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| 20080201165 | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (PMS) INTEGRATION - A system and computer program product for integrating verification of eligibility information of a card member enrolled in a health plan with a payment account required to pay for the services used according to the health plan is described. The present invention integrates card member information to a Practice Management System which provides payment capabilities for services used by the card member. The invention encodes basic patient eligibility information onto a card magnetic stripe. This helps in overcoming any manual data entry errors that can result from a paper-based or paperless electronic process. The invention provides the ability to complete a transaction involving a medical service provider, a patient and a payer in a single swipe of card. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080201166 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO BILL A HEALTHCARE ENTITY FOR USE OF AN ASSET OF A SUPPLIER - A system to bill a healthcare entity for use of an asset of a supplier is provided. The system includes a computer in communication to track use of the asset, and a computer readable storage medium having programmable instructions for execution by the computer. The programmable instructions include receiving a request from the healthcare entity for use of the asset; identifying an identifier correlated to the request, the identifier correlated to a request for reimbursement from the insurer; tracking use of the asset by the healthcare entity; detecting receipt of the reimbursement at the healthcare entity from the insurer; calculating a percentage of the reimbursement to bill the healthcare entity for use of the asset correlated to the reimbursement; and generating an output for communication to the healthcare entity. The output includes a display that shows the identifier and the percentage of the reimbursement billed to the healthcare entity. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080201167 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING UTILIZATION OF A DONOR - A system (and method) for optimizing utilization of a human resource, including determining an emotional state or a physical state of the human resource, and determining whether the emotional state or the physical state of the human resource corresponds to a task. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080201168 | TREATMENT REGIMEN COMPLIANCE AND EFFICACY WITH FEEDBACK - A method and system for interaction with a community of individuals, relating to compliance with and effectiveness of treatment regimens, including supply and use of pharmaceuticals, using a protocol or other intelligent message which acts in place of a service provider and which is capable of collecting or imparting information to patients in place thereof. Individuals interact with the protocol or intelligent message to provide assistance in all aspects of treatment regimen compliance, data collection, supply or delivery, review and modification. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080201169 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DATA ACQUISITION AND/OR DETECTION - Methods and devices for providing diabetes management including automatic time acquisition protocol is provided. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080201170 | KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSTICS - In a method and a system for determination of at least one additional examination process in the framework of a medical examination of a patient using a knowledge base, the knowledge base contains a number of rules, and each rule contains a condition from which a result can be derived. An item of patient-related information is automatically registered and used to output the examination-specific result. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080201171 | PATIENT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - In the practice of the present invention, a method and system for notifying a patient of a medical office about a pharmaceutical event based upon a pharmaceutical sample associated with the patient and corresponding to received event data, said patient selected from a list of patients retrievably stored within a database, a message being generated by the computer in response to said pharmaceutical event and transmitted to the patient. In addition, the present invention allows the medical office to monitor drug sample inventory and record dispensed drug samples and newly received drug samples. Optionally, the system may selectively transmit a portion of the medical office database to a pharmaceutical company for monitoring the inventory, dispensing and utilization of selected drug samples at plural medical offices. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080208618 | Medical information system - A medical information system receives patient data and information from various sources and displays such information in a variety of formats for use by member of a medical team in a hospital, clinic, or office. The system receives patient information from doctors, pharmacists, patient monitoring equipment, testing laboratories, and/or computer databases. Access to selected subsets of patient information is provided by user selection of specific data sets identified by job function selection icons. Multiple types of patient data are selectively displayed simultaneously, and to multiple remote users. The system can access stored data according to user-specified formulae to compute a score or metric which reflects a relationship between various factors, each factor being weighted appropriately according to its significance as defined in the formula. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080208619 | System and method for evaluating healthcare information technology - A method for evaluating a healthcare information system includes first determining a first specification for the healthcare information system. The first specifications may include healthcare profile data for specifying a profile of a healthcare provider, technology profile data for specifying a profile of technology resources, and performance data for measuring the benefits associated with performance indicators of the healthcare information system. Then, an evaluation is determined from the first specification, which may include system performance values. Additionally, characteristic values for performance indicators may be presented to the user. Next, a second specification is then determined by specifying to the user that at least some values of the first specification may be changed. Then, an evaluation for the healthcare information system is determined for the second specification. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080208620 | INFORMATION ACCESS TO SELF-DESCRIBING DATA FRAMEWORK - An overall health strategy system that can change consumer behavior by providing an integrated data platform together with individualized third-party services which leverage the data to supply health-related advice, care and products is provided. An interconnected health-related data network can be leveraged in order to proactively (or retroactively) analyze and share data associated to health of a defined population, race, region, age group, etc. Data can be mined in order to identify consistencies, patterns, trends, etc. which can then be used to establish health-related advice, care, warnings, treatments, product suggestions, product research, target advertising or the like. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080208621 | SELF-DESCRIBING DATA FRAMEWORK - A system that can enable establishment of a self-describing data network is provided. Generally, the innovation provides a mechanism by which self-describing data can be collected, validated and stored in such a way that permits each data element to be inherently self-describing. The manner in which the data is stored can be analogized to a ‘data chemistry’ whereby data is stored in the smallest meaningful bit (e.g., atom) coupled with descriptive metadata (e.g., tags). In a specific example, the data network maintains health-related data where each element includes a core data element wrapped with descriptive metadata. The descriptive metadata (e.g., tags) can be employed to interrelate the data elements for storage as well as to facilitate efficient traversal of the data network as a whole. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080208622 | METHOD OF DELIVERY OF CARE FOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES - The present invention relates to methods and tools for the delivery and administration of care to residents of an assisted living facility. The health of elderly residents almost always declines after moving to an assisted living facility, and up until now, a high level of medical care and the integration of care with multiple caregivers was not provided to the residents. Care administered according to the method of the invention is cohesive and comprehensive, and includes a high level of medical care for acutely ill residents. In one aspect of the invention, the method defines components for the delivery of care and their organization. In another aspect of the invention, the method and its related protocols and procedures is implemented in a kit for dissemination to all facilities offering residential care or assisted living services to achieve efficient delivery and administration of care to residents. In yet another aspect of the invention the method is integrated into a system capable of adoption by residential care or assisted living facilities to achieve streamlined, efficient delivery of care to its residents. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080208623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING ACUITY LEVELS FOR PATIENTS - A system and method for calculating and displaying an acuity level for a patient is provided. A single indication from a user specifying a care needs assessment for a patient is received. A single indication from a user specifying an assessment of activities of daily living for the patient is received. The care needs assessment indication and the activities of daily living assessment indication are utilized to calculate an acuity level for the patient. The calculated acuity level for the patient is presented to one or more caregivers. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080208624 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CLINICAL DISPLAY AND SEARCH OF ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD DATA FROM A VARIETY OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for providing clinical display and search of electronic medical data from a variety of information systems. Certain embodiments provide a user interface system including a processor aggregating data relating to a patient from a plurality of information systems to form an aggregated electronic patient record; a filter focusing the aggregated data based on one or more criteria; and an output providing the focused data to a user. Certain embodiments provide a method for electronic patient data aggregation including aggregating data for a patient from a plurality of systems without individual manual login by the user at each of the plurality of systems; filtering the aggregated data based on one or more user-defined criteria entered through a unified interface to provide a filtered subset of the aggregated data; and displaying the aggregated data via the unified interface. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080208625 | XDS Registry and Repository for Multiple Affinity Domains - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a health information system. The health information system includes a hub, first affinity domain, and a second affinity domain. The hub includes a registry, a data repository, and a patient identity manager. Each of the first and second affinity domains includes a data sharing source and a data query source. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080208626 | Novel Methods And Systems For Prescribing Sample Prescriptions - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing sample prescriptions electronically and creating a complete data set of information regarding the life-cycle of the sample prescription. In one embodiment, a sample prescription system comprises a management module that stores files corresponding to sample prescriptions. Each corresponding file is linked to a unique sample code. The sample code and linked file together comprise an electronic history of the sample's life-cycle, which is built dynamically over time into a comprehensive code containing all information relevant to a prescribed sample and it's path to consumption. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080208627 | Securing Pairing of Electronic Devices - The present invention relates to secure paring of electronically controlled devices adapted to communicate with each other. The invention provides a system comprising a local ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080208628 | System and Method for Targeted Healthcare Messaging - A system and method for targeted healthcare messaging is provided. The system includes a central targeted messaging server for receiving targeted advertisements or messages, such as information about one or more clinical trials, from a plurality of data sources, a notification database for storing the targeted messages and associated, pre-defined criteria, and a web server which can communicate with a plurality of message requesters to receive requests for targeted messages and to convey same to the plurality of message requesters. A customized web site could be provided for allowing vendors (e.g., pharmaceutical companies, etc.) to upload targeted message text files and/or voice files to the system of the present invention. In response to prescription-related activity, requests for targeted messages are transmitted by the plurality of message requesters to the system of the present invention. The targeted messaging server queries the notification database to identify a matching targeted message, and responds with the location of a matching targeted message text and/or voice file. The matching targeted message can then be transmitted and conveyed to the recipient. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080215359 | System and method for automatically switching prescriptions in a retail pharmacy to a new generic drug manufacturer - An automatic manufacturer switchover function to switch a set of future new, transfer, refill, and/or copy prescriptions to a new manufacturer product for a pharmacy. Furthermore, the claimed method and system may allow for a tiered approach to a manufacturer switch by allowing a corporate entity or owner of a pharmacy network to designate a pharmacy wide preferred manufacturer (or generic product) while giving a local pharmacy the power to decide when to implement a switchover at a local level. In one embodiment, the claimed switching system and process may also provide indications to pharmacists and customers to guide a transition from one manufacturer to another, thereby preserving customer perception of quality and pharmacy reputation. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215360 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL DATA INTERCHANGE INTERFACE - A system according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a processor, a device interface, a user interface, a data relay transceiver, and a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions. The processor executes the instructions in the memory to receive data from a medical device through a wired connection using the device interface, and transmits the data to an intermediary device using the data relay transceiver. This system can be implemented in a small, portable unit that is easy for a patient to transport. The system's user interface may include a microphone and speaker to allow the communication of audible information between the system and a user. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215361 | System and Method for Leveraging Health Care at a Point of Sale - A novel pharmacy messaging system, method and computer program product that leverages healthcare by providing functionality enabling the generation of targeted messages for enhancing the patient's experience while waiting for their prescription to be filled. The invention addresses directly the issue of leveraging healthcare by optimizing the customer time spent waiting to have their prescriptions filled, and particularly, by driving “foot-traffic” to the local pharmacy and successfully transforming patient wait time into a potential revenue generating opportunity for companion products. The pharmacy messaging system delivers targeted messages to patients based on their prescription information and one or more of their demographic, healthcare payor, claims, and past purchase history. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215362 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ASSESSING NEED FOR HEALTH CARE AND FACILITATING THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE - A health care assessment system and associated methods are provided for providing increased access to individuals for assessing whether a need exists for health care and then also facilitating an individual's access to health care as needed. Embodiments of the system include a health care assessment system for receiving input from a patient and generating an output reflecting an indivdual's risk of one or more disease states. The health care assessment system is further capable of providing resources for health care and visual tools for collecting patient history. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215363 | Tissue management system - The present invention provides a comprehensive tissue management system for transplantable materials like tissues and organs. The tracking portion of the system prompts and verifies that staff members of a medical establishment like a hospital have handled, stored, transported, reconstituted, and used the tissue or organ materials in a safe and regulatory-compliant manner from the point of receipt to the point of issuance or surgical use throughout the hospital's organization. The tracing portion of the system creates an integral record that documents which hospital staff members have provided which processing steps to the tissue or organ, any associated materials used in conjunction with such tissue or organ, and an identification of the tissue or organ that was transplanted or implanted inside a patient. Such a system will enable adverse reaction investigations for transplant patients, and recalls of transplantable materials. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215364 | Business method and system for ordering, purchasing and storing stem cells - An online business method and system enables donors or parents or guardians of donors to order and purchase stem-cells from biological tissue sampled from the donor, such as, for example, cord-blood stem cells of a newborn baby, wherein the ordering process interfaces directly with the attending medical services, and the service steps include collection, extraction, preservation, containment, packaging, delivery and storage of the stem cells in a storage medium that can be cost-effectively maintained by the donor, parent or guardian at home or in a custodial location. In one embodiment, preservation is by freeze-drying, containment is in a vacuum vial, and storage is at room temperature. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215365 | HEALTHCARE DATA SYSTEM - In accordance with one embodiment, a system and method is used for collecting, measuring, and reporting on data associated with healthcare treatment. A healthcare data system collects data from a patient using an interactive voice response system (IVR). The IVR periodically contacts the patient with questions as to severity of symptoms. The severity data is processed along with prior collected data to report treatment progress to the patient, to a provider, to a provider organization and to a payer. Symptom weights are entered by a provider and used in measuring progress. Other methods to collecting severity data may be used, such as email and text messaging. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215366 | ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An asset management system and method is disclosed, useful for managing any asset or collection of assets that need to be identified by unique characteristics. The system comprises three basic modules: a data input module for inputting information about an asset; a “gateway” module that checks the accuracy of the incoming data and corrects it as necessary; and a trading module that allows users to list their assets in various ways and perform various actions, such as selling the assets to other users or otherwise disposing of them, purchasing additional assets, etc. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080221918 | NETWORK PERFORMANCE MONITOR - Disclosed in this specification is a method for monitoring a network, such as the central monitoring station of a medical facility. Performance data from each of the network components of interest is monitored for compliance with certain component-specific criteria. Responses are generated if the performance data satisfies, or fails to satisfy, such criteria. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080221919 | MEDICAL CLINIC FORMED BY MODULAR TRANSPORTABLE COMPONENTS - A medical clinic system, including: an unattached medical clinic formed by modular transportable components, wherein the transportable modules are partially constructed portions of a building; a registration module wherein a patient registers for an appointment, and wherein an appointment type request is generated and transmitted to a server; a triaging module wherein a patient is triaged, and wherein a patient record is generated and transmitted to the server; an exam room having at least one computer terminal with access to the server; a plurality of medical instruments, wherein the plurality of medical instruments are connected to the server, a digital radiology suite; and a pharmacy. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080221920 | Personal Transportable Healthcare Data Base Improvements - This is an improvement to the patient data base disclosed in Published Patent Application No. US 2007-0055550 A1, Published Mar. 8 | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080221921 | METHOD OF CONDUCTING A CLINICAL TRIAL - Disclosed are methods of conducting and assessing the outcomes of a randomized controlled clinical trial. The method comprises the steps of: trialing, with respect to a first group of patients as an experimental group, an experimental treatment; and trialing, with respect to a second group of patients as a control group, at least first and second control therapies. The control therapies will have been previously validated or are a known standard of care. This method is described in relation to trialing and assessing implantable medical devices such as left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) but may be used for trialing and assessing other medical devices. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080221922 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATIVE EVENT DOCUMENTATION AND RELATED DATA MANAGEMENT - In one embodiment, method and apparatus are disclosed which provide that a plurality of physicians each enter operative event data into an operative event database, wherein the operative event data documents planned or completed operative events and the physicians enter the operative event data use a wide area network through a user interface assisting the physicians in coding operative events in a consistent manner. The physicians access the operative event database to obtain information concerning upcoming or previously performed operative events, with a service provider maintaining an on-line system including one or more servers to support the entering of operative event data into the database through the Internet and the user interface. Further, the physicians subscribe to the on-line system wherein the physicians are allowed access and use the on-line system, and wherein the physicians retain control over the use and disposition of the operative event data entered by the physician. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080221923 | MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A computer-assisted method of assisting a health care provider in diagnosing and treating a patient. The method includes preparing an event-based sequence relating to a disease for which the patient is diagnosed and treated and accepting answers from the health care provider during at least one clinical contact with the patient to a plurality of questions relating to the disease, a stage of the disease, an intervention of the disease, and a response to the intervention. The method also includes segmenting the event-based sequence into a plurality of milestone events for use by the health care provider in diagnosing and treating the patient. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080221924 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID)-BASED REAL-TIME LOCATION SYSTEM - A patient workflow management system. The system includes a messaging subsystem to receive data indicating one or more locations of a patient within a health care facility. The system further includes a correction module in communication with the messaging subsystem to apply a correction to at least a portion of the received data to determine a location of the patient relative to a perioperative workflow process. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080221925 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A REWARD BASED UPON USE OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - The disclosed embodiments provide systems, devices and methods for providing a reward to a user of a mobile communications device. The described embodiments, for example, may include a mobile communications device that exchanges query data and response data, with a computer system over a communications network. The computer system includes an evaluation application operable to determine a predetermined reward based on, at least in part, the received response data. The response data is received by the mobile communications device from the user in response to query data presented to the user by the mobile communications device. The predetermined reward, for example, may affect an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network. Also disclosed are systems, devices and methods that include an outcome application, associated with the computer system, that generates an outcome determination based on, at least in part, the response data. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080221926 | ENTERPRISE-WIDE HOSPITAL BED MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD SYSTEM - An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management/census control dashboard (BMD) system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT) systems. The BMD system is an easy-to-use business intelligence application that is designed to allow administrators, clinicians and managers to easily access, analyze and display real-time patient and bed availability information from ancillary information systems, databases and spreadsheets. It enables users to see trends and relationships in hospital (bed) management data directly from their desktop personal computers. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080228519 | System and Method for Optimizing Prescription Delivery Related Applications - The present invention concerns a health service system that is configured to enable a patient to obtain prescriptions in a secure, accurate, automated, convenient, manner that is optimized for the particular patient. The health service system includes an IT (information technology) system that is coupled to a network that is in communication with a patient system, a healthcare provider system, and a number of pharmacies. When a healthcare provider generates a prescription for a patient, the prescription is transferred to the health service system. The health service system processes the prescription and thereby defines offer information for each of a plurality of pharmacies. The offer information is then delivered and/or presented to enable the patient to select an offer. Upon selecting an offer, order information is then transferred to one of the plurality of pharmacies. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080228520 | Body Management System and Business Method - A system and business method for maintaining the health and body fitness of a client patient. The system and method are conducted by a Registered Dietitian (RD), and a technician (nurse). The RD conducts an ongoing assessment of the client to evaluate the client's progress in attaining his or her goals, as well as providing nutritional education and lifestyle modification training to ensure long-term success of the treatment. The technician conducts any tests required during the RD assessments and supervises client performance of the treatment. Various technologies are utilized to help the client achieve his or her body shaping and fitness goals. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080228521 | SUPPORT MODEL INTEGRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A real time health management analytical system and method that enables a plurality of plug-in tools and extension tools to be interfaced with a central database, and for enabling information to be published to the database from each of the client tools, as well as data to be read from the database by each of the client tools. The system makes use of an engineering model views module that provides a syntactic and semantic interface between the client tools and the central database so that health management data communicated to the client tools is presented in accordance with a specific view required by each specific client tool. An integrated support information model (ISIM) module is interposed between the data base and the engineering model views module, and forms a specification (e.g., an ontology) for all health domain information available for use by the client tools. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080228522 | ENTERPRISE MEDICAL IMAGING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH CLINICAL DATA MINING CAPABILITIES AND METHOD OF USE - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide improved clinical workflow using a healthcare imaging and information management system and method with data mining capabilities. Certain embodiments provide a healthcare imaging and information management system with data mining capabilities. The system includes a user interface accepting user input and displaying information related to a patient. The system also includes a data access layer gathering data related to the patient from a plurality of data sources. The system further includes a data mining service processing the data for provision via the user interface. Certain embodiments provide a method for clinical data mining including requesting data for a patient; accessing a plurality of data sources to retrieve data related to the patient; gathering data from the plurality of data sources; processing the data; formatting the data for a user; and providing the data to the user. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080228523 | Permanent weight management - The present invention is directed to a method for providing a permanent weight management program, and a kit for providing the permanent weight management program. The method includes obtaining health related information of an individual, obtaining at least one goal of the individual related to the health related information, identifying health related habit information that is contrary to the at least one goal of the individual, providing the individual with a permanent weight management plan that includes at least one corrective action with respect to the identified health related habit information and a focus object, and associating the at least one corrective action with the focus object so that the focus object provides a constant reminder to the individual to stay focused on making good lifestyle choices most of the time related to the at least one corrective action. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080235049 | Method and System for Predictive Modeling of Patient Outcomes - A method and system for predictive modeling of patient outcomes. The predictive method includes the steps of applying an algorithm to patient data and displaying predicted patient data. The predictive method may further include the step of adjusting one or more clinical variables. The system includes a database of patient data, a rules engine operably connected to the database wherein the rules engine is capable of applying algorithms to the patient data to generate predicted patient data, and a user interface operably connected to the database. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080235050 | Tricare payment process - An apparatus, a system, and a method are provided to pay a dispensing fee to a pharmacy and configured to replenish a pharmacy's inventory with prescription drugs by a wholesaler at no cost. Rather than being replenished for any prescription drug dispensed to a patient, a pharmacy would be paid a dispensing fee. To compensate for the wholesaler for replenishing the pharmacy at no cost, the wholesaler would receive an administrative fee. Furthermore, order rights are maintained for each participating pharmacy and wholesaler and monitor and record the transfer of order rights from a pharmacy to a wholesaler and the execute or the use by the wholesaler of the order rights. The order rights may include, in the alternative, a right assigned to the pharmacy to replenish the prescription drug dispensed or a different prescription drug for credit. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080235051 | Internet-based system for curing alcoholism and other human problem conditions, and for assuring continued participation by clients to assure commercial viability - An Internet methodology for the treatment of human problem conditions such as alcoholism, obesity/weight loss, depression or the like, or for long-term commercial enterprise, wherein capturing the client during a short window of opportunity and providing means to assure continued participation in the treatment program is essential, both for the success of the treatment and for providing a viable commercial enterprise. The methodology comprises control of website design, advertising, sale closing, pricing, guaranteed payment, monitoring and quality control of nutraceuticals. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080243539 | Method and System for Exchanging, Storing, and Analyzing Health Information - A method and system for storing health information, automatically matching health information to interpreters based on parameters provided by the interpreters and the health information providers, and transmitting interpretations of the health information provided by the interpreters. Interpreters may be rated according to their analysis quality and dependability on providing interpretations. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080243540 | Electronic treatment queue - Processing of an electronic treatment queue is disclosed. A method for performing this comprises: obtaining electronic data relating to an electronic treatment queue maintained in an electronic data system of a health care provider; creating a patient query to a patient whose temporal position in the treatment queue defined by the electronic data fulfills a predetermined temporal condition; checking whether a patient response made by the patient to the patient query fulfills a predetermined logical condition; and alarming the health care provider that the patient response fulfilled the predetermined logical condition. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080243541 | System and method for recording medical information - The present invention is directed to a digital pen and paper system for recording medical information. Medical information includes information about patients, their medical conditions, diagnoses, prescriptions and medical history. Medical information also includes information about evacuees and casualties of incidents such as medical emergencies, traffic and other accidents, natural and non-accidental disasters. This information may include personal information, demographic information and location information. The present invention also provides for recording medical information from incoming patients in hospitals and clinics. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080243542 | Method and system for supporting clinical decision-making - A method and system are provided for facilitating decision making, such as in a clinical setting. In accordance with this technique, a set of encoded guidelines are executed to identify information that may be used to generate patient management options. The information is acquired, if available. Based on the encoded guidelines and the acquired information, a set of patient management options are generated and provided to one or more reviewers for review and selection of a patient management option. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080243543 | Effective response protocols for health monitoring or the like - A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for receiving an indication of an anomalous device-interactive performance of a specific individual or signaling a decision whether to notify a first party at least by applying a first screen to one or more health-status-indicative updates relating to a second party; and signaling a decision whether to notify a third party at least by applying a second screen to the one or more health-status-indicative updates relating to the second party or selecting one or more diagnostic instructions at least partly based on the anomalous device-interactive performance of the specific individual. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080243544 | FIRST-ON METHOD FOR INCREASING COMPLIANCE WITH HEALTHCARE SELF-REPORTING - A first-on method for improving user compliance with self-reporting in a healthcare environment. The method includes the step of presenting a user with a self-reporting requirement associated with an electronic functionality desired by said user, the user being required to satisfy the self-reporting requirement prior to accessing the electronic functionality. The self-reporting requirement is presented to the user upon initiation of the desired electronic functionality. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080243545 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AGGREGATING AND DISSEMINATING IN-CASE-OF-EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND PERSONAL INFORMATION - A system for aggregating and disseminating in-case-of-emergency (ICE) medical information to medical units. The system includes an ICE medical record server that stores medical records of respective subscribers, and automatically receive updates from health service entities visited by subscribers. When contacted by emergency dispatchers or first responders, the server sends subscribers medical information to first responders, emergency management agencies directly, via a dispatcher, or via a computer aided dispatch (CAD) system. The medical information may be arranged, emphasized, and/or filtered in a manner relevant to the on-going emergency. A communication device may wirelessly receive the medical information and pre-populate a pre-hospital care form with the information, which may be further orally annotated by the first responder. The completed PCR may then be sent to a PCR server for subsequent access by medical units that subsequently treat the subscriber. The medical server may further assist a public health agency to disseminate emergency information to selected subscribers, responders, and public health alerting systems. An ICE personal server for storing important personal documents is also disclosed. A PCR server is also disclosed that can disseminate aggregate PCR information in near real-time to an emergency management agency (EMA) system for developing incident response plans during a wide area emergency. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080243546 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Incentives to Physicians - The present invention provides a method of providing a monetary incentive to a health care provider, typically a physician, responsible for treatment decisions of a patient with a condition during an episode of care. Once the patient identity and condition are obtained, a baseline value related to treatment of the condition can be associated. Thereafter, all the claims processed during the episode of care of the patient for the condition can be summed to obtain a total treatment cost. And, if the total treatment is less than the baseline value, then a monetary incentive can be provided to the provider based upon that episode of care. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080249800 | HEALTH CARE ECONOMICS MODELING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for electronically managing health care rate exhibits, the method comprising receiving standardized fee schedules for a plurality of health related services, and creating rate exhibits from the received standardized fee schedule. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080249801 | Distributed System for Monitoring Patient Video, Audio and Medical Parameter Data - A system for use by a portable processing device operating in a distributed patient monitoring system for visually monitoring patients and patient parameters uses multiple portable processing devices in different remote locations. The system includes an authentication processor enabling a user to obtain access authorization to access patient data in response to entry of identification data using a portable processing device of the multiple portable processing devices in different remote locations. A user interface, in response to the access authorization, enables a user to, initiate execution of a clinical information system providing a user with a clinical application display image identifying multiple different patients in corresponding multiple different locations and select a particular patient of the multiple different patients in the clinical application display image. A data processor uses an identifier of the particular patient in acquiring access information associated with the particular patient from a repository and uses the access information in acquiring live video and vital sign parameters of the particular patient from a room associated with the particular patient. A display processor initiates generation of data representing an image sequence comprising a composite image including a first area showing acquired live video of the particular patient and a second area presenting acquired vital sign parameters of the particular patient in response to user selection of an image element associated with the particular patient of the multiple different patients in the clinical application display image. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080249802 | Intelligent medical device - A medical touch terminal literacy system and method used to display particular parts of the human anatomy, conditions, ailments and diseases. The delivering service is done by a touch screen terminal operated by a physician and/or health professional to a patient with a medical condition. The touch screen terminal will also be displaying information promoting health awareness. The systems main purpose is to improve health communication/awareness and includes the ability to make the patient obtain and understand basic and/or complicated health information. The system focuses on health information with simple medical images and terminology, which presents clear and concise communication between a health professional and their patient (s). This system has the capability of prescription writing and printing through the terminal on the touch screen keyboard display and includes a medical library. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080249803 | System and method for creating a marketing analysis model - A method of producing a marketing report, wherein the marketing report is based on at least one or more patient information data-sets and one or more purchasing information data-sets, can include the steps of receiving a first patient information data-set from a patient, transmitting a patient association request to a purchase tracking module, wherein the patient association request includes a portion of the first patient information data-set, and the purchase tracking module is configured to store purchasing information data-sets. The method can include receiving a patient association confirmation, wherein the patient association confirmation acknowledges the association of a portion of the first patient information data-set with a purchasing information data-set stored in the purchase tracking module, scheduling a time for transmission of a first educational information data-set to the patient and transmitting the first educational information data-set at the properly scheduled time to the patient. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080255873 | Method for Providing Health Care Services for a Group - A method for providing centrally-managed health care services for a group. The method for centrally-managed health care services for a group provides a systematic approach to allow a group to implement a health care program tailored to meet the goals of the group and/or to be responsive to the health care needs of the participating members. Combining the objectives of the group, the medical histories of the participating members, the resources of the health care provider, a participation-based incentive program for participating members, and the availability of customized health screenings or health education, allows the medical services provider to offer a health care program to a group that balances the financial resources of the group with the available medical services to work towards a goal of improving the overall health of the group. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080255874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING CLINICAL NOTIFICATIONS - A system and associated methods are disclosed for managing clinical notification delivery and related compliance monitoring. In certain embodiments, the clinical notifications are automatically driven by healthcare information associated with a specific patient, and are delivered to an electronic device of the patient at a remote location. Thereafter, compliance monitoring may be initiated to log the patient's intent to act in accordance with the notification. For instance, in certain embodiments, the notification relates to a reminder regarding scheduled medication administration for the particular patient, where a reply to the notification indicates whether the patient is following the scheduled medication administration. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080255875 | Systems and Methods for Managing Patient Preference Data - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method of managing patient preference data comprising: presenting questions to a patient; receiving responses from the patient wherein the responses indicate a preference of the patient; and recording the responses to a repository. Other embodiments provide a system for managing patient preference data comprising: an interactive patient module adapted to receive patient preference data from a patient; and a patient preference data repository adapted to record the patient preference data. Yet other embodiments provide a computer-readable medium having a set of instructions for execution by a computer, the set of instruction comprising: a questioning routine configured to obtain patient preference information from a patient; a recording routine configured to record the patient preference information to the patient's medical records. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080255876 | Location limited check-in kiosk method and apparatus - A method and system for helping a client check in for a scheduled activity wherein at least first and second subsets of activities occur proximate first and second locations, respectively, the method comprising the steps of providing a check in resource at the second location for checking clients in for the second subset of activities, associating at least a first electronic kiosk with the first subset activities, positioning the first kiosk at the first location for use by clients to check in for first subset activities, via the first kiosk, receiving identifying information from a first client, identifying at least a first currently scheduled activity for the first client, determining that the first currently scheduled activity is one of the second subset activities and via the first kiosk, indicating that the first client cannot check in for the first currently scheduled activity via the first kiosk. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080255877 | Bioinformatic Transaction Scheme - Secure network transaction system obtains user-authorized genetic term or bioinformatic profile, and transacts online service according to genetically-based user medical or other risk determined therefrom. Insurance policy, promotional offer, or other service may dynamically address genetically-based condition. Bioinformatic data classifies user per personal mask which filters subset of user genetic sequence. Risk profile may be calculated according to actuarial statistics, genetics and/or heredity using non-discriminatory rules specified for users in temporal or jurisdictional groups. User transactions are modifiable according to bioinformatic data representing genetically-based risk increase or decrease. Data is securely processed, modulated, and stored by network server for remote access and transaction using various portable user devices. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080255878 | Authenticated Stream Manipulation - Systems and methods for accessing a media stream are presented. In response to a request for a media stream, an individual can be authorized to manipulate the media stream. Once an individual has gained authorization with respect to a media stream's manipulation rights, they are allowed to manipulate the stream. In some embodiments, a provider controls a secure environment to play the stream and enforce the rights. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080255879 | Colo-rectal cancer screening system and method - The present invention is a colorectal cancer screening system that may be contractually deployed as a managed operation, either licensed or sold to community GIs or other endoscopists who also own endoscopy centers. The system includes an imaging center co-located with an existing or new endoscopy center, and a workflow there between that integrates the two modalities along with radiology services. The imaging center serves as a computed tomography colonography (CTC) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screen and patient referral source to the endoscopy center. The defined workflow is a process for same-day patient flow generally comprising the steps of the imaging center submitting images for interpretation immediately after image acquisition, reporting the results to the patient, and when problems are detected, immediately directing and admitting the patient to the endoscopy center for same-day OC under an exclusive provider agreement. The foregoing system and workflow ensures optimal and customized use of technology for each patient, that is minimally invasive to patients, improves patient acceptance and satisfaction, avoids the need for an uncomfortable and inconvenient second colon prep, reduces overall healthcare costs, and results in higher community colorectal cancer screening rates. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080262866 | Methods for Improving the Clinical Outcome of Patient Care and for Reducing Overall Health Care Costs - The current invention is directed to improve methods for providing health care and for reducing the cost of health care. Additionally, the methods of the current invention are designed to improve the clinical outcome for the patient. The methods of the current invention provide financial incentives to both the patient and the medical service provider in an integrated manner that create appropriate checks and balances which encourages patient empowerment as well as patient and medical practitioner accountability. The method of the current invention incorporates evidence-based medicine treatment guidelines and content, and dispenses information therapy and other similar types of content through an Internet application or by other means to improve the standard of health care treatment which leads to better clinical outcomes, healthier behavior, and a reduction in the overall cost of health care. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080262867 | PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A patient management system and method are provided. The method of patient management may include receiving appointment data regarding an appointment for a patient with a selected clinician at a predetermined time, inserting an appointment entry on an electronic calendar of the selected clinician, attaching patient data to the appointment entry on the electronic calendar, providing a first electronic link on the appointment entry to medical records of the patient, providing a second electronic link on the appointment entry to a map showing an address of the patient, partially pre-filling a patient visit form using the attached patient data, receiving patient visit data electronically entered by the selected clinician on the patient visit form during the appointment, and storing the patient visit data into a patient database. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080262868 | Process for gathering and sharing personal medical data - A process designed to gather and make efficient use of personal medical data wherein all facets of healthcare are now able to share a common database system. The database system is divided into three individual databases where the varied users would have limited user-appropriate access to one or more databases so as to make their function possible. A swipe card system and online access are the key to database entry. Limitations are placed as to what data is inputted and retrieved from the databases. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080262869 | Automated System and Method for Medical Care Selection - Provided herein is a computerized method of managing medical care through communication between a Digital Board of Medical Experts (DBME), a physician, a health insurance carrier, one or more medical facilities, and a patient and providing a diagnostic and/or therapeutic recommendation, the method comprising the following steps: i) providing a DBME core comprised of modules and algorithms for processing medical data and providing diagnostic and/or therapeutic recommendations; ii) providing a Physician Action Module (PAM) whereby a physician provides a clinical index of suspicion (CIS) through a clinical index of suspicion selection algorithm (CISSA) of the PAM to the DBME—for obtaining a recommendation for hi tech diagnostic studies and/or treatment; and iii) processing through the DBME information from the CISSA and providing a diagnostic recommendation from the diagnostic recommendation algorithm (DRA) of the Diagnostic Module (DM) of the DBME for hi tech diagnostic studies and/or a therapeutic recommendation from the therapeutic recommendation algorithm (TRA) of the Therapeutic Module (TM) of the DBME for treatment. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080262870 | Computerized Treatment Order and Associated Alert Processing System - A system enables users to identify alert checking performed, identify treatment orders and allergies associated with alerts, link medications and allergies with alert descriptions, and preview pending results of various alert resolution actions. A computerized treatment order and associated alert processing system employs a repository including information identifying candidate treatments for order and associated corresponding related order parameters. A user interface processor uses information from the repository for providing data representing an alert preview single display image in response to user selection of candidate treatments for order. The single display image identifies multiple candidate treatment orders including multiple related order parameters as well as multiple alert messages indicating potential adverse health consequences to a particular patient from administering the multiple candidate treatments to the particular patient. The single display image also associates individual alert messages with candidate treatment orders enabling a user to identify individual alert messages associated with an individual treatment order of the multiple candidate treatment orders. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080262871 | Electronic commerce method over wireline/wireless network environments - Disclosed is an electronic commerce method over wireline/wireless networks and, more particularly, a shopping mall operating system accessible over the wireline and wireless Internet. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080270175 | Systems and methods using a dynamic expert system to provide patients with aesthetic improvement procedures - The invention relates to dynamic expert systems to provide a patient with at least one recommendation on performing an aesthetic improvement procedure. The system includes a database with actual case studies and aesthetic improvement procedures. The system also includes software adapted to allow a user to query the database based on a patient's desired aesthetic improvement and the results of at least one diagnostic test performed on the patient. The aesthetic improvement procedure is performed and the results of at least one diagnostic test performed after the procedure are analyzed and added to the database of case studies substantially immediately after analysis. The system may also include software adapted to allow a user to query the database based on a patient's desired aesthetic improvement. The system may also include software adapted to query the database to find the results of at least one diagnostic test performed on a patient, to allow the addition of new case studies to the database, to allow the addition of new diagnostic tests, and to allow the addition of new aesthetic improvement procedures. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080270176 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ADJUSTING A QUANTITY OF AN ITEM SUPPLIED IN PREPARATION FOR A MEDICAL PROCEDURE - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to update surgeon preference cards or similar records. In this regard, one or more instances may be identified in which the quantity of an item utilized during the medical procedure differed from the predefined quantity of the item supplied in preparation for the medical procedure. For example, the quantity of the item that was utilized most frequently during the medical procedure may be compared to the predefined quantity of the item. An adjustment to the predefined quantity of the item may then be determined if the quantity of the item that was actually utilized most frequently differed from the predefined quantity of the item. A recommendation can then be provided that the predefined quantity of the item be altered in accordance with the adjustment. Based on user response, the predefined quantity of the item may be altered. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080270177 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLINICAL DATA VALIDATION - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for validating clinical data including receiving a consistency requirement, receiving a data claim associated with clinical data, and evaluating the data claim based at least in part on the consistency requirement. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a clinical data validation system including a consistency requirement input component adapted to receive a consistency requirement, a data claim input component adapted to receive a data claim, and a validation component adapted to evaluate the data claim based at least in part on the consistency requirement. The data claim is associated with clinical data. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080270178 | Inventory Management System For A Medical Service Provider - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for an improved inventory management system. The system supports a medical service provider by interfacing an inventory management application with a database of electronic medical records. In one embodiment, a single graphical user interface interfaces the inventory management application with the database of electronic medical records, thus providing a simplified, transparent solution as compared to the separate, independent, and non-interfaced systems currently available. By interfacing the inventory management application with the database of electronic medical records, inventory accuracy may be increased and processing times may be decreased. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080270179 | Scheduling module in clinical workflow tool for healthcare institutions - A scheduling module for use in method for simulation of a clinical workflow in a healthcare facility which models the processes and treatment of patients is described. The scheduling module accepts a requirement to perform a service on a target date and within a predetermined time window. Each service is characterized by required resources such as rooms, personnel, equipment, consumables, workplace and the presence of the patient. The scheduling module accesses the resource module to determine if the required resources are available during the predetermined time interval. When the resources are available, the resources are reserved and the scheduling module provides a unique identifier for the requested service to the workflow process. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080270180 | Method and system for health care data transfer - A method for transferring health care data between a consumer health care application and a plurality of health care information sources. The method includes requesting a first portion of health care data corresponding to a consumer from a first health care information source of the plurality of health care information sources, receiving the first portion of health care data from the first health care information source, storing the first portion of health care data in a health care data repository, requesting a second portion of health care data corresponding to the consumer from a second health care information source of the plurality of health care information sources, receiving the second portion of health care data from the second health care information source, storing the second portion of health care data in the health care data repository, and accessing the first portion of health care data and the second portion of health care data from the health care data repository. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080270181 | Method and system for collection, validation, and reporting of data and meta-data in conducting adaptive clinical trials - A method and system are described for centrally managing data in an adaptive clinical trial or other adaptive process that is conducted at a plurality of geographically remote sites. The invention includes (1) flexible means for collecting data from remote sites; (2) processing, tracking, and validating such data and meta-data at a processing location; (3) interacting between central and remote sites to manage and resolve data discrepancies (4) reporting data to managers and remote sites; and (5) facilitation of special services to clinical research such as flexible randomization of patients, patient participation eligibility verification and double-blind trials. The invention is of particular relevance to adaptive clinical trials and other applications that demand the ability to quickly collect, process, and respond to various forms of data in order to adjust actions such as randomization schedules, interim analyses, treatment arm pruning, editing subpopulations, and other adaptive measures. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080270182 | METHOD FOR ACHIEVING OUTCOME OBJECTIVES ACROSS CLINICAL SETTINGS - A method of achieving outcome objectives across a clinical setting includes receiving a diagnosis for a patient, receiving one or more goals, each goal having a goal actual rating, a goal expected rating and a goal expected time period, receiving one or more interventions, each intervention having an intervention actual rating, an intervention expected rating and an intervention expected time period, determining a goal variance for each goal, determining an intervention variance for each intervention, and creating a report based on the goal variance and the intervention variance. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080270183 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTATION OF CLINICAL EVIDENCE FOR DIAGNOSTIC INTERPRETATION - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for presentation of clinical evidence to a user. Certain embodiments provide an improved picture archiving and communication system (PACS) including a workflow manager facilitating presentation and diagnostic interpretation of clinical evidence aggregated from a plurality of sources. The PACS also includes a workflow screen including a plurality of presentation panes. Each of the plurality of presentation panes displays clinical evidence from the workflow manager according to a particular perspective. The plurality of presentation panes are independent but coordinated, and each of the plurality of presentation panes is context sensitive. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080270184 | ACUTE CARE HEALTH CLINIC - A method for processing patients who visit a health clinic for medical attention. The method comprises maintaining a database of evidence-based medical information based on medical standards and sound clinical judgment with ongoing quality review and improvement that is accessible to a computer system; registering a patient for an appointment at the clinic with the computer system; putting the patient into a clinic queue for receiving medical treatment upon their arriving and registering at the clinic; determining the type of medical treatment required by the patient; administering medical treatment to the patient based on the medical condition of the patient; creating a medical record for the patient including information provided by the patient, information accessed from the database about the patient, and the medical treatment administered during the visit to the patient; and accepting financial payment from the patient. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080270185 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A MEDICAL REPORT - In a method, a device, a computer program product and a system for provision of a medical report in the framework of a medical finding under consideration of all relevant finding data, the medical report is generated with access to all relevant finding data at different computer-supported workspaces and is distributed online to further computer-supported workspaces. The medical report is thus provided for display on a monitor of arbitrary connected network nodes. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080275721 | Information Terminal and Health Care Assisting System - The invention is intended for making it possible for the user to get appropriate advice not only based on biological information, but also considering the situation of health care to be taken by the user as for article intake. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080275722 | Method To Identify And Prioritize Modifiable Risk Factors Resulting In Interventions That Focus On Individuals - The disclosed invention relates to a method of delivering individually customized, evidence-based intervention plans that focus on the specific needs of each participant across an entire population. Through the identification of each program participant's modifiable risk-factors and cost drivers, indicated by deviations from the most up-to-date best practices and nationally-based guidelines of care, the described system maximizes outcomes for each member in the most cost-effective manner possible, leading to increased return on investment (ROI), improved outcomes and greater participant satisfaction. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080275723 | Systems and Methods for Enhanced Min/Max Edit for Drug Claim Submission Verification - Systems and methods are provided for verification of claims submitted by one or more pharmacies. The systems and methods include storing a Multiple Package Edit (MPE) table that includes drug package size information, storing an audit table that includes drug dose information, and storing a user table that includes pharmacy-supplied drug information. The systems and methods also include receiving a first claim submission from a pharmacy computer, where the first claim submission includes at least one identifier, a quantity, and days supply for a requested drug. The systems and methods further include determining that the first claim submission includes an error in at least one of the quantity and days supply based upon information obtained from at least one of the user table, the MPE table, and the audit table, and messaging the pharmacy computer with an indication of the determined error. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080275724 | CPT PRICING FROM MEDPAR DATA - Methods and systems for computing what a healthcare organization charged for a procedure, based on analysis of MedPAR data. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080275725 | Method, system, and computer program product for identifying medical liability claims - An embodiment of the invention is a data mining method, system, and computer program product for correlating drug, diagnosis, and/or treatment codes to permit health plans to recover, from a liable third party, costs expended on an insured. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080275726 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METABOLIC PATIENT MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT - A patient management system for assisting in the treatment of individuals having metabolic disorders is provided. More specifically, the present invention provides a system and method for dynamically calculating multiple parameters and conditions based on various attributes (e.g., disorder, age, weight and gender) to establish required nutritional goals specific to a particular metabolic patient. Thereafter, a unique exchange based mechanism is employed to simplify food breakdown and corresponding nutritional values to construct an accurate dietary prescription plan for meeting those required nutritional goals. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080275727 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ECONOMICAL REPRESENTATION OF PRODUCTS USING INTELLIGENCE CLUSTERING - A system includes a recommendation engine, product database and interface. The recommendation engine determines one or more recommended product clusters from the product database based on a request for a healthcare product recommendation based on a symptom. The interface, which is communicatively coupled to the engine, displays the one or more recommended product clusters. The product clusters are organized based on at least one common attribute, such as active ingredient. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080275728 | Method for Personalized Diet Design for Females of Asian Origin - The present invention provides methods for personalized diet design for females of Asian origin, wherein females who are homozygous for the PLIN 11482A are advised to avoid diets high in fat and low in carbohydrates, to avoid or manage metabolic syndrome and conditions related to metabolic syndrome, such as insulin resistance, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080275729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT - The present invention relates generally to a system and method for population health management, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to a system and method for population health management that analyzes and utilizes, in part, membership information from a healthcare insurer database to assess and address health management needs of its members. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080275730 | System and Method of Providing Patient Information - The present invention relates to an ultrasound system. The present invention provides a system of providing patent information in the ultrasound system. The system comprises: a database to store patient information including basic information and additional information of at least one patient; an input unit operable to receive a user input in a syllable unit or a word unit to produce at least one syllable or word; a processor operable to retrieve the basic information matched with the at least one syllable or word from the database and form a candidate list of the basic information based on the retrieved basic information; and a display unit operable to display the candidate list of the basic information. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080281628 | Method And Software Product For Establishing Informed Consent - A method and software product by which a medical practitioner ( | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080281629 | Method and System for Processing Medical Billing Records - A computer implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided for processing professional and technical billing records relating to medical care provided to patients at a medical facility. The method includes (a) providing at a computer system a mapping of a set of professional billing codes and corresponding technical billing codes; (b) receiving at the computer system a professional billing record provided by a professional medical provider relating to medical services provided by the professional medical provider to a patient, the professional billing record comprising one or more professional billing codes; (c) identifying one or more technical billing codes corresponding to the one or more professional billing codes received in step (b) using the mapping, and providing the one or more technical billing codes to a user entering technical charges to a technical billing record to facilitate entry of technical charges relating to the medical care provided to the patient; (d) receiving at the computer system the technical billing record provided by the user, the technical charges comprising one or more technical billing codes; and (e) automatically reconciling the professional billing record and the technical billing record at the computer system to facilitate identification of errors or omissions in the one or more technical billing codes or the one or more professional billing codes. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080281630 | PRESCRIPTION COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEM - A method for monitoring patient compliance to medical therapy that includes repeatedly measuring therapy compliance of a patient, uploading the therapy compliance measurements to a personal computer, connecting a central server using the personal computer, sending the uploaded therapy compliance measurements from the personal computer to the central server, providing a number of predetermined compliance threshold amounts, comparing the sent therapy compliance measurements with the number of predetermined compliance thresholds corresponding to the patient, determining a need and level of intervention based on the result of the comparing and reporting the determined need for intervention to a health professional corresponding to the patient and determined level. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080281631 | Health Information Management System - A novel healthcare data management system is provided which brings together various types of healthcare related data for enhanced patient care and overall patient data management. In one aspect of the invention a relational database is utilized for merging and managing healthcare provider demographic data, patient healthcare data, and administrative data. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080281632 | PREDICTIVE BILLING AND COLLECTION FOR MEDICAL SERVICES - A historical analysis of collections derived from professional services is undertaken to determine an average collected value for each particular type of service. Each type of collection is categorized by a plurality of criteria placed into a separate repository or category. Each repository is identified with a particular service code and further categorized by the provider of the service and the payer of the service. From that repository, an average amount of collected fees is determined. Prior to displaying this average value, the present invention determines whether the data is reliable by comparing non-zero entries in the repository to zero entries in the repository. Once the ratio of zero entries to non-zero entries is below a certain value, the average collection amount is released for viewing. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080281633 | PERIODIC EVALUATION AND TELEREHABILITATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention relates to a system and method for periodic evaluation and telerehabilitation in which a portable device is adapted to be held or coupled to a body part. For example, the portable device can be a cell phone. The body part can be, for example, the hand, ankle, torso, forearm or upper arm. An animated or virtual reality sequence forming a videogame runs or the portable device. Upon interaction of the user with the videogame, movement of the body part is captured as exercise data. The exercise data can be forwarded and stored at a remote clinical server. The system provides monitoring and scheduling of a therapy session by a clinician/doctor/therapist to control the exercises, length and/or difficulty of the exercises based on recorded data. In one embodiment, vital signs or body temperature are monitored by sensors on the portable device or by vital sign monitors associated with the user. The vital sign data can be synchronized with the exercise data at the remote clinical server, and used to improve patient safety during home therapy sessions. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080281634 | MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A medical information management apparatus is provided which enables the person in charge of the medical services to easily keep track of the amount of services. In a medical information management apparatus according to the present invention, a task information storing unit stores the information indicating the completion of task execution or the progress of task to be executed for the task generated in a plurality of the medical services. A task number counting unit counts for each medical service the number of the tasks to be executed, and a display control unit displays for the respective medical service the number of the counted tasks on a display apparatus. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080281635 | METHOD OF ADMINISTERING A BENEFICIARY MEDICAL PROCEDURE - A beneficiary medical procedure administration process is disclosed. The process includes entering a test administrator identity into a testing device. The testing device is also configured to take a biometric sample of the test administrator. A biometric sample may also be taken of the beneficiary. Such a scenario contemplates that the beneficiary may conduct the procedure without the presence of the test administrator during the entire procedure. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080288279 | REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE SURVEY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system of conducting surveys within a hospital includes the steps of (a) providing a phone or television at the hospital which is operably connected to a computer based device having survey software thereon for conducting a telephonic or television survey with the patient (b) conducting said telephone or television survey with a patient through the phone thereby gathering survey result data and (c) real-time transmitting said result data to an attendant within the hospital. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288280 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEETING PAYER PROTOCOLS - A system and method for processing healthcare service data is herein disclosed. The system comprising a decision engine in communication with a process manager and a knowledge source. The decision engine receives at least one protocol from the knowledge source that is derived by automated learning and applies the at least one protocol to healthcare service data and transmits a response to the process manager such that the response is indicative of a next workflow step to be taken. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288281 | System and method for submitting medication claims by point-of-care physicians - A system for submitting a claim for a dispensed medication to a patient by a point-of-care physician including means acquiring at least one of the group consisting of a national practitioner number and a non pharmacy dispensing number for the point-of-care physician; means for displaying to a user a selection of data fields relating to the claim; means for inputting into the data fields data relating to the claim including the at least one of the group consisting of the national practitioner identifier number and the non pharmacy dispensing number; means for transmitting to a logic switch the claim containing the at least one of the group consisting of a national practitioner identifier number and a non pharmacy dispensing number identifying the point-of-care physician for determining the processor for the claim; means for determining the pathway for the claim based on a type of payor associated with the patient; means for processing the claim containing the at least one of the group consisting of a national practitioner identifier number and a non pharmacy dispensing number to identify the point-of-care physician; and responsive to the means for processing, means for transmitting to the point-of-care physician an adjudication regarding the claim. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288282 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF DEFENSIVE MEDICINE - Methods and systems are described that implement evidence-based schemata in a health care system that embody practice guidelines and/or a standard of care. Physicians in the health care system agree to adhere to the practice guidelines. An insured patient transfers the right to sue a physician malpractice to a neutral third party and receives medical care in compliance with the practice guidelines. The insured patient may be subject to incentives and disincentives to encourage compliance with the transfer agreement. Shielding the physician from lawsuits will give the physician an incentive to abandon the practice of “defensive medicine.” This will significantly reduce the number of diagnostic tests and procedures and associated risks and expenses. Such a system can promote cost-efficiency, increase safety and provide fair remedies to patients who are injured, regardless of the cause. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288283 | HEALTH CARE FINANCING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for financing health care includes the steps of: receiving patient data in a data processing system; collecting from disparate health care grant systems health care grant information into a single database; identifying qualification criteria in the health care grant information; and, comparing the patient data to the qualification criteria and, if the patient data satisfies the criteria, creating a notification that the criteria have been met. A system for financing health care is also disclosed. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288284 | Remote Diagnostics for In-Home Audio Video Gear - A first station ( | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288285 | METHOD OF PERFORMING CLINICAL TRIAL BUDGET ANALYSIS - A computer-implemented method is provided of analyzing budgets for clinical trials. A clinical trial budget is entered into a processor. The budget includes activities and associated activity costs. The activities are classified into a set of standardized service categories. The processor then allocates the associated activity costs with the respective standardized service category. The budget further includes assumption specifications. The processor further calculates per unit costs of the assumption specifications. The activities and the associated activity costs are then equalized against reference assumption specifications using at least the per unit costs. