METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOLICITING AN EXPERT OPINION FROM A CARE PROVIDER AND MANAGING HEALTH MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for use with a care recipient experiencing a medical issue, the method comprising:
- receiving an identification of the care recipient from a computing device operated by a care giver;
receiving identifications of one or more of primary complaints from the computing device operated by the care giver;
selecting a plurality of data collection questions based at least in part on the one or more primary complaints, the plurality of data collection questions being organized in a structure that determines at least in part an order in which responses are to be provided to the plurality of data collection questions, the order comprising a previous question to be responded to before a selected one of a plurality of subsequent questions, the selected one of the plurality of subsequent questions being selected at least in part based on a response to the previous question, the plurality of data collection questions and structure being configured to help identify a medical problem associated with the medical issue, but not to diagnosis the medical problem, the plurality of data collection questions being in non-expert language;
sending the plurality of data collection questions to the computing device operated by the care giver for display to the care giver in accordance with the order;
receiving a response to each of the plurality of data collection questions from the computing device operated by the care giver; and
sending one or more instructions to the computing device operated by the care giver related to treating the medical problem.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of facilitating communication between a care giver and a care provider. The method includes receiving identifications of one or more of primary complaints and selecting data collection questions based at least in part on the identified primary complaint(s). The questions are presented to the care giver in non-expert language and configured to help identify a medical problem associated with the medical issue, but not to diagnosis the medical problem. After responses to the questions are received from the care giver, an Intelligent Resident Note is constructed and displayed to the care provider. The care provider enters or selects a diagnosis and one or more medical protocols for inclusion in a management protocol. The management protocol may include one or more instructions related to treat the medical problem that are sent to the care giver. The care giver confirms when each instruction has been performed.
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48 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for use with a care recipient experiencing a medical issue, the method comprising:
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receiving an identification of the care recipient from a computing device operated by a care giver; receiving identifications of one or more of primary complaints from the computing device operated by the care giver; selecting a plurality of data collection questions based at least in part on the one or more primary complaints, the plurality of data collection questions being organized in a structure that determines at least in part an order in which responses are to be provided to the plurality of data collection questions, the order comprising a previous question to be responded to before a selected one of a plurality of subsequent questions, the selected one of the plurality of subsequent questions being selected at least in part based on a response to the previous question, the plurality of data collection questions and structure being configured to help identify a medical problem associated with the medical issue, but not to diagnosis the medical problem, the plurality of data collection questions being in non-expert language; sending the plurality of data collection questions to the computing device operated by the care giver for display to the care giver in accordance with the order; receiving a response to each of the plurality of data collection questions from the computing device operated by the care giver; and sending one or more instructions to the computing device operated by the care giver related to treating the medical problem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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formulating an expert-language representation of health related information associated with a care recipient experiencing a medical issue, the health related information having been provided by a computing device operated by a care giver, at least a portion of the health related information having been provided in non-expert language; sending the expert-language representation to a computing device operated by a care provider; receiving a diagnosis; identifying a medical protocol based on the diagnosis; sending the medical protocol to the computing device operated by the care provider for display thereby; receiving an acceptance of the medical protocol from the computing device operated by the care provider; and sending a management protocol comprising at least a portion of the medical protocol to the computing device operated by the care giver for display thereby. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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collecting health information associated with a plurality of care recipients from a plurality of care givers, the health information comprising a plurality of images each associated with at least one of the plurality of care recipients, a primary complaint, demographic variable values associated with the at least one of the plurality of care recipients, and responses to questions provided by one or more of the plurality of care givers, the questions having been generated based at least in part on the primary complaint associated with the image; receiving a request for images associated with at least one search criteria from a requesting computing device, the at least one search criteria identifying at least one of a particular primary complaint, a particular value of a selected one of the demographic variables, and a particular response to a selected question provided by one or more of the plurality of care givers; identifying ones of the plurality of images satisfying the at least one search criteria; and forwarding the identified ones of the plurality of images to the requesting computing device.
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37. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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instructing a computing device operated by a care provider to display a plurality of primary complaints each describing a medical issue of a care recipient; receiving a diagnosis and an indication of severity for each of the plurality of primary complaints from the computing device operated by the care provider; identifying a medical protocol for each of the plurality of primary complaints based on the diagnosis and the indication of severity received for the primary complaint; instructing the computing device operated by the care provider to display to the care provider an editable version of the medical protocol for each of the plurality of primary complaints; receiving edits to at least a portion of the medical protocols from the computing device operated by the care provider; and determining a compliance metric for the care provider as a function of a number of the medical protocols edited by the care provider.
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38. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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storing medical data associated with a plurality of care recipients, a different portion of the medical data being associated with each of the plurality of care recipients, each different portion of the medical data comprising a primary complaint and responses to questions provided by at least one of the plurality of care givers and a diagnosis and management protocol provided by a care provider; identifying broadcast criteria; searching the medical data using the broadcast criteria to identify ones of the plurality of care recipients associated with portions of the medical data that satisfy the broadcast criteria; and sending a message to each of the identified ones of the plurality of care recipients. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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for each of a plurality of care recipients, receiving an identification of a primary complaint, the primary complaint being substantially identical for each of a plurality of care recipients; for each of the plurality of care recipients, sending a set of questions associated with the primary complaint to a computing device operated by a care giver; for each of the plurality of care recipients, receiving responses to the set of questions; for each of the plurality of care recipients, sending the responses to a computing device operated by a care provider; for each of at least a portion the plurality of care recipients, receiving a new question from the computing device operated by the care provider; and adding the new question to the set of questions associated with the primary complaint.
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44. A system for use with a care giver computing device and a care provider computing device, the system comprising:
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(a) one or more data storage devices storing a plurality of data collection questions associated with a primary complaint, the plurality of data collection questions being in non-expert language; and (b) a core computing system configured to (i) receive an identification of the primary complaint from the care giver computing device, (ii) send selected ones of the plurality of data collection questions to the care giver computing device, the selected ones comprising subsequent data collection questions selected based on responses received from the care giver computing device to at least one previously sent question, (iii) send an expert-language representation of the responses received from the care giver computing device to the care provider computing device, (iv) receive a diagnosis and a management protocol from the care provider computing device, and (v) send the management protocol to the care giver computing device. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48)
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