Method and system for home medical management

• US 7,260,586 B1
• Filed: 12/10/1999
• Issued: 08/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Stephanie Ward
• Original Assignee: Stephanie Ward
• Inventors: Ward, Stephanie
• Primary Examiner(s): RIMELL, SAMUEL G
• Application Number:
  US09/458,899
• Time in Patent Office: 2,811 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104.1, 707/10, 707/100, 705/2, 705/3, 705/4, 401/24, 401/244, 206/528, 206/538, 206/533, 206/540, 221/203, 221/9
• 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 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for home medical management in which a report, a one-page, one-sided, printed record visible by the naked eye of medical and personal emergency information is generated. The report is adapted to be used on a daily basis and carried on the person. A first template is provided for entering first data related to emergency contact information, medical history information and personal information. A second template is provided for entering second data related to medication information. The first and second data are mapped to predetermined locations of the report. The report is generated to include the emergency contact information in an emergency contact section, the medical history information in a medical history section, the personal information in a personal information section and the medication information in a medication information section. The first template can also provide for entering of data related to insurance information and pharmacy information and other types of information. The medication section of the report can include rows representing each type of medication by name. The medication section can also include columns directed to a graphic illustration of each medication, the dosage, the physician prescribing the information and the time of the day for taking each medication. The report can be used as a life saving device in an emergency situation to provide emergency personnel with required information. The report can be also used during doctor visits and hospital stays to eliminate mistakes and on a daily basis to manage the individual'"'"'s taking of medications.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium storing a program which controls a computer system, the program causing the computer system to perform the steps of:

providing a template dialog of questions including name, medication information, personal information, emergency contacts, insurance information, pharmacy information and medical history;

prompting a user to provide responses to complete the dialog of questions;

storing said responses in said computer system;

map data of said responses to rows of a medication report;

automatically determine an optimal pillbox arrangement of pillbox size and slots based on pre-stored information;

map data of medication information to a placement of pills in said pillbox arrangement so as to create a pillbox map, said pillbox map displaying the shape, color and appearance of pill type medications, dosage instructions and prescribing physician;

generate labels for an actual pillbox;

print out a single report including said rows of said medication report and said pillbox map;

print a set of labels for an actual pillbox.