Health care data management

• US 8,234,125 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2008
• Issued: 07/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MLP Technology Incorporated
• Original Assignee: MLP Technology Incorporated
• Inventors: Skocic, Ruth E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cobanoglu, Dilek B
• Application Number:
  US12/204,560
• Publication Number:
  US 20090070148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,426 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 382/124, 709/237
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• 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 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• 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

Health care data is stored in memory accessible to a server. The server allows users to access the health care data, such as across a communication network. In some embodiments a biometric identifier for a patient is stored with patient information. The biometric identifier can be used to control access to patient records and to quickly locate patient information associated with a particular patient.

Claims

1. A health care data management system comprising a server device including a processor device and at least one computer storage medium, the at least one computer storage medium storing a database and data instructions, wherein the data instructions are executable by the processor device to:

register a user with the server device by receiving user data including a first biometric identifier through a web interface;

store the user data and the first biometric identifier in the database at the server device, the server device and the database being configured to operate remote from the user;

associate the first biometric identifier with the user data in the database;

receive health care information pertaining to the user and store the health care information in the user data in the database;

receive from an emergency vehicle computing system a request including a second biometric identifier;

search the database with the server device to identify the first biometric identifier as a match to the second biometric identifier;

transmit at least part of the user data associated with the first biometric identifier to the emergency vehicle computing system in response to the request;

update a status of the user in the user data of the database to indicate that the user is in transit to the medical care facility;

receive login information from a caregiver computing device at the medical care facility;

conduct a search of the user data in the database to identify patient records having user data that indicates that the associated user is in transit to the medical care facility; and

transmit web page data to the caregiver computing device at the medical care facility to generate and display to a caregiver a total number of incoming patients and a list of the incoming patients, the list identifying, for each identified patient record;

the name of the patient that is in transit, an estimated time that the patient will arrive at the medical facility, and a notes field identifying the current medical status of the patient.

2. The health care data management system of claim 1, wherein the server further comprises a web server, and wherein transmitting the at least part of the user data is performed by sending data defining a web page.

3. The health care data management system of claim 1, wherein the emergency vehicle computing device is communicatively coupled to a biometric reader and configured to communicate with the server across a data communication network, wherein the emergency vehicle computing device reads the second biometric identifier from the user and sends the request including the second biometric identifier to the server.

4. The health care data management system of claim 3, wherein the emergency vehicle computing device is a mobile computing device used by a caregiver, a police officer, an emergency responder, or a military unit.

5. The health care data management system of claim 1, further comprising a patient computing device configured to communicate with the server across a data communication network, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

receive a request from the patient computing device requesting at least part of the user data;

send to the patient computing device the at least part of the user data;

receive updated user data from the patient computing device; and

store the updated user data in place of the user data.

6. The health care data management system of claim 1, wherein receiving health care information pertaining to the user comprises receiving health care information from the caregiver computing system.

7. The health care data management system of claim 1, wherein user data includes at least some of the following:

physician notes, electronic medical records, immunization records, surgical history, medication records, medical treatment records, identification of medical allergies, obstetric history, habit history, family medical history, mental health history, employment history, travel history, family history, common activities, advance directive, living will, and power of attorney for health care.

8. The health care data management system of claim 1, wherein the instructions executable to receive from the caregiver the request including the second biometric identifier are further executable to:

receive a scanned fingerprint of the registered user from a fingerprint scanner to generate the second biometric identifier at the emergency vehicle computing system; and

send the request including the second biometric identifier from the emergency vehicle computing system to the server.

9. A method of providing health care data to an emergency caregiver computing device, the method comprising:

registering a user by receiving user data through a web interface provided by a web server device, the web interface including a plurality of web pages, wherein at least one of the web pages prompts for a first biometric identifier;

receiving and storing the user data and the first biometric identifier in a database accessible by the web server device and associating the first biometric identifier with the user data in the database, the database being remote from the user;

receiving health care information through the web interface, the health care information pertaining to the user, and storing the user data in the database with the web server device;

sending web page data to an emergency vehicle computing system to generate a patient search page, the patient search page including a selectable control to initiate a search for a patient using a biometric identifier;

receiving from the emergency vehicle computing system through the web interface a search request including a second biometric identifier, the second biometric identifier generated by a biometric reader coupled to the emergency vehicle computing device;

searching the database with the web server device to identify the first biometric identifier as a match to the second biometric identifier;

identifying a record associated with the first biometric identifier;

sending web page data to the emergency vehicle computing system to generate a patient search results page, the patient search results page displaying at least a patient name and a selectable link associated with the record;

after receiving a selection of the selectable link, sending web page data to the emergency vehicle computing system to generate at least one patient records page, the at least one patient records page including at least part of the user data associated with the first biometric identifier from the record;

updating a status of the patient in the patient'"'"'s record in the database to indicate that the patient is in transit to a medical care facility and to provide a current medical status of the patient;

receiving login information from a caregiver computing device at the medical care facility;

evaluating the login information and determining that the login information is associated with an active user account associated with the caregiver;

conducting a search of the patient records to identify patient records that indicate that the associated patient is in transit to the medical care facility; and

sending web page data to the caregiver computing device at the medical care facility to generate and display to the caregiver a total number of incoming patients and a list of the incoming patients, the list identifying, for each identified patient record;

the name of the patient that is in transit,

an estimated time that the patient will arrive at the medical care facility, and

a notes field identifying the current medical status of the patient.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein registering a user comprises assigning a user role to the user, the user role selected from at least a patient role, an administrator role, and a caregiver role, wherein the assigned user role is subsequently used by the web server to selectively provide information to the user based on the user role.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the patient search results page includes a list of records that match the search query, wherein each record identified in the list includes on the patient search results page an associated patient ID number, registered biometric identifier link, edit profile link, the patient records link, patient name, telephone number, and a social security number for that record, wherein the registered biometric identifier link is selectable to navigate to a biometric identifier interface screen where the biometric identification information may be reviewed or updated for that record, wherein the edit profile link is selectable to navigate to a client profile interface page.