SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MULTI-MODALITY DEVICE WITH ABSTRACTION LAYER SUPPORT FROM A HEALTHCARE PLATFORM

• US 20140257855A1
• Filed: 03/10/2014
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: MOORE, Allen
• Application Number:
  US14/202,857
• Publication Number:
  US 20140257855A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

An approach is provided for a multi-modality device including an abstraction layer supported by a healthcare platform. The approach includes providing an abstraction layer for a processing, a collection, or a combination thereof of one or more modalities of health sensor data sensed by a multi-modality device associated a first party. The approach also includes initiating a communication session between the multi-modality device associated and a device associated with a second party for transmitting the health sensor data, selecting the one or more modalities, configuring the multi-modality device to support the one or more modalities, providing health diagnostic information based on the health sensor data, or a combination thereof.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing an abstraction layer for a processing, a collection, or a combination thereof of one or more modalities of health sensor data sensed by a multi-modality device associated at a first party; and

initiating a communication session between the multi-modality device associated and a device associated with a second party for transmitting the health sensor data, selecting the one or more modalities, configuring the multi-modality device to support the one or more modalities, providing health diagnostic information based on the health sensor data, or a combination thereof.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the multi-modality device comprises a core device with a first interface for supporting one or more clinical modular adapters associated respectively with the one or more modalities.

3. A method of claim 2, wherein the core device includes a second interface for supporting one or more communication modules for initiating the communication session.

4. A method of claim 2, further comprising:

retrieving profile information associated with the first party, the second party, or a combination thereof; and

configuring or providing instructions for configuring the first interface, the second interface, or a combination thereof based on the profile information.

5. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the multi-modality device for an asynchronous mode of operation,

wherein the asynchronous mode of operation causes the multi-modality device to locally store the one or more modalities of the health sensor data before initiating the communication session for a batch transmission.

6. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining one or more other modalities of the health sensor data to collect from the multi-modality device based on the collected one or more modalities, the health diagnostic information, or a combination thereof.

7. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating a patient health record based on the one or more modalities of the health sensor data.

8. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a remote control of the multi-modality device by the second party over the communication session.

9. A method of claim 1, wherein the first party is a patient and the second party is a clinician.

10. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

provide an abstraction layer for a processing, a collection, or a combination thereof of one or more modalities of health sensor data sensed by a multi-modality device associated a first party; and

initiate a communication session between the multi-modality device associated and a device associated with a second party for transmitting the health sensor data, selecting the one or more modalities, configuring the multi-modality device to support the one or more modalities, providing health diagnostic information based on the health sensor data, or a combination thereof.

11. An apparatus of claim 10, wherein the multi-modality device comprises a core device with a first interface for supporting one or more clinical modular adapters associated respectively with the one or more modalities.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the core device includes a second interface for supporting one or more communication modules for initiating the communication session.

13. An apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

retrieve profile information associated with the first party, the second party, or a combination thereof; and

configure or providing instructions for configuring the first interface, the second interface, or a combination thereof based on the profile information.

14. A apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

configure the multi-modality device for an asynchronous mode of operation,

wherein the asynchronous mode of operation causes the multi-modality device to locally store the one or more modalities of the health sensor data before initiating the communication session for a batch transmission.

15. An apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

determine one or more other modalities of the health sensor data to collect from the multi-modality device based on the collected one or more modalities, the health diagnostic information, or a combination thereof.

16. An apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

create a patient health record based on the one or more modalities of the health sensor data.

17. An apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

provide a remote control of the multi-modality device by the second party over the communication session.

18. An apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first party is a patient and the second party is a clinician.

19. A system comprising a platform configured to:

provide an abstraction layer for a processing, a collection, or a combination thereof of one or more modalities of health sensor data sensed by a multi-modality device associated a first party; and

initiate a communication session between the multi-modality device associated and a device associated with a second party for transmitting the health sensor data, selecting the one or more modalities, configuring the multi-modality device to support the one or more modalities, providing health diagnostic information based on the health sensor data, or a combination thereof.

20. A system of claim 19, wherein the core device includes a second interface for supporting one or more communication modules for initiating the communication session and the core device includes a second interface for supporting one or more communication modules for initiating the communication session.