Method and System for Providing Information to Physicians

• US 20120101844A1
• Filed: 10/26/2011
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deborah L. Darazs
• Original Assignee: Deborah L. Darazs
• Inventors: Darazs, Deborah L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,670,994 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/60 relating to pathologies
• 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

A group of medical specialists reviews an up-to-date body of medical knowledge and, based on its review, selects a subset of that knowledge as being important enough to merit prompt dissemination to the medical community. The selected subset of medical knowledge is then input into a computer system where it can then be accessed by physicians over a computer network. A physician may, for example, access the system before, during or after a patients visit so that he/she can have the most up-to-date information regarding how to best advise the patient. In effect, the group of medical specialists acts as a single voice of authority on which the medical community can rely.

Claims

1-22. -22. (canceled)

23. A method for assisting a health care worker in the care of a patient, the method comprising:

executing software that performs steps comprising;

receiving, from the health care worker over a computer network, an input of at least one or more symptoms of the patient;

analyzing the symptoms using a database comprising up-to-date medical information; and

sending, to the health care worker over the computer network, a recommendation regarding how to diagnose or treat the patient.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising

a plurality of medical specialists performing steps comprising:

reviewing medical knowledge, the medical knowledge comprising information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of patients, and,

based on the reviewing step, selecting a subset of the knowledge as being worthy to disseminate; and

updating the database using the selected subset.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the receiving, analyzing and sending steps are performed real-time in an interactive communication session with the health care worker.