MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN A PATIENT INFORMATION HUB SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A data management method in a healthcare system comprising multiple data depositories storing medical data documents associated with at least one of i) a patient having an implantable medical device and ii) said implantable medical device, characterized by:
- storing a list in a memory of a patient information hub system comprising said implantable medical device and a non-implanted communications unit configured to conduct data communication with said implantable medical device and formulating said list to comprise, for each of said medical data documents, information of the data depository of said multiple data depositories that stores the medical data document;
said patient information hub system receiving a request for said list; and
said patient information hub system retrieving said list from said memory based on a communication operation involving said implantable medical device and said communications unit.
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Abstract
A patient information hub (PIH) system used in a healthcare system for the management of data documents of a patient has an implanted medical device, and a portable non-implanted unit having the capability for communicating with the IMD. The PIH system stores and manages a document list containing information of data documents of the patient and information of in which data depositories of the healthcare system the documents are stored and can be retrieved from. The retrieval of the document list from the PIH system for display on a screen of the communicating unit or transmission to an external requesting unit is made dependent on a communication operation involving the IMD and the non-implanted unit.
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33 Claims
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1. A data management method in a healthcare system comprising multiple data depositories storing medical data documents associated with at least one of i) a patient having an implantable medical device and ii) said implantable medical device, characterized by:
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storing a list in a memory of a patient information hub system comprising said implantable medical device and a non-implanted communications unit configured to conduct data communication with said implantable medical device and formulating said list to comprise, for each of said medical data documents, information of the data depository of said multiple data depositories that stores the medical data document; said patient information hub system receiving a request for said list; and said patient information hub system retrieving said list from said memory based on a communication operation involving said implantable medical device and said communications unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. in a patient information hub system comprising an implantable medical device implanted in a patient and a non-implanted communications unit adapted for conducting data communication with said implantable medical device, the improvement comprising:
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a memory in which a list is stored comprising information of i) medical data documents associated with at least one of said patient and said implantable medical device and ii) information of, for each of said medical data document, the data depository of multiple data depositories in a healthcare system that stores the medical data document; a transceiver system implemented in said implantable medical device and said non-implanted communications unit that conducts a communication operation involving said implantable medical device and said non-implanted communications unit; and a memory manager that retrieves said list from said memory based on said communication operation. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A healthcare system comprising:
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multiple data depositories in which medical data documents are stored that are associated with at least one of i) a patient having an implantable medical device and ii) said implantable medical device; a workstation; and a patient information hub system comprising; said implantable medical device; a non-implanted communications unit configured to conduct data communication with said implantable medical device; a memory that stores a list comprising, for each of said medical data documents, information of the data depository of said multiple data depositories that stores the medical data document; a request input that receives, from said workstation, a request for said list; a transceiver system implemented in said implantable medical device and said non-implanted communications unit that conducts, based on said request input receiving said request, a communication operation involving said implantable medical device and said non-implanted communications unit; and a memory manager that retrieves said list from said memory based on said communication operation; and a list output that forwards, to said workstation, said list retrieved by said memory manager.
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32. An implantable medical device adapted for implantation in a patient (1), characterized by:
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a memory in which a list is stored comprising information of i) medical data documents associated with at least one of said patient and said implantable medical device and ii) information of, for each of said medical data document, the data depository of multiple data depositories in a healthcare system that stores the medical data document; a transceiver that conducts a communication operation with a non-implanted communications unit; a memory manager that retrieves said list from said memory based on said communication operation.
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33. A non-implanted communications unit configured to conduct communication with an implantable medical device implanted in a patient comprising:
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a memory in which an encrypted representation of a list is stored comprising information of i) medical data documents associated with at least one of said patient and said implantable medical device and ii) information of, for each of said medical data document, the data depository of multiple data depositories in a healthcare system that stores the medical data document; a request input that receives a request for said list; a transmitter that requests a decryption key from said implantable medical device in response to said request input received said list request; a receiver that receives said decryption key from said implantable medical device; a decrypter that decrypts said list representation based on said decryption key; and a memory manager that retrieves said decrypted list from said memory.
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