EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTHCARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS

• US 20130173299A1
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund II, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hyde, Roderick A., Jung, Edward K.Y., Kare, Jordin T., Leuthardt, Eric C., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr., Rivet, Dennis J., Tegreene, Clarence T., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US13/705,311
• Publication Number:
  US 20130173299A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision (processing or transmitting a medical record or other resource, e.g.) conditionally. Such signaling may be partly based on one or more symptoms, regimen attributes, performance indicia (compliance indications, e.g.), privacy considerations (patient consent, e.g.), contextual considerations (being in or admitted by a care facility, e.g.), sensor data, or other such determinants. In some contexts this may trigger an incentive being manifested (as a dispensation of an item, e.g.), an intercommunication (telephone call, e.g.) beginning, a device being configured (enabled or customized, e.g.), data distillations being presented or tracked, or other such results.

Claims

1. A healthcare information management system comprising:

one or more articles of manufacture including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for obtaining an association between data indicating a current health status of a first individual and a record designator; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a wearable article at a first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as an automatic and conditional response to local input at the first care facility matching the record designator.

10. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

a data handling medium including the record designator, the record designator including a phonetic symbol sequence.

12. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

an electrical node having a voltage level signaling whether or not the local input at the first care facility matches the record designator.

13. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the wearable article, comprising a wrist band configured to indicate the data indicating the current health status of the first individual.

14. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the wearable article, comprising a printed surface configured to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual.

15. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the wearable article, comprising a barcode configured to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual.

17. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface comprising a dispenser, the dispenser configured to dispense the wearable article, the wearable article including a sticker bearing the data indicating the current health status of the first individual.

19. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for looking up a communication delay as a function of a therapeutic protocol associated with the first individual; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for transmitting a query as an automatic response to an expiration of the communication delay.

20. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for looking up a communication delay as a function of a medical condition associated with the first individual; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for transmitting a query as an automatic response to an expiration of the communication delay.

21. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing an individual to be contacted by a fallback mode of communication as a conditional response to receiving no reply from the individual by a prior mode of communication, the prior mode of communication being telephonic, the individual being the first individual or a caregiver of the first individual.

22. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for contacting an individual by a fallback mode of communication as an automatic and conditional response to receiving no reply from the individual by a prior mode of communication, the fallback mode of communication being telephonic, the individual being the first individual or a caregiver of the first individual.

23. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for updating a locally-resident subscriber registry in response to the first individual entering a service zone.

24. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for obtaining an indication that a specific pathology in the first individual has been treated at a first hospital and an indication that the specific pathology in the first individual has been treated at a second hospital, the first care facility being the first hospital.

27. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for detecting a wireless device within an effective range of a stationary device, the wearable article being the wireless device.

28. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for obtaining an explicit indication whether a record of treating a medical condition in the first individual with a particular protocol contains any extrinsic evidence that treating the medical condition with the particular protocol has precedent.

29. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for initiating a telephone call between the first individual and another entity as an automatic response to the first individual not being compliant with a health regimen and to an indication that the other entity is available.

30. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether to transfer a resource to the first individual partly based on an indication that the first individual is not compliant with a health regimen and partly based on an indication that the first individual has accepted a telephone call.

31. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a locally-resident subscriber registry to be updated with an indication of the first individual.

32. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for determining whether a medical device is in a vicinity of another device, the other device being the device associated with the first individual.

33. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for responding to an event with an audible notification, the event being the wearable article at the first care facility being configured to include the current health status of the first individual.

35. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for detecting a passive wireless transponder within a vicinity of a vehicle, the wearable article including the passive wireless transponder.

36. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for obtaining the current health status of the first individual, the current health status including an indication whether or not the first individual is compliant with a first health regimen.

37. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for triggering a search of a particular records archive by providing a selective search criterion, one that results in an exclusion of a first element in the particular records archive and an inclusion of a second element in the particular records archive, the second element referring to the first individual or to a caregiver of the first individual.

38. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for transmitting a real-time notification to another entity as an automatic response to an interface on or near the first individual detecting a particular event relating to the first individual.

39. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for implementing a failsafe preventing medical equipment from operating until an order that associates the medical equipment with the first individual is received and until an indication is received that the first individual is in a vicinity of the medical equipment.

86. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for updating a locally-resident subscriber registry in response to the first individual entering a service zone;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for contacting an individual by a fallback mode of communication as an automatic and conditional response to receiving no reply from the individual by a prior mode of communication, the fallback mode of communication being telephonic, the individual being the first individual or a caregiver of the first individual;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for retrieving a medical treatment record of the first individual selectively in response to an explicit indication of a payment reduction that identifies the first individual;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for retrieving a medical treatment record relating to a set of one or more pathologies selectively in response to an explicit indication of a payment reduction that identifies the set, the set including at least one pathology relating to the first individual; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether to transfer a resource to the first individual partly based on an indication that the first individual is not compliant with a health regimen and partly based on an indication that the first individual has accepted a telephone call.

87. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for detecting a wireless device within an effective range of a stationary device, the wearable article being the wireless device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for looking up a communication delay as a function of a therapeutic protocol associated with the first individual;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for obtaining an explicit indication whether a record of treating a medical condition in the first individual with a particular protocol contains any extrinsic evidence that treating the medical condition with the particular protocol has precedent, the particular protocol being the therapeutic protocol; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for transmitting a query as an automatic response to an expiration of the communication delay.

88. The healthcare information management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the first care facility, including the one or more articles of manufacture; and

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for obtaining the current health status of the first individual, the current health status including an indication whether or not the first individual is compliant with a first health regimen;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for responding to an event with an audible notification, the event being the wearable article at the first care facility being configured to include the current health status of the first individual;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for detecting a passive wireless transponder within a vicinity of a vehicle, the wearable article including the passive wireless transponder; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for implementing a failsafe preventing medical equipment from operating until an order that associates the medical equipment with the first individual is received and until an indication is received that the first individual is in a vicinity of the medical equipment.

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40. A healthcare information management system comprising:

one or more articles of manufacture including

means for obtaining an association between data indicating a current health status of a first individual and a record designator; and

means for causing a wearable article at a first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as an automatic and conditional response to local input at the first care facility matching the record designator.

45. The healthcare information management system of claim 40, further comprising:

the means for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

means for updating a locally-resident subscriber registry in response to the first individual entering a service zone.

57. The healthcare information management system of claim 40, further comprising:

the means for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

means for detecting a passive wireless transponder within a vicinity of a vehicle, the wearable article including the passive wireless transponder.

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62. A healthcare information management method comprising:

obtaining an association between data indicating a current health status of a first individual and a record designator; and

invoking transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a wearable article at a first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as an automatic and conditional response to local input at the first care facility matching the record designator.

78. The healthcare information management method of claim 62, further comprising:

the invoking the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for causing the wearable article at the first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as the automatic and conditional response to the local input at the first care facility matching the record designator including at least

responding to a payment-reduction event relating to a first medical treatment by causing a selective retrieval of one or more records that lack any prominence indication relating to the first medical treatment from an archive that includes at least one prominence indication relating to a second medical treatment.

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85. An article of manufacture for healthcare information management comprising:

one or more physical media bearing a device-detectable output manifesting an occurrence of

obtaining an association between data indicating a current health status of a first individual and a record designator; and

causing a wearable article at a first care facility to include the data indicating the current health status of the first individual as an automatic and conditional response to local input at the first care facility matching the record designator.