Computer-Implemented System And Method For Facilitating Patient Advocacy Through Online Healthcare Provisioning
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating patient advocacy through online health care provisioning, comprising:
- maintaining a patient advocacy database, comprising;
listing general physicians in records in the database;
listing specialist physicians in records in the database;
listing a diagnostic criteria for one or more health disorders in records in the database for the medical specialty of each specialist physician;
building a patient referral tree comprised of each general physician and an association with one or more of the specialist physicians;
operating a medical service network and comprising the patient referral tree as designating providers of health care and medical services;
enrolling a patient in the medical service network, wherein the patient is under care of one of the general physicians;
evaluating medical data provided by the patient against the diagnostic criteria of each of the specialist physicians for medical concerns;
identifying each specialist physician in the patient referral tree corresponding to findings made under their respective diagnostic criteria; and
referring the patient for health care and medical services to the identified specialist physician that is associated with the general physician of the patient.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented system and method for facilitating patient advocacy through online health care is provided. A patient advocacy database is maintained. General physicians and specialist physicians are listed in database records, as well as a diagnostic criteria for health disorders for each specialist. A patient referral tree is built with each general physician associated with specialists. A medical service network includes the referral tree as designating health care and medical service providers. A patient is enrolled in the network. Medical data provided by the patient is evaluated against the diagnostic criteria of each of the specialists for medical concerns. Each specialist in the referral tree corresponding to findings made under their respective diagnostic criteria is identified. The patient is referred for care to the specialist associated with the patient'"'"'s general physician. Throughout, the patient is provided with information to make an informed decision with respect to the specialist care received.
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23 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating patient advocacy through online health care provisioning, comprising:
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maintaining a patient advocacy database, comprising; listing general physicians in records in the database; listing specialist physicians in records in the database; listing a diagnostic criteria for one or more health disorders in records in the database for the medical specialty of each specialist physician; building a patient referral tree comprised of each general physician and an association with one or more of the specialist physicians; operating a medical service network and comprising the patient referral tree as designating providers of health care and medical services; enrolling a patient in the medical service network, wherein the patient is under care of one of the general physicians; evaluating medical data provided by the patient against the diagnostic criteria of each of the specialist physicians for medical concerns; identifying each specialist physician in the patient referral tree corresponding to findings made under their respective diagnostic criteria; and referring the patient for health care and medical services to the identified specialist physician that is associated with the general physician of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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5. A method according to Claim I, further comprising:
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designating the specialist physicians for patient triage based on urgency of medical need and their respective medical specialty; and temporally ordering the referral of the patient in accordance with the designated patient triage relative to other patients also enrolled in the medical service network.
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11. A computer-implemented method for facilitating cardiac rhythm patient monitoring and follow up care, comprising:
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forming a patient referral tree comprising listings of each of general physicians, cardiac specialist physicians that are associated with one or more of the general physicians, and diagnostic criteria for cardiac rhythm diseases for each of the cardiac specialist physicians; enrolling a patient in a medical service network comprised of the general and cardiac specialist physicians in the patient referral tree; monitoring the patient using an ambulatory electrocardiographic monitor applied by one such general physician, the ambulatory electrocardiographic monitor comprising leadless integrated sensing electrodes and recording circuitry provided in a single-use compact disposable package; evaluating an electrocardiogram retrieved from the recording circuitry of the ambulatory electrocardiographic monitor against the diagnostic criteria; upon making a finding of a cardiac rhythm abnormality when at least one of the diagnostic criteria for cardiac rhythm diseases is met, identifying cardiac specialist physicians in the patient referral tree corresponding to the finding; and directly referring the patient to the identified cardiac specialist physician who is associated with the general physician of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented system for facilitating patient advocacy through online health care provisioning, comprising:
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an electronically-stored patient advocacy database, comprising; general physicians listings in records in the database; specialist physicians listings in records in the database; a diagnostic criteria listing for one or more health disorders in records in the database for the medical specialty of each specialist physician; an electronically-stored patient referral tree comprised of each general physician and an association with one or more of the specialist physicians; and a server coupled to the patient advocacy database and implementing a medical service network that comprises the patient referral tree as designating providers of health care and medical services, comprising; an enrollment module enrolling a patient in the medical service network, wherein the patient is under care of one of the general physicians; an evaluation module evaluating medical data provided by the patient against the diagnostic criteria of each of the specialist physicians for medical concerns; an identification module identifying each specialist physician in the patient referral tree corresponding to findings made under their respective diagnostic criteria; and a referral module referring the patient for health care and medical services to the identified specialist physician that is associated with the general physician of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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