TRIAGE BASED MANAGED HEALTH KIOSK SYSTEM

• US 20090240116A1
• Filed: 03/19/2009
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Computerized Screening Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Computerized Screening Incorporated
• Inventors: Bluth, Charles P.
• Application Number:
  US12/407,682
• Publication Number:
  US 20090240116A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/022 by applying pressure to close blood vessels, e.g. against the skin; Ophthalmodynamometers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1172 using fingerprinting
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14546 for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6888 Cabins
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/702 Posture restraints
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• 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 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• 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

Abstract

The present invention is directed to triage based managed health kiosk systems, and more particularly to facilitating a more automated approach to emergency triage situations through use of kiosk systems in combination with on-site health care professionals. The disclosed system allows a user to answer automated health assessment questions, provide health data, and consult with an on-site health care professional, and then receive a health care professional authorized triage assessment of the extent and relative urgency of care needed.

Claims

1. A managed health system, comprising:

a user input and display system including a user display screen displaying a health assessment questionnaire to a user and two or more input devices receiving one or more pieces of health information and one or more pieces of personal identification information from the users and receiving a completed questionnaire based on the user'"'"'s input to the health assessment questionnaire, and including a first network connection transmitting the completed questionnaire, the one or more pieces of health information and the one or more pieces of personal identification information; and

a health care professional input and display system including a second network connection receiving the completed questionnaire, the one or more pieces of health information, and the one or more pieces of personal identification information, a health care professional display screen displaying the completed questionnaire, the one or more pieces of health information, and the one or more pieces of personal identification information, and two or more health care professional input devices receiving one or more health care professional authorizations based on a health care professional'"'"'s assessment of the completed questionnaire and the one or more pieces of health information, the one or more health care professional authorization transmitted by the second network connection.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the two or more health care professional input devices include a health care professional keyboard and a health care professional signature pad.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the two or more health care professional input devices and the health care professional display screen are included in a stand-alone PC.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the two or more health care professional input devices and the health care professional display screen are included in a laptop PC.

5. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a printer communicatively coupled to the first network connection, wherein the first network connection receives the one or more health care professional authorizations, wherein the user input and display system generates a situation-specific user-identifying label based on the one or more pieces of personal identification information and the health care professional'"'"'s assessment of the completed questionnaire and the one or more pieces of health information after the first network connection receives the one or more health care professional authorizations, and wherein the situation-specific user-identifying label is printed by the printer.

6. The system as recited in claim 5, wherein the user input and display system further determines a triage assessment for the user based upon the completed questionnaire, the one or more pieces of health information and the one or more pieces of personal identification information, and wherein the situation-specific user-identifying label includes the triage assessment.

7. The system as recited in claim 6, wherein the first network connection transmits the triage assessment to the health care professional input and display system for display, wherein the one or more health care professional authorizations are further based on a health care professional'"'"'s assessment of the triage assessment, wherein the one or more health care professional authorizations include a triage assessment sign-off, and wherein the printer will not print the situation-specific user-identifying label including the triage assessment before the health care professional input and display system receives the triage assessment sign-off.

8. The system as recited in claim 7, further comprising a storage system communicatively coupled to the first network connection and the second network connection and securely receiving and storing the one or more pieces of health information, the one or more pieces of personal identification information, the completed questionnaire, the health care professional'"'"'s assessment and the triage assessment in a personal health record.

9. The system as recited in claim 8, wherein the storage system is distributed over one or more hubs and a copy of the personal health record is stored at each of the one or more hubs.

10. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a storage system communicatively coupled to the first network connection and securely receiving and storing the one or more pieces of health information and the one or more pieces of personal identification information in a personal health record.

11. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the personal health record further includes the completed questionnaire and the health care professional'"'"'s assessment.

