SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONICALLY MANAGING MEDICAL DATA FILES IN ORDER TO FACILITATE GENETIC RESEARCH

• US 20100268553A1
• Filed: 04/30/2010
• Published: 10/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Luc Bessette
• Original Assignee: Luc Bessette
• Inventors: Bessette, Luc
• Granted Patent: US 7,856,456 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/00 ICT programming tools or database systems specially adapted for bioinformatics
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/30 Data warehousing; Computing architectures
• 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 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols

Abstract

A network server arrangement including a processor with a machine readable storage encoded with software for execution by the processor. The network server arrangement is responsive to requests to access a medical record of an individual and generates summary medical record data including summary information having a plurality of data elements associated with the individual, at least one of the data elements conveying medical information about the individual, and a pointers component including at least one pointer pointing to a network location containing importable medical information in connection with the individual that is not contained in the summary information component. The pointer includes a machine readable address part for processing by the client, allowing the client to import the medical information from the network location, and a label part for displaying to a user the nature of the medical information residing at the network location.

Claims

1. A network server arrangement, comprising:

a. a processor;

b. a machine readable storage encoded with software for execution by the processor to service a request by a client that is physically remote from the network server and communicates with the network server via a data network; and

c. the network server arrangement being responsive to a request by the client to access a medical record of an individual, for;

i. generating a response to the client, the response including summary medical record data which contains;

1. a summary information component, the summary information component including a plurality of data elements associated with the individual, at least one of the data elements conveying medical information about the individual;

2. a pointers component including at least one pointer that points to a network location containing importable medical information in connection with the individual that is not contained in the summary information component, the pointer including;

a. a machine readable address part for processing by the client, to allow the client to import the medical information from the network location;

b. a label part for displaying to a user at the client the nature of the medical information residing at the network location; and

ii. transmitting the response to the client via the data network.

2. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the label part conveys to the user that the medical information includes medical imaging information.

3. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 2, wherein the label part conveys to the user that the medical information is an x-ray of the individual.

4. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 2, wherein the label part conveys to the user that the medical information is a CT scan of the individual.

5. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the label part conveys to the user that the medical information is an electrocardiogram of the individual.

6. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the label part conveys to the user that the medical information is a coronarography of the individual.

7. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the label part conveys results of an allergy test performed on the individual.

8. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the label part conveys to the user that the medical information is an electrocardiogram and that it is the most recent electrocardiogram.

9. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the label part conveys to the user that the medical information is an electrocardiogram and that it is not the most recent electrocardiogram.

10. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the label part conveys to the user that the medical information is not the most recent medical information.

11. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the label part contains text.

12. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 11, wherein the label part textually describes the nature of the medical information.

13. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the label part conveys to the user a code describing a treatment administered to the individual.

14. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the label part conveys to the user a result of a test administered to the individual.

15. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the label part conveys to the user time or date information in connection with the medical information residing at the network location.

16. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the label part conveys graphically the nature of the medical information residing at the network location.

17. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the at least one pointer includes a hyperlink.

18. A network location as defined in claim 1, wherein the pointers component includes a plurality of pointers pointing to different locations in the network.

19. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the at least one data element conveys medical information about the individual that does not change in the course of the life of the individual.

20. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 19, wherein the at least one data element conveys a blood type of the individual.

21. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 19, wherein the at least one data element conveys a genetic marking associated with the individual.

22. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 19, wherein the at least one data element conveys a genetic defect of the individual.

23. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 19, wherein the at least one data element conveys tissue antigen information associated with the individual.

24. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the summary information component includes a data element conveying information about medication prescribed to the individual.

25. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the summary information component includes a data element conveying information about a medical history of the individual.

26. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the summary information component includes a data element conveying information about a family history of the individual.

27. A network server arrangement as defined in claim 1, wherein the summary information component includes a data element identifying a current medical condition of the individual.