System and method for providing healthcare program service based on vital signals and condition information

• US 8,706,731 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2008
• Issued: 04/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Information and Communications University Research and Industrial Cooperation Group, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Chul-Ho, Han, Dong-Soo, Cho, Jae-Geol, Jung, Sun-Tae, Lee, Min-Kyu, Song, Ji-Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Rostami, Mohammad S
• Application Number:
  US12/207,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20090070378A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,050 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients

Abstract

A method for providing a healthcare program service over a wireless communication network includes receiving vital signals for a condition from measurement devices transmitted from multiple users and grouping the received vital signals, registering by a plurality of service providers corresponding healthcare programs classified by particular diseases, providing a healthcare program service to the multiple users, receiving feedback of use satisfaction for the healthcare programs from each user, counting the number of uses and gathering utilization information for each of the healthcare programs. The method further includes searching for a corresponding group of users using each healthcare program, adding up the user satisfactions and utilizations, databasing the results and upon receipt of vital signals for a condition from a particular user, comparing against similar signals and recommending a preferred healthcare program for a corresponding user group having vital signals for the condition.

Claims

1. A method for providing a healthcare program service in a system for providing a healthcare service over a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

receiving measured vital signals associated with a condition, measured by means of corresponding measurement devices, transmitted from multiple users over the wireless communication network, and generating a grouping of the received measured vital signals according to a particular condition;

registering corresponding healthcare programs classified by particular diseases, receiving a feedback for a use satisfaction for each of the healthcare programs from each user by means of the corresponding measurement devices, and gathering information associated with a satisfaction for each of the healthcare programs;

counting the number of uses of a healthcare service for each of the healthcare programs, and determining utilization for each of the healthcare programs based on the number of uses;

searching for a corresponding group of users using each of the healthcare programs, adding up the gathered user satisfactions and utilizations, and databasing the results according to preferred healthcare programs of the corresponding user group;

upon receipt of measured vital signals from a particular user, applying weights to the measured vital signals to generate a similarity value, and comparing the similarity value of the measured vital signals of the particular user to the generated grouping of previously received measured vital signals using the databased healthcare programs to generate a comparison result;

recommending a preferred healthcare program for a corresponding user group having vital signals for a condition, which is most similar to the received measured vital signals for the particular user, according to the comparison result;

receiving a feedback information for the use satisfaction of the recommended healthcare program from the particular user;

generating and providing a healthcare program recommendation list of healthcare programs sorted based on the feedback information; and

updating the recommended healthcare program according to the feedback information of the recommended healthcare program.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein types of the vital signals for the condition are subject to change according to diseases or provided services.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the vital signals for the condition of each of the users comprise a set of at least two vital signals and a combination of the condition, the number of which is equal to the number of vital signals corresponding to the combination of the at least two vital signals.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the vital signals for the condition are classified according to their strength measured by the corresponding measurement devices on a level-by-level basis.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user satisfactions and utilizations are associated with vital signals for the condition of each user for each healthcare program.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing the similarity value comprises:

searching for a group having vital signals for the condition, which most highly converge onto vital signal information for condition of a particular user Pi having a combination of at least two vital signals and a combination of the condition;

checking differences of vital signals and the condition between users Pj and Pi by applying vital signal information for the condition of the user Pj belonging to the searched group and vital signal information for condition of the user Pi to the following Equations (1) and (2), respectively;

diff_of_condition(Pi,Pj)={|s1,i[1]−

s1,j[1]|, . . . ,|s1,i[m]−

s1,j[m]|} 

 

(1)

diff_of_vital_sign(Pi,Pj)={|v1,i[1]−

v1,j[1]|, . . . ,|v1,i[n]−

v1,j[n]|} 

 

(2)

where diff_of_condition denotes a difference of condition, and diff_of_vital_sign denotes a difference of vital signals; and

acquiring differences of vital signals and the condition between Pj and Pi from Equations (1) and (2),

calculating inner products of weight vectors indicating the weights of the vital signal and condition of each user using the acquired differences, deriving a sum of the differences as;

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the weight vectors are predetermined.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the similarity value derived from Equation (3) is large for a low similarity between Pj and Pi, and is small for a high similarity between Pj and Pi.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the similarity value between users having vital signals for the same condition is zero (0).

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the healthcare program recommendation list is sorted in a highest-priority order.

