Network-Based Medical Patient Servicing System

• US 20130253339A1
• Filed: 05/08/2012
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David Reyes
• Original Assignee: David Reyes
• Inventors: Reyes, David
• Application Number:
  US13/466,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20130253339A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/483
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• 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

Abstract

A network-based medical patient servicing system includes a network-connected server having at least one processor and at least one connected data repository, software executing on the at least one processor from a non-transitory medium, the software providing a first function for importing into at least one electronic interface an interactive list of preset and confirmed on-location appointments made by patients or persons acting in behalf of those patients, a second function for dispatching one or more medically equipped non-physician assistants having at least one network-capable appliance to the preset and confirmed appointment locations, a third function for establishing network connectivity between the at least one network appliance and the electronic interface and, a fourth function for recording subsequent session data relative to interaction between a physician and at least the one or more non-physician assistants operating at the appointment locations.

Claims

1. A network-based medical patient servicing system comprising:

a network-connected server having at least one processor and at least one connected data repository;

software executing on the at least one processor from a non-transitory medium, the software providing;

a first function enabled to import into at least one electronic interface an interactive list of preset and confirmed on-location appointments made by patients or persons acting in behalf of those patients;

a second function enabled to dispatch one or more medically equipped non-physician assistants having at least one network-capable appliance to the preset and confirmed appointment locations;

a third function enabled to establish network connectivity between the at least one network appliance and the electronic interface; and

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a fourth function enabled to record subsequent session data relative to interaction between a physician and at least the one or more non-physician assistants operating at the appointment locations.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the network is the Internet network.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic interface is personalized for the use of the physician for which the preset appointments were made.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the non-physician assistant is medically equipped with one or more of, or a combination of, imaging devices, acoustic measurement devices, blood pressure measurement devices, body temperature measurement devices, and weight measurement devices.

5. The system of claim 1 further including a network-capable appliance having at least one processor and at least one connected data repository;

software executing from the at least one processor from a non-transitory medium, the software providing;

a first function for connecting to a wireless network an subsequently to at least one electronic interface;

a second function for receiving or importing to the network-capable appliance, a list of preset and confirmed on-location appointments, the appointments including confirmed appointment times, locations, and contact data; and

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a third function for uploading session data in the form of multimedia including one more of, or a combination of, graphics, text, sound, and video to the at least one electronic interface.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the network-capable appliance is one of a laptop computer, a notebook computer, an iPad, or a portable desktop computer adapted for docking medically relevant peripheral devices.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the medically relevant peripheral devices include one or more of, or a combination of imaging devices, acoustic measurement devices, blood pressure measurement devices, body temperature measurement devices, and weight measurement devices.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the network connectivity between the at least one network appliance and the electronic interface is a wireless fidelity (WiFi) network.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein session data are one or a combination of data input by one or more non-physician assistants using the network-capable appliance and data collected from a medically relevant peripheral device.

10. A method enabling remote servicing of a patient of a physician comprising the steps:

(a) setting and confirming, through a network interface, a number of on-location appointments made by patients or persons acting in behalf of those patients;

(b) importing a number of the appointments of step (a) into at least one electronic interface;

(c) dispatching one or more medically-equipped non-physician assistants having at least one network-capable appliance to the appointment locations at the scheduled times of those appointments;

(d) establishing network connectivity between the at least one network-capable appliance and the at least one electronic interface at the appointment locations; and

(e) for each appointment, conducting an interactive session between the one or more non-physician assistants and the physician on behalf of the patient through the at least one electronic interface.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (a), the patients are located at residences and or institutions.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (a), the network interface is a website.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (b), the electronic interface is personalized for the use of the physician for which the preset appointments were made.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (c), the one or more non-physician assistants are medically equipped with one or more of, or a combination of imaging devices, acoustic measurement devices, blood pressure measurement devices, body temperature measurement devices, and weight measurement devices.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (c), the one or more non-physician assistants are medially equipped with a mobile unit containing medical equipment.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the mobile unit is a medically-equipped van.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (d), the network-capable appliance is one of a laptop computer, a notebook computer, an iPad, or a portable desktop computer adapted for docking medically relevant peripheral devices.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (d), wherein the network connectivity between the at least one network appliance and the electronic interface is a wireless fidelity (WiFi) network.

19. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (e), data resulting from the active session is recorded at the electronic interface.

20. The method of claim 10, wherein in step (e), wherein data resulting from the interactive session are one or a combination of data input by the non-physician assistant using the network-capable appliance and data collected from a medically relevant peripheral device.