Integrated Electronic Health Care Coordination System with Touch Screen Tablets and Smartphones

• US 20150051923A1
• Filed: 09/03/2014
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Southwest IP Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Southwest IP Holdings LLC
• Inventors: McKee, John Henry, Yetter, Frank Leon, Belcher Klaus, JoAnne, Malik, Naeem Ahmed
• Application Number:
  US14/475,712
• Publication Number:
  US 20150051923A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• 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 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

A patient care coordination system that includes a plurality of hand-held computers in communication with a cloud computing network or a remote server that has an accessible database of all patients and the health care information of each. The cloud computing network or remote server synchronizes, in real time, patient health care information input in any one of the plurality of hand-held computers with all the others of the plurality of hand-held computers that are each able to download and view the patient health care information in the database in a user friendly graphic user interface.

Claims

1. An integrated health care coordination system, the system comprising:

a plurality of tablets and smart phones, the tablets and smart phones each having a user interface comprising a touch screen, the touch screen user interface enabling activities comprising;

accessing health care information, inputting health care information, and receiving in real-time health care information; and

a computer in wireless communication with the plurality of tablets and smart phones, the computer having memory comprising a database configured to store and update health care information, the computer automatically and in real time receiving health care information from any of the plurality of tablets and smart phones and making the received health care information accessible in real time to others of the plurality of tablets and smart phones.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer comprises a remote server.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising accessibly stored information about pharmaceutical drugs, and further comprising software applications that cross check prescribed drugs for appropriate administration to a person requiring treatment by checking against allergy indications, sensitivity indications and drug interactions for the person requiring treatment.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the system is configured to communicate with a pharmaceutical dispensing entity.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the health care information includes information about prescription drug administration, and wherein the system is configured to provide a reminder to health care providers via the plurality of tablets and smart phones about upcoming scheduled treatment activity.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the touch screen interface of each of the plurality of tablets and smart phones comprises graphics relating to a generic health care provider environment such that the system provides access to health care information suggested by the selected graphic when the selected graphic is touched.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the system is configured to receive health care data input from health care monitoring devices and store the received data in the database for a corresponding person requiring treatment.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the health care data comprises health vital signs and clinical information monitored automatically by the health care monitoring devices.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the system is configured so that the plurality of tablets and smart phones alert a care giver in real time about health care data from a health care monitoring device, when said health care data is indicative of an unacceptable condition.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer comprises a cloud computing network.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising accessibly stored information about pharmaceutical drugs, and further comprising software applications that cross check prescribed drugs for appropriate administration to a person requiring treatment by checking against allergy indications, sensitivity indications and drug interactions for the person requiring treatment.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the system is configured to communicate with a pharmaceutical dispensing entity.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the health care information includes information about prescription drug administration, and wherein the system is configured to provide a reminder to health care providers via the plurality of tablets and smart phones about upcoming scheduled treatment activity.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the touch screen interface of each of the plurality of tablets and smart phones comprises graphics relating to a generic health care provider environment such that the system provides access to health care information suggested by the selected graphic when the selected graphic is touched.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the system is configured to receive health care data input about a person requiring treatment from health care monitoring devices and store the received data in the database for the person requiring treatment.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the health care data comprises health vital signs and clinical information monitored automatically by the health care monitoring devices.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the system is configured so that the plurality of tablets and smart phones alert a care giver in real time about health care data from a health care monitoring device, when said health care data is indicative of an unacceptable condition.

18. An integrated health care coordination system, the system comprising:

a plurality of tablets, the tablets each having a user interface comprising a touch screen, the touch screen user interface enabling activities comprising;

accessing health care information, inputting health care information, and receiving health care information in real-time; and

a computer in wireless communication with the plurality of tablets, the computer having memory comprising a database configured to store and update health care information, the computer automatically and in real time receiving health care information from one of the plurality of tablets and making the received health care information accessible in real time to others of the plurality of tablets.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the computer comprises a remote server.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising accessibly stored information about pharmaceutical drugs, and further comprising software applications that cross check prescribed drugs for appropriate administration to a person requiring treatment by checking against allergy indications, sensitivity indications and drug interactions for the person requiring treatment.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the system is configured to communicate with a pharmaceutical dispensing entity.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the health care information includes information about prescription drug administration, and wherein the system is configured to provide a reminder to health care providers via the plurality of tablets about upcoming scheduled treatment activity.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the touch screen interface of each of the plurality of tablets comprises graphics relating to a generic health care provider environment such that the system provides access to health care information suggested by the selected graphic when the selected graphic is touched.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the system is configured to receive health care data input from health care monitoring devices and store the received data in the database for a corresponding person requiring treatment.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the health care data comprises health vital signs and clinical information monitored automatically by the health care monitoring devices.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the system is configured so that the plurality of tablets alert a care giver in real time about health care data from a health care monitoring device, when said health care data is indicative of an unacceptable condition.

