Methods and Systems for Collecting and Analyzing Medical Data

• US 20090198511A1
• Filed: 02/04/2008
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Raimar Boehlke
• Original Assignee: Raimar Boehlke
• Inventors: Boehlke, Raimar
• Application Number:
  US12/025,154
• Publication Number:
  US 20090198511A1
• 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 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/60 relating to pathologies

Abstract

The invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing medical data of a database, the medical data relating to diseases, and symptoms related to the diseases, said method including, Requesting an individual user to input data descriptive of a symptom; searching the database for data descriptive of diseases related to the inputted data descriptive of the symptom; generating a report listing diseases which are related to the inputted data descriptive of the symptom; associating a frequency indication to the each of the listed diseases, the frequency indication being representative of the frequency of reported associations of the respective listed disease; outputting the report with the frequency indication associated with each of the listed diseases.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of processing medical data of a database, the medical data relating to diseases, and symptoms related to the diseases, said method including:

A) Requesting an individual user to input data descriptive of a symptom;

B) Searching the database for data descriptive of diseases related to the inputted data descriptive of the symptom;

C) Generating a report listing diseases which are related to the inputted data descriptive of the symptom;

D) Associating a frequency indication to the each of the listed diseases, the frequency indication being representative of the frequency of reported associations of the respective listed disease;

E) Outputting the report with the frequency indication associated with each of the listed diseases.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

Associating time information with the data inputted by the user.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

Providing, to a user, access to the database via an internet platform.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

Providing, to a user, access to the database via an internet platform.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

Billing the access to the database.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

Providing, via the internet platform, a predetermined number of commercial products or lo services.

20. A computer-readable storage medium comprising program code for performing the method according to claim 1, when loaded into a computer system.

2. A computer-implemented method of collecting medical data for a database, the medical data relating to symptoms, diseases, and treatments of individual users with respect to diseases, said method including:

A) Requesting an individual user to input data descriptive of symptoms of a disease;

B) Requesting individual user to input data descriptive of a diagnosis made by a medical professional with respect to the symptoms and the individual user;

C) Requesting individual user to input data descriptive of a treatment received by the individual user with respect to the symptoms and the diagnosis;

D) Requesting individual user to input data descriptive of symptoms and diagnosed disease which has been successfully treated;

E) Requesting individual user to input data descriptive of symptoms and diagnosed disease which has not been successfully treated;

F) Requesting input of qualification of the treatment received;

G) storing the inputted data;

H) Requesting individual user to input data descriptive of resources for the treatment received, the resources comprising at least one of;

quantities of treatment;

cost of treatment;

time of treatment; and

human resource factor

4. A computer-implemented method of collecting medical data for a database, the medical data relating to diseases, symptoms and treatments of individual users, said method including:

A) Requesting individual user to input attribute data for an individual user, the attribute data being data which is constant during lifetime of the individual user;

attribute data comprising at least one of

date of birth;

blood group;

genetic code;

indications as to ethnic background;

indications as to hereditary diseases;

B) Requesting individual user to input variable data for an individual user, the variable data being data which is subject to changes during lifetime of the individual user;

variable data comprising at least one of

body mass index;

indications as to geographic location;

indications as to environment;

indications as to risks;

C) Associating the inputted data with the individual user;

D) Storing the inputted data associated with the individual user in the database.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

associating a new user profile with the stored inputted data.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

Displaying the new user profile to the individual user for review;

Requesting the user to input data.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

Presenting a plurality of optimization tools to the individual user, each tool providing data processing operations which comprise at least one of;

searching diagnosis;

searching treatment with optimal outcome;

searching treatment with worst outcome;

searching treatment with optimal quality of life;

searching treatment with worst quality of life;

search matches in user profile and cases with highest overlaps in profile structure;

search common false diagnosis;

filtering according to user specified criteria;

rendering all database profiles of one symptom/disease category and report commonalities in their treatment- or epidemiological pattern.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

Presenting a set of resource tracking tools, the research tracking tools providing at least one of;

quantities of treatment;

cost of treatment;

time of treatment; and

human resource factor.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

Presentation as a function of user (qualification group).

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

Providing the tools via internet.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

Providing the tools on portable devices.

12. A computer-implemented method of collecting medical data for a database, the medical data relating to diseases, symptoms and treatments of individual users, said method including:

A) Displaying, to an individual user, text fields comprising data descriptive of predefined symptoms of predetermined diseases;

B) Prompting the individual user to select one of the text fields;

C) If the individual user does not select any of the text fields, prompting the individual user to enter the data descriptive of the particular symptom in a free text field;

D) Performing a search in the database for data similar to the data inputted in the free text field;

E) If data similar to the inputted data is found in the database, discarding the inputted data;

F) If data similar to the inputted data is not found in the database, initiating an evaluation process of the inputted data.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the evaluation process comprises:

forwarding inputted data to predetermined specialists for evaluation;

receiving evaluation results from predetermined specialists.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein if the evaluation results are positive, new text fields are created which comprise inputted data descriptive of the disease.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

Notifying the individual user about evaluation results of specialists.