12. A managed health system, comprising:

a kiosk system, including a user input and display system communicatively coupled to a health care professional input and display system, the user input and display system having a user display screen displaying a health assessment questionnaire to a user, two or more input devices receiving one or more pieces of health information from the user, one or more pieces of personal identification information from the user, and a completed questionnaire based on the user'"'"'s input to the health assessment questionnaire, and transmitting the completed questionnaire, the one or more pieces of health information, and the one or more pieces of personal identification information, the health care professional input and display system, having a health care professional display screen, receiving and displaying the completed questionnaire, the one or more pieces of health information and the one or more pieces of personal identification information from the user, having two or more health care professional input devices receiving one or more health care professional authorizations based on a health care professional'"'"'s assessment of the completed questionnaire and the one or more pieces of health information, and transmitting the health care professional'"'"'s assessment and the one or more health care professional authorizations;

a storage system communicatively coupled to the kiosk system and securely receiving and storing the one or more pieces of health information, the one or more pieces of personal identification information, the completed questionnaire, the health care professional'"'"'s assessment and the one or more health care professional authorizations from the kiosk system in a personal health record for the user; and

a printer communicatively coupled to the kiosk system and printing a situation-specific user-identifying label based on the one or more pieces of personal identification information, the health care professional'"'"'s assessment of the completed questionnaire and the one or more pieces of health information.

13. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the kiosk system further determines and transmits a triage assessment for the user based upon the completed questionnaire, the one or more pieces of health information and the one or more pieces of personal identification information, and wherein the storage system receives and stores the triage assessment in the personal health record.

14. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the health care professional display screen further displays the triage assessment, and wherein the health care professional authorizations include a triage assessment sign-off.

15. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the printer will not print the situation-specific user-identifying label until the triage assessment sign-off has been generated.

16. A managed health system, comprising:

a kiosk systems including a user input and display system communicatively coupled to a health care professional input and display system, the user input and display system having a user display screen displaying a health assessment questionnaire to a user, two or more input devices receiving one or more pieces of health information from the user, one or more pieces of personal identification information from the user, and a completed questionnaire based on the user'"'"'s input to the health assessment questionnaire, and transmitting the completed questionnaire, the one or more pieces of health information, and the one or more pieces of personal identification information to the health care professional input and display system, the health care professional input and display system having a health care professional display screen receiving and displaying the completed questionnaire, the one or more pieces of health information and the one or more pieces of personal identification information from the user, having two or more health care professional input devices receiving one or more health care professional authorizations based on a health care professional'"'"'s assessment of the completed questionnaire and the one or more pieces of health information, determining a triage assessment for the user based upon the one or more pieces of health information, the one or more pieces of personal identification information, and the health care professional'"'"'s assessment, and transmitting the triage assessment;

a storage system communicatively coupled to the kiosk system and securely receiving and storing the one or more pieces of health information, the one or more pieces of personal identification information, and the triage assessment from the kiosk system in a personal health record; and

a printer communicatively coupled to the kiosk system and printing a situation-specific user-identifying label based on the triage assessment.

17. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein the situation-specific user-identifying label is further based on the one or more pieces of personal identification information, the one or more pieces of health information and the health care professional'"'"'s assessment.

18. A method for developing a triage assessment of a user, comprising the steps of:

receiving one or more pieces of health information from the user through a kiosk system equipped with a display and two or more input devices;

receiving one or more pieces of personal identification information from the user through the two or more input devices;

displaying a health assessment questionnaire to the user;

receiving a completed questionnaire based on the user'"'"'s input to the health assessment questionnaire through at least one of the two or more input devices; and

generating the triage assessment from a health care professional based on the one or more pieces of health information, the one or more pieces of personal identification information, and the completed questionnaire.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the kiosk system is further equipped with a second display, further comprising the step of displaying the one or more pieces of health information, the one or more pieces of personal identification information and the completed questionnaire to the health care professional on the second display and receiving the triage assessment from the health care professional through the two or more input devices.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of printing a situation-specific user-identifying label based on the triage assessment, the one or more pieces of personal identification information, the health care professional'"'"'s assessment of the completed questionnaire, and the one or more pieces of health information.

21. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of storing the one or more pieces of health information, the one or more pieces of personal identification information, and the triage assessment in a personal health record associated with the user.