Filtering Medical Information

• US 20100185460A1
• Filed: 01/22/2009
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Nadler, Sima
• Granted Patent: US 8,010,383 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• 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 method and system for filtering medical information in emergency situations are provided. The method includes receiving information relating to an emergency in which a person needs medical help, the information including: details of the type of emergency; and details of a care providing person aiding the person needing help. The method includes obtaining medical information relating to the emergency which may include information relating to the medical condition and/or medical records of the person. The level of medical expertise of the care providing person is determined and the medical information is filtered to provide the medical information appropriate to the level of medical expertise of the care providing person.

Claims

1. A method for filtering medical information in an emergency, comprising:

receiving information relating to an emergency in which a person needs medical help, the information including;

details of the type of emergency; and

details of a care providing person aiding the person needing help;

obtaining medical information relevant to the emergency from data resources;

determining a level of medical expertise of the care providing person;

filtering the medical information by a filter executed by a computer processor, wherein filtering transforms the medical information to a form appropriate to the level of medical expertise of the care providing person; and

communicating the transformed medical information to the care providing person.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein obtaining medical information obtains medical information relating to the medical condition of the person determined by the details of the type of emergency.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein obtaining medical information obtains medical history information relating to the person needing help.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein obtaining medical information relating to the medical condition references resources using the details of the type of emergency.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein determining a level of medical expertise of the care providing person references a resource of predefined medical expertise levels using the details for the care providing person.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein filtering the medical information provides the information in one of a plurality of information types, each information type being appropriate for a level of medical expertise.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein filtering the medical information provides the information in a language appropriate to the level of medical expertise.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, including:

receiving an identification of the person needing help and accessing patient records of the person needing help.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, including:

filtering the patient records of the person needing help to provide information from the patient records appropriate to the level of medical expertise of the care providing person.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, including:

filtering the patient records of the person needing help to provide information from the patient records relevant to the medical condition.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, including referencing resources to ascertain if there are any contraindications between medication taken by the patient based on the patient records and drugs to potentially be given as part of the treatment for the medical condition.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein details of the type of emergency include one or more of the group of:

signs and symptoms of the person needing help, a location of the emergency, an environment of the emergency, conditions of the emergency.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein details of the care providing person include one of more of:

qualifications, age, languages spoken.

14. A computer software product for filtering medical information in an emergency, the product comprising a computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer in which program comprising computer-executable instructions are stored, which instructions, when read executed by a computer, perform the following steps:

receiving information relating to an emergency in which a person needs medical help, the information including;

details of the type of emergency; and

details of a care providing person aiding the person needing help;

obtaining medical information relevant to the emergency;

determining a level of medical expertise of the care providing person; and

filtering the medical information to provide the medical information appropriate to the level of medical expertise of the care providing person.

15. A method of providing a service to a customer over a network, the service comprising:

receiving information relating to an emergency in which a person needs medical help, the information including;

details of the type of emergency; and

details of a care providing person aiding the person needing help;

obtaining medical information relevant to the emergency from data resources;

determining a level of medical expertise of the care providing person;

filtering the medical information by a filter executed by a computer processor, wherein filtering transforms the medical information to a form appropriate to the level of medical expertise of the care providing person; and

communicating the transformed medical information to the care providing person.

16. A system for filtering medical information in an emergency, comprising:

a processor;

a communication means for receiving information relating to an emergency in which a person needs medical help, the information including;

details of the type of emergency; and

details of a care providing person aiding the person needing help;

a module for obtaining medical information from a database relating to the emergency;

a module for determining a level of medical expertise of the care providing person from a database of medical expertise levels; and

a first filter for filtering the medical information to provide the medical information appropriate to the level of medical expertise of the care providing person.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the module for obtaining medical information obtains medical information relating to the medical condition of the person determined by the details of the type of emergency.

18. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the module for obtaining medical information obtains the person'"'"'s medical records.

19. The system as claimed in claim 16, including a module for determining a medical condition of the person needing help and obtaining information on the medical condition references the database of medical conditions using the details of the type of emergency.

20. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the module for determining a level of medical expertise of the care providing person references a database of predefined medical expertise levels using the details for the care providing person.

21. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first filter provides the information in one of a plurality of information types, each information type being appropriate for a level of medical expertise.

22. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first filter provides the information in a language appropriate to the level of medical expertise.

23. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the communication means receives an identification of the person needing help and the system includes a mechanism for accessing patient records of the person needing help.

24. The system as claimed in claim 23, including:

a second filter for filtering the patient records of the person needing help to provide information from the patient records appropriate to the level of medical expertise of the care providing person.

25. The system as claimed in claim 24, including:

a third filter for filtering the patient records of the person needing help to provide information from the patient records relevant to the medical condition.