Method and system for collaboration for sharing patient records on low computing resources on communication devices

• US 9,904,766 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2013
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Transaction Network Services Incorporated (Trident Private Holdings I LLC)
• Original Assignee: Agnity Healthcare, Inc.
• Inventors: Chawla, Sanjeev, Varshneya, Atul, Kumar, Amit
• Primary Examiner(s): Jhaveri, Jayesh
• Application Number:
  US14/390,754
• Publication Number:
  US 20150120325A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,790 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2, 709227, 711100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/80 for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/16 Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems

Abstract

A method and system are provided for collaboration for sharing patient records on low computing resources on communication devices. The method includes accessing one or more patient data records via a server, where the one or more patient data records are accessed at a first communication device. The method further includes invoking a communication session with one or more second communication devices, where the communication session includes context information of the one or more patient data records. Further, the method includes sending a request to the server, by at least one of the one or more second communication devices, to access the one or more patient data records, where the request includes the context information. Finally, the method includes receiving, at the at least one of the one or more second communication devices, access to the patient data records, where the access is provided during the communication session.

Claims

1. A method for collaboration for sharing patient records on a plurality of communication devices on low computing resources, the method comprising:

receiving, at a server, a request from a first communication device to access one or more patient data records through the server;

authenticating, at the server, the first communication device before providing access to the one or more patient data records;

generating, at the server, context information of the one or more patient data records, wherein the context information is transmitted to the one or more second communication devices during a communication session between the first communication device and the one or more second communication devices;

receiving a request to access the one or more patient data records by at least one of the one or more second communication devices, the request including the context information extracted from the communication session, wherein the context information is used to access the one or more patient data records on the server;

authenticating, at the server, the at least one of the one or more second communications devices before providing access to the one or more patient data records;

providing the at least one of the one or more second communication devices access to the one or more patient data records, the access including a right to access the one or more patient data records independent of the first communication device; and

facilitating browsing of the one or more patient data records by the first communication device and the at least one of the one or more authenticated second communication devices during the communication session.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more patient data records comprises one or more of demographic data, medical history, family history, imaging reports, laboratory test results, medications, dosing, prescription records, surgeries records, vaccination data, observations of daily living (ODLs) and clinical information.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more patient records is part of one of an electronic medical record system (EMR), an electronic health record system (EHR) and a personal health record system (PHR).

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the communication session takes place using a communication protocol.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the communication protocol is one of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), Session Description Protocol (SDP), Inter-Asterisk exchange (IAX), H.323 protocol, Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), Signaling System #7 (SS7), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) protocol and a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) protocol.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein transmitting the context information comprises sending the context information via one or more of a signaling message, a push notification, a multi-media message (MMS), a SMS and an Email.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the communication devices include one or more of a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a netbook, an e-book reader, an embedded computing device and a PDA.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the communication session is created over one of Internet, 3G, 4G and local area network (LAN).

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the server is one of a web server, a server cloud, a proxy server, a local server and a LAN server.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

providing access to the one or more patient data records without storing the one or more patient data records,

wherein the server comprises one or more of a proxy of the patient data records, an adaptor of the patient data records, and an aggregator of the patient data records.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the context information comprises one or more of a link to the patient data records, a data record ID, authentication information and a session token.

12. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

prohibiting access of the at least one of the one or more second communication devices to the one or more patient data records when the communication session is closed.

13. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

providing continued access of the at least one of the one or more second communication devices to the one or more patient data records after the communication session is closed.

28. The method of claim 1, wherein the context information identifies a location of the one or more patient data records on the server.

29. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the server, a request from the first communication device to access a different patient data record through the server;

generating, at the server, context information for the different patient data records, wherein the context information is transmitted to the one or more second communication devices during the communication session between the first communication device and the one or more second communication devices; and

receiving a request to access the different patient data record by the at least one of the one or more second communication devices, the request including the context information.

30. The method of claim 1, wherein the context information is extracted from one or more of signaling fields or message headers of the communication session.

14. A system for collaboration for sharing patient records on a plurality of communication devices on low computing resources, the system comprising:

one or more communication devices; and

a server comprising a computing device, and configured to;

receive a request from a first communication device to access one or more patient data records through the server;

generate context information of the one or more patient data records, wherein the context information is transmitted to the one or more second communication devices during a communication session between the first communication device and the one or more second communication devices;

receive a request to access the one or more patient data records by at least one of the one or more second communication devices, the request including the context information extracted from the communication session, wherein the context information is used to access the one or more patient data records on the server;

authenticate the at least one of the one or more second communications devices before providing access to the one or more patient data records;

provide access to the patient data records, the access including a right to access the one or more patient data records independent of the first communication device; and

facilitate browsing of the one or more patient data records by the first communication device and the at least one of the one or more authenticated second communication devices during the communication session.

15. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the one or more patient data records comprises one or more of demographic data, medical history, family history, imaging reports, laboratory test results, medications, dosing, prescription records, surgeries records, vaccination data, observations of daily living (ODLs) and clinical information.

16. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the one or more patient records is part of one of an electronic medical record system (EMR), an electronic health record system (EHR) and a personal health record system (PHR).

17. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the communication session takes place using a communication protocol.

18. The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the communication protocol is one of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), Session Description Protocol (SDP), Inter-Asterisk exchange (IAX), H.323 protocol, Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), Signaling System #7 (SS7), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) protocol and a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) protocol.

19. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the the context information is transmitted via one of a signaling message, a push notification, a multi-media message (MMS), a SMS and an Email.

20. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the communication devices include one or more of a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a netbook, an e-book reader, an embedded computing device and a PDA.

21. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the communication session is created over one of Internet, 3G, 4G and local area network (LAN).

22. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the server is one of a web server, a server cloud, a proxy server, a local server and a LAN server.

23. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the server is further configured to provide access to the one or more patient data records without storing the one or more patient data records, the server being one of a proxy of the patient data records, an adaptor of the patient data records, and an aggregator of the patient data records.

24. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the context information comprises one or more of a link to the one or more patient data records, a data record ID, authentication information and a session token.

25. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the server is further operable to prohibit access of the at least one of the one or more second communication devices to the one or more patient data records when the communication session is closed.

26. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the server is further operable to provide continued access of the at least one of the one or more second communication devices to the one or more patient data records after the communication session is closed.

27. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to share patient records on a plurality of communication devices on low computing resources, the control logic comprising:

computer readable program code means for receiving, at a server, a request from a first communication device to access one or more patient data records through the server;

computer readable program code means for authenticating, at the server, the first communication device before providing access to the one or more patient data records;

computer readable program code means for generating, at the server, context information of the one or more patient data records, wherein the context information is transmitted to the one or more second communication devices during a communication session between the first communication device and the one or more second communication devices;

computer readable program code means for receiving a request to access the one or more patient data records by at least one of the one or more second communication devices, the request including the context information extracted from the communication session, wherein the context information is used to access the one or more patient data records on the server;

computer readable program code means for authenticating, at the server, the at least one of the one or more second communications devices before providing access to the one or more patient data records;

computer readable program code means for providing the at least one of the one or more second communication devices access to the patient data records, the access including a right to access the one or more patient data records independent of the first communication device; and

computer readable program code means for facilitating browsing of the one or more patient data records by the first communication device and the at least one of the one or more authenticated second communication devices during the communication session.