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288286 | Systems and Methods of Analyzing Healthcare Data - The present invention provides systems and methods of analyzing healthcare data. In one embodiment, a Medical National Operations Center application (MNOC) displays clear, concise and actionable information, with visual indicators, to help Line of Service (LOS) teams to manage their operations by providing a dashboard of information. For example, the application may present selected summaries of data, baseline targets, customized metrics and interactive alerts that will be used to monitor, analyze and measure LOS performance. In one embodiment, the systems and methods of the present invention may be implemented in a health insurance provider system. As such, the present invention may provide access to additional, real-time data to evaluate initiatives allowing the LOS to react quickly to variances and expected results. Further, the present invention may provide tools to evaluate the effectiveness and performance of initiatives and programs, such as, for example, member steerage tools. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288287 | Saferite system - A system for allowing a user, such as a physician, to prepare a prescription form in multiple parts: one part encoding the prescription information (such as through a bar code, radio frequency identification, or other encoding means), and a second part containing a graphic or physical representation of the medication being prescribed. The encoded part is used by a pharmacist to compare the coded information on the prescription with coded information on the medication selected by the pharmacist to confirm if the codes match. The graphic representation portion is used by a patient to double-check that the medication provided by the pharmacy matches the physician's prescription. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080294454 | DISPLAY OF CLINICAL INFORMATION - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for presenting clinical information comprising: a plurality of pages for displaying clinical information; and a plurality of sources for said clinical information, wherein each of said pages is capable of receiving information from at least one of said sources, and each of said pages is capable of dynamically updating the display of said clinical information. In an embodiment, plurality of pages are capable of displaying said clinical information without substantial electrical power. In an embodiment, each of said plurality of pages is flexible. In an embodiment, each of said plurality of pages comprise organic light emitting diodes. In an embodiment, said clinical information comprises linked clinical data corresponding to a patient. In an embodiment, said clinical information comprises unlinked clinical data corresponding to a patient. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080294455 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A MULTILINGUAL NETWORK - A method of communicating in a multilingual network comprises receiving a request from a user for a medical data, obtaining the medical data from a server unit, wherein the medical data is stored in a first language, identifying a second language based on a predetermined condition and converting the medical data from the first language to the second language. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080294456 | ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR STORING, ORGANIZING, AND ADMINISTRATING PERSONAL MEDICATIONS - A personal medications storage assembly and method of use for storing, organizing and administering medications for a patient. The assembly includes a base having an opening, a storage area, and a plurality of outer surfaces. At least one outer surface of the base includes standardized indicia uniquely identifying the assembly as a personal medications storage assembly. A lid is adapted for closing the opening of the base. A compartment is configured for receiving medication descriptive material associated with the medications placed within the storage area. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080294457 | Real-time medical records - According to some embodiments, a system and a method are provided to receive a real-time medical entry from a medical professional where the medical entry comprises one or more medical terms, to automatically compare the one or more medical terms with a plurality of data records, each data record associated with a billing code, and to select a coding term if one of the one or more medical terms matches the plurality of data records. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080294458 | Device And Method For The Central Control Of Devices Used During An Operation - To be able to use a generally available database of predetermined apparatus configurations and parameters in medical interventions, a device is disclosed for controlling and/or monitoring at least one apparatus during a medical intervention, said device including a least one control unit for controlling and/or monitoring the at least one apparatus and at least one display unit for displaying data, wherein: access is possible to data specific to the intervention, including at least data on the parameter values to be entered on the at least one apparatus during a predetermined intervention; in addition the parameter values are predetermined at least in part depending on the user, while the parameter values can be called up by a user for display by means of the display unit, and a confirming element is provided, through whose actuation the predetermined parameter values for the at least one apparatus are incorporated. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080294459 | Health Care Derivatives as a Result of Real Time Patient Analytics - A computer implemented method that includes receiving a cohort. The cohort comprises first data regarding a set of patients and second data comprising a relationship of the first data to at least one additional datum existing in at least one database. A numerical risk assessment is associated with the cohort. The computer implemented method further includes establishing a monetary value for the cohort, wherein the monetary value is based at least on the numerical risk assessment. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080294460 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF TRANSACTION DATA - A method for improving the accuracy of pharmacy transactions. A health care organization's individual health care facilities are linked to a prescription processing center of a publicly-held corporate pharmacy (“PCP”) organization, preferably by means of an electronic communications network. The processing center collects, organizes and correlates patient census data from the health care facilities and transaction data from the pharmacies with existing contract data. The collected and organized data forms a dataset that may be used to determine and allocate the charges. Further, the patient and transaction data may be utilized to generate various reports in an electronic format related to the patients, facilities, and pharmacies. In another embodiment of the present invention, the electronic communications network may be utilized to survey the health care facilities regarding the level of performance and quality of the PCP and associated pharmacies. This information may be organized into reports and then forwarded to appropriate administrative and management personnel at the health care facility and the PCP. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080300913 | DoMo1 VIrtual Major DoMo - DoMo I is a suite of interactive Business Intelligence tools for the hospitality industry. DoMo I is a virtual Major Domo, by collecting and analyzing a customer's personal preferences using the proprietary PRIME© (Prospect Resource Information Management Environment). DoMo I can accurately predict a customer's individualized requirements in advance and prepare, select and schedule inventory and services to meet and exceed the customer's varied needs. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080300914 | DYNAMIC ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT - A system that facilitates management of physical activity by dynamically compensating for current conditions is provided. A user profile can be employed to automatically calibrate an activity device (e.g., treadmill, cycle, haptic brace) based upon characteristics and/or limitations of a user. User activity and other data (e.g., physiological data, motion data, environmental data) can be monitored and employed to dynamically recalibrate the activity device in an effort to optimize performance. Additionally, a simulation profile can be employed as a benchmark for performance. For example, actual user activity can be contrasted against the simulation profile in order to provide feedback, motivation, or even to facilitate dynamic calibration of an activity device throughout an exercise regimen. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080300915 | System and Method for Providing Informed Consent - A system and method of providing subject informed consent in connection with a medical procedure is provided. According to the invention, a subject interfaces electronically with an electronic consent component that (i) provides the subject with information concerning a medical procedure, (ii) electronically enables the subject to provide an informed consent to the medical procedure, (iii) electronically stores as a medical record for the medical procedure the substance of the informed consent to the medical procedure provided by the subject and the manner in which the informed consent was obtained, such that the subject's medical record can be retrieved during a timeout in the medical procedure, and (iv) enables an authorized person who is seeking to review the subject's medical record to access the electronically stored medical record in a manner that documents the authorized person's access of the stored medical record and produces information as to the stored medical record. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080300916 | HEALTH INCENTIVE MANAGEMENT FOR GROUPS - A method of presenting information to an administrator. The method includes the steps of accessing a library of actual expenditures on health care by an organization, generating a baseline based on the actual expenditures, enabling an administrator to reconfigure a health benefit plan and generating a display with impact information resulting from the administrator reconfiguring the health benefit plan. A method of optimizing a set of health incentives for an organization is also provided. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080300917 | Interactive Patient Care System - A patient information system and method are described. The system provides patient interaction via a display. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080300918 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING HOSPITAL SCHEDULING AND SUPPORT - A method comprises enabling a patient to book an appointment via an online service with a particular hospital, the online service providing appointment choices for a number of hospitals, the choices being based on attributes including time, insurance, insurance type, patient concern or geography; sending reminder information to the patient; sending patient information to the particular hospital; sending follow-up questions to the patient after the appointment; providing loyalty points to the patient for completing the follow-up questions; and charging the patient an amount based on various factors for the online service, the various factors including the number of loyalty points the patient has. The method may further comprise using responses to follow-up questions to rate doctors or hospitals. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080300919 | ARCHITECTURE FOR HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS - An architecture allows individual system components to be developed and tested individually, i.e., as distinct modules, and to be subsequently combined through standardized electrical and communication interfaces. Any combination of these modules can be implemented to form different products that provide any number of functions, such as an integrated system for monitoring a health condition and/or delivering a medication. The architecture also provides an approach for dynamically updating the product and offering its users the latest generation of technology even after the users have already purchased the product. In particular, the embodiments employ the communication interfaces to also provide connection to a remote network that can update or upgrade the product's software when the product is out in the field. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080300920 | HEALTH DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A device for managing health data provides a first housing portion including a data storage system that stores health data and a second housing portion including a data communications element. The data communications element provides data communications between the data storage system and a processing device that processes the health data according to a data-management software. The first housing portion and the second housing portion are connected by a cable that communicates signals between the data communications element and other components in the first housing portion. Another device for managing health data provides a first housing portion including a health data management system and a data communications element that provides data communications between the health data management system and an external processing device. The second housing portion is removably coupled to the first housing portion, and includes at least one component used by the health data management system. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080300921 | METHOD FOR RAPID TRACKING OF TRAUMA VICTIMS - A method for rapid identification and treatment of a group of trauma victims at an initial location comprises the steps of attaching a wristband containing machine readable information to each victim of the group, wherein the information comprises both patient information and first responder information, wherein the patient information comprises personal identifier information about the patient, and the first responder information comprises information about a first responder to the trauma victim, and uploading the information on the wristband into a database. Such trauma victim information may be uploaded into a government disaster database. The data in the database may be used to track and develop statistics, trends and movement of the victims. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080306759 | Patient workflow process messaging notification apparatus, system, and method - A system and method to communicate workflow process information associated with a patient. A notification configuration message includes at least one notification rule is received. The notification rule includes conditional tests to determine whether to transmit a notification message, determine the medium for communicating the notification message, and determine a recipient of the notification message. Patient information including the state of the patient through a patient workflow process is received. The notification message including the patient information is transmitted in a communication medium in accordance with the at least one notification rule. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080306760 | ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS FOR DIGITAL RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT - A system produces administrative reports for a digital radiology department. The system includes a plurality of digital radiographic systems, each of which has storage for storing digital data in html relating to the use and operation of the system. A computer is in communication with the plurality of digital radiographic systems. The computer has a web browser for collecting digital data relating to the operation and/or use of each digital radiographic system. The computer produces one or more administrative reports based on the collected data. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080306761 | System and Method of Performing Remote Verification of a Prescription in Combination with a Patient Access Terminal - The method and system provides a patient access terminal to collect customer and prescription order data, and enables a product work order to be divided into portions that may be routed to and processed by a plurality of entities including a customer, while providing verification processing to ensure the integrity of a delivered product. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080306762 | System and Method for Managing Absenteeism in an Employee Environment - A system for managing absenteeism includes an absence manager, employees, and healthcare individuals. Absence manager can capture health-related data associated with employee and reason for employee absence. Healthcare individuals can receive a report associated with the employee that is updated in real time as new data is captured. Healthcare individuals determine an intervention plan for the employee based on the health-related data, reason for absence, and any other relevant data. Healthcare individuals can exchange data with employee related to the intervention plan with the employee. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080306763 | System and Method for Modifying Risk Factors by a Healthcare Individual at a Remote Location - A method for modifying risk factors by a healthcare individual at a remote location includes interacting with a participant at a remote location to obtain health-related data, such that the interaction occurs during a live video session. The healthcare individual determining an intervention plan to the participant based on the health-related data. The healthcare individual communicating data associated with the intervention plan to the participant during the live video session. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080306764 | System and Method for Complex Arena Intelligence - The present disclosure generally relates to a method and system for processing and assessing health care-related data. A system and method are provided for evaluating and/or analyzing and/or predicting performance and outcome of a health care service provider. The system and method may enable standardization of generic health care organization data, calibration of the data, and usage of the data to provide performance indications and technology assessments on a per unit and/or organizational level. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080306765 | Method and Structure for Providing Medical Benefits to Retired Employees - A method for providing post-retirement health-care benefits is provided. The method includes the steps of adopting a health reimbursement arrangement that includes a sponsor and a beneficiary, wherein the beneficiary is employed by the sponsor. A pension plan is adopted, wherein the pension plan includes an account. Funds are provided to the pension plan and the account while the beneficiary is employed by the sponsor. Funds are dispersed from the account to reimburse the beneficiary only for medical expenses. The funds are dispersed in response to determining that the beneficiary is no longer employed by the sponsor and that the medical expenses are qualified medical expenses. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080306766 | EXAMINATION-DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND EXAMINATION SYSTEM - An examination system comprises an examination apparatus | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080306767 | Weight Management System Using Adaptive Targets - A method for managing the weight of a subject having an associated predefined target weight, comprises deriving a target energy balance and computing the realized energy balance ( | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080306768 | Healthcare Notification Method And System Including A Healthcare Website - Methods and apparatus enabling organizations with a need to communicate with healthcare providers regarding health-related issues affecting patient health to notify healthcare providers of a health-related issue affecting patient health are disclosed. An electronic notification of the health-related issue is transmitted by one of the organizations to a healthcare notification network, which may include a healthcare website, for transmission to a healthcare provider, where the electronic notification includes a mechanism for obtaining an acknowledgement indicating that the healthcare provider has received and opened the electronic notification. The acknowledgement is then received by the healthcare website from the healthcare provider, where the acknowledgement indicates that the healthcare provider has received and opened the electronic notification. Healthcare information, such as drug recalls and medication warnings to healthcare providers from content providers, along with other services, is provided at the healthcare website. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080312951 | Method for Optimizing Design Delivery and Implementation of Innovative Products in Healthcare - Thus, the invention provides a new method for generating a multi purpose cost/benefit analysis based on the generation of a multi dimensional database. Starting from this database, different models for various medical scenarios can be created. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312952 | Regulating Use Of A Device To Perform A Procedure On A Subject - Among other things, whether a procedure can be performed on a subject using a procedure device, is governed based on control data prestored on a portable memory device; procedure data generated in connection with performing the procedure is stored on the portable memory device; the procedure data being stored in a manner that protects the privacy of the data in accordance with regulatory privacy restrictions that protect the subject with respect to the procedure. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312953 | DATABASE DESIGN FOR COLLECTION OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS - A method and system for maintaining medical items is provided. The system includes a medical database structure, a medical database utility configured to maintain medical database contents by organizing medical information into levels, and a user interface component configured to enable a user to access the medical database utility. The medical database utility provides a user with an ability to access the user's collections of settings in the medical database, the user's collection of settings maintained separately from settings accessible by other users. The method stores medical data items in a database configured with multiple levels of organization, establishes a logical relationship between medical data items at each level of organization, presents a user with available medical system choices at each level of organization, and enables the user to select from among the available medical system choices presented at each level of organization. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312954 | System and Method for Generating and Promulgating Physician Order Entries - A system and method for generating and promulgating Physician Order Entries. The system uses traditional user interface to obtain physician input, and applies context-free grammars to produce a physician order in a standard format including the expected jargon and syntax of conventional physician orders. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312955 | SYSTEM FOR PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO MAINTAIN HEALTH AND WELLNESS - A system for providing preventative measures to maintain the health and wellness of an individual includes a personal health record accessible through a website connected to an electronic network. The personal health record includes medical history of an individual, at least one health risk assessment, and educational information personalized for the individual based on the individual's medical history and health risk assessment. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312956 | Method for proxy development, maintenance and upgrading of pharmaceutical formulary and software tool therefor - A method of operating a formulary and software therefore comprising a unique formulary maintenance tool are disclosed which allows for much greater participation of a PBM In the maintenance and upgrading of formularies. The method and software allow the PBM to create a wide range of useful and efficient proxies (“top down” operation) and not wait for organizations such as CMS or clients to define specific and limited drugs (“bottom up” operation). The system retains the ability to incorporate CMS- and client-defined proxies but also allows the PBM to create such proxies on its own from competent source information. It also includes sorting, navigation, comparison and communication capabilities which will result in significantly more efficient claim adjudication and system maintenance. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312957 | METHOD FOR VERIFYING AND ASSEMBLING A MULTIPLE PRESCRIPTION PACKAGE - A method for verifying a multiple prescription order having a plurality of different medications is described. The method comprises receiving a prescription order that includes a first medication that is different from a second medication. Additionally, the prescription order indicates that the first medication and second medication are to be taken at regular intervals. After entering the prescription order into a graphical user interface, the method verifies the entered prescription order by comparing the entered prescription order to the multiple prescription order. Multiple prescription packages are generated that combines the first medication and second medication in the same package that are intended to be taken at the prescribed interval. Each multiple prescription package is then inspected, and a verification process is initiated that confirms that the first medication and second medication are within each multiple prescription package. The multiple prescription packages are then placed into a container that is sealed. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312958 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING CERTIFYING OR MONITORING HUMAN CLINICAL RATERS - A method and system are disclosed for computerized training, monitoring, certification or re-certification of human raters in clinical trials. The invention provides an interactive computerized interview that can be compared scores obtained by human raters to monitor and train clinical raters on a continuing basis in order to reduce rater drift and variance during clinical trials. Remediation can be automatically flagged or provided to improve a deviating rater's performance. Computerized assessment of symptom severity is provided without the need for human clinical raters. The system and method enable screening of prospective patients for inclusion or exclusion from a clinical trial by automatically obtaining computerized ratings of symptom severity. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312959 | Health Care Data Management System - The present invention is directed to a health care data management system comprising a workflow management system and a decision support system, as well as to a corresponding computer program product and a method. The decision support system comprises a probabilistic expert system for medical advice and is arranged to create a query to be sent to the workflow management system. It is also arranged to receive a corresponding answer determined by the workflow management system. This answer comprises entity allocation data relating to the allocation of an entity handled by the workflow management system. Furthermore, the decision support system is arranged to utilize the data as probabilistic input variable(s) for the expert system. Such a system has the advantage of combining up-to-date patient data and organisational data (resource allocation), which is managed by the workflow management system, with the profound medical expertise of a decision support system. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312960 | System of Medical Treatment Units and Peripheral Devices - The invention relates to a system of a plurality of medical treatment units that are respectively associated with a patient, and a plurality of peripheral appliances also respectively associated with a patient. The peripheral appliances transmit control signals and patient signals to the treatment units, while the treatment units receive the control signals and patient signals from the peripheral appliances. The present invention ensures that the treatment units do not receive patient signals from other peripheral appliances that are not associated with the particular patient. The operating staff allocate a peripheral appliance to a patient and confirm the successful association of the peripheral appliance with the treatment unit allocated to the patient. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312961 | Managing Deployment of Clinical Guidelines - Variable and ambiguous factors in clinical guideline execution are further defined by prior expert medical scrutiny and testing. The definitions promote uniformity and ease of use, afford efficient interpretation by a medical device which can variably invoke the guideline ( | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312962 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICES VIA A NETWORK IN AN EMERGENCY CONTEXT - A computer-implemented method of providing services using a digital network in an emergency context is provided. In some embodiments, information about a person may be delivered across a network to assist in an emergency medical situation related to that person. The information may be obtained by receiving into the network data indicative of an emergency contact for a person, medical information related to the person, and an emergency personal page pass phrase. Based on the data, an emergency medical card is generated and delivered to the user. The user carries the card on their possession and it may be used in case of an emergency. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080312963 | PRODUCTIVITY WORKFLOW INDEX - Provided are methods of providing productivity measure for a complex workflow process, be determining at least one Productivity Workflow Index (PWI) based on data regarding human computer actions and workflow-related variables. Also provided are systems, apparatuses, machine-readable medium, and computer readable program products relating to such methods. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080319784 | Online health consultation - Online processing system which combined the process of medical consultation and medical attention, prescription, and monitoring. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080319785 | Medical Instrument Distributing System and Medical Instrument Distributing Method - A medical instrument distributing system of the present invention includes hospital terminals provided in multiple hospitals, a server placed in a manufacturer, which includes a computer system that processes orders/shipment of a disposable medical instrument based on inputted information that orders the disposable medical instrument from the hospital terminals. The hospital terminals and the server are connected by a wide area network to establish a system. In accordance with order information, ordered multiple disposable medical instruments are stored in a sterilization bag packages sealed after sterilization and are shipped to the ordering hospital. Thus, the number of complicated procedures in the hospital facilities can be reduced, and the distribution of medical instruments can be more improved. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080319786 | PUBLISHING AND INSURANCE APPLICATIONS OF LIFEOTYPES - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and publishing a publication based on the analysis or providing an insurance engine that provides at least one output based on the analysis. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080319787 | INTEGRATION OF LIFEOTYPES WITH DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a device, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in association with the device, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the device based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a computer program that operates on a data structure that includes at least one of life byte data and lifeotype data, and providing an interface to such computer program whereby a system may access the computer program to obtain at least one of the life byte data and the lifeotype data. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080319788 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING COSTS TO A PLAN MEMBER UNDER MEDICARE - A method for facilitating an easy and practical detailed analysis of Medicare Part D plans that saves the user time in calculating what a single plan costs by analyzing and presenting data regarding actual and estimated drug costs under various healthcare plans and features. A list of prescription drugs likely to be used in the coming year is prepared, including dosage and frequency of use on a personalized template. Information is added to the forms generated from the template, including plan name, prices for initial coverage, and yearly fee and deductible, for each plan. The spreadsheets are analyzed to compare plans. The effect on yearly cost of options such as home delivery, non-formulary drug suppliers domestic and foreign, which local drugstores, and other health decisions may be taken into consideration. Experts may then be consulted on ways to save money without losing any health benefits. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080319789 | PATIENT-SPECIFIC BIN ASSIGNMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES - Systems, methods, and devices are described related to the assignment and management of patient-specific bins. A dispensing device at a healthcare facility includes a number of bins for storage of medical supplies, with some of the bins designated as patient-specific bins allocated to be assigned to patients for storage of their medications or certain other supplies. A central server computer system, in communication with a computer of the dispensing device, may monitor and assign current and future patient-specific use of the bins for the dispensing device. The assignment and management of patient-specific bins may be performed by devices distributed through the system. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080319790 | MANAGEMENT OF PATIENT TRANSFER SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES - Systems, methods, and devices are described related to the assignment and management of patient-specific bins. A dispensing device at a healthcare facility includes a number of bins for storage of medical supplies, with some of the bins designated as patient-specific bins allocated to be assigned to patients for storage of their medications or certain other supplies. A central server computer system, in communication with a computer of the dispensing device, may monitor and assign current and future patient-specific use of the bins for the dispensing device. The assignment and management of patient-specific bins may be performed by devices distributed through the system. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080319791 | METHOD OF PROVIDING VISION CARE SERVICES AND RETAIL OPTICAL GOODS - A method for providing optometry services and retail optical goods ( | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080319792 | INVOICING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS - A method of providing compensation for therapeutic treatments involves establishing a therapeutic services membership having an associated compensation plan. The compensation plan establishes a maximum monetary payment amount for therapeutic treatments. Therapeutic treatments are rendered to a recipient of the therapeutic services membership. The rendered therapeutic treatments have an associated monetary value. Compensation is subsequently effected to the recipient in accordance with the compensation plan. The compensation provides the therapeutic treatments to the recipient without monetary payment when the total monetary value of the rendered therapeutic treatments exceeds the maximum monetary payment amount. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080319793 | Method and commuication system for supporting the adherence to the study protocol of a clinical study - In at least one embodiment of a method for supporting a person involved in a clinical study in the adherence to a study protocol, an automatic communication system is disclosed which collects data correlated with the performance of the study in at least approximately real time from a data processing system concerned with the study, determines, by use of the data, a first future time for a study action to be performed according to the study protocol, and, by use of a planning criterion, a second future time which is before the first one. In at least one embodiment, the communication system, at the second time, sends a message concerning the study action to the person. A corresponding communication system contains, in at least one embodiment, an interface for collecting the data, a control and evaluating unit for determining the first and second time, and a communication interface for sending the message. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090006125 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL VIDEO MODELING TO GENERATE AN OPTIMAL HEALTHCARE DELIVERY MODEL - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating an optimal healthcare delivery model. The process parses event data derived from video data to identify patterns of events, wherein the event data comprises metadata describing events associated with a medical care facility. The process then identifies a subset of patterns of events from the patterns of events that achieves a target outcome to form a set of optimized patterns of events. The process generates an optimized healthcare delivery strategy using the set of optimized patterns of events to form the optimized healthcare delivery model for the medical care facility. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090006126 | Prescription transmission system and method - A system and method for processing a prescription wherein the prescription may be transmitted to a selected pharmacy from a remote location situated remote from the selected pharmacy is provided. A prescription is described by either a new prescription dataset entered on a prescription form or a refill prescription dataset. A client uses a client computing device situated in the remote location to select the selected pharmacy and to transmit the prescription dataset thereto. The client may then later attend at the selected pharmacy to retrieve the prescription. Prescription datasets may be transmitted to the selected pharmacy either electronically or verbally using client telephony device connected to the client computing device, and preferably housed therewith, in the remote location. A client scanner device may be used for converting new prescription forms for new prescription into scanned images thereof for electronic transfer to the selected pharmacy. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090006127 | Personalized nutrition advisor - The instant invention describes various computer program products and methods of using the same in order to provide personalized nutritional advice to end users. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090006128 | Life sciences business systems and methods - Improved life sciences business systems and methods are disclosed. One or more genomes are scanned for single nucleotide polymorphisms. The polymorphisms are used in association studies for pharmaceutical and diagnostic developments. In certain embodiments, an association study comprises both genotyping of these polymorphisms and resequencing of genomic regions that contain polymorphisms associated with a phenotypic state of interest. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090006129 | Medical Diagnosis, Therapy, And Prognosis System For Invoked Events And Methods Thereof - A diagnosis, therapy and prognosis system (DTPS) and method thereof to help either the healthcare provider or the patient in diagnosing, treating and interpreting data are disclosed. The apparatus provides data collection based on protocols, and mechanism for testing data integrity and accuracy. The data is then driven through an analysis engine to characterize in a quantitative sense the metabolic state of the patient's body. The characterization is then used in diagnosing the patient, determining therapy, evaluating algorithm strategies and offering prognosis of potential use case scenarios. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090006130 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPARING INJURY RISK ASSESSMENTS - A method of calculating a relative indicator of injury risk for a group of individuals, where injury risk is assessed across at least one risk category associated with an injury risk factor, the method being characterised by the steps of; receiving a plurality of risk values, where a single risk value is received for each individual of the group for each risk category considered, calculating a risk ratio for each possible risk value available for each risk category considered using the received risk values, calculating a category metric for each risk category considered using the risk ratios of each risk category, and calculating a relative indicator of injury risk for the group using a linear combination of the calculated category metrics. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090012811 | METHOD TO COLLECT AND OFFER CERTIFIED INFORMATION ON OPTIMIZED CLINICAL PROCESSES TO HEALTH INSTITUTIONS USING SEARCH ENGINES - A system and method develop and distribute model descriptions for benchmarked and optimized clinical workflows. Benchmarked clinical workflows may be developed and a corresponding database built. The database may be remotely searchable via a search engine over a communications network, such as the Internet. Remote health institution customers may remotely access and download virtual representations of benchmarked clinical workflows. The benchmarked clinical workflows may be modified or optimized to account for the characteristics and/or restrictions of a remote health institution. The savings associated with the benchmarked or optimized clinical workflows may be automatically derived and quantified with respect to manpower, money, and time. In one aspect, the benchmarked clinical workflows may have associated interactive software applications or include modifications to existing software applications that may operate on a customer's local workstation. The software applications may facilitate medical procedures and/or the operation of medical equipment, including medical imaging devices. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090012812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT CARE - Embodiments of the present invention may integrate and analyze the output from various medical devices and clinical information systems in order to assist the clinical staff in making the more informed clinical decisions, output intelligent alarms, predict and prevent adverse events, and in some circumstances enable automated patient care. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090012813 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MEDICAL INFORMATION - Systems and methods for managing medical information for medical service providers are provided. Personnel are able to manage and track workflow operations, evaluate profitability, and maintain records in an integrated and streamlined manner by executing various modules of a software application. A Dashboard module provides a unitary display of information regarding employee efficiency and operational profitability; a Virtual Will Call module allows for the virtual placement of items in storage areas reflecting the corresponding physical will call storage locations; an Rx Tracker module provides information regarding the status of prescriptions as they go through the process from ordered to dispensed; the Maintenance module allows personnel to define customized delivery methods; and the Archive Viewer module provides a way for personnel to archive images in any accessible drive or memory device, including portable storage media, and to view such images independently of the module using an archive viewer executable. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090012814 | Service for managing medications - A health management service includes a computerized management site having one or more servers executing software from coupled computer-readable media, and a data repository storing information regarding a plurality of enrolled persons, including at least medications and medication schedules for individual ones of the persons, and storing information regarding a plurality of associate or partner entities comprising at least physicians. In this service persons, in enrollment, enter personal data and medication data, the service stores the data in the repository associated with each enrolling person entering the data, associates the person with one or more physicians and other partner entities, whom also enter data in enrollment, and enables enrolled persons to share their individual medication data with associated physicians and other partner entities. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090018861 | HEALTHCARE CHARGE CAPTURE AND INFORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A provider-patient encounter device delivers medical information and services by receiving content from context sponsors, linking the content to service codes and presenting the content to providers. The service codes represent medical procedure codes and medical diagnosis codes. Each service code includes a provider demographic code, a service priority code, and a supplemental service code. The provider-patient encounter device presents a selectable list of service codes and presents content from a context sponsor assigned to a service code when the provider selects the service code from the selectable list of service codes. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090018862 | System and Method for Providing Optimized Medical Order Sets - System and method for preparing patient order sets by an attending physician include optimization of orders particularly when multiple diagnoses are being treated. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090018863 | PERSONAL ASSESSMENT INCLUDING FAMILIAL RISK ANALYSIS FOR PERSONALIZED DISEASE PREVENTION PLAN - Family health history information can be used to assess familial risk for common diseases and determine early detection and prevention medical strategies. Assessed familial risk of disease can then be used to determine recommendations for disease prevention and screening that are targeted to familial risk. Other factors can be included to generate personalized disease prevention recommendations. For example, personal health history information, personal health behavior information, or both can be collected and assessed to generate personalized disease prevention recommendations based on the information collected. Recommendations for disease prevention and screening based at least on familial risk can be used to provide a personalized disease prevention plan that encourages a person to make behavior changes that will reduce the risk of disease and utilize preventive health services. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090018864 | Method and system for ensuring compliance with mandated pre-operative policies and procedures to prevent wrong-site surgeries - There are provided systems and methods for ensuring compliance with mandated pre-operative policies and procedures to prevent wrong site surgeries. In an embodiment, at least two operating room personnel perform a pre-operative assessment prior to a scheduled surgical procedure. The at least two participants to the pre-operative assessment provide some indicia of their personal identity as a form of attestation to their respective participation in the pre-operative assessment. Upon verifying the submitted indicia of personal identification information received from each of the at least two operating room personnel participants to the assessment, critical operating room lighting fixtures and critical outlets are switched from an initialized disabled state to an enabled state to permit activation by the operating room personnel to allow the procedure to run its normal course. In another embodiment, a recording device is activated prior to the start of a pre-operative assessment. At least two participants perform a pre-operative assessment while the recording device is activated. The recording device is then de-activated at the conclusion of a pre-operative assessment. Responsive to the de-activation of the recording device, operating room lighting fixtures and critical outlets are switched from a disabled state to an enabled state. Accordingly, a failsafe method is provided for ensuring strict compliance with the performance of the pre-operative assessment in a timely manner. The system and method is dependent upon a repeatable obligatory behavior that is easily implemented and can be added to existing physical infrastructure at a very low cost. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090018865 | Earnest custom calibration system delivering dietary supplements - The present invention relates to the delivery of emulsions and dry powders mixed to supply a customized calibration of dietary supplements derived from the coordinated efforts of the user, the user's physician, and the user's supplier or pharmacy. The system of utilization is three pronged and coordinates all three venues into development of a safer, purer, quality, product accessible through manual, electronic, and internet applications for its production and procurement which is user specific and personal and it additionally affords inherent, by virtue of attending professionals, medical checks and balances on its use. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090018866 | Claim Processing Validation System - A system evaluates processing rules used for processing claim data related to reimbursement for provision of healthcare to a patient by specific payer organizations. The system includes at least one repository of information including first claim data. The first claim data processing rules and associated output data comprise first claim result information derived by applying the first claim data processing rules to the first claim data. The system also includes a source of a second claim data processing rule and a rules processor for applying the second claim data processing rule to the first claim data in deriving second claim result information corresponding to the first claim result information. A comparator compares the second claim result information with the first claim result information to identify changed result data elements and associated data fields in a claim form used in obtaining reimbursement in response to a claim. An output processor provides data representing a visual display image highlighting data fields associated with the changed result data elements. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090018867 | Gesture-based communication and reporting system - The present invention relates to a gesture-based reporting method and system, including a critical results reporting pathway, which is used to communicate critical findings to users according to predetermined methods (i.e., e-mail, facsimile, etc.), and create an electronic auditing trail to document receipt, understanding, bi-directional queries, and track clinical outcomes. Based on a predetermined rule set, predetermined data elements within the structured database could trigger the critical results reporting pathway. There is a quality assurance component to the invention, such that technical deficiencies in an imaging quality can be noted, analyzed, and tracked. There is a workflow and data analysis portion to the invention, wherein workflow is enhanced, and structured data is mapped to a standardized lexicon, such that data mining can be performed. Thus, the present invention extends beyond reporting alone and is a tool to facilitate electronic communication, consultation, education/training, and data mining for quality assurance. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090018868 | Method for Utilizing Cell Therapy Product Facility and Network-Based Business Model Using the Same - A method is provided for utilizing a cell therapy product facility and an internet franchise market business comprising: producing a cell therapy product by a CT (Cell Therapy)-module (1) of prefabricated units having specific functions, and; storing of hematopoietic stem cells, bone marrow cells and other cells, by a BC (Banking of Cell and Tissue)-module (2) of prefabricated units having specific functions. Both modules eliminate contamination and maximize efficiency. It provides an operating method and a use method and business method for the above cell therapy product facility. The invention enables easy, low cost production of a product having sufficient quality to be transplanted into patients and put into clinical application within a short period of time. The facility module of the invention can be installed and used wherever adequate space is available. The invention provides improved quality and reliability of cell therapy products. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090018869 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA AGGREGATION FOR REAL-TIME EMERGENCY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - The present invention provides a system and a method for providing information about resource availability, especially during an emergency such as a natural disaster. The system stores resource information about multiple facilities, across cities, counties, states and even countries. Such information can be provided to designated users based on specified access levels for the user and the resource information. Further, the system is able to exchange the resource availability information with external systems and databases. The resource information is also automatically updated to reflect the most current information. The system is useful in directing resources to participate in an emergency. Further the system aggregates resource information based on one or more attributes, such as region, hospital, city, state, etcetera, that is associated with the resource information. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090018870 | Method for Preventing Chronic Disease - A new method for preventing chronic disease is described. The method comprises the act of using the result of any biometric test for an individual's levels of omega-6 or omega-3 fatty acids as an input in any computerized analysis that determines an economic outcome for the tested individual. This outcome will encourage improved health behavior, which will lead to lowered incidence of chronic disease, improved physical and mental health, improved employee performance, and lower health care costs. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090024410 | VERTICAL CONTENT SEARCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention provides for conducting a vertical search, wherein a vertical search is a content search in a defined or otherwise limited domain. The method and apparatus includes receiving a search request from a user, where the user has a user profile with user profile data associated therewith. The method and apparatus includes defining a search domain based on the search request and the user profile data. Thereby, the method and apparatus includes conducting a content search within the search domain, as the search domain is defined in part by the user-profile information and thereby provides a much more concise search result. Additionally, the method and apparatus may perform additional functions based on the aggregation of data across numerous users having related profile data. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090024411 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXTUALIZING PATIENT HEALTH INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS - System and method for contextualizing input and presentation of patient information in Electronic Health Record systems. The system and method enhance the ease of use and usefulness of Electronic Health Record systems, and are configurable to capture and automatically integrate dictated and transcribed free-form text into an Electronic Health Record (“EHR”) and present discrete health data maintained in an EHR to system users in an interactive, contextualized, and annotated graphical form. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090024412 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS FOR PHARMACEUTICALS THAT REQUIRE INSURER PREAPPROVAL - Systems, methods, and apparatus for managing patients in need of a predetermined pharmaceutical that requires preauthorization based upon patient clinical data are provided. Prescription information is obtained for each respective patient. Such information includes an identity of the patients and amounts of the pharmaceutical that has been prescribed to the patients. Further, clinical information associated with each patient is received. The clinical information one or more determinants that each contributes to providing a basis for authorizing or denying patient coverage for the pharmaceutical. At least one determinant in the one or more determinants is not a standardized code. Coverage for a patient for the predetermined pharmaceutical is requested by transmitting the prescription and clinical information to a specialty pharmaceutical distributor at a remote location. A grant or denial of coverage for the patient is then received from the remote location and stored in an electronic record associated with the patient. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090030719 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRESCRIPTION ALIGNMENT - The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that the plurality of prescriptions all require refills on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090030720 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALIGNING A PLURALITY OF REFILL DATES FOR PRESCRIPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A PLURALITY OF CUSTOMERS - The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that the plurality of prescriptions all require refills on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. The plurality of prescriptions are associated with a plurality of customers, for example, living in the same household, being members of the same family, or being patients in the care of a single entity or person. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090030721 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING USE OF RESOURCES BY HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES - A system that monitors use of resources by healthcare employees includes a plurality of resource identification devices located adjacent different resources, such as pieces of plumbing fixture, medical equipment, documents and hospital rooms. Each resource identification device emits a wireless signal containing a resource identifier. A plurality of healthcare employees carry separate data acquisition devices which receive the wireless signal when nearby a resource identification device. Upon receiving a wireless signal, the data acquisition device records the date and time of day and the resource identifier carried by the wireless signal. The information stored in each data acquisition device along with an employee identifier are employed to monitor the activity and use of resources by employees, and create reports about activity and use of the resources by the healthcare employees. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090030722 | System and method for performing a remote verification of a pharmacy fill utilizing an image to image comparison - The method and system provides image data of a prepared pharmacy product for review by a pharmacist located away from the prepared pharmacy product. The method and system enables the verification process to be ported to locations in which resources may be more efficiently utilized. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090030723 | Method of genetic screening and analysis - A method of genetic screening and analysis, particularly for prenatal genetic screening to determine a risk estimate or probability of genetic disorders for a specific pregnancy integrating a patient's family history data (r | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090030724 | System for providing hygienic education information and method thereof - A method for providing hygienic education information comprising the steps of: receiving at least one set of diagnostic data, and defining an illness grade according to the diagnostic data; and then searching a hygienic education database based on the illness grade, and catching and outputting the hygienic education information corresponding to the illness grade in the hygienic education database. Hence, the present invention can find out the related hygienic education information according to the diagnosis result and the test data, and can provide effectively, practically, and accurately hygienic education information for the patient. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090037215 | SCREENING METHOD - An automated method of screening a candidate for a clinical trial is disclosed. The method involves processing a drug rule indicative of a criteria associated with at least one drug and a candidiate drug list comprising a list of drugs taken by a candidate. An output is generated, the output being indicative of the candidate's suitability for the clinical trial based upon the processing. The method can be used to screen the candidate prior to the clinical trial. The method can also be used to assess the ongoing suitability of a candidate, while the candidate is participating in the trial. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090037216 | Medical treatment system with a device for supplying patient-related data - The invention relates to a medical treatment system, which has at least one device for carrying out a medical treatment, in particular dialysis treatment and a device for providing patient-related data. The patient-related data is stored by the server and the data can be displayed in a patient mode on a screen. The dialysis system has various security features, which prevent an erroneous input and the erroneous display of patient-related data in the patient mode on the screen. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090037217 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PACKAGE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a multi-functional package system. This integrated package system integrates the aspects authentication, prompting the consumer to consume a product from the package as per a prescribed plan including appropriate patient feedback from clinical trials and/or collection of pharmacovigilance data, real time recording of the history of product dispensed from the package, communicating/interacting with an external device, establishing and converting the package into a non-authentic package after the validity period/expiry period has elapsed or the package has been tampered with or after the entire contents of the package has been dispensed. This multi-functional capability is achieved by the synergistic combination of a tailored coupling/decoupling of the dispensing system, product sensing system, data processing system and communicating/interacting with an external device/system along with the unique identification information provided on the package. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090037218 | METHOD OF OPERATING A HEALTHCARE FACILITY - A method of operating a healthcare facility includes off-site staff members employed by a service provider. The staff members are in virtual communication with the healthcare facility. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090037219 | Measurement results managing method, system, and apparatus - A measurement results managing apparatus for carrying out operations, comprising: receiving a first measurement order which includes a plurality of measurement items from a high-order computer; determining whether all the measurement items included in the first measurement order are measurable at the facility at which the measurement results managing apparatus is installed; when the first measurement order includes a non-measurable item that cannot be measured at the first facility, sending a second measurement order that includes the non-measurable item to an other measurement results managing apparatus for managing measurement results received from a plurality of second analyzers, and which is installed at an other facility capable of measuring the non-measurable item; and receiving a measurement result of the non-measurable item from the other measurement results managing apparatus. A measurement results managing method and system are also disclosed. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090043605 | MEDICATION MANAGING APPARATUS - When the present time of a clock circuit is a medication time recorded in advance in a SD card, a notice that the medication time has come is given by a voice output portion or the like. Presence/absence of a medicine package in each block of a medicine package case is sensed by a medicine package sensor. The time point and the presence/absence of the medicine package are recorded in the SD card. A notice corresponding to the presence/absence is output. At a time except for the medication time, taking-out of the case, opening/closing of the cover, taking-out and return of the medicine package are recorded in the SD card based on detection signals from the medicine package sensor, medicine package case sensor, and case cover opening/closing sensor. A notice corresponding to the sensed situation is output, | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090043606 | MEDICAL MANAGEMENT MODELER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A method and system for determining custom population Return on Investment (ROI) forecasted savings estimates for use in evaluating the desirability of active health care management programs and the depth of penetration of such programs. The method and system further include a graphical user interface and returns a statistical confidence of the predicted savings or loss. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090043607 | MEDICAL IMAGE SYSTEM - A medical image system comprises a medical imaging apparatus, an injector, and a hospital management server having database. The injector has (a) communicating means for allowing communication with the hospital management server; and (b) a patient identifying portion which includes a detecting means for detecting patient-specific information and a means for transmitting the recognized information, further comprising (c) checking means being provided for at least one of the hospital management server and the injector or being provided as a separate apparatus, the means receives information transmitted from the patient identifying portion, and checks the received information to identify the patient. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090048863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICATION PRESCRIPTION CONSULTATION - A method and apparatus of providing a pharmaceutical consultation prevents a person from receiving a medication prescription if consultation is required, and enables a user to readily view the medication prescription information and convey information to the person. Methods and apparatus of providing a pharmaceutical consultation are provided herein. The methods and apparatus include receiving medication prescription data relating to the medication prescription, and displaying a consultation review screen having a medication prescription view with information relating to the medication prescription and a discussion view with information to be conveyed to the person. The medication prescription data includes a consultation requirement for the medication prescription. A transaction for the medication prescription is prevented if consultation is required, and permitted when data is received indicating the consultation is completed. The methods and apparatus of pharmaceutical, consultation also include remote consultation between a user and a person at different geographic locations. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090048864 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERAPEUTIC INTERCHANGE - A method and apparatus of interchanging a prescribed medication with a therapeutically equivalent replacement medication includes receiving medication prescription data relating to a medication prescription for a person identifying a therapeutically equivalent replacement medication for a medication associated with the medication prescription, generating an exception for the medication if a replacement medication is identified so as to prevent the medication from being dispensed to the person until the exception is resolved, transmitting a request to replace the prescribed medication with the therapeutically equivalent replacement medication to a medical provider, and resolving the exception based on the response from the medical provider. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090048865 | Patient Tracking Systems and Methods - A computer-implemented method is disclosed, The method can include relating a transponder with a healthcare patient, identifying one or more locations of the patient using the transponder, and associating the one or more locations with one or more time values, and associating the one or more locations or time values with one or more billable events in the patient's care. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090048866 | Rules-Based System For Routing Evidence and Recommendation Information to Patients and Physicians By a Specialist Based on Mining Report Text - One or more of the embodiments of the present invention provide a rules-based system for routing medical reports based on processing report data. Certain embodiments of the invention provide a medical report routing system including a report acquisition component, a language processing component, a routing rule component, and a report transmitting component. The report acquisition component is adapted to receive a medical report. The language processing component adapted to apply natural language processing techniques to the medical report. The routing rule component is adapted to apply at least one routing rule to said medical report | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090048867 | DIAGNOSTIC RECORD INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DIAGNOSTIC RECORD INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - The medical chart management system reads the paper medical charts made in the medical facilities with scanners installed in the medical facilities, converts them into image data and stores them in a paper medical chart information DB of a management server corresponding to the medical facilities. To search for image data including a certain medical term from the paper medical chart information DB, the management server obtains patterns for search which is a representation used in recording a medical term in a medical chart to be retrieved and which is inputted by hand with a pen tablet from the each medical facility and performs matching between the patters for search obtained and the image data on the paper charts stored in the paper medical chart information DB corresponding to the medical facilities at which the patterns for search are inputted. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090048868 | Medication Related Task Notification System - A task management system for informing a clinician of medication administration related tasks to be performed, includes a repository of information. The repository of information associates data identifying multiple different medications with corresponding multiple post-administration alert messages. An individual alert message notifies a clinician of a particular post-administration task to be performed concerning a particular medication following administration of the particular medication to a patient. An input processor receives data indicating the particular medication has been administered to the patient. A workflow processor, in response to received data indicating the particular medication has been administered to the patient, uses the repository for identifying a post-administration task associated with the particular medication and automatically adds data indicating the post-administration task to be performed to a task list of a clinician. A reproduction device presents the post-administration task and task list of the clinician for viewing by a user. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090048869 | AUTOMATED HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS - The present invention involves value-added applications (or middleware) that integrates and adds value to existing call system and medical software packages by leveraging the assets of telecommunications manager software and medical records software with further specialized software. The EXTENSION system provides a modular set of medical workflow based applications that tightly integrate with telephone, such as call manager systems, and information systems, such as medical software packages. This combination allows a greater level of productivity within the medical organization. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090055214 | Personalized Audio/Video/Text Wellness Program - A system generates one or more of a plurality of wellness programs for a user. Personal data items are entered into a computing system corresponding to a personal profile of the user. A selected one or more of the plurality of wellness programs desired by the user is identified. Selected ones of the plurality of personal data items are then extracted in response to the selected one of the plurality of wellness programs. Then a corresponding plurality of wellness program data elements in response to the selected ones of the plurality of personal data items is determined. The selected plurality of wellness program data elements are then assembled to form a customized wellness program responsive to the step of identifying a selected one of the plurality of wellness programs and the selected ones of the plurality of personal data items. The customized wellness program is recorded on media for the user. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090055215 | Endoscope management system - A web-based endoscope management system and method for managing, scheduling and tracking in real-time the processing of endoscopy equipment in a single site or across multiple sites. The system allows various useful information relating to the managed endoscopy equipment and its processing history (such as equipment status, equipment movement, equipment repair history, cost and procedural efficiencies, what individuals have processed or come into contact with the equipment) to be tracked and analyzed. The system incorporates a user display and prompt to assist users in following the proper processing and cleaning protocols (preparation, pre-cleaning, automated reprocessing, repair, etc.) for the equipment. The system uses a colour-coded display so that pertinent information can be seen at a glance. This system is used in conjunction with a suitable colour-coded labeling scheme to reduce the possibility that users will process the wrong equipment or improperly store it. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090055216 | Home Care Equipment Monitoring System - In a bed (home care equipment) | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090055217 | Method and system for identifying and communicating a health risk - A method is provided for identifying and communicating a health risk to an individual. The method may include obtaining health information for an individual and predicting, based on the health information, a risk of the individual contracting a disease. The method may also include calculating a rate of change of the risk and calculating a forecasted risk based on the rate of change. Further, the method may include initiating a present action when the forecasted risk is above a first predetermined threshold at a future time. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090055218 | Prospective health care quality improvement - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system for improving the quality of health care in a health plan. The members of the health plan eligible for undergoing predetermined measures of health care are identified. The primary care physicians (PCPs) for the identified members are notified to ensure implementation of the predetermined measures. The health plan staff is notified to ensure coordination between the identified members and PCPs. The status of the identified members is updated based on the implemented predetermined measures. Quality indexes for the PCPs are calculated for the implemented predetermined measures. A performance score of the health plan is calculated to indicate the quality of health care. Identifying and notifying the members, the PCPs and the health plan staff reduces the level of clinical chart review by the health plan staff and improves the quality of health care in a health plan. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090055219 | APPARATUS TO MEASURE MEDICAL DATA AND TO REGISTER THE IDENTITY OF A PATIENT - An apparatus for measurement of medical data of a patient is used to automatically update the patient file, has a device to measure such medical data at an examined patient, a device to register data that enable determinations of the identity of the examined patient, and a device to link a patient identity with measured medical data. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090055220 | Adaptive communication methods and systems for facilitating the gathering, distribution and delivery of information related to medical care - Automated methods and systems are disclosed for persistently facilitating the timely gathering, monitoring, distribution and delivery of information related to medical care where such may include: (1) finding a communications channel for effectively attempting a message delivery to a specific target person at a specified time; (2) deliverable message content to limitations of a chosen communications channel; adaptively finding a targeted recipient even if the latter is highly mobile and/or has travel patterns or communications-channel preferences that change over time; (3) verifying that a targeted recipient has actually received an attempted delivery within an applicable time limit; (4) automatically recognizing that an urgent message delivery-attempt was not timely completed and adaptively alerting responsible entities of the in completion; and (5) automatically recognizing that an urgent change or non change of condition has occurred by virtue of information gathered during an automated or manually-conducted Interview where physician expected positive progress prior to Interview and adaptively alerting responsible entities of the changed or unchanged condition based on the urgency of the change or non-change. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090063183 | ASSOCIATION OF SUPPORT SURFACES AND BEDS - Systems, methods, beds, supports surfaces and machine readable medium for associating beds and support surface of a healthcare facility are disclosed. A surface association system for a healthcare facility may comprise a plurality of beds. The system may further comprise a computing device and a plurality of support surfaces to be placed upon beds of the plurality of beds. The computing device may associate a support surface of the plurality of support surfaces with a bed of the plurality of beds. The computing device may make the association based upon status data received from the plurality of beds and the plurality of support surfaces. The support surface and/or bed to be associated may initiate a surface association request. The computing device, in response to the surface association request, may request performance of one or more actions on the bed and/or support surface to be associated to identify the bed and/or support surface from the beds and support surfaces of the healthcare facility. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090063184 | Method For Automatic Project File Reconstruction and Batch Processor - A method and appertaining system for performing the method is provided in which the modeling and detailing of a hearing aid shell can be done at a remote site, while the work order handling and the actual manufacture are performed at a local site without the need to transmit large STL files from the remote site to the local site. The local site is able to construct an STL file from data defining the original undetailed impression and a project file containing the detailing algorithms from the remote site. The hearing aid shell may then be manufactured from the STL file. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090063185 | SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING AND MANAGING HEALTH RELATED INFORMATION - A system for integrating and managing health related information. The system comprises at least one portable data storage device, adapted to store data comprising health related information; at least one external device, adapted to provide health related information; and at least one component adapted to manipulate the health related information stored in the at least one portable data storage device. The at least one external device and the at least one component are adapted to exchange data with the at least one portable data storage device, when the at least one portable data storage device is removably connected with the at least one external device or the at least one component. The health related information in the at least one portable data storage device is stored in a specific format, and is accessible by any external device or component in the system. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090063186 | FOREGROUND MULTI USER, MULTI PATIENT WORKFLOW ON RAD SYSTEMS - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for acquiring medical images through a flexible workflow process. The present application further provides a modular workflow having an operator interface that may be tailored and made unique for each individual application. The imaging system supports multiple user stations or terminals where multiple users can log into. The system has the capability to track and capture audit data for each user. In a multi terminal environment a terminal can perform acquisition of medical images, another terminal can be accessing medical images from a database and performing analysis of retrieved images. Additionally, the terminals can be assigned different roles based on whether is performing image acquisition, image retrieval, or foreground application processing. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090063187 | Medical data transport over wireless life critical network employing dynamic communication link mapping - A portable source medical device determines communication links of a network presently available to effect communications with a target component when the source medical device is at each of a multiplicity of geographical locations. A profile is generated comprising information about each available communication link and attributes associated with each available communication link for each geographical location. When the source medical device is at a particular geographical location, a profile associated with the particular geographical location is accessed and a network connection is established between the source medical device and the target component using a communication link associated with the particular profile. Medical information is transferred between the source medical device and the target component via the communication link associated with the particular profile. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090063188 | Connecting Consumers with Service Providers - A request is received from a consumer of services to consult with a service provider having a service provider profile that satisfies at least some attributes in a set of attributes that define a suitable service provider; an available service provider satisfying at least some of the attributes in the set of attributes is identified; and a communication channel is provided to establish a communication between the consumer of services and the identified service provider. