Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching

• US 9,911,165 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2010
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Firminger, Shawn P., Garms, Jason, Hyde, Roderick A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Karkanias, Chris Demetrios, Leuthardt, Eric C., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Tegreene, Clarence T., Tolle, Kristin M., Wood, Jr., Lowell L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Burgess, Joseph D
• Application Number:
  US12/657,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20100268108A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,958 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• 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

Abstract

Systems and methods are described relating to detecting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual; accepting sensor data about the individual; and presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the detecting an indication of at least one attribute of the individual and the accepting sensor data about the individual.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a device that includes at least one brain activity surrogate marker sensor, the device configured with;

means for detecting a gaze of at least one individual;

means for accepting brain activity surrogate marker sensor data associated with the individual from the at least one brain activity surrogate marker sensor including at least one indication of abnormal gaze based at least partially on the circuitry for detecting the gaze of the individual;

means for detecting at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual;

means for determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis; and

means for presenting a set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating epilepsy at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis.

2. A system, comprising:

a device that includes at least one brain activity surrogate marker sensor the device configured with;

circuitry for detecting a gaze of at least one individual;

circuitry for accepting brain activity surrogate marker sensor data associated with the individual from the at least one brain activity surrogate marker sensor including at least one indication of abnormal gaze based at least partially on the circuitry for detecting the gaze of the individual;

circuitry for detecting at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual;

circuitry for determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis; and

circuitry for presenting a set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating epilepsy at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for detecting the gaze of at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for detecting at least one mental attribute associated with the at least one individual based at least partially on the detected gaze of the at least one individual.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry for detecting at least one mental attribute associated with the at least one individual based at least partially on the detected gaze of the at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for detecting at least one mental diagnosis associated with at least one individual.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for accepting brain activity surrogate marker sensor data associated with the individual from the at least one brain activity surrogate marker sensor comprises:

circuitry for accepting brain sensor data.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the circuitry for accepting brain sensor data comprises:

circuitry for accepting data from at least one neuroprosthetic or at least one brain-computer interface.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the circuitry for accepting brain sensor comprises:

circuitry for accepting data from at least one electrocorticography electrode.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the circuitry for accepting brain sensor comprises:

circuitry for accepting data from at least one wireless brain sensor.

9. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for accepting brain activity surrogate marker sensor data associated with the individual from the at least one brain activity surrogate marker sensor comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least one of oxygen sensor data, electricity sensor data, chemical sensor data, or temperature sensor data.

10. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for presenting a set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating epilepsy at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis comprises:

comprises;

circuitry for presenting at least one of surgery, prescription drug therapy, over-the-counter drug therapy, chemotherapy, radiation treatment, ultrasound treatment, laser treatment, a minimally invasive procedure, antibody therapy, cryotherapy, hormonal therapy, or gene therapy.

11. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for presenting a set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating epilepsy at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis comprises:

circuitry for presenting the set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating at least partially based on at least one of a standard of care, an expert opinion, an insurance company evaluation, or research data.

12. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for presenting a set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating epilepsy at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis comprises:

circuitry for presenting at least one of a list of diagnosticians, a list of clinicians, a list of therapists, a list of dentists, a list of optometrists, a list of pharmacists, a list of nurses, a list of chiropractors, or a list of alternative medicine practitioners.

13. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for presenting a set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating epilepsy at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis comprises:

circuitry for presenting at least one list of treatment centers.

14. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for presenting a set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating epilepsy at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis comprises:

circuitry for using at least one third party reference to present the set of health care options.

19. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for presenting a set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating epilepsy at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis comprises:

circuitry for determining at least one proposed treatment associated with the individual based at least partially on at least one indication that the abnormal gaze of the individual is associated with one or more additional markers of at least one health condition; and

circuitry for detecting at least one health care option associated with the at least one proposed treatment.

20. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry for detecting at least one mental diagnosis associated with at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for detecting at least one of an indication of anxiety, depression, fear, inattention, a mood disturbance, a phobia, or a psychological test result associated with the individual.

21. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for presenting a set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating epilepsy at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis comprises:

circuitry for presenting a sequence of a plurality of diagnostic options.

22. The system of claim 2, wherein the brain activity surrogate marker sensor data is used in conjunction with brain activity measurements to present the set of health care options.

23. The system of claim 2, wherein the brain activity surrogate marker sensor data includes at least one of:

a skin response to a stimulus;

a face pattern indicative of at least one of approval, disapproval, or emotional state;

eye movements or pupil movements indicating visual attention to an object;

or voice stress patterns indicative of a mental state.

24. The system of claim 2, wherein the brain activity surrogate marker sensor data includes an indicator of attention, approval, disapproval, recognition, cognition, memory, or trust in response to a stimulus, other than measurement of brain activity associated with the stimulus.

25. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

circuitry for receiving a bid from a treatment provider to treat the individual.

26. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for detecting the gaze of at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for detecting eye movements of at least one individual.

27. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for detecting the gaze of at least one individual comprises:

at least one camera coupled with at least one user device.

28. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for accepting brain activity surrogate marker sensor data associated with the individual from the at least one brain activity surrogate marker sensor including at least one indication of abnormal gaze based at least partially on the circuitry for detecting the gaze of the individual comprises:

circuitry for detecting eye movements of at least one individual; and

circuitry for detecting at least one indication the eye movements of the at least one individual are abnormal to previously detected eye movements of the at least one individual.

29. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for determining at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least one touch input from at least one user of at least one user device.

15. A method implemented on a device that includes at least one brain activity surrogate marker sensor, comprising:

detecting a gaze of at least one individual;

accepting brain activity surrogate marker sensor data associated with the individual from the at least one brain activity surrogate marker sensor including at least one indication of abnormal gaze based at least partially on the circuitry for detecting the gaze of the individual;

detecting at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual;

determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis; and

presenting a set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating epilepsy at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis.

16. A system, comprising:

a device that includes at least one brain activity surrogate marker sensor, the device including at least one or more non-transitory signal-bearing media including at least;

one or more instructions for detecting a gaze of at least one individual;

one or more instructions for accepting brain activity surrogate marker sensor data associated with the individual from the at least one brain activity surrogate marker sensor including at least one indication of abnormal gaze based at least partially on the circuitry for detecting the gaze of the individual;

one or more instructions for detecting at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual;

one or more instructions for determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis; and

one or more instructions for presenting a set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating epilepsy at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more non-transitory signal-bearing media include a computer-readable medium, a recordable medium, or a communications medium.

18. A system, comprising:

a device that includes at least one brain activity surrogate marker sensor; and

instructions that when executed on the device cause the device to;

detect a gaze of at least one individual;

accept brain activity surrogate marker sensor data associated with the individual from the at least one brain activity surrogate marker sensor including at least one indication of abnormal gaze based at least partially on the circuitry for detecting the gaze of the individual;

detect at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual;

determine whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis; and

present a set of epilepsy medications and a set of physicians that specialize in treating epilepsy at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one indication of abnormal gaze of the individual and the at least one abnormal movement associated with the at least one individual are indicative of an epilepsy diagnosis.