27. The system of claim 18, wherein the computer comprises a cloud computing network.

28. The system of claim 27, further comprising accessibly stored information about pharmaceutical drugs, and further comprising software applications that cross check prescribed drugs for appropriate administration to a person requiring treatment by checking against allergy indications, sensitivity indications and drug interactions for the person requiring treatment.

29. The system of claim 27, wherein the system is configured to communicate with a pharmaceutical dispensing entity.

30. The system of claim 27, wherein the health care information includes information about prescription drug administration, and wherein the system is configured to provide a reminder to health care providers via the plurality of tablets about upcoming scheduled treatment activity.

31. The system of claim 27, wherein the touch screen interface of each of the plurality of tablets comprises graphics relating to a generic health care provider environment such that the system provides access to health care information suggested by the selected graphic when the selected graphic is touched.

32. The system of claim 27, wherein the system is configured to receive health care data input about a person requiring treatment from health care monitoring devices and store the received data in the database for the person requiring treatment.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the health care data comprises health care vital signs and clinical information monitored automatically by the health care monitoring devices.

34. The system of claim 32, wherein the system is configured so that the plurality of tablets alert a care giver in real time about health care data from a health care monitoring device, when said health care data is indicative of an unacceptable condition.

35. An integrated health care coordination system, the system comprising:

a plurality of smart phones, the smart phones each having a user interface comprising a touch screen, the touch screen user interface enabling activities comprising;

accessing health care information, inputting health care information, and receiving in real-time health care information; and

a computer in wireless communication with the plurality of smart phones, the computer having memory comprising a database configured to store and update health care information, the computer automatically and in real time receiving health care information from any of the plurality of smart phones and making the received health care information accessible in real time to others of the plurality of smart phones.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein the computer comprises a remote server.

37. The system of claim 36, further comprising accessibly stored information about pharmaceutical drugs, and further comprising software applications that cross check prescribed drugs for appropriate administration to a person requiring treatment by checking against allergy indications, sensitivity indications and drug interactions for the person requiring treatment.

38. The system of claim 36, wherein the system is configured to communicate with a pharmaceutical dispensing entity.

39. The system of claim 36, wherein the health care information includes information about prescription drug administration, and wherein the system is configured to provide a reminder to health care providers via the plurality of smart phones about upcoming scheduled treatment activity.

40. The system of claim 36, wherein the touch screen interface of each of the plurality of smart phones comprises graphics relating to a generic health care provider environment such that the system provides access to health care information suggested by the selected graphic when the selected graphic is touched.

41. The system of claim 36, wherein the system is configured to receive health care data input about a person requiring treatment from health care monitoring devices and store the received data in the database for the person requiring treatment.

42. The system of claim 41, wherein the health care data comprises health vital signs and clinical information monitored automatically by the health care monitoring devices.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein the system is configured so that the plurality of tablets and smart phones alert a care giver in real time about health care data from a health care monitoring device, when said health care data is indicative of an unacceptable condition.

44. The system of claim 35, wherein the computer comprises a cloud computing network.

45. The system of claim 44, further comprising accessibly stored information about pharmaceutical drugs, and further comprising software applications that cross check prescribed drugs for appropriate administration to a person requiring treatment by checking against allergy indications, sensitivity indications and drug interactions for the person requiring treatment.

46. The system of claim 44 wherein the system is configured to communicate with a pharmaceutical dispensing entity.

47. The system of claim 44, wherein the health care information includes information about prescription drug administration, and wherein the system is configured to provide a reminder to health care providers via the plurality of smart phones about upcoming scheduled treatment activity.

48. The system of claim 44, wherein the touch screen interface of each of the plurality of smart phones comprises graphics relating to a generic health care provider environment such that the system provides access to health care information suggested by the selected graphic when the selected graphic is touched.

49. The system of claim 44, wherein the system is configured to receive health care data input about a person requiring treatment from health care monitoring devices and store the received data in the database for the person requiring treatment.

50. The system of claim 49, wherein the health care data comprises health vital signs and clinical information monitored automatically by the health care monitoring devices.

51. The system of claim 50, wherein the system is configured so that the plurality of tablets and smart phones alert a care giver in real time about health care data from a health care monitoring device, when said health care data is indicative of an unacceptable condition.