Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching

• US 20100274577A1
• Filed: 02/18/2010
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rinaldo, John D. JR., Karkanias, Chris Demetrios, Tegreene, Clarence T., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Wood, Lowell L. JR., Firminger, Shawn P., Garms, Jason, Hyde, Roderick A., Malamud, Mark A., Tolle, Kristin M., Leuthardt, Eric C.
• Application Number:
  US12/660,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20100274577A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• 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

Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual; accepting sensor data about the individual; presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting sensor data about the individual; and providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

means for accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual;

means for accepting sensor data about the individual;

means for presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting sensor data about the individual; and

means for providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual comprises:

means for accepting at least one physical attribute associated with the at least one individual.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the means for accepting at least one physical attribute associated with the at least one individual comprises:

means for accepting at least one physical symptom associated with the at least one individual.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the means for accepting at least one physical attribute associated with the at least one individual comprises:

means for accepting at least one physical diagnosis associated with the at least one individual.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual comprises:

means for accepting at least one of a current treatment or a proposed treatment associated with the at least one individual.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual comprises:

means for accepting the at least one attribute from a medical history associated with the at least one individual.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual comprises:

means for accepting the at least one attribute from a personal medical history associated with at least one individual.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual comprises:

means for accepting the at least one attribute from a family medical history associated with the at least one individual.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual comprises:

means for accepting at least one mental attribute associated with the at least one individual.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the means for accepting at least one mental attribute associated with the at least one individual comprises:

means for accepting at least one mental symptom associated with the at least one individual.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the means for accepting at least one mental attribute associated with the at least one individual comprises:

means for accepting at least one measurement associated with at least one of brain activity, cardiac activity, vascular activity, peripheral neural signals, hemodynamic activity, or metabolic activity.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the means for accepting at least one mental attribute associated with the at least one individual comprises:

means for accepting at least one mental impairment associated with at least one individual.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the means for accepting at least one mental attribute associated with the at least one individual comprises:

means for accepting at least one mental diagnosis associated with at least one individual.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the means for accepting at least one mental attribute associated with the at least one individual comprises:

means for accepting at least one past mental therapy associated with the at least one individual.

20. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for accepting sensor data about the individual comprises:

means for accepting sensor data from a remote location.

21. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for accepting sensor data about the individual comprises:

means for accepting brain sensor data.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the means for accepting brain sensor data comprises:

means for accepting data from at least one neuroprosthetic.

23. The system of claim 21 wherein the means for accepting brain sensor data comprises:

means for accepting data from at least one brain-computer interface.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein the means for accepting data from at least one brain-computer interface comprises:

means for accepting data from at least one invasive brain-computer interface.

25. The system of claim 23 wherein the means for accepting data from at least one brain-computer interface comprises:

means for accepting data from at least one partially invasive brain-computer interface.

27. The system of claim 23 wherein the means for accepting data from at least one brain-computer interface comprises:

means for accepting data from at least one non-invasive brain-computer interface.

32. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for accepting sensor data about the individual comprises:

means for accepting at least one of oxygen sensor data, electricity sensor data, chemical sensor data, or temperature sensor data.

33. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for accepting sensor data about the individual comprises:

means for accepting at least one of blood glucose sensor data, blood pressure sensor data, blood alcohol sensor data, or heart rhythm sensor data.

34. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting sensor data about the individual comprises:

means for presenting the set of health care options at least partially based on at least one user preference.

43. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option comprises:

means for presenting at least one list of treatment centers.

45. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option comprises:

means for providing an auction system for procurement of the desired health service option by the individual.

48. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option comprises:

means for providing a matching system weighted toward rapid procurement of the desired health service option.

49. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option comprises:

means for providing a matching system weighted toward procurement of one or more low-cost desired health service options.

52. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option comprises:

means for providing a matching system weighted toward procurement of a geographically-specified desired health service option.

54. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option comprises:

means for accepting an indication of an individual'"'"'s personal medical history including a series of epileptic seizures, accepting data from an array of brain sensors and a blood pressure monitor, presenting a list of doctors that specialize in treating epilepsy and a list of health facilities able to accomodate the individual, and providing a matching system weighted toward finding a low-cost option for the individual.

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55. A computer-implemented method comprising:

accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual;

accepting sensor data about the individual;

presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting sensor data about the individual; and

providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option.

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109. A system comprising:

circuitry for accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual;

circuitry for accepting sensor data about the individual;

circuitry for presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting sensor data about the individual; and

circuitry for providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option.

110. A computer program product comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing

one or more instructions for accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual;

one or more instructions for accepting sensor data about the individual;

one or more instructions for presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting sensor data about the individual; and

one or more instructions for providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option.

111. The computer program product of claim 110, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a computer-readable medium.

112. The computer program product of claim 110, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a recordable medium.

113. The computer program product of claim 110, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a communications medium.

114. A system comprising:

a computing device; and

instructions that when executed on the computing device cause the computing device to

accept an indication of at least one attribute of an individual;

accept sensor data about the individual;

present a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting sensor data about the individual; and

provide a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option.

115. The system of claim 114 wherein the computing device comprises:

one or more of a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal entertainment device, a mobile phone, a laptop computer, a tablet personal computer, a networked computer, a computing system comprised of a cluster of processors, a computing system comprised of a cluster of servers, a workstation computer, and/or a desktop computer.

116. The system of claim 114 wherein the computing device is operable to accept an indication of at least one attribute of an individual;

accept sensor data about the individual;

present a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting sensor data about the individual; and

provide a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option.