Authorization Process for High Intensity Medical Interventions

• US 20100114604A1
• Filed: 10/31/2008
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joseph Bernstein
• Original Assignee: Joseph Bernstein
• Inventors: Bernstein, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US12/262,863
• Publication Number:
  US 20100114604A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires

Abstract

An authorization process for high intensity medical interventions (e.g., diagnostic, therapeutic) which includes the steps of: entering information regarding a patient and a particular service request into a computer-based algorithm; generating questions based on the information; receiving responses to the generated questions; assessing the responses to the generated questions; and determining whether a high intensity medical intervention is indicated.

Claims

1. An authorization process for high intensity medical interventions comprising the steps of:

entering information regarding a patient and a particular service request into a computer containing an algorithm;

generating questions based on the information;

receiving responses to the generated questions;

assessing the responses to the generated questions; and

determining whether a high intensity medical intervention is indicated.

2. The authorization process of claim 1, further comprising the step of generating additional questions tailored to the assessed responses.

3. The authorization process of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing instructional feedback to a user of the computer based on the received responses.

4. The authorization process of claim 3, wherein the user is a physician or a physician'"'"'s designee.

5. The authorization process of claim 1, further comprising the step of retaining the received responses.

6. The authorization process of claim 5, wherein the retained responses are recorded in electronic form.

7. The authorization process of claim 5, wherein the retained responses are used to create at least one skill rating of a user of the computer.

8. The authorization process of claim 5, wherein the retained responses are used to audit performance of a user of the computer.

9. The authorization process of claim 1, wherein the algorithm comprises artificial intelligence and natural language processing.

10. The authorization process of claim 9, wherein an output of the algorithm is a dialogue with a user of the computer.

11. The authorization process of claim 10, wherein at least one of a length and complexity of the dialogue is regulated.

12. The authorization process of claim 1, wherein the determining step is based on Evidence Based Medicine.

13. The authorization process of claim 1, further comprising the step of instructing a user of the computer on indications of the intervention.

14. The authorization process of claim 13, further comprising the step of informing the user that the received responses are a basis of evaluating the user'"'"'s performance.

15. The authorization process of claim 14, wherein the determining step comprises always issuing an approval of the intervention.

16. The authorization process of claim 1, wherein the intervention is a diagnostic test.

17. The authorization process of claim 16, wherein the diagnostic test is a radiology test.

18. The authorization process of claim 1, wherein the intervention comprises the use of at least one therapeutic.

19. The authorization process of claim 18, wherein the therapeutic is a pharmaceutical drug.

20. The authorization process of claim 1, wherein the intervention is selected from the group consisting of:

referral of patients to specialists;

referral of patients to non-physician professionals;

elective surgical procedures;

elective minimally invasive non-surgical procedures; and

non-emergency basis procedures.