System and method for providing a multi-dimensional contextual platform for managing a medical practice

• US 8,620,683 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2011
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Myca Health, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Myca Health, Inc.
• Inventors: Parkinson, Jay, Khozin, Sean, Roy, Martin-Pierre, Larouche, Philippe, Bouchard, Kevin, Findlay, Nathaniel B., Ferguson, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Neha
• Application Number:
  US13/251,934
• Publication Number:
  US 20120022893A1
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 705/3
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• 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 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 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A system and method is provided for generating a multi-dimensional contextual platform that may be used to manage, diagnose, and communicate with patients in a medical practice. In particular, the system may provide a website that may provide dynamic, avatar-based interfaces that include a doctor interface and a patient interface. A doctor may create a subscription with an operator of the website in order to find new patients and view patient health records across multiple dimensions. A patient may create a subscription with the operator to locate a doctor and maintain open communications with the doctor. Once subscribed, the doctor and patient may use the website to enhance the overall healthcare experience by using social networking aspects of the website to facilitate doctor and patient communication in real-time.

Claims

1. A medical record display device for displaying information from at least one medical record of a patient, the medical record display device comprising:

one or more processors programmed by computer program instructions to;

obtain the at least one medical record of a patient, wherein the at least one medical record comprises a plurality of dimensions that each describe an aspect of a health of the patient, and wherein at least one dimension comprises a first information element and a second information element that each represent medical information related to the at least one dimension, wherein the plurality of dimensions comprise a medical conditions dimension that describes medical conditions of the patient, a visits dimension that describes interactions with the patient, a medications dimension that describes medications taken by the patient, a lab results dimension that describes laboratory results of the patient, or an imaging results dimension that describes imaging results of the patient;

receive a selection to display the at least one dimension;

determine a first location of the first information element and a second location of the second information element to be displayed on a user interface;

determine a first level of importance of the first information element relative to the second information element and a second level of importance of the second information element relative to the first information element, wherein the first level of importance of the first information element is determined based on a first number of interactions between a doctor and the patient related to the first information element compared to a second number of interactions between the doctor and the patient related to the second information element, wherein the first information element is determined to be relatively more important than the second information element when the first number is greater than the second number; and

generate a display comprising the first information element based on the first level of importance and the second information element based on the second level of importance, wherein the first information element is displayed as a first geometric shape and the second information element is displayed as a second geometric shape, and wherein the first geometric shape is displayed as a larger geometric shape relative to the second geometric shape when the first information element is determined to be more important than the second information element.

2. The medical record display device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

determine a first location of the first information element based on a first time the first information element appeared in the at least one medical record of the patient.

3. The medical record display device of claim 1, wherein a first level of importance of the first information element is determined based on a first level of severity of the first information element relative to a second level of severity of the second information element, wherein the first information element is relatively more important than the second information element when the first level of severity is greater than the second level of severity.

4. The medical record display device of claim 1, wherein the first information element is displayed as a first color and the second information element is displayed as a second color, and wherein the first color is displayed as a different color relative to the second color when the first information element is determined to be more important than the second information element.

5. A medical record display device for displaying at least one medical record of a patient, the medical record display device comprising:

one or more processors programmed by computer program instructions to;

receive the at least one medical record of a patient, wherein the at least one medical record comprises a plurality of dimensions that each describe an aspect of a health of the patient, and wherein each dimension comprises at least one information element that represents medical information related to the respective dimension, wherein the plurality of dimensions comprise a medical conditions dimension that describes medical conditions of the patient, a visits dimension that describes interactions with the patient, a medications dimension that describes medications taken by the patient, a lab results dimension that describes laboratory results of the patient, or an imaging results dimension that describes imaging results of the patient;

receive a selection to display a dimension;

determine a first location of a dimension indicator that indicates the selected dimension and a second location of the at least one information element to be displayed, wherein the dimension indicator is displayed as a focal point about which the at least one information element is disposed;

generate a display comprising the focal point, the at least one information element, and a line that connects the focal point and the at least one information element, wherein the focal point comprises a circular shape, and the at least one information element comprises a plurality of information elements arranged about the circumference of the circular shape, wherein the line is differentially displayed based on one or more properties of the at least one information element;

receive a selection to display the at least one dimension;

determine a first location of the first information element and a second location of the second information element to be displayed on a user interface; and

determine a first level of importance of the first information element relative to the second information element and a second level of importance of the second information element relative to the first information element, wherein the first level of importance of the first information element is determined based on a first number of interactions between a doctor and the patient related to the first information element compared to a second number of interactions between the doctor and the patient related to the second information element, wherein the first information element is determined to be relatively more important than the second information element when the first number is greater than the second number,

wherein the display comprises the first information element based on the first level of importance and the second information element based on the second level of importance.

