SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING PATIENT RECORDS FOLLOW A PHYSICIAN

• US 20090299770A1
• Filed: 05/26/2009
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Noel J. Guillama, Quantum Group Inc.
• Original Assignee: Quantum Group Inc.
• Inventors: Martinez, Pedro, Guillama, Noel
• Granted Patent: US 10,817,964 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

A computer-based system for providing physicians automatic, secure access to patient records at the time a patient visits and consults a physician. The system can include one or more computing devices configured to process and display data. The system can also include one or more emitting devices carried by physicians for identifying each particular physician and one or more scanning devices configured to detect and communicatively link to the one or more emitting devices based on the proximity of the physician to an examination room. Additionally, the system can include a manager module communicatively linked to the one or more scanning devices and configured to manage the signal data from the one or more scanning devices. Furthermore, the system can also include one or more servers communicatively linked with the one or more computing devices, one or more scanning devices, and manager module, the one or more servers configured to authenticate and register a particular patient upon a visit to a hospital or office, synchronize the particular physician identifier, patient identifier, personal wellness electronic record (PWER), and examination room identifier based upon physician'"'"'s proximity to an examination room, initiate a physician-patient session at the at least one computing device at the examination room, transfer the PWER to the at least one computing device at the examination room, and automatically terminate the physician-patient session and receive the PWER based upon the physician leaving the proximity of the examination room.

Claims

1. A computer-based method for providing physicians automatic, secure access to patient records at the time a patient visits and consults the physician, the method comprising the steps of:

authenticating and registering a particular patient upon a visit to a hospital or office;

synchronizing a particular physician identifier, patient identifier, personal wellness electronic record (PWER), and examination room identifier based upon the physician'"'"'s proximity to an examination room;

initiating a physician-patient session at a computer system at the examination room;

transferring the PWER from at least one server to the computer system at the examination room; and

automatically terminating the physician-patient session and transferring the PWER to the at least one server based upon the physician leaving the proximity of the examination room.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising preloading the PWER into an electronic data buffer for transmission.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of synchronizing a particular physician identifier, patient identifier, PWER, and examination room identifier comprises using a scanning device for detecting an emitting device carried by the physician identifying the physician.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the scanning device is a radio frequency identification reader that detects a radio frequency identification chip, card, or other emitting device carried by the physician.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising communicating with a manager module, wherein the manager module alerts the at least one server of the presence of the physician in the examination room and manages all.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing at least one of a privacy restriction and a security restriction for the accessing of the PWER.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising electronically updating the PWER during or after the examination.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising reinitiating a physician-patient session when the physician enters another examination room or re-enters the original examination room.

9. A computer-based system for providing physicians automatic, secure access to patient records at the time a patient visits and consults a physician, the system comprising:

at least one computing device configured to process and display data;

at least one emitting device carried by the physicians for identifying each particular physician;

at least one scanning device configured to detect and communicatively link to the at least one emitting device based on the proximity of the physician to an examination room;

a manager module communicatively linked to the at least one scanning device and configured to manage the signal data from the at least one scanning device;

at least one server communicatively linked with the at least one computing device, at least one scanning device, and manager module wherein the at least one server is configured to;

authenticate and register a particular patient upon a visit to a hospital or office;

synchronize the particular physician identifier, patient identifier, personal wellness electronic record (PWER), and examination room identifier based upon physician'"'"'s proximity to an examination room;

initiate a physician-patient session at the at least one computing device at the examination room;

transfer the PWER to the at least one computing device at the examination room; and

automatically terminate the physician-patient session and receive the PWER based upon the physician leaving the proximity of the examination room.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one computing device is configured to electronically update the PWER during or after the examination.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one emitting device is a radio frequency identification chip, card, or other emitting device carried by the physician.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one scanning device is a radio frequency identification reader that detects the at least one emitting device.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the manager module is configured to alert the at least one server of the presence of the physician in the examination room.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one server is configured to preload the PWER into an electronic data buffer for transmission.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one server is configured to provide at least one of a privacy restriction and a security restriction for the accessing of the PWER.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one server is configured to reinitiate a physician-patient session when the physician enters another examination room or re-enters the original examination room.

17. A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein computer-readable instructions, which, when loaded in and executed by a computer causes the computer to perform the steps of:

authenticating and registering a particular patient upon a visit to a hospital or office;

synchronizing a particular physician identifier, patient identifier, personal wellness electronic record (PWER), and examination room identifier based upon physician'"'"'s proximity to an examination room;

initiating a physician-patient session at a computer system at the examination room;

transferring the PWER from at least one server to the computer system at the examination room; and

automatically terminating the physician-patient session and transferring the PWER to the at least one server based upon the physician leaving the proximity of the examination room.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising code for causing the computer to preload the PWER into an electronic data buffer for transmission.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising code for causing the computer to provide at least one of a privacy restriction and a security restriction for the accessing of the PWER.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising code for causing the computer to electronically update the PWER during the examination.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising code for causing the computer to reinitiate a physician-patient session when the physician enters another examination room.