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Telemedicine system for preliminary remote diagnosis of a patient

  • US 9,471,751 B1
  • Filed: 03/05/2007
  • Issued: 10/18/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A telemedicine system comprising:

  • user interface provided to a non-expert user to initiate an interaction, the interface to receive a telemedicine query from the non-expert user regarding a concerning medical condition of a patient, the telemedicine query including a question and health data in the form of media data attached by the non-expert user to the telemedicine query in connection with the question, the telemedicine query requesting a preliminary remote diagnosis of the concerning medical condition before the patient is physically examined by a medical practitioner;

    a server comprising a processor configured to automatically determine an appropriate responder from a plurality of responders based on one or more of;

    the media data in the telemedicine query, text in the telemedicine query, and data of the patient, wherein the appropriate responder and the medical practitioner are different entities;

    the processor, before the patient is physically examined by the medical practitioner, to;

    target the telemedicine query to the appropriate responder to create the preliminary remote diagnosis to the telemedicine query,forward the telemedicine query to the appropriate responder,receive the preliminary diagnosis from the appropriate responder, and present the preliminary remote diagnosis to the user;

    a memory to maintain a history of data exchanges between the non-expert user and one or more responders of the plurality of responders,the history of data exchanges including the telemedicine query including the question and the media data attached by the non-expert user,the history including follow-up messages and the preliminary remote diagnosis received from the appropriate responder,the history reflecting concerns of the non-expert user over time,wherein the history is provided to the medical practitioner to enable the medical practitioner to evaluate the concerning medical condition in view of the history of data exchanges, andthe history of any prior exchanges is also available to the responder when creating the preliminary diagnosis.

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