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090070134 | TRACKING COMMUNICABLE PATHOGENS - Methods, systems, computer program products, and data structures are used for tracking communicable pathogens in a healthcare facility. An individual is digitally tagged as been at risk for spreading communicable pathogens upon coming into contact with another individually that is digitally tagged as been at risk for spreading communicable pathogens. Digitally tagged individuals can be patients that are diagnosed with a communicable disease, individuals that come into contact with patients diagnosed with a communicable disease, and individuals that come into contact with other individuals (e.g., that through a chain of one or more other contacts) have been in contact with patients diagnosed with a communicable disease. Staff members and visitors digitally tagged through contact can perform appropriate hygiene procedures to remove their digitally tagged status. A system sensor can be used to track individual contacts and activation of hygiene equipment. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090070135 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING CLAIMS PROCESSING IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system and method for managing clinical documents for claims processing. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving a command to submit an invoice to a payer. The method also includes acquiring a first set of files from an electronic medical records database according to a first set of rules. The first set of rules provide for acquiring a first set of files required for submission to a payer. The method also includes displaying an identifier for the first set of files to a user for approval. The first set of files may be transmitted to the payer. In an embodiment, the method may also include receiving a request for additional information from the payer. A second set of files may be acquired according to a second set of rules. The second set of files may be transmitted to the payer. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090070136 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICATION MANAGEMENT USING MULTIPLE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for medication management including a user interface, a processor, and a display component. The user interface is adapted to receive patient data. The processor is adapted to aggregate medication data from at least one medication data source. The display component is adapted to display the medication data. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090070137 | Method and system to optimize quality of patient care paths - A system and method for optimizing status of a care plan is described, the method including defining a care plan as worksteps associated by a rule-based process. Historical data is collected for a plurality of worksteps for such attributes as diagnosis, clinical outcome and cost. The data may be analyzed by data mining techniques so as to discover the optimum relationships between the patient symptoms, the worksteps and a success criteria. The success criteria may include correct diagnosis, equipment use efficiency, cost, and successful clinical outcome. The rule-based process may be modified to take account of the optimum relationships. A patient presenting with a constellation of symptoms may have the symptoms compared with care plans success ranking to determine an optimum care plan. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090070138 | INTEGRATED CLINICAL RISK ASSESSMENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method is provided for analyzing patient risk and determining an individual therapeutic treatment plan for a cancer patient. The method includes entering patient medical information into a risk assessment tool; identifying any obtaining missing or out-of-date patient information; initializing the risk assessment tool based on the patient's demographics and cancer characteristics and determining a default treatment plan for the patient; modifying the default treatment plan by observing the modification of a risk score for the patient; and confirming a treatment order for the patient based on a balancing of the risk and treatment plan factors. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090070139 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MAINTAINING A DIET FREE FROM REFINED FOODS - Described herein are methods, apparatuses and kits suitable for treating a person afflicted with a disorder related to the consumption of refined foods. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090070140 | Visualizing the Documentation and Coding of Surgical Procedures - Among other things, methods, systems and computer program products for providing visual indication of documentation and coding of medical procedures may include providing a choice of medical codes associated with a medical procedure. A user selection of one of the medical codes is detected. Based on the detection, a visual indication of the user selection is generated on one or more anatomical diagrams. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090070141 | Method and System for Defining, Configuring, Deploying, Delivering, and Monitoring Health Improvement Programs - A method and system for defining, configuring, deploying, delivering, and monitoring health improvement programs are described. According to one embodiment, a method, comprises defining health improvement program components. The health improvement program components are assembled into a plurality of configured health improvement program templates. One or more program templates of the plurality of configured health improvement program templates are configured to meet the requirements of a given population. The one or more health improvement program templates are deployed to a plurality of program participants within the population. a personalized health improvement program is delivered for each participant of the plurality of program participants within the population. Participant progress is monitored. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090076839 | SEMANTIC SEARCH SYSTEM - A semantic search is provided. The semantic search generates related terms that relate to a search term using a selected ontology domain. The related terms may be compared to information in a medical document. The semantic search may also generate related terms for the medical document. The related terms for the medical document may be compared to the related terms that relate to the search term. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090076840 | Wireless ICU - A method may include receiving information from two or more wireless sensors and identifying patient identification information included in the information. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090076841 | RULES-BASED SOFTWARE AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE MEASUREMENT APPLICATIONS AND USES THEREOF - A rules based software user interface application and environment, comprising: a) a clinical quality measure library database schema, b) a clinical quality measure specification database schema, c) a rules library, d) a clinical business rule (CBR) editor, e) a key performance indicator (KPI) or clinical quality measure specification editor, f) a clinical quality runtime configuration module, g) a cost of care runtime configuration module and h) a runtime manager module and, in some embodiments, i) a measure testing module. In some embodiments, rules-based software applications comprise a component for delivery of clinical measure description libraries as a web or Internet application. In other embodiments, rules-based software applications comprise a component for measure testing which include a test data generator module which generates a test database with a known target measure result and an audit detail component for inspecting test results. In yet other embodiments, rules-based software applications comprise both a component for delivery of clinical measure description libraries as a web or Internet application and a measure testing component to support the development of measures. Methods of converting health-based input source data into measures of clinical quality or cost of care comprise: a) providing a source code application, b) providing a collection of source data that comprises health-related source data, and c) transforming the source data into at least one evidence-based care measure using the source code application. In some embodiments, contemplated care measures comprise quality of care measures, care of cost measures or combinations thereof. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090076842 | METHOD FOR TAILORING STRATEGY MESSAGES FROM AN EXPERT SYSTEM TO ENHANCE SUCCESS WITH MODIFICATIONS TO HEALTH BEHAVIORS - A system and method for assisting with the maintenance of healthy lifestyle habits by generating tailored strategy messages within an expert system and then pushing those messages to the corresponding individual users of the cellular phones or other portable devices. The system and method allows diet and exercise plans to be tailored to individual users based on their preferences and provides consistent and appropriate strategy messages designed to encourage and motivate users toward successfully maintaining healthy lifestyle habits. Users complete initial assessments which detail individual food and physical activity preferences. The system uses the assessments to generate individualized messages that are pushed to user devices through a system incorporating cellular technologies. Tailored messages are pushed from the computer based expert system to user devices at predetermined times each day. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090076843 | INTERACTIVE TEAM PORTAL SYSTEM - A team communication platform that combines messaging, video, testing, reporting, work flow diagramming, presentations, and performance analysis into a portal system that is made mobile through the use of synchronization services. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090076844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE DELIVERY OF A THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT - A system and method for remote delivery of a therapeutic treatment using a low-level light therapy (“LLLT”) device permits a user at a remote location to select and purchase a therapeutic session on a remote computer. The remote computer then transmits a request for the therapeutic session to a server at a treatment center, which then selects the corresponding treatment program and sends the program to the remote computer. The remote computer then transmits the treatment program to the LLLT device for executing the treatment program in order to deliver a therapeutic treatment to a user. The treatment program is then deleted from the LLLT device to preserve the security of the treatment program and discourage theft or misuse of the LLLT device. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090076845 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PATIENT CARE - Systems and methods are provided for facilitating management of health care in medical facilities such as hospitals, clinics, emergency rooms, etc., for example by monitoring and assessing the quality of patient care. Data is collected and operated on relating to medical conditions, treatment, cost, care, events, outcomes and results of treatments, and data representing the collective experience of similar patients is mined to discover opportunities to improve the quality of health care. Statistical and comparative data and reports including such and other information indicate a quality of care and provide epidemiologically cogent information. Quality of care may be considered as achieving desired or expected norms of performance, including success, in a timely fashion, and can be judged not just by what functionally happens during a patient instigated encounter, but also by long term outcomes evidenced by the patient's passage through the health care delivery system. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090076846 | MEDICAL SEARCH CLINICAL INTERACTION - In searching medical information, problem oriented information related to a medical condition is solicited from a patient. Based at least in part on the problem oriented information, a plurality of findings are determined about the patient. Based at least in part on the plurality of findings, a plurality of queries associated with said medical condition are determined. Based at least in part on the plurality of queries, search is conducted to find information relevant to the medical condition. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090076847 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE ANALYSIS AND ASSOCIATION OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC AND POPULATION-BASED GENOMIC DATA WITH DRUG SAFETY ADVERSE EVENT DATA - A method for assessing and analyzing one or more drugs, adverse effects and associated risks, and patient characteristics resulting from the use of at least drug of interest is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of selecting one or more cases for analysis, said cases describing the behavior between at least one drug of interest and a patient genotype; profiling statistically derived values from multiple cases related to the safety of the at least one drug, wherein at least one filter is employed for deriving said values; at least one data mining engine; and an output device for displaying the analytic results from the data mining engine. A system for performing the method is likewise disclosed. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090076848 | System and Method for Delivering Medical Examination, Treatment and Assistance Over a Network - A system for delivering medical examination, diagnosis, and treatment services from a health care practitioner to a patient over a network includes a plurality of health care practitioner terminals and a plurality of patient terminals in audiovisual communication over the network with any of the plurality of health care practitioner terminals. Each of the plurality of health care practitioner terminals includes a display device. The system also includes a call center in communication with the patient terminals and the health care practitioner terminals. The call center routs a call from a patient at one of the patient terminals to an available health care practitioner at one of the health care practitioner terminals so that the available health care practitioner may carry on a two-way conversation with the patient and visually observe the patient. The available health care practitioner may make an assessment of the patient and treat the patient. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090083063 | System for Physician Directed Digital Medical Image Data Transmission Between Medical Institutions - A system allows transmittal of digital medical images of patients being transferred from a sending medical institution to a receiving medical institution. The system uses institutional account passwords, physician specific passwords, and a patient specific digital imaging data code (PSDIDC). Digital medical imaging data is uploaded to the system website server by the sending medical physician through HIPAA compliant firewalls and VPN in standard digital formats including but not limited the DICOM format. The PSDIDC is generated by the website server after the data upload is complete and available only to the sending institution and physician. The PSDIDC is unique and is never used again. Using out-of-band communication, such as telephonic communication, the sending physician provides the PSDIDC to the receiving physician while both physicians may be logged on to the service website with their on site computers and passwords. Both physicians can simultaneously view and discuss the images while logged on to the service website. The digital medical imaging data may be downloaded through a VPN into the receiving medical institution archival system by the receiving physician to be used at the receiving institution in whatever manner deemed necessary to meet the patient's and institution's needs. The downloaded digital medical imaging data may subsequently be viewed by the receiving physician in the same resolution as if data originally obtained at that institution. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090083064 | COMPETITIVE ONLINE PRESCRIPTION PRICING SYSTEM - A method and system for providing a transaction where a consumer with a valid refill for a prescription drug previously filled by a licensed pharmacist, wherein the consumer sends a bid for the prescription drug price to several participating pharmacies simultaneously online receives an offer from a pharmacy for the bid price submitted by the consumer or lower price. The transaction does not require the consumer to enter the patient's name, social security number, date of birth or address or prescription number. The consumer is required to select drug information. If the bid is accepted by a participating pharmacy the consumer presents the accepted offer to the pharmacy that accepted the bid. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090083065 | Automatic Substantiation of Health-Related Purchases Using a HIPAA-Unregulated Network - Transaction network operators can facilitate transactions of healthcare related goods via customers' tax-advantaged accounts, but without subjecting themselves to privacy regulations. Authorization for healthcare related purchases, including both price information and product information, is passed over PBM networks or other networks that already are regulation-compliant, while other purchase requests pass over existing payment card transaction networks. The PBM network divorces product information from the payment information, confirms eligibility, and passes the payment information to the general transaction network operator, indicating those funds are to come from the customer's tax-advantaged account. The network operator marries the payment information from the PBM with the other transaction information from the payment card network, withdraws appropriate funds from the tax-advantaged account, and notifies the merchant the amount that has been withdrawn from the tax-advantaged account. More generally, the methods and systems herein described can be used generally to divorce product information from financial transactions. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090083066 | Method for routing user service requests from a telemedicine station - A station such as a telemedicine booth may send a request for medical service to a routing agent, which may route the request for medical service to a medical service provider. The routing may be based on one or more routing criteria, such as for example medical parameters of a user collected at the station and sent to the routing agent, location of a user, or quality of service indicators. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090083067 | Methods and kits for selecting a health care product - A method is provided for selecting and administering a health care product comprising the steps of:
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| 20090083068 | Nosologic System of Diagnosis - Nosologic classification of diseases is accessible on line in a computer system. A computer data base has records of discriminating features, consistent features and variable features of known afflictions. The features are in classification domains which include a phenomenologically classified domain, classified by listing commonly agreed on observations and distinguishing between entities based on these observations. Other classification domains are anatomically classified, pathologically classified by the gross of microscopic pathologic anatomy, revealed by either traditional pathologic study or imaging. One of the classification domains is pathophysiologically, by demonstrating altered chemical or electrophysiological parameters. At least one of the classification domains is classified ethiologically by cause. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090083069 | MEDICAL PAYMENT SYSTEM WITH DELAYED SETTLEMENT - Medical professionals may obtain payment authorization from their patients, even before the insurance company or other payer has determined the patient's ultimate financial obligation. In particular, the medical professional or their administrative staff may estimate the patient's financial obligations, obtain authorization for payment, and then subsequently collect payment at a later date once the actual financial obligation has been determined. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090083070 | THERAPY ADJUSTMENT BASED ON PATIENT EVENT INDICATION - An indication that a patient event occurred may be used to evaluate the efficacy of at least one therapy program and/or adjust therapy delivery to the patient. In some examples, the patient event indication includes patient input that may be received via an event indication button of a programming device. In some examples, therapy delivery may be adjusted by adjusting at least one therapy parameter value, switching therapy programs or therapy program groups or restarting a therapy cycle of a medical device. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090083071 | Systems and Methods for Controlling and Billing Neuro-EEG Synchronization Therapy - Described are methods, devices, and systems for controlling and/or billing a novel, inexpensive, easy to use therapy for a number of disorders. Described are methods and devices for controlling and/or billing treatment of disorders that involves no medication. Methods and devices described herein for controlling and/or billing neuro-EEG synchronization therapies use alternating magnetic fields to gently “tune” the brain and affect mood, focus, and cognition of subjects. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090083072 | MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a medical information processing system including a diagnosis information storing section that stores thereon frequency information in association with an initial diagnosis and a conclusive diagnosis, where the frequency information indicates a frequency with which a combination of the initial diagnosis and the conclusive diagnosis that is different from the initial diagnosis is observed, a diagnosis receiving section that receives a diagnosis during a diagnosis process, and a disease information presenting section that presents, to a diagnosis-making person, one of the conclusive diagnosis and the initial diagnosis which is stored on the diagnosis information storing section in association with one of the initial diagnosis and the conclusive diagnosis which is the same as the diagnosis received by the diagnosis receiving section, in a manner according to the frequency information stored on the diagnosis information storing section in association with the initial diagnosis and the conclusive diagnosis. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090083073 | Home Healthcare Documentation Clearing House - A system and method for handling communications, including care plan oversight, between medical providers, home healthcare providers and others using a central clearing house to link the respective parties together. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090089079 | System and method for determining whether to issue an alert to consider prophylaxis for a risk condition - Disclosed herein is a system and method for determining whether to issue an alert to consider prophylaxis (e.g., mechanical and/or pharmacological) with respect to a risk condition (e.g., risk of VTE, DVT and/or PE). One or more sources of patient information are queried to retrieve patient information for a set of patients. From this retrieved patient information, it is determined whether any risk factors of a set of risk factors are satisfied for each such patient. For each patient for which one or more risk factors are satisfied, a respective value and/or classification is assigned to each risk factor. The values and/or classifications are combined to produce a combined value, and it is determined from the combined value whether the patient has the risk condition. If the patient has the risk condition, an alert is issued (e.g., on a display screen) to a health care provider for consideration of prophylaxis. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089080 | DYNAMIC STAFFING CONTROL NOTIFICATION METHOD - A process for dynamically controlling the scheduled staff in a department of a medical care facility wherein an initial workload requirement and staffing level requirement are calculated based upon either required patient care or scheduled medical procedures. Staff is scheduled to meet this calculated staffing level requirement. At some later time an updated workload requirement and updated staffing level requirement are calculated based upon changes in required patient care or scheduled medical procedures. The updated requirements are compared to the scheduled medical staff. Management is notified of a variance between the updated workload requirement and the assigned medical staff that exceeds a predefined threshold. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089081 | CUSTOMIZED PATIENT SURGICAL PLAN - Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed which generate surgical plans that have been customized for a particular patient. One such system includes a client, a surgical plan system and a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system. The client generates a surgical plan request that includes data relevant to a patient and an orthopaedic surgical procedure to be performed upon the patient. The surgical plan system receives the surgical plan request and generates a surgical plan that has been customized based upon the data of the surgical plan request. The computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system assists a surgeon performing the orthopaedic surgical procedure per the surgical plan generated by the surgical plan system. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089082 | GET PREP QUESTIONS TO ASK DOCTOR - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates dynamically providing a question to ask a medical professional during an appointment. An interface can receive a portion of medical data. A counselor component can generate a question based on the portion of medical data, wherein the question is generated to elicit an answer from a medical professional during an appointment. Moreover, the counselor component can dynamically generate a second question directed toward the medical professional based upon at least one of the answer or a value of information (VOI) computation. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089083 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HEALTH CARE COMPLEXITY VIA AN INTERACTIVE HEALTH MAP INTERFACE - To empower a member to make informed health care decisions, a health care organization (HCO) graphically presents the member with a manageable closed universe of health care information via an online interactive visual interface. The online interactive interface comprises a custom category node display of member health care data based on analyzing the member profile in light of the overall health care data taxonomy built by the HCO. Upon identifying the subset of relevant health care data categories, HCO initiates the display of the identified categories by way of a dynamically linked category node interface. To enhance the member's understanding of the relationships between the category nodes, the HCO preferably employs a ring node topology by displaying the online interface as a closed network or map, such as by locating each category node along one or more closed, loop-shaped wireframes, which connect the interrelated categories. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089084 | Auctioning Provider Prices - A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer-based system for connecting consumers with providers in real time over the Internet, requested compensation amounts from a plurality of providers. The method also includes displaying a price associated with consulting with a particular provider to a consumer on a user interface, the price being based at least in part on the requested compensation amount received from the provider. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089085 | Managing Utilization - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request from a consumer of medical services to engage with a provider of medical services in real time over the Internet using a computer-based brokerage system, accessing stored information related to past engagements of the consumer using the computer-based brokerage system, and determining allocation of a fee between the consumer and a third party for an engagement between the consumer and the provider based at least in part on the information related to the past engagements of the consumer. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089086 | ENHANCING REMOTE ENGAGEMENTS - An engagement is brokered between a consumer and a medical service provider; electronic text of a real-time, text-based communication between the medical service provider and the consumer is monitored during the engagement; the electronic text is analyzed for a triggering event related to at least one of medical diagnosis and medical treatment; the triggering event is detected in the electronic text; and medical information is provided to the medical service provider via a user interface in response to the triggering event. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089087 | Method for Developing and Marketing a Post Operative Home Recovery Kit for Use by a Patient After Discharge From a Hospital and for Recuperation At Home - A surgical recovery kit, which contain various medical and related articles, which are specifically “tuned” to be used by individuals who are planning to undergo specific medical procedures. The kits are intended to be used by convalescent patients who are re-covering at home. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089088 | Consolidation of Consumer Interactions within a Medical Brokerage System - In general in one aspect, agenda items are generated based on a consumer's one or more interactions with a system. The agenda items are consolidated into an agenda, a graphical user interface is produced that when rendered on a display displays the agenda, and a request from the consumer to interact with one or more of the agenda items is received. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089089 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GERIATRIC CARE MANAGEMENT SERVICE - A method and apparatus provide geriatric care management service. The apparatus comprises a plurality of sensors, which generate sensor signals for informing daily behavior or health of an aged person, a signal processor, which analyzes the sensor signals to generate daily behavior information, an emergency situation manager, which informs a care giver that an emergency situation occurs and generates emergency situation occurrence information, an abnormal symptom manager, which analyzes the daily behavior information to informs the care giver whether or not the abnormal symptom occurs and generates abnormal symptom occurrence information, and a care information manager, which summarizes the daily behavior information, the emergency situation occurrence information, and the abnormal symptom occurrence information and generates care information. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089090 | Tracking the availability of service providers across multiple platforms - Amongst other things, the availability of service providers is tracked across one or more service provider networks. A status change of the service provider is identified on one or more of the service provider networks and the other service provider networks associated with the service provider is sent data indicating the changed status of the service provider. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089091 | EXAMINATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM - A medical image to be examined is displayed on a monitor of an examination support apparatus, and a doctor input a result of examination or image-interpretation through an operating section. A time measuring device measures a time taken for the doctor to complete the image-interpretation, and the measured time is compared with a standard interpretation time that is previously estimated according to the doctor and the kind of the examination. If the measured time is too short, an error alert is displayed, so that the doctor may reinterprets the displayed image. If the measured time is too long, the examination support apparatus judges it necessary to reexamine or reinterpret the image, and reports the need for reinterpretation along with the result of the image-interpretation. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089092 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SCHEDULE RESOURCES IN DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE TO A PATIENT - A method to schedule resources in delivery of healthcare to a series of patients is provided. The method comprises the steps of identifying an availability of the series of resources to deliver the healthcare to each patient; calculating a predicted duration to deliver the healthcare to each patient; calculating a schedule including a block of time dependent on the predicted duration for each resource to deliver healthcare to the patient, the block of time including a start time and an end time; calculating a confidence level in the schedule, the confidence level including a probability that one or more of the resources will not be available for the block of time of the schedule or calculating a likelihood that one or more resources will be available for the block of time in the schedule; and outputting the schedule and the confidence level in the schedule for display. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089093 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MANAGE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE TO A PATIENT - A system and method to manage delivery of healthcare via a plurality of resources to a patient is provided. The system and method track and output a signal representative of a location of at least one of a series of resources relative to a control volume associated with the patient, acquire at least one signal representative of detecting ingress or egress of at least one of the plurality of resources relative to the control volume; and output a first signal representative of one of a series of milestones as defined in a predetermined protocol in response to detecting ingress or egress of at least one of the resources relative to the control volume. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090094051 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MINIMIZING COSTS OF DRUG PURCHASES - Drug purchases are evaluated according to available offers from drug manufacturers, based on the equivalent dosage regimens for similar drugs. Equivalent doses among drugs are calculated. Purchasing amounts of equivalent doses of drugs are reviewed. The costs of the equivalent doses of the drugs are compared, taking into account contractual price adjustments, such as discounts and rebates. Subsequent purchasing amounts of the drugs are determined, using results from the comparisons. The new purchasing amounts of the equivalent doses of the drugs are produced. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090094052 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATED CLINICAL FORM ELEMENTS - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for the dynamic creation of a clinical form. The method comprises acquiring a list of available clinical elements models. In an embodiment, a set of parameters is acquired for each clinical element model. A visual representation associated with each clinical element model based on the set of parameters is acquired. The behavior rules based on the visual representation associated with the clinical element models is acquired. The set of behavior rules is associated with the visual representation of the clinical element models to create a set of clinical form elements. One or more clinical form elements may be added to a form. Such a system and method may allow a user to dynamically create clinical forms. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090094053 | DIAGNOSIS THROUGH GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS - An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and systems are described that receive at least one set of diagnosis parameters associated with one or more patients, determine one or more spider charts associated with one or more potential diagnoses for the one or more patients, and provide the one or more spider charts in visual proximity to one another. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090094054 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING PATIENTS OVERDUE FOR AN APPOINTMENT USING STANDARD HEALTHCARE BILLING DATA - A method and apparatus for identifying overdue patients using standard billing or other office management data, so that patients can be contacted and invited to make an appointment. The invention begins by querying the diagnosis codes for each visit from the billing or other encounter tables, and matching these with a set of target medical conditions requiring regular care. Procedure codes and encounter dates for past visits are queried for these patients, to determine when each patient was last seen, and what was done. These procedure codes are matched against a set of exam codes to determine last medical examination dates, and against a set of procedures known to resolve each medical condition. Each condition requiring regular care is matched against any resolving procedures, leaving a set of untreated conditions requiring regular care. Based on the date of the last exam or treatment and accepted standards of care or office policies, a due date is calculated for each patient. The management system is queried for each overdue patient to determine whether they already have an appointment scheduled in the future, or a recall notice recently sent or yet to be sent. Additional filtering based on administrative settings may also be done. Overdue patients requiring contact are then placed on the contact list. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090094055 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRICE ESTIMATES FOR MEDICAL PROCEDURES - A system for providing price information for medical procedures. The system includes a user interface configured to receive patient information corresponding to a patient, an eligibility engine configured to send a health care benefit inquiry and receive a health care benefit response from an insurer or a clearinghouse for a plurality of insurers based on received patient information, and a pricing engine configured to request and receive price data for a particular medical procedure based on the received patient information. The user interface is further configured to present pricing information to a user based on the received health care benefit response and the received price data. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090094056 | Systems And Methods For Projecting Sample Store Activities That Are Restricted In Non-Sample Stores - Systems and methods are provided for estimating non-sampled store activities by applying projection factors to sampled store activities taking into account restrictions on non-sampled store activities. The systems and methods adjust data projection factors for managed healthcare plans that have restrictions in non-sampled stores to prevent unrestricted activity under these plans at sample stores from being projected into non-sample stores where such projected activity would be restricted. Conventional sampled-to-non-sampled store projection factors leading to restricted plan activities are reallocated to non-restricted plan activities in the non-sample store based on the historical ratio of such activities observed in sample stores. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090099862 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS - A system, method and computer program product for improving the delivery of healthcare services may include, e.g., but not limited to, in an exemplary embodiment, a) capturing data associated with at least one health care services event, wherein said data comprises at least one aspect of said at least one health care services event; b) categorizing, into at least one category, said at least one aspect of said at least one health care services event; c) analyzing said data associated with said categorized health care services event comprising: i) determining a correlation between said at least one aspect of said data to said at least one category, and ii) determining any cause and effect relationship between said at least one aspect and said at least one category; and d) recommending at least one course of action based on said at least one aspect having said correlation and said cause and effect relationship to said at least one category, is disclosed. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090099863 | Rehabilitation therapy camp - A method of providing rehabilitation modalities to a plurality of patients in a multipurpose location for a fixed period of time, the method comprises designating a first plurality of patients to attend rehabilitation sessions in a first multipurpose location for a first fixed period of time, providing a plurality of rehabilitation modalities at the first multipurpose location for the first fixed period of time, and allocating the first plurality of patients at the first multipurpose location to multiple rehabilitation sessions on one or more of the plurality of rehabilitation modalities. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090099864 | Medical Software Download to Mobile Phone - A method for monitoring medical data is disclosed, the method being applicable to a system comprising a portable medical device, a mobile communications device, and, optionally, a medical care server. The portable medical device and the mobile communications device each comprise at least one interface for data transfer. The method comprises a step of establishing a download link between the mobile communications device and a download server. The method comprises a step of selecting an appropriate communication software package from a plurality of communication software packages for controlling data transfer between the mobile communications device and the portable medical device from the download server. Further, the method comprises a download step for downloading communication software packages from the download server to the mobile communications device and a step of installation of the communication software package on the mobile communications device. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090099865 | Healthcare provider performance and utilization analytics - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system that addresses the need for utilization analysis and performance evaluation of providers in a health care organization. The health care data comprising health plan information of consumers, providers, claims, and hospitals is collected, translated, and organized in a structured relational format and stored in standard tables. The organized health care data is analyzed by calculating consumer statistics for a health plan using the health plan information of the consumers. The claims of the consumers are processed to classify the claims based on age, gender, disease, and comorbid conditions of the consumers. A plurality of costs of the health care organization is determined using one or more of the health plan information. The performance of the providers is assessed using the determined plurality of costs. The providers comprising primary care physicians are analyzed based on entire population of the associated consumers. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090099866 | TIME ZONE ADJUSTMENT FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one aspect, a medical device network is disclosed which includes a plurality of medical devices dispersed across two or more time zones, and a server operatively connected to the medical devices. The server includes a memory configured to hold event log data and a programmable circuit operatively connected to the memory. The programmable circuit is configured to execute program instructions to receive event log data from the plurality of medical devices, and to modify the time zone information in the event log data. The programmable circuit is also configured to execute program instructions to store the event log data in the memory. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090099867 | COMMUNICATING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE DATA TO A MEDICAL DEVICE - Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one aspect, a method of scheduling maintenance of a medical device is disclosed. The method includes storing a medical device maintenance schedule on a computing system remote from the medical device, the medical device maintenance schedule including a reminder to perform maintenance on the medical device. The method further includes transmitting the reminder from the computing system to the medical device. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090099868 | Facilitating a Transaction between a Client and a Life Science Research Service Provider - Disclosed herein are methods of facilitating transactions between clients and life science research service providers. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090106044 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE AND PETS - A system, apparatus and method for simultaneously managing health of different individuals and pets over a network are provided. The present invention provides a strategy to motivate an individual to exercise. In one embodiment of the invention, the pet is being used as a means of monitoring the pet-owner's compliance with the exercise regimen. A healthcare provider is provided for transmitting health and physical exercise related scripted content into communication devices of the individuals and the pets. Data related to physical activities of the pets and the individuals are collected and are sent to the remote server. The healthcare provider linked with the remote server is accessed by physicians and the veterinarians for analyzing the data related to the physical activities and providing feedback messages accordingly. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090106045 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING EMERGENCY CONDITION USING WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - The present invention relates to a system and method of transmitting an emergency condition using a wireless sensor network that transmits a user's emergency condition using a wireless sensor network. A wireless sensor network communication device integrated with a biological sensor is attached to a user's body in order to gather user's biological information, and transmits the user's biological information through the wireless sensor network. A repeater receives the biological information from the communication device, and sends the received biological information by using a routing protocol of the wireless sensor network. A management server receives the biological information through the repeater, analyzes the biological information, and transmits a warning signal to a user or takes emergency measures. Therefore, it is possible to detect and cope with sudden physical problems, which are generated during user's exercises and outdoor activities, at an early stage. As a result, it is possible to significantly contribute to the prevention and reduction of danger for the weak and the elderly, and a user who is to be taken care of. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090106046 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE PATIENT EDUCATION AND COMPLIANCE - The invention generally relates to a system and method for utilizing incentives to promote patient education and compliance. More particularly, the present invention provides a user-accessible website in which various rewards are provide to a patient upon completion of various education and other health-related tasks in order to promote education, health-management, and compliance. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090106047 | Integrated solution for diagnostic reading and reporting - A method, a computer program product and a system are disclosed for producing a medical report. In at least one embodiment, the method includes provisioning medical examination data in a display context which has been selected from a multiplicity of display contexts; capturing diagnosis data which relate to the selected display context and to the medical examination data; and automatic conversion of the diagnosis data into a report context, the report context being explicitly associated with the selected display context. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090106048 | Layers in the appointment book - A method and a scheduling system are disclosed for processing medical scheduling data which relates to the job planning for a medical appliance and of which each scheduling data item is associated with a data level. In at least one embodiment of the method a data level association is determined for each scheduling data item to be displayed, wherein the data level association relates to the data level associated with the scheduling data item, the data level or data levels currently to be displayed are ascertained, the data level association of the scheduling data item to be displayed is compared with the data level or data levels which are currently to be displayed, and the scheduling data item to be displayed is displayed if the data level association corresponds to at least one data level which is currently to be displayed. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090112614 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEALTH MANAGEMENT - An electronic healthcare management system handles all relevant aspects of providing healthcare services. The system integrates workflow principles to interconnect all the different elements and persons involved in the process. The system uses personal computers with touch screen monitors and personal mobile devices which communicate via radio communication technologies throughout the healthcare facilities. Facility management, clinical practice, administrative activities and management tools are integrated into a single system. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090112615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AND ORGANIZING CLINICAL INFORMATION OF A PATIENT - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for displaying clinical information. The system includes a computer unit for executing computer software for a graphical user interface application. The graphical user interface application displays a plurality of clinical information types. The clinical information types are organized into groups of graphical representations of a plurality of folders. In an embodiment, the clinical information types are represented by different shapes. In an embodiment, the plurality of folders is displayed as stacks of folders. In an embodiment, each folder visually represents the amount of information contained in that folder. For example, the vertical displacement of the folder may correspond to the amount of information contained in that folder. In another example, the vertical displacement of said folder may correspond to the amount of information contained in that folder that has not been reviewed by a user. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090112616 | Polling for interest in computational user-health test output - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting an output of at least one user-health test function, the output at least partly based on an interaction between a user and at least one device-implemented application having an apparent function that is unrelated to user-health testing; and polling an entity to obtain an indication of interest in the output of the at least one user-health test function. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090112617 | Computational user-health testing responsive to a user interaction with advertiser-configured content - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out specifying at least one of a plurality of user-health test functions responsive to an interaction between a user and at least one advertiser-specified attribute; and transmitting at least one output of the at least one user-health test function related to the at least one advertiser-specified attribute. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090112618 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIEWING BIOMETRICAL INFORMATION AND DYNAMICALLY ADAPTING SCHEDULE AND PROCESS INTERDEPENDENCIES WITH CLINICAL PROCESS DECISIONING - Certain embodiments provide a method for viewing biometrical information, determining the clinical state of the patient, and dynamically adapting schedule and process interdependencies in a clinical environment. The method includes deriving a schedule including at least one patient treatment protocol based on a mathematical model using people and asset information as input. The method also includes processing input biometrical data indicating a patient status. Additionally, the method includes adapting the at least one patient treatment protocol based on the biometrical data. Further, the method includes revising the schedule based on adapting the at least one patient treatment protocol. In certain embodiments, the method includes recalculating a critical path, schedule tasks, and resource allocation based on adapting the at least one patient treatment protocol and revising the schedule. In certain embodiments, the method includes communicating with affected process stakeholders and assets regarding the revised schedule. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090112619 | Pay For Studies Submitted (PASS) Method For Clinical Trials - A system and method is disclosed for facilitating the acquisition of medical images used as part of a clinical trials process by requiring Imaging Centers to compete with each other to supply the images. Agreements between the Sponsor and a plurality of Imaging Centers stipulate that the Sponsor is only required to accept a certain total number of medical images and is free to reject any medical images that either do not comply with the protocol, or which exceed the total number of medical images required for the study. This motivates the Imaging Centers to quickly obtain and transmit to the Sponsor high quality medical images that meet the basic requirements outlined in the clinical study protocol, since images are accepted and compensated for by the Sponsor on a first-come, first-served basis. A system for implementing this method is also disclosed. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090112620 | Polling for interest in computational user-health test output - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting an output of at least one user-health test function, the output at least partly based on an interaction between a user and at least one device-implemented application having an apparent function that is unrelated to user-health testing; and polling an entity to obtain an indication of interest in the output of the at least one user-health test function. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090112621 | Computational user-health testing responsive to a user interaction with advertiser-configured content - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out specifying at least one of a plurality of user-health test functions responsive to an interaction between a user and at least one advertiser-specified attribute; and transmitting at least one output of the at least one user-health test function related to the at least one advertiser-specified attribute. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090112622 | METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM - Methods and processes for a system of health care that treat patients ( | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090112623 | Connecting Consumers with Service Providers - An animated representation of a consumer is enabled to interact with an animated representation of a point of service rendered in a user interface to select characteristics of a medical service provider; the selected characteristics of the medical service provider are received; an available medical service provider is identified based at least in part on the selected characteristics; and a communication channel is provided to establish an electronic, real-time communication between the consumer and the identified medical service provider. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090112624 | Multiple patient monitoring system for proactive health management - A system and method for monitoring a group of patients having a chronic disease or ongoing health condition. The method includes the step of collecting from each patient a corresponding set of measurements of a control parameter of the health condition. Each set of measurements has a collection date. A control value is calculated for each patient from the corresponding set of measurements. The method further includes the steps of generating and displaying a group overview chart having one data point for each patient. Each data point indicates the control value calculated for the corresponding patient and a time period which has elapsed since the collection date of the patient's corresponding set of measurements. In a preferred embodiment, the method includes the additional steps of selecting from the group overview chart at least one of the patients represented thereon and transmitting supervisory instructions to the at least one selected patient. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090119123 | System for communication of health care data - An apparatus for communicating health care data from a sender to a receiver is provided. The apparatus has a first computer system, a second computer system, and a rules engine. The first computer system has health care data stored therein. The second computer system is in operable communication with, and is configured to extract the health care data from, the first computer system. The rules engine normalizes the extracted health care data to a predefined format. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090119124 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED CLINICAL WORKFLOW - A method for clinical workflow is presented. The method includes selecting a predefined template, where the predefined template includes one or more parameters associated with a patient. Further, the method includes determining a list of matching devices, where the matching devices are configured to provide the one or more parameters associated with the patient. The method also includes aiding the collection of available matching devices, where the available matching devices include matching devices from the list of matching devices that are not associated with any patient. Systems and computer-readable medium that afford functionality of the type defined by this method is also contemplated in conjunction with the present technique. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090119125 | Analytical Tool for Managing the Treatment of Chronic Illnesses - A system and method for creating an individual treatment plan which includes a user interface configured to receive user input and communicate with a Relational Remedy Database Server containing information about chronic illnesses and remedies. The Method and System described herein further utilizes a Treatment Plan Software Component, a Patient Data Update Software Component and an Optimization Software Component which performs a multiple regression analysis to determine an optimal combination of remedies based on user responses to create an Updated Treatment Plan. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090119126 | METHOD TO VIEW SCHEDULE INTERDEPENDENCIES AND PROVIDE PROACTIVE CLINICAL PROCESS DECISION SUPPORT IN DAY VIEW FORM - A system and method for use in managing and preparing for scheduled procedures that are characterized as being interdependent and variable. The disclosed method enables schedule risk management and provides a look-ahead capability along with process diagnostics to isolate specific assets and tasks that can be managed to reduce schedule risk. The method facilitates review of upcoming tasks by the process stakeholders for education as to where the schedule risks reside and in an emulation mode for review and improved scheduling going forward. Clinical workflow is integrated such that process stakeholders and assets are directed in such a way as to keep on, reduce delay risk or recover the schedule. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090119127 | ENTERPRISE-WIDE HOSPITAL BED MANAGEMENTDASHBOARD SYSTEM - An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management/census control dashboard (BMD) system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT) systems. The BMD system is an easy-to-use business intelligence application that is designed to allow administrators, clinicians and managers to easily access, analyze and display real-time patient and bed availability information from ancillary information systems, databases and spreadsheets. It enables users to see trends and relationships in hospital (bed) management data directly from their desktop personal computers. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090125322 | Integrated virtual consultant - In one particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to method of providing a workflow interface. The method includes receiving template data associated with a medical workflow step, receiving automated decision support data associated with the medical workflow step, integrating the template data and the automated decision support data into an interface page associated with the medical workflow step, and initiating presentation of the interface page on a display of an electronic device. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090125323 | OBTAINMENT OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES USING NON-FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS CONDUCTED OVER A FINANCIAL NETWORK - Methods and systems for facilitating obtaining products and/or services using non-financial transactions over a financial transaction network are provided. Example embodiments provide a Single Swipe Obtainment System, which initiates providing requested product(s) in response to a non-financial transaction via a financial network. A non-financial entity supplies a card to each user. Items may be subsequently ordered by a user swiping the card in a point-of-sale device and entering a code associated with the requested item. When the code is received via the financial network by the non-financial entity, a product or service associated with the code is determined and supplied to the user, such as by shipping the associated product or service to the user. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090125324 | MEDICAL PRODUCT DISPENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and systems for transferring restricted distribution medical products to an over-the-counter general sales environment are provided. Methods and systems of dispensing non-prescription, behind-the-counter medical products from a vending machine in a general sales location are also provided. In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for dispensing a medical product from a vending machine in a general sales location based, at least in part, on biometric data collected from the purchaser and, in some instances, based on self-selection and/or de-selection criteria, is provided. Further, methods and systems of switching prescription medical products to non-prescription, over-the-counter medical products are provided. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090125325 | MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ALLOCATION AND UTILIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A data processing system for assigning patients to providers of medical services and/or equipment is disclosed. The system comprises a database of providers of medical services and equipment for patients, the database comprising records which comprise provider, medical service, medical equipment, instrumentation, location, and time slot data, means to receive a request for a medical procedure requiring a specific instrumentation for a first patient or for medical equipment, and means to return at least one time slot for the specific instrumentation for the medical procedure in response to the request. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090125326 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDIRECT MEDICAL CONSULTATION - A method and apparatus is provided comprising a technology engine designed to facilitate indirect medical consultation with health care providers and create a medical record of this indirect consultation event. In one embodiment is provided a method and apparatus for capturing electronically one or more of the following: (a) patient complaints; (b) health care provider's impression/review; (c) health care provider/patient discussion of complaint symptoms following which a treatment plan is formulated regarding health care strategy; (d) any prescription issued by the health care provider; and/or (e) a set of follow-up visits by the patient. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090132274 | Systems and Methods for Image and Report Preview in a Healthcare Worklist - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a healthcare worklist including a user interface adapted to display a worklist entry to a user. The user interface is further adapted to display a preview of the contents of the worklist entry to the user. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132275 | Determining a demographic characteristic of a user based on computational user-health testing - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting at least one output of at least one of a plurality of user-health test functions, the at least one output at least partly based on an interaction between a user and at least one device-implemented application having an apparent function that is unrelated to user-health testing; and transmitting at least one demographic characteristic of the user based on the at least one output of the at least one of a plurality of user-health test functions. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132276 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CLINICAL DOCUMENTS MANAGEMENT BY VOCAL INTERACTION - This invention relates to methods and systems for medical document management of emergency medical and health care facilities. A system may comprise a portable voice prompted/activated input/output unit, a patient encounter transaction support facility, a clinical documents database, and an application development environment. The system may comprise methods, by a wireless clinical environment, for capturing and managing clinical documents using the voice command and response unit that operates in conjunction with the patient encounter transaction support facility, clinical documents database, and/or application development environment. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL PROCEDURE CODE SCHEDULING - A method for scheduling procedure codes for a healthcare provider, the method including tracking over time prioritization data for each procedure code of a plurality of procedure codes, selecting a part of a body for which one or more procedure codes of the plurality of procedure codes are desired to be scheduled, providing a prioritized list of procedure codes comprising a group of procedure codes from the plurality of procedure codes which are associated with the selected part of the body, wherein the list of procedure codes is ranked based on statistical analysis of the corresponding prioritization data for each of the procedure codes so that the list of procedure codes is arranged in descending order beginning with a procedure code deemed most likely to be selected, and selecting one or more procedure codes from the list of procedure codes for scheduling. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132278 | Integrated Biomedical Information Portal System And Method - A computer-implemented system and method for integrating data from a plurality of biomedical development phases. The system and method include a database that stores data collected from the biomedical development phases. The database further includes a metadata data structure that describes the data collected during a biomedical development phase. At least one graphical user interface collects data during the biomedical development phase. The structure of the graphical user interface is defined based at least in part upon the metadata data structure so that the graphical user interface collects data points as well as metadata that is to be stored within the metadata data structure. The metadata describes the collected data points, and at least a portion of the metadata data structure is determined based upon an issue that arises in a subsequent biomedical development phase. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090138277 | Healthcare Transactions Management Solution - Healthcare service providers and others may send claims for payment requesting remittance from insurance companies or patients. Such payments may be remitted through paper or electronic transactions. A financial institution may receive the payment and associated information and process the remittance depending on the remittance source and type. In addition, the institution may generate a single bill generated at a regular interval for the healthcare service provider for the services. The amount of the bill may be based on the volume of remittances. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090138278 | GENERATING AND MANAGING MEDICATION TAPERS - Methods, computer storage media, systems and user interfaces for generating and/or managing medication tapers are provided. Medication tapers are generated by receiving medication taper data and calculating a planned regimen that includes a set of orders based upon the received medication taper data. Each order of the set of orders may be modified, captured and/or completed, for instance, by a clinician. After a medication taper has been completed, it may be retrieved and managed as desired. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090144077 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING EXPOSURES PRESENTED BY AN ORCHESTRATED PROCESS - The present invention provides a system and method to dynamically identify, assemble, or otherwise simulate the availability of resources for an orchestrated service or application, thereby allowing for strategic changes in scheduling, purchasing, hiring, and the like to ensure that the resources needed to deliver the desired outcome during a particular time period are present. In particular, the system includes an orchestration module storing a plurality of resource parameters, correlating a predetermined criterion for one or more resources with an event, and simulating the event, where the simulation includes comparing the stored plurality of parameters with the predetermined criterion. The system further determines whether the stored plurality of parameters satisfy the predetermined criterion, and may store the determination for subsequent evaluation. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144078 | Methods and Apparatus for Healthcare Supply Planning for Healthcare Continuity and/or Patient Surge - Methods and apparatus for determining a minimum recommended healthcare product supply to maintain a healthcare facility through a supply chain disruption, patient surge or a combination of both are described. Embodiments of the invention include the ability to make a combined list of healthcare products, minimizing the number of different healthcare products which are required to maintain a minimum inventory. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144079 | Patient identification mechanism in a telemonitoring system - A method and a system for obtaining measurement data collected from an object by means of a medical measurement device from a plurality of medical measurement devices. The medical measurement device is personalized by transmitting personalization information to the medical measurement device, the personalization information being related to the object from which the measurement data is to be collected. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144080 | Digital Fitness Enhancement Method and Apparatus - The presently preferred embodiment of the invention provides a digital fitness enhancement system having multiple components, including controlled playback of digital media for fitness training; a data module which acquires real-time training data, such as heart rate, speed, and distance, where the data can be recorded and also used as feedback to control media playback; and a web service (fitpod.com) which provides tools for storage and analysis of personal fitness data, community services for system users, e.g. events, chat, and a bulletin board, and the ability for users to create and share fitness workout and training programs (fitcasts). | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144081 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC MEAL PLAN GENERATION - Provided are methods and systems for dynamic meal plan generation comprising determining meal plan servings, receiving meal plan factors, selecting recipes in accordance with the meal plan factors, and outputting the selected recipes as a meal plan. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144082 | Physician practice management software for maximizing reimbursement rates from payer contracts - A software solution for optimizing healthcare providers' profitability by benchmarking payer reimbursements to the Medicare locality rates and rates of other payers, by analyzing a payer contract's operational language, by modeling the effect on revenue of a provider's decision to stay in a payer's network, by modeling the effect on revenue of a provider's decision to adjust charge master rates, and by sampling a provider's claims. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144083 | Healthcare Exchange II - A system and method for controlling health-care resources by physicians, patients and health-care buyers effect by an innovative computer program and software, the use of certain words and terms in health and health-care generated and submitted by physicians and a network or networks of computers and servers. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144084 | Educational Fitness and Health Training System and Method Having Research Capabilities - A system for delivering health science education and public health information to a user includes a central database comprising information on health science education and public health information; at least one exercise facility database, located at an exercise facility, coupled to the central database; at least one accessing device located within the exercise facility allowing a user to access the health science education and public health information from the exercise facility; and at least one remote accessing device located at a remote location allowing a user to access the health science education and public health information on the central database from a remote location. The health science education and public health information includes user-controlled curriculums and tutorials featuring virtual learning approaches to exercise techniques and health science. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144085 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING FORMULARIES - An system for constructing formularies is disclosed. The system includes a central computer system and at least one additional computer. The central computer system compiles a list of various pharmaceutical products and sort them into different categories. Formularies are then created by selecting individual products or categories of products that will be covered. When prescription claims are received, coverage is either accepted or denied based on whether the products in the prescription claims are covered by the formulary. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090150172 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING PATIENT INFORMATION - A method of communicating a patient care message is disclosed. The method comprises inputting patient information into the patient care message; inputting an urgency indicator into the patient care message; inputting health condition information into the patient care message; transmitting the patient care message electronically, wherein the patient care message comprises the patient information, the urgency indicator, and the health condition information. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090150173 | MEDICATION DISPENSING SYSTEM - A medication dispensing system provides convenient patient access to health care provider prescribed medications without traveling to an off-site retail pharmacy. A physician input system such as a PDA receives prescription information from the health care provider and communicates the prescription information to at least a prescription computer. The prescription computer performs at least one transaction with at least one insurance company system and subsequently determines the cash price owed by the patient for the medication. The prescription computer also causes a prescription label printer to print a prescription label to be affixed to the vial containing the filled prescription. A technician fills the prescription based on the prescription information and completes a transaction with the patient for the cash price owed on the prescription. An order computer uses the prescription information to order medications to replenish the medications prescribed from a medication wholesaler, and a report printer prints a log of the activity of the medication dispensing system. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090150174 | Healthcare management system having improved printing of display screen information - A healthcare management system generates stylized reports of the physiological information from a display portion of the user interface using a pre-formatted report structure for each of a plurality of different display screens. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090150175 | Method and system for multi-device communication - A medical data system including a plurality of receivers configured to wirelessly receive medical data via a signal. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090150176 | Patient-centric healthcare information maintenance - A system for facilitating patient centric healthcare information maintenance. For example, a health management software system may be operated to receive, organize, and use patient medical information. The health management software may comprise a database for storing, retrieving, organizing, displaying, and, generally, for managing a patient's health. In one exemplary embodiment, the health management software system is used in conjunction with a healthcare maintenance device, such as a blood glucose monitoring system. The blood glucose monitoring system may contain several database objects in the form of data records. Typically in a portable blood glucose monitor, each data record contains a time and a concentration data element, or a time-amount point. Similarly, an insulin pump, which is another exemplary embodiment of a healthcare maintenance device, may maintain data records with time and dosage information, or a time-dosage point. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090150177 | Method and system for setting time blocks - A method and system for setting time blocks of a repeating time period is disclosed. The method and system may be a part of a healthcare management software system. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090150178 | Method And System For Tracking Physical Metrics In A Social Commerce System - A method and system for tracking physical metrics in a social commerce system is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the physical metric tracking system comprises a data registering unit that receives activity data by a user, a data processing unit that validates the activity data using a plurality of data validating algorithms and converts the validated data into a convertible value, and a storage that stores the activity data and the convertible value. The convertible value is traded with goods and services, or any other benefits in the social commerce system. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090150179 | COMPENSATED ELECTRONIC CONSULTS - The present invention relates to a system and method for providing health care information to health care providers and for obtaining information pertaining to the practice of a health care provider by providing incentives for provision of such information. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090157422 | Internet-based balascopy-information exchange system - A medical internet-based Balascopic information exchange network for data exchange mainly between doctors working in various hospitals and in different geographical locations in a standard Balascopic format. In the system, the specific Balascopic-format data are combined into groups. This makes it possible to combine scarce Balascopic-format data relating to rare medical cases into a common group, to accumulate these rare data to the amount sufficient for statistic processing, and to make the obtained data available to the subscribers of the network in real time or with a predetermined frequency of access to the system. The accumulated medical information presented in the Balascopic units can be used for the organization of consultations between specialists about rare and difficult medical cases. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090157423 | PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PROCESS FLOW - A method for testing potential employees for predetermined medical parameters is provided and includes the steps of collecting an employee roster in an electronic database, selecting a clinic based on predetermined parameters from the electronic database, scheduling a potential employee with the clinic for testing, providing predetermined information from the electronic database to the clinic, verifying that necessary documentation is received by the clinic, receiving results of testing from the clinic, and determining if the potential employee has met predetermined medical parameters. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090157424 | MULTI-PATH ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An electronic prescription processing system which is capable of direct two-way electronic communication between the physician and the pharmacist, in one example, uses a multi-path clearinghouse between the physician's office practice management system and a pharmacy computer system. In one example, the multi path electronic prescription processing system allows a physician to create electronic prescriptions using an electronic signature, and using the multi-path clearinghouse, allow for interface with the pharmacy computer system such that an image of an electronic prescription and prescription information are directly auto-populated into an entry screen of the pharmacy computer system. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090157425 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF SAFETY CONCERNS OF NEW DRUGS - A computer-implemented system and method for administering a drug registry database generates a display of a plurality of new drug/comparator drug pairings, wherein each new drug is added to the database when a threshold number of healthcare claims for the new drug have been received. Upon receiving a selection of a new drug/comparator drug pairing, and filter parameters input by a user, an analysis engine searches the healthcare claims stored in the database to identify a first and second group of patients satisfying the filter parameters input by the user; wherein the first group includes patients with claim data indicating use of the new drug and the second group includes patients with claim data indicating use of the comparator drug. The analysis engine further identifies a comparative occurrence of one or more existing medical conditions or new medical conditions in the first and second groups of patients and calculates a probability value indicating a relative likelihood that a patient taking the new drug will have each of the one or more new or existing medical conditions in comparison to a likelihood that a patient taking the comparator drug will have each of the one or more new or existing medical conditions. A user interface displays each new or existing medical condition and the probability value for the new drug and the comparator drug in accordance with one or more report parameters entered by the user. