MEDICAL PROCEDURE OUTCOME SYSTEM

• US 20120158433A1
• Filed: 12/19/2011
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Arthrex Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Arthrex Incorporated
• Inventors: Schmieding, Reinhold, Hanypsiak, Bryan T., Willobee, Ashley, Lubowitz, James H., Beard, Daniel C., Kronewiter, Uwe, Roller, Amy S.
• Application Number:
  US13/329,872
• Publication Number:
  US 20120158433A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients

Abstract

An internet-based patient health outcome data collection system, and a system for accessing information from the collected database. The system includes a web-based patient and doctor interface that allows both a patient and doctor to separately input data into the data collection database. The web-based patient interface allows a patient to input data such as responses to questions regarding levels of pain, function, satisfaction, quality of life, activities of daily living, unexpected results, and questions, pre- and post-procedure. The doctor interface also includes an analysis tool that allows the doctor to analyze the data from a specific patient, a group of patients, or all the patients, with specific characteristics as chosen by the doctor. The doctor interface also allows the doctor to compare an individual patient against a group of the doctor'"'"'s patients, all patients in the study that meet criteria chosen by the doctor, or global data.

Claims

1. An internet-based patient health outcome data collection system, comprising:

a web-based patient interface for entering data by a patient into the data collection database;

a web-based doctor interface for entering data by a doctor into the data collection database; and

an analysis tool for analyzing the data input into the data collection database from a specific patient or from a plurality of patients.

2. The data collection system of claim 1, wherein the analysis tool allows the doctor to compare data from an individual patient against a group of the doctor'"'"'s patients, from all patients in the database that meet a criteria chosen by the doctor, or from all patients in the system.

3. The data collection system of claim 1, wherein the data entered by the doctor includes information about the patient and information about a procedure or treatment.

4. The data collection system of claim 1, wherein the data entered by the patient includes information about expectations of the patient, or the effects of a procedure or treatment performed on the patient.

5. An internet-based method of patient health outcome data collection, comprising the steps of:

entering data, by a doctor, regarding a patient, via the Intenet, into a data collection database and regarding a procedure or treatment;

sending a questionnaire, via the Internet, to the patient, regarding the patient'"'"'s expectations or effects of the procedure or treatment; and

entering data, by the patient, in response to the questionnaire, and sending that data to the data collection database over the Internet.

6. The method of data collection recited in claim 5, further comprising the step of compiling and analyzing the data input by the patient, or by a plurality of patients.

7. The method of data collection recited in claim 5, wherein multiple questionnaires are sent to the patient at various time intervals.

8. The method of data collection recited in claim 5, wherein the questionnaire is sent to the patient by email.

9. The method of data collection recited in claim 5, wherein the doctor enters information about the patient into the data collection database both before and after the procedure or treatment.

10. The method of data collection recited in claim 5, wherein the data regarding the procedure or treatment is entered by the doctor from a list.

11. The method of data collection recited in claim 6, wherein the doctor uses a patient analysis interface to generate a graph to analyze the data.

12. The method of data collection recited in claim 6, further comprising the step of determining the effectiveness or cost effectiveness of a treatment or procedure using the analyzed data.

13. The method of data collection recited in claim 5, further comprising the step of generating pdf forms of selected criteria from the data entered by the patient.

14. The method of data collection recited in claim 5, further comprising the step of attaching de-identified images to patient cases.

15. The method of data collection recited in claim 5, further comprising the step of importing previously collected patient data.