System and Method for Prescribing Patient Education
First Claim
1. A system for prescribing educational treatment for a patient, the system comprising:
- an electronic medical record database comprising an electronic medical record of the patient, the electronic medical record identifying a physiological condition of the patient;
a content source comprising medical education content, the medical education content comprising a plurality of media;
a user input device arranged to accept the entry of patient information from a user, the user input device receiving the patient information entered by the user;
an education engine that receives the physiological condition of the patient from the electronic medical record database and receives the patient information from the user input device, the education engine selecting medical education content from the content source based upon the received physiological condition and the patient information and creating a prescribed education plan comprising the selected medical education content; and
an output device that receives the prescribed education plan from the education engine and presents the prescribed education plan.
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Abstract
A system and method for prescribing education is disclosed herein. The system includes an electronic medical record database, a user input device, a content source, and an education engine. The education engine receives a patient physiological condition from the electronic medical records database, patient information from the user input device, and selects medical education content from the content source in order to create a prescribed education plan. A method of treating a patient with prescribed education is also disclosed herein. The method includes the steps of obtaining a patient understanding level, obtaining a patient literacy level, and obtaining a patient physiological condition. The patient physiological condition and understanding level are used select medical education content for the patient education. The patient literacy level is used to select a media for the patient education. A prescribed education plan is created that comprises the selected medical education content and the selected media.
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1. A system for prescribing educational treatment for a patient, the system comprising:
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an electronic medical record database comprising an electronic medical record of the patient, the electronic medical record identifying a physiological condition of the patient; a content source comprising medical education content, the medical education content comprising a plurality of media; a user input device arranged to accept the entry of patient information from a user, the user input device receiving the patient information entered by the user; an education engine that receives the physiological condition of the patient from the electronic medical record database and receives the patient information from the user input device, the education engine selecting medical education content from the content source based upon the received physiological condition and the patient information and creating a prescribed education plan comprising the selected medical education content; and an output device that receives the prescribed education plan from the education engine and presents the prescribed education plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for prescribing education treatment for a patient, the system comprising:
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an electronic medical record database comprising an electronic medical record of the patient, the electronic medical record identifying a physiological condition of the patient; a content source comprising medical education content, the medical education content comprising a plurality of media; an understanding level determination device that receives a first user input indicative of the patient'"'"'s understanding level of the physiological condition; a literacy level determination device that receives a second user input indicative of the patient'"'"'s literacy level; an activation level determination device that receives a third user input indicative of the patient'"'"'s activation level; an education engine that receives the physiological condition from the electronic medical record database and receives the understanding level, literacy level, and activation level, the education engine selecting medical education content from the content source based upon the received physiological condition, understanding level, literacy level, and activation level and creating a prescribed education plan comprising the selected medical education content; an output device that receives the prescribed education plan from the education engine and presents the prescribed education plan. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of treating a patient with prescribed education, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a patient understanding level; obtaining a patient literacy level; obtaining a patient physiological condition; based on the patient physiological condition and the patient understanding level, selecting medical education content for the prescribed education; based upon the patient literacy level, selecting a media for the prescribed education; creating a prescribed education plan comprising the selected medical education content and the selected media; and presenting the prescribed education plan. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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