SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HEALTHCARE

• US 20150286787A1
• Filed: 04/06/2015
• Published: 10/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seamless Mobile Health Inc.
• Original Assignee: Seamless Mobile Health Inc.
• Inventors: CHEN, PHILIP YUAN, LlU, JOSHUA PAUL, KWOK, WILLIE KA CHING
• Application Number:
  US14/679,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20150286787A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• 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 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

Systems for automated transmission of communications to a patient following clinical treatment comprising: electronic datastores storing: a clinical profile reflective of characteristics of (i) the patient; and (ii) clinical treatment undergone by the patient; a response profile reflective of characteristics of responses by the patient to past communications; and a communication modality profile reflective of characteristics of communication channels or devices available for transmission of communications; communication interfaces associated with respective communication channels or devices; processors in communication with electronic datastores, the processors configured for: generating a communication to the patient based on the clinical profile, the communication providing a recommendation or inquiry to the patient; selecting communication channels or devices based on at least one of (i) the clinical profile and (ii) the response profile; and transmitting the generated communication to the patient by way of the communication interface associated with the selected communication channel or device.

Claims

1. A system for automated transmission of communications to a patient following clinical treatment, the system comprising:

one or more electronic datastores storing;

a clinical profile reflective of characteristics of

(i) the patient; and

(ii) clinical treatment undergone by the patient;

a response profile reflective of characteristics of responses by the patient to past communications transmitted by the system; and

a communication modality profile reflective of characteristics of one or more communication channels or devices available for transmission of communications to the patient;

one or more communication interfaces associated with a respective one of the communication channels or devices;

one or more processors in communication with the one or more electronic datastores, the one or more processors configured for;

generating a communication to the patient based on the clinical profile, the communication providing a recommendation or inquiry to the patient;

selecting one of the communication channels or devices based on at least one of (i) the clinical profile and (ii) the response profile; and

transmitting the generated communication to the patient by way of the communication interface associated with the selected communication channel or device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more electronic datastores further store a plurality of predefined communications and a plurality of predefined rules governing when the communications should be presented to the patient.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said generating comprises applying the predefined rules to select from amongst the predefined communications based on the clinical profile.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are further configured for:

forming a data structure comprising at least part of the plurality of predefined communications and at least part of the plurality of predefined rules; and

transmitting the data structure by way of communication interface associated with the selected communication channel or device, for later generation and presentation of communications to the patient.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising scheduling a time for presenting the communication to the patient.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said scheduling is based on the clinical profile of the patient.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the one or more electronic datastores further stores aggregated response characteristics for responses to past communications by a population of patients.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said scheduling is based on the aggregate response characteristics.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein said transmitting comprises transmitting the generated communication at the scheduled time.

10. The system of claim 5, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the generated communication with an indicator of the scheduled time, for later presentation to the patient at the scheduled time.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more communication interfaces comprises at least one of (i) a WiFi interface, (ii) a mobile telephony interface (iii) a cellular network interface, (iv) a short message system interface, (v) an electronic mail interface, (vi) a web application interface and (vii) a mobile notification interface.

19. The method of claim 7, wherein said scheduling is based on the aggregate response characteristics.

20. The method of claim 5, wherein said transmitting comprises transmitting the generated communication at the scheduled time.

21. The method of claim 5, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the generated communication with an indicator of the scheduled time, for later presentation to the patient at the scheduled time.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more communication interfaces comprises at least one of (i) a WiFi interface, (ii) a mobile telephony interface (iii) a cellular network interface, (iv) a short message system interface, (v) an electronic mail interface, (vi) a web application interface and (vii) a mobile notification interface.

12. A computer-implemented method for automated transmission of communications to a patient following clinical treatment, the method comprising:

maintaining in one or more electronic datastores;

a clinical profile reflective of characteristics of

(i) the patient; and

(ii) clinical treatment undergone by the patient;

a response profile reflective of characteristics of responses by the patient to past communications transmitted by the system; and

a communication modality profile reflective of characteristics of one or more communication channels or devices available for transmission of communications to the patient;

at one or more processors one or more processors in communication with the one or more electronic datastores;

generating a communication to the patient based on the clinical profile, the communication providing a recommendation or inquiry to the patient;

selecting one of the communication channels or devices based on at least one of (i) the clinical profile and (ii) the response profile; and

transmitting the generated communication to the patient by way of a communication interface associated with the selected communication channel or device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more electronic datastores further store a plurality of predefined communications and a plurality of predefined rules governing when the communications should be presented to the patient.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said generating comprises applying the predefined rules to select from amongst the predefined communications based on the clinical profile.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more processors are further configured for:

forming a data structure comprising at least part of the plurality of predefined communications and at least part of the plurality of predefined rules; and

transmitting the data structure by way of communication interface associated with the selected communication channel or device, for later generation and presentation of communications to the patient.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising scheduling a time for presenting the communication to the patient.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the one or more electronic datastores further stores aggregated response characteristics for responses to past communications by a population of patients.

17. The method of claim 17, wherein said scheduling is based on the clinical profile of the patient.