SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE HEALTHCARE INFORMATION COLLECTION

• US 20100036811A1
• Filed: 08/11/2008
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Naidu, Mohan, Vassa, Ashish Dolatrai, Wahab, Mohammed
• Application Number:
  US12/189,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20100036811A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: N/A
• 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

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for mobile, location-based access to healthcare provider information. A mobile healthcare information system includes a healthcare provider module transmitting healthcare provider information within a certain range of the healthcare provider module, the provider information identifying a type and a location of a healthcare provider. The system also includes a user module providing access to available healthcare provider information within a certain range of a location of the user module. The user module receives the healthcare provider information for query and output to a user. The user module is a portable module providing location-based healthcare provider information to the user.

Claims

1. A mobile healthcare information system, the system comprising:

a mobile healthcare information device providing access to available provider information within a certain range, said provider information identifying a type and a location of a healthcare provider, said mobile healthcare information device comprising;

a receiver receiving said provider information for storage and output at said mobile healthcare information device;

a memory storing said provider information; and

an interface querying and outputting said provider information at said mobile healthcare information device.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a healthcare provider information transmitter transmitting said provider information within a certain range.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said mobile healthcare information device further comprises a transmitter transmitting information to said healthcare provider information transmitter.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein said mobile healthcare information device pulls said provider information from said healthcare provider information transmitter.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein said healthcare provider information transmitter pushes said provider information to said mobile healthcare information device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said provider information further comprises at least one of provider contact information and provider insurance carrier information.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said mobile healthcare information device directs a user to said location of said healthcare provider using said provider information.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said mobile healthcare information device is integrated with a telephone.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said mobile healthcare information device is integrated with an automobile computer system.

16. The system of claim 2, wherein said healthcare provider pushes said provider information to said mobile healthcare information device.

10. A method for providing updated healthcare provider information, said method comprising:

receiving provider information for a healthcare provider at a mobile healthcare information device within a certain range of said healthcare provider, said provider information identifying a type and a location of said healthcare provider;

accepting a query regarding said provider information via said mobile healthcare information device; and

displaying said provider information at said mobile healthcare information device in response to said query.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing said provider information at said mobile healthcare information device.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting information from 10 said mobile healthcare information device to said healthcare provider in response to said provider information.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein said provider information further comprises at least one of provider contact information and provider insurance carrier information.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising directing a user to said location of said healthcare provider using said provider information via said mobile healthcare information device.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein said mobile healthcare information device pulls said provider information from said healthcare.

17. A mobile healthcare information system, the system comprising:

a healthcare provider module transmitting healthcare provider information within a certain range of said healthcare provider module, said provider information identifying a type and a location of a healthcare provider; and

a user module providing access to available healthcare provider information within a certain range of a location of said user module, said user module receiving said healthcare provider information for query and output to a user, said user module comprising a portable module providing location-based healthcare provider information to said user.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said healthcare provider module transmits said healthcare provider information wirelessly.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein said user module provides directions to said user regarding said location of said healthcare provider using said healthcare provider information.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein said user module is integrated with at least one of a telephone and an automobile computer system.