Methods and systems for providing patient registration information

• US 8,065,163 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2007
• Issued: 11/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Spilling, Douglas Gustav, Blumenfeld, Barry Howard, Morita, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Connor; Gerald J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PAULS, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US11/853,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20090070142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,533 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 705/3, 705/4, 705/51, 709/217, 395/203, 342/357.13, 340/568.1, 607/60, 455/39
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/60 relating to pathologies

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method of providing patient information. The method includes requesting patient data, supplying the patient data using a mobile electronic device, storing the patient data to a memory associated with the mobile electronic device, and communicating the patient data to a remote data server.

Claims

1. A method of providing patient information, the method including:

communicating the geographic location of a mobile communication device to a remote data server;

receiving a request for patient data from the remote data server at the mobile communication device, said patient data including at least one of a medication history, an allergy, a medical problem, a family medical history, an insurance provider, an employer, a social security number, contact information, and demographic information;

retrieving patient data from a memory location in the mobile communication device in response to the request;

displaying the retrieved patient data on the mobile communication device;

allowing the displayed patient data to be edited using the mobile communication device;

allowing the displayed patient data to be selected for withholding; and

communicating from the mobile communication device to the remote server patient data that was not selected for withholding;

wherein the patient data is communicated from the mobile communication device to the remote server automatically, without user intervention, when the mobile communication device comes within a predetermined location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said remote data server is associated with a healthcare information system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for patient information includes a patient information form comprising at least one patient data field, and wherein displaying patient information on the mobile communication device includes displaying retrieved patient information in the at least one data field of the patient information form on the mobile communication device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said patient data is encrypted.

5. The method of claim 1, further including requiring authentication prior to communicating the retrieved patient data to the remote server, wherein said authentication includes a biometric identifier and said biometric identifier includes at least one of a fingerprint, a retinal pattern, an infrared vein pattern, a signature, a voice, a face, a bio-electric signal, and a DNA sequence.

6. The method of claim 1, further including recalling patient data stored on said remote data server.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said request for patient data comprises a series of questions.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein location of the mobile communication device is detected using a GPS signal.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the location of the mobile communication device is detected using a GPS signal.

10. The method of claim 1, further including saving patient data edited using the mobile communication device to the memory location on the mobile communication device.

11. A system for providing patient information comprising:

a mobile communication device configured to receive a request for patient data from a remote data server, said patient data including at least one of a medication history, an allergy, a medical problem, a family medical history, an insurance provider, an employer, a social security number, contact information, and demographic information,

the mobile communication device including a processor configured to retrieve patient data from a memory location in the mobile communication device in response to the request,

the mobile communication device including a display configured to display the retrieved patient data;

the mobile communication device configured to allow the displayed patient data to be edited using the mobile communication device;

the mobile communication device configured to allow the displayed patient data to be selected for withholding;

the mobile communication device configured to communicate patient data that was not selected for withholding to the remote server; and

the mobile communication device configured to communicate the geographic location of the mobile communication device to the remote server;

wherein the mobile communication device is configured to automatically, without user intervention, communicate patient data to the remote server when the mobile communication device comes within a predetermined location.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the request for patient information includes a patient information form comprising at least one patient data field, and wherein the mobile communication device is configured to display the retrieved patient information in the at least one data field of the patient information form on the mobile communication device.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the mobile communication device is configured to require authentication prior to communicating the retrieved patient data to the remote server.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the mobile communication device is configured to recall patient data stored on the remote data server.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the mobile communication device is configured to allow the patient data edited using the mobile communication device to be saved to the memory location on the mobile communication device.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the mobile communication device is configured to transmit the location of the mobile communication device to the remote server using a GPS signal.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a set of instructions for execution on a computer, the set of instructions including:

a first routine configured to receive a request for patient data from a remote data server at a mobile communication device, said patient data including at least one of a medication history, an allergy, a medical problem, a family medical history, an insurance provider, an employer, a social security number, contact information, and demographic information;

a second routine configured to retrieve patient data from a memory location in the mobile communication device in response to the request;

a third routine configured to display the retrieved patient data on the mobile communication device;

a fourth routine configured to allow the displayed patient data to be edited using the mobile communication device;

a fifth routine configured to allow the displayed patient data to be selected for withholding;

a sixth routine configured to communicate the geographic location of the mobile communication relative to the remote server; and

a seventh routine configured to automatically, without user intervention, communicate patient data that was not selected for withholding from the mobile communication device to the remote server when the mobile communication device comes within a predetermined location.