Storing personal medical information
First Claim
1. An apparatus for storing medical information comprising:
- a tangible medium comprising;
a first displayed portion comprising computer compressed medical information in;
a field of a sequence of order-specific human readable characters chosen from a set of characters,wherein the sequence of characters is chosen, determined and displayed in the first portion in a unique order dependent on a specific sequential ordering of computer-generated data encoded to represent a patient'"'"'s medical information, andwherein the computer compressed medical information is compressed based on multiple updateable static dictionaries and a statistical model of prior probability information to take into account that the incidence of disease, disorders, surgical procedures and medications is related to the patient'"'"'s demographic grouping, and that certain diseases, disorders surgical procedures and medications will most likely occur in combinations;
anda second displayed portion comprising uncompressed human readable information in;
an identifying field of versions of a computer program, the multiple updateable static dictionaries, and the statistical model used to compress and produce the computer compressed medical information displayed in the first portion,a date field of the effective date of the computer compressed medical information,an initials field of initials of the patient,an emergency information field of emergency information for emergency treatment of the patient, andan information field comprising telephone and world wide web information for remote decoding of the computer compressed medical information.
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Abstract
A system and method for data compression of structured medical history information using multiple, updatable, static dictionaries in conjunction with an advanced probability-based model. The system is not a free text, word or phrase compressor as is presented in generalized or universal data compression systems. It employs a series of static dictionaries consisting of structured data developed from standardized medical classifications of disease, disorders, surgical procedures and medications. Prior probability information is utilized to achieve a high level of data compression of multiple data items at a time. The dictionaries are designed for flexible updating, efficient storage and retrieval, and data integrity. A portable medical card may be imprinted with the compressed medical information.
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26 Claims
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1. An apparatus for storing medical information comprising:
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a tangible medium comprising; a first displayed portion comprising computer compressed medical information in; a field of a sequence of order-specific human readable characters chosen from a set of characters, wherein the sequence of characters is chosen, determined and displayed in the first portion in a unique order dependent on a specific sequential ordering of computer-generated data encoded to represent a patient'"'"'s medical information, and wherein the computer compressed medical information is compressed based on multiple updateable static dictionaries and a statistical model of prior probability information to take into account that the incidence of disease, disorders, surgical procedures and medications is related to the patient'"'"'s demographic grouping, and that certain diseases, disorders surgical procedures and medications will most likely occur in combinations; and a second displayed portion comprising uncompressed human readable information in; an identifying field of versions of a computer program, the multiple updateable static dictionaries, and the statistical model used to compress and produce the computer compressed medical information displayed in the first portion, a date field of the effective date of the computer compressed medical information, an initials field of initials of the patient, an emergency information field of emergency information for emergency treatment of the patient, and an information field comprising telephone and world wide web information for remote decoding of the computer compressed medical information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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3. The subject matter of claim 3, wherein the different categories include the diseases, disorders, surgical procedures, and medications.
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