an answer from a medical professional during an appointment; and

means for generating a second question directed toward the medical professional based upon at least one of the answer or a value of information (VOI) computation.