Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching

• US 20100293002A1
• Filed: 01/20/2010
• Published: 11/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gearbox 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.
• Granted Patent: US 9,858,540 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• 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: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients

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

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; and

means for presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting an indication of at least one attribute of the individual and the accepting sensor data about the individual.

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.

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

means for accepting at least one of an indication or a measurement of at least one of pain, hypertension, sweating, dizziness, lightheadedness, abnormal respiration, headache, fatigue, nausea, fever, abnormal heart rhythm, motor weakness, or abnormal heart rate.

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 impairment associated with the at least one individual.

8. 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.

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 at least one of a current treatment or a proposed treatment 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 the at least one attribute from a medical history associated with the at least one individual.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

23. 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 associated with the at least one individual from a health care provider.

26. 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.

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

means for accepting brain sensor data.

28. The system of claim 27 wherein the means for accepting brain sensor data comprises:

means for accepting data from at least one neuroprosthetic.

29. The system of claim 27 wherein the means for accepting brain sensor data comprises:

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

30. The system of claim 29 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.

31. The system of claim 29 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.

33. The system of claim 29 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.

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

means for presenting at least one of a specified number of health care options for a given stage of testing or treatment, a specified number of branch points for a given course of testing or treatment, or a specified number of decision levels for a given course of testing or treatment.

44. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting an indication of at least one attribute of the individual and 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.

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

means for presenting at least one of surgery, prescription drug therapy, over-the-counter drug therapy, chemotherapy, radiation treatment, ultrasound treatment, laser treatment, a minimally invasive procedure, antibody therapy, cryotherapy, hormonal therapy, or gene therapy.

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

means for presenting at least one of treatment by a medical doctor, treatment by a naturopathic doctor, treatment by an acupuncturist, treatment by an herbalist, self-treatment, taking no action for a period of time, or taking no action until a specified indicator crosses a threshold.

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

means for presenting at least one of a diagnosis option set or a treatment option set.

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

means for presenting the set of health care options at least partly based on at least one of a standard of care, an expert opinion, an insurance company evaluation, or research data.

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

means for presenting at least one of a list of diagnosticians, a list of clinicians, a list of therapists, a list of dentists, a list of optometrists, a list of pharmacists, a list of nurses, a list of chiropractors, or a list of alternative medicine practitioners.

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

means for presenting at least one list of treatment centers.

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

means for using at least one third party reference to present the set of health care options.

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

means for accepting an individual'"'"'s input regarding a series of epileptic seizures, accepting data from an array of brain sensor electrodes, and presenting a set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating epilepsy based on accepting the individual'"'"'s input regarding a series of epileptic seizures and based on accepting the data from the array of brain sensor electrodes.

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64. A computer-implemented method comprising:

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

accepting sensor data about the individual; and

presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting an indication of at least one attribute of the individual and the accepting sensor data about the individual.

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127. A system comprising:

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

circuitry for accepting sensor data about the individual; and

circuitry for presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting an indication of at least one attribute of the individual and the accepting sensor data about the individual.

128. 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; and

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

129. The computer program product of claim 128, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a computer-readable medium.

130. The computer program product of claim 128, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a recordable medium.

131. The computer program product of claim 128, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a communications medium.

132. 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; and

present a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting an indication of at least one attribute of the individual and the accepting sensor data about the individual.

133. The system of claim 132 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.

134. The system of claim 132 wherein the computing device is operable to accept an indication of at least one attribute of an individual;

accept sensor data about the individual; and

present a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting an indication of at least one attribute of the individual and the accepting sensor data about the individual.