MEDICATION INTAKE ANALYZER

• US 20120157793A1
• Filed: 12/20/2010
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: MacDonald, Mary Louise
• Application Number:
  US12/973,409
• Publication Number:
  US 20120157793A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14517 for sweat
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4833 Assessment of subject's compliance to treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6891 Furniture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients

Abstract

An example method for medication intake analysis and reporting. The method includes obtaining a medication order including identification of a medication and a property associated with the medication, where the medication order is associated with a patient. The method includes obtaining a value representing a characteristic of a physical state of the patient, where the value is measured by a sensor in contact with the patient. The method includes determining whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order based on a comparison of the value representing a characteristic of the physical state of the patient. The method includes reporting whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order via a user interface.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining a medication order including identification of a medication and a property associated with the medication, where the medication order is associated with a patient;

obtaining a value representing a characteristic of a physical state of the patient, where the value is measured by a sensor in contact with the patient;

determining whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order based on a comparison of the value representing a characteristic of the physical state of the patient with the property associated with the medication; and

reporting whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order via a user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the medication order has been uploaded to a healthcare system by a healthcare provider associated with the patient.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a sweat sensor or heart rate sensor.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order based on the value representing a characteristic of the physical state of the patient comprises comparing the collected value to a threshold.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the threshold comprises a value representing a predicted effect of the medication on the characteristic of the physical state of the patient.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises at least one of a visual display or audio feedback.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising reporting whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order to a healthcare system, where the information may be accessed by a healthcare provider.

8. A medication intake analysis and reporting system, said system comprising:

a medication analyzer to obtain a medication order including identification of a medication and a property associated with the medication, where the medication order is associated with a patient;

a patient analyzer to obtain a value representing a characteristic of a physical state of the patient, where the value is measured by a sensor in contact with the patient and to determine whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order based on a comparison of the value representing a characteristic of the physical state of the patient with the property associated with the medication; and

a report generator to report whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a network interface to interface with a healthcare system to obtain the medication order.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the medication order has been uploaded to the healthcare system by a healthcare provider associated with the patient.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a sweat sensor or heart rate sensor.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the patient analyzer is to determine whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order based on the value representing a characteristic of the physical state of the patient by comparing the collected value to a threshold.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the threshold comprises a value representing a predicted affect of the medication on the characteristic of the physical state of the patient.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the report generator is to report whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order via a user interface.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the user interface comprises at least one of a visual display or audio feedback.

16. The system of claim 8, wherein the report generator is to report whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order to a healthcare system, where the information may be accessed by a healthcare provider.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the medication order has been uploaded to a healthcare system by a healthcare provider associated with the patient.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a sweat sensor or heart rate sensor.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein determining whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order based on the value representing a characteristic of the physical state of the patient comprises comparing the collected value to a threshold.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the threshold comprises a value representing a predicted affect of the medication on the characteristic of the physical state of the patient.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the user interface comprises at least one of a visual display or audio feedback.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 16, further comprising reporting whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order to a healthcare system, where the information may be accessed by a healthcare provider.

17. A tangible computer readable medium having a set of instructions for execution on a processing device, the set of instructions implementing a method for medication intake analysis and review, said method comprising:

obtaining a medication order including identification of a medication and a property associated with the medication, where the medication order is associated with a patient;

obtaining a value representing a characteristic of a physical state of the patient, where the value is measured by a sensor in contact with the patient;

determining whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order based on a comparison of the value representing a characteristic of the physical state of the patient with the property associated with the medication; and

reporting whether the patient has taken the medication associated with the medication order via a user interface.