11. A non-transitory recording medium readable in a computer, in which a program for executing the method is recorded thereon, the program when accessed by a processor causes the processor to execute the steps of;

receiving measured vital signals associated with a condition, measured by means of corresponding measurement devices, transmitted from multiple users over the wireless communication network, and generating a grouping of the received measured vital signals according to a particular condition;

registering corresponding healthcare programs classified by particular diseases, receiving a feedback for a use satisfaction for each of the healthcare programs from each user by means of the corresponding measurement devices, and gathering information associated with a satisfaction for each of the healthcare programs;

counting the number of uses of a healthcare service for each of the healthcare programs, and determining utilization for each of the healthcare programs based on the number of uses;

searching for a corresponding group of users using each of the healthcare programs, adding up the gathered user satisfactions and utilizations, and databasing the results according to preferred healthcare programs of the corresponding user group;

upon receipt of measured vital signals from a particular user, applying weights to the measured vital signals to generate a similarity value, and comparing the similarity value of the measured vital signals of the particular user to the generated grouping of previously received measured vital signals using the databased healthcare programs to generate a comparison result;

recommending a preferred healthcare program for a corresponding user group having vital signals for a condition, which is most similar to the received measured vital signals for the particular user, according to the comparison result;

receiving a feedback information for the use satisfaction of the recommended healthcare program from the particular user;

providing a healthcare program recommendation list of healthcare programs sorted based on the feedback information; and

updating the recommend healthcare program according to the feedback information of the recommended healthcare program.

19. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 11, wherein the healthcare program recommendation list is sorted in a highest-priority order.

12. An electronic system for providing a healthcare program service in a system for providing a healthcare service over a wireless communication network, the electronic system comprising:

a classification unit including a processor for receiving measured vital signals for a condition, measured by means of corresponding measurement devices, from multiple users over the wireless communication network, and generating a grouping of the received measured vital signals for a condition according to a particular condition;

a monitoring unit for gathering satisfaction and utilization information of a used healthcare program for each group classified by the measured vital signals for the particular condition; and

an electronic database for collecting information regarding each healthcare program for each user using the gathered utilization and satisfaction information,

wherein, when the classification unit receives measured vital signals from a particular user, the electronic database applies weights to the measured vital signals to generate a similarity value, and compares the similarity value of the vital signals of the particular user to the generated grouping of previously received measured vital signals using the databased healthcare programs to generate a comparison result, recommends a preferred healthcare program for a corresponding user group having vital signals for a condition, which is most similar to the received measured vital signals for the particular user, according to the comparison result, receives feedback information for the use satisfaction of the recommended healthcare program from the particular user, generates and provides a healthcare program recommendation list of healthcare programs sorted based on the feedback information, and updates the recommend healthcare program according to the feedback information of the recommended healthcare program.

13. The electronic system of claim 12, wherein the database comprises:

a registration unit for registering a plurality of healthcare programs classified by diseases at a site capable of supporting a service or a web site supporting a service for a portable terminal;

a searching unit for searching for a group classified by vital signals for the condition which are similar to the vital signals for the corresponding condition are received from a particular user Pi;

a calculation unit for determining differences of vital signals for the condition between users Pi and Pj by applying a similarity to vital signals for the condition of an arbitrary user Pj in the searched group as;

diff_of_condition(Pi,Pj)={|s1,i[1]−

s1,j[1]|, . . . ,|s1,i[m]−

s1,j[m]|} 

 

(1)

diff_of_vital_sign(Pi,Pj)={|v1,i[1]−

v1,j[1]|, . . . ,|v1,i[n]−

v1,j[n]|} 

 

(2)

where diff_of_condition denotes a difference of the condition, and diff_of_vital_sign denotes a difference of vital signals; and

calculating the similarity value between users Pi and Pj by applying the weights to the acquired difference of vital signals for the condition between Pi and Pj as;

14. The electronic system of claim 12, wherein the vital signals for the condition of each of the users is a set of at least two vital signals and a combination of the condition, the number of which is equal to the number of vital signals corresponding to the combination of the at least two vital signals.

20. The electronic system of claim 12, wherein the electronic database provides the healthcare program recommendation list sorted in a highest-priority order.

15. A portable terminal for providing vital signal information via a wireless communication network, said portable terminal comprising:

a sensor receiving unit for receiving measured vital signal information from corresponding sensor units measuring vital signals of a particular user;

a transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving information via said wireless communication network;

wherein the transceiver unit transmits the received measured vital signal information to an electronic system;

wherein the transceiver unit receives recommendation information for output to the particular user, with the recommendation information generated by the electronic system by;

processing received measured vital signals associated with a condition transmitted from multiple users over the wireless communication network;

generating a grouping of the received measured vital signals according to a particular condition;

upon receipt of measured vital signals from the particular user, applying weights to the measured vital signals to generate a similarity value, and comparing the similarity value of the measured vital signals of the particular user to the generated grouping of previously received measured vital signals using the databased healthcare programs to generate a comparison result; and

generating the recommendation information recommending a preferred healthcare program for a corresponding user group having vital signals for a condition, which is most similar to the received measured vital signals for the particular user, according to the comparison result; and

an output device for outputting the recommendation information, and for generating and providing a healthcare program recommendation list of healthcare programs sorted based on feedback information.

16. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein said corresponding sensor units are included within said portable terminal.

17. The portable terminal of claim 15 further comprising:

a short-range communication receiver.

18. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein said corresponding sensor units are separated from said portable terminal and in communication with said portable terminal via said short-range communication receiver.