Method and system to offer and to acquire clinical knowledge using a centralized knowledge server
First Claim
1. A method for providing clinical knowledge from a provider to a medical user, comprising the steps of:
- providing a clinical knowledge communication server with an associated knowledge data base of said provider;
said user having a user interface for communicating with said communication server of said provider;
providing an authentication, authorization, and encryption device associated with said user interface and providing an authentication, authorization, and encryption device associated with said communication server;
said user obtaining patient symptoms for a specific patient;
said user creating a plurality of diagnostic questions based on said patient symptoms representing a plurality of potential diagnoses for a medical problem causing said symptoms in said patient;
said user sending said plurality of diagnostic questions along with said patient symptoms to said server;
with the server conducting an initial examination of the plurality of diagnostic questions and patient symptoms;
with the server associating for each of the diagnostic questions a corresponding set of examination steps to create a corresponding sequence of examination steps for each of the diagnostic questions, at least one of said sequences comprising use of a medical imaging machine, and providing a respective examination protocol for said imaging machine including sequences, and a post-processing software for use with an image created by said imaging machine; and
encrypting and then sending said sequence of examination steps for each of said diagnostic questions to said medical user interface where they are decrypted.
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Abstract
In a method and system for providing clinical knowledge from a provider to a medical user based on one or more diagnostic questions submitted by the user to the provider, a clinical knowledge communication server is provided with an associated knowledge database. The at least one or more diagnostic questions are sent by the user to the server. With the server, an initial examination of the at least one or more diagnostic questions is conducted. Examination steps are associated with the at least one or more diagnostic questions and placed in a sequence. The sequence of examination steps are then sent to the medical user. The provider may also request clinical knowledge from the medical user such as, for example, relating to the diagnostic questions submitted by the user.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for providing clinical knowledge from a provider to a medical user, comprising the steps of:
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providing a clinical knowledge communication server with an associated knowledge data base of said provider; said user having a user interface for communicating with said communication server of said provider; providing an authentication, authorization, and encryption device associated with said user interface and providing an authentication, authorization, and encryption device associated with said communication server; said user obtaining patient symptoms for a specific patient; said user creating a plurality of diagnostic questions based on said patient symptoms representing a plurality of potential diagnoses for a medical problem causing said symptoms in said patient; said user sending said plurality of diagnostic questions along with said patient symptoms to said server; with the server conducting an initial examination of the plurality of diagnostic questions and patient symptoms; with the server associating for each of the diagnostic questions a corresponding set of examination steps to create a corresponding sequence of examination steps for each of the diagnostic questions, at least one of said sequences comprising use of a medical imaging machine, and providing a respective examination protocol for said imaging machine including sequences, and a post-processing software for use with an image created by said imaging machine; and encrypting and then sending said sequence of examination steps for each of said diagnostic questions to said medical user interface where they are decrypted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for providing clinical knowledge from a provider to a medical user, comprising:
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a clinical knowledge communication server with an associated knowledge data base of said provider; a user interface of said user for communicating with said communication server of said provider; an authentication, authorization, and encryption device associated with said user interface and an authentication, authorization, and encryption device associated with said communication server; said user interface sending to said server symptoms for a specific patient and a plurality of alternative diagnostic questions based on said patient symptoms representing a plurality of potential alternative diagnoses for a medical problem causing said symptoms in said patient; said server conducting an initial examination of the plurality of diagnostic questions and patient symptoms; said server associating for each of the diagnostic questions a corresponding set of examination steps to create a corresponding sequence of examination steps for each of the diagnostic questions, at least one of said sequences comprising use of a medical imaging machine and a respective examination protocol for said imaging machine including sequences, and a post-processing software for use with an image created by said imaging machine; and said encryption device associated with said server encrypting, and said server sending, said sequence of examination steps for each of said diagnostic questions after encrypting to said medical user interface; and said encryption device associated with said user interface decrypting the sequences of examination steps. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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