Healthcare and Medical Information Management System

• US 20130197933A1
• Filed: 01/26/2012
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xerox Business Services, LLC (Conduent, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Business Services, LLC (Conduent, Inc.)
• Inventors: Whitlow, Jennifer, Hoffmann, Martin
• Application Number:
  US13/359,227
• Publication Number:
  US 20130197933A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources
• 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 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

A healthcare and medical information system comprising an administrator interface configured to communicate with a device, to integrate healthcare and medical information for a plurality of individuals including a user of the device, and to provide the device access to and sharing of the healthcare and medical information associated with the user of the device. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising a processor configured to remotely access personal healthcare and medical information of a user registered with a device on a database of integrated healthcare and medical information for a group of individuals, and enable a second device to remotely access at least some of the healthcare and medical information of the user at the database.

Claims

1. A healthcare and medical information management system comprising:

an administrator interface configured to communicate with a device, to integrate healthcare and medical information for a plurality of individuals including a user of the device, and to provide the device access to and sharing of the healthcare and medical information associated with the user of the device.

2. The healthcare and medical information management system of claim 1, wherein the administrator interface is further configured to communicate with one or more healthcare benefits provider interfaces that are configured to provide the administrator interface healthcare benefits information for integration.

3. The healthcare and medical information management system of claim 1, wherein the administrator interface is further configured to couple to a healthcare and medical information database that is configured to store healthcare and medical information for the individuals.

4. The healthcare and medical information management system of claim 1, wherein the administrator interface is further configured to couple to a network that is configured to allow communications between the administrator interface and the device and to enable the device to access the healthcare and medical information for the user of the device remotely on the administrator interface.

5. The healthcare and medical information management system of claim 1, wherein the administrator interface, the device, or both are configured to communicate with a second device that shares healthcare and medical information with the device that is authorized by the user of the device.

6. The healthcare and medical information management system of claim 1, wherein the healthcare and medical information of the user of the device is accessed remotely without storing and caching the healthcare and medical information on the device.

7. The healthcare and medical information management system of claim 1, wherein the administrator interface is further configured to provide one or more additional devices associated with one or more additional users access to healthcare and medical information associated with the additional users, and wherein the administrator interface is operated by an employer, a healthcare payer or provider organization, a health insurance plan, or other organizations, and wherein the user and the additional users are employees of the employer, health insurance plan members, consumers not associated with any employer, health insurance, or health plan, or combinations thereof.

8. The healthcare and medical information management system of claim 1, wherein the healthcare and medical information associated with the user of the device comprise healthcare benefits information of the user comprising at least one of integrated health, dental, pharmacy and vision insurance coverage information from one or more healthcare insurance providers, one or more medical records of the user, information related to one or more healthcare benefits providers for the user of the device, personal profile information about the user of the device, healthcare and medical information associated with one or more dependents of the user of the device, or combinations thereof.

9. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

remotely access personal healthcare and medical information of a user registered with a device on a database of integrated healthcare and medical information for a group of individuals; and

enable a second device to remotely access at least some of the personal healthcare and medical information of the user at the database.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to implement an application hosted on the device and configured to remotely access and share with the second device the personal healthcare and medical information of the user.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the application is configured to communicate with a second application hosted on the second device to enable the second application to remotely access at least some of the personal healthcare and medical information of the user that is selected by the user.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the application comprises a plurality of options including a function for accessing healthcare records and benefits information, a function for sharing information, a function for providing updates and receiving messages, a function for promoting good health, a function for managing content and data used in the application, and a function for providing reminders.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the function for accessing healthcare records and benefits information enables the user to view on a screen of the device at least one of a summary of at least some of the user'"'"'s healthcare benefits information and the user'"'"'s insurance card information in Portable Document Format (PDF) or other format, enables the user to view healthcare spending account information including at least one of a deductible amount remaining for an insurance coverage plan and flexible medical account information, or combinations thereof.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the function for sharing information enables the user to establish a network of other users that are authorized by the user for sharing personal healthcare and medical information of the user, enables the user to send via email at least one summary of at least some of the user'"'"'s healthcare benefits information and the user'"'"'s insurance card information in Portable Document Format (PDF), or combinations thereof.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the function for receiving updates enables a healthcare benefits administrator to push information updates that are relevant to the user onto the application on the device.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the function for promoting good health enables the user to obtain information relevant to the user'"'"'s well-being, use a tool that promotes health of the user, or both, enables a third party to push onto the device information relevant to the user'"'"'s well-being, or combinations thereof.

17. A healthcare and medical information access and sharing application comprising instructions that cause a mobile device to:

authenticate a user;

establish a connection with a medical benefits administrator interface that manages healthcare and medical information for a plurality of individuals including the authenticated user;

access remotely healthcare and medical information associated with the authenticated user;

display the healthcare and medical information on the mobile device; and

share selected healthcare and medical information of the authenticated user with one or more personal devices.

18. The application of claim 17, wherein the instructions further cause the mobile device to:

receive medical information about the authenticated user, one or more dependents of the authenticated user, or both; and

send the medical information to the medical benefits administrator interface to add the medical information to the managed healthcare and medical information.

19. The application of claim 18, wherein the medical information is entered on the mobile device using one or more input systems of the mobile device, is received electronically on the mobile device using one or more communications technologies, or combinations thereof.

20. The application of claim 17, wherein the instructions further cause the mobile device to receive one or more reminders based on preconfigured criteria in the application, by the authenticated user, or both.