Care plan change propagation

• US 8,700,431 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Issued: 04/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Ryan, John C., Fang, Yaqiong (Jade)
• Primary Examiner(s): PAULS, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US12/446,981
• Publication Number:
  US 20100017228A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,358 Days
• Field of Search: 705/3, 434/236, 434/262, 434/365, 706/14, 707/9
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06375 Prediction of business process outcome or impact based on a proposed change
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

In a medical health care network (10) for providing individualized health care programming to many patients, a method and apparatus for updating the programming is described. When a patient is new to the system, a health care professional takes a generic care plan template (26) and fills it in with the patient'"'"'s specific health information. A care plan scheduler (36), using a completed template (26), assigns content for the patient to experience. When new content becomes available, the health care professional notes it on the template (26). The scheduler (36) then looks for all instances of the old content and replaces it with the new content in the most seamless way possible. A content replacement database (40) interprets old data in light of the new content so that the old data does not become misleading or obsolete.

Claims

1. A medical health care network comprising:

at least one server connectable to a communications network;

at least one user interface device that communicates periodically with the server over the communications network; and

a care plan design template into which one or more specific content elements are encoded, via the user interface device, for presentation to a patient, the care plan design template comprising a care plan for the patient;

wherein the care plan design template is configured to be edited to add new content, the editing including at least one of,

new replacement content inserted into the care plan design template that may be presented as a replacement for at least one of the one or more specific content elements previously encoded into the care plan design template, and

new supplemental content inserted into the care plan design template that may be presented in addition to at least one of the one or more specific content elements previously encoded into the care plan design template,

wherein the care plan design template further includes a first indication when the new content is new replacement content and a second indication when the new content is new supplemental content,

wherein the at least one server determines that new replacement content should be scheduled for presentation to the patient depending on a first progression of the patient through the one or more specific content elements and that the new supplemental content should be scheduled for presentation to the patient depending on a second progression of the patient through the one or more specific content elements.

2. The medical health care network as set forth in claim 1, further including:

a patient interface device; and

a care plan scheduler that distributes new content to the patient interface device.

3. The medical health care network as set forth in claim 2, wherein the care plan scheduler is located in the at least one server.

4. The medical health care network as set forth in claim 1, further including:

a content replacement database that integrates the new content into care plans scheduled for presentation to the patient.

5. The medical health care network as set forth in claim 4, wherein the content replacement database is located in the at least one user interface device.

6. The medical health care network as set forth in claim 4, wherein the content replacement database is located in the at least one server.

7. The medical health care network as set forth in claim 1, further including:

a patient interface device;

a care plan scheduler that distributes new content to the patient interface device; and

,

a content replacement database that integrates the new content into care plans scheduled for presentation to the patient.

8. The medical health care network as set forth in claim 1, wherein the care plan design template is located in the at least one server.

9. The medical healthcare network of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one database that interprets patient results collected in response to the new content and patient results from the one or more specific content elements previously encoded into the care plan design template to determine a value of the new content relative to the one or more specific content elements previously encoded into the care plan design template.

10. A method, comprising:

encoding, via a user interface device, one or more specific content elements to a care plan design template for presentation to a patient, the care plan design template comprising a care plan for the patient;

editing, via the user interface device, the care plan design template to add new content, the editing including at least one of,

inserting new replacement content into the care plan design template that may be presented as a replacement for at least one of the one or more specific content elements previously encoded into the care plan design template, wherein the care plan design template further includes a first indication that the new content is new replacement content, and

inserting new supplemental content into the care plan design template that may be presented in addition to at least one of the one or more specific content elements previously encoded into the care plan design template, wherein the care plan design template further includes a second indication that the new content is new supplemental content;

determining, by a server device, that new replacement content should be scheduled for presentation to the patient depending on a first progression of the patient through the one or more specific content elements; and

determining, by the server device, that the new supplemental content should be scheduled for presentation to the patient depending on a second progression of the patient through the one or more specific content elements.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

distributing the new content to a patient interface device.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

integrating the new content into care plans scheduled for presentation to the patient.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

interpreting patient results collected in response to the new content and patient results from the one or more specific content elements previously encoded into the care plan design template to determine a value of the new content relative to the one or more specific content elements previously encoded into the care plan design template.