Patient-to-Patient Communities

• US 20160132647A1
• Filed: 01/14/2016
• Published: 05/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Research Solutions, LLC
• Original Assignee: Universal Research Solutions, LLC
• Inventors: Hussam, Ali Adel
• Granted Patent: US 10,331,854 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• 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 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to search for other users who are associated with at least a threshold level of similarity to the requesting user; accessing information indicative of a patient profile of the requesting user; determining one or more attributes of the requesting user; searching a data repository for information indicative of a user associated with one or more attributes corresponding to at least one of the one or more attributes of the requesting user; identifying, based on searching, a user associated with one or more attributes corresponding to at least one of the one or more attributes of the requesting user; determining that the one or more corresponding attributes of the identified user satisfy the threshold level of similarity; and transmitting information indicative of the identified user, with the transmitted information specifying the identified user as being a peer of the requesting user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a processing device and from a client device associated with a requesting user of an online patient community, a request to search for other users who are associated with at least a threshold level of similarity to the requesting user;

accessing information indicative of a patient profile of the requesting user;

determining, based on contents of the patient profile, one or more attributes of the requesting user;

searching a data repository for information indicative of a user associated with one or more attributes corresponding to at least one of the one or more attributes of the requesting user;

identifying, based on searching, a user associated with one or more attributes corresponding to at least one of the one or more attributes of the requesting user;

determining that the one or more corresponding attributes of the identified user satisfy the threshold level of similarity; and

transmitting, to the client device, information indicative of the identified user, with the transmitted information specifying the identified user as being a peer of the requesting user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the client device, a request to connect the identified user to the requesting user in the online patient community.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the client device, information indicative of one or more attributes of the requesting user; and

updating the patient profile of the requesting user with the information indicative of the one or more attributes.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing a medical data record of the requesting user;

parsing the medical data record;

determining, based on parsing, information indicative of one or more attributes of the requesting user; and

updating the patient profile of the requesting user with the information indicative of the one or more attributes.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the client device, information indicative of recovery information of the requesting user; and

sharing the received recovery information with peers of the requesting user in the online patient community;

wherein the shared recovery information increases a speed of recovery of at least one of the peers of the requesting user, relative to other speeds of recovery that result from other shared information.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the client device, information indicative of one or more of medical information of the requesting user; and

sharing the received medical information with peers of the requesting user in the online patient community.

7. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a processing device and from a client device associated with a user of an online patient community, a request to search medical service providers;

accessing information indicative of a patient profile of the user;

determining, based on contents of the patient profile, one or more symptoms of the user;

searching a data repository for information indicative of one or more medical service providers who are qualified to address at least one of the one or more symptoms of the user;

identifying, based on searching, a medical service provider who is qualified to address at least one of the one or more symptoms of the user; and

transmitting, to the client device, information indicative of the identified medical service provider.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising:

generating data for a graphical user interface that when rendered on display device comprises;

a first visual representation of the determined one or more symptoms of the user;

a second visual representation of other information included in the patient profile;

a control for the user to modify one or more of the determined one or more symptoms and the other information included in the patient profile;

an input box for the user to enter information indicative of one or more procedures;

wherein searching comprises;

searching the data repository for information indicative of one or more medical service providers who are qualified to address at least one of the one or more symptoms of the user and who are qualified to perform at least one of the one or more procedures.

9. An electronic system comprising:

one or more processing devices; and

one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices storing instructions that are executable to cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising;

receiving, from a client device associated with a requesting user of an online patient community, a request to search for other users who are associated with at least a threshold level of similarity to the requesting user;

accessing information indicative of a patient profile of the requesting user;

determining, based on contents of the patient profile, one or more attributes of the requesting user;

searching a data repository for information indicative of a user associated with one or more attributes corresponding to at least one of the one or more attributes of the requesting user;

identifying, based on searching, a user associated with one or more attributes corresponding to at least one of the one or more attributes of the requesting user;

determining that the one or more corresponding attributes of the identified user satisfy the threshold level of similarity; and

transmitting, to the client device, information indicative of the identified user, with the transmitted information specifying the identified user as being a peer of the requesting user.

10. The electronic system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the client device, a request to connect the identified user to the requesting user in the online patient community.

11. The electronic system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the client device, information indicative of one or more attributes of the requesting user; and

updating the patient profile of the requesting user with the information indicative of the one or more attributes.

12. The electronic system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

accessing a medical data record of the requesting user;

parsing the medical data record;

determining, based on parsing, information indicative of one or more attributes of the requesting user; and

updating the patient profile of the requesting user with the information indicative of the one or more attributes.

13. The electronic system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the client device, information indicative of recovery information of the requesting user; and

sharing the received recovery information with peers of the requesting user in the online patient community;

wherein the shared recovery information increases a speed of recovery of at least one of the peers of the requesting user, relative to other speeds of recovery that result from other shared information.

14. The electronic system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the client device, information indicative of one or more of medical information of the requesting user; and

sharing the received medical information with peers of the requesting user in the online patient community.

15. One or more machine-readable hardware storage devices storing instructions that are executable to cause one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a client device associated with a requesting user of an online patient community, a request to search for other users who are associated with at least a threshold level of similarity to the requesting user;

accessing information indicative of a patient profile of the requesting user;

determining, based on contents of the patient profile, one or more attributes of the requesting user;

searching a data repository for information indicative of a user associated with one or more attributes corresponding to at least one of the one or more attributes of the requesting user;

identifying, based on searching, a user associated with one or more attributes corresponding to at least one of the one or more attributes of the requesting user;

determining that the one or more corresponding attributes of the identified user satisfy the threshold level of similarity; and

transmitting, to the client device, information indicative of the identified user, with the transmitted information specifying the identified user as being a peer of the requesting user.

16. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the client device, a request to connect the identified user to the requesting user in the online patient community.

17. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the client device, information indicative of one or more attributes of the requesting user; and

updating the patient profile of the requesting user with the information indicative of the one or more attributes.

18. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

accessing a medical data record of the requesting user;

parsing the medical data record;

determining, based on parsing, information indicative of one or more attributes of the requesting user; and

updating the patient profile of the requesting user with the information indicative of the one or more attributes.

19. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the client device, information indicative of recovery information of the requesting user; and

sharing the received recovery information with peers of the requesting user in the online patient community;

wherein the shared recovery information increases a speed of recovery of at least one of the peers of the requesting user, relative to other speeds of recovery that result from other shared information.

20. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the client device, information indicative of one or more of medical information of the requesting user; and

sharing the received medical information with peers of the requesting user in the online patient community.