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090164236 | SMARTER SCHEDULING FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES AND PHYSICIANS - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates scheduling an incoming patient appointment for a medical facility. A medical facility can provide healthcare to a patient, wherein the medical facility can utilize a schedule with an available time slot to assign an appointment to a patient. A match component can evaluate a portion of transportation data to select a patient to which an appointment on the schedule is allotted. A dynamic schedule component can automatically adjust the schedule based upon the evaluation. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090164237 | System and Method for Patient Management/Communication - A patient management system, comprising of a care provider interface, configured to receive a selection of a plurality of individual patients and a data processing system, configured to automatically generate a plurality of personalized patient-specific communications based on the selection, the communication directed to individual selected patients, each patient communication including at least one personalized patient care parameter specific to the individual selected patient. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090164238 | Apparatus and Method for Administration of Medications - Apparatus and methods to ensure the safe and effective administration of medication to patients are disclosed, including information about medication administration so that complete audit trails are recorded. The invention provides a guided process to the caregiver to ensure that the correct steps are taken in the correct order, and that all required data is collected, including means for adapting the guidance and data collection to suit the type of drug, to simplify the process for delivering relatively innocuous drugs, while ensuring that all safety measures are taken for relatively high-risk drugs. The invention includes novel means for ensuring that the caregiver is aware of correct route of administration of the drug. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090164239 | Dynamic Display Of Glucose Information - Method and system including displaying a first representation of a medication treatment parameter profile, displaying a first representation of a physiological profile associated with the medication treatment parameter profile, detecting a modification to a segment of the medication treatment parameter profile, displaying a modified representation of the medication treatment parameter profile and the physiological profile based on the detected modification to the segment of the medication treatment parameter profile, modifying an attribute of the first representation of the medication treatment parameter profile, and modifying an attribute of the first representation of the physiological profile are provided. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090164240 | METHODS FOR CONDUCTING A CLINICAL TRIAL - The present disclosure relates generally to methods for selecting subjects for a clinical trial and includes methods for conducting a clinical trial to study the efficacy and/or safety of a drug by selecting subjects, for inclusion in a subsequent double-blind treatment period of the clinical trial, that do not exhibit adverse events to the drug. Methods for conducting a clinical trial may comprise the following: (1) an open-label titration period, (2) an adjustable dose treatment period and (3) a fixed dose treatment period. Optionally, the clinical trial may comprise a washout period prior to the open-label titration period. Also provided are methods for doing business by selecting subjects for a clinical trial for a drug that do not exhibit adverse events to the drug. Such methods may generate, revenue by reducing the length of time required to complete the clinical trial, increasing the likelihood that the drug will obtain regulatory approval and/or reducing the length of time it takes to bring advance the drug to market. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090164241 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING PRIMARY AND EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE TREATMENT - A four-phase emergency room triage program comprises phases identified as “Assessment;” “Alignment;” “Application;” and “Auditing.” Under the “Assessment” phase, a hospital uses a tool to allow the hospital to fully understand how and whether the present invention should be utilized by it. During the Alignment phase, a step-by-step framework and an “Audit and Quality Checklist” is implemented. The Application phase requires that a physician readiness workshop be conducted to restructure the strategies and thinking of physicians in the method and system, thus providing tools and language that assures success. During this phase, various objectives are accomplished including guiding physicians and staff through numerous consultations and demonstrations to develop new language and behaviors and assuring that all aspects of implementation are successful by reviewing the Checklist. The “Auditing” phase utilizes the Checklist to assure that the healthcare organization is achieving desired results. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090164242 | ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE IDENTIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION - A system and method for generating healthcare identification and reconciliation information are provided. In an illustrative implementation, a computer-implemented healthcare information and reconciliation platform (HIRP) maintains a HIR engine which is operable on various data including but not limited to patient data, network data, plan data, insurance carrier/payor data, and healthcare provider data. In an illustrative operation, the HIR engine can receive input data representative of a participating user's benefit plan. The HIR engine can process the inputted data and correlate the inputted data against healthcare provider data, benefit plan data, healthcare network data and insurance carrier/payor data to generate an electronic healthcare card/document representative of the most up-to-date contractual obligations between the cooperating parties (e.g., healthcare provider, benefit plan administrator, healthcare network, insurance carrier, and the covered person/patient). | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090164243 | ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE IDENTIFICATION GENERATION AND RECONCILIATION - A system and method for generating healthcare identification and reconciliation information are provided. In an illustrative implementation, a computer-implemented healthcare information and reconciliation platform (HIRP) maintains a HIR engine which is operable on various data including but not limited to patient data, network data, plan data, insurance carrier/payor data, and healthcare provider data. In an illustrative operation, the HIR engine can receive input data representative of a participating user's benefit plan. The HIR engine can process the inputted data and correlate the inputted data against healthcare provider data, benefit plan data, healthcare related data, healthcare network data and insurance carrier/payor data to generate and/or store an electronic healthcare card/document representative of the most up-to-date contractual obligations between the cooperating parties (e.g., healthcare provider, benefit plan administrator, healthcare network, insurance carrier, and the covered person/patient). | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090164244 | PRESCRIPTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An imaging and workflow method, system, computer readable medium and user interface for processing information efficiently for the processing of medical prescription orders. The system includes support for document scanning, automated rules-based order processing, statistical reporting, document generation and document storage and retrieval. The present invention takes advantage of imaging technology to assist the user in scanning information into the system and software modules to improve the processing of orders. The present invention also includes database tables that identify to application processing logic the types and sequences of actions to be implemented for orders. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090171692 | Online Health Care Consumer Portal - An online health care consumer portal for accessing one or more health-related services by a health care consumer. The consumer portal includes an authentication module for identifying the health care consumer upon receiving an online identification token, and a database for maintaining health care information comprising a plurality of health records. The consumer portal also includes a rules engine module for applying a set of rules to the one or more health records corresponding to the consumer to determine an impairment profile of the health care consumer based on the health records corresponding to the health care consumer and an online user interface for providing access to the health-related services. The online user interface is configurable from a default configuration to a second configuration upon identification by the authentication module, the second configuration adapted to facilitate use of the online user interface according to the impairment profile. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090171693 | DATA LOGGER - A data logging module and a method of monitoring a medical warming cabinet is disclosed. A temperature of the heating chamber and a state of a door of the heating chamber are sampled at predetermined intervals and recorded as data packets on a memory device. A display may provide a message when the memory device is reaching capacity. Moreover, a selected of the data packets may be analyzed (such as the data packets excluding the data packets when the door is open) for the generation of a report. The data packets from the memory device may be transferred from the memory device to an external memory device as necessary. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090177488 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUDICATION AND SETTLEMENT OF HEALTH CARE CLAIMS - Systems and methods are disclosed for settling health care claims as part of a claim adjudication process. A standard financial transaction network is used to settle the portion of the claim not covered by insurance. Eligibility checks are also disclosed that make use of the financial transaction network to determine whether a patient has sufficient funds in a financial account to cover his portion of health care related expenses. The eligibility checks can be combined with the settlement process. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090177489 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT SCHEDULING AND RECORD HANDLING - A computer automated tool is provided, the tool being designed to coordinate the complex processes of patient scheduling and record handling. The tool and supporting methods intelligently input, correlate, notify and link schedules to medical records and patient-specific scheduling behavior. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090177490 | Method for Improving Pharmaceutical Selection Ratios in Pharmacy Implementation of Prescription Medication Dispensing Plans - A method is disclosed by which pharmacies and physicians are encouraged to select appropriate and effective medications but dissuaded from selecting higher priced medications where more economical versions are available as alternatives, but where physicians and patients can also select such higher priced medications if they so choose and are prepared to pay that higher price. Under this system a single representative price (capitation rate) is calculated by a prescription payment plan manager for a group of related medications, usually including both branded and generic, and that price is paid to a pharmacy for all prescriptions of that group of medications fulfilled under the plan. The representative prices for different groups, including their minimum levels, are periodically reviewed and updated as appropriate. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090177491 | Method for Minimizing the Cost of Post-Treatment Follow-Up and Diagnostic Tests - A method for determining an optimized surveillance schedule of follow-up diagnostic tests and doctor visits considers the tradeoff between timely detection of relapse and the cost of the diagnostic procedures. A method for generating a surveillance schedule for monitoring a recurrence of a condition includes the steps of (a) scheduling an initial testing date to test for the recurrence of the condition; (b) establishing a threshold, wherein the threshold is the cost associated with a subsequent testing date over the cost per recurrence detected; and (c) scheduling each subsequent testing date to test for the recurrence of the condition when a cumulative risk of recurrence of the condition since the previous testing date exceeds the threshold. A system utilizing this method is also disclosed. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090187418 | Methods and Systems for Outputting a List of Complementary Treatments for a Patient - There is described a method for outputting a list of complementary treatments for a patient using a complementary treatment database which comprises entries for prescription drugs and complementary treatments associated to at least some of the prescription drugs. The method comprises: inputting a drug search criteria on a user interface, the drug search criteria corresponding to an identification of a drug prescribed to the patient; obtaining, from the complementary treatment database, a list of complementary treatments matching the drug search criteria and hence adapted to the prescribed drug; and outputting the list of complementary treatments on the user interface for consultation. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090187419 | Systems And Methods For A Decision Support Alert Feed - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a clinical decision support system comprising a clinical decision support processing component adapted to determine the occurrence of an event based at least in part on at least one message received by the clinical decision support processing component and an alert feed server adapted to publish a clinical alert to an alert feed based at least in part on the event. The alert feed is in a standard syndication format. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090187420 | Methods and Systems for Providing Individualized Wellness Profiles - Methods and systems for providing a user with personalized wellness and health information are described. More particularly, methods and systems are provided for creating an individual health profile display, presented on a network-based interface, based on the analysis of a user-submitted biological sample that has been compared to a knowledge database, and including information related to the comparison. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090187421 | MOBILE HEALTHCARE DATA - The present invention provides an apparatus for configuring a mobile healthcare network of monitoring a being. The apparatus comprises a sender for sending the composition of the mobile healthcare network to a home healthcare network of monitoring the being, a receiver for receiving a configuration recommendation, the configuration recommendation corresponds to the composition of the mobile healthcare monitoring network and a history database of the home healthcare monitoring network, and an arranger for arranging parameters of the mobile healthcare network according to the configuration recommendation. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090187422 | DEFORMABLE REGISTRATION OF IMAGES FOR IMAGE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY - A system and method for developing radiation therapy plans and a system and method for developing a radiation therapy plan to be used in a radiation therapy treatment is disclosed. A radiation therapy plan is developed using a registration of medical images. The registration is based on identifying landmarks located within inner body structures. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090192818 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS HEALTH MONITORING - A system for continuous health monitoring includes a computer system including a locking mechanism configured to allow multiple health point checks to be accessed simultaneously, a plurality of component health point checks configured to monitor at least one component of the system and configured to store health monitoring statistics in the computer system, and a scheduler configured to periodically enable the plurality of component health point checks based on one of a user request and a predefined amount of time. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090192819 | PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method of distributing pharmaceutical items from a primary distributor to a secondary seller. A request for pharmaceutical items is received by the primary distributor from the secondary seller. Shelving information indicative of a sequential arrangement of pharmaceutical items along the secondary seller's shelving system is reviewed. A mobile cart having a plurality of compartments is provided, and a sequential order to the plurality of compartments is designated. Based upon the request, the shelving information, and the compartment order, a compartment assignment plan is generated that assigns the requested pharmaceutical items to respective compartments in an order corresponding with the sequential arrangement of the shelving system. The compartments are then loaded in accordance with the compartment assignment plan, and delivered to the secondary seller. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090192820 | ASSAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - Assay system, comprising: at least one first assay device (IA) that is configured to assay one or more samples and to provide at least one assay result; and at least one distribution system ( | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090198509 | Method and systems for connecting service providers and service purchasers - Service providers, service purchasers, and interested third parties may link combined expectations, resulting in real insight and greater satisfaction for all involved. A ranking of service providers is obtained from past service purchasers, the ranking comprising emotive satisfaction ratings of pre-selected attributes. Individual profiles for service providers are generated that comprise an emotive satisfaction rating value of pre-selected attributes. An emotive profile is obtained from a potential service purchaser that comprises the potential purchaser's assignment of an importance value to pre-selected attributes, and a list of service providers is provided to the potential service purchasers based on a correlation of the emotive profile and the emotive satisfaction rating values of service providers. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090198510 | Prescription refill reminder system and method - A system and method for subscriber reminders. The method includes receiving, from a plurality of customers, prescription refill data. The method also includes processing the prescription refill data according to business rules. The method also includes sending, to a subscriber, a prescription refill reminder according to the prescription refill data and the business rules. The method also includes sending, to the subscriber, advertising data corresponding to the prescription refill reminder. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090198511 | Methods and Systems for Collecting and Analyzing Medical Data - The invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing medical data of a database, the medical data relating to diseases, and symptoms related to the diseases, said method including, Requesting an individual user to input data descriptive of a symptom; searching the database for data descriptive of diseases related to the inputted data descriptive of the symptom; generating a report listing diseases which are related to the inputted data descriptive of the symptom; associating a frequency indication to the each of the listed diseases, the frequency indication being representative of the frequency of reported associations of the respective listed disease; outputting the report with the frequency indication associated with each of the listed diseases. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090198512 | MEDICAL FILE CARRIER COVER - A method of storing a medical file carrier in a healthcare facility includes disposing a first portion of the medical file carrier in a first pocket of a removable carrier cover, substantially covering an outer surface of the medical file carrier with a surface of the carrier cover, and defining a non-covered region exposing a second portion of the medical file carrier for review in the healthcare facility. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090198513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONCILING PATIENT AND PROCEDURE INFORMATION IN A MEDICAL FACILITY COMPUTER NETWORK AND IMAGING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for reconciling mismatches in data in a hospital computer system by selectively preventing editing of data entered at a first location at a second location, and providing for remapping of data acquired in an incorrect data structure to a corrected data structure. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090204421 | ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD TOUCH SCREEN FORM ENTRY METHOD - A computer implemented system and method allow users to create and edit electronic health records with the use of touch screen monitors, such that complex forms are managed by a user-friendly graphic user interface. The graphic user interface includes collapsible menus that enable the management of the complex hierarchical structure of the forms. The graphic user interface also includes a system that allows for three different values, corresponding to a positive value, a negative value and the deactivation of the data field, to be entered in the same location within the electronic form. The data elements of each data field are coded with recourse to standard medical terminologies enabling dynamic interaction and intelligent prompting. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204422 | System and Method for Remotely Updating a Health Station - A method for remotely updating a health station is presented in one example embodiment. The method includes establishing one or more communication sessions between one or more health stations and a web server. The method includes receiving, at the one or more health stations, a user interface from the web server. The method includes loading the user interface by a host application stored on the one or more health stations. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204423 | Wound Care Treatment Service Using Automatic Wound Dressing Fabricator - A method and/or system allowing patients to receive consistent, effective and convenient reliable wound care by applying customized wound dressings fabricated at automatic wound dressing fabricators deployed in medical facilities. Wound dressing specifications are generated with the aid of a computer-based configuration algorithm based on characteristics of the wounds. The generated wound dressing specifications are communicated between the medical facilities to provide consistent and reliable wound dressings without duplicative diagnosis of the wound. Further, telemedicine for wound care may be implemented by communicating the wound dressing specifications to automatic wound dressing fabricators that are remotely located. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204424 | Method and System for Distributing Information Between Patients, Health Care Providers, Caregivers, and Payors - A computer-implemented method and system of distributing medical information in real time populates a network database with information on disease indications and on therapeutic products, such as natural history of disease and benefit-risk considerations; categorizes the information; displays the information and notifies of the categorization of information. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204425 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE IN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT - A computerized method and system for generation an immunization schedule for a person in healthcare environment is provided. The system receives a request for an immunization schedule for a person and obtains information from an electronic medical record of the person stored within a comprehensive healthcare system. The system obtains one or more immunization schedules and utilizes the information from the electronic medical record of the person and the immunization schedule to generate a customized immunization schedule for the person. In another embodiment, the system receives immunization information for a person and stores the immunization information in the electronic medical record of the person within a comprehensive healthcare system. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204426 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A NETWORK OF MEDICAL IMAGE READING PROFESSIONALS - A method and system is provided for creating a network of medical image reading professionals who are highly skilled and proficient at reading and interpreting medical images. By creating such a network of medical image reading professionals, misdiagnoses can be dramatically reduced, thereby improving patient outcomes, reducing patient suffering and anxiety, reducing costs, and reducing the overall burden on the healthcare system. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204427 | Adaptable compositions of health information - The adaptable compositions of information and data on health, health-care and health-care services generate by physicians and enable by an innovative computer program and software to increase physicians' efficiency of information and data management. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204428 | OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DATA SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for employee life cycle management collects occupational health data from a plurality of diverse occupational health data sources for a plurality of employees, stores the collected data in a central database, processes the data to generate employee life cycle data, stores the employee life cycle management data in the database, and centrally manages the employee life cycle management data to make the employee life cycle data available to at least one employer. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204429 | OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DATA SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for employee life cycle management collects occupational health data from a plurality of diverse occupational health data sources for a plurality of employees, stores the collected data in a central database, processes the data to generate employee life cycle data, stores the employee life cycle management data in the database, and centrally manages the employee life cycle management data to make the employee life cycle data available to at least one employer. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204430 | Apparatus and methods for determining and processing medical outcomes - A data processing system is provided for determining clinical outcomes of medical data gathered by the system. The system can allow a person to define a medical study and can then administer the medical study and can collect and analyze data from potentially geographically diverse doctors, patients and other people associated with a study. Users enter sets of medical information. The system can analyze the medical data according to any number of clinical algorithms that may be custom defined and edited before and during the study. The system conditionally outputs the clinical outcome to the user. The clinical outcome can be used for treatment of patients participating in the study immediately after the data is input and analyzed. The medical outcomes can indicate such things as performance comparisons, composite outcomes, and risk stratification and assessments for such things as treatments, drugs, illnesses, doctors, patients and physician groups. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204431 | METHOD AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR PERFORMING CLINICAL TRIAL BUDGET ANALYSIS - An electronic method is provided of analyzing budgets for clinical trials. A clinical trial budget is entered into a processor. The budget includes activities and associated activity costs. The activities are classified into a set of standardized service categories. The processor then electronically allocates the associated activity costs with the respective standardized service category so that budget costs can be objectively analyzed. The budget further includes assumption specifications. The processor further calculates per unit costs of the assumption specifications. The activities and the associated activity costs are then equalized against reference assumption specifications using at least the per unit costs via calculations performed in the processor. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090210247 | System and Apparatus for Item Management - Item-management systems, apparatus, and methods are described, preferably for management of items such as medicaments. In embodiments, an item-management system comprises a holder defining plural cells, a docking station configured to receive the holder, at least one indicator selectively-operable to indicate the holder cell into which an item is to be loaded, and at least one controller operable to selectively operate each at least one indicator to indicate the cell into which the item is to be received. In embodiments, indicators are provided on the holder. In other embodiments, the indicators may by on a guide associated with the docking station to assist the user in loading the holder. The contents of the loaded holder may be easily loaded, for example, into an automated dispensing machine for packaging and subsequent administration to a patient or for another use. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090210248 | Adaptive Intervention and Management Method for Healthcare Organizations - A computer-implemnented method to optimize the performance of a health care system, comprising creating a 3-dimensional Healthcare Adaptive Cycle space defined by a Potential dimension, a Connectness dimension, and a Resilience dimension, wherein the Healthcare Adaptive Cycle comprises a K region, a Ω region, an a region, a r region, a backloop transition zone from said Ω region to said a region, and a front loop transition zone from said r region to said K region. The method then determines at a first time a first location for the healthcare organization within said Healthcare Adaptive Cycle, and visually displays the 3-dimensional Healthcare Adaptive Cycle space and the first location. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090210249 | MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device is provided, comprising a data management unit for providing patient data regarding a patient's health and/or treatment status, a display for displaying the patient data provided by the data management unit, and an actuator configured to cause one or both of activation and deactivation of the device. The patient data is displayed on the display in response to the initiation of activation and/or deactivation of the device. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090216553 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OBTAINING REIMBURSEMENTS FOR PATIENT TREATMENT - A method of selecting a dressing for treating a patient's wound includes providing a database of dressings and dressing information corresponding to each dressing, the dressing information including an indication of whether the dressing is reimbursable. The method also includes observing a patient's wound, recording characteristics of the patient's wound, comparing the characteristics of the patient's wound to the database, displaying to a user a list of one or more dressings usable for treating the wound, and an indication of whether the dressing is reimbursable. The method further includes selecting a dressing for treating the wound from the list. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090216554 | System and Method for Outcome-Based Management of Medical Science Liasons - A system and method for managing customer interaction activities of medical liaison personnel of a sponsor organization with health professional customers to achieve one or more desired business outcomes is disclosed. The system uses a customer relation database to record data regarding customer interaction activity of the medical liaison personnel and data regarding the business outcomes achieved or not achieved during the predetermined time period. The system correlates the customer interaction activity data and the business outcome data so that it can be used to conduct capacity and tactical assessments for future medical liaison activities. A method for targeting medical thought leaders or other health professionals who are most likely to achieve the business outcomes is also disclosed. In one embodiment, the system also provides a method for surveying the health professional customers to determine their level of satisfaction with medical liaison personnel and sponsor organization. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090222281 | FORMULATION FOR MULTI-STEP ACNE TREATMENT - Methods and systems ( | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090222282 | Method for Personalized Diet Design - The present invention is directed to methods of developing dietary guidelines, particularly associated with dietary consumption of fatty acids. We discovered an association of a polymorphic marker with regulation of plasma lipid levels in response to dietary intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Accordingly, the present invention provides methods for providing individualized guidance in design of dietary interventions to alter plasma lipid profiles by genotyping APOA5 locus, wherein the presence of APOA5−1131C, APOA5−3G, APOA5 IVS3+476A, and APOA5 1259C alleles or alleles that are found to be in tight linkage disequilibrium with APOA5−1131C, APOA5−3G, APOA5 IVS3+476A, and APOA5 1259C alleles, is indicative of the individual being susceptible to altered plasma lipid levels in response to intake of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090222283 | Healthcare Service Management Using A Centralized Service Management Module - A system and method for scheduling or managing receipt of healthcare services are disclosed. A centralized service management module is coupled to one or more client devices and to one or more service providers, such as healthcare providers or insurance providers. The centralized service management module receives an interaction, such as an appointment request, from a client device or a service provider associated with healthcare services. The centralized service management module associates a service provider with the interaction based on a stored user profile. The interaction is then transmitted by the centralized service management module to the associated service provider, which provides data associated with a healthcare product or service associated with the interaction to the centralized service management module. The data is stored in the user profile and transmitted, buy the centralized service management module, to a client device using a communication protocol specified by the user profile. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090222284 | PHYSICIAN OFFICE VIEWPOINT SURVEY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for conducting surveys, and, more particularly, an at least partially automated and efficient system and method for collecting, processing, and displaying customer satisfaction survey information that enables a product or service provider to evaluate the quality of goods and/or services received based on ratings and reports obtained by performing surveys of customers, employees, and/or staff. The system utilizes an execution platform using a clinical process improvement methodology. The system provides the execution platform with software scripts implementing the clinical improvement process, using drill-down questioning techniques and verbatim comments tailored to the survey participants comments and/or status information to gain insights into the participants' reasons for their opinions. The system obtains raw survey data and processes that data into useful survey information, such as graphs and charts, for presenting to survey consumers (i.e., system users) who may be remotely located. In this way the system and method can be utilized in a quality improvement program for any service or product provider. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090222285 | Authentication Of Pharmaceutical Products - A method for authenticating a pharmaceutical product, the pharmaceutical product being associated with packaging having disposed thereon or therein coded data including a number of coded data portions, each coded data portion being indicative of an identity of the pharmaceutical product and at least part of a digital signature of at least part of the identity. The method includes having a computer system receive indicating data from a sensing device, the sensing device being responsive to sensing of the coded data to generate indicating data at least partially indicative of the identity of the pharmaceutical product and the signature part. The computer system determines the identity at least one determined signature part and uses these to authenticate the pharmaceutical product. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090240520 | Health care system, biological information terminal - A health care system capable of altering the schedule appropriately depending on the physical condition of a user, a biological information terminal, a schedule managing method, and a schedule managing program. Physical condition information is detected or an action is instructed based on first schedule information, and based on the detection results of physical condition information or the result of an action instruction, information of schedule to be executed is altered from the first information to second schedule information. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090240521 | REMOTE PATIENT SUPPORT AND CARE BY RELATIVES - A telemonitoring central server | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090240522 | COMPUTER AIDED INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT SYSTEM - A patient intake and assessment system for communication with end users in a computer network is provided. The system includes a server configured to transmit instructions to a first client application to provide health assessment queries to a first end user and to receive health assessment query responses from the first end user. The server further transmits instructions to a second client application to provide the health assessment query responses of the first end user to a second end user and to provide to the second end user one or more health assessments based on the health assessment query responses. The server receives from the second end user selectively through the second client application acceptances of the health assessments, rejections of the health assessments, and user-generated health diagnoses. A client application program product for enabling patient intake and assessment is also provided. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090240523 | OPTIMIZING PHARMACEUTICAL TREATMENT PLANS ACROSS MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS - A computer implemented method for generating optimized pharmaceutical treatment plans for an individual. A set of known treatments to be used by the target individual over a future period of time is generated. An actual use of the treatments in the set of known treatments by the target individual during the future period of time is substantially certain. A set of probable treatments of the target individual is received. The actual use of the treatments in the set of probable treatments by the target individual during the future period of time is uncertain. An optimized pharmaceutical treatment plan for the target individual is generated. The optimized pharmaceutical treatment plan comprises medications and durable medical goods that are likely to be used by the target individual over the future period of time optimized over a set of dimensions associated with the set of known treatments and the set of probable treatments. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090240524 | COMMUNITY BASED MANAGED HEALTH KIOSK AND REMOTE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to community based managed health kiosk and remote diagnosis systems, and more particularly to facilitating remote diagnosis of kiosk users by remotely located health care professionals through use of kiosk systems in combination with user-data screens that display real-time user health information and real-time user video to the health care professional. The remotely located health care professional is thus able to fully examine and diagnosis a patient without having to ever be on-site or even nearby. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090240525 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING MEDICAL INFORMATION - An apparatus and method is provided for treating a healthcare patient. The method includes the steps of establishing a audio/visual teleconference between a processor of the patient at a first location and a processor of a physician located at a second, remote location different from the first location and displaying a set of biometric parameters of the patient in real time to the physician at the remote location. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090248437 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING NFC TECHNOLOGY TO IMPLEMENT AN ON-DEMAND PORTABLE MEDICAL RECORD - In certain embodiments, an on-demand portable medical record system using near field communication includes a near field communication (NFC) storage device adapted to retrieve patient medical data for storage on the NFC storage device and a NFC retrieval device adapted to engage in near field communication with the NFC storage device to retrieve the patient medical data from the NFC storage device. An emergency on-demand portable medical record system using near field communication includes a NFC-enabled medical alert device storing a patient identifier, and a NFC retrieval device adapted to engage in near field communication with the NFC-enabled medical alert device to retrieve the patient identifier from the NFC storage device. The NFC-enabled medical alert device transfers the patient identifier to the NFC retrieval device via near field communication, and patient medical data is transferred to a medical facility upon verification of the patient identifier. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090248438 | Characterizing relationships among procedures using similarity metrics - Data is received that characterizes a plurality of procedures for a single event. Thereafter, one or more dynamically determined groups are associated with the plurality of procedures, the dynamically determined groups being generated from similarity metrics derived from a plurality of historical procedures for a plurality of historical events. A likelihood of the plurality of procedures being associated with the single event can then be determined based on the associated one or more dynamically determined groups. This determined likelihood can be used to determine whether the data is indicative of fraud. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090248439 | CONTROLLING AND OPTIMIZING PATIENT PATHWAYS WITHIN AND ACROSS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - The present invention relates to a system to control and optimize clinical pathways of a plurality of patients within a medical facility as well as across several medical facilities. The method of controlling and optimizing pathways uses real-time localization devices for patients, resources, such as clinical images and employees of the medical facility (e.g. a service technician, a senior consultant or the like). Based on the local position of patients, staff members and/or resources, the system proposes a medical system that generates clinical pathways for patients, is adapted to change clinical pathways and to provide schedules for patients as well as the use of resources. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090248440 | Ensuring referential integrity of medical image data - A method, a system and a computer program product are disclosed for providing information concerning scheduled procedure steps and/or information concerning performed procedure steps within a taskflow which includes a plurality of tasks for processing medical image data. Each taskflow is associated with a taskflow specific context folder. In at least one embodiment, a publisher task is adapted to select selected data out of the medical image data. For these selected data, meta-information is updated by incorporating additional information concerning scheduled procedure steps and performed procedure steps. This is done by maintaining referential integrity between image data, scheduled procedure steps and performed procedure steps. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090248441 | MEDICAL REPORT SYSTEM, MEDICAL REPORT VIEWER, MEDICAL REPORT PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF EDITING AND DISPLAYING MEDICAL REPORT - A report editor screen of a medical report system is provided with a plurality of entry areas for entering a plurality of findings. Every entry area is provided with check boxes for inputting a command to link the entered finding with an inspection purpose. When the inspection purpose is selected by checking one of the check boxes in one entry area, the finding entered in this entry area is linked with the selected inspection purpose. Data of the medical report is recorded in such a manner that each finding may be handled individually as a unit. On a report display screen of the medical report system, the medical report is displayed in such a manner that shows linkage between the findings and respective inspection purposes. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090254360 | Systems and Methods For Healthcare Asset Allocation - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a healthcare asset allocation method including receiving a healthcare asset request, creating a plurality of potential solutions using healthcare asset data, and determining a healthcare asset allocation by applying a genetic algorithm to the plurality of potential solutions using a plurality of genetic algorithm parameters and the healthcare asset request. The healthcare asset data includes data related to assets in a healthcare enterprise. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090254361 | Continuity of Medical Care - A consumer is provided with continuity of medical care by being prompted to transfer data to a recipient, upon completion of the consumer's interaction with a brokerage system. The data obtained during the interactions is transferred to one or more recipients selected by the consumer. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090254362 | Systems And Methods For Providing Healthcare Asset Intelligence Using Service-Oriented Architecture And Service-Oriented Computing - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for providing healthcare asset intelligence comprising a data layer adapted to preprocess healthcare asset intelligence data, a service component layer adapted to comprise a plurality of service components, and a service application layer adapted to comprise a service application. The healthcare asset intelligence data is data related to management of healthcare assets. The system is configured according to a service-oriented architecture and uses service-oriented computing. Each of the plurality of service components is adapted to utilize the preprocessed healthcare asset intelligence data. The service application is adapted to utilize at least one of the plurality of service components to provide the healthcare asset intelligence. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090254363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES USING SMART HEALTH CARDS - A system and method for providing health care services using smart health cards is provided. Smart health cards including at least member information are issued to members. When a member visits a provider, the smart health card is read to obtain the member information and the retrieved member information is used to generate HIPAA compliant EDI transactions. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090254364 | MediCAD Chinese medical system - A Chinese medical system includes a signal input device for entering information, an input signal generated in response to the signal input device, a database system comprising a diagnostic database storing a diagnostic information of Chinese diagnostic information and a matching analyzer analyzing the input signal and matching the input signal with the diagnostic information, a diagnostic output signal generated in response to the matching analyzer of the database system, a responsive system including an action database storing a treatment methods information, a retriever retrieving the treatment methods information in response to the diagnostic output signal to generate a retriever signal, a signal transmitter receiving the diagnostic output signal and transmitting the diagnostic output signal to the retriever, and a responsive signal generator generating a responsive signal from gathering and organizing the retriever signal. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090254365 | CARE MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION WORKFLOW - A system for facilitating the physical provision of health care services to patients comprises a computer-readable medium containing information associated with the physical provision of health care services to patients; an electronic display disposed in a health care environment; and software configured to effect display of some of the information on the electronic display; wherein the electronic display is not a part of a computer workstation and is configured for simultaneous viewing by a plurality of staff. A method for facilitating the physical provision of health care services to patients comprises inputting, via the electronic touch screen display, information corresponding to a patient or room; displaying, via the electronic touch screen display, the information; and providing, to a patient, physical health care services, based on the viewed information. The electronic touchscreen display preferably is not a part of a computer workstation and is configured for simultaneous viewing by a plurality of health care providers and caregivers. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090254366 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEALTH CARE FINANCING - A system for health care financing comprises at least two health care providers, a vendor/operator, an electronic price list, at least one employer having at least one participating employee, at least one deposit account for each of the employees, and at least one high-deductible insurance policy that is available to the participating employees. The electronic price list includes offers from the at least two health care providers, and consumer feedback data regarding past transactions between participating employees and the health care providers having a price listed in the electronic database. The health care providers have authority vary price offers in the price list, and can access the electronic database to vary their price offers. The participating employees can access the price list via the Internet to learn price offers extended by the providers, and to access the consumer feedback data. Payment for a transaction between a participating employee and a provider can be made from a consumer's deposit account without consulting a third party to decide the price of the transaction. The participating employees can place consumer feedback data into the electronic database after a transaction between a given employee and a provider having a price listed in the electronic database. The vendor/operator receives positive revenue from health are transactions between the employees and the providers having a price listed in the electronic database. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090254367 | Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing an Implant - An orthopedic implant manufacturing method. The method includes preparing a pre-operative surgical plan for a specific patient, the surgical plan including a three-dimensional image of a patient's joint indicating at least one resection plane, communicating the surgical plan to a surgeon of the patient, and receiving approval of the surgical plan and the resection plane by the surgeon. The method also includes providing automated osteophyte/protrusion removal control for surgeon manipulation, receiving a modified three-dimensional image of a patient's joint indicating an osteophyte/protrusion removal and a recommendation for a corresponding selected orthopedic implant from the surgeon, and requesting manufacture of the selected orthopedic implant. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090259486 | PATIENT CENTRIC MEDICATION DISPENSING DEVICE - A patient centric medication dispensing device is herein disclosed. The dispensing device is configured to close the loop between a patient, a treating physician and a pharmacy by monitoring the medication intake of the patient and reporting information to the physician and/or the pharmacy or pharmaceutical company. The dispensing device is further configured to calculate adverse drug effects that may result if a patient takes a requested medication, based on medication that has already been dispensed and medication that is scheduled to be taken. The dispensing device is also configured to provide the patient with educational information based on the situation the patient has encountered, such as missing a scheduled dosage or suffering from side-effects. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090259487 | Patient Data Mining - The present invention provides a data mining framework for mining high-quality structured clinical information. The data mining framework includes a data miner that mines medical information from a computerized patient record (CPR) based on domain-specific knowledge contained in a knowledge base. The data miner includes components for extracting information from the CPR, combining all available evidence in a principled fashion over time, and drawing inferences from this combination process. The mined medical information is stored in a structured CPR which can be a data warehouse. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090265182 | Method and system for point-of-dispensing management of anticoagulation agent therapy - A method and system for point-of-dispensing, point-of-sale, or retail pharmacy management of an anticoagulation agent therapy for a subject, includes reviewing an anticoagulation regimen and obtaining data for a subject relating to anticoagulation therapy, determining an International Normalized Ratio (INR) level for the subject, determining any potential interaction of the anticoagulation agent with one or more non-anticoagulation agents that the subject intends to take or is taking, evaluating in real time any need to adjust the anticoagulation regimen, and adjusting in real time, if needed, the anticoagulation regimen based on one or both INR level and any interaction determinations, to maintain the subject's INR level within a desired range. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090265183 | METHOD OF MANAGING A WELLNESS PROGRAMME AND A SYSTEM THEREFOR - A method and system for managing a wellness programme includes obtaining personal information pertaining to an individual, the personal information including at least the individual's age and gender. In addition, health information pertaining to the individual is obtained. The health information typically includes at least one of exercise, diet, smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol and weight. The personal information and the health information are then used to determine a wellness programme for the individual, the wellness programme including a plurality of programme areas with which the individual must comply. Information is then received regarding the individual's compliance or non-compliance with the individual's wellness programme and points are awarded to the individual for compliance with the wellness programme. At predetermined intervals the total number of points awarded to the individual are calculated and a reward is awarded to the individual based on the total number of points accumulated. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090265184 | Method for the fractionation and separation of particles by step-wise gradient density extraction - A method for the separation of particles of different densities using a step-wise gradient density extraction method as described herein where a sample is suspended in a liquid volume of an extracting medium of specific density and the particles that have a density less than or equal to that of the extracting medium of specific density can be recovered from a horizonatally rotatable hollow disk or a removable receptacle within a horizontally rotatable hollow disk designed for such purposes while the particles that have a density greater than the extracting medium of specific density form a deposit which can be cycled through the extraction process in an iterative fashion by varying the density of the extracting medium allowing the recovery of discrete particles of differing densities from a test sample. Also disclosed herein is the use of the above method as part of a separate method or system to identify a ratio of biomarkers from different fractions of a sample homogenate or lysate which is useful in the evaluation of potential biomarkers, and for the intraoperative pathological diagnosis of positive margins of cancer and other diseases. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090271213 | Combination treatment selection methods and systems - Methods, computer program products, and systems are described that include accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual, querying at least one database at least partly based on the at least one attribute, selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one artificial sensory experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual, and/or presenting an indication of the at least one prescription medication and the at least one artificial sensory experience at least partly based on the selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one artificial sensory experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090271214 | Rules engine framework - An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a computer system and an integrated development environment application. When executed on the computer system, the integrated development environment application promotes defining a plurality of rules based on a plurality of generic templates and automatically incorporating input value validation based on a type of a left hand variable into the rules. The rules, when executed by a healthcare management information system rules engine, promote enrollment of health care providers and healthcare system members and processing of healthcare claims. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090271215 | Methods and systems for detecting a bioactive agent effect - Methods, computer program products, and systems are described that include accepting at least one indication of bioactive agent use by an individual and/or presenting an indication of an artificial sensory experience programmed to detect at least one effect of the bioactive agent at least partly based on the at least one indication of the bioactive agent. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090271216 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGE SECURITY SYSTEM - A method for restricting unauthorised access to a patient's diagnostic images. Patient identification data is stored in a first database and diagnostic images associated with the patient are stored in a remote second database. The patient is issued with an access code which is provided to a user who is authorised by the patient to access the patient's diagnostic image. Use of the access code permits an authorised user to match the patient identification data retrieved from the first database with the associated diagnostic image stored in the second database. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090276237 | Method and arrangement for monitoring health data - The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring health data. The invention relates specifically to data monitoring included in an enquiry presented to a patient. In accordance with the invention, an impulse is sent from the server to the terminal of a person living at a distance in order to present an electronic enquiry in the terminal for the person living at a distance to fill in at least partly and/or for the terminal to fill in at least partly. While filling in the enquiry, the terminal reads the person's health data measured by at least one measuring instrument for measuring the person's health data and encloses the read data in electronic form with the answer. In accordance with the invention, the health-measuring instrument is selected in the terminal on the basis of the electronic enquiry. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090276238 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FINANCIAL DATA FOR OPTICAL LABS SHARING LENS CALCULATION SOFTWARE - A method and system for allowing multiple geographically distributed optical labs to share global resources over a telecommunications network. Each optical lab is set up as a client account on the server with privileges to access the global recourses. Each lab has its own equipment set, the settings and configuration of which, are recorded in one of the client account databases. Other proprietary databases contain price lists, financial information and patient data. The lens calculation software encounters a sequential stream of job requests from different client accounts. The corresponding proprietary account data, allows uniform pricing rules to be applied to lens processing jobs. As jobs are completed, each lab receives an individual packet of printable job ticket data, printable invoice data, electronic interface files for the lens generating equipment, and an extract file for importing into the labs accounting software. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090276239 | VALIDATED HEALTHCARE CLEANING AND SANITIZING PRACTICES - A validated healthcare facility cleaning and sanitizing system provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to cleaning and sanitizing practices at a hospital or other healthcare facility. The validated hospital cleaning system identifies hospital vectors of contamination; that is, sources through which hospital acquired infections (HAIs) may be spread. The validated system defines a plurality of modules within a healthcare facility, each having an associated cleaning process map designed to meet the particular cleaning and/or sanitizing needs and challenges faced by that module. Various stages of the cleaning process map include validation points, at which certain parameters designed to ensure proper cleaning and/or sanitizing of the module are verified. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090276240 | Patient Problem Data Structure and Processing System - A patient problem data system stores data representing a plurality of different patient problems for use in providing healthcare to a patient. An acquisition processor acquires data representing a patient problem for storage in a repository. A repository, electrically coupled to the acquisition processor, includes data representing a plurality of different patient problems; an individual patient problem has a patient problem name and is characterized by patient problem attributes; an individual patient problem has a plurality of attribute properties determining how a patient problem attribute is represented. Patient problem attributes include a focus term indicating a topic of a patient problem, a patient problem likelihood term indicating an assessment of likelihood of the associated corresponding patient problem, and a client term indicating at least one target person for care. The attribute properties include a format attribute property indicating a format constraint of a patient problem attribute and a content attribute property indicating a content constraint of a patient problem attribute. A retrieval processor, electrically coupled to the repository, retrieves data representing at least one patient problem from the repository. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090276241 | Patient Care and Treatment Data Structure and Processing System - An expected outcome data system stores data representing a plurality of different expected outcomes of patient care and treatment for use in providing healthcare to a patient. An acquisition processor acquires data representing an expected outcome of treatment associated with a medical problem for storage in a repository. A repository, electrically coupled to the acquisition processor, includes data representing a plurality of different expected outcomes; an individual expected outcome has an expected outcome name and is characterized by expected outcome attributes; an individual expected outcome has a plurality of attribute properties determining how an expected outcome attribute is represented. Expected outcome attributes include a focus term indicating a topic of an expected outcome, an expected outcome likelihood term indicating an assessment of likelihood of the associated corresponding expected outcome, and a client term indicating at least one target person for care. The attribute properties include a format attribute property indicating a format constraint of an expected outcome attribute and a content attribute property indicating a content constraint of an expected outcome attribute. A retrieval processor, electrically coupled to the repository, retrieves data representing at least one expected outcome from the repository. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090276242 | System, method and apparatus for second opinion - A method for providing a medical second opinion includes receiving a first IDC-9 code from a physician at a computerized system. The first ICD-9 code is related to a clinical interest of the physician. A second ICD-9 code is received at the computerized system from a patient. The computerized system compares the first and second ICD-9 code values. By finding equivalent or equal ICD-9 codes, a physician having an appropriate clinical interest is automatically referred to the patient. The physician provides a second medical opinion. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090276243 | Healthcare Notification Method And System Including A Healthcare Website - Methods and apparatus enabling organizations with a need to communicate with healthcare providers regarding health-related issues affecting patient health to notify healthcare providers of a health-related issue affecting patient health are disclosed. An electronic notification of the health-related issue is transmitted by one of the organizations to a healthcare notification network, which may include a healthcare website, for transmission to a healthcare provider, where the electronic notification includes a mechanism for obtaining an acknowledgement indicating that the healthcare provider has received and opened the electronic notification. Healthcare related information, such as drug recalls and medication warnings to healthcare providers from content providers, along with other services, is provided at the healthcare website. Healthcare related information may also be provided through other websites, such as electronic prescription and electronic medical/health records websites. Other services include providing corresponding Continuing Medical Education (“CME”) courses that may enable healthcare providers to earn CME credits toward a Maintenance of Certification (MOC) required by Medical Boards. MOCs for corresponding healthcare providers along with certificates to prescribe particular medications and/or use particular medical devices may be also stored at the healthcare website and verified by third parties, such as pharmacists and medical device manufacturers, before delivery. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090281822 | System and Method to Automate Service Delivery to Medical Equipment - A system and method to manage service delivery to a customer is provided. In one embodiment, a system may include a computing device that, in turn, includes a memory having a plurality of routines stored therein and a processor configured to execute the plurality of routines. The plurality of routines of one embodiment may include a response engine configured to receive an indication of an event with respect to a medical resource and to receive a plurality of region-specific parameter sets including a parameter set associated with a geographic region in which the medical resource is located. Additionally, the response engine may be configured to generate an output including a recommended action based at least in part on the event and the parameter set associated with the geographic region such that the recommended action is customized for the geographic region in which the medical resource is located. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090281823 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPERSING MEDICATIONS USING A SINGLE POINT REPLENISHMENT - A computer system and methods manages the dispersal and replenishment of medications. Participating pharmacies are associated with a code that corresponds to medication units dispersed by the pharmacies. The amount of medication units corresponding to the code and dispersed by the pharmacies is tracked. When the amount of dispersed medication units reaches a replenishment threshold, replacement medication units are ordered. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090281824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPERSING MEDICATIONS USING A SINGLE POINT PURCHASE - A computer system and method manages the dispersal and replenishment of medications. Participating health care providers are associated with a code that corresponds to medication units dispersed by a pharmacy. The amount of medication units corresponding to the code and dispersed to patients of the health care providers is tracked. When the amount of dispersed medication units reaches a replenishment threshold, replacement medication units are ordered. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090281825 | AUTOMATED PATIENT FLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A patient flow management system includes a means for identifying a patient as the patient approaches an examination area. When the patient is identified, a patient encounter screen, which provides both patient data and medical procedure data, is provided in the examination area, thereby decreasing the need for paper charts and increasing the efficiency of the facility. The system can also include a timer for determining an amount of time that a patient has been left in an examination room, and kiosks for checking into an appointment and providing identifying tokens to the patient. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090281826 | Process, Knowledge, And Intelligence Management Through Integrated Medical Management System For Better Health Outcomes, Utilization Cost Reduction and Provider Reward Programs - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system for rewarding health care providers using an integrated medical management system. A web application analyzes performance of the health care providers. The web application acquires information from integrated medical management system. The acquired information includes information of health care quality improvement analysis, disease and case based management, utilization analytics, physician profiling, authorizations management, lab and imaging information, and health risk assessment information. The web application determines performance indices for the health care providers based on the acquired information. The performance indices include a quality index, an economic index, and a relative value unit index of the health care providers. The web application analyzes the performance of the health care providers based on the performance indices. The analysis includes identifying health care providers eligible for a reward. The health care providers are then rewarded based on the analyzed performance. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090281827 | Integrated payment system and method of using same - An integrated payment system directed to the care of a subject and method of same is described herein. This system and method includes a care planner for accurately approximating the costs for the subject during the course of care, an insurance verifier and estimator that identifies the portion of the costs for the subject that is covered by the subjects insurance, wherein the approximated costs less the covered insurance leaves a subject payment, a discount planner that evaluates the application of at least one discount to the subject payment, and a payment planner that enables a payment arrangement for the subject for the subject payment less any applied discounts. Increased functionality of the payment system is achieved using automated integration of the care planner, the insurance verifier and estimator, the discount planner and the payment planner and providing the ability communicating in and among at least two of the care planner, the insurance verifier and estimator, the discount planner and the payment planner. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090281828 | Sample Store forecasting Process and System - A method and system of predicting market information includes the steps of receiving first data, forecasting further data based on the first data, receiving second data and comparing the further data with the second data, and creating an adjustment factor to account for any difference between the further data and the second data. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090281829 | Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for Providing Compliant Messaging Services - Systems, methods and computer program products for providing compliant messaging services are disclosed. Methods according to some embodiments include receiving input data from a campaign sponsor, encrypting at least a portion of the input data, generating a message schedule that includes message content, recipient identification data and temporal data corresponding to a plurality of messages, and sending and/or receiving one of the plurality of messages to and/or from a corresponding recipient. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090281830 | COLLABORATION MARKETPLACE PLATFORM SYSTEM FOR RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS - An integrated collaborative platform which allows for data sharing, data analysis, knowledge creation and sharing, problem solving, trading, and accelerated scientific discovery by collaborating teams which may be formed on an ad-hoc basis among users of the system is disclosed. The platform is designed to accelerate research and improve clinical care of chronic conditions. It provides a central place to facilitate interactions between the many different groups that participate in these activities. The central features of the system can be tailored to best suit each chronic condition. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090281831 | Automated Configuration of Medical Practice Management Systems - A user (e.g., medical office manager, medical office insurance administrator, doctor) utilizes a medical practice configuration interface (e.g., web page) to input information about the user's medical practice (e.g., address, insurance plans, doctors, hospitals that the doctors utilize). Based on this information and/or rules associated with the insurance plans accepted at the user's medical practice, additional information is requested from the user about the user's medical practice (e.g., information needed for an insurance plan, information needed for a hospital). The user inputs the requested additional information utilizing the medical practice configuration interface. Configuration information for the user's medical practice is generated based on the information and/or the additional information inputted by the user. A user interface (e.g., web pages interfacing with the medical practice management server) and/or rules for the medical practice can be generated based on the configuration information. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090287500 | DISTRIBUTED INTEGRATED IMAGE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system and method for increasing integration within and between medical sites with medical information systems, optionally using a single device which is suitable for multiple sites. In some embodiments, the device forms a network where devices can exchange data across networks. In some embodiments, the device provides and supports upgrading of hospital capability. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090287501 | METHODS FOR DELIVERING A DRUG TO A HOSPITAL PATIENT FOR SHORT-TERM USE WHILE MINIMIZING LONG-TERM USE OF THE DRUG - Novel methods for delivering a drug to hospital patients for short-term in-hospital use while minimizing long-term use of the drug. Embodiments are provided in which hospitals are identified which may be eligible to treat patients, for example, perform certain types of surgery, and which have measures in place to limit use of the drug to short-term use. The identified hospitals are preferably registered in a storage medium, including computer readable storage media, and may be authorized to receive the shipments of the drug. The received drug may then be dispensed to the patient. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090292551 | System and Method for Mapping Structural and Functional Deviations in an Anatomical Region - A data processing technique is provided. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes accessing individual patient deviation maps indicative of a structural difference and a functional difference, respectively, of at least one anatomical region of a patient with respect to standardized reference image data. The method may also include generating a composite patient deviation map indicative of both the structural difference and the functional difference based on at least the individual patient deviation maps, and outputting the composite patient deviation map. Additional methods, systems, and manufactures are also disclosed. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090292552 | Integrated and interactive health-management system - An integrated and interactive health-management system allows a medical-care-recipient to transmit both physiological and non-physiological information obtained through his/her self-monitoring to a medical-service platform so that related medical personnel at the platform partaking in the medical treatment can learn the medical-care-recipient's home care status and provide the medical-care-recipient with professional suggestions and assistance accordingly. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090292553 | Tax insurance method, and system - Tax insurance method, and system is offered to form an insurance plan combining together at least two separate but related contracts. It helps insurance providers to support different but related clients applying a legally secured united technology and to collect financial contributions of clients-investors, to satisfy financial and other needs of clients-duties and giving back a compensation said clients-investors. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090292554 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF CLINICAL TRIALS - A tool for planning and management of clinical trials. The tool computes a patient enrollment timeline in a clinical trial using multiple factors that bear on the rate of patient enrollment. The factors may be site-dependent factors or may be country-dependent factors. When these factors are applied, different sites may have different rates of enrollment in the same interval. Further, the factors may be time dependent such that even the same sites may have different enrollment rates in different intervals. Once the timeline is created, the tool may use it to calculate a schedule of monitor visits, project trial completion or otherwise generate output used in management of the clinical trial. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090292555 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING ON-CALL DATA FOR HEALTH CARE LOCATIONS AND PHYSICIANS - A system which contains real-time specialist on-call data is disclosed. The system allows for the input and searching of specialist on-call data for various health care locations. The system is configured to allow a patient in need of the medical care of a specialist not currently available at the patient's location to search for the nearest health care location(s) with a physician of the desired specialization presently or soon to be on call. Methods of the same are also disclosed. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090292556 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING PATIENT REFERRALS - Practitioners are certified to perform a medical procedure, such as an orthodontic procedure. Certified practitioners are maintained in a referral directory and classified within tiers based on criteria such as the number of procedures that they have performed. Inquiries are solicited from prospective patients, and referral lists are provided to those patients who request them. The referral lists are obtained from the referral directory with doctors from higher tiers who have performed more procedures receiving preferential inclusion on the referral lists. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090299761 | COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS BY EMPLOYING BI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION - A computer program product and a system are provided. The product and system provide associations between individuals having health care needs and available social services. The providing is efficient and cost effective. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090299762 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING MEDICAL LAB REPORTS - A system and method scan a document printed by a first document processing device (using a second document processing device separate from the first document processing device). The document has printed thereon machine readable markings that comprise information of a patient, information of at least one lab test to be performed, and formatting information for the return of the lab test results. The second document processing device identifies the lab test to be performed on the patient based on the machine readable markings. After the lab tests have been performed on the patient, the second document processing device prepares the lab test results by formatting them. These formatted lab test results are then output from the second document processing device to the first document processing device. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090299763 | METHODS OF CELL-BASED TECHNOLOGIES - The present disclosure features methods relating to conducting a stem cell technology business such as a regenerative medicine business based on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and cells differentiated from iPSCs. The present disclosure also provides a database of iPSC-derived cells and methods of using the database for tracking customers and samples, as well as methods for marketing and running the business. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090307006 | METHOD OF COLLABORATIVE EVALUATION INFRASTRUCTURE TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE CLNICAL DECISION ACTORS - A voting system employing individual healthcare actors is described wherein votes representing the relation between target measurements and actual measurements are aggregated and used to determine treatment of patients. