Patient identification card system and method for efficient medical care

• US 20060074713A1
• Filed: 10/04/2004
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GE Medical Technology Services, Inc. (General Electric Company)
• Original Assignee: GE Medical Technology Services, Inc. (General Electric Company)
• Inventors: Avinash, Gopal B., Conry, Anne Marie
• Application Number:
  US10/958,105
• Publication Number:
  US 20060074713A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• 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 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof

Abstract

A patient identification card system and method for efficient medical care. The present invention provides an improved patient identification card system for efficient medical care including a patient card, a patient card access device, and a medical report. The present invention also provides an improved patient identification card system for efficient medical care including a patient card, a physiologic sensor network, a patient card access device, and a data processor. The present invention also includes a method for obtaining patient information using a patient card including inputting a request to a data processor, processing the request with the data processor, and outputting the processed information to a medical report.

Claims

1. An improved patient identification card system for efficient medical care, said system including:

a patient card, said patient card capable of storing patient information, said patient card including a data processor;

a patient card access device, said patient card access device capable of communicating with said patient card; and

a medical report, said medical report capable of being in communication with at least one of said patient card and said patient card access device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said patient card is capable of at least one of reading, writing, and modifying said patient information.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said patient card populates said medical report based in part on said patient information.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said patient card is capable of populating said medical report using logic rules to resolve discrepancies in data field names.

5. An improved patient identification card system for efficient medical care, said system including:

a patient card, said patient card capable of storing patient information;

a patient card access device, said patient card access device capable of communicating with said patient card, wherein said patient card access device includes a data processor;

and a medical report, said medical report capable of being in communication with at least one of said patient card and said patient card access device.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said patient card access device is capable of at least one of reading, writing, and modifying said patient information.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein said patient card access device populates said medical report based in part on said patient information.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said patient card access device is capable of populating said medical report using logic rules to resolve discrepancies in data field names.

9. An improved patient identification card system for efficient medical care, said system including:

a patient card, said patient card capable of storing and communicating patient information;

a physiologic sensor network, said physiologic sensor network capable of communicating with said patient card;

a patient card access device, said patient card access device capable of communicating with said patient card; and

a data processor, said data processor capable of communicating with at least one of said patient card and said patient card access device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said patient card is implanted.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein said patient card stores physiologic data communicated by said physiologic sensor network.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said data processor notifies said patient card access device based in part on said physiologic data.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein said data processor makes a diagnostic recommendation based in part on said physiologic data.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein said patient card includes said data processor.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein said patient card access device includes said data processor.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein said data processor populates a medical report based in part on said patient information.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said data processor is capable of populating said medical report using logic rules to resolve discrepancies in data field names.

18. A method for obtaining patient information using a patient card, said method including:

inputting a request to a data processor from a patient card access device;

processing said request using said data processor based in part on patient information stored in a patient card; and

outputting processed information from said data processor to a medical report.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising transferring said patient information between said patient card and a database.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising authorizing access to modify said medical report.