REMOTELY-EXECUTED MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY INCLUDING EMERGENCY AUTOMATION

• US 20150142466A1
• Filed: 01/12/2015
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Whenmed VC LLC
• Original Assignee: Remedev, Inc.
• Inventors: MACOVIAK, John A., POULIS, Stefanos, VLACHOS, Andreas
• Granted Patent: US 9,202,253 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/4427 Device being portable or laptop-like
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• 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 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• 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 40/63 for local operation
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

Devices, systems, methods, and software for providing remote medical diagnosis and therapy to a subject comprising: a module for conducting telecommunications with a telemedicalist; a module for applying a diagnostic or a therapeutic analysis; an apparatus for dispensing one or more medical items from an inventory of medical items, the inventory of medical items risk profiled to a subject, a population, a venue, or a situation; and optionally, a biosensor apparatus.

Claims

1. Non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by a processor comprising

a software module configured to access information received during a healthcare encounter, said information received during said healthcare encounter comprising

a medical condition of a subject, and

a treatment plan suggested by a care provider;

a software module configured to transform said information received during said healthcare encounter into a numerical format useful for application in statistical modeling to determine an economic risk of an adverse outcome related to said health encounter;

a software module configured to determine, based on said numerical format, a first economic risk of an adverse outcome associated with one or more of said medical condition of said subject and said treatment plan suggested by said care provider, and a second economic risk for an adverse outcome associated with an alternative treatment plan for said medical condition;

a software module configured to calculate, based on said first and second economic risks, a cost of a first guarantee premium to at least in part offset a cost associated with said first economic risk, and a cost of a second guarantee premium to at least in part offset a cost associated with said second economic risk; and

a software module configured to report a comparison of said cost of said first guarantee premium associated with said first economic risk and a cost of said second guarantee premium associated with said second economic risk.

2. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said non-transitory computer readable storage medium is a component of a mobile computing device.

3. The storage media of claim 2, wherein said mobile computing device comprises a smartphone.

4. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said non-transitory computer readable storage medium is coupled to a hardware module configured to identify said subject.

5. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said healthcare encounter comprises a telemedical encounter.

6. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said medical condition of said subject comprises one or more of a symptom, condition, and disease reported by said subject or a guardian.

7. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said medical condition of said subject is provided by a health care provider or payer.

8. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said treatment plan comprises a treatment to be provided in an inpatient setting in a hospital or in an outpatient setting with an estimated specific start and completion timeframe.

9. The storage media of claim 8, wherein said estimated specific start and completion timeframe comprises either 12 hours or less, 24 hours or less, or 72 hours or less.

10. The storage media of claim 1, wherein either said cost of said first guarantee premium or said cost of said second guarantee premium is determined based on an average of previous costs of guarantee premiums specific to a subject, a provider, or a therapy.

11. The storage media of claim 1, wherein either said cost of said first guarantee premium or said cost of said second risk is determined based on a cost of a guarantee premium previously associated with said subject, and previously associated with a specific suggested provider or suggested therapy outcome.

12. The storage media of claim 1, wherein either said cost of said first guarantee premium or said cost of said second guarantee premium is determined based on a previous cost for a guarantee premium associated with a different subject.

13. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said first economic risks comprises a risk over a duration of either 12 hours or less, 24 hours or less, or 72 hours or less, and said second economic risk comprises a risk over a duration of either 12 hours or less, 24 hours or less, or 72 hours or less.

14. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said instructions determining a treatment plan associated with a lowest economic risk from a plurality of different treatment plans associated with different economic risks.

15. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said instructions executable by said processor further comprise a software module configured to report said treatment plan associated with said lowest economic risk from a plurality of economic risks associated with different treatment plans.

16. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said instructions executable by said processor further comprise a software module configured to wirelessly transmit said cost of said first guarantee premium and said cost of said second guarantee premium to a mobile computing device.

17. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said instructions executable by said processor further comprise a software module configured to determine an accuracy of said calculated cost of said first guarantee premium and said cost of said second guarantee premium.

18. The storage media of claim 17, wherein said instructions executable by said processor further comprise a software module configured to modify, based on said accuracy determination, either said cost of said first guarantee premium or said cost of said second guarantee premium.

19. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said first and said second economic risks are calculated based on at least one of a plurality of known risk factors associated with one or more of said subject, a provider, or a therapy.

20. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said first and said second economic risks are calculated based on at least one of a plurality of known risk factors associated with said telemedical care provider.

21. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said first and said second economic risk determinations are calculated using statistical analysis methods comprising one or more of Adaboost, Gradient Noosting, Stochastic Gradient Boosting, Stacking, A Bayesian Model Averaging, and a Query by Committee.

22. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said first and said second economic risks change if additional information is received following said healthcare encounter, said additional information relating to one or more of said condition of said subject following said healthcare encounter and said treatment plan suggested by said care provider.

23. The storage media of claim 1, wherein said cost of said first and said second guarantee premiums remain unchanged while no additional information is received following said healthcare encounter.

24. A computer-implemented method of offsetting an economic risk of a healthcare encounter comprising

accessing, by a computer, information received during said healthcare encounter, said information received during said healthcare encounter comprising

a medical condition of a subject, and

a treatment plan suggested by a care provider;

transforming, by said computer, said information received during said healthcare encounter into a numerical format useful for application in statistical modeling to determine an economic risk of an adverse outcome related to said health encounter;

determining, by said computer, based on said numerical format, a first economic risk of an adverse outcome associated with one or more of said medical condition of said subject and said treatment plan suggested by said care provider, and a second economic risk for an adverse outcome associated with an alternative treatment plan for said medical condition;

calculating, by said computer, based on said first and second economic risks, a cost of a first guarantee premium to at least in part offset a cost associated with said first economic risk, and a cost of a second guarantee premium to at least in part offset a cost associated with said second economic risk; and

reporting, by said computer, a comparison of said cost of said first guarantee premium associated with said first economic risk and a cost of said second guarantee premium associated with said second economic risk.

25. A computer implemented system comprising

a digital processing device comprising an operating system configured to perform executable instructions and a memory;

and

a computer program including instructions executable by the digital processing device comprising

a software module configured to access information received during a healthcare encounter, said information received during said healthcare encounter comprising

a medical condition of a subject, and

a treatment plan suggested by a care provider;

a software module configured to transform said information received during said healthcare encounter into a numerical format useful for application in statistical modeling to determine an economic risk of an adverse outcome related to said health encounter;

a software module configured to determine, based on said numerical format, a first economic risk of an adverse outcome associated with one or more of said medical condition of said subject and said treatment plan suggested by said care provider, and a second economic risk for an adverse outcome associated with an alternative treatment plan for said medical condition;

a software module configured to calculate, based on said first and second economic risks, a cost of a first guarantee premium to at least in part offset a cost associated with said first economic risk, and a cost of a second guarantee premium to at least in part offset a cost associated with said second economic risk; and

a software module configured to report a comparison of said cost of said first guarantee premium associated with said first economic risk and a cost of said second guarantee premium associated with said second economic risk.