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090307007 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING A THERAPEUTIC MEAL PLAN PROGRAM - A system and method develops a customized meal plan for a patient based on a chemotherapy treatment regimen for the patient and delivers the corresponding food items of the meal plan to the patient. The customized meal plan is designed to mitigate the physical effects and nutritional losses associated with chemotherapy and other cancer related treatments, such as radiation therapy. As the medical condition of the patient changes, the meal plan can be revised to provide updated customization. The meal plan may be developed using information provided by the patient, a caregiver, such as a nurse or physician, or a combination thereof. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090307008 | BLOOD INFUSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An blood infusion management system is described, including a scanner, a processor, and a display. The scanner derives scan data from a patient identifier and individual blood units and provides the scan data to the processor. The processor evaluates the scan data to ensure that the blood units match the patient identifier. If the blood units do not match, a blood infusion protocol is aborted. If the blood units match the patient identifier, then the blood infusion protocol is allowed to proceed. The blood infusion protocol requires at least two verification scans for any individual blood unit to achieve a transfusing status, and an additional scan of the patient identifier may be used to place the used blood units in a complete status. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090307009 | WIDGET ASSOCIATED WITH NETWORKING PLATFORM - Systems and methods for enabling caregivers to communicate with care-receivers and share information and data are described. The care-receiver may use a family-oriented networking platform as it provides an easy and intuitive way to stay in touch with their families and healthcare professionals. The objective of the present invention is to allow caregivers to use their preferred means of digital communication to communicate with the care-receivers | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090307010 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY ASSOCIATING AN ASSESSOR WITH A MEDICAL ASSESSMENT TASK - In a method and system for automated association of an assessor with an assessment task (in particular an evaluation of an image data set) an assessor database is used that contains assessors as well as selection information associated with assessors and task information associated with assessment tasks. A medical assessment is automatically associated with an assessor using at least one decision rule, starting from the task information and with consideration of the relevant selection information. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090313038 | Method for Processing a Link of Time Segments - A set of linked lists of time segments represent the actions of resources that are input of a time scheduling system. A system and method are described that operate on said linked list and that produce a solution that meets the constraints imposed by the actions of said resources. The method is described in the context of appointment scheduling systems for medical institutions, where appointments need to be scheduled for patients, taking into account a multitude of constraints such as the availability of staff, equipment, facilities and of the patient himself . | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090313039 | Pharmaceutical pricing method - This invention provides for innovative methods of pricing generic drugs. In a preferred embodiment, wholesale acquisition costs of identified comparable brand drugs for the generic drugs to be priced according to the invention are identified as comparable brand drug values. The comparable brand drug values are averaged to calculate a stable, predictable benchmark value to be used to determine the price of the generic drug, according to methods of this invention. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090313040 | PROCESS FOR FACILITATING THE MANAGEMENT OF CARE - In a patient care process a human patient | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090313041 | Personalized modeling system - A method, program storage device and system for developing a Personalized Modeling System ( | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090313042 | Fulfilling Demand for Particular Blood Group Types - Disclosed is a registry for candidate transfusion donors, which invokes an inventory management policy to create and actively manage lists of candidate donors in order to minimize imbalances between demand and supply across multiple regions and across multiple categories of donors and recipients. Together with a genotyping laboratory, the registry does targeted recruitment of prospective donors who are typed for a set of genetic markers relating to clinically relevant antigens including mutations of Human Erythrocyte Antigens (HEA), genetic variants of Rh, and possibly additional antigens such as HLA and HPA. The registry monitors incoming demand for transfusion antigen genotypes, preferably stratify the demand into a set of categories representing stable subpopulations, and will apply strategies, disclosed herein, to tune the composition of candidate donor lists to match the demand, thereby avoiding excess, and unnecessary, typing of candidate donors. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090313043 | Connecting Consumers with Service Providers - A request is received from a consumer of services to consult with a service provider having a service provider profile that satisfies at least some attributes in a set of attributes that define a suitable service provider; an available service provider satisfying at least some of the attributes in the set of attributes is identified; and a communication channel is provided to establish a communication between the consumer of services and the identified service provider. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090319291 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SELF-SERVICE MECHANISM FOR OBTAINING ADDITIONAL MEDICAL OPINIONS BASED ON DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL IMAGES - An apparatus and system are provided for facilitating a mechanism in which a patient or another person may utilize a system to request an independent second or subsequent read and a second or subsequent opinion relating to medical images that were provided by a previous physician. The apparatus and system also enable physicians desiring to provide second or subsequent reads and evaluations of medical images to be able receive payment for their services. The apparatus includes a processor configured to receive a medical image(s) and associated data initially evaluated by a previous physician and assign or select a physician identified in a list to provide a second or subsequent read of the medical images and associated data. The processor is capable of evaluating and sending the medical images and associated data to a first device and generating a second or subsequent medical opinion or diagnosis regarding the medical images. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090319292 | Method and System to Manage Caregiver Costs in a Health Care Facility - A method to manage caregiver costs in a health care facility may include allowing selection of a patient or group of patients for analyzing care costs and allowing selection of a set of parameters related to services provided to the patient or group of patients by the health care facility. The method may also include collecting patient data associated with the selected patient or group of patients based on the set of parameters. The method may additionally include determining at least one of patient acuity, location within the health care facility and caregiver attributes for the selected patient or group of patients based on the patient data and determining care costs based on at least one of the patient acuity, location, and caregiver attributes for the patient or group of patients. The method may further include presenting a care costs report to a user to manage costs within the health care facility. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090319293 | VIRTUAL INVENTORY SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR COVERED ENTITIES - A virtual transaction process and system providing a mechanism for a covered entity to maintain a virtual inventory with a contracted pharmacy for dispensing medication for the covered entity's employees. An administrative entity is provided that adjudicates claims with the contracted pharmacy, and compiles a utilization report for the prescription medication manufacturer and covered entity to effect a chargeback credit from the manufacturer and payment between the covered entity and contracted pharmacy. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090319294 | Managed distribution solution and methods thereof - The managed distribution solution (“MDS”) of the present invention includes systems and methods for giving the point-of-service provider (“POS”) (i.e., physicians, home infusion, clinics, long term care, etc.) an alternative to the traditional buy and bill model. In one exemplary embodiment in accordance with the present invention, a processing site is configured for communicating with a distributor, a Client and a POS to facilitate delivery of a Product from a distributor to the POS. In another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a billing system is associated with the processing site for facilitating billing for Products delivered to POS to a Client, when a patient of the Client receives the Product from the POS. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090319295 | GLOBAL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PLATFORM, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method for identifying and assessing public health events, and a corresponding system and apparatus, includes capturing public health-related information from structured and unstructured sources, where the information is contained in one or more documents, extracting meta-data from the captured public health-related information, creating an index of the extracted meta-data; archiving the meta-data and the documents, where the index links meta-data to its associated document, processing the extracted meta-data according to one or more detection algorithms to determine if an anomaly exists, and where an anomaly exists, providing a public health event notification, and monitoring and evaluating the responses to the public health events. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090319296 | Patient Directed Integration Of Remotely Stored Medical Information With A Brokerage System - A brokerage system that identifies a service provider satisfying at least some attributes in a set of patient defined attributes for providing a service is accessed. A request for records corresponding to the patient's health information to a data repository that stores the health records is sent. A graphical user interface that when rendered on a display displays the patient's health information is received. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090319297 | Workplace Absenteeism Risk Model - A computer-implemented process includes: collecting a plurality of data; implementing a model that uses the data to estimate or predict lost work time at an individual level; and computing absenteeism risk at the individual level. The model can include, for example an artificial neural network or a model that uses regression analysis. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090326974 | Best possible payment expected for healthcare services - A system is disclosed that is useful by hospitals and other healthcare providers for automatically determining the best possible or maximum amount of payments a healthcare provider can lawfully expect to receive for healthcare resources which takes into account various discounts agreed upon by the healthcare provider with various private insurance companies as well as public (i.e., government) insurance providers, which administer managed healthcare plans including Medicare and Medicaid, all payments received against expected payments and a yield measurement approach for determining the providers performance at a given point in time and across various segments of its operations. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, contracts between a healthcare provider and all private insurance companies and public insurance providers may be modeled. Various data including healthcare resources provided to patients up to a given point in time, applicable insurance company, and healthcare resource code are entered into the system. The system is able to calculate the best possible revenue that the healthcare provider can lawfully expect to receive taking into account the various discounts negotiated with the various insurance companies. Indeed, once the data is loaded, the system can provide an accurate snapshot of a healthcare provider's best possible expected revenues at any given time based upon services rendered instead of waiting until the healthcare resources have been billed out to insurance companies, patients, and third party payers. It can also provide an accurate snapshot of all payments received against those expected payments to determine yield across various segments of its operations. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090326975 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A REPLENISHMENT PROGRAM THROUGH A CONTRACT PHARMACY - The existing infrastructure of a pharmacy may be extended to allow the pharmacy to service patients of one or more qualified entities that are entitled to discounted drugs through one or more qualified programs (e.g., 340B, GPO, PAP, or the like). One or more data structures of the systems already in place at the pharmacy may be leveraged to store data relating to the qualified entity and/or qualified program that covering the patients served by the pharmacy. This data used to comply with the regulatory requirements of the qualifying programs under which the drugs are obtained. The data may also be used to track inventory loaned to the qualifying entity from a common inventory of the pharmacy. The inventory information may be used to replenish the loaned inventory as needed, identify alternative, equivalent drugs for use in replenishment, and manage the reimbursement and financial reconciliation elements of the qualified programs. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090326976 | ESTIMATING HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS - A method and apparatus for predicting a health benefit for an individual is provided. Outcomes from a first simulation on a set of simulated individuals reflecting a population are stored and used to determine a first risk function and corresponding cost values. Outcomes from a second simulation on a set of simulated individuals reflecting having a healthcare intervention are stored and used to determine a second risk function reflecting the intervention and corresponding cost values of the intervention. A benefit function is derived from the difference of the first and second risk functions. A cost function that describes the cost of the intervention is derived from the respective cost values. The derived benefit function and cost function are used to predict the corresponding benefit and cost of the healthcare intervention for a given individual. Individuals can be ranked by degree of expected benefit. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090326977 | Systems and Methods for Providing Drug Samples to Patients - Systems and methods for processing drug sample prescription transactions that determine whether a drug to be prescribed is eligible for sampling and/or whether the patient is eligible for sampling that drug. A prescription transaction for that drug is created and transmitted to a switch provider and is then routed to a pharmacy for prescription fulfillment. Once the prescription has been filled a message may be sent to the prescribing clinician. Moreover, the pharmacy may generate a prescription claim to be adjudicated by a claim processor where the claim specifies voucher and/or coupon information associated with the drug to be sampled that is taken into consideration either prior to or during claim adjudication. A database containing patient and/or drug information may be used to track a patients' receipt of drug samples as well as used for analyzing and/or reporting on the use of the drug sampling prescription based system. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090326978 | Emergency Preparations for an Epidemic - Stockpiles and methods of stockpiling a combination antiviral therapy for responding to an epidemic viral outbreak are described. Methods and systems of inventory control for co-deployment of drugs used in combination during a pandemic are described. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090326979 | INTERACTIVE PATIENT FORUMS - In a medical communication method, two or more persons are identified as having a selected medical condition or characteristic. At the residence of each identified person, a video conference-enabling unit ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100004945 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND UTILIZING HEALTH OUTCOMES INDICES AND FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS BASED ON THE INDICES - A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system are provided for generating and utilizing a health outcome index for a given research interest area and a given population. The computer-implemented method includes the steps of: (a) receiving data relating to one or more given criteria pertinent to the research interest area; (b) calculating a health outcomes index using one or more computer processes applying a given formula to the data relating to the one or more given criteria, said given formula including assignment of relative weights to said one or more criteria; (c) outputting the health outcome index; and (d) periodically repeating steps (a) through (c). | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100004946 | SHARED PROTOCOL STATEMENTS - Computerized methods and systems for creating and documenting protocol orders in a molecular diagnostic laboratory environment are provided. Utilizing the methods and systems described herein, protocol statements may require values to be entered in association therewith prior to permitting access to subsequent protocol orders. Accordingly, more accurate test runs and, consequently, more accurate test results, may be achieved. Additionally, as values associated with protocol statements are electronically captured, in accordance with embodiments hereof, such values may be searched to evaluate trends or identify protocol orders and/or results that may be affected by a later discovered error or the like. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100010827 | AUTOMATICALLY DEVELOPING NEUROPSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT PLANS BASED ON NEUROIMAGE DATA - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for developing neuropsychiatric treatment plans. A treatment plan generator receives a set of diagnoses for a patient. The treatment plan generator automatically analyzes medical information in a set of electronic medical literature sources for potential therapies associated with treatment of each identified condition in the set of diagnoses. The treatment plan generator identifies the potential therapies associated with the treatment of each diagnosed condition. The treatment plan generator selects a set of recommended therapies from the potential therapies based on portions of the medical literature describing each therapy in the potential therapies and a medical history for the patient. The treatment plan generator generates a treatment plan. The treatment plan comprises the set of recommended therapies to treat each diagnosed condition in the set of diagnoses. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100010828 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES - The present invention is a system and method for management of consumer services such as health care services which combines new financial structure for health insurance and health benefit plan, payment methods, health plan design, benefit development algorithms, unique procurement methods for health care benefits with and without application to an individual consumer's personal state of health, and is integrated with financial services and asset management products, and benefits for an individual consumer's future medical and/or retirement savings, for healthcare needs. The method and system employs a combination of the defined benefit and defined contribution approaches which combination is referred to herein as “defined-care.” Defined-care model or the healthcare asset management model has two primary components, one which is referred to herein as a “health management and retirement account”, and the other of which is an infrastructure “connected portal” that interfaces through a technology platform with the health management and retirement accounts and the account holders. The foundation of this infrastructure according to the present invention is a technology platform across which a variety of processes are implemented. In the technology platform for the infrastructure of the present invention, the conventional processes and the new processes are integrated, thereby allowing a change to one process to be adopted by or otherwise accommodated by the other processes. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100010829 | EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE COACHING PROGRAM - The invention features a method for providing an EAP (employee assistance program) to multiple members of a first organization having at least fifty members. The method includes having a second organization provide to the first organization multiple EAP coaches who assist the multiple members of the first organization in achieving behavior change to address health, wellness, mental health, and productivity issues, wherein the coaches have undertaken coach training and use substantially the same coaching skills and methodology. Generally, the coaches of the second organization are as a group heterogeneous in that some of the coaches, for example, possess credentials in nutrition and weight management, and some of the coaches possess credentials in mental health. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100010830 | TELEVISION FOR PROVIDING HEALTH INFORMATION - A television includes a memory, a health processor, and a health application stored in the memory. The health application is configured for execution by the health processor to receive body information inputted by the remote control, the body information being associated with a user watching the television programs; calculate a health index according to the received body information by the health processor; determine whether the calculated health index satisfies a standard index; and output an indicating message to the user upon determination that the calculated health index does not satisfy the standard index. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100017222 | Systems and Methods For Scheduling Healthcare Visits - Methods and systems are provided for searching for and scheduling healthcare provider visit appointments via a user interface. A user may access a healthcare visit agent via the internet, and instruct the agent, via a user interface, to conduct a search among one or more healthcare provider systems for available visit appointments. In certain embodiments the agent generates an array of available appointments based on search criteria entered by a user via the user interface, and then populates the user interface with the array. A user may then select one or more healthcare provider appointments from the array, and instruct a scheduler to reserve the appointment time for the user at the healthcare provider. In certain embodiments the user may search for available appointments based on visit basis criteria, location criteria, calendar criteria, insurance criteria, patient satisfaction criteria and patient retention criteria. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100017223 | Electronic donor medical records management system - There are disclosed an electronic donor medical records management system and a method of managing electronic donor medical records in a system. In an embodiment, the system includes a recovery agency site having a first electronic chart component configured to allow a recovery agency to add online donor charts directly to the system; and a medical records site having a second electronic chart component configured to allow processing of the online donor charts. In one embodiment, the method includes navigating a browser to a recovery agency site related to a donor; selecting an add donor link; selecting a prefix to identify a recovery agency; entering a recovery agency donor number; selecting necessary documents to be uploaded and associated with a donor chart; clicking a checkbox for review; and clicking a save donor button. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100017224 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Tracking Surgical Items - Systems and methods provides the ability to accurately track all equipment used in a surgical suite through the use of RFID tags. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100017225 | DIAGNOSTICIAN CUSTOMIZED MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS USING A DIGITAL LIBRARY - The Customized Medical Diagnostic Apparatus operates under the control of a physician to implement a patient-specific instance of the apparatus by identifying medical information sources, retrieved from a Digital Library, which correlate to anomalies identified in a set of patient medical data relating to an identified patient or identified class of patient. The system includes a Digital Library for providing access to a plurality of information sources which relate to interpreting patient medical data and possible ailments associated with the patient medical data. A data characterization module calculates control variations of a set of patient medical data to identify anomalies. Based upon this statistical analysis, a Digital Library interface module searches the Digital Library for information sources relating to the set of patient medical data and interpretations of the identified anomalies. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100023342 | USE OF CLINICAL LABORATORY DATA TO IDENTIFY INPATIENT HOSPITAL COMPLICATIONS - Described herein are systems and methods for identification of complications by identifying physiological changes associated with these complications that are reflected in laboratory results. In some embodiments, systems and methods are described for identifying trends in the laboratory data over time and associating those trends with degrees of risk or complication factors that are established through retroactive analysis of similar laboratory data across a plurality of care facilities or patient groups. In some embodiments, a benchmark may be established, based on laboratory results, against which care facilities can retrospectively compare patient outcomes within their own facility or among various patient groups. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100023343 | Portable point of sale - Systems and methods are disclosed that relate to providing information about an item available for sale. This item is selected for purchase by a buyer, and the location information of the buyer and seller are exchanged. As the buyer approaches the seller, the location of the seller is reported to the buyer. The sale can be completed upon the arrival of the buyer to the seller. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100023344 | System and device for maintaining physiological levels of steroid hormone in a subject - A system, device, or method is provided which maintains a substantially physiological level or a substantially physiological cyclic pre-menopausal level of one or more steroid hormones in a mammalian subject in need thereof. The system, device, or method includes providing to the subject at least one treatment regimen including replacement therapy for the one or more steroid hormones or metabolites or modulators thereof, wherein the at least one treatment regimen is determined based on pre-menopausal cyclic steroid hormone levels of the subject and on current cyclic steroid hormone levels of the subject, wherein the at least one treatment regimen is configured to maintain the subject's one or more steroid hormones or metabolites or modulators thereof at substantially physiological cyclic pre-menopausal levels. The system, device, or methods can be used for the treatment of a disease or condition in the mammalian subject. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100023345 | DETERMINATION OF A CONFIDENCE MEASURE FOR COMPARISON OF MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - In a method and apparatus for calculation of a confidence measure indicating the validity of comparing medical scans such as PET or SPECT, the conditions for each scan are analyzed, with regard to conditions for various factors affecting Standardized Uptake Value (SUV). A scoring system assigns a score dependent on whether conditions are the same or different for each factor and the confidence measure is calculated from a combination of the scores, and a representation of the confidence measure is displayed. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100023346 | ENDPOINT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS - A system for developing and producing clinical endpoints based on patient reported outcome data utilizing algorithms to generate decision rules to evaluate patient reported outcome type questionnaire is provided. The questionnaires can include health-related quality of life questionnaires and can predict the reliability of endpoints in supporting one or more medical labeling claims. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100030570 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORDERING LENSES - Methods for dispensing eyeglasses are disclosed. The methods involve making a subjective refraction and an objective refraction and sending the information to a calculation computer to combine both refractions to calculate the person's prescription. The person's prescription is subsequently sent to a manufacturing location separate from the calculation computer for manufacture of the lenses. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100030571 | Physician's practice aesthetic care program - Disclosed is a method of generating a revenue stream by providing cosmetic medical aesthetic treatments to patients within their personal medical doctor's or other physician's (PMD's) office such that a second party business entity can provide sourcing of resources required, equipment, software, personnel hiring, operational and clinical training and consulting, development, placement and management of advertising and marketing, and a lead management system for the PMD or group of PMDs. The combining of similarly contracted physicians into an advertising and marketing group is also part of the present disclosure. Another important aspect of the disclosure is that the methods include providing a revenue sharing program between PMDs. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100030572 | TEMPORAL REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL DATA - A data structure for use by a computer system for comparing temporally varying medical data ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100030573 | Medical Instrument Management Support Apparatus for Supporting Scope Management - The examination schedule memory unit stores an examination schedule including the starting time and the ending time of each examination. A cleaning capacity memory unit stores cleaning-capacity information that specifies the cleaning capacity of cleaning apparatuses that clean a scope used for the examination. A cleaning schedule generation unit generates a cleaning schedule for cleaning a used scope produced at the end of each examination with cleaning apparatuses having a cleaning capacity required by the cleaning-capacity information stored in the cleaning capacity memory unit. The scope shortage determination unit determines whether or not there will be a shortage of scopes to be used for each examination in accordance with both the examination starting time specified by the above examination schedule and the cleaning ending time specified by the cleaning schedule. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100030574 | Clinical Laboratory-Based Disease Management Program, With Automated Patient-Specific Treatment Advice - A method is provided, the method including receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form. A system is provided, the system including a processor, a software adapted to be executed on said processor, said software comprising instructions for receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form. A method for providing a Disease-Specific Patient Report is provided, the method including receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, performing a quality control step on the test result data, processing the test result data in order to identify whether the data fits into an acceptable range, or if the data is above or below the acceptable range, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form, and providing said test result data and said standard-of-care data. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100036676 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED MEDICAL TREATMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system and method to provide a computer implemented endoscopic procedure management system. The system may be configured with functionality to gather data before, during, and after the endoscopic procedure report. In particular, the system may be operable to capture video from endoscopic procedure equipment, provide voice recognition capabilities, and assist in the automatic generation of endoscopic procedure reports. The system may be configured to automatically fill in drug, symptom, patient, and other data in response to user input. The system may limit user access to functionalities of the system based on user roles. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100036677 | COMPUTERIZED SETTLEMENT AND INVOICE VALIDATION SYSTEM FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES - A computerized settlement and invoice validation application that enables a payor to validate the charges from a healthcare services provider and to better manage contracting and performance management functions. The application supports claims adjudication and payment processing. It validates all patient activity data that is received from healthcare services providers. Patient activity data relates to episodes involving a single patient care event. The application applies to episodes rules related to clinical and financial requirements for the payor. The application tracks details related to application of the rules to episodes and identifies reasons that an episode fails. Episodes that fail are routed to appropriate staff for review and action. Following review, an episode may be accepted for payment or challenged for various reasons. The application automates a variety of manual tasks and limits manual review to only those activities that require further attention and action. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100042429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCALLY ADAPTIVE DECISION SUPPORT - A system and method for providing adaptive decision support is disclosed in further detail herein. An embodiment of this system includes a local outcome report that documents a medical outcome, a difference engine that compares the local outcome report to a national outcome report and generates a localized rule, and a rule engine that receives patient data and applies the localized rule from the difference engine to the patient data to produce a prescribed treatment. An embodiment of the method disclosed herein begins with receiving local patient data and outcome data. The outcome data is compared to national outcome data and a local rule is generated from the comparison. Next, the local patient and the outcome data is analyzed and a standard rule is generated based upon this analysis. The standard rule and the local rule are then applied to the local patient data to generate a prescribed treatment. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100042430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND AUTHENTICATING MEDICATION CONSUMPTION - A method and system for collecting reports of medication consumption, the method including receiving a report including data identifying a medication, an image of the medication and data indicating consumption of that medication, authenticating the identification of the medication by the data and consumption of the medication, and storing the data for future reference upon authentication. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100042431 | Impact Intelligence Oncology Management - A system and methods for evaluating quality and cost efficiency of a healthcare service to a patient are presented. In one embodiment, the system may include a merged database comprising administrative data and clinical data, a cost-of-care efficiency engine coupled to the merged database, the cost efficiency engine configured to analyze the merged clinical data and administrative data to determine a measurement of cost efficiency, a quality engine coupled to the merged database, the quality engine configured to analyze the merged clinical data and administrative data to determine a compliance value, wherein the compliance value indicates a level of compliance with a clinical guideline, and a reporting application coupled to the cost efficiency engine and the quality engine, the reporting application configured to generate a report representing at least one of the measurement of cost efficiency and the compliance value. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100049541 | METHOD OF MANAGING THE WELLNESS OF AN ORGANISATION AND A SYSTEM THEREFOR - A method of managing the wellness of an organisation includes providing members of the organisation with access to a plurality of wellness related facilities and/or services and monitoring a plurality of wellness related criteria of the organisation. In addition, awarding the organisation with an award depending on the results of the monitoring of the plurality of wellness related criteria and awarding members of the organisation with an award depending on the results of the monitoring of the plurality of wellness related criteria. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100049542 | SYSTEMS, ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING BLOOD PROCESSING PROCEDURES - Systems, articles of manufacture, and methods for managing blood processing operations and data for one or more blood component collection facilities are provided. An example system for networking the blood component collection facility includes a system computer including a memory and a communication interface. The system computer is linked to a plurality of input devices for tracking donors, operators, soft goods, and blood component collection instruments with respect to one or more blood product collection procedures. The system computer is also linked to at least one administrative level computing device to monitor blood component collection activities throughout the blood component collection facility and to facilitate decision making with respect to allocation of at least one of donors, operators, soft goods, and blood component collection instruments based on information regarding at least one of donors, operators, soft goods, and blood component collection instruments. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100057488 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING MEDICAL TREATMENT VALUES WITHOUT DATA ENTRY - A method of providing patient treatment values for predetermined medical treatments without the need for treatment value calculations at the time of treatment, including the steps of providing a database provided with predetermined categories of patient selection criteria and patient condition categories, determining treatment values for patients based on the selection criteria, entering the data into a database programmed to receive the treatment values correlated to the selection criteria at a time in advance of patient treatment, and for treating a patient, determining and selecting the appropriate patient selection criteria, determining and selecting a patient condition, wherein the database returns a treatment value correlated to the patient selection criteria. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100057489 | Virtual Health Care Needs Fulfillment System - A method of operating a health care needs fulfillment system, by: (a) a PBM contracting with a plurality of health care suppliers to fulfill a plurality of health care needs requests; (b) end users sending individual health care needs requests to the PBM; (c) the PBM selecting the health care suppliers to supply each of the end users' individual health care needs requests; and (d) the PBM alerting the selected health care suppliers to fulfill the end users' individual health care needs requests. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100057490 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR EVALUATING A PATIENT IN A PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT - Methods, systems, and computer program products for evaluating a patient in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method may include collecting physiological data associated with a patient upon admission to a PICU and at least once after admission to the PICU. The physiological data may be associated with a statistical model, and a risk of mortality of the patient may be continually determined. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100057491 | METHOD FOR DIRECT-TO-PATIENT MARKETING AND CLINICAL TRIALS RECRUITMENT WITH OUTCOMES TRACKING AND METHOD FOR CONFIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT BOOKING - Generally, the present invention is directed to marketing techniques and more particularly to direct-to-patient marketing for medical devices, pharmaceutical drugs, and biotechnology products. The approach presented here may also be applied to the recruitment of patients for clinical trials evaluation including tracking outcomes after treatment. An embodiment of the invention includes the steps of finding potential patients, qualifying potential patients, connecting potential patients to preferred physicians, and tracking the patient's progress through the appointment phase and tracking outcomes. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100057492 | Indexed Competition Health Care Network Method - There is provided a method for producing a price competitive health care system. A website, which is hosted on a computer server, is created for establishing a health care network. Providers are solicited to join the health care network and a plurality of providers apply by sending applications, including credentials, to the website from the providers' computers via the internet. The credentials of the providers are examined. Those with appropriate credentials are approved. The approved providers send to the website a number equal to the percentage of a known index which the approved providers are willing to charge for their goods and/or services. The website is accessed by patients who may be interested in purchasing the services or the goods of one or more of the approved providers, which access is accomplished from the patients' computers via the internet. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100057493 | Method for Independent Compliance Certification and Training - A system and method are provided that trains and monitors the activities of company professionals with health care providers. The system and method additionally take into account the new requirements for certification and documentation of compliance assessment, training, monitoring or reporting. Additionally, the system and method can be customized, if desired, to at least one of a particular product, a particular company and a particular field or industry. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100057494 | COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE WASTE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM - A computer implemented method, apparatus and program product analyze medical waste processes by determining waste cost information for a number of waste streams. The waste cost pricing information is organized, formatted, associated or otherwise processed for presentation in a manner that facilitates waste cost analysis. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100057495 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION FOR A GERIATRIC POPULATION - A method of establishing a referral network for the enrollment of individuals in a geriatric healthcare insurance plan comprising identifying an age-eligible population; developing and implementing recruiting strategies to establish a relationship with the age-eligible population; and generating potential members from the age-eligible population for enrollment in a geriatric healthcare insurance plan as senior class members; and engaging senior class members to become ambassadors that represent the geriatric healthcare insurance plan to other potential members. Retention strategies such as a points program and a referral resource network are provided to retain senior class members. The referral resource network is a network of senior class members that are available to offer services to other senior class members, including valuable special skills or knowledge or necessary services. The referral resource network may be accessible to senior class members through a global electronic network, such as the Internet. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100063833 | Grocery store based weight loss plan - A Nutritionally balanced weight loss program based in a grocery store setting that includes cholesterol screening and blood pressure monitoring, PCP involvement, meal plans, grocery shopping assistance, on-line support, counseling and support, and a health advisor. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100063834 | Medical Communication System - Disclosed herein is a method and system for integrating and controlling multiple medical electronic devices. A medical communication system is provided for communicating with and controlling the medical electronic devices. A communication link is established between the medical communication system and the medical electronic devices. The medical communication system selects one or more medical electronic device based on diagnostic requirements. The selected medical electronic devices are configured using a set of configuration parameters. The medical data is then captured by the medical electronic devices. The captured medical data is transferred to the medical communication system via the communication link. The medical communication system stores the transferred medical data for medical diagnosis. A medical report may be generated based on the medical data received. The concerned doctor, physician, or caretaker may be notified about the availability of the medical data and the generated medical report. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100063835 | Method for Secure Mobile Healthcare Selection - A method for secure mobile healthcare selection is presented in which a user can, from a mobile device, authorize the comparison of pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) data with data profiles corresponding to healthcare products, services and service providers to determine which are the most appropriate for a particular consumer. Data masking is used to maintain privacy of sensitive portions of the pangenetic data. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100063836 | Hand Held Prescription Writer Device - A device for electronically transmitting a medical prescription has a touch screen display, a keyboard, patient, drug and pharmacy databases, a port for inserting of a memory card for updating the databases, software for executing drug interaction, drug compatibility and generic equivalent checks with the databases, software for searching the pharmacy database, and means for wirelessly transmitting a medical prescription to a selected pharmacy. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100063837 | Web-based wellness process - The invention is a process to encourage and simplify preventive medical practices. The process includes selecting known effective in-home medical test kits from laboratories and making these kits available to users for order through a website. The fulfillment of the orders from the labs as well as the collection of the results is coordinated. The results are consolidated with appropriate analysis into a report which is made available to the user through the website on a restricted basis, such as password control. The process may optionally include a health risk assessment questionnaire which guides the user in test kit selection. The process can be initiated by an employer in the form of an invitation to an employee to participate, and the website can be customized and co-branded with the employer. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100063838 | MOBILE MEDICAL SUPPLY, SAMPLE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a mobile medical supply, sample collection and transport system and methods for using same comprising a plurality of carts adapted for specific uses. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100063839 | MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM - The invention relates to a molecular diagnostic decision support system (MD-DSS) for providing patient related information (PRI). A patient information database (EMJ), a data input section (DAT) with molecular diagnostic input data (MDx) about the patient, a clinical guideline database (CL), a knowledge database (KB) are part of the system. A middleware section allows input data (MDx) to be processed into patient related information (PRI) by a first ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100070292 | Masked Data Transaction Database - A database for masked data transactions is presented in which data masks are applied to sensitive personal information so that non-masked portions of that information can be used in the selection of products, services and service providers for a consumer. In one application the database is utilized in the selection of healthcare products, services and providers based on pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) and non-pangenetic information associated with the consumer. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070293 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A COURSE OF ACTION IN A REAL-TIME CASE BASED ON ANALYSIS OF TREND DATA IN HISTORICAL CASES - Systems and methods for determining a course of action in a real-time case based on analysis of trend data in historical cases. The system includes an historical initial data interface; an historical outcome interface; an historical response interface; an historical database; a trend analyzer; and a trend analysis interface. The method includes obtaining historical initial data for more than one historical case; associating an historical response and an historical outcome with each of the historical cases; storing the historical initial data and the associated historical responses and outcomes for each of the historical cases; identifying trends between the historical initial data and the associated historical responses and outcomes in the historical cases; obtaining initial data for the real-time case; and determining a course of action in the real-time case based on the identified trends from historical cases having similar historical initial data to the initial data in the real-time case. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070294 | CREATING AND COMMUNICATING STAFFING ASSIGNMENTS - An automated apparatus, method and system are provided for creating and communicating staffing assignments associated with a plurality of patients receiving treatment in multiple different areas within a healthcare facility and in association with multiple different phases of treatment. In particular, a centralized staff assignment application or module is provided, wherein a staff assignor may access the staff assignment application in order to identify, among other things: (1) staff members capable of facilitating treatment to patients within each area of the healthcare facility; (2) the roles each of those staff members is capable of performing; (3) the peri-operative phase associated with each phase; and (4) the patients scheduled to receive treatment in each of the areas in association with each of the phases. This information may thereafter be used to make staffing assignments, which may be communicated to individuals and applications throughout the healthcare facility. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070295 | CENTRALIZED MARKETPLACE FOR HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS ACROSS PRACTICE GROUPS - Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070296 | PATIENT VERIFICATION FOR BOOKING OF HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS ACROSS PRACTICE GROUPS - Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070297 | DATA SYNCHRONIZATION FOR BOOKING OF HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS ACROSS PRACTICE GROUPS - Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070298 | Method for Competitive Prescription Drug and/or Bidding Service Provider Selection - Unfilled prescriptions are submitted to a registry comprising pre-qualified pharmacies for a “reverse auction” in which the pharmacies bid for the opportunity to fill the prescription. The pharmacies are allowed to bid based on price and/or offering ancillary services. The auction may also be used to bid on supplying specified pharmaceutical cognitive services. The method may also include obtaining cost comparisons with generic substitutes or similar alternative pharmaceutical products. The system may further comprise automatically requesting a review by the prescriber for a list of similar substitutes or prior-authorization for third party payers. The winner of the reverse auction is selected by the customer. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070299 | TIME MANAGEMENT IN A HEALTHCARE FACILITY - A time management system for monitoring a patient in a healthcare facility is disclosed herein. The time management system comprises a monitoring device to monitor the progress of a procedure being undergone by the patient in the healthcare facility and output a monitored signal indicative of the progress of the procedure, as well as an indicator to indicate the progress of the procedure based on at least the monitored signal. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070300 | Apparatus, System and Method for Natural History of Disease - An apparatus, system, and method for presentation of a natural history and the progression pathway of a disease is presented. In one embodiment, the apparatus an input/output adapter configured to receive information to generate a health profile for an individual. The apparatus may also include a processor configured to retrieve a disease progression map comprising one or more disease progression states from a data storage device, and determine a disease progression state associated with the individual in response to the health profile. In a further embodiment, the apparatus may include a display adapter coupled to the state determination module, the display module configured to display a graphical representation of the disease progression state with reference to the disease progression map. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070301 | BEST POSSIBLE PAYMENT EXPECTED FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES - A system is disclosed that is useful by hospitals and other healthcare providers for automatically determining the best possible or maximum amount of payments a healthcare provider can lawfully expect to receive for healthcare resources which takes into account various discounts agreed upon by the healthcare provider with various private insurance companies as well as public (i.e., government) insurance providers, which administer managed healthcare plans including Medicare and Medicaid, all payments received against expected payments and a yield measurement approach for determining the providers performance at a given point in time and across various segments of its operations. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, contracts between a healthcare provider and all private insurance companies and public insurance providers may be modeled. Various data including healthcare resources provided to patients up to a given point in time, applicable insurance company, and healthcare resource code are entered into the system. The system is able to calculate the best possible revenue that the healthcare provider can lawfully expect to receive taking into account the various discounts negotiated with the various insurance companies. Indeed, once the data is loaded, the system can provide an accurate snapshot of a healthcare provider's best possible expected revenues at any given time based upon services rendered instead of waiting until the healthcare resources have been billed out to insurance companies, patients, and third party payers. It can also provide an accurate snapshot of all payments received against those expected payments to determine yield across various segments of its operations. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100076780 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ORGANIZE PATIENT MEDICAL HISTORIES - Methods and apparatus to organize patient medical histories are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving a medical report and analyzing the medical report to extract information related to a clinical event associated with the medical report; assigning a classification to the medical report using the extracted information; determining a severity of the clinical event associated with the medical report using the extracted information and assigning a severity score to the medical report; updating a record corresponding to the medical report in a data store to reflect the assigned classification and severity score; and enabling a healthcare practitioner to query the data store using the classification and severity score. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100076781 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING A SYSTEM OF TEST COMPONENTS FOR A HEALTHCARE ORDERABLE PROCEDURE - A computerized system and method of building a system of test components for an orderable healthcare procedure is provided. An orderable healthcare procedure is received and associated with a discrete ontology concept. An ontology is traversed for the discrete ontology concept to identify test components related to the discrete ontology concept. The test components related to the discrete ontology concept are identified. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100076782 | PATIENT COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A healthcare communication system can include a patient terminal having a keyboard unit with message keys for transmitting different ones of one or more programmed messages, and alphanumeric keys for composing messages. The patient terminal can be communicatively linked to a patient terminal display for presenting the programmed messages and composed messages. Each of the message keys can include identifying indicia associated with a programmed message transmitted upon selection of the message key. The patient terminal keyboard also can include one or more destination keys for specifying one of multiple destination addresses within the healthcare communication system for delivering individual ones of the messages. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100076783 | System For The Processing of Information Between Remotely Located Healthcare Entities - Systems and methods for reconciling healthcare data between multiple distributed computing nodes that enable an individual node, a topic object, or an intelligent agent to determine synchronization with other nodes, comprising sending source node data to a payload generator, the source node data including difference data, an encapsulated topic object, or intelligent agent communications, generating a payload including the source node data and destination attributes, and sending the payload to a destination node, topic object, or destination intelligent agent, and using the source node data to update destination node data according to destination node, topic object, or destination intelligent agent requirements. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100082363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MANAGE A QUALITY OF DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE - A system and method to manage a quality of delivery of healthcare to a patient. The method includes tracking completion of a portion of a protocol associated with one of a series of candidate hypotheses to deliver healthcare to the patient; tracking a change in a quality of care metric directed to the patient with completion of a portion the protocol, the quality of metric including at least one of a time to rate of reduction in a health risk to the patient and a time to or rate of reduction in symptom or abnormal biometric data of the patient; and outputting an alert in response to the quality of care metric exceeding a threshold. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082364 | Medical Information Management - Method and system for detecting a device connection, receiving device identification information, receiving a code based on a subject information and the location information, receiving glucose data over the detected device connection, and storing the received glucose data with a generated code in a predetermined file format are provided. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082365 | Navigation and Visualization of Multi-Dimensional Image Data - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are provided for navigating, analyzing, annotating, and interpreting images. The apparatus may receive medical images comprising a volume, identify a display protocol (for the medical volumes) that comprises one or more configurable and editable stages, and execute the display protocol using at least a portion of the medical volumes. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082366 | System and Method For Determining The Qualifications Of A Patient For A Specific Care And Quantifying The Appropriateness Of Its Application - A system and method is provided for determining a patient's need for a specific clinical care or component and its appropriateness for the patient's needs. The system and method can comprise gathering scores for a plurality of categories having one or more questions directed to one or more characteristics of a patient. The questions can generally be directed toward understanding the patient's needs and the compatibility of the specific clinical care and the patient. The scores for each category can be used to obtain a final score, which is then evaluated to determine the qualifications of the patient for the specific care or component. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082367 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A HEALTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - There is provided a system and method utilizing an integrated communications platform that in one embodiment, provides a pharmacist-assisted medication therapy management program involving a behavioural targeting algorithm to personalize mobile messages designed to increase medication adherence and to improve health outcomes among patients living with chronic disease. The integrated communications platform provides a mobile messaging platform that sends scheduled reminders to persons living with such chronic diseases to take their medication. In this way, the messages can be received anywhere and at any time to improve the link between the patient and the system. The algorithm uses scientific measurement tools to segment beliefs by disease type and stage and through the distribution of the system by medical professionals such as pharmacists provides a unique point of customer contact to allow pharmacists to engage patients and improve medication adherence and overall health. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100088107 | PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED MEDICAL INFORMATION - Techniques for providing temporally-based information to a medical practitioner are provided. The techniques include obtaining temporally-based information, wherein the information comprises medical information derived from the medical practitioner and one or more other medical practitioners, customizing the information for the medical practitioner, wherein customizing the information comprises using one or more diagnoses from the medical practitioner and one or more diagnoses from the one or more other medical practitioners made during a selected temporal period, and providing the information to the medical practitioner. Techniques are also provided for providing temporally-based medical information to an individual. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100088108 | PHARMACEUTICAL RELATIONAL DATABASE - Apparatus and methods for providing a pharmaceutical relational database are provided. A computer readable medium comprising a database according to the invention may include a first set of data relating to pharmacy eligibility for a medication. The database may also include a second set of data relating to health plan support for the medication, a third set of data relating to patient medication history; and a fourth set of data relating to special offers provided by a pharmaceutical company for the medication. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100088109 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INDIVIDUAL USE TERMINAL, HEALTH MANAGEMENT DATA INTEGRATING METHOD - To provide a health management system including health data measuring devices shared by a plurality of persons and health data measuring devices used by an individual together, which unites health data measured by each health data measuring device with the user practicing the measurement to allot user ID etc. to the health data as well as to provide a personalizing terminal and a health management data integrating method. A personalizing terminal | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100088110 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK - A computer-implemented method is described for asynchronous service-based communication. The method includes steps of generating events in an application layer of a computer software system, storing the generated events in a database table and scanning the database table by a process of a healthcare communication framework (HCF) at a time after the generated events are stored. The computer software system can run on a computer implementing the HCF and the generated events targeting service operations exported by another software system. During each scan the process is configured to group the events in the database table into packages based on a respective context of each event. For each package: consistency is checked for each event contained in the package, a consolidation logic is applied to consolidate events contained in the package, services operations associated with each event not being consolidated are found, and the service operations are invoked asynchronously. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100088111 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING, PROCESSING AND EVALUATING INDIVIDUAL BLOOD TYPE AND AYURVEDIC CORE CONSTITUTION (PRAKRUTI) TO CONSTRUCT A PERSONALIZED HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT REPORT - A computer-based system and method is disclosed which constructs a personalized health risk assessment report by direct interactions between the individual and system that acquires pertinent and relevant personal information covering the blood type and Ayurvedic core constitution of a given individual. The system and method of the present invention enable an accurate personalized assessment to be generated for every individual interacting with the system. Once acquired, the facts of the individual's blood type and Ayurvedic core constitution are analyzed automatically by the database to identify a subset of potential health risks and weaknesses within the primary physical and emotional systems of the individual for each potential risk factor for disease that is uncovered in the database. Further, the automatically analyzed database of potential risk factors is used as the search tool for bringing to bear, on the discovery for each potential risk factor identified in each individual, a wealth of health and wellness knowledge that relates to and can be useful for correct and efficient recommendations for each of every individual's potential risks and weaknesses. This collection of information is analyzed to generate a final health risk assessment report of primary physical and emotional systems the individual may need to be aware of, potential risks and weaknesses within those identified systems, and dietary, nutritional and supplemental recommendations to bring into and maintain balance within those identified systems. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100088112 | LIFE INSURANCE FUNDED HEROIC MEDICAL EFFORTS TRUST FEATURE - Provided herein are processes, including a computer implemented process, and an apparatus for making financial resources available for the treatment, medication, and other life extending expenses of life-expectancy reducing situations through life insurance policies. Also provided herein is medical network to provide up to date, accurate, and credible data related to life-expectancy reducing situations when time is of the essence. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100088113 | MEDICAL INFORMATION CONTROLLER AND MEDICAL IMAGE SYSTEM - A medical information controller and a medical image system which make it possible to refer an image as desired from an electronic medical chart terminal ( | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100094645 | ERGONOMICS-BASED HEALTH FACILITATOR FOR COMPUTER USERS - A method, system and computer program product for facilitating ergonomics-based health in a user of a computer workstation is presented. The method includes the steps of detecting an ergonomics problem for a user of a computer workstation, wherein the ergonomics problem is directly related to a current real-time body position of the user, and wherein the ergonomics problem would likely cause an injury to the user if left uncorrected. A user health protection algorithm is then executed to generate an ergonomic recommendation. The user health protection algorithm utilizes user work parameters as inputs. The ergonomic recommendation, which will correct the ergonomics problem, is then presented to the user. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100094646 | PATIENT HEALTH CARE NETWORK GUIDED ENCOUNTER - In an environment where it is beneficial for chronic health care patients to receive individualized attention on a daily basis, a health care network ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100094647 | Medical Service Support System, Medical Service Support Method and Computer Readable Medium - A medical service support system includes: a first input unit that inputs first patient information on a patient in carrying out a medical examination of the patient; a second input unit that inputs second patient information on the patient in executing, to the patient, a pretreatment of an inspection being ordered according to a medical examination result of the patient; a memory that stores the first patient information inputted by the first input unit and the second patient information inputted by the second input unit; a consistency judging unit that judges match or mismatch of respective common items contained in both of the first patient information and the second patient information stored in the memory, by comparing the first patient information with the second patient information for each common item; and a display unit that displays a consistency judgment result by the consistency judging unit. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100094648 | AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL DATA USING EXPERT KNOWLEDGE AND APPLIED COMPLEXITY SCIENCE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSES - A knowledgebase comprising a plurality of feature-sets is created using complexity science. The knowledgebase is accessible through a network to a computer, a system, and a computer program code that receives and analyzes medical data to determine the existence of a disease state. The medical data is input and correlated to features within the knowledgebase to identify feature-sets, each feature-set indicating a particular medical condition. After one or more feature-sets have been selected, associative algorithms consider the magnitudes or values of the medical data and, with the values of features in the feature-sets, assess the risk burden of the medical condition associated with the feature-set. An output is generated that may include diagnoses of one or more medical conditions, the risk burden of the medical condition(s), possible treatment options and prevention techniques. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100094649 | MEDICAL DATA AND MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND COMMUNICATION - A method for coding medical data is described. Medical data is obtained. A computing device determines whether the medical data in a case matches a code or a code mapping. A computing device codes the case if the medical data matches a code. Coding includes assigning a specific code to the case if the medical data matches the specific code. The computing device generates a bill for the case based on the specific code if the medical data matches the specific code. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100094650 | Methods and system for capturing and managing patient consents to prescribed medical procedures - A method of capturing patient consents to a prescribed medical procedures. Patient accounts are created on a computerized patient consent management system. The system authenticates a login attempt by a patient and displays a visual representation of a prescribed medical procedure to the patient. The patient consent management system presents at least one consent request input field for accepting a consent input from the patient and stores the consent input as part of the patient account. The patient consent management system presents the consent input to at least one care giver in order to determine if the patient has given consent to the prescribed medical procedure. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100094651 | System and method for auctioning medical services - Systems and methods for auctioning medical services, and more particularly to automated systems offering buyers of radiology services a means to place orders for radiology services up for bid to pre-qualified radiologists. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100100391 | PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF SAME - A disease management system including: a Diagnostic Module, which provides access to patient information and scientific guidelines for patient treatment; a Diagnostic Interpretive Module, which provides tools to evaluate risk of particular diseases or conditions based on patient information and an evaluative methodology; a Prescriptive Module, which is used to recommend, select, and/or evaluate one or more treatment regimens based on patient information and guidelines; a Dispensing Module, which evaluates a patient's compliance with a treatment regimen; and/or a Feedback and Patient Management Module, which gathers compliance information and evaluates efficacy of a treatment regimen for a patient. In embodiments of the subject invention, some or all of the modules described can communicate to manage a disease, medical condition, and/or health problem in a patient. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100100392 | Methods of Assessing Risk Based on Medical Data and Uses Thereof - Methods of assessing risk based on medical data are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a method of assessing risk associated with medical data includes creating a dataset representing a plurality of patients, the dataset comprising (x,y) pairs for each patient, wherein x represents the medical data collected at a first time, and wherein y is an outcome measurement collected at a second time; binning the (x,y) pairs to form a plurality of binned data sets; computing an average value for x and an average value for y for each binned data set; determining a minimum average value of y based on all of the average values of y; subtracting the minimum average value of y from each average value of y to get a new average value of y for each binned data set; and deriving a function for assessing risk associated with the medical data. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100100393 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Pharmaceutical Orders to Determine Whether a Buyer of Pharmaceuticals Qualifies for an "Own Use" Discount - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for processing pharmaceutical orders to determine whether a buyer of pharmaceuticals qualifies for an “own use” discount. “Own use” discounts on pharmaceuticals are available for a limited class of buyers under 35 U.S.C. §13c. Under one method, an auditor receives an order for a quantity of pharmaceuticals, receives a report associated with the order containing sufficient information therein to perform an audit on the order, and compares the information found in the order with the information found in the associated report to make a status determination as to whether a buyer qualifies for an “own use” discount. Preferably a second report containing additional audit information is received as well. The auditor can also audit the order by comparing the order to this additional information. If these comparisons result in a determination that the buyer does in fact qualify for an “own use” discount, the auditor can then place the order with a pharmaceutical seller for a discounted price. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical order auditing system that uses a computer to perform the above-described audit. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100100394 | DISPLAYING CLINICAL PREDICTED LENGTH OF STAY OF PATIENTS FOR WORKLOAD BALANCING IN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT - A computerized system method for displaying a predicted length of stay and actual length of stay in an inpatient healthcare facility for a patient is provided. A predicted length of stay and an actual length of inpatient stay in a healthcare facility for a patient are accessed. The predicted length of stay and the actual length of inpatient stay for the patient are displayed concurrently. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100106515 | INTRODUCTION AND ACTIVATION OF A SELF-REPORTING PORTABLE CONTAINER INTO AN INVENTORY SYSTEM - A method of activating and introducing into an inventory system a self-reporting portable container containing a consumable substance configured to determine and selectively report information about the substance. The container is configured to self report an attribute of the consumable substance. An identifier is associated with at least one of the container, the substance or a sensor provided to sense the attribute of the container. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100106516 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING BLOOD UTILIZATION - A method of measuring and assessing blood product utilization. The method comprises calculating a transfusion exposure score, the transfusion exposure score being an average amount of a blood product used for a patient population during a time period for a health care facilities; calculating a mean transfusion exposure score, the mean transfusion exposure score being a geometric mean of a plurality of transfusion exposure scores within a database for the blood product and for the patient population over the period of time for a plurality of health care facilities; calculating a benchmark transfusion exposure score, the benchmark transfusion exposure score being the transfusion exposure score of a best practice facility having the lowest transfusion exposure score of the plurality of transfusion exposure scores in the database with corresponding average or better patient outcomes; calculating a transfusion propensity score, the transfusion propensity score being a ratio of the transfusion exposure score of the health care facility to the benchmark transfusion exposure score for the blood product and used for the patient population; and analyzing the transfusion exposure score, the mean transfusion exposure score, the benchmark transfusion exposure score, and the transfusion propensity score to quantify opportunities for operational and financial improvement within the health care provider facility. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100106517 | SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF MEDICAL SCHEDULING BASED ON SIMULATION-BASED OPTIMIZATION - Certain embodiments involve data from places such as healthcare facilities to make predictions about actual expected procedure durations as well as other parameters such as the probability of a patient being late or being a no-show. Before scheduling a patient, the system will use these parameters to run a simulation that can then suggest time slots that maximize target service levels (for example, “patients should not wait longer than 15 minutes in 95% of the cases”) and maximize facility efficiency (minimize the unutilized time between appointments). | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100106518 | System And Method For Providing Optimized Patient Referrals - In particular embodiments, method, apparatus and system for generating a doctor profile based on one or more parameters associated with the doctor treatment information, generating a patient dental profile based at least in part on a weighting of a plurality of orthodontic-related treatment parameters, and providing one or more doctor referrals based on the generated doctor profile and the generated orthodontic patient profile are provided. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100106519 | LOW COST SYSTEM FOR REMOTE PATIENT AUDIO/VIDEO CONTENT DELIVERY - When providing a cost-efficient remote patient monitoring and/or education system, a home-end device (HED) ( | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100106520 | AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF MEDICAL DATA FOR DISABILITY RATING DETERMINATIONS - Methods and systems are described for automated processing of medical data for insurance and disability determinations. Based on medical conditions claimed by the claimant, medical evidence queries are automatically generated to provide instructions to medical providers for conducting physical exams and laboratory tests and for retrieving medical records. After medical evidence is collected according to the queries, the medical evidence and related rating codes and decisions are displayed to rating personnel in a user-friendly format to assist in making a rating decision. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100114588 | METHODS AND SYSTEM TO MANAGE PATIENT INFORMATION - Methods and system to manage patient information are described. An example computer-implemented method to manage patient information includes analyzing a first patient identification to extract first information. Additionally, the example method includes comparing the extracted first information to extracted second information related to a second patient identification to determine if the first patient identification and the second patient identification are associated with the same patient. Further, the example method includes associating the first information and the second information with the same patient identification when the first patient identification and the second patient identification are determined to be associated with the same patient. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114589 | USER INTERFACE FOR PRESENTING CLINICAL ORDER CONTENT BASED UPON DESIGNATED PERFORMANCE LOCATION - Computerized methods and systems for permitting clinicians and other healthcare providers to designate performance locations for clinical orders having one or more phases associated therewith, and for presenting order catalog content that is flexed based upon the designated performance location for the clinical order are provided. Further provided are computerized methods and systems for permitting clinicians and other healthcare providers to designate a performance location for each phase of a multi-phase clinical order, and for presenting order catalog content for each phase that is flexed based upon the designated performance location for the phase. User interfaces for presenting content associated with clinical orders based upon designated performance locations are also provided. