Healthcare provider organization

• US 8,117,047 B1
• Filed: 04/16/2007
• Issued: 02/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emerge Diagnostics
• Original Assignee: Insight Diagnostics, Inc. (Victory Square Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Reaston, Phil, Cusimano-Reaston, Mary Rose
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Connor, Gerald J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WOODS, TERESA S
• Application Number:
  US11/787,249
• Time in Patent Office: 1,765 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 705/4, 705/2, 705/3, 382/118
• US Class Current: 705/3
• 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

Abstract

A business model for a healthcare provider organization (10) (HPO) which comprises a preferred provider network (PPO) or other membership agreement that allows individuals or groups to join via a membership contract. The contract allows the HPO (10) to provide a technical component of a medical evaluation or service (16). Additionally, the HPO (10) employs or retains the services of healthcare professionals (18) who participate in and monitor an evaluation of a patient (20) who can be at a remote location from the healthcare professional. The HPO (10) provides a medical diagnostic unit (24), which is known as an EFA-2, that allows the healthcare professional to receive data that pertains to the patient (20) via a real-time communication protocol (28), or the patient data is collected and stored on an electronic storage device (30). The healthcare professional then analyzes the patient data and issues recommended treatment.

Claims

1. The method for the HPO comprises:

Accessing wherein said HPO employs or contracts with the healthcare professionals who are selected from the group consisting of a licensed doctor, or a medical assistant or other medical professional further selected from the group consisting of registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, medical assistants, exercise physiologists and other health or allied health professionals that participate the diagnostic unit,

monitoring an evaluating of a patient who is trained to operate the medical diagnostic unit,

operating wherein the medical diagnostic unit comprises a device to include EMG, ROM, FA, grip and pinch,

operating wherein the medical diagnostic unit that comprises a device to include EMG, ROM, FA, grip and pinch can be located at a remote location from said HPO,

providing for use wherein said HPO the medical diagnostic unit that comprises EMG, ROM, FA, grip and pinch that allows said HPO to receive patient data via a real-time communication protocol or upload of data for analysis via the internet, dedicated telephone line, or stored on an electronic storage device that is transmitted to HPO,

collecting for use wherein the collected data is on an electronic storage device or transmitted and the HPO professional at a remote location from said HPO,

analyzing the patient data and issues a recommended treatment or analysis,

billing wherein said HPO for services for the device that consists of EMG, ROM, FA, grip and pinch,

analyzing the patient data and issuing data is from the device for EMG, ROM, FA, pinch and grip,

reporting wherein the HPO issues for medical services provided or treatments recommended,

managing patient data from device for EMG, ROM FA grip and pinch.