6. The medical record display device of claim 5, wherein the at least one information element comprises one or more properties that describe the at least one information element, and wherein the one or more processors of the cloud view module are further configured to display the at least one information element at a distance from the dimension indicator based on the one or more properties.

7. The medical record display device of claim 5, wherein the at least one information element relates to a medication being taken by the patient and the one or more properties comprises a length of time the medication has been taken by the patient, and wherein the distance from the dimension indicator is determined based on the length of time.

8. A computer-implemented method for displaying information from at least one medical record of a patient, the method comprising:

obtaining, by one or more processors programmed by computer program instructions, the at least one medical record of a patient, wherein the at least one medical record comprises a plurality of dimensions that each describe an aspect of a health of the patient, and wherein at least one dimension comprises a first information element and a second information element that each represent medical information related to the at least one dimension, wherein the plurality of dimensions comprise a medical conditions dimension that describes medical conditions of the patient, a visits dimension that describes interactions with the patient, a medications dimension that describes medications taken by the patient, a lab results dimension that describes laboratory results of the patient, or an imaging results dimension that describes imaging results of the patient;

receiving, by the one or more processors, a selection to display the at least one dimension;

determining, by the one or more processors, a first location of the first information element and a second location of the second information element to be displayed on a user interface;

determining, by the one or more processors, a first level of importance of the first information element relative to the second information element and a second level of importance of the second information element relative to the first information element, wherein the first level of importance of the first information element is determined based on a first number of interactions between a doctor and the patient related to the first information element compared to a second number of interactions between the doctor and the patient related to the second information element, wherein the first information element is determined to be relatively more important than the second information element when the first number is greater than the second number; and

generating, by the one or more processors, a display comprising the first information element based on the first level of importance and the second information element based on the second level of importance, wherein the first information element is displayed as a first geometric shape and the second information element is displayed as a second geometric shape, and wherein the first geometric shape is displayed as a larger geometric shape relative to the second geometric shape when the first information element is determined to be more important than the second information element.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, the method further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, a first location of the first information element based on a first time the first information element appeared in the at least one medical record of the patient.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein a first level of importance of the first information element is determined based on a first level of severity of the first information element relative to a second level of severity of the second information element, wherein the first information element is relatively more important than the second information element when the first level of severity is greater than the second level of severity.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the first information element is displayed as a first color and the second information element is displayed as a second color, and wherein the first color is displayed as a different color relative to the second color when the first information element is determined to be more important than the second information element.

12. A computer-implemented method for displaying at least one medical record of a patient, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors programmed by computer program instructions, the at least one medical record of a patient, wherein the at least one medical record comprises a plurality of dimensions that each describe an aspect of a health of the patient, and wherein each dimension comprises at least one information element that represents medical information related to the respective dimension, wherein the plurality of dimensions comprise a medical conditions dimension that describes medical conditions of the patient, a visits dimension that describes interactions with the patient, a medications dimension that describes medications taken by the patient, a lab results dimension that describes laboratory results of the patient, or an imaging results dimension that describes imaging results of the patient;

receiving, by the one or more processors, a selection to display a dimension;

determining, by the one or more processors, a first location of a dimension indicator that indicates the selected dimension and a second location of the at least one information element to be displayed, wherein the dimension indicator is displayed as a focal point about which the at least one information element is disposed; and

generating, by the one or more processors, a display comprising the focal point, the at least one information element, and a line that connects the focal point and the at least one information element, wherein the focal point comprises a circular shape, and the at least one information element comprises a plurality of information elements arranged about the circumference of the circular shape;

differentially displaying, by the one or more processors, the line based on one or more properties of the at least one information element;

receiving, by the one or more processors, a selection to display the at least one dimension;

determining, by the one or more processors, a first location of the first information element and a second location of the second information element to be displayed on a user interface; and

determining, by the one or more processors, a first level of importance of the first information element relative to the second information element and a second level of importance of the second information element relative to the first information element, wherein the first level of importance of the first information element is determined based on a first number of interactions between a doctor and the patient related to the first information element compared to a second number of interactions between the doctor and the patient related to the second information element, wherein the first information element is determined to be relatively more important than the second information element when the first number is greater than the second number,

wherein the display comprises the first information element based on the first level of importance and the second information element based on the second level of importance.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the at least one information element comprises one or more properties that describe the at least one information element, and wherein the one or more processors of the cloud view module are further configured to display the at least one information element at a distance from the dimension indicator based on the one or more properties.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the at least one information element relates to a medication being taken by the patient and the one or more properties comprises a length of time the medication has been taken by the patient, and wherein the distance from the dimension indicator is determined based on the length of time.