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114590 | ORDERING CLINICAL ORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURE EVENTS - Computerized methods and systems for permitting clinicians and other healthcare providers to designate performance locations for clinical orders having one or more phases associated therewith, and for presenting order catalog content that is flexed based upon the designated performance location for the clinical order are provided. Further provided are computerized methods and systems for permitting clinicians and other healthcare providers to designate a performance location for each phase of a multi-phase clinical order, and for presenting order catalog content for each phase that is flexed based upon the designated performance location for the phase. Systems and methods for providing control of plan and phase initiation based at least upon a location associated with the chart encounter are also provided. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114591 | PRESENTING MULTI-PHASE CLINICAL ORDER CONTENT BASED UPON A DESIGNATED PERFORMANCE LOCATION - Computerized methods and systems for permitting clinicians and other healthcare providers to designate performance locations for clinical orders having one or more phases associated therewith, and for presenting order catalog content that is flexed based upon the designated performance location for the clinical order are provided. Further provided are computerized methods and systems for permitting clinicians and other healthcare providers to designate a performance location for each phase of a multi-phase clinical order, and for presenting order catalog content for each phase that is flexed based upon the designated performance location for the phase. Systems and methods for providing control of plan and phase initiation based at least upon a location associated with the chart encounter are also provided. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114592 | Compositions and methods for therapeutic delivery with frozen particles - Certain embodiments disclosed herein relate to compositions, methods, devices, systems, and products regarding frozen particles. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles include materials at low temperatures. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles provide vehicles for delivery of particular agents. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles are administered to at least one biological tissue. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114593 | MEANS AND METHOD OF OBTAINING AND PROCESSING DATA FOR USE IN MEDICAL OR HEALTH ASSESSMENT - Present invention discloses a system and a method of obtaining and processing data for use in insurance underwriting which comprise a set of influencing factors, provide an application questionnaire including a series of application questions relating to a plurality of influencing factors and a plurality of possible application responses to each application question, assign risk-scores to at least a portion of said application responses, present said application questionnaire to an applicant, collect application responses to at least a portion of the application questions, compile optionally at least one expert questionnaire including all questions left unanswered by the applicant, present optionally said expert questionnaires to at least one expert, and collect responses to the expert questionnaires and determine a total response for the applicant. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114594 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF CLINICAL TRIALS - A tool for planning and management of clinical trials. The tool computes a patient enrollment timeline in a clinical trial using multiple factors that bear on the rate of patient enrollment. The factors may be site-dependent factors or may be country-dependent factors. When these factors are applied, different sites may have different rates of enrollment in the same interval. Further, the factors may be time dependent such that even the same sites may have different enrollment rates in different intervals. Once the timeline is created, the tool may use it to calculate a schedule of monitor visits, project trial completion or otherwise generate output used in management of the clinical trial. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114595 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HEALTH INFORMATION - A method for providing health information associated with a health status, the method including the steps of, in a processing system, receiving an indication of an action performed ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114596 | USE OF A CLOSED COMMUNICATION SERVICE FOR SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORKS TO IMPROVE THE WELL BEING OF A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER - Methods and systems for improving the well-being or reducing stress of a primary caregiver of an elder subject are provided. According to one embodiment, a communications network provides a closed communication service. A database is operable to store information regarding caregroup membership. One or more server computers coupled to the database are operable to receive from and distribute electronic communications among electronic communication access systems associated with members of a caregroup and a communication appliance associated with a target of the caregroup. The one or more server computers have stored therein one or more routines operable to facilitate and encourage one or more of affective communication, activity stimulating communication and intellectually stimulating communication among the members of the caregroup and the target of the caregroup as a method of improving well-being or reducing stress of a primary, residential caregiver of the target. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114597 | Method and system for medical imaging reporting - A method for supporting a preparation of medical report for a patient. The method comprises acquiring one or more medical imaging studies and/or medical records which are related to the patient, automatically matching a report template to the one or more medical imaging studies and/or medical records according to at least one characteristic thereof, presenting the matched report template to allow a user to provide a diagnosis of the one or more medical imaging studies and/or medical records, and embedding the diagnosis in the matched report template. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114598 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A MEDICAL REPORT AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A method and a system for generating, with the assistance of a computer system( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114599 | SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION PATIENT CARE OUTCOMES - A system for providing healthcare providers, hospitals, and health plans with quality and cost data for risk-adjusted outcomes for patients within clinical service lines. The system integrates with the provider's or hospital's existing data management systems and sources to analyze patient care and outcomes using statistical analysis. The system produces tailored, risk-adjusted clinical outcomes and cost models, highlighting opportunities for improvements within a provider's or hospital's clinical landscapes, allowing providers, hospitals and health plans to quantify cost savings through focused efforts to improve clinical quality and reduce adverse effects. The system concentrates on class of complication, cost of complications, and financial returns and providing hospitals and health plans a comprehensive view of clinical performance. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114600 | Electronic Physician's Order Entering System - An electronic physician's orders system that automates and simplifies existing methods of generating, maintaining and retrieving physician's orders. In contrast to other systems, the electronic physician's orders system can create physician's orders electronically at the point-of-care and can maintain the orders in an Orders' Database or print the orders for use in a paper-based system. Thus, the system can eliminate or supplement creating and maintaining handwritten physician's orders records. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114601 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PRESCRIBING THERAPEUTIC AND PREVENTIVE REGIMENS - Systems and methods are disclosed for aiding physicians and other healthcare workers in setting prescriptions of therapeutic and/or preventive regimens. In certain embodiments the invention compares patient genotype, phenotype, proteomic, molecular, and/or other profile information with a database of information that associates third party profiles with third party responses to therapeutic and preventive regimens. The comparison information may be used by a physician or other healthcare provider to identify potential safety and/or efficacy effects of a prescribed regimen if undertaken by the patient. The systems and methods provide for the secure storage and directed access of the patient profiles. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114602 | Apparatus and method for processing and/or for providing healthcare information and/or healthcare-related information - A computer-implemented method, including receiving information regarding an individual transmitted from a first device associated with a healthcare provider via the Internet or World Wide Web, which information contains information regarding a symptom, examination finding, diagnosis, treatment, administration of a treatment, or procedure, processing information for performing a diagnostic evaluation of the individual, processing information for determining a risk level or risk score for the individual, storing the information regarding the individual, the diagnostic evaluation, the risk level, or the risk score, or updating the healthcare record or history of, for, or associated with, the individual, generating an insurance claim automatically in response to the storing of the information regarding the individual, the diagnostic evaluation, the risk level, or the risk score, or the updating of the healthcare record or history, and transmitting the insurance claim to a second device associated with a healthcare insurer or payer. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114603 | Systems and Methods for Obtaining Readings of Diagnostic Imaging Studies - Systems and methods for method providing a diagnostic image study to one or more interpreters may include receiving the diagnostic image study at a first translator, making the diagnostic image study available to one or more board certified and credentialed interpreters substantially simultaneously, and selecting one or more of the interpreters to provide an interpretation of the images based on one or more variables. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100121652 | Method and Apparatus of Assessing Need for Health Care and Facilitating The Provision of Health Care - A health care assessment system and associated methods are provided for providing increased access to individuals for assessing whether a need exists for health care and then also facilitating an individual's access to health care as needed. Embodiments of the system include a health care assessement system for receiving input from a patient and generating an output reflecting an indivdual's risk of one or more disease states. The health care assessment system is further capable of providing resources for health care and visual tools for collecting patient history. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100125461 | System and Method of Using a Non-Retail Central Filling Facility to Process Pharmacy Product Prescriptions in a Pharmacy Retail Network - The claimed method and system implements an algorithm for routing electronic prescriptions to one of a pharmacy retail store or a non-retail central filling facility for physical preparation of pharmacy products corresponding to the electronic prescriptions. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100131282 | MEDICAL PRACTITIONER PEER REVIEW SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for evaluating the performance of at least one medical practitioner are provided. In one example, the method includes generating a specialty specific review form based on medical data collected from the client. The example method may further include selecting a peer review board based on the specialty of the at least one medical practitioner under review. Following selection of the peer review board, the method includes subsequently transferring the specialty specific review form to the peer review board. The method may further include receiving a peer analysis of the at least one medical practitioner from the peer review board where the peer analysis may include a completed specialty specific review form. A standardized report may be generated evaluating a level of performance of the at least one medical practitioner based upon data included in the peer analysis. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131283 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLINICAL WIDGET DISTRIBUTION - Certain examples of the presently describe technology provide systems, methods, and apparatus for development, testing, validation, and distribution of third party clinical content via a content provider. Certain examples provide an apparatus for development, validation, and distribution of third party clinical content. The apparatus includes a development subsystem providing tools, standard program code, and workflow assistance for user development of clinical content for execution via a clinical interface. The apparatus also includes a certification subsystem automatically facilitating validation and verification of user developed clinical content according to a regulatory specification. The apparatus further includes a distribution subsystem distributing user developed clinical content after approval of the clinical content via the certification subsystem. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131284 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSIS OF HEALTHCARE MARKETS - Methods and apparatus for identifying a market opportunity for a healthcare product are disclosed. A disclosed example computer implemented method comprises obtaining a first data set containing market demand information relating to at least the healthcare product, obtaining a second data set containing market availability information relating to at least the healthcare product, obtaining a third data set containing market consumption information relating to at least the healthcare product, comparing data from at least two of the first, second and third data sets to identify a market opportunity for the healthcare product, and outputting the identified market opportunity to a user. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131285 | ACTN3 GENOTYPE SCREEN FOR ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE - The present invention concerns novel methods of selecting or matching a sport or sporting event to an individual (e.g. a sprint/power sport or an endurance sport) and predicting athletic performance, the methods involving assessing ACTN3 genotype. In alternative embodiments, training regimens may be optimally designed for athletes by assessing the ACTN3 genotypes. Certain embodiments concern combining the assessment of the ACTN3 genotype with other known fitness-related genes to better assess the athletic potential of an individual. In addition, the genotypic analysis of the ACTN3 gene may be combined with physiological tests, physical measurements and/or psychological assessments to more optimally design a training regimen for an individual athlete. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131286 | METHODS FOR THE PROGNOSIS OR FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF A THYROID DISEASE - The present invention relates to methods for predicting or diagnosing a thyroid disease in an individual. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131287 | RESCUE AND TRAVEL ASSISTANCE COVERAGE PROGRAM FOR HOTEL GUEST - A method for providing emergency travel assistance services automatically to travelers/hotel guests on both a nationwide and worldwide basis upon checking into a participating hotel or resort. The hotels or resorts, in conjunction with a rescue entity, offer a rescue/travel assistance coverage program as a part of its lodging services to guests. The hotels or resorts incorporate the costs of the rescue/travel assistance coverage program into the cost of booking a room. A hotel plaque is displayed in the hotel identifying a rescue entity and services provided. A data layout format filled with the information of the guests registered at the hotels or resorts and the enrollment list of all travelers/hotel guests entitled to the coverage program is submitted to the rescue entity's FTP environment. The data is finally uploaded into a dedicated Sequel server which determines all the travelers/hotel guests enrolled in the event of a claim. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131288 | IDENTIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION OF MISSED OR ERRONEOUS PROVIDER CHARGES - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for using rules to identify missing charges with charge data. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a transaction representing an individual patient visit is identified, and missing charges within the transaction are determined based on application of the rules. For example, a rule can be applied to detect a missing charge when a charge for surgery appears without the appearance of a corresponding charge for anesthesia. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131289 | System and User Interface for Workflow & Task Schedule Configuration - In an embodiment of the present inventions, a work flow process may be generated by decomposing functions of a clinical information system into discrete tasks including an individual task associated with a first pre-configured executable procedure for implementing the individual task and associating a user selectable image element with the pre-configured first executable procedure used in implementing the individual task. In a currently envisioned embodiment, integratable work flow processes according to the present invention may be provided to a vertical application system. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of meaning of the claims. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131290 | Artificial-intelligent system and method for managing health-care - A system and method for expressing, associating and interacting individual groups of diagnoses, chief complaints and related categories on health and health-care services with individual specific interactive diagnoses, chief complaints and related categories on Web pages using systems of templates, drop-down lists and panels by physicians and patients. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100138229 | IMPLEMENTING A GUIDELINE BASED CLINICAL PROCESS - The invention refers to a computer-implemented method, a computerized system, a product and a computer-readable medium for implementing a clinical process, which is based on guideline data. Relevant guideline data for implementing the process is selected automatically. The architecture for the implementation process is based on designing, modelling and visualizing, wherein designing, modelling and visualizing are executed independently of each other and wherein the modelled clinical process is structured procedurally. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138230 | METHOD FOR TELERADIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS - A system and method is described for building a community of clients and radiologists. The method and system bring clients i.e. persons or organisations requiring the analysis of radiographic images, together with radiologists i.e. persons or organisations qualified to undertake analyses of radiographic images. The clients and radiologists register their respective requirements and services with the system, the system matching a suitable client to a suitable radiologist. The method and system use an algorithm to match client and radiologist(s) most effectively. A open feedback facility in which the client indicates his satisfaction with the radiologist (e.g. quality of report, timeliness, cost), and in which the radiologist also indicates his satisfaction with the client (e.g. image quality, quality of associated data, timely payment) is implemented so the quality of service and client of a teleradiology community evolves and high standards are achieved. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138231 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLINICAL ELEMENT EXTRACTION, HOLDING, AND TRANSMISSION IN A WIDGET-BASED APPLICATION - Certain example embodiments provide systems and methods for providing clinical element extraction, holding, and transmission in a widget-based application. An example clinical data element communicator system includes a user interface including clinical content retrieved from a plurality of clinical information sources for graphical display to a user. The user interface facilitates user interaction with the displayed clinical content, the clinical content including applications and patient data. The example system also includes a holding area for clinical content and a transmission unit for transmitting the clinical content to one or more recipients. The holding area is displayed as part of the user interface and holds clinical content selected by the user and deposited in the holding area. The clinical element transmission unit receives the clinical content deposited in the holding area, packages the clinical content, and transmits the clinical content in an electronic data message to one or more recipients. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138232 | MOTIVATIONAL SYSTEMS FOR REMOTE PATIENT MANAGEMENT - A patient management system includes a scheduler ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138233 | ANALYZING CAREGROUP DATA TO FACILITATE DIAGNOSIS OF SUBPOPULATIONS OF DISEASE OR DISABILITY AND EVALUATE OR DISCOVER NEW METHODS OF DIAGNOSIS OR INTERVENTION STRATEGIES - Methods and systems for analysis of aggregate data from multiple caregroups participating in a closed communication service are provided. According to one embodiment, a closed communication service is provided that is configured to facilitate and encourage communications among members of caregroups and targets of the caregroups. The targets of the caregroups use communication appliances associated with respective caregroups to transmit and receive electronic communications via the closed communication service to and from members of the respective caregroups. Data relating to the electronic communications is collected and aggregated. Diagnosis of subpopulations of disease or disability and evaluation or discovery of new methods of diagnosis or intervention strategies to slow, ameliorate, prevent or remediate a condition including one or more of a chronic condition in elders, a disability, a disease and a mental or physical condition is facilitated by analyzing the collected and aggregated data. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138234 | DEVICE FOR CONDITIONING A MEDICAL APPARATUS OF THE PROBE TYPE - The invention relates to a device defining an inner housing ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138235 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR CLINICAL TRIAL MANAGEMENT OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A centralized, online clinical study system configured to coordinate aspects of a clinical study can include a training module configured to evaluate whether users have completed training for selected workflows for the clinical study that are available from the clinical study system, and to provide training to registered users for the selected workflows. The system also can include a financial engine configured to determine when a participating site meets or exceeds a milestone of the clinical study and to initiate a payment to the participating site. Further, the system can include a module configured to receive and verify clinical research data and to designate the verified clinical research data as official source data for the clinical study. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138236 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING HEATLHCARE INFORMATION TO AND FROM A PORTABLE, HAND-HELD DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for communicating healthcare information utilize a set of codes to communicate healthcare data in a convenient manner. A set of codes each corresponding to respective healthcare data is generated. The set of codes is stored in a memory associated with a portable terminal. Selection of at least one code corresponding to healthcare data relevant to a patient is detected, where after the selected at least one code is wirelessly transmitted to a recipient. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138237 | SENSITIVE DRUG DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A drug distribution system and method utilizes a central pharmacy and database to track all prescriptions for a sensitive drug. Information is kept in the database regarding all physicians allowed to prescribe the sensitive drug, and all patients receiving the drug. Abuses are identified by monitoring data in the database for prescription patterns by physicians and prescriptions obtained by patients. Further verification is made that the physician is eligible to prescribe the drug by consulting a separate database, and optionally whether any actions are taken against the physician. Multiple controls beyond those for normal drugs are imposed on the distribution depending on the sensitivity of the drug. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100145719 | USE OF COACHING MESSAGES IN A CLOSED COMMUNICATION SERVICE - Methods and systems for use of member-to-member, member-to-target and automatically generated coaching messages in a closed communication service are provided. According to one embodiment, a closed communication service is provided which is configured to facilitate and encourage communications among members of a caregroup and a target of the caregroup. The target of the caregroup uses a hardcopy-based communication appliance associated with the caregroup to transmit and receive electronic communications via the closed communication service to and from the members of the caregroup. Identification, creation and delivery of appropriate member-to-member and member-to-target coaching messages are facilitated by allowing one or more administrating caregivers of the members of the caregroup to view metrics relating to electronic communications exchanged via the closed communication service. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145720 | Method of extracting real-time structured data and performing data analysis and decision support in medical reporting - The present invention relates to a methodology for the conversion of unstructured, free text data (contained within medical reports) into standardized, structured data, and also relates to a decision support feature for use in diagnosis and treatment options. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145721 | METHOD FOR TRACKING THE USE OF A MEDICAL APPARATUS - The method of the invention comprises the following steps: during the disinfection (A) of the apparatus, recording ( | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145722 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEM - A method and system may allow a physician to traverse computerized clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) when examining, diagnosing and treating patients, allowing for “bookmarking” or pausing the CPGs. The CPGs may be updated and the updates applied to a physician's use of the CPG. A method and system may automate the process of requesting approval for a patient's treatment from an organization, e.g., referrals. A method and system may automatically inform a physician that a symptom is caused by a drug currently being taken by a patient. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145723 | PLATFORM FOR CONNECTING MEDICAL INFORMATION TO SERVICES FOR MEDICAL CARE - A user device for connecting symptom, disease, procedure, and facility based information into actionable services for medical care and cost analysis is presented. The user device may include the functionality of linking medical information and providing user specific information. The user-specific information allows the user to make an informed decision about medical treatment. The user device may further be operative to tailor information in light of user characteristics such as location or healthcare network membership. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145724 | METHOD FOR COMPETITIVE PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND/OR BIDDING SERVICE PROVIDER SELECTION - Unfilled prescriptions are submitted to a registry comprising pre-qualified pharmacies for a “reverse auction” in which the pharmacies bid for the opportunity to fill the prescription. The pharmacies are allowed to bid based on price and/or offering ancillary services. The auction may also be used to bid on supplying specified pharmaceutical cognitive services. The method may also include obtaining cost comparisons with generic substitutes or similar alternative pharmaceutical products. The system may further comprise automatically requesting a review by the prescriber for a list of similar substitutes or prior-authorization for third-party payers. The winner of the reverse auction is selected by the customer. A prescription benefits manager may offer options of a reverse auction, or non-auction fulfillment of the unfilled prescription in accordance with a benefit plan design. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100153129 | System and Method for Automatically Managing Inventory in a Multiple Table Order Production Facility - A system and method for automatically managing inventory in a multiple tablet order production facility are described. Generally, the method comprises receiving a multiple tablet order, comparing the order to a database of available inventory and placing an order for additional inventory in response to a determination that an inventory of one or more tablets is running low. The method further comprises detecting that additional inventory has been received, receiving the additional inventory, and depositing the multiple tablet order in a package. The package containing the multiple tablet order is labeled with tablet specific information, including the date and time for consuming the tablets in the package was well as a plurality of images of each of the tablets in the package. The system implements the method. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153130 | System and Method for Placing a Multiple Tablet Order Online - An online ordering system and method for placing a multiple tablet order are described. The system comprises a graphical user interface configured to display information for a plurality of medicinal tablets. The graphical user interface is further configured to receive a plurality of multiple tablet orders. Each multiple tablet order corresponds to at least two medicinal tablets for consumption on a particular date at a particular time. Each of the multiple tablet orders corresponds to a multiple tablet package labeled with tablet specific information. The tablet specific information for each package includes the date and the time for consuming the tablets in the package and a plurality of images of each of the tablets in the package. The method is implemented by the system. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153131 | Compensated Electronic Consults - The present invention relates to a system and method for providing health care information to health care providers and for obtaining information pertaining to the practice of a health care provider by providing incentives for provision of such information. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153132 | CLINICAL WORKFLOW ANALYSIS AND CUSTOMER BENCHMARKING - A method and apparatus is provided for analysis of the utilization of a technical medical device, such as a computer tomography, by a medical facility is provided. Recording of the use of the device is performed with time stamp information and a comparison of the use is performed by a programmed computer device to other users of similar equipment or to similar users of different equipment. Optimization of use, such as through the purchase if different equipment and/or software or upgrades to the equipment and/or software is proposed. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100161345 | MEDICAL DATA TRACKING, ANALYSIS AND AGGREGATION SYSTEM - A medical item tracking method including storing inventory levels of items which are for use in medical procedures and receiving input for reserving the use of a facility for a medical procedure, which medical procedure is projected to use at least one of the inventoried items. The input identifies at least one individual projected to participate in the medical procedure. The method further includes retrieving data relating to the predicted usage of the inventoried item in the medical procedure, wherein the data is based upon the participation of the at least one individual. The method further includes adjusting the levels of inventory based upon the retrieved predicted usage data. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161346 | Systems and Methods for Providing Bolus Dosage Recommendations - A method of providing bolus dosage recommendations for diabetics includes presenting a plurality of representative foods to a user. The user's response to estimate a carbohydrate value for each one of the plurality of representative foods is received. An input is then received from the user indicating a food to be consumed and an estimated carbohydrate value for the food to be consumed. A bolus dosage recommendation is calculated based on the input from the user and the user's response to estimate the carbohydrate value for at least one of the plurality of representative foods. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161347 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING FUTURE MEDICAL EPISODES - A computer-implemented method of generating future medical episodic simulations is provided. The method includes generating a personal wellness lifestyle signature for an individual based upon pre-selected data pertinent to wellness of the individual. Additionally, the method includes comparing the personal wellness lifestyle signature of the individual with at least one personal wellness lifestyle signature of at least one other individual determined to have at least one wellness characteristic similar to a corresponding wellness characteristic of the individual. The method further includes predicting at least one future medical episode corresponding to the individual based upon the comparison. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161348 | Clinical Management System - A system that receives a portion of the content of a clinical note in an active first field, switching the active first field to be inactive, searching at least one database based on the content of the clinical note, wherein searching is triggered upon switching the active first field to be inactive, and presenting one or more relevant results resulting from searching the at least one database on the clinical note. A clinical note system is also described that has client registration module, an insurance billing module and a clinical notes module. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161349 | Health services delivery system with incentives - A system of health care service and an associated method of the administration thereof to a plurality of subscribers including a providing entity organizationally structured to implement a health care program which includes categorizing subscribers desirous of health care service, including preventative services, into a plurality of predetermined profiles. The profiles are defined by personal characteristics including age, gender, clinical history, etc. and each profile is associated with a predetermined curative or preventative treatment regimen with which a respective subscriber is expected to comply. An incentive system is implemented to motivate the subscribers into compliance with the assigned treatment regimen and comprises the assignment of credits and penalties based on a degree of compliance with the treatment regimen. Valuable consideration is awarded to the subscriber evidencing a satisfactory degree of compliance. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161350 | TREATMENT REGIMEN COMPLIANCE AND EFFICACY WITH FEEDBACK - A method and system for interaction with a community of individuals, relating to compliance with and effectiveness of treatment regimens, including supply and use of pharmaceuticals, using a protocol or other intelligent message which acts in place of a service provider and which is capable of collecting or imparting information to patients in place thereof. Individuals interact with the protocol or intelligent message to provide assistance in all aspects of treatment regimen compliance, data collection, supply or delivery, review and modification. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100169108 | DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS USED FOR HEALTH-BASED DATA COLLECTION - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates aggregating data with a distributed network for health-related diagnosis. A device can include a sensor for dynamic collection of data, wherein the portion of data is wirelessly communicated from the device to a distributed network. An evaluator can generate a health informative update based at least in part upon an analysis of the dynamically collected data received via the distributed network, wherein the evaluator analyzes a medical condition with a condition-indicative level of the portion of data collected via the sensor. The health informative update can be at least one of a personal update providing information pertaining to an individual-based medical condition or a geographic-based population update providing information related to a medical condition that affects a pre-defined number of individuals within the geographic-based population. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169109 | Managing Patient Care Plans - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing patient care plans are provided. In embodiments, a patient care plan, including at least one order, is input into a patient profile. A user may proactively check for alerts related to the patient care plan or receive alert notification when signing the orders included in the patient care plan. Upon presentation of an alert, the user may re-enter the patient profile to correct input information, cancel the order associated with the alert, override the alert, and the like. In the case the alert is overridden, information related to the reason for overriding the alert is collected and preserved in an alert history for presentation to subsequent users. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169110 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A healthcare professional terminal | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169111 | Portable Health & Safety Monitoring Device - A portable health and safety monitoring device integrates real-time usage monitoring and wireless reporting. Wireless communications occur with each opening of a medication compartment which reporting the event time to a host server. The event is displayed online on a website accessible by authorized caregivers. The device optionally contains a global positioning system. In addition, the device optionally but preferably includes a panic button. Actions that are to occur upon actuation of the panic button can be stipulated by authorized caregivers, such as auto-dialing a physician or caregiver when a panic button press occurs. The device beeps when meds are due and immediately reports to the server after a lid opening. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169112 | METHOD FOR EFFECTING COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED DECISION-SUPPORT IN PRESCRIBING A DRUG THERAPY - The method uses a rules database comprising a number of associated rules for prescribing the drug for treatment, where each rule indicates a prescription of the drug suitable for a specific set of patient data. Drug data and patient data are entered into the rules database. The database provides an output of a prescription suitable for the therapy. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169113 | HOSPITAL SERVICE LINE MANAGEMENT TOOL - A method for managing, organizing, integrating, and evaluating a service line of a hospital. Primary goals of the present method include, for example, improving patient care, increasing financial margins, and building volume. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169114 | System and Method for Clinical Intelligent Agents Implementing an Integrated Intelligent Monitoring and Notification System - A method includes: receiving patient specific data; comparing the patient specific data with reference data; producing alerts when the comparison determines that an event requiring action has occurred; and sending the alerts to care providers. An apparatus that implements the method and a computer readable medium including instructions for performing the method are also provided. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169115 | SYSTEM FOR MATCHING INDIVIDUALS WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND METHODS THEREOF - A system for matching individuals with health care providers and methods thereof. The system is capable of collecting information from health care providers and individuals and thereafter matching individuals with clinical trial providers based upon that information by utilizing coding to eliminate medical terminology ambiguity. The system continually updates the degree of likelihood of a match of a health care provider with an individual based upon individual feedback and clinical trial provider feedback relating to results achieved from treatment provided by a given health care provider. The system also notifies individuals of experimental clinical trials that can be potentially applicable to the individual based upon the information provided by the individual. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169116 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WORKFLOW PROCESSING - Systems and methods for processing a workflow are disclosed. Certain embodiments allow prescreened data to be inserted into a workflow. A user's interpretation of prescreened data can be compared with previously obtained characteristics, enabling the user's interpretive output to be monitored and improved. The disclosed systems and methods have applications including, but not limited to, training, performance analysis, process improvement, and data analysis and data mining in workflows. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100174550 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ONLINE INVENTORY AND COST MANAGEMENT - The present invention relates to a method and system for procedure pack inventory management. The system provides access to data relating to healthcare facilities, custom and standard procedure pack data, component data for each procedure pack, and vendor data. The system may filter the access data and output the results of the filterings on a display. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174551 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF REGISTERING FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES - Various systems and methods are provided for registering for emergency medical services. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a current wait time for an emergency medical facility; receiving a request to reserve a visitation time for the emergency medical facility, the visitation time after the current wait time; requesting patient information; and notifying the emergency medical facility of the reserved visitation time. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174552 | SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR FILLING PRESCRIPTIONS - An overall pharmacy system and methodology begins with bulk medications and supplements introduced into the work flow, individually packaged and assembled into med pass orders per patient and delivered to the long-term care (LTC) facility or other institution for patient consumption. The process according to one embodiment of this invention begins by converting bulk medications and supplements to packaged unit doses and ultimately individually packaged med pass bags for each patient on a 24-hour schedule. The various safeguards and measures built into this system increase patient safety eliminate waste and increase labor efficiency by reducing and/or minimizing the disposal of unused medications and supplements. The design of the overall system and its individual components allows for physical control of each unit dose package from start to finish without any unit dose package “free fall” in the system. This process is automated and does not rely upon manual sorting. The med pass bags are consolidated into the final shipping container and do not require manual sorting and packing. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174553 | Diabetes Therapy Management System - A method of diabetes analysis is provided. A plurality of glucose level readings for a user is received. The plurality of blood glucose level readings are analyzed to generate a report. The report includes a first chart along a 24-hour timeline indicating the plurality of glucose level readings, and a second chart having at least one of infusion device settings and active insulin levels corresponding to the 24-hour timeline of the first chart. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100179818 | Utilizing Conditional Logic in Medical Documentation - Methods, computer storage media, systems and user interfaces that guide a clinician to complete medical documentation. The method, computer storage media, system and user interfaces include presenting a first medical documentation set to indicate a medical aspect for which medical data is to be documented. At least one of the medical documentation elements in the first set is linked to a second medical documentation set. A selection of one of the linked medical documentation elements in the first set is received, and the second medical documentation set is presented. An attribute for at least one of the medical data fields in the first or second set is received, and the attributes received for the first and the second medical documentation sets are aggregated into a medical data group. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100179819 | MOBILE DISCRETE DATA DOCUMENTATION - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for transferring data from a medical device to a patient's electronic medical record are provided. Initially, a medical device and a patient are identified, such as by scanning a barcode or searching in an electronically-searchable database. Once identified, the medical device and the patient area associated, and data from the medical device is acquired and sent to a form that allows a user to edit the data or add other information. The user may then indicate that the data is ready to be transmitted to the patient's electronic medical record. The medical device and the patient may now be disassociated. The disassociation may be implicit, so that it is not required that a user provide an indication that the patient and medical device are to be disassociated. Rather, the disassociation may occur upon transmittal of the data to the patient's EMR. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100179820 | AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF DATA COLLECTED BY IN-VIVO DEVICES - Systems and methods for operably coupling medical device(s) together with an evaluation device such that closed-loop processing may occur are provided. To achieve closed-loop processing, the evaluation device is configured to receive diagnostic information related to physiological attributes of a patient and operational-status information of the medical device(s). Upon receipt of this information, the evaluation device may automatically analyze the data and automatically compose instructions based on the analysis. Analyzing includes comparing the data against content within an electronic medical record (EMR) or applying rules to the data. The rules are built on evidence-based medical procedures consistent with current medical practice. The instructions, when distributed and implemented, invoke actions at the medical device(s), such as dispensing a medication and reprogramming configuration settings, as well as actions at a notification component configured to request a healthcare professional to intervene in a patient's treatment and to provide feedback of medical events. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100179821 | TRACKING DIRECT REPORTED ADVERSE EVENTS - Systems, methods, and computer readable media are described for communicating an adverse event report directly to an end-user receiving party and tracking one or more adverse event reports. An adverse event may be detected manually or automatically by a system and an electronic adverse event reporting form presented to a user with one or more data fields pre-populated with data from a patient's electronic health record (EHR). The user may enter and edit data in the electronic form and may submit the data in the electronic form directly to an end-user receiving party such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. One or more receipts may be received from the receiving party and indicia from the receipts recorded to one or more records. The submitted adverse event reports may be tracked, accessed, and interacted with through a user interface and additional information may be provided to a user therein. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100179822 | System, Method and Device for Tracking Surgical Sponges - A system, method, and device for tracking surgical sponges for a medical procedure is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes an RF reader having an antenna, said antenna configured to be removably attached to a receptacle and to radiate discarded sponges comprising sponges entering the receptacle. The RF reader may be configured to receive unique identifying (ID) information from radiated sponges and provide the ID information to a wireless transmitter electrically connected to the RF reader. The system may include a handheld computer having a wireless port and configured to wirelessly receive the ID information of discarded surgical sponges from the wireless transmitter. The handheld computer may store in its memory ID information of a plurality of available surgical sponges comprising sponges available for use during the procedure and receive and store ID information of a plurality of unused surgical sponges comprising sponges that were not used during the procedure. In addition, the handheld computer may be configured to process data of the discarded surgical sponges, unused surgical sponges, and available surgical sponges to determine if any available surgical sponge is not discarded and is not unused. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100179823 | ONLINE DESIGN DECISION MANAGEMENT - Methods, computer-readable media, and systems provide design decision management (DDM) to manage the various design decisions made by a client healthcare provider during the design of a healthcare management system by a solution-provider company. A DDM system provides a user interface and allows a user to access data from design decision databases, analyze accessed data, and conduct design review of client design decisions. Design review is initiated when a client design decision conflicts with a company-recommended design decision. The design review process determines if the conflicting client design decision should be approved and implemented or if the company-recommended design decision should be implemented. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100179824 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PRESCRIBING/DISPENSING MEDICINE WHICH MAY CAUSE SERIOUS SIDE EFFECT - There is provided a medicine management system in which, in order to prevent a medicine known as the one which may cause a serious side effect when a certain patient takes it from being transferred to the certain patient, it is judged whether or not information from the prescribing doctor, the patient, and the pharmacist all registered in the system respectively satisfies a transfer condition, the result is notified, and records can be preserved for individual information providers not by telephone and IVRs. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100179825 | COPYING PATIENT-CUSTOMIZED HEALTHCARE PLANS/ORDERS/PHASES - Computerized methods in a clinical computing environment for presenting previously customized, patient-specific healthcare plans, orders, phases and/or portions thereof, in association with subsequent patient encounters are provided. The method includes receiving a patient identifier associated with a patient and a particular encounter; receiving an indicator of a condition/diagnosis associated with the patient and the particular encounter; determining that the patient has presented with the condition/diagnosis in association with at least one previous encounter; and presenting at least one order, healthcare plan, phase of a healthcare plan, or portion thereof associated with the at least one previous encounter, wherein the presented at least one order, healthcare plan, phase of a healthcare plan, or portion thereof includes at least one patient-specific customization. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100185456 | MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system that monitors and tracks compliance to a medication regimen or schedule is provided. The system can measure and track dosage amounts together with the time in which tablets, pills or liquid are removed from a container. The information can be stored for compliance analysis. Additionally, the system can alter a user of a dosage schedule thereby enhancing compliance. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185457 | NERVE-SPECIFIC ELECTRODE (NSE) STUDY PRICING MODEL, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A method for computing the amount of a payment which is to be made by a customer and communicating the same, the method comprising establishing a list price for each of a plurality of nerve-specific electrodes (NSEs); establishing a study pricing structure for the NSEs which are to be used in a nerve conduction study (NCS); upon completion of an NCS, determining the number and type of NSEs that were used in that NCS; summing the list prices for each of the NSEs used in that NCS so as to calculate an inventory price; determining the relevant level of the study pricing structure according to the quantity of NSEs used in that NCS so as to determine the appropriate study price; calculating a study pricing credit; determining the amount due; applying the study pricing credit, against the amount due; and displaying the result to the customer. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185458 | Method for Retrieving Prescriptions with RFID Detection - A method of tracking the exit of a filled prescription from a storage area configured to house multiple filled prescriptions includes the steps of: providing a pharmaceutical vial filled with a prescription of a pharmaceutical for a particular patient, wherein the vial includes an RFID tag that is specific for the prescription; storing the pharmaceutical vial in the storage area; detecting the RFID tag with an RFID detector as the vial is stored in the storage area, the RFID detector being associated with a controller; removing the vial from the storage area; detecting the removal of the RIFD tag to indicate removal of the vial from the storage area; and recording the removal of the vial with the controller. T | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100191540 | Equitably Assigning Medical Images for Examination - Disclosed are various embodiments for equitably assigning medical images for examination. Data describing a medical image study that is pending examination is obtained from a medical data server. The medical image study is assigned for examination by at least one of a plurality of users based on preferences associated with each of the users and a relative complexity value determined for the medical image study. Data describing the assignments is sent to a client. The client is configured to display at least one worklist. Each worklist is associated with a user and describes the one or more medical image studies that have been assigned to the user for examination. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100191541 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THREE DIMENSIONAL INFRARED IMAGING FOR LIBRARIES OF STANDARDIZED MEDICAL IMAGERY - Calibrated infrared and range imaging sensors are used to produce a true-metric three-dimensional (3D) surface model of any body region within the fields of view of both sensors. Curvilinear surface features in both modalities are caused by internal and external anatomical elements. They are extracted to form 3D Feature Maps that are projected onto the skin surface. Skeletonized Feature Maps define subpixel intersections that serve as anatomical landmarks to aggregate multiple images for models of larger regions of the body, and to transform images into precise standard poses. Features are classified by origin, location, and characteristics to produce annotations that are recorded with the images and feature maps in reference image libraries. The system provides an enabling technology for searchable medical image libraries. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100191542 | System And Method For Creating A Marketing Analysis Model - A method of producing a marketing report, wherein the marketing report is based on at least one or more patient information data-sets and one or more purchasing information data-sets, can include the steps of receiving a first patient information data-set from a patient, transmitting a patient association request to a purchase tracking module, wherein the patient association request includes a portion of the first patient information data-set, and the purchase tracking module is configured to store purchasing information data-sets. The method can include receiving a patient association confirmation, wherein the patient association confirmation acknowledges the association of a portion of the first patient information data-set with a purchasing information data-set stored in the purchase tracking module, scheduling a time for transmission of a first educational information data-set to the patient and transmitting the first educational information data-set at the properly scheduled time to the patient. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100191543 | Healthcare Computer System - A hospital bed, patient/nurse call system, and a hospital network are provided. Communication is provided over a packet based communication network. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100198608 | Home health point-of-care and administration system - A home health point-of-care and administration system and method that has at least one mobile device that is adapted to establish bi-directional communication with a server system is provided. Tracking and data communication software are associated with the mobile device in various embodiments. One or more input components of the mobile device allow for input of information from a user (such as a visiting home healthcare staff member) and the mobile device is adapted for receipt of instructional and other information from the server system to build a dynamic visit record. The record provides detailed information related to off-site visits such as tasks performed by the visiting staff member using the mobile device. Start and finish times of the visit may also be recorded. A global positioning system (GPS) application operating in conjunction with the communication device and server system may be employed to monitor the actions of the visiting staff member. Such information is provided in individual visit records transmitted to the remote server system and may be used for administrative purposes. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198609 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PREDICTING CAPACITY OF RESOURCES IN AN INSTITUTION - A method, apparatus, system and computer program product are provided for determining one or more current or future conditions regarding capacity and allocation of resources in an institution. The apparatus enables personnel to utilize predictive tools to identify in real-time or in the near future areas of capacity constraints within the institution. The apparatus includes a processor configured to analyze data which includes information associated with the institution. A portion of the data is generated in real-time during an actual time in which events occur. The processor is capable of using at least a portion of the data to identify current conditions or generate one or more predictions regarding conditions to occur in the future that are associated with resources and capacity of the institution. Also, the processor is capable of analyzing results of the predictions and allocating resources of the institution on the basis of the predicted results. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198610 | FAULT SPLITTING ALGORITHM - The present application relates to a method of splitting a fault condition including receiving evidence observations of a monitored system from monitors connected in a many-to-many relationship to the failure modes, generating a fault condition, computing a relative probability of failure for each failure mode in the fault condition. When there is more than one failure mode in the fault condition, the method includes computing a relative probability of each pair of failure modes in the fault condition, ranking the computed relative probabilities of the individual failure modes and the computed relative probabilities of the pairs of failure modes. If the highest ranked failure mode is a pair of failure modes, the fault condition is split based on the failure modes in the highest ranked pair of failure modes are split. If the highest ranked failure mode is an individual failure mode, a failure is isolated based on the ranking. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198611 | PERSON CENTRIC INFECTION RISK STRATIFICATION - Invoking of one or more clinical orders for a particular patient is driven by an infection risk stratification. According to an associated method, infection risk factors for a patient are assessed. The method also includes determining correlations between patient data and two or more particular categories of infection risk associated with the infection risk factors, stratifying infection risk for the patient based on the correlations determined, and determining specific clinical orders relevant for the particular patient based on the stratification. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198612 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING WITH A MULTI-LEVEL DATA STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a method and system for interfacing with a multi-level data structure by selecting a concept object stored in the multi-level data structure, displaying a first image representing the selected concept object, displaying one or more second images generally above the first image, and displaying a first connector connecting each second image to the first image. Whenever the selected concept object has one or more child concept objects, one or more third images are displayed generally below the first image, and a second connector is displayed connecting each third image to the first image. Whenever the selected concept object has one or more lateral concept objects, one or more fourth images are displayed generally on one or both sides of the first image, and a third connector is displayed connecting each fourth image to the first image. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198613 | Computer System - A computer system ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198614 | MEDICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS - A medical communication system for use in connection with providing medical care to patients at a health care facility. The system includes a central server, a database accessible by the server, and a plurality of mobile stations each carried by a health care practitioner for use within the facility. Each of the mobile stations are accessible within the health care facility by the server via wireless communication. The database provides storage of task information associated with patients receiving medical care at the facility, wherein the task information comprises information associated with a task, including identification of the task, task status, task priority, task assignment or any combination of these. Task information can be shared and updated on each of the mobile devices of the practitioner associated with the patient. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198615 | System and Software of Enhanced Pharmaceutical Operations in Long-Term Care Facilities and Related Methods - A system, software and related methods of enhanced pharmaceutical operations in long term care facilities are provided. An embodiment of a system includes a long-term care facility pharmacy group management server, long-term care facility pharmacy management software associated with the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server to manage pharmacological operations in a plurality of long-term care facilities, a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts each positioned in a long-term care facility remote from the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server and in communication therewith, a remote pharmacy group server in communication with the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server, and a plurality of pharmaceutical prescription document processors each positioned in a long-term care facility and in communication with the remote pharmacy group server or the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198616 | Computerized system and method for rapid data entry of past medical diagnoses - The present invention relates to a system and method for electronic and algorithmic data mining of an individual physician's prescribing history to determine the approximate distribution of diseases within their practice population for optimizing pharmaceutical sales and marketing. Rapid and large-scale determination of specific clinical safety and efficacy attributes of a marketed drug which are most pertinent and relevant to a given physician, when compared to a competitor's drug, are defined and tabularized. Major clinical characteristics taken into account include a drug's safety, efficacy, cost, dosing convenience, formulary insurance coverage, side effect profiles, and FDA approval for the intended use. A symbolic representation of knowledge is employed in which the marketed drug and each competitor's drug are compared algorithmically against each other with a scoring system that is based upon machine analysis of each major clinical characteristic. The score is further refined according to the number and severity of safety interactions which are relevant to the comparison, and also based upon predicted prevalence of such interactions within a specific physician's practice. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100204999 | Integrated Real-Time and Static Location Tracking - Location tracking systems and techniques are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a memory device and a processor configured to execute a plurality of routines stored in the memory device. The plurality of routines includes receiving of a plurality of patient locations as provided by a respective plurality of location-providing systems from one or more data sources, determination of a resolved patient location by selecting one of the plurality of patient locations based at least in part on a hierarchy of patient locations, and outputting of the resolved patient location. In some embodiments, the location-providing systems may include a real-time location system and a static location system, which may provide a current location and an assigned location, respectively. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205000 | Management System For Public Facilities - Disclosed is a management system for public facilities. The management system of public facilities comprises a tag unit which transmits identification information of a target resource to be managed through a first network, an intermediate managing unit which has intrinsic position information thereof, processes the identification information received through the first network, and transmits the identification information through a second network, and a host unit which creates state information comprising a movement state of the target resource based on the intrinsic position information of the intermediate managing unit and the identification information of the target resource received through the second network. The public facilities used by many persons can be easily monitored and effectively managed through short range wireless technologies. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205001 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN THE HOME TREATMENT OF A MEDICAL CONDITION - An interactive home treatment system and method is disclosed. Patient data is collected via a handheld device and stored in a database. The data may be related to self-treatments, symptoms, or patient behavior. The data are analyzed with an analytic tool and the analysis is used to generate a message that is transmitted to a treating health care professional or to the patient, or both. A set of predetermined rules may be applied to the data. The rules may be modified by the treating health care professional, the patient, or both. The handheld device, the database, and the analytic tool may be web-enabled to facilitate communication from virtually anywhere. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205002 | Automatic Pill Dispensing Device and Method of Use Thereof - Devices, systems, and methods for automatic pill dispensing are disclosed herein. An exemplary automatic pill dispensing device includes a temporary storage compartment, a feeding assembly, a dispensing route, a plurality of optical sensors, and a controller. The temporary storage compartment stores pills that are to be counted and eventually dispensed into a pill bottle. The feeding assembly is coupled to the temporary storage compartment and can move or stop the flow of pills into the dispensing route where the plurality of optical sensors count the pills as they pass by the light beams thereof. The controller receives a count from the plurality of optical sensors and stops the feeding assembly when a predetermined count of pills has been reached. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205003 | MULTIPLE PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM FOR PROACTIVE HEALTH MANAGEMENT - A system and method for monitoring a group of patients having a chronic disease or ongoing health condition. The method includes the step of collecting from each patient a corresponding set of measurements of a control parameter of the health condition. Each set of measurements has a collection date. A control value is calculated for each patient from the corresponding set of measurements. The method further includes the steps of generating and displaying a group overview chart having one data point for each patient. Each data point indicates the control value calculated for the corresponding patient and a time period which has elapsed since the collection date of the patient's corresponding set of measurements. In a preferred embodiment, the method includes the additional steps of selecting from the group overview chart at least one of the patients represented thereon and transmitting supervisory instructions to the at least one selected patient. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100211402 | Clinical Guidelines Engine - A medical guideline integration engine is presented. The engine imports medical guideline information from disparate sources based on various guideline standards into a knowledge base. The knowledge base houses the information in a database. Upon request, the engine retrieves the information from the knowledge base and converts the information into a desired guideline format. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211403 | Life Planning Services For Disabled Individuals - A comprehensive system for providing quality of life enhancing services to disabled individuals or qualifying participants comprising a plurality of services including life planning services, financial services, tax services, lump sum payment management services, Medicare Advisor Service, Social Security Disability Insurance representation, healthcare discount card and stored value card services. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211404 | Methods and Systems for Real-Time RRi Values PD2i of Heartbeat Intervals - Biological outcomes are detected and/or predicted by analyzing biological data containing R-R intervals (RRi). The biological data can be analyzed by performing nonlinear analysis. The biological data can be analyzed when there is minimal noise in the data. The noise in the biological data is minimal before the data is converted to real-time or after the data has been manipulated. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211405 | PRODUCT AND PROCESSES FOR MANAGING LIFE INSTRUMENTS - Product and processes that comprise receiving a query for a settlement contract that is available for sale. The query is based on at least one field. The settlement contract comprises a sale of a policyholder's death benefit in a life insurance policy in exchange for money. A first settlement contract that comprises information matching the at least one queried field is retrieved. A plurality of potential purchasers received communication that the first settlement contract is available for purchase. During a pre-determined period of time, a plurality of bids for the first settlement contract is received. Each of the plurality of bids comprises a bid price. It is determined that a first bidder has submitted a best bid price for the settlement contract. The first bidder and the policyholder are notified of an agreement to sell the first settlement contract at the best bid price. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211406 | NATURALLY EXPRESSED MEDICAL PROCEDURE DESCRIPTIONS GENERATED VIA SYNCHRONIZED DIAGRAMS AND MENUS - A computing device-based system and method are described for generating a medical procedure description recorded into the system by a physician. The system and method manipulate a set of database records comprising medical content which is naturally descriptive of clinical procedures and clinically accurate diagrams which are naturally descriptive to document a medical procedure. To support the generation of a set of said medical procedure descriptions, the system and method provide interchangeable, connected, ontologically-based medical procedure database cartridges of medical content terms, rules, and diagrams that naturally describe constrained procedure representations for clinical procedure descriptions. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100217617 | Method, a System, and a Computer Program for Diagnostic Workflow Management - According to the method of a workflow management according to the invention, at step | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100217618 | Event Detection Based on Location Observations and Status Conditions of Healthcare Resources - Methods, systems and apparatus for initiating actions in a healthcare environment are disclosed. Illustrative embodiments receive identification data from tags assigned to healthcare resources via local positioning sensors. The illustrative embodiments also determine proximity of the healthcare resources based upon the identification data received via local positioning sensors. The embodiments also determine that an event has occurred in response to the proximity of the healthcare resources satisfying a relational condition of the event that relates the healthcare resources, and the healthcare resources satisfying a status condition of the event. The embodiments further initiate an action associated with the event in response to determining that the event has occurred. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100217619 | METHODS FOR VIRTUAL WORLD MEDICAL SYMPTOM IDENTIFICATION - In one embodiment, a method includes providing a virtual world accessible by a patient and a medical professional. The virtual world comprises an avatar representing the patient desiring diagnosis. The method also includes receiving indication from the patient of at least one of a medical symptom and a medical condition and outputting a visual indication of the at least one of a medical symptom and a medical condition on the avatar representing the patient. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100217620 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND MONITORING ARTICLES TO BE STERILIZED AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An electronic system for tracking and monitoring articles to be subjected to a sterilization cycle is disclosed. The method uses a sterilization indicator and electronically links sterilization information with the articles subjected to the sterilization process. The indicator allows a sterilization cycle to be monitored without the need for a user to subjectively distinguish between color, quality or intensity of display patterns. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100217621 | Clinical Information - Among other things, a computer implemented method for use in a healthcare environment is described herein. The method comprises documenting a set of medical data of a patient in a data repository based on an identifier assigned to the patient, wherein the set of medical data is provided from a medical data source; managing medical information represented by the set of medical data using a computer system in communication with the data repository; and based upon a received request, providing a portion of the documented set of medical data from the data repository to medical equipment remotely located from the data repository, wherein receipt of the request is based upon the identifier assigned to the patient. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100223067 | METHODS AND SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY EXAMS WITH SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS - Methods and system to identify similar exams are described. An example computer-implemented method to identify similar exams includes selecting a category. Additionally, the example method includes comparing the selected category to records associated with exams to identify any of the exams that include information related to the category. Further, the example method includes displaying the exams identified as related to the category to a healthcare practitioner. Further still, the example method includes visually differentiating at least one of the displayed exams based on a significance level associated with the at least one of the displayed exams. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223068 | Method And Apparatus For The Unified Evaluation, Presentation and Modification of Healthcare Regimens - A method and apparatus for the unified evaluation, presentation and modification of healthcare regimens are disclosed. According to one embodiment a computer-implemented method comprises computing one or more compound factors for a healthcare regimen. The compound factors include one of compound risks and compound benefits. The one or more compound factors are provided to a client. One or more adverse effects are provided to the client with a corresponding compound conditional probability of the one or more compound factors. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223069 | METHOD FOR MONITORING ERROR IN PRESCRIPTION DATA EMPLOYING BARCODE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for monitoring error in prescription data employing barcode system comprising the steps of recording a dosage type and dose of a medicament in a prescription order by way of encoding those in a form of barcode, inputting information recorded in the barcode-prescription order, comparing the information with a database information about the prescribed medicament, and displaying the appropriateness of the dosage type and dose of the medicament. In accordance with the method for monitoring error in prescription data employing barcode system of the invention, the error in prescription data including dosage types and doses of prescribed medicaments can be reconsidered, which makes possible its practical application for the treatment of diseases in a more safe manner. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100228561 | COMPUTER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND FITNESS WITH MULTIPLE SPONSORS - Disclosed is an improved automated system and corresponding computer method of promoting and maintaining health, wellness, and fitness. Multiple sponsors per member participant are enabled. Each sponsor defines respective qualifying healthy behavior (activities, purchases, other) and reward rate for each such activity and purchase. A rewards engine operates on member accounts adding units per member completion of qualifying healthy activities or purchases, thereby encouraging members to adopt healthy habits. This, in turn, leads to better health, wellness, and fitness for the subject members. The combination of different and multiple sponsors having different qualifying activities/purchases provides increased member incentive. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228562 | System and Method for Verifying and Assembling a Multiple Prescription Package - A method for verifying a multiple prescription order having a plurality of different medications is described. The method comprises receiving a prescription order that includes a first medication that is different from a second medication. Additionally, the prescription order indicates that the first medication and second medication are to be taken at regular intervals. After entering the prescription order into a graphical user interface, the method verifies the entered prescription order by comparing the entered prescription order to the multiple prescription order. Multiple prescription packages are generated that combines the first medication and second medication in the same package that are intended to be taken at the prescribed interval. Each multiple prescription package is then inspected, and a verification process is initiated that confirms that the first medication and second medication are within each multiple prescription package. The multiple prescription packages are then placed into a container that is sealed. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING HEALTH CARE FRAUD - Systems, methods and computer program products for discouraging and preventing health care-related insurance fraud are disclosed. In an aspect, an insured (e.g., Medicaid) beneficiary identity validation eligibility verification tool is provided that identifies Medicaid beneficiaries using biometrics and verifies their Medicaid eligibility electronically each time they visit a health care provider who participates in the Medicaid program. In such an aspect, an electronic encounter record is created between the provider and the validated and verified beneficiary each time health care services are rendered. The tool of the present invention thus enables insurance companies, regulatory bodies and the like to match submitted claims to captured encounter records as proof that the beneficiary did visit the provider in question on the reported date of service. