PERSONAL HEALTHCARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS
First Claim
1. A patient-administered personal healthcare information management system, comprising:
- at least one patient-controlled database containing personal healthcare information of a patient, wherein the patient controls the data content of the at least one patient-controlled database;
a patient-controlled means for creating new user accounts;
a set of access level permissions of user accounts adapted to control access of the user accounts to data contained in the at least one patient-controlled database; and
at least one communications feature adapted to allow user accounts to communicate with each other according to a set of predefined communications permissions.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Embodiments may include patient-administered systems for managing personal healthcare information. A patient may be enabled to control the content of a patient-controlled database, and may control the access of others to the data contained therein. Optionally, some embodiments of the invention may include one or more of a means for authorized users of the system to communicate with each other, a patient-controlled database configurable to communicate data between itself and a remote third party data source, a personal log tool for manually or automatically inputting data, or a means for detecting problems with drug prescriptions and reporting the problems to the patient.
26 Citations
62 Claims
-
1. A patient-administered personal healthcare information management system, comprising:
-
at least one patient-controlled database containing personal healthcare information of a patient, wherein the patient controls the data content of the at least one patient-controlled database; a patient-controlled means for creating new user accounts; a set of access level permissions of user accounts adapted to control access of the user accounts to data contained in the at least one patient-controlled database; and at least one communications feature adapted to allow user accounts to communicate with each other according to a set of predefined communications permissions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. A patient-administered personal healthcare information management system, comprising:
-
at least one patient-controlled database containing personal healthcare information of a patient, wherein the patient controls the data content of the at least one patient-controlled database; a patient-controlled means for creating new user accounts; a set of access level permissions of user accounts adapted to control access of the user accounts to data contained in the at least one patient-controlled database; and at least one third party personal healthcare information data source selectable by the patient for placing in electronic data communication with the at least one patient-controlled database, the at least one patient-controlled database being adapted to record and store personal healthcare information data from at least one selected third party personal healthcare information data source. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
-
-
32. A patient-administered personal healthcare information management system, comprising:
-
at least one patient-controlled database containing personal healthcare information of a patient, wherein the patient controls the data content of the at least one patient-controlled database; a patient-controlled means for creating new user accounts; a set of access level permissions of user accounts adapted to control access of the user accounts to data contained in the at least one patient-controlled database; and a personal log tool adapted for recording by the patient of health parameters selected from one or more of vital signs, body weight, blood sugar, heart rate, or blood pressure, wherein the personal log tool comprises pre-formatted data fields for receiving data measurable in predetermined units and/or as a function of time. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
-
-
47. A patient-administered personal healthcare information management system, comprising:
-
at least one patient-controlled database containing personal healthcare information of a patient, wherein the patient controls the data content of the at least one patient-controlled database; a patient-controlled means for creating new user accounts; a set of access level permissions of user accounts adapted to control access of the user accounts to data contained in the at least one patient-controlled database; and a means for detecting problems with drug prescriptions and reporting the problems to the patient and/or one or more users selected by the patient. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
-
-
62. A patient-administered personal healthcare information management system, comprising:
-
at least one patient-controlled database containing personal healthcare information of a patient, wherein the patient controls the data content of the at least one patient-controlled database; a patient-controlled means for creating new user accounts; a set of access level permissions of user accounts adapted to control access of the user accounts to data contained in the at least one patient-controlled database; at least one communications feature adapted to allow user accounts to communicate with each other according to a set of predefined communications permissions; at least one third party personal healthcare information data source selectable by the patient for placing in electronic data communication with the at least one patient-controlled database, the at least one patient-controlled database being adapted to record and store personal healthcare information data from at least one selected third party personal healthcare information data source; a personal log tool adapted for recording by the patient of health parameters selected from one or more of vital signs, body weight, blood sugar, heart rate, or blood pressure, wherein the personal log tool comprises pre-formatted data fields for receiving data measurable in predetermined units and/or as a function of time, wherein the personal log tool is adapted to receive manually inputted data, and/or automatically receive data from an external electronic measuring device according to a predetermined electronic communications protocol; and a means for detecting problems with drug prescriptions and reporting the problems to the patient and/or one or more users selected by the patient.
-
Specification