VIRTUAL DOCTOR INTERACTIVE CYBERNET SYSTEM

• US 20130024209A1
• Filed: 09/26/2012
• Published: 01/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David M. Goldenberg
• Original Assignee: David M. Goldenberg
• Inventors: GOLDENBERG, David M.
• Application Number:
  US13/627,176
• Publication Number:
  US 20130024209A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/60 relating to pathologies

Abstract

An interactive network-based health information system provides up-to-date medical information directly to a user. The information is tailored to the user'"'"'s expertise. The user can issue specific follow-up questions, initiate a discussion with a professional, and establish a doctor-patient relationship. The system provides for remote monitoring and diagnosis of the patient and for remote treatment. The different levels of service can be provided and priced on an individual basis.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a search processor that provides information on a specific medical subject to a user, wherein said information is not individualized for the user, and

a server that receives messages from the user and routes information between the user and the search processor and between the user and devices which interface with professional health care providers.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the message from the user is a question entered in a text entry field.

3. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the search processor includes a component that determines sophistication of the user based on the question entered in the text entry field.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the search processor includes a component that determines a level of service access for the user.

5. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the search processor includes a component that determines a level of service access for the user based on sophistication of the user.

6. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the search processor further comprises a component that accepts a follow-up inquiry from the user and provides a higher level of service access.

7. An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein he search processor transmits a link to a health care professional.

8. An apparatus according to claim 1, including devices which interlace with the professional health care providers and which monitor the user'"'"'s body functions.

9. An apparatus according to claim 8, including devices which interface with the professional health care providers and which effect a change in body function or chemistry.

10. A method of providing one of the group consisting of medical, veterinary, and other health care information on subjects of interest to a user, the method comprising:

routing information between a user and a search processor; and

providing information on a specific medical subject to the user, wherein said information is based on a request from the user to the search processor and is not individualized to the user.

11. A method according to claim 10, further comprising determining by the search processor of the level of sophistication of the user based on sophistication of a question entered by the user in a text entry field generated by the search processor.

12. A method according to claim 11, further comprising transmitting a follow-up question from the user and providing a higher level of service access based on the follow-up question.

13. A method according to claim 12, further comprising providing a link to a health care professional to initiate a user-professional relationship.

14. A method according to claim 10, further comprising monitoring the user'"'"'s body functions.

15. A method according to claim 14, further comprising effecting a change in body function or chemistry of the user.