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228564 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PHYSICIAN PROFILE AND HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENT SERVICES - Method and apparatus for the collection and management of healthcare practitioner profile information prior to inclusion in a hospital directory of affiliated practitioners or insurance provider directory of participating practitioners. Healthcare practitioners (e.g., physicians) enter and communicate changes to their profile data to a central database to increase their compliance and decrease the frequency of providing updated or incomplete information in a hospital or insurance provider directory. The profile data can be credentialed according to rules specific to each hospital or insurance provider, prior to inclusion in the directory. The directory may further provide online booking of available appointment times for affiliated physicians from multiple practice groups. The online booking process can simultaneously be available on multiple websites of a hospital, insurance provider, physician practice group and/or centralized provider (aggregator). | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228565 | Managing Patient Bed Assignments And Bed Occupancy In A Health Care Facility - An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT) systems. The bed management system is an easy-to-use business intelligence application that is designed to allow administrators, clinicians and managers to easily access, analyze and display real-time patient and bed availability information from ancillary information systems, databases and spreadsheets. It enables users to see trends and relationships in hospital (bed) management data directly from their desktop personal computers. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100235177 | REMOTE PATIENT MANAGEMENT PLATFORM WITH ENTERTAINMENT COMPONENT - An entertainment server ( | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235178 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual; determining at least one health service option for the individual based on the indication of at least one health-related status; and providing a matching system for procurement of a desired health service option. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235179 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STORING MEDICAL SUPPLIES - Storing of medical supplies is performed according to rules promoting safety and ergonomics. The physical arrangement of medical supplies within a storage unit is analyzed. An inventory of medical supplies to be stored in the storage unit is established. A new physical arrangement of medical supplies within the storage unit is determined based on the rules for storing medical supplies and the inventory. The storage unit is configured according to the new physical arrangement. The physical locations within the storage unit where each of the medical supplies is to be stored are indicated. The medical supplies are stored in the indicated locations. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235180 | Synergistic Medicodental Outpatient Imaging Center - The invention discloses a method and configuration for a medical and dental outpatient diagnostic imaging center. The medical and dental diagnostic imaging center will house a plurality of medial and dental modalities within one center. Also, onsite is a CAD/CAM milling unit and the accessory hardware equipment, and the technology used for creating a rapid prototype medical and dental modeling The present invention also includes other technologies and equipment to improve the productivity of the medial and dental outpatient diagnostic imaging center. The unique equipment configuration and the machine sequence pattern offers many benefits to healthcare delivery in that it provides a service for both the fields of medicine and dentistry. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235181 | METHODS FOR MAKING COMPLEX THERAPEUTIC CLINICAL DECISIONS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods of making therapeutic decisions in the course of medical treatment. Some embodiments include using mathematical methods such as analytic geometric methods to determine the relationship of a patient's initial and/or current health state to a desired health state and/or an undesired health state. Furthermore, some embodiments include defining a health feature space including a plurality of health parameters and time, and representing the time evolution of the patient health state as a space curve trajectory in a multidimensional space. Still further some embodiments include calculating a target trajectory and/or a complication trajectory and determining which health parameters to adjust in order to produce a desired time evolution result. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235182 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual; determining a plurality of health service options for the individual based on the indication of at least one health-related status; comparing at least two determined health service options; and providing a matching system for procurement of a desired health service option. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235183 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual; determining a plurality of health service options for the individual based on the indication of at least one health-related status; comparing at least two determined health service options; and providing a matching system for procurement of a desired health service option. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235184 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual; determining a plurality of health service options for the individual based on the indication of at least one health-related status; accessing at least one historical result of one or more of the plurality of health service options; and providing a matching system for procurement of a desired health service option. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235185 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual; determining a plurality of health service options for the individual based on the indication of at least one health-related status; accessing at least one historical result of one or more of the plurality of health service options; and providing a matching system for procurement of a desired health service option. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235186 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual; determining a plurality of health service options for the individual based on the indication of at least one health-related status; filtering the plurality of health service options; and providing a matching system for procurement of a desired health service option. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235187 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual; determining a plurality of health service options for the individual based on the indication of at least one health-related status; providing a matching system for procurement of a desired health service option; and presenting value information about one or more experiences with the desired health service option. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235188 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual; determining a plurality of health service options for the individual based on the indication of at least one health-related status; providing a matching system for procurement of a desired health service option; and presenting value information about one or more experiences with the desired health service option. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235189 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual; determining a plurality of health service options for the individual based on the indication of at least one health-related status; advertising a desire for at least one selected health service option; and providing a matching system for procurement of a desired health service option. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235190 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual; determining a plurality of health service options for the individual based on the indication of at least one health-related status; advertising a desire for at least one selected health service option; and providing a matching system for procurement of a desired health service option. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235191 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual; determining a plurality of health service options for the individual based on the indication of at least one health-related status; and soliciting advertising for at least one selected health service option. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235192 | Health Quality Measures Systems and Methods - Systems and methods of exchanging Healthcare Quality Measures (HQM) are disclosed. Healthcare providers can define one or more HQMs by constructing expressions using an expression builder according to a funding organization's requirements. Once a measure is derived, it can be converted to a common HQM data format and exchanged with the organization via an intermediary HQM service. The HQM data can then be converted into the organization's proprietary format. Thus, HQM data exchanges among providers and organizations are simplified. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235193 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HEALTHCARE RISK INDICES USING MEDICATION COMPLIANCE INFORMATION - A healthcare risk index is generated using a patient or individual's pharmacy claims. The index may be used to explain and predict variation in pharmacy-related costs and variation in total healthcare costs or utilization. In particular, the index is generated by first examining the individual's pharmacy claims to identify any chronic conditions possessed by the individual. Similarly, the individual's pharmacy claims are examined to identify any compliance medications prescribed to the individual. The chronic condition information is used to generate a chronic condition score by summing regression coefficients for each chronic condition possessed by the individual. Likewise, the compliance medication information is used to generate a compliance medication score by summing products of regression coefficients for each compliance medication prescribed to the individual with associated medication supply weights. From there, a modified chronic condition score is generated by multiplying the chronic condition score by an overall chronic condition regression coefficient. The modified chronic condition score may then be further modified by subtracting a no-claims weight from the chronic condition score in cases where the individual has no pharmacy claims. Finally, the risk index may be determined by summing the modified chronic condition score and the compliance medication score. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235194 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING, ADMINISTERING, AND COORDINATING A DUAL-PURPOSE PROFIT SHARING PLAN - A method and system for providing, administering, and coordinating a Dual-Purpose Profit Sharing plan (DPPSP). The method comprising the steps of: establishing the DPPSP as a qualified fund in accordance with Internal Revenue Service provisions; providing retirement benefits accident, and health benefits within the DPPSP; determining an allocation of employee contributions and employer contributions to the DPPSP between the retirement benefits, accident benefits and health benefits based on a predetermined formula; establishing that i) the employer contributions and ii) the accident and health benefits are excluded from taxation as income, based on federal income tax exclusion rules and offering the DPPSP. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100241442 | INTERACTIVE TESTING SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - The invention relates to a system and a method for health monitoring service based on a central server. Measurements of biological samples (e.g. blood, saliva and urine) are carried out by a remote measurement system. The measurement data are sent to a central server, where the data are processed and analyzed, for example by expert knowledge systems, and a health profile generated is sent back to the remote measurement system. A health care provider may receive the results of the analysis carried out by the expert knowledge system, and the health care provider may further upload laboratory measurements, which can be included in the health analysis of the person. It is preferred that the system and method according to the invention is capable of providing an early warning of diseases that causes changes in chemical components in the biological sample. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241443 | Sequential control and execution of medical applications at different workstations - A process, a system and a computer program product and computer readable medium are disclosed for the sequential control and execution of a medical task. In at least one embodiment, the task is processed with the aid of a plurality of different, computer-implemented, medical-technical, stateful applications. In at least one embodiment, the invention uses a 3-layer software architecture including a data layer, a business logic layer, and presentation layer. With the aid of a central server, the option is provided of a one-time loading of the extensive datasets for a task and the applications for a task, so that the datasets and the applications are subsequently preserved for a user of the medical task. As a result, multiple waiting periods for the user are avoided. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241444 | REVENUE SHARING BY A PRINTER MANUFACTURER FOR SALES OF PRESCRIPTON DRUGS - Sharing in the revenues for the sale of prescription drugs in a system comprising an interactive advertising/printing device of a printer manufacturer, a pharmacy and a prescription drug manufacturer. An advertisement of a prescription drug is displayed on the interactive advertising/printing device, and a patient utilizing the interactive advertising/printing device print out a partial prescription for a prescription drug based on the advertisement. The printed partial prescription for the prescription drug is provided to an individual authorized to issue prescriptions for medical drugs, whereby the individual authorized to issue prescriptions completes the partial prescription, which is then provided to the pharmacy for fulfillment. The pharmacy inputs information of the completed prescription into a database, fulfils the prescription for the patient, and completes a sales transaction with the patient for the fulfilled prescription. The sales transaction information for the fulfilled prescription is transmitted to the prescription drug manufacturer, whereby the prescription drug manufacturer determines, based on the sales transaction information, an amount of revenue to share with the printer manufacturer. The prescription drug manufacturer provides the determined amount of the revenue for the sale of the prescription drug to the printer manufacturer. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241445 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFECTUATING A HEALTH-CARE RELATED PROGRAM - A method is provided that includes receiving input to enroll a patient in a program of an administrator, where the program is directed to a cosmetic medication administrable to the patient by a prescriber. The method also includes receiving recordation of an administering or intended administering of the medication to the enrolled patient by the prescriber, where recordation of the administering or intended administering initiates a request for a rebate on a price of the medication. Further, the method includes processing the request to determine an amount of the rebate, returning a response to the request including an indication of the amount of the rebate, and remitting the rebate amount to the patient. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241446 | Visibly-Coded Medication Label And Associated Method, Apparatus And Computer Program Product For Providing Same - A visibly-coded medication label and an associated method, apparatus and computer program product for providing a visibly-coded medication label are provided. A label having an attachment portion and an informational portion may be provided. The informational portion includes a plurality of regions having different visible indicia, such as different colors. Information may be imprinted upon the informational portion that is related to the medication with which the label is to be associated. At least one region that has visible indicia representative of the associated medication may be identified. At least one of the regions other than the region that has been identified to have visible indicia representative of the associated medication may then be overprinted and at least partially obscured. However, the region that has been identified to have visible indicia representative of the associated medication remains visible following the overprinting. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241447 | CUSTOMIZATION OF WOUND DRESSING USING RULE-BASED ALGORITHM - A method and/or system for customizing wound dressings based on an effective wound treatment protocol created by collecting and analyzing wound treatment records. The wound treatment records are collected from one or more wound treatment facilities. The wound dressings are not customized for each patient based solely on experiences and knowledge of medical practitioners but also based on the wound treatment protocol. Further, an intuitive and systematic user interface for a wound dressing fabricator is provided to allow medical practitioners with varying levels of experiences and knowledge to customize wound dressings for a specific wound. By using the wound treatment protocol and the systematic user interface, flawed wound dressings are less likely to be fabricated. Various other functionalities are also provided to manage and support the wound dressing fabricator. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241448 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting user input relating to a plurality of health service option selection factors; presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors; and presenting at least one outcome output based on a selection of at least one of the plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241449 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting brain sensor data and presenting a plurality of health service options at least partly based on the accepting brain sensor data. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100250270 | HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention is a hospital scheduling system that allows for real-time updates of the status of a medical procedure to be transmitted. More particularly, this transmission allows for the consistent flow of a pre-arranged sequence of events a hospital may use for patient treatment procedures. Once an event has transpired, notice of the event occurrence may be transmitted to interested personnel through specific transmission, or a general broadcast for all personnel such that updates may be checked by any interested hospital personnel. The devices capable of receiving the transmissions may be a wired device, or may be a portable wireless device, such as a hand-held unit. Moreover, the invention describes a pedal that may be capable of programming such that when specific areas of the pedal are compressed, coding will be sent to a computer for translation into status messages that may be transmitted through a network to any number of recipients. The pedal may be adapted such that compressions may be performed by the user's foot. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250271 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL HEALTHCARE PLATFORM - The presently disclosed digital healthcare platform provides patients and healthcare providers with a precise and focused treatment pathway to address healthcare issues. One embodiment enables a patient-initiated e-Visit to address a healthcare issue with an issue-focused adaptive interview. The results of this adaptive interview are forwarded to a skilled clinician for review, who then provides an assessment and a plan of action for the issue. The plan of action may include specific instructions, a prescription, or a referral to a third party medical provider for testing, consultation, or treatment. Another embodiment provides an identification “ticket” to the patient to coordinate care obtained at third parties. The ticket can be presented by the patient to a third party medical provider (such as with a barcode displayed on a mobile device) to identify the patient and enable the third party medical provider to access patient information from the digital healthcare platform. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250272 | Systems for Providing Food Products - Food products for the dietary management of a diet-responsive disease or condition, a method of dietary management of a diet-responsive disease or condition, and a system for providing such food products are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system involves (a) providing the name of at least one medical professional or medical professional's office or practice for consultation by participants and, if applicable, for writing orders for food products for participants; (b) providing controlled access to a supply of food products; and (c) providing the food products to the participants. The food products can be supplied in any suitable manner. Suitable manners of providing a supply of food products include, but are not limited to providing the food products at retail outlets, such as stores that have pharmacies, and drug stores, or through a website. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250273 | SITE EFFECTIVENESS INDEX AND METHODS TO MEASURE AND IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS IN CLINICAL TRIAL EXECUTION - This invention provides a method of improving operational effectiveness in a clinical trial, the method comprises the steps of: obtaining historical clinical trial operation data for a disease condition; normalizing data from different clinical trials; grouping different clinical trials into groups; and calculating Site Effectiveness Index (SEI), wherein the SEI is useful for improving operational effectiveness in a clinical trial. In one embodiment, using the method disclosed herein would result in reducing the cost for the clinical trial. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250274 | MATHEMATICAL INDEX BASED HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A process for health management of participants includes gathering data on health attributes of the participants. The Kanri index value for each of the participants is then calculated by performing Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization and Mahalanobis distance for each of the participants from a mean of the Gram-Schmidt variables. The participant is then provided with a high impact prescription from the health attributes to improve participant health. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250275 | DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A diagnosis support system which performs computer processing of data obtained from an object to be examined and presents the obtained diagnostic information is disclosed. The diagnosis support apparatus includes a diagnosis support processing unit which processes data obtained from the object to extract diagnosis support information, a storage unit which stores the examination history of the object, and a changing unit which changes a processing method in the diagnosis support processing unit in accordance with the examination history of the object stored in the storage unit. In at least one embodiment, diagnosis processing is executed to obtain medical diagnostic information by performing computer processing of data obtained from the object, and the processing method for diagnosis support processing is changed in accordance with the examination history of the object. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250276 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ORTHOPEDIC DYNAMIC DATA REPOSITORY AND REGISTRY FOR CLINICAL - At least one embodiment is directed to a system ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250277 | Chronic population based cost model to compare effectiveness of preventive care programs - Our invention is a cost model for healthcare, based not on “age”, as it is done currently, but on “chronic illness” as a risk factor. Using the model it is possible to derive two burden numbers, “Primary” and “Secondary” that is an inverse measure of the success of primary and secondary preventive care programs. Using this new metric, a better explanation for cost increases is possible. It can help estimate increases more accurately and make explicit suggestions on where the focus of attention should be to lowering costs. Trendlines of the metric can measure performance of care programs month by month and not have to wait a decade to yield perceptible results. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250278 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO A TRAVELER - A system for providing medical information and services to subscribers that are traveling abroad. The system include a server that houses a variety of databases for storing personal medical files for the subscribers, medical call centers in various countries, medicine and prescription information or the like. A subscriber traveling in a foreign country can access the server through the Internet using a client device. Upon accessing the server, the client can retrieve his or her medical information in a variety of languages, as well as identify locations to obtain medical help. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100262429 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MEDICAL DATA - Managing electrocardiogram (ECG) processing is described. ECGs are distributed to a technician system and/or a cardiologist system based on protocol data and one or more factors to promote processing efficiency for the ECGs. A modification to the protocol data can be received. Processed ECGs can be analyzed in view of the modification to identify ECGs for reprocessing. The identified ECGs can be reprocessed in accordance with the modification to the protocol data and, if applicable, the factors. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100262430 | REDUCING MEDICAL ERROR - A method, apparatus, and system for reducing medical error may comprise receiving an enter signal including an enter status when a first worker device enters a zone. An exit signal including an exit status may be received when the first worker device exits the zone. Moreover an action signal including an action status may be received if an action device is actuated. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100262431 | Support for Preemptive Symptoms - A system and method for determining work procedures through correlated symptoms are provided. The system made up of a diagnostic authoring apparatus for constructing and managing a diagnostic database. Information is stored in the diagnostic database that identifies equipment and/or systems that have the tendency to display certain symptoms in correlation with particular problems. These problems in the equipment and/or systems generally have a common solution for that type of equipment and/or system. The problem may be common enough to check for a symptom preemptively, possibly before the owner is aware of it, or even prior to the manifestation of the symptom. The problem may warrant action taken to fix or avoid the problem. The system and method may associate and mark a problem with a preemptive symptom so a service/repair professional may be presented with the proper way to handle the associated problem for a particular equipment and/or system. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100262432 | Computer-created-consensus-based health-care system - The system and method for applying interactive and adaptable consensuses, guidelines and protocols comprising electronic templates comprising relational information and data for managing and delivering better and optimal health, health-care and health-care services by computer servers. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100262433 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Tracking Surgical Items - Methods, systems, and products track equipment used during surgical procedures. An allowable zone associated with a surgical procedure is identified. The allowable zone determines where surgical items may be used during the surgical procedure. A location of a surgical item is determined. When the location is outside the allowable zone, an alarm is triggered to indicate the surgical item is moving outside the allowable zone towards an area in which the surgical item may not be used. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100268543 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE CONSOLIDATED REPORTS FOR HEALTHCARE EPISODES - Methods and apparatus to provide consolidated reports for healthcare episodes are disclosed herein. An example method for use with a healthcare information system includes presenting a list of reports related to a healthcare episode to a user on a display device, wherein a selection of a first one of the reports causes the first report to be displayed in a first pane; providing an input field in a second pane configured to receive data; enabling the user to import information of the first report into the input field to create a consolidated report; associating the consolidated report with one or more of the reports related to the healthcare episode; and displaying the consolidated report on the display device in a second window in response to an inquiry into one of the reports related to the healthcare episode. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268544 | QUALIFYING DATA AND ASSOCIATED METADATA DURING A DATA COLLECTION PROCESS - Systems and methods for processing metadata associated with a clinical trial are described. In one aspect, a computing device receives collected data with embedded metadata. The device extracts the embedded metadata, and accesses a database to determine characteristics of the embedded metadata. The device then accesses protocol rules where the protocol rules are a set of data collection requirements and procedures for a given clinical trial. The device ensures compliance of the embedded metadata by comparing the characteristics of the embedded metadata with the protocol rules. The device then reports the compliance or non-compliance of the collected data. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268545 | EXAMINATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR ENDOSCOPIC EXAMINATION - An examination-schedule memory unit stores an examination schedule including a plurality of examinations. An operation-status acquisition unit acquires the operation status of a washing apparatus that washes a scope used for an examination. A rescheduling unit changes the start time of at least one examination included in an examination schedule in accordance with the operation status acquired by the operation-status acquisition unit. The rescheduling unit may specify the washing-completion time of the used scope based on the washing-start time acquired by the operation-status acquisition unit, determine whether or not an already-washed scope will be available at the start time of each examination based on the specified washing-completion time and the start time of each examination, and change, when it is determined that there will be no already-washed scopes available, the start time of the examination to be after the time at which an already-washed scope will become available. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268546 | INTERNET DELIVERY SYSTEM - An Internet delivery method delivers electronic information products to a plurality of users via the Internet. A plurality of display formats are stored in a database. The display formats including at least a default display format and a custom display format. Information is also stored for each user indicating whether the user is a specific type of user. When a user logs in, the user is identified as being that specific type of user. If the user is identified as the specific type of user, then an electronic information product is delivered to the user in the custom display format. The electronic information products are accessed via computers connected to the Internet, including wireless devices. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268547 | Breakaway interfacing of radiological images with work orders - A breakaway interface between radiological information systems, imaging equipment and picture archive and communications systems has automated filtering and handling of multiple study work orders or affiliated work orders, while passing single study work orders through unaltered. The work orders are processed by the breakaway interface to consolidate multiple procedure or multiple study work orders into a single super order, which is then communicated, preferably using DICOM standard protocol, to an imaging machine. The imaging machine returns a single image sequence, and the breakaway interface will then break images away from the single image sequence into a plurality of grouped image sequences. The preferred grouping is based upon anatomical regions, and separate but adjacent anatomical regions will preferably share one or more images at the boundary between the adjacent regions. The exact number of shared images may preferably be preset at the system level. A number of different techniques for analyzing the single image sequence are proposed individually or in combination, including histogram analysis, peak finding techniques, moments of order analysis, evaluating information from one or more previous analyses, and evaluating image sequence series information to distinguish discrete imaging procedures. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268548 | PHARMACY SUPPLY TRACKING SYSTEM - A pharmacy supply container tracking system that automatically detects and tracks a pharmacy supply container within a defined area is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the system also detects and tracks prescription orders of customers, and automatically verifies that the correct pharmacy supply is used to fill a particular prescription order. One disclosed system includes using machine-readable wireless tags, such as Radio-Frequency Identification (“RFID”) tags, and their related readers to locate objects through electromagnetic interrogation of a spatial region to determine the presence of an object within that special region. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268549 | INTERNET SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS - An Internet-based system involves a database and search capabilities for connecting patients with healthcare providers, e.g., physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, treatment facilities, etc., and further enables such providers to reach patients with whom they may not otherwise come into contact. A patient may access the healthcare provider information through a search conducted using a search engine, such as Google, Yahoo, etc. Alternatively, a patient may access the company Web site's predetermined Web page that provides search capabilities on its database. A patient may research a healthcare provider based on criteria specified by the patient. Information provided to the patient may be in the form of a report, profile, ratings, etc., including patient-provided information, physician-verified information, and information verified by an independent third party. The verified information and ratings provided by the Web site enable patients to differentiate among healthcare providers and thereby select the provider that best meets their individual needs. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100274573 | DATA RELEVATION AND PATTERN OR EVENT RECOGNITION - An adaptable data management system that can address situations and/or scenarios ‘on-the-fly’ is provided. The innovation discloses a system that is not bound by intended content and therefore, allows associations (e.g., patterns, trends) and functionalities (e.g., notifications) to be expressed very rapidly (e.g., in real-time) to address health-related scenarios (e.g., bioterrorism). Accordingly, the system can autonomously decide what information to aggregate, how to receive the information, where to access the information, how to analyze the information, and what to do with the information. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274574 | Computerised healthcare management method - The present invention relates to a computerized healthcare management method for a patient. The method uses an interactive conversation tool which strengthens and structures prevention consultations regarding lifestyle changes. The patient is involved actively in the conversations and an overview of the measures/actions to be taken is established. According to the invention, a special navigation compass is provided with a view to creating the best possible overview, said navigation compass dividing and structuring the action plan, while at the same time compass changes in the form of resources and gains can be monitored and followed by the patient. By this, a method is achieved, which discloses the results to the patient to a higher extent than previously and thus creates a better structure and overview than before by means of simple data structures and simple data processing. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274575 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL PATIENT ROLE PLAYING/SIMULATION ACTIVITY - A health care apparatus ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274576 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING THE TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS - Methods and systems of managing treatment for a patient are disclosed. Data pertaining to an intervention may be received by a processor. The intervention may include one or more of a homework intervention, an in-session intervention, or a combination thereof. The data pertaining to the first intervention may be stored in a database. The processor may transmit at least a portion of the data pertaining to the intervention to a patient computer. The processor may receive feedback information from the patient computer pertaining to the intervention. The feedback information may be stored in the database in association with the data pertaining to the first intervention. The feedback information may then be displayed to a treatment provider. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274577 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual; accepting sensor data about the individual; presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting sensor data about the individual; and providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274578 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual; accepting sensor data about the individual; presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting sensor data about the individual; and providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274579 | Dynamic, Interactive, Web-Based Treatment System - A treatment system and method includes a treatment system server having a building block module to generate modular, interactive building blocks for treatment regimens. The building blocks represent a time-sensitive aspect of the treatment regimen, and are selectively assembled by a care provider client computer in substantially any combination, to form a customized treatment regimen. An assembly module transforms the building blocks into entries on a calendar viewable on a patient client computer. A transformation module transforms the patient input data into a display of patient progress. The treatment system server permits selective access to the treatment program by client computers. A webserver hosts a website to enable client computers to access the treatment system server. A treatment plan database server stores the assembled treatment plans. A communications server provides secure communications between care provider client computers and patient client computers, and between the webserver and a patient record database. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274580 | Healthcare Provider Performance Analysis and Business Management System - A healthcare provider performance analysis and business management system to provide a business-centric analysis of healthcare provider performance indicators. A comparison of the healthcare provider's business performance (as indicated by data collected from the provider for a number of business metrics) against best practices at similarly-situated healthcare providers (as represented by the “benchmarks” used for evaluation of business metrics) may allow the performance analysis system to provide feedback and best practice recommendation to the healthcare provider customer whose business performance is under evaluation. The evaluation of business metrics may proactively identify strengths and weaknesses within a customer's business organization, thereby helping executive management to identify business areas or practices that need the most attention or improvement. Customer-tailored technology solutions may be created to assure measurable and sustainable results. Because of rules governing Abstracts, this Abstract should not be used to construe the claims in this patent application. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274581 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS - Some embodiments of the invention provide an electronically-aided system and method for processing drug prescriptions in a manner that may reduce the number of lost and/or incorrectly filled drug prescriptions without disrupting existing operating procedures within a pharmacy or an inpatient health-care facility. In such embodiments, the potential for human error is reduced by reducing the number of times information is manually processed, handled and/or transcribed by individuals in the health-care staff. By contrast, hand-written notes and instructions provided by a doctor are automatically electronically captured by a digitally-enabled pen, as the doctor writes. The respective electronically captured data can be processed into image files and sent to a pharmacy, thereby significantly reducing the number of times information is manually processed, handled and/or transcribed by individuals in the health-care staff. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274582 | MEDICAL CLAIMS FRAUD PREVENTION SYSTEM INCLUDING PATIENT IDENTIFICATION INTERFACE FEATURE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A medical claim fraud prevention system includes a first controller positioned at a medical facility and including a user interface and a second controller positioned at a patient information collection center and adapted to be in communication with the first controller. The first controller may send a first signal to the second controller responsive to an occurrence of a predetermined event. The second controller may request identification information from a patient in response to the first signal received from the first controller, and the patient may enter the identification information using the user interface in communication with the second controller to verify their location. The second controller may transmit an indication to the first controller in response to the first signal received from the first controller regarding whether the patient is within a predetermined vicinity of the medical facility based on the identification information entered by the user using the user interface to verify their location. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274583 | MEDICAL CLAIMS FRAUD PREVENTION SYSTEM INCLUDING HISTORICAL PATIENT LOCATING FEATURE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A medical claim fraud prevention system includes a first controller positioned at a medical facility and a second controller positioned at a patient information collection center and adapted to be in communication with a data center having historical location information relating to a patient locating device. The first controller may transmit a first signal to the second controller responsive to an occurrence of a predetermined event. The second controller may transmit an indication to the first controller in response to the first signal received from the first controller regarding the historical location of the patient locating device and whether the patient locating device was within a predetermined vicinity of the medical facility during a predetermined time period. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100280837 | System and method for tracking and controlling infections - The present invention is a system and method for performing real-time infection control over a computer network. The method comprises obtaining a sample of a microorganism at a health care facility, sequencing a first region of a nucleic acid from the microorganism sample, comparing the first sequenced region with historical sequence data stored in a database, determining a measure of phylogenetic relatedness between the microorganism sample and historical samples stored in the database, and providing infection control information based on the phylogenetic relatedness determination to the health care facility, thereby allowing the health care facility to use the infection control information to control or prevent the spread of an infection. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100280838 | Coaching Engine for a Health Coaching Service - An automated coaching service executes one or more coaches for a health service user. The coaches evaluate expressions created in part from a current user status and evaluate whether any actions should be taken for the user. Once an action has been performed, the status of the user is updated and taken into account the next time user coaches are executed. Actions performed by health coach service coaches can be directed to a user or a health care professional. The health coach service can provide a dynamic coaching mechanism to the user that provides custom coaching based on the most current user health data and recent actions performed for the user. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100280839 | Collaboration for Excellence: An Integrated Method for Providing the Best Patient Experience - A system and method to perform the collaboration for excellence integrated method are provided. The computer system comprises at least one controller adapted to perform the collaboration for excellence integrated method for providing the best patient experience. The method further comprises the steps of prioritizing and determining a target entity; establishing a road map with said entity; performing an initial assessment of critical issues; performing a discovery process; designing an action plan; and driving the outcomes and measuring progress. The Nursing Satisfaction with Support Services (NS3) survey is a tool used to perform one of the many analyses that are part of this process. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100280840 | DRUG INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND DRUG INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A drug information processing device includes: a connection unit connecting via a global network to a data center, in which prescription on prescriptions in hospitals and dispensing information on dispensing in pharmacies are stored as a database in a correlated manner; an acquisition unit acquiring a unique identification information; a sending unit sending prescription information or dispensing information to be correlated to the database in response to acquisition of the identification information with the identification information used as a requirement for accessing and registration in the global network; a receiving unit receiving the prescription and dispensing information with the identification information used as a requirement for accessing and retrieving from the global network; and a providing unit providing information based on the prescription information and the dispensing information received by the receiving unit. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100280841 | Adjudication of Arrhythmia Episode Data Systems and Methods - A system and method for automatically adjudicating arrhythmia episode information is described, and includes an episode database having episode data regarding a plurality of different arrhythmia episodes and an adjudication processor configured to output characterization data characterizing the input episode data. The characterization data includes an arrhythmia classification. The system further includes an episode processor configured to process the characterization data and episode data, provide at least one report on the characterization data related to a plurality of the different arrhythmia episodes, and provide at least one programming recommendation or at least one alert. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100280842 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A medical image processing apparatus includes a unit configured to analyze a target medical image a unit configured to register information representing an aptitude of each doctor with respect to interpretation of a specific lesion and a modality used by each doctor, and a unit configured to, when the analysis result includes information associated with a lesion, decide an assigned doctor based on information representing the aptitude of each doctor with respect to interpretation of the specific lesion, and, when the analysis result includes no information associated with a lesion, decide an assigned doctor based on the modality. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100280843 | MEDICAL CLAIMS FRAUD PREVENTION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A medical claim fraud prevention system includes a first controller positioned at a medical facility, a second controller positioned at a patient information collection center and adapted to be in communication with the first controller, and a patient locating device adapted to be within a predetermined vicinity of a patient and adapted to be in communication with the second controller to provide location data relating to the location of the patient locating device. The first controller may a first signal to the second controller responsive to an occurrence of a predetermined event. The second controller may transmit an indication to the first controller in response to the first signal received from the first controller of whether the patient locating device is within a predetermined vicinity of the medical facility based on the location data relating to the location of the patient locating device. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100280844 | Secure Identification of Dependants - The present invention provides a method for identifying patients using common forms of identification, and specifically readable personal identifiers such as credit cards, and for identifying dependents through a guardian's personal identification. The guardian registers the account with a health care database, and associates the dependent patients with the account. Thereafter, the guardian can process healthcare services for the guardian by providing a readable identifier identifying the account. As a result, the guardian can register the dependent patient for an appointment through a kiosk or other publicly accessible terminal, and can also access scheduling or other services. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100280845 | MARKETING METHOD FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS - A healthcare professional enters signature data into a signature capture device upon receipt of a pharmaceutical product. The signature capture device receives the signature data and displays a promotional message for the pharmaceutical product while receiving the signature data. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100280846 | PHARMACEUTICAL TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHODS - Computer-implemented systems, program code, and related methods are provided. The systems, program code, and methods can be employed to analyze the effectiveness of pharmaceutical treatments for medical conditions utilizing real time prescription compliance records. Information related to medical history of a patient can be reviewed while simultaneously reviewing prescription compliance records for the same patient. Trends in target and non-target medical parameters can be identified and correlated with the prescription compliance records to determine the effectiveness of a pharmaceutical treatment on target and non-target medical parameters that various compliance and prescription levels. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100286993 | Method and system for comunication, advertisement, commerce, marketplace, customer relationship management, content management, internet accounting and verification of information pertaining to legal marijuana over a network - A method and system for transmitting information pertaining to marijuana over a network for communication, advertisement, commerce, marketplace, customer relationship, content management, accounting and/or verification. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100286994 | Interactive Genome Browser - Disclosed is an interactive genome browser executing within a web browser application, configured to display patient genetic data and additional genetic data tracks which are aligned by base pair. Additional tracks may include public data, community data, private data, sequence gaps, and additional genetic tests or probes which are available. Tests or probes may be ordered by selecting them from a test or probe track. Data in a genetic information database may also be searched using the interactive genome browser. Analyzed patient data may be published and made available to a community of users, which may communicate with one another. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100286995 | INTERACTIVE ATLAS TO IMAGE REGISTRATION - When modeling anatomical structures in a patient for diagnosis or therapeutic planning, an atlas ( | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100286996 | WEBSITE MESSAGING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for processing a message from a patient for one of a plurality of physicians through a web site. The method includes the steps of providing one or more web pages to the patient from the web site containing indicia of identity for each physician of the plurality of physicians and detecting selection by the patient of a physician of the plurality of physicians. The method further includes the steps of determining an information content of the message and routing the message based upon the determined information content and a predetermined routing criteria provided by the selected physician. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100286997 | Handheld Medical Information Management Device - A portable handheld medical information management device that includes a storage memory, a processor, an input device, a transceiver, a display, and software. The software includes programming instructions executable by said processor operative to communicate to a server over a network, said communication comprising sending messages to the server and receiving messages. The device can generate patient information screens on the display, using patient information from at least one received message from the server. The server can control the transceiver to interrogate proximate location devices and calculate a position based on location of proximate location devices. The device, in conjunction with the network and server, can route phone calls and other message-based communication over a local area network (LAN) enabling advanced logistic features such as reliable communication of critical messages; it can also interface effectively with traditional hospital extension based phone systems and the public phone network. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100286998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WITH CONSUMERS - A system and method for providing both healthcare service providers and healthcare product providers a forum for marketing their services directly to healthcare consumers with the system facilitating the payments from the consumers to the providers. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100286999 | APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT AMOUNT, AN APPARATUS FOR SUGGESTING A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT, A BLENDING APPARATUS OF A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT AND A BLENDING SYSTEM OF A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT - It is provided with a medical inquiry processing unit for acquiring the response to a medical inquiry presenting medical inquiry items to a person to be examined, a nutrient requirement amount calculating unit for calculating the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined from the response to the medical inquiry, a nutritional supplement suggesting unit for suggesting the blend of a nutritional supplement based on the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined and a nutritional supplement blending unit for blending nutrients to prepare the nutritional supplement based on the blend of the nutritional supplement. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287000 | MEDICAL CONSULTATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A medical consultation support system in which a client computer, such as a personal computer or a terminal of an existing medical support system, is employed to transfer a structured request for consultation from a primary care physician to a supervisory host computer. The structured request may be accompanied by additional information related to the request, such as existing data files containing patient history information, medical image data, laboratory results, pathologies, etc., forming a transmittable, machine-readable collection of information relating to the consultation request. At the supervisory computer, the request is displayed for preliminary review by a receiving staff physician who designates a specialist and retrieves and assembles selected tutorial and background information, including related published articles, tutorial background lessons, practice and protocol documentation, and records of prior consultations which are related to the current consultation request, all of which are stored in one or more databases of medical information accessible to the supervisory host computer. The supervisory computer then transmits the request for consultation, together with at least the identification of the assembled supporting documentation, to the selected specialist for review, and thereafter receives the responsive comment from the selected specialist. The supervisory computer further stores the request for consultation, including the specialist's responsive comment and an identification of the cited supporting material, as a structured case history item in the database of medical information where it may be accessed for future reference. Each consultation is further stored as a recorded learning event associated with the requesting primary care physician, and used to generate a report of continuing legal education credits earned by the requesting physician while participating in the managed consultation sessions. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287001 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL HEALTHCARE PLATFORM - The presently disclosed digital healthcare platform provides patients and healthcare providers with a precise and focused treatment pathway to address healthcare issues. One embodiment enables a patient-initiated e-Visit to address a healthcare issue with an issue-focused adaptive interview. The results of this adaptive interview are forwarded to a skilled clinician for review, who then provides an assessment and a plan of action for the issue. The plan of action may include specific instructions, a prescription, or a referral to a third party medical provider for testing, consultation, or treatment. Another embodiment provides an identification “ticket” to the patient to coordinate care obtained at third parties. The ticket can be presented by the patient to a third party medical provider (such as with a barcode displayed on a mobile device) to identify the patient and enable the third party medical provider to access patient information from the digital healthcare platform. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287002 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONSUMER CHOICE AND EQUALIZING PHARMACY PROVIDER AVAILABILITY IN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION DISPENSING PLANS - A method is disclosed whereby consumers enrolled in a prescription benefit plan can obtain prescription medication fulfillment at any participating pharmacy of their choice, regardless of whether the fulfillment is by a retail pharmacy or a mail order pharmacy, and whether the quantity of medication prescribed is for administration over a short period (acute care) or a prolonged period (maintenance). The plan of this invention operates by having the plan manager substantially equalize the financial effects of the discounts and services fees allowed to participating pharmacies such that both retail and mail order pharmacies are compensated in a manner which encourages them to accept all consumers and fill all prescriptions. Compensation is preferably adjusted periodically by the manager to retain pharmacy incentives. Consumers obtain choice of pharmacies, plan payers have pleased employees and members and pharmacies obtain income from the entire spectrum of consumers. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287003 | APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT AMOUNT, AN APPARATUS FOR SUGGESTING A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT, A BLENDING APPARATUS OF A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT AND A BLENDING SYSTEM OF A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT - It is provided with a medical inquiry processing unit for acquiring the response to a medical inquiry presenting medical inquiry items to a person to be examined, a nutrient requirement amount calculating unit for calculating the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined from the response to the medical inquiry, a nutritional supplement suggesting unit for suggesting the blend of a nutritional supplement based on the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined and a nutritional supplement blending unit for blending nutrients to prepare the nutritional supplement based on the blend of the nutritional supplement. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287004 | APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT AMOUNT, AN APPARATUS FOR SUGGESTING A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT, A BLENDING APPARATUS OF A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT AND A BLENDING SYSTEM OF A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT - It is provided with a medical inquiry processing unit for acquiring the response to a medical inquiry presenting medical inquiry items to a person to be examined, a nutrient requirement amount calculating unit for calculating the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined from the response to the medical inquiry, a nutritional supplement suggesting unit for suggesting the blend of a nutritional supplement based on the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined and a nutritional supplement blending unit for blending nutrients to prepare the nutritional supplement based on the blend of the nutritional supplement. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287005 | APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT AMOUNT, AN APPARATUS FOR SUGGESTING A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT, A BLENDING APPARATUS OF A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT AND A BLENDING SYSTEM OF A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT - It is provided with a medical inquiry processing unit for acquiring the response to a medical inquiry presenting medical inquiry items to a person to be examined, a nutrient requirement amount calculating unit for calculating the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined from the response to the medical inquiry, a nutritional supplement suggesting unit for suggesting the blend of a nutritional supplement based on the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined and a nutritional supplement blending unit for blending nutrients to prepare the nutritional supplement based on the blend of the nutritional supplement. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100292998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING RECIPES | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100292999 | OPHTHALMIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an ophthalmic diagnostic apparatus. The apparatus comprises: a display means ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293000 | SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING POTENTIAL CLAIM OUTCOMES USING RELATED HISTORICAL DATA - A computer system includes a data storage device. The data storage module receives, stores, and provides access to historical claim data. A categorical aggregation component comprising program instructions stored in a program memory provides categorized and aggregated historical claim data by identifying claim categories based on the historical claim data, each of the one or more claim categories associated with a respective set of claim characteristics, identifying claims of the historical claim data associated with one of the claim categories, assigning each identified claim to one of a plurality of total severity ranges based on the total severity of the identified claim, and determining an average cost per claim year for claims of each total severity range when executed by a computer processor. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293001 | Method and System to Create a National Health Information Infrastructure - A medication list management and electronic prescribing system incorporates a method of generating tamper-evident prescriptions on paper. Using password protected web pages, health care workers or patients can cause the transmission of machine-readable protected health information from the inventive system to another information management system using the tamper-evident prescriptions described. Non-participants can verify the authenticity of printed protected health information but are not able to create the automated transmission of this information from the inventive system to another information management system. This transmission of machine-readable protected health information has an economic value that is sufficient to be used as an inducement to health care providers across the industry to use a common information technology platform to accomplish such tasks. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293002 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual; accepting sensor data about the individual; and presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting an indication of at least one attribute of the individual and the accepting sensor data about the individual. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293003 | Personal Medical Data Device and Associated Methods - Disclosed is an improved method and related electronic applications for logging personal medical data. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293004 | PAYER ESTIMATION AND IDENTIFICATION METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus for generating a list of likely payers for a medical practice based on historical data stored on a practice management system and practice-specific information. Information about the claim volumes for payers during a predetermined time range in a geographical region are used to estimate a subset of likely payer that a medical practice may like to enroll with. User-selectable billing frequency indicators for each of the payers identified in the subset facilitate claim billing management and enrollment strategies for billing personnel at the medical practice resulting in fewer disruptions in claim processing and cash flow as the medical practice is implemented on the practice management system. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293005 | GPS-ASSISTED REFERRAL OF INJURED OR AILING EMPLOYEE DURING MEDICAL TRIAGE - A method for directing an employee to a treatment center includes receiving with a computer an electronic communication from an employee of a client while the employee is traveling away from a normal location of work, the employee initiating the electronic communication with a GPS-enabled mobile device; determining the location of the employee based on a GPS location of the mobile device with a GPS-tracking system coupled with the computer; performing triage on the employee by a triage operator to determine a level of urgency of a medical condition of the employee, to thereby determine an appropriate disposition for the employee, wherein triage questions are provided to the triage operator by the computer based on a category related to the medical condition; and automatically determining, with the computer, a nearest treatment center to the location of the employee based on the GPS location of the mobile device, the nearest treatment center being adequate to address the level of urgency required by the determined disposition and a designated preferred provider of the client. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293006 | APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT AMOUNT, AN APPARATUS FOR SUGGESTING A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT, A BLENDING APPARATUS OF A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT AND A BLENDING SYSTEM OF A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT - It is provided with a medical inquiry processing unit for acquiring the response to a medical inquiry presenting medical inquiry items to a person to be examined, a nutrient requirement amount calculating unit for calculating the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined from the response to the medical inquiry, a nutritional supplement suggesting unit for suggesting the blend of a nutritional supplement based on the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined and a nutritional supplement blending unit for blending nutrients to prepare the nutritional supplement based on the blend of the nutritional supplement. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100299154 | Intelligent computer-biological electronic-neural health-care system - An adaptable computer server-intelligent system and method for computer server-deducing precise information on physicians' identities and practices and individual diagnoses and related treatments and differential diagnoses in responding to individual queries for said information from people using computers and mobile communication devices. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100305961 | TOOLS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF VAST MEDICAL DATA - A graphical representation incorporating discrete patient medical history into a single-view for evaluating patterns in the data. A graphical tool comprises a series of linear segments that represent a patient history or medical data, where the segments are oriented with a time axis to show start time, stop time, and duration. Using lines of extremely thin weight and placing each patient's history immediately adjacent other patient's history, hundreds or thousands of patient data can be represented by a single view. Statistical analysis can be performed on the data to yield further information on the medical data, which can be superimposed on the graphical display. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100305962 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to detecting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual; accepting sensor data about the individual; and presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the detecting an indication of at least one attribute of the individual and the accepting sensor data about the individual. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100305963 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual; activating at least one sensor at least partially based on the accepting an indication of at least one attribute of the individual; accepting sensor data from the at least one sensor; and presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting sensor data from the at least one sensor. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100305964 | HEALTHCARE QUALITY MEASUREMENT - A method of determining a quality of care provided by a healthcare provider to individuals in a population is provided. A data processing apparatus that has one or more processors is disclosed. Data representing biomarkers for individuals in a population is received. Baseline and present risks are determined. Risk reduction values are determined. Based on the current risk reduction, a quality score is determined. A scale is created, and the quality score is mapped to the scale. The global quality score of the disclosure provides numerous benefits over past performance measures. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100305965 | INTEGRATED REPORT GENERATION OF MEDICAL DATA WITH VARYING LEVELS OF INFORMATION - A system for generating a report having varying integrated levels of medical information related to a health condition is provided. The system comprises a host server having a host database and a client component that connects to the host server. The client component includes a report software application that is configured to generate a report and provide a GUI on the display. A processor populates the GUI based upon received and processed medical information from the host server component and arranges the medical information in predetermined, inter-related levels. A cursor is provided to allow the user to point to an area of interest in the display and a further level of information pertaining to one or more layers of medical information is viewable by a user when the cursor is pointed over an image on the display. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100305966 | Robotic Management of Patient Care Logistics - In a method and system of controlling patient care logistics, a computer determines for each of a number of user devices a unique priority sorted list of queue tasks on the basis of global criterion. Each user device is dispatched the unique priority sorted list of queue tasks determined for the user device. In response to receiving a change in at least one global criterion, the computer determines for each user device either an amendment to the unique priority sorted list of queue tasks for the user of the user device or a new unique priority sorted list of queue tasks for the user of the user device, and then dispatches the unique priority sorted list of queue to the user device. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100305967 | PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF SAME - A disease management system including: a Diagnostic Module, which provides access to patient information and scientific guidelines for patient treatment; a Diagnostic Interpretive Module, which provides tools to evaluate risk of particular diseases or conditions based on patient information and an evaluative methodology; a Prescriptive Module, which is used to recommend, select, and/or evaluate one or more treatment regimens based on patient information and guidelines; a Dispensing Module, which evaluates a patient's compliance with a treatment regimen; and/or a Feedback and Patient Management Module, which gathers compliance information and evaluates efficacy of a treatment regimen for a patient. In embodiments of the subject invention, some or all of the modules described can communicate to manage a disease, medical condition, and/or health problem in a patient. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100305968 | APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT AMOUNT, AN APPARATUS FOR SUGGESTING A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT, A BLENDING APPARATUS OF A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT AND A BLENDING SYSTEM OF A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT - It is provided with a medical inquiry processing unit for acquiring the response to a medical inquiry presenting medical inquiry items to a person to be examined, a nutrient requirement amount calculating unit for calculating the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined from the response to the medical inquiry, a nutritional supplement suggesting unit for suggesting the blend of a nutritional supplement based on the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined and a nutritional supplement blending unit for blending nutrients to prepare the nutritional supplement based on the blend of the nutritional supplement. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100312575 | METHOD OF OPERATING A MEDICAL DEVICE - A method of operating a medical device having a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is structured to store a number of operating routines, each of at least some of the number of operating routines being associated with a number of operating features of the medical device, and wherein the processor is adapted to execute a first one of the number of operating routines enabling a first set of operating features. The method comprises receiving an enablement code associated with a second operating routine, executing the second operating routing for a predetermined period responsive to receipt of the enablement code, wherein execution of the second operating routine enables a second set of operating features, and terminating execution of the second operating routine responsive to expiration of the predetermined period. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100312576 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING FORMULARIES - An system for constructing formularies is disclosed. The system includes a central computer system and at least one additional computer. The central computer system compiles a list of various pharmaceutical products and sort them into different categories. Formularies are then created by selecting individual products or categories of products that will be covered. When prescription claims are received, coverage is either accepted or denied based on whether the products in the prescription claims are covered by the formulary. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100312577 | Diabetes Care Host-Client Architecture and Data Management System - A host-client data sharing system manages diabetes care data. A host database, preferably web or internet based, is implemented for storing diabetes care data relating to multiple diabetics. A client or local database stores the diabetes care data relating to multiple diabetics on a personal appliance such as a PC, or a portable or handheld microprocessor-based computing device. The host database uses multiple servers for handling client interactions with the system. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100318377 | BREAST MILK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD AND ELEMENTS FOR USE THEREWITH - The invention relates to minimizing errors in expressed breast milk feeding in NICU/PICU and other environments. A container of expressed breast milk is labeled with information unique to mother and child. The information may be used to access a system of information about the expressed breast milk, mother's identity, child's identity, location of the breast milk, dates relevant to the breast milk such as express date, receipt, and expiration, and other information such as fortification prior to feeding or feeding by syringe. Other information about the breast milk may be added to the system such as transfer location, use, feeding, disposal, etc. The invention may provide for validation of the identity of the baby to receive the breast milk at the time of feeding, and may also provide for validation at the time of feeding of the container, bottle or syringe as containing the breast milk of the identified mother. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100318378 | Patient Bed Search and Management System - An automated search system uses data indicating clinical and non-clinical needs of a patient to provide a ranked list of candidate beds, status of beds and availability of a specific type of bed having a particular set of clinical attributes, using a score value derived using configurable rules for comparing patient requirements with bed characteristics. A patient bed search system includes at least one repository including bed information for multiple beds in a healthcare facility comprising multiple clinical attributes including current availability for individual beds of the multiple beds. A bed management processor automatically employs the bed information in providing data representing a candidate list of beds for a particular patient in response to clinical and non-clinical requirements associated with the particular patient and a request to allocate a bed for the particular patient. A user interface generates data representing at least one display image presenting the candidate list of beds for a particular patient. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100324922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING TIME SPENT FOR HEALTHCARE - A system and method of managing time spent for healthcare which provides patients with choices that can minimize time they spend attending to healthcare needs. The method includes establishing a record of patients which have checked-in at a healthcare facility by a server, storing times at which the patients received care from a healthcare provider by the server, storing patient wait time information by the server, and providing the patient wait time information to prospective patients through a web site by the server. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100324923 | Method and System for Converting Credit Card Rewards Points to Dollars for Medical, Dental, and Pharmacy Expenses - A method for helping a purchaser of goods pay for health care services when the purchaser uses a credit/debit card that enables participation in such a monetary reward program. A credit/debit card reader, at the point of sale, reads the information recorded on the card. The information is sent to a processor of the issuer of the credit/debit card and a data bank is accessed to determine if the purchaser is qualified to receive points based on the dollar amount of the purchase where these points are to be used to pay a portion of a health care provider's bill for services when such an expense is generated by the credit/debit card user. Each qualifying dollar amount spent on the card is assigned a predetermined number of points which can be used to pay a health care provider for a health care service provided to the credit/debit card holder. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100324924 | Medical Billing Systems and Methods - The invention relates to medical billing systems, software, and methods. In the methods, a patient is told how much he or she owes to a hospital prior to or after discharge. The hospital then sells the right to collect the patient debt to a billing service. The billing service establishes an ad hoc credit rating for the hospital by analyzing an existing credit rating scale and fitting the hospital's financial data to that rating scale, and also establishes the patient's credit rating, expected recovery index (ERI) or other scoring metric. The hospital is advanced an amount that depends on the hospital's credit rating and the patient's credit scoring metric, and the billing service collects the debt from the patient, typically by regular automatic transactions. The billing service may interact with patients and hospitals through automated interfaces, and in some embodiments, may act as an affiliate of a health insurer. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100324925 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EVALUATING A STATUS OF A PATIENT - A method for evaluating a status of a patient, the method includes: receiving a medical care schedule that comprises multiple medical care actions that should be taken and desired medical results; providing a desired event sequence that represents the medical care schedule; wherein the desired event schedule comprises at least one multi-meta-event; generating an actual event sequence by processing multiple events representative of the actual medical care action taken in relation to the patient and of at least one measured medical result obtained from a patient; wherein the actual event schedule comprises at least one multi-meta event; comparing the desired event sequence to the actual event sequence to provide a comparison result; and assisting in generating a comparison result indication; wherein a multi-meta-event is representative of an outcome of an appliance of a logic operation on multiple events. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100324926 | Managing Patient Bed Assignments And Bed Occupancy In A Health Care Facility - An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT) systems. The bed management system is an easy-to-use business intelligence application that is designed to allow administrators, clinicians and managers to easily access, analyze and display real-time patient and bed availability information from ancillary information systems, databases and spreadsheets. It enables users to see trends and relationships in hospital (bed) management data directly from their desktop personal computers. