Medical information handling system and method

• US 8,510,129 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2011
• Issued: 08/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army
• Original Assignee: The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army
• Inventors: Morris, Tommy J.
• Primary Examiner(s): RANGREJ, SHEETAL
• Application Number:
  US13/009,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20120041782A1
• Time in Patent Office: 937 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• 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 50/80 for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A system and method used to create a longitudinal medical record for an injured person that in at least one embodiment begins a location remote from a medical facility. The system includes in at least one embodiment a plurality of mobile computing devices. In at least one embodiment, the mobile computing devices provide an interface for receiving information from a first responder or a medic.

Claims

1. A method for creating a longitudinal medical record as a digital record comprising:

receiving information regarding a health event of a patient into a mobile computing device at a location proximate to where the health event occurred and the location is remote from a medical facility, and adding the received information into the longitudinal medical record stored on the mobile computing device, wherein the receiving step includes

receiving a selection from the user into the mobile computing device of the patient from a list of individuals displayed by the mobile computing device,

displaying an interface on the mobile computing device for receiving information about the health event from a user,

receiving the information about the health event though the interface from the user,

providing a narrative to the user where the narrative is created by said mobile computing device based on the information about the health event, and

compiling the digital record with the mobile computing device for the health event including the provided narrative as the longitudinal medical record;

transferring the information regarding the health event and the patient to the medical facility in a digital format as the longitudinal medical record for the patient from the mobile computing device to a database at the medical facility; and

accumulating additional information into the database at the medical facility regarding the patient during a period of treatment at the medical facility and adding the accumulated additional information with a second mobile computing device to the longitudinal medical record transferred to the medical facility and stored in the database at the medical facility regarding the patient.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transferring step includes

loading the digital record by the mobile computing device onto a removable computer readable medium,

providing the removable computer readable medium to the medical facility,

loading the digital record from the removable computer readable medium into the database at the medical facility with the second mobile computing device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transferring step includes transmitting the digital record wirelessly from the mobile computing device to the database at the medical facility prior to arrival of the patient at the medical facility.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving information includes receiving information at a location remote from the medical facility to which the patient will be taken to for treatment from at least one of a first responder or a medic.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the transferring step includes

loading the digital record by the mobile computing device onto a removable computer readable medium,

providing the removable computer readable medium to the medical facility,

loading the digital record from the removable computer readable medium into the database at the medical facility with a third mobile computing device.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising recommending with the mobile computing device a course of treatment to the user based on received information about the health event.

7. A method for creating a longitudinal medical record as a digital record using at least two mobile computing devices configured to create and handle the longitudinal medical record, the method comprising:

receiving information into a first mobile computing device at a location where a health event occurred and the location is remote from a medical facility, where the information is regarding a health event of a patient, wherein the receiving step includes

receiving a selection from the user into the first mobile computing device of the patient from a list of individuals displayed by the first mobile computing device,

displaying a graphical interface on the first mobile computing device for receiving information about the health event from a user who is treating the patient, wherein the interface includes a mixture of fields, selection boxes, and graphical representations of a generic human body,

receiving the information about the health event though the graphical interface from the user, and

adding the received information into the longitudinal medical record for the selected user stored on the first mobile computing device;

providing a narrative to the user where the narrative is created by the first mobile computing device based on the information about the health event;

compiling the digital record with the first mobile computing device for the health event including the provided narrative as the longitudinal medical record;

transferring the information regarding the health event and the patient to the medical facility in a digital format as the longitudinal medical record for the patient from the first mobile computing device to a database at the medical facility;

accumulating additional information through a second mobile computing device into the database at the medical facility regarding the patient during a period of treatment at the medical facility; and

adding the accumulated additional information with the second mobile computing device to the longitudinal medical record transferred to the medical facility and stored in the database at the medical facility regarding the patient.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the transferring step includes

loading the digital record by the first mobile computing device onto a removable computer readable medium,

providing the removable computer readable medium to the medical facility,

loading the digital record from the removable computer readable medium into the database at the medical facility with the second mobile computing device.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein receiving information includes receiving information at a location remote from the medical facility to which the patient will be taken to for treatment from at least one of a first responder or a medic.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the transferring step includes transmitting the digital record wirelessly from the first mobile computing device to the database at the medical facility prior to arrival of the patient at the medical facility.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein receiving information includes receiving information at a location remote from the medical facility to which the patient will be taken to for treatment from at least one of a first responder or a medic.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein receiving information includes receiving information at a location remote from the medical facility to which the patient will be taken to for treatment from at least one of a first responder or a medic.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the transferring step includes transmitting the digital record wirelessly from the first mobile computing device to the database at the medical facility once the patient arrives at the medical facility.

14. The method according to claim 7, further comprising recommending a course of treatment to the user based on received information about the health event where the course of treatment is created by the first mobile computing device.

15. A method for creating a longitudinal medical record as a digital record using at least two mobile computing devices configured to create and handle the longitudinal medical record, the method comprising:

receiving information into a first mobile computing device at a location where a health event occurred and the location is remote from a medical facility, where the information is regarding a health event of a patient, wherein the receiving step includes

receiving a selection from the user into the first mobile computing device of the patient from a list of individuals displayed by the first mobile computing device on a screen on the first mobile computing device,

displaying a graphical interface on the first mobile computing device for receiving information about the patient and the health event from a user who is treating the patient, wherein the interface includes a mixture of fields, selection boxes, and graphical representations of a generic human body and the interface is displayed on the screen of the first mobile computing device,

receiving the information about the patient and the health event though the graphical interface from the user, and

adding the received information into the longitudinal medical record for the selected user stored on the first mobile computing device where the first mobile computing device adds the received information into the longitudinal medical record;

providing a narrative to the user where the narrative is created by the first mobile computing device based on the information about the health event, wherein providing includes displaying the narrative on the screen of the first mobile computing device;

compiling the digital record for the health event including the provided narrative as the longitudinal medical record where the first mobile computing device compiles the digital record;

transferring the information regarding the health event and the patient to the medical facility in a digital format as the longitudinal medical record for the patient from the first mobile computing device to a database at the medical facility;

accumulating additional information through a second mobile computing device into the database at the medical facility regarding the patient during a period of treatment at the medical facility; and

adding the accumulated additional information to the longitudinal medical record transferred to the medical facility and stored in the database at the medical facility regarding the patient where the second mobile computing device adds the accumulated information to the longitudinal medical record.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising recommending a course of treatment to the user based on received information about the health event where the course of treatment is created by the first mobile computing device, wherein recommending includes displaying the course of treatment on the display of the first mobile computing device.