Systems and Methods for Obtaining and Preserving Health Care Information
First Claim
1. A method of obtaining and preserving health care information about a subject, comprising:
- pre-recording questions/requests designed to elicit the health care information;
playing the pre-recorded questions/requests to a person knowledgeable about the information;
interactively making an audiovisual recording of the person answering the questions/requests; and
upon conclusion of said making an audiovisual recording, immediately preserving the audiovisual recording in a machine readable medium.
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Abstract
An audiovisual system is provided and is programmed to collect information from a patient or a friend or relative of the patient through a series of questions. The questions are designed to elicit personal information about the patient that will be useful for future caregivers to know. Such information may include the patient'"'"'s wants, needs, habits, strengths, weaknesses, and information that reveals the patient'"'"'s personality and history. The answers to the questions are saved as an audiovisual record of the interview on a CD or DVD which can be viewed by present and future caregivers. Applications of the invention include adult patients entering a long term care facility, children entering a group home, etc.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of obtaining and preserving health care information about a subject, comprising:
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pre-recording questions/requests designed to elicit the health care information; playing the pre-recorded questions/requests to a person knowledgeable about the information; interactively making an audiovisual recording of the person answering the questions/requests; and upon conclusion of said making an audiovisual recording, immediately preserving the audiovisual recording in a machine readable medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of obtaining and preserving health care information about a subject, comprising:
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pre-recording questions/requests designed to elicit the health care information; playing the pre-recorded questions/requests to a person knowledgeable about the information; interactively making an audiovisual recording of the person answering the questions/requests; and upon concluding said making an audiovisual recording, immediately preserving the audiovisual recording in a portable medium, wherein the health care information includes personal information about the subject including information about the subject'"'"'s eating habits, information about the subject'"'"'s past accomplishments, information about the subject'"'"'s likes and dislikes, information about the subject'"'"'s sleeping habits, information about assistance needed by the subject on a daily basis, information about the subject'"'"'s past behavior, information about the subject'"'"'s interpersonal relationships, information about what makes the subject happy. information about what makes the subject sad, and information about activities engaged in by the subject.
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16. A system for obtaining and preserving health care information about a subject, comprising:
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a processor having a plurality of outputs and inputs; a video camera coupled to an input of said processor; a microphone coupled to an input of said processor; a video display coupled to an output of said processor; a loudspeaker coupled to an output of said processor; a machine readable memory medium coupled to an output of said processor; and a memory bidirectionally coupled to said processor, said memory storing an audiovisual interactive program, said audiovisual interactive program including pre-recorded questions/requests designed to elicit the health care information, instructions to said processor for playing the pre-recorded questions/requests through said video display and said loudspeaker, instructions for making an audiovisual recording via said video camera and said microphone of a person answering the questions/requests, and instructions for preserving the audiovisual recording in said portable memory medium, wherein said processor causes said pre-recorded questions/requests to be played through said loudspeaker and said video display and causes answers to said questions/requests detected by said video camera and said microphone to be recorded on said machine readable memory medium. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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