Patient Directed Integration Of Remotely Stored Medical Information With A Brokerage System

• US 20090319296A1
• Filed: 06/17/2009
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: American Well Corporation (Amwell Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: American Well Corporation (Amwell Incorporated)
• Inventors: Schoenberg, Roy
• Granted Patent: US 8,719,047 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A brokerage system that identifies a service provider satisfying at least some attributes in a set of patient defined attributes for providing a service is accessed. A request for records corresponding to the patient'"'"'s health information to a data repository that stores the health records is sent. A graphical user interface that when rendered on a display displays the patient'"'"'s health information is received.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for enabling a patient to share the patient'"'"'s health information with a provider of medical services, the method comprising:

sending by a patient a request to send the patient'"'"'s health information from a data repository storing health information;

receiving by a computer-based brokerage system, the patient'"'"'s health information from the data repository storing health information in response to the patient initiated request;

generating by the computer a graphical user interface that displays the patient'"'"'s health information during a real-time consultation between the consumer and the provider of medical services; and

sending the graphical user interface to at least one of a patient and a provider of medical services computer system to render the patient'"'"'s health information on a display associated with the one of the systems, during the real-time consultation.

2. The computer-implemented of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a request from the patient to download to the brokerage system the patient'"'"'s health information.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a request from the patient to share the patient'"'"'s health information with one or more providers of medical services.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving patient preferences regarding the display of the patient'"'"'s health information; and

filtering the health information displayed in the graphical user interface based on the patient'"'"'s preferences.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending a request to update records corresponding to the patient'"'"'s health information to the data repository that stores health records.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a link to a patient'"'"'s record containing the patient'"'"'s health information in the data repository that stores the health information.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

recording in the computer that the health information was received from the data repository in response to a request made to the data repository from the patient.

8. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium for managing access to health information, comprises instructions to cause a computer to:

send by a patient a request to send the patient'"'"'s health information from a data repository storing health information;

receive by a computer-based brokerage system, the patient'"'"'s health information from the data repository storing health information in response to the patient initiated request;

generate by the computer a graphical user interface that displays the patient'"'"'s health information during a real-time consultation between the patient and the provider of medical services; and

send the graphical user interface to at least one of a patient and a provider of medical services computer system to render the patient'"'"'s health information on a display associated with the one of the systems, during the real-time consultation.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising instructions to cause a computer to:

receive a request from the patient to download to the brokerage system the patient'"'"'s health information.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising instructions to cause a computer to:

receive a request from the patient to share the patient'"'"'s health information with one or more service providers.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising instructions to:

receive patient preferences regarding the display of health information; and

filter the health information displayed in the graphical user interface based on the patient'"'"'s preferences.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising instructions to:

send a request to update records corresponding to the patient'"'"'s health information to the data repository that stores health records.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising instructions to:

receive a link to a patient'"'"'s record containing the patient'"'"'s health information in the data repository that stores the health records.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising instructions to:

record in the computer that the health information was received from the data repository in response to a request made to the data repository from the patient.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a computer program product residing on a computer readable medium for providing broker services to patients and service providers, the computer program product comprising instructions for causing the processor to;

send by a patient a request to send the patient'"'"'s health information from a data repository storing health information;

receive by a computer-based brokerage system, the patient'"'"'s health information from the data repository storing health information in response to the patient initiated request;

generate by the computer a graphical user interface that displays the patient'"'"'s health information during a real-time consultation between the patient and the provider of medical services; and

send the graphical user interface to at least one of a patient and a provider of medical services computer system to render the patient'"'"'s health information on a display associated with the one of the systems, during the real-time consultation.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, the computer program product further comprising instructions to:

receive a request from the patient to download to the brokerage system the patient'"'"'s health information.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, the computer program product further comprising instructions to:

receive a request from the patient to share the patient'"'"'s health information with one or more service providers.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, the computer program product further comprising instructions to:

receive patient preferences regarding the display of health information; and

filter the health information displayed in the graphical user interface based on the patient'"'"'s preferences.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, the computer program product further comprising instructions to:

send a request to update records corresponding to the patient'"'"'s health information to the data repository that stores health records.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, the computer program product further comprising instructions to:

receive a link to a patient'"'"'s record containing the patient'"'"'s health information in the data repository that stores the health records.

21. The apparatus of claim 15, the computer program product further comprising instructions to:

record in the computer that the health information was received from the data repository in response to a request made to the data repository from the patient.

22. A computer-implemented method for enabling a patient to share the patient'"'"'s health information with a provider of medical services, the method comprising:

sending from a computer system, a request from a patient to a data repository storing health records, to send the patient'"'"'s health records to a computer-based brokerage system;

engaging in a real-time consultation with the provider of medical services, based on a connection established with the patient'"'"'s system and a provider of medical service'"'"'s system with the provider of medical services selected by the patient from a list of available provider of medical services that meet requirements of the patient, as determined by the computer-based brokerage system; and

receiving by the system a graphical user interface that displays on a display device coupled to the patient'"'"'s system, the patient'"'"'s health information during the real-time consultation between the patient and the provider of medical services.