COMMUNITY BASED MANAGED HEALTH KIOSK AND PRESCRIPTION DISPENSEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20090240528A1
• Filed: 03/19/2009
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Computerized Screening Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Computerized Screening Incorporated
• Inventors: Bluth, Charles P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,743,844 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/022 by applying pressure to close blood vessels, e.g. against the skin; Ophthalmodynamometers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1172 using fingerprinting
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14546 for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6888 Cabins
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/702 Posture restraints
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• 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 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

The present invention is directed to community based managed health kiosks and prescription drug dispensing systems, and more particularly to facilitating automated drug dispensement by a kiosk system following authorization by a remotely located health care professional monitoring a patient via the kiosk system.

Claims

1. A prescription dispensement system for a managed health system, comprising:

a kiosk system including two or more input devices receiving one or more pieces of health information and one or more pieces of personal identification information from a user, a camera receiving a video image of the user, a microphone receiving a user voice communication from the user, a speaker for emitting a health care professional voice communication from a remotely located health care professional, a network connection transmitting the one or more pieces of health information, the one or more pieces of personal identification information, the video image, and the user voice communication to the remotely located health care professional and receiving the health care professional voice communication and a drug prescription from the remotely located health care professional, and a drug dispenser dispensing a prescription drug based upon the drug prescription.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the drug dispenser includes a plurality of widely prescribed drugs.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the drug dispenser automatically measures a prescribed amount of the prescription drug based upon the drug prescription, automatically bottles the prescribed amount in a consumer container, and automatically delivers the consumer container to the user.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the drug dispenser cannot dispense the prescription drug until the kiosk system has received the drug prescription from the remotely located health care professional through the network connection.

5. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the kiosk system further includes a payment system receiving a payment from the user.

6. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a storage system storing the one or more pieces of health information, the one or more pieces of personal identification information and the drug prescription in a personal health record corresponding to the user.

7. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a display system connected to the kiosk system through the network connection simultaneously displaying the one or more pieces of health information, the one or more pieces of personal identification information, and the video image to the remotely located health care professional.

8. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a display system connected to the kiosk system through the network connection displaying the one or more pieces of health information to the remotely located health care professional.

9. The claim as recited in claim 8, wherein the one or more pieces of health information enable the health care professional to diagnosis a medical condition of the user that corresponds to the drug prescription.

10. A prescription dispensement system for a managed health system, comprising:

a kiosk system including two or more input devices receiving one or more pieces of health information and one or more pieces of personal identification information from a user, a camera receiving a video image of the user, a microphone receiving a user voice communication from the user, a speaker for emitting a health care professional voice communication from a remotely located health care professional, a network connection transmitting the one or more pieces of health information, the one or more pieces of personal identification information, the video image, and the user voice communication to the remotely located health care professional and receiving the health care professional voice communication and a drug prescription from the remotely located health care professional, and a prescription printing device printing an industry recognized drug prescription based upon the drug prescription.

11. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the printing device cannot print the industry recognized drug prescription until the kiosk system has received the drug prescription from the remotely located health care professional.

12. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the industry recognized drug prescription includes a digital signature of the remotely located health care professional.

13. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the industry recognized drug prescription includes a security code provided by the remotely located health care professional.

14. A method for prescribing a prescription drug to a user of a managed health system, comprising the steps of:

receiving one or more pieces of health information, one or more pieces of personal identification information and an image from the user through a kiosk system;

transmitting the one or more pieces of health information, one or more pieces of personal identification information and the image through the kiosk system to a remotely located health care professional;

receiving a health care professional voice communication from a remotely located health care professional through the kiosk system;

emitting the health care professional voice communication to the user;

receiving a voice communication from the user through the kiosk system;

transmitting the voice communication from the user through the kiosk system to the remotely located health care professional;

receiving a drug prescription from the remotely located health care professional; and

providing the drug prescription to the user through the kiosk system.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of providing the drug prescription includes printing an industry recognized drug prescription based on the drug prescription.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of transmitting the drug prescription to a pharmacy system dispensing a prescription drug based on the drug prescription.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of dispensing a prescription drug based on the drug prescription through the kiosk system.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the step of dispensing includes measuring a prescribed amount of the prescription drug based upon the drug prescription, bottling the prescribed amount in a consumer container, and delivering the consumer container to the user.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of receiving a payment from the user.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of storing the one or more pieces of health information, the one or more pieces of personal identification information and the drug prescription in a personal health record corresponding to the user.