METHOD FOR MEDICAL INFORMATION MONITORING AND PROCESSING

• US 20150025905A1
• Filed: 10/06/2014
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bip Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Bip Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Reed, William C., Lundberg, Lydia, Pascoe, William, Mejia, Shannon Lundberg
• Application Number:
  US14/507,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20150025905A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/07 Home care
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1113 Local tracking of patients, e.g. in a hospital or private home
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/16 Devices for psychotechnics using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/173 using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0211 Combination with medical sensor, e.g. for measuring heart rate, temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0272 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect exact location of child or item using triangulation other than GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method of monitoring health parameters of subjects within a defined space and over a period of time includes collecting first data corresponding to a physiological parameter of an ambulatory subject, collecting second data corresponding to a behavioral and cognitive parameter of the ambulatory subject, collecting third data corresponding to an identity and a location of the one of the subjects, collecting fourth data corresponding to the one of the ambulatory subjects from third party sources, generating a data record for the one of the ambulatory subjects based upon the first, second, third, and fourth data, and outputting a modified data record, the modified data record containing portions of the data record, the portions selected based upon an access level of a person requesting the data record and a format of the modified data record selected based upon the access level and community needs.

Claims

1. A method of monitoring health parameters of subjects within a defined space and over a period of time, the method comprising:

collecting first data corresponding to a physiological parameter of one of the subjects during the period of time;

collecting second data corresponding to a behavioral and cognitive parameter of the one of the subjects during the period of time;

collecting third data corresponding to an identity and a location of the one of the subjects during the period of time;

collecting fourth data corresponding to the one of the subjects from third party sources;

generating a data record for the one of the subjects based upon the first, second, third, and fourth data; and

outputting a modified data record, the modified data record containing portions of the data record, the portions selected based upon an access level of a person requesting the data record, a format of the modified data record selected based upon the access level.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting first data comprises measuring the physiological parameter of the one of the subjects using a first detector positioned within the defined space, the first detector capable of measuring the physiological parameter and generating a first signal corresponding to a value of the measured physiological parameter.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein measuring the physiological parameter comprises passively measuring the physiological parameter.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein collecting second data comprises measuring the behavioral and cognitive parameter using a second detector positioned within the defined space, the second detector capable of measuring the behavioral and cognitive parameter and generating a second signal corresponding to a value of the measured behavioral and cognitive parameter.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising associating the first and second signals with the identity of the one of the subjects by correlating a location of the first detector and a location of the second detector with the location of the one of the subjects, the location determined by a spatial monitoring device configured to transmit a signal unique to the one of the ambulatory subjects.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing the data record to identify a trend in the physiological parameter or the behavioral and cognitive parameter of the one of the subjects.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein analyzing the data record comprises producing a histogram that characterizes the trend.