Apparatus and method for linking a pacemaker or a defibrillator to an electronic healthcare record

• US 20130066653A1
• Filed: 09/08/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael Nicholas Mantzouris, Raymond Anthony Joao
• Original Assignee: Michael Nicholas Mantzouris, Raymond Anthony Joao
• Inventors: Joao, Raymond Anthony, Mantzouris, Michael Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US13/573,285
• Publication Number:
  US 20130066653A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/362 Heart stimulators heart defibrillators A61N1/39
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37211 Means for communicating with stimulators
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3904 External heart defibrillators [EHD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A computer-implemented method, including accessing, with a communication device, a computer in which is stored a healthcare record, or a medical record, of, for, or regarding, an individual or a patient, accessing, with the communication device, the healthcare record or the medical record of, for, or regarding, the individual or the patient, accessing or linking to a pacemaker, a pacemaker monitor, a defibrillator, or a defibrillator monitor, of or associated with the individual or the patient, with or using the communication device, and performing, via, with, or using, the communication device, a control, a monitoring, a diagnostic, a programming, a re-programming, a repair, a calibration, a setting, or a re-setting, action, operation, or function, on, regarding, or relating to, the pacemaker, the pacemaker monitor, the defibrillator, or the defibrillator monitor.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

accessing, with a communication device, a computer in which is stored a healthcare record, file, or history, or a medical record, file, or history, of, for, or regarding, an individual or a patient;

accessing, with the communication device, the healthcare record, file, or history, or the medical record, file, or history, of, for, or regarding, the individual or the patient;

accessing or linking to a pacemaker, a pacemaker monitor, a defibrillator, or a defibrillator monitor, of or associated with the individual or the patient, with or using the communication device; and

performing, via, with, or using, the communication device, a control, a monitoring, a diagnostic, a programming, a re-programming, a repair, program, a calibration, a setting, or a re-setting, action, operation, or function, on, regarding, or relating to, the pacemaker, the pacemaker monitor, the defibrillator, or the defibrillator monitor.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, in the healthcare record, file, or history, or in the medical record, file, or history, of, for, or regarding, the individual or the patient, data or information regarding the action, operation, or function, performed on, regarding, or relating to, the pacemaker, the pacemaker monitor, the defibrillator, or the defibrillator monitor.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

generating, with the computer, an insurance claim or an insurance claim form which is suitable for being transmitted to or submitted to an insurer or a payer of or for the individual or the patient.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising:

transmitting, from a transmitter or from the computer, the insurance claim or the insurance claim form to a second computer or to a second communication device, wherein the second computer or the second communication device is associated with an insurer or a payer of or for the individual or the patient.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

storing information regarding the insurance claim or the insurance claim form in the computer, or in the healthcare record, file, or history, or in the medical record, file, or history, of, for, or regarding, the individual or the patient, after the insurance claim or the insurance claim form has been transmitted to the second computer or to the second communication device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, with the computer or with a second communication device, a notification message or an alert which is transmitted from the pacemaker, the pacemaker monitor, the defibrillator, or the defibrillator monitor.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:

storing information regarding notification message or the alert in the computer, or in the healthcare record, file, or history, or in the medical record, file, or history, of, for, or regarding, the individual or the patient.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

uploading, from the computer or from an external device or system, a software update or a firmware update to the pacemaker, the pacemaker monitor, the defibrillator, or the defibrillator monitor.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the communication device is associated with or used by a provider or a healthcare provider of the individual or the patient.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the communication device is associated with or used by a payer or an insurer of the individual or the patient.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the communication device is associated with or used by the individual or the patient.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the communication device is associated with or used by a friend, a relative, or a caregiver, of the individual or the patient.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the communication device is associated with or used by a manufacturer, a seller, or a service representative or entity, of or for the pacemaker, the pacemaker monitor, the defibrillator, or the defibrillator monitor.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the pacemaker, the pacemaker monitor, the defibrillator, or the defibrillator monitor, is a pacemaker.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the pacemaker, the pacemaker monitor, the defibrillator, or the defibrillator monitor, is a pacemaker monitor.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the pacemaker, the pacemaker monitor, the defibrillator, or the defibrillator monitor, is a defibrillator.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the pacemaker, the pacemaker monitor, the defibrillator, or the defibrillator monitor, is a defibrillator monitor.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the communication device is a computer or a personal computer.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the communication device is a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant, or a tablet.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the communication device is an interactive television.