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100324927 | SENIOR CARE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - Senior care navigation systems and methods for using the same. In at least one exemplary system for utilizing and analyzing information to provide a desired outcome of the present disclosure, the system comprises an evidence repository comprising at least one item of evidence from each of at least two evidentiary sources, and a knowledge management and decision support system in communication with the evidence repository, the knowledge management and decision support system operable to retrieve the at least one item of evidence from the evidence repository and process the at least one item of evidence according to at least one reasoning approach, the knowledge management and decision support system further operable to generate at least one outcome. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100324928 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR GROUPING MEDICAL CLAIMS BASED UPON CHANGES IN PATIENT CONDITION - A computer-implemented method for profiling medical claims to assist health care managers in determining the cost-efficiency and service quality of health care providers. The method allows an objective means for measuring and quantifying health care services. An episode treatment group (ETG) is a patient classification unit, which defines groups that are clinically homogenous (similar cause of illness and treatment) and statistically stable. The ETG grouper methodology uses service or segment-level claim data as input data and assigns each service to the appropriate episode. The program identifies concurrent and recurrent episodes, flags records, creates new groupings, shifts groupings for changed conditions, selects the most recent claims, resets windows, makes a determination if the provider is an independent lab and continues to collect information until an absence of treatment is detected. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100324929 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING HEALTHCARE REVENUE CYCLE OUTCOMES AND CONTROLLING WORK FLOW - An outcome prediction model is generated and/or executed to predict an outcome of processing a healthcare patient account. As examples, these outcomes may relate to the payment of the healthcare patient account, to the timing of when payment of the healthcare patient account will be paid, to at least an initial denial of payment of the healthcare patient account, to payment of the healthcare patient account after a defined time period, and or to qualification of the patient for a government sponsored program regarding healthcare. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100324930 | IMAGING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL USE - Provided is an image management apparatus for medical use which allows a small-scale medical treatment facility such as a practitioner to easily and efficiently associate image data generated by an image generation apparatus with patient information. The image management apparatus for medical use is equipped with a storage section ( | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100324931 | METHOD AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR PERFORMING CLINICAL TRIAL BUDGET ANALYSIS - An electronic method and article of manufacture is provided for analyzing clinical trial budgets. A clinical trial budget is input into a processor. The budget includes activities and associated activity costs of a clinical trial. The activities of the inputted clinical trial budget are classified into a set of standardized service categories. The processor is used to electronically allocate the associated activity costs with the respective standardized service category so that budget costs of the clinical trial can be objectively analyzed. A report of the associated activity costs with the respective standardized service category is outputted for use in analyzing budgets for clinical trials. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100332245 | Integrated RFID sensor method and system - A healthcare system is provided with RF sensor modules that can be integrated into various components and subsystems or that can be retrofit. Sensors modules include a sensor adapted to detect operational data. The modules may process and store the data, and perform aggregation functions to simplify or reduce the data. The data is then collected from the modules by an RF transceiver and conveyed to downstream processing layers. The processing layers may evaluate the operation of the components or subsystems, or the overall health or functioning of the component, subsystem, or any other useful subdivision of the healthcare system. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332246 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING DRUGS DURING A REPACKAGING AND ADMINISTERING PROCESS - The invention relates to a system and method for tracking drugs during a transfer and administering process to reduce labeling errors that can occur during that process. The system includes a storage container reader that is configured to read a set of one or more storage-container-associated machine-readable indicia positioned on a container containing a drug. The set of one or more storage-container-associated machine-readable indicia identifies the drug. The system further includes an indicia-generating device that is configured to generate a drug-delivery-container-associated indicia identifying the drug based on the storage-container-associated machine-readable indicia. The set of one or more drug-delivery-container-associated indicia includes a set of one or more drug-delivery-container-associated machine-readable indicia. Optionally the system further includes a drug delivery container reader, wherein the drug delivery container reader is configured to read the set of one or more drug-delivery-container-associated machine-readable indicia. Optionally the system further includes a processing unit that generates an output signal corresponding to the drug based on the set of one or more drug-delivery-container-associated machine-readable indicia. Optionally the system further includes an output device that outputs a user-comprehensible output identifying the drug based on the output signal from the processing unit. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332247 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AND DOCUMENTING HEALTHCARE EXPENSES PAID FROM A HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT - Systems and methods for facilitating the management and payment of healthcare expenses from a health savings account are provided. For example, the systems generally comprise a server which houses at least one database in which a plurality of member accounts are recorded. Each member account will preferably (i) list an amount of money deposited by a member into an HSA and (ii) store information that memorializes the payment of healthcare expenses paid by the member from the HSA. In addition, the server is preferably capable of receiving information from a website through which the member may access the member's account—and provide the server with the information that memorializes the payment of his or her healthcare expenses from the appropriate HSA. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332248 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED PLANNING AND PROVIDING OF MASS CUSTOMIZED BONE STRUCTURE - A computer-implemented method, a system and a computer program is disclosed, which comprise virtual planning of a medical procedure of a patient. The medical procedure comprises providing a patient configured bone structure in a body portion of the patient. Based on an input of a final result of the medical procedure, the bone structure may be modified by various tools and methods, such a bone implants, bone distractive methods, etc. Production data based on the virtual planning is generated that is configured for subsequent use in production of the bone structure or a medical product, which medical product is devised for use in the medical procedure, and devised for arrangement in the patient for facilitating the medical procedure. The virtual planning of a medical procedure comprises providing position data for a position of at least a part of a prosthesis component in relation to the body portion, and virtual planning of a modification of a boundary surface at the body portion as a function of the position data. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332249 | INTEGRATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS IN MEDICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS - When generating a model of physiological systems in a patient, differential equations representing parameters and variables in the systems are linked together to form one or more sub-models (e.g., one for each physiological system), which in turn are linked together to form the patient model. Simulations of hypothetical clinical situations are then run on the model to solve for the variables, and the solutions are output as decision support data for review by a clinician to facilitate a determination of a treatment of diagnosis for the patient. Additionally, model predictions can be compared to actual measurements, when available, and the model can be refined or optimized as a function of the comparison. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332250 | PRE-EXAMINATION MEDICAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A pre-examination patient information gathering system comprises an electronic user interface ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332251 | ELECTRONIC PAYMENT DELIVERY SERVICE - Systems and methods for providing finance-related services such as electronic payment delivery are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a payment system is configured to receive a payment message including a type of information, and to add an identification number to the message. The type of information is removed from the payment message, and the revised payment message is forwarded on to an entity responsible for payment. Particular embodiments in accordance with the present invention are suited for removing personal patient information from a HIPAA-compliant payment message, prior to forwarding the revised message over an electronic payment network. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332252 | MEDICAL CLAIMS FRAUD PREVENTION SYSTEM INCLUDING PATIENT CALL INITIATING FEATURE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A medical claim fraud prevention system includes a first controller positioned at a medical facility and a second controller positioned at a patient information collection center and adapted to be in communication with the first controller. The first controller may transmit a first signal to the second controller responsive to an occurrence of a predetermined event. The second controller may initiate contact with a patient via the patient's mobile phone in response to the first signal revived from the first controller, and the patient may be prompted to enter predetermined information to verify their location. The second controller may transmit an indication to the first controller in response to the first signal received from the first controller regarding whether the patient is within a predetermined vicinity of the medical facility based on the predetermined information entered by the patient to verify their location. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332253 | Systems and Methods for Providing Customized Dentures - This disclosure relates to system and method for digitally obtaining, recording utilizing and customizing dental data and features needed in providing customized dentures. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110004486 | System and a Method for Purchasing Healthcare Products - A system and a method include a facility for storing and verifying transactions. A banking facility maintains deposit accounts. A healthcare provider supplies healthcare and or products. A purchasing platform enables a purchase of healthcare products. The purchasing platform is configured for communication with the facility and the banking facility. The purchasing platform is further configured for transmitting a value of a monetary instrument to the facility and the banking facility. The purchasing platform is further configured for receiving a voucher for the healthcare product. A patient presents the voucher to the healthcare provider and communicates information regarding the voucher and the healthcare provider to the facility and the banking facility. The information is verified. The healthcare provider is messaged with a confirmation of payment. The banking facility transfers a value of the voucher to the healthcare provider, and the healthcare provider supplies the patient with healthcare and or products. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004487 | Connecting Consumers with Service Providers - An animated representation of a consumer is enabled to interact with an animated representation of a point of service rendered in a user interface to select characteristics of a medical service provider; the selected characteristics of the medical service provider are received; an available medical service provider is identified based at least in part on the selected characteristics; and a communication channel is provided to establish an electronic, real-time communication between the consumer and the identified medical service provider. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004488 | Server-guidance of health-care I - A server-computer system and method for computer server-automatically and continually managing and monitoring diseases and disorders and quality, quantity and continuity of health, health-care and health-care services being provided and to be provided by physicians to patients in a network or networks of computer servers and computers and mobile devices. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110010186 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF ALTERNATIVE RISK FINANCE VEHICLES - The invention is a system and method for managing and processing workers' compensation claims. After enrolling in the system, all communications regarding the reporting of a workplace injury pass through a management system on a computer server. The server tracks claims between different entities, including the policy holder, medical providers and third party administrators, and provides notifications of the existence and status of claims between the different entities. The server also compiles data from multiple claims in order to assess the efficiency of a workers' compensation policy. Recommendations and training may be provided based upon the server's analysis of the compiled data. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010187 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLANNING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE AND GENERATING DATA RELATED TO SAID MEDICAL PROCEDURE - A computer-implemented method comprising virtual planning a medical procedure of a patient and/or generating data based on said virtual planning for subsequent use in production of a medical product devised for use in said medical procedure. The method comprises variation simulating a virtual assembly process of the medical procedure. In this manner robustness of the medical procedure is improved. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010188 | EXERCISE MACHINE SYSTEM - Operation time interval measurement means | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010189 | Healthcare Accounts Receiveable Data Valuator - A healthcare accounts receivable valuation data consolidator (valuator or valuation engine) receives and/or fetches data and uses the data to predict and share the valuation of claims submitted by a healthcare provider (e.g., hospital, doctor, dentist, lab, durable medical equipment provider, etc.) on behalf of a claimant (e.g., patient), wherein the claimant has a payer (e.g., insurance company, government program, etc.). The valuator established or generates and shares the predicted valuation between entities. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010190 | HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a system and method for facilitating and managing health care between a medical provider and a patient. In one aspect, the system and method includes providing a patient having a first criteria, which includes a medical symptom. The system and method also include selecting a subset of medical providers having expertise in treating the medical symptom, generating a care request to obtain a treatment proposal for the medical symptom of the patient, and updating the care request with medical information associated with the medical sympton. The system and method further include receiving at least one treatment proposal of the medical symptom from the medical providers and selecting a treatment proposal of the medical symptom from the medical providers. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010191 | CONFIGURABLE PARTICLE SYSTEM REPRESENTATION FOR BIOFEEDBACK APPLICATIONS - A method to increase the ease and effectiveness of biofeedback by dynamically representing physiological indicators on a computer display using a configurable particle system. This particle system consists of a number of similar objects, each object having properties such as location, velocity, lifetime, color, image, transparency, size, and shape, where at least one of these properties has a random component. The objects' properties are continuously updated over time, and also updated as the physiological indicators change. The particle system can be easily set to represent physiological indicators in many different manners, or to simultaneously represent many different physiological indicators. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010192 | MEDICAL IMAGE METADATA PROCESSING - Enhanced techniques for the extraction and use of metadata from medical images are disclosed herein. Based on the information in the metadata, specific processing may be performed within an image order management system, radiology information system (RIS), or like system involved with healthcare imaging. In one specific embodiment, a radiology read order may be created, pre-populated, and transmitted via a processing system (e.g., a teleradiology image order management system) based on the metadata within the radiology image. For example, this metadata may exist within the header of a DICOM-formatted image data file or a DICOM communication protocol transmission. The processing system may then provide the pre-populated read order back to the source of the medical images for verification and submission. Other processing actions may also occur based on information extracted from the image metadata, such as custom workflows and handling based on an originating facility, or transferring the images to a particular radiologist or location. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010193 | ZOOM PANE FOR A CENTRAL MONITORING DEVICE - In a clinical environment, where multiple patients reside at any given time, central patient monitoring stations ( | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110015937 | MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM - A medical support system and method for performing at least one medical support process relating to diagnosis and treatment of a medical condition and that includes or employs medical records relating to patients and medical support databases including medical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of a medical condition. A medical support process includes one or more process phases, which may include a data phase, a diagnostic phase and a therapy/treatment recommendation phase. Each process phase includes one or more process operations wherein each of the process operations of a process phase includes one or more process forms providing interfaces between a user and the process operations. Each process form includes fields for passing user inputs to the process operations and for displaying the results of the process operations to the user and the support processes are responsive to user inputs, the medical records and the guidelines to execute an interactive dialogue between the medical support process and the user to provide guidance to the user in performing the medical support process according to the guidelines and dependent upon the user inputs and the medical record. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110015938 | PREOPERATIVE SURGICAL TIME OUT PROCEDURE FEATURE INCORPORATED INTO A SURGICAL SPECIALTY INSTRUMENT - A surgical specialty instrument or equipment has a user interface (e.g., USB port, magnetic card stripe reader, wireless transceiver). A data entry device (e.g., scanner, microphone) may supply information pertinent to a preoperative surgical time out procedure via the user interface for storage. A data output device (e.g., printer, display screen) may retrieve an indication pertaining to preoperative surgical time out procedure via the user interface and/or retrieve the pertinent information. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110015939 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CREATE LOG ENTRIES AND SHARE A PATIENT LOG USING OPEN-ENDED ELECTRONIC MESSAGING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Provided are systems and methods to create patient log entries using open-ended electronic messaging (e.g. email, text messaging, IM). The systems and methods allow users to update a patient log using widely available communication devices (e.g. cell phones or internet) without the devices needing to have web access and/or to use tailor-made applications. The invention also allows users to update the patient log with limited or no upfront training and describes methods to share the patient data among users using various interfaces. Main system components are: input/output communication interfaces, servers, database, and logic (software) to operate the methods tailored to specific user needs. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110015940 | ELECTRONIC PHYSICIAN ORDER SHEET - An electronic physician's order sheet (EPOS) provides means for a physician to select or enter diagnoses and to automatically receive suggestions for medications and treatments. The physician can select from amongst the suggestions, select alternate medications and treatments, or input and select different medications or treatments. The EPOS can alert the physician to possible drug interactions, allergic reactions, or other alarming situations. The physician can then sign the EPOS to formally issue orders for treatment and medications. The EPOS can be integrated with billing systems, pharmacy systems, and other systems to help automate the processes of drug delivery, invoicing, and patient care. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110015941 | TELERADIOLOGY IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A teleradiology image processing system configured to receive, process, and transmit radiology read requests and digital radiology image data is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a radiology processing system includes a series of processing components configured to receive digital radiology data from a medical provider, extract relevant information and radiology scan images from the digital radiology data, and initiate and control a workflow with a qualified remote radiologist who ultimately performs a read of the radiology scan images. Further embodiments also facilitate data processing within the image processing system in response to medical facility rules and preferences; translation or conversion of digital images to other formats; compilation of patient and medical facility data obtained from the digital radiology data into medical records or data stores; assignment of radiology studies within a teleradiology workflow in response to licensing and credentialing rules; and billing functions in response to completed reads by the remote radiologist. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110015942 | PATIENT DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR COMPARING PATIENT DATA WITH AILMENT ARCHETYPES TO DETERMINE CORRELATION WITH ESTABLISHED AILMENT BIOMARKERS - The Medical Diagnostic Apparatus implements a physician-operated medical data analysis system for assisting a physician in identifying ailments and conditions which correlate to anomalies identified in a set of patient medical data relating to an identified patient. This system includes a plurality of biomarkers which relate to interpreting patient medical data and possible ailments associated with patient medical data. A data characterization module displays biomarkers selected by a physician and a set of patient medical data, collected from and about an identified patient, to compare the set of patient medical data with biomarkers of known ailments to enable the physician to identify an ailment representative of the patient medical data. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110015943 | COMPREHENSIVE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTAKE SCREENING AND MEDICAL RECORDS MANAGEMENT - A system and method for providing health care services, such as medical intake screening and follow-up patient care, including management of medical records and access to patient information for incarcerated individuals. Data regarding medical information collected during an initial intake and screening process and subsequent physical examination may be inputted into a data repository. Triggers based upon the specific data entered may generate alerts for follow up medical care. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110015944 | PATIENT MONITOR WITH INTEGRATED CLOSED LOOP CONTROLLER - The invention concerns a system for monitoring and controlling a patient ( | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110022407 | METHOD FOR ERROR RECOGNITION IN A CONTROL SYSTEM OF A MEDICAL TREATMENT AND/OR DIAGNOSIS DEVICE - A method for error recognition in a control system of a medical treatment and/or diagnosis device includes processing, by the control system, data in a regular operating mode and supplying, by the control system, test data of a test data record to a safety-critical component of the control system in a test mode of the control system. The safety-critical component of the control system is also checked in the test mode of the control system. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022408 | HEALTH PLAN SUBROGATION SYSTEM - A software system for providing assistance to third party healthcare payors and others in recouping funds to which they have a subrogation right. The system generally comprises a web enabled computer server and a dynamic information gathering module for instructing a processor to search a health insurance claims database for all claims of record meeting a specified criteria and display, and a search window for allowing a user to enter a selected black box drug and date range for searching said health insurance claims database. The software application can identify individuals who took a particular drug and had an adverse outcome, and can identify specific diagnoses which can be imputed back to drugs or chemical exposure (such as mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos, and liver toxicity caused by acetominophen (including combination drugs containing acetaminophen). The software system assists health insurers in collecting funds subject to a subrogation claim. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022409 | Patient Admission Tracking System - An emergency room tracking system that allows a medical treatment facility official or charge nurse to maintain and notate pertinent information relating to a patient from the moment the patient enters the emergency room until that patient is admitted to the hospital. A unitary spreadsheet display containing specific rows and boxes for multiple patients is used as the official conducts a method of data entry and notation at specified events. In this manner, the spreadsheet will identify sources of emergency room bottlenecks and other problems related to the flow of the emergency care facility. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022410 | HEALTHCARE CHARGE CAPTURE AND INFORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A provider-patient encounter device delivers medical information and services by receiving content from context sponsors, linking the content to service codes and presenting the content to providers. The service codes represent medical procedure codes and medical diagnosis codes. Each service code includes a provider demographic code, a service priority code, and a supplemental service code. The provider-patient encounter device presents a selectable list of service codes and presents content from a context sponsor assigned to a service code when the provider selects the service code from the selectable list of service codes. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022411 | NFC Communications for Implanted Medical Data Acquisition Devices - Implantable and/or wearable medical data acquisition devices ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110029319 | IMPRESSION FORECASTING AND RESERVATION ANALYSIS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing sharded reservation queries for corresponding publisher data shards. Each publisher data shard stores a proper subset of impression records corresponding to a publisher site and a plurality of user identifiers. Each impression record includes user identifier data corresponding to a user identifier and time data specifying a time that an impression was delivered for the publisher site for the corresponding user identifier, and all impression records corresponding to the user identifiers are stored in the publisher data shard. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029320 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE SITE WITH A TRACKING DEVICE - A system for ensuring the correct location/side of a medical procedure is described. The system includes a pointing device, a receiver, and a validater. The pointing device transmits location data to a receiver from several reference points and a planned medical procedure site on the body of the patient. The validater receives medical procedure plan data associated with the patient and compares the medical procedure plan data with the location data to verify the validity of the planned medical procedure site. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029321 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB-BASED CLAIM MANAGEMENT - The system includes a variety of aspects which allow the user to efficiently receive reimbursement for claims. Claims which are accepted by CMS result in reimbursement for the claimant. Claims which are rejected by CMS represent lost revenue for claimant. In order to maximize the number of accepted claims and minimize the number of rejected claims, the system provides at least two aspects. The front-end aspect is the generation of more accurate PDE files for submission. The back-end aspect is the accumulation and formatting of information received from CMS to facilitate the correction of PDE errors. Both of these aspects work in tandem to minimize the lost revenue of the claimant. Further, the aspects described herein help minimize PDE error rates. Such minimization of errors can affect the reputation, business model, credibility, and competitive posture of Part D plan sponsors. Accordingly, minimization of PDE error rate is an important factor in the overall design, function, and profitability of any Part D plan sponsor. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029322 | HEALTH CARE SYSTEM - An automated system for determining authorization or denial of payment for a medical technique or process includes a user interface configured to receive data related to patient symptoms and diagnosis information, a database configured to store data related to patient symptoms and diagnosis information, and a processor configured to automatically determine authorization or denial of the medical technique or process based on data related to patient symptoms and diagnosis information. The data related to patient symptoms and diagnosis information is received from at least one of the user interface and the database. The processor is configured to provide an indication of authorization or denial to the user interface. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029323 | One-Stop Shopping System and Method - A system and method are disclosed for one-stop shopping for health-care services and related needs. The one-stop shopping system and method provide objective information for the system enrollee to assess and decide on health-care insurance and services. The system and method provide this objective information in a way that is easily accessible by system enrollees in an economical and rapid manner. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110035231 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual; accepting sensor data about the individual; and presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting an indication of at least one attribute of the individual and the accepting sensor data about the individual. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035232 | METHODS OF TREATING HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY - Treatment of hepatic encephalopathy using gastrointestinal specific antibiotics is disclosed. One example of a gastrointestinal specific antibiotic is rifaximin. The instant application also provides methods for determining if a subject has a neurological condition or hepatic encephalopathy by determining the critical flicker frequency and/or the venous ammonia level of the subject at two or more time points. The further provided are methods for treating these subjects. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035233 | System for Clinical Research and Clinical Management of Cardiovascular Risk Using Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Actigraphy - Disclosed embodiments include a web-enabled system especially adapted for clinical research and clinical management of cardiovascular risk using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) data, actigraphy data, and clinical data. According to a disclosed embodiment the web-enabled system comprises (a) a web-enabled graphical user interface to enable a user to securely authenticate, securely upload clinical data, and navigate through a plurality of software modules; (b) a database to store user profiles, protocols, clinical data, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) recordings, actigraphy recordings, research data, and study results; and (c) a plurality of statistical methods and analysis techniques especially designed to automatically analyze the clinical cardiovascular risk data, and create customized reports of the results designed to assess cardiovascular risk based on ABPM and actigraphy. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035234 | System for Improving the Management of the Health of an Individual and Related Methods - A system and associated methods for improving the management of an individual's health is provided. The system includes a data measurement mechanism generating information relevant to a particular health condition, a data acquisition mechanism for transferring the information to a storage medium, at least one data analysis mechanism generating insights relevant to a particular health condition and an information presentation mechanism for displaying the insights to a patient, caregiver or physician. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110040570 | Diabetes Care Host-Client Architecture and Data Management System - A host-client data sharing system manages diabetes care data. A host database, preferably web or internet based, is implemented for storing diabetes care data relating to multiple diabetics. A client or local database stores the diabetes care data relating to multiple diabetics on a personal appliance such as a PC, or a portable or handheld microprocessor-based computing device. The host database uses multiple servers for handling client interactions with the system. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110040571 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FOR TELEDERMATOLOGY - The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for providing teledermatology services on a computer system. The method comprises receiving a request from a client for skin analysis and associating the request to at least one skin condition. The method further comprises constructing an action plan for treating the at least one skin condition, and sending the action plan to the client. The system includes a tangible storage medium readable by the instruction processing system and storing instructions for execution by the instruction processing system, a means for receiving a request from a client for skin analysis and a means for associating the request to at least one skin condition. The system further includes a means for constructing an action plan for treating the at least one skin condition; and a means for sending the action plan to the client. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110040572 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING PATIENT CARE - A patient management system includes a patient unit that obtains results data from a patient device and provides for two-way communication between the patient unit and a remote database. The patient unit can communicate with the remote database to obtain encounter instruction data for a given encounter as well as to send response data for the given encounter. A back office system can also access the database to retrieve the patient data for one or more patient users. The back office system can further add or modify encounter instruction data for use during a next encounter at the patient unit. The back office system can also set a dosage for the patient that can be stored in the remote database and retrieved by the patient unit as part of the given encounter. The back office system may also employ a rules engine that can be programmed according to an established protocol and can automatically generate encounter instructions and dosage information for one or more patient. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110040573 | Diagnostic System and Method - A diagnostic system and method. In one embodiment, the invention is a diagnostic system comprising: a form comprising one or more diagnostic questions and one or more possible answers to each diagnostic question; a first overlay comprising one or more windows and one or more diagnostic fields, wherein when the first overlay is positioned over the form, the answers to the diagnostic questions that are indicative of the user having a first medical condition are visible through the windows of the first overlay; and wherein the one or more diagnostic fields contain criteria for diagnosing the user with the first medical condition based on the user's selection of answers on the form that are visible through the windows of the first overlay. In other embodiments, the invention is a computer-based version of the diagnostic system and a diagnostic method. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110040574 | Health Monitoring System with Biometric Identification - A health monitoring method and system is disclosed. A sensor for use in a health monitoring system includes a first transducer for collecting biometric data for biometrically identifying an individual, a second transducer for measuring at least one physiological parameter and outputting data indicative thereof, and an output for outputting the data. In addition, a health monitoring system includes a server comprising a data processor and a memory, and one or more of the sensors, wherein the server is arranged to receive the data from the one or more sensors, to process the data associated with the respective individual from which the data was collected, and to output at least one result of the processing of the data. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110046970 | Electronic Client Data Acquisition and Analysis System - A medical data acquisition and analysis system is disclosed. The system includes a first computing device, connected to a database for storing data indicative of content, where the first computing device includes software comprising an algorithm engine having at least one algorithm for generating enhanced feedback content, and at least one secondary computing device, interactively connected to the first computing device through a web portal operative across a communications network. A user inputs a plurality of health related information items into the web portal interface of the at least one secondary computing device, and the plurality of health related information items are received by the first computing device and stored in the database, and are further processed with at least one secondary input to generate the enhanced feedback content in accordance with the at least one algorithm of the algorithm engine, and delivers the enhanced feedback content to the user. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110046971 | Remote healthcare method for measuring physiological parameter and reporting self-perceived health status - A remote healthcare method is applied to a healthcare server and includes the steps of receiving detected information from a physiological parameter detecting instrument, reading a patient identification code and a physiological parameter from the detected information, reading an identification datum and a medical history datum matched with the patient identification code from a history database according to the identification code, reading a disease matched with the disease classification code and a corresponding pathological symptom from the disease database according to at least one disease classification code in the medical history data, screening a corresponding matched pathological symptom from the pathological symptoms according to the read physiological parameter to create a self-perceived list, transmitting the self-perceived list to the physiological parameter detecting instrument, and waiting for a receipt of the selected option of the pathological symptom for determining an appropriate medical dosage or medical tool. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110046972 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEALTH-CENTERED MEDICINE - Methods and systems for personalized health plan are disclosed. The methods and systems determine a body system hierarchy corresponding to the patient that identifies elements of the patient's body and the associated functions of the elements, retrieve from a database of failures corresponding to the functions, determine risk factors of the patient for diseases corresponding the failures of the functions, select predetermined courses of action applicable to the plurality of diseases based on the determined cumulative risk, and provide a report including the selected courses of action for the patient. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110046973 | Diabetes Care Host-Client Architecture and Data Management System - A host-client data sharing system manages diabetes care data. A host database, preferably web or internet based, is implemented for storing diabetes care data relating to multiple diabetics. A client or local database stores the diabetes care data relating to multiple diabetics on a personal appliance such as a PC, or a portable or handheld microprocessor-based computing device. The host database uses multiple servers for handling client interactions with the system. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110046974 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING LAB RESULTS - The invention provides systems and methods for monitoring and/or reporting laboratory data. One or more laboratory facility may communicate with a data management center. Medical laboratory data, which may include renal data, may be provided to the data management center. In some instances, some of the data from a laboratory facility may be compared to a reference value, or a goal to assess the performance of the laboratory facility. Data may be displayed to a user of the system in a report. Financial tools may also be provided to assess costs associated with bundling various laboratory tests. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110046975 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTED RULES-BASED DECISION SUPPORT USING SITE-SPECIFIC MAPPED VALUES - Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for determining and communicating dynamic threshold values to a particular site system. Upon initiation of one or more rules, a request is received for one or more dynamic threshold values, which are dynamically changeable values associated with healthcare data. The dynamic threshold values are determined and are communicated. One or more rules are updated to reflect the received dynamic threshold values. The rules are used in association with patient care or healthcare data extraction. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110046976 | Integrated Communications System - An integrated communication system that is a centralized, web-based structure that facilitates efficient, secure and effective communication between and among users who require secure, and multifaceted communication structures. In a healthcare application, these users may include patients, their next-of-kin, or surrogates; clinicians who care for the patient; other friends and family who care about the patient; and the public. The system may function by making the patient the center of an electronic communication scheme. Others, involved as caregivers or loved ones, may be assigned access to various levels of communication on the basis of role and need. The system allows individuals such as care givers and those receiving care to communicate effectively without concern of invasion of their personal domains, while protecting confidential patient healthcare information and enabling communication using a variety of available communications formats and technologies. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110046977 | Diabetes Care Host-Client Architecture and Data Management System - A host-client data sharing system manages diabetes care data. A host database, preferably web or internet based, is implemented for storing diabetes care data relating to multiple diabetics. A client or local database stores the diabetes care data relating to multiple diabetics on a personal appliance such as a PC, or a portable or handheld microprocessor-based computing device. The host database uses multiple servers for handling client interactions with the system. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110046978 | DATABASE DRIVEN RULE BASED HEALTHCARE - A method is disclosed for rule based healthcare for use in the treatment of a patient. The method includes (a) providing a storage means for storing data indicative of a plurality of decision states, (b) presenting at least one query associated with a decision state, (c) receiving a corresponding at least one response to said at least one query, (d) comparing said response to a plurality of predefined responses ranges for selecting a new query associated with a new decision state, (e) transitioning to the new decision state, and (f) repeating steps (b) through (e) until a terminating decision state is reached. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110046979 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZED GUIDELINE-BASED THERAPY AUGMENTED BY IMAGING INFORMATION - When treating a patient, clinical decision support system (CDSS) guidelines are employed to assist a physician in generating a treatment plan. These plans are generated using both imaging and non-imaging data. To accomplish this, the CDSS is interfaced with imaging systems (CADx, CAD, PACS etc.). A data-mining operation is performed to identify relevant patients with similar attributes such as diagnosis, medical history, treatment, etc from imaging and non-imaging data. Natural language processing is employed to extract and encode relevant non-imaging (textual) data from relevant patients' records. Additionally, an image of a current patient is compared to reference images in a patient database to identify relevant patients. Relevant patients are then identified to a user, and the user selects a relevant patient to view detailed information related to medical history, treatment, guidelines, efficacy, and the like. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110054924 | PATIENT COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A handheld patient communication device ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110054925 | CLAIMS ANALYTICS ENGINE - Methods and systems for processing claims (e.g., healthcare insurance claims) are described. For example, prior to payment of an unpaid claim, a prediction is made as to whether or not an attribute specified in the claim is correct. Depending on the prediction results, the claim can be flagged for an audit. Feedback from the audit can be used to update the prediction models in order to refine the accuracy of those models. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110054926 | Medical Health Care System - A system for management of public health care where participating entities consume and purchasing health care services. Entities contribute to a health care fund and insurance account, both managed and supported by government. Personal physicians enroll participating entities until a maximum enrollment is reached, and the physicians are compensated from the fund per enrollment, the physicians see enrolled entities and recommend medications/treatments. Wellness maintenance providers enroll participating entities until maximum enrollment is reached, providing preventive medical services to entities, and compensated from the fund per enrollee. WMPs pay all costs of medications prescribed by physicians, WMPs pay 80% for recommended treatments. Pharmacies accept prescription orders from physicians and dispense directly to participating entities or their WMPs, receiving payment from the WMPs. Curative and specialty service providers provide treatments and services recommended by physicians, CSSPs paid by WMPs and insurance on a 80/20 split. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110054927 | AUTOMATED OPHTHALMIC LENS AND SOLUTIONS DISPENSING UNIT - The present invention discloses methods and apparatus for dispensing ophthalmic lenses and solutions and replenishing those lenses physically or virtually dispensed. In addition, in some embodiments, a patient may prepare an order for lenses and solutions dispensed. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110054928 | METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS - A personalized nutritional supplement method that includes the steps of affiliation; training; client assessment; review; recommendations; order placement; and order fulfillment. A personalized nutritional supplement method that includes blood testing is also provided. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110054929 | Stem Cell Marketplace - Computerized methods and systems for a stem cell marketplace are disclosed herein. Aspects of the stem cell marketplace include a registry that includes information and data necessary for a user to optimize a particular stem cell need. Aspects provide uniformity and certainty on how to proceed in personalizing a particular stem cell need, including autologous stem cell needs. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110054930 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CONSUMER TO DETERMINE FOOD/MEDICINE INTERACTIONS - One embodiment of the present invention relates to systems and methods for detecting harmful and/or hazardous ingredients that may cause an allergic reaction, interfere with the effectiveness of a prescription drug, exacerbate symptoms associated with a chronic illness, and/or cause another undesired reaction. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110054931 | Diagnostic System and Method - A diagnostic system and method. In one embodiment, the invention is a diagnostic system comprising: a form comprising one or more diagnostic questions and one or more possible answers to each diagnostic question; a first overlay comprising one or more windows and one or more diagnostic fields, wherein when the first overlay is positioned over the form, the answers to the diagnostic questions that are indicative of the user having a first medical condition are visible through the windows of the first overlay; and wherein the one or more diagnostic fields contain criteria for diagnosing the user with the first medical condition based on the user's selection of answers on the form that are visible through the windows of the first overlay. In other embodiments, the invention is a computer-based version of the diagnostic system and a diagnostic method. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110054932 | System for Improving Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals - The present invention provides systems and methods for improving the administration and usage of antibiotic/antimicrobial regimens. The method and system of the invention includes (a) establishing a multidisciplinary antimicrobial treatment team; (b) obtaining patient data; (c) reviewing patient data for sub-optimal antibiotic regimens and when necessary, conferring if MATT members regarding regimen recommendations; (d) generating reports with recommendations for optimal antibiotic regimens based on the review of the patient data. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110060602 | Treatment Planning System For Radiopharmaceuticals - A treatment schedule for radiopharmaceuticals is developed by collecting a volumetric history of tissue uptake in identified volumes of interest using emitted-radiation scans and relating this data to a treatment-radiopharmaceutical to develop a quantitatively accurate radiation treatment schedule of delivery amounts and delivery times of the treatment-radiopharmaceutical. This data may also be used to model biological effective dose and to prepare augmenting external radiation beam treatment schedules. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110060603 | Population Adjusted Indexes - Articles of manufacture including electronic machines including but not limited to computers, computer stations, computing devices, computer systems, software, computer readable memory and other electronic devices adapted to provide an index for a performance characteristic or measure for groups of people or institutions. The index values are risk adjusted to the varying population compositions for groups of people or institutions by comparison to a reference portfolio and are updated in real time to account for the changing constitution of the clusters in the portfolios. Methods of using the disclosed devices include the ability to provide a continuously updated benchmark for the comparison of medical, business or educational performance by providers or practitioners of such services that effect populations of individuals, and that is based on measurable outcomes. Additionally, the methods of using the disclosed devices include the ability to compare the effectiveness of different therapies. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110060604 | METHOD OF DOCUMENTING PATIENTS' CLINICAL STATUS ACROSS MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTIC DIMENSIONS - A computer implemented method for managing a patient's clinical status. The method includes: storing rules in a database; storing clinical domains including a set of clinical variables; storing information about the patient in the database; receiving responses to one or more questions about the patient's status for one or more clinical domains. The method then generates derived variables from the stored information, the stored clinical variable and the responses to one or more questions using one or more of the stored plurality of rules; calculates stratified domain levels for one or more of the plurality of clinical domains from the stored information, the stored clinical variables and the generated derived variables; and calculates a level of urgency from the stratified domain levels and the generated derived variables. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110060605 | METHODS FOR PREDICTING RESPONSIVENESS OF A DISEASE OR DISORDER TO A RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR BY ANALYSIS OF MUTATIONS IN PIK3CA - The present disclosure relates generally to methods and materials for determining the responsiveness of a subject with a disease or disorder to an inhibitor of a receptor tyrosine kinase including, for example, IGF1R. Such methods may comprise obtaining a biological sample from the subject, assaying the biological sample for one or more PIK3CA mutations, determining if one or more PIK3CA mutations are present in the biological sample, and employing the determination of one or more PIK3CA mutations in the biological sample to predict responsiveness of the subject to the receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110060606 | LIBRARIES AND DATA STRUCTURES OF MATERIALS REMOVED BY DEBULKING CATHETERS - Material removed by a debulking catheter from a body lumen can be preserved. Materials can be collected from many different patients and/or from multiple procedures on individual patients. Data which describe the properties or qualities of the removed material and/or the patient and/or the patient's family or environment can be stored on computer readable media. The stored data can be used to draw correlations, to stratify groups of patients, to provide risk assessments, to provide diagnoses and/or prognoses. Further tests can be done on the stored materials at later times after the procedures have been completed. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110066445 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR ADVANCED PAYMENT TRACKING FOR HEALTHCARE CLAIMS - An example claim payment tracking system includes a data store storing historical data regarding claim submission and payment dates. A claims processor generates a representative period of time from claim submission to payment and, using that representative period of time, calculates an expected remittance payment date for each submitted claim for a payer available for provider review and determines if a payment is before or after the expected remittance payment date for the submitted claim. The claims processor translates the determination of timely payment into a payment status message to the provider for at least one submitted claim to indicate a past due payment or a pending payment approaching the expected remittance payment date for the submitted claim. The system further includes a dashboard interface to display the expected remittance payment date for each submitted claim for a provider. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066446 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A DISTRIBUTED REGISTRATION MANAGER - A method for providing distributed registration management may include receiving, from a first health system entity, an indication of a healthcare registration event intended to register a patient for an event at a second health system entity in which the patient has a first patient identifier associated with the first health system entity, providing a second patient identifier associated with the second health system entity that correlates to the first patient identifier, and coordinating, via processing circuitry, registration of the second patient identifier for the registration event with the second health system entity. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066447 | LOSSLESS ACCOUNT COMPRESSION FOR HEALTH CARE PATIENT BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY RESEARCH SYSTEM AND METHODS - A system and method for determining eligibility for reimbursement for medical claims for patients may be implemented with computer software which compares a service provider's patient information against a benefit provider's database of covered persons to determine if the patient is eligible for benefits. The service provider records may be compressed by grouping all of the medical claims relating to a particular patient into one cluster represented by a composite medical claim, which may be used to query the benefit provider databases to determine if the patient is recognized. If the patient is recognized, every record within the cluster may be checked against the benefit provider's database to determine whether one or more patient medical claims are eligible for reimbursement. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066448 | MEDICINE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MEDICINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A medicine management apparatus includes: a medicine storage which stores a plurality of medicines used at a site of medical care; a storage and retrieval detector which, when a medicine handling personnel manipulates the apparatus to store or retrieve an accommodated medicine to be accommodated in the apparatus, physically detects the target accommodated medicine for which the apparatus is manipulated, differentiating it from the other accommodated medicines; and a counter which counts each type of the plurality of accommodated medicines. An injection prescription receiver receives injection prescription data from an external prescription analyzer. A retrieval determining unit determines whether the accommodated medicine detected as being retrieved is the accommodated medicine directed by the injection prescription data to be retrieved. A retrieval completion notification unit transmits a retrieval completion signal to the prescription analyzer, prompted by the completion of the retrieval of the accommodated medicine directed by the prescription data to be retrieved. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066449 | ENHANCED MULTIPLE RESOURCE PLANNING AND FORECASTING - A system configuration and techniques for optimizing schedules and associated use predictions of a multiple resource planning workflow are disclosed herein, applicable to environments such as radiologist scheduling in a teleradiology workflow. In one embodiment, a series of computing engines and components are provided to allow detailed forecasting and the generation of customized recommendations for scheduling and other resource usage scenarios. This forecasting can factor resource efficiencies, changes in resource demand volume, resource specialties, resource usage preferences, expected future events such as the removal or addition of resources at future times, and other resource availability or usage changes. The forecasts may be further enhanced through the use of historical data models and estimated future data models. Additionally, a calendar and other tools may be presented through a user interface to allow forecast and scenario customization based on selection of a series of future dates. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110071844 | PHARMACY INFUSION MANAGEMENT - Methods, computer systems and computer readable media for receiving data from infusion pumps in a healthcare setting and displaying the data on a user device at a pharmacy location are provided. Centralized pharmacy views are provided to manage individual and multiple patient infusions. Embodiments provide near real-time graphical displays of infusion data to pharmacies on separate user devices and allow for entry and communication of dispensing status of replacement fluids for patient infusions. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110071845 | COMPUTER BASED STANDARDIZED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDING DECISION SUPPORT FOR SURGICAL ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY OPERATIONS - A computer-based method for guiding decision support for surgical anatomic pathology operations, including: displaying, using a GUI for at least one specially programmed computer, a list of human body organs or organ systems; displaying, using the GUI, a list including at least one specimen type applicable to a selected human body organ or organ system; populating, using the GUI and the processor, a field with instructions, from a plurality of instructions, for guiding a surgical anatomic pathology operation applicable to a selected specimen type; displaying, using the GUI and the processor, a dictation template with respective prompts and respective fields applicable to the surgical anatomic pathology operation; receiving, using the GUI, an input from the respective fields including data related to performance of the surgical anatomic pathology operation; and generating, using the processor, a pathology report for the existing patient or the new patient including the data. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110071846 | HEALTHCARE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for processing and tracking a health care transaction is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method includes steps of receiving data related to a health care transaction and applying rules to eliminate downstream options. After the rules are applied, a transaction is built based in part on the received data and on the applied rules. Next, the transaction is stored and sent to a transaction layer for further processing. In one embodiment, a unique identifier is assigned to the data for tracking. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110071847 | SECURE ON-LINE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING PRESCRIPTION DRUG FULFILLMENT - A method of processing drug prescriptions via a communications network includes registering doctors, pharmacies and patients as participants such that each registered participant's identity is uniquely defined and determinable. Registered doctors from which prescriptions are received via the communications network have their identities authenticated. Each of the received prescriptions indicates a respective registered patient's identity for whom the prescription is intended. Registered patients from which orders are received via the communications network also have their identities authenticated. Each of the received orders indicates the prescription being ordered. The method also includes forwarding the orders to registered pharmacies via the communications network. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110071848 | OPTIMIZATION OF TIMING FOR DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS IN ADVANCED PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Advanced patient management systems include a unit for collecting data from a device associated with a patient, and a host in communication with the unit, the host identifying a time for the device to update data on the device. The system can identify a time for the device to update data associated with the device by developing a histogram of the availability of the device for interrogation. The system can also optimize processing loads for the system by developing a histogram of the time at which the caregiver is most likely to access the system to review the collected and processed data. Methods for optimizing device data update and processing times are also included. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110077954 | THERAPY RECONCILIATION FOR VENUE TRANSITION - The present invention is directed to selecting a therapy designation that is usable to identify a therapy when the therapy is implemented in a treatment venue. A therapy designation is received that identifies the therapy (e.g., administration of a medication) when the therapy is administered in a first treatment venue. Alternative therapy designations are referenced that are usable to identify the therapy when the therapy is implemented in a second treatment venue. An equivalent therapy designation is selected that, based on one or more rules, is most similar to the first therapy designation. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077955 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING CO-MORBID CARE MANAGEMENT - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for facilitating co-morbid care management. A method may include determining a plurality of medical conditions affecting a member enrolled in a care management plan. The method may further include activating, based at least in part upon the determined medical conditions, a plurality of member assessment modules. Each activated member assessment module may be associated with a respective determined medical condition and may comprise a set of assessment questions targeted to the medical condition with which the member assessment module is associated. The method may additionally include generating a blended co-morbid assessment question set based at least in part on the assessment question sets of the activated member assessment modules by blending the assessment question sets of the activated member assessment modules into a blended co-morbid assessment question set. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077956 | Systems For Treatment-Related Product Promotion And Ordering Via A Medical Measurement Device - The present disclosure describes a system for providing interactive, treatment-related promotions to, and receiving product orders form, a patient operating a medical measurement device, using the device to facilitate such promotion and product ordering. The system includes a medical measurement device that collects measurement data concerning the physiological condition of the patient. The device receives an invitation from a DME provider's server asking a user of the device if they would like to view a promotion. If the invitation is accepted, the promotion is presented on the device. The device user may be provided the option to purchase the promoted product using the device. A DME server selects the promotion sent to the device based at least in part on the treatment of the patient for which the medical measurement device is used. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077957 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION BY USING BUTTON-METHOD - A method of inputting health management information of a user using a button-method includes: receiving a selection of at least one button from among buttons which correspond to medical events related to health management of the user; reading a current time of a clock corresponding to a point of time when the at least one button is selected; and outputting identification information and a time of selection of the selected at least one button. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077958 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLINICAL, OPERATIONAL, AND FINANCIAL BENCHMARKING AND COMPARATIVE ANALYTICS - The clinical analytics platform automates the capture, extraction, and reporting of data required for certain quality measures, provides real-time clinical surveillance, clinical dashboards, tracking lists, and alerts for specific, high-priority conditions, and offers dynamic, ad-hoc quality reporting capabilities. The clinical informatics platform may include a data extraction facility that gathers clinical data from numerous sources, a data mapping facility that identifies and maps key data elements and links data over time, a data normalization facility to normalize the clinical data and, optionally, de-identify the data, a flexible data warehouse for storing raw clinical data or longitudinal patient data, a clinical analytics facility for data mining, analytic model building, patient risk identification, benchmarking, performing quality assurance, and patient tracking, and a graphical user interface for presenting clinical analytics in an actionable format. The clinical informatics platform may enable a method of benchmarking that includes analyzing the healthcare data to obtain a data sample to compare to at least one of a clinical, operational and financial benchmark, and presenting the data sample with the benchmark as a report in a graphical user interface, wherein the report can be customized by at least one of changing at least one criterion. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077959 | RESEARCH COLLABORATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for conducting collaborative research are described. In some embodiments, a portal provided on a server allows users, who may be isolated from each other, to network and collaborate on initiating, designing, implementing, analyzing, and/or publishing research. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077960 | INSPECTION ROOM DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM, INSPECTION ROOM DECISION SUPPORT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An inspection room decision support system for providing support in deciding one inspection room in which a requested endoscopic inspection will be conducted, plural inspection rooms, the system includes: an input unit that inputs information; a registration unit that registers at least information about each of the inspection rooms, information about a number of persons waiting for inspection in each of the inspection rooms and information about an endoscope used in each of the inspection rooms into a database in accordance with the information inputted by the input unit; and a control unit which reads at least the information about each of the inspection rooms, the information about the number of persons waiting for inspection in each of the inspection rooms and the information about the endoscope in each of the inspection rooms from the database, and makes a display device display these pieces of information associated with each other. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077961 | ENDOSCOPIC INSPECTION INFORMATION ADMINISTERING SYSTEM, ENDOSCOPIC INSPECTION INFORMATION ADMINISTERING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An endoscopic inspection information administering system includes: an unlinking unit for canceling a link between a first piece of inspection request information selected from the inspection request information on a database and a first piece of inspection result information linked with the first piece of the inspection request information; a retrieval display unit for retrieving, from the database, second pieces of the inspection request information including the same patient ID as a patient ID included in the first piece of the inspection request information and displaying the retrieved second pieces of the inspection request information, and a recording control unit for recording, into the database, a piece of the inspection request information selected from the displayed second pieces of the inspection request information in link with the first piece of the inspection result information. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077962 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING CENTRALIZED CANDIDATE SELECTION AND MONITORING SUBJECT PARTICIPATION IN CLINICAL TRIAL STUDIES - A system and method of facilitating centralized and standardized remote ratings of subjects in clinical trial studies includes providing training to raters located at one or more central rating sites such that the raters are trained to apply substantially similar criteria in determining whether a candidate is a qualified subject for the clinical trial and/or in the actual assessment, or information collection, phase of the clinical trail. By having centralized, consistently trained raters that are independent of clinical trial investigators, inter-rater reliability is enhanced and potential bias is reduced, thus increasing the effectiveness of the clinical trial results by providing more qualified subjects and more accurate results. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN THE HOME TREATMENT OF A MEDICAL CONDITION - An interactive home treatment system and method is disclosed. Patient data is collected via a handheld device and stored in a database. The data may be related to self-treatments, symptoms, or patient behavior. The data are analyzed with an analytic tool and the analysis is used to generate a message that is transmitted to a treating health care professional or to the patient, or both. A set of predetermined rules may be applied to the data. The rules may be modified by the treating health care professional, the patient, or both. The handheld device, the database, and the analytic tool may be web-enabled to facilitate communication from virtually anywhere. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077964 | MEDICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to effective diagnosis of patients and assisting clinicians in treatment planning. In particular, invention provides a medical analysis system that enables refinement of molecular classification. The system provides a molecular profiling solution that will allow improved diagnosis, prognosis, response prediction to provide the right chemotherapy, and follow-up to monitor for cancer recurrence. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110082704 | Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Managing Healthcare Information - Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium storing machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, receiving, by an intermediary from a product provider: information regarding a product, and/or compensation for providing, to the product provider, information regarding a recommendation of the product. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110082705 | Remote Prescription Refill System - A prescription refill system having interactive text messaging capabilities is provided. A computer system remote from a pharmacy receives a text message from a customer cellular phone relating to a prescription refill request. The computer system sends another text message back to the customer's cellular telephone, prompting the customer to select a pharmacy from a plurality of pharmacies, at which the customer desires to have the prescription refilled. The customer sends a text message selecting the desired pharmacy, and the system transmits the prescription refill request to the desired pharmacy for subsequent filling. The system could also transmit a text message to the customer's cellular telephone regarding the status of the prescription refill request. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110082706 | Methods For Delivering A Drug To A Patient While Preventing The Exposure Of A Foetus Or Other Contraindicated Individual To The Drug - Novel methods for delivering a drug to a patient while preventing the exposure of a foetus or other contraindicated individual to the drug. Embodiments are provided in which the involved prescribers, pharmacies and patients are registered in one or more computer databases. Embodiments are also provided in which registered patients receive counseling information concerning the risks attendant to foetal exposure to the drug. Male patients and female patients who are not pregnant may, in certain circumstances, receive the drug. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110082707 | Methods For Delivering A Drug To A Patient While Restricting Access To The Drug By Patients For Whom The Drug May Be Contraindicated - Methods for delivering a drug to a patients in need of the drug, while restricting access to the drug by patients for whom the drug may be contraindicated are disclosed. The methods are of the type in which prescriptions for the drug are filled by a pharmacy only after a computer readable storage medium has been consulted to retrieve a prescription approval code. Embodiments are provided wherein the patients are assigned to risk groups based upon the risk that taking the drug will lead to an adverse side effect, and certain additional information, such as periodic surveys and diagnostic tests probative of the ongoing risk of the side effect developing are obtained before prescriptions for the drug are approved. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110087498 | Surgical system providing identification of billing codes - An apparatus and method of identifying and selecting a billing code for a surgical procedure using a surgical system. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110087499 | DIALYSIS TREATMENT PLANNING AND COST OPTIMIZATION - A system, method and computer readable medium for dialysis treatment planning and optimization is disclosed. The system can include a processor programmed to perform operations including receiving a dialysis treatment parameter set and retrieving a predetermined list of dialyzers and corresponding cost and performance data for each dialyzer. The operations can also include iteratively calculating a cost impact of different treatment scenarios, the cost impact being determined based both on a clinical impact and on a cost value. Each scenario can be stored along with the dialysis treatment parameters and the calculated cost impact for each scenario. The operations can further include selecting the scenario having the most desirable cost impact; and outputting the selected scenario including the cost impact and the dialysis treatment parameters for the selected scenario. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110093278 | System And Method Of Using A Portable Touch Screen Device - A system and method of using a portable touch screen device (“PTSD”) in connection with an integrated emergency medical transport database system is disclosed. The PTSD may be used to quickly and accurately gather and preserve data regarding a patient and the transportation of the patient. In various embodiments data may be input into the PTSD in a standardized format by associating typing, voice, video, picture, or other files with predetermined data input categories. Standardized data may then be communicated by the PTSD, for instance wirelessly, to an integrated emergency medical transport database, after which the patient data is deleted from the PTSD to protect patient confidentiality. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093279 | Drug Labeling - Disclosed are systems and methods for enabling transfer of a drug from a first drug container to a second drug container including a drug identification component that recognizes a first drug container to retrieve drug identifying data for the drug, a storage medium that stores a site-specific database comprising attributes and associated values for a set of drugs including the drug in the first drug container, a processor that obtains the drug identifying data and the attributes and associated values for the drug and produces information about the drug using the drug identifying data and the attributes and associated values, a rules engine that applies one or more rules to the information about the drug to generate drug handling information, and an output unit that outputs markings comprising the drug handling information in human-readable or machine-readable form, or both, to be associated with the second container. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093280 | Computer Implemented Modular Based Medical Market Analysis System - Disclosed is an online computerized disease intelligence platform for use in medical market analysis. The system provides a physician's view of the medical market and disease landscape using physician interaction and real-time data feeds. Furthermore, the system identifies and uses expert thought leader physicians in analyzing treatment protocols and trends in providing reports to users of the platform. The system further graphically maps physician influences and identified thought leaders in therapy areas. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093281 | Generation and Data Management of a Medical Study Using Instruments in an Integrated Media and Medical System - In general, a computer-implemented method is described for receiving by one or more computers one or more responses to questions included in a medical study instrument generated through an instrument generation system, removing from the one or more responses patient information including at least one of name information and address information, generating a unique identifier, the unique identifier associated with a patient's physician, associating the unique identifier with the one or more responses from which the patient information has been removed, and storing the one or more responses from which the patient information has been removed and the associated unique identifier in a data repository. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093282 | Generation and Data Management of a Medical Study Using Instruments in an Integrated Media and Medical System - In general, a computer-implemented method is described for retrieving by one or more computers an appointment schedule associated with a physician, the appointment schedule including one or more names of patients scheduled for a medical visit with the physician, receiving a first request to view appointment information for a selected patient, retrieving by one or more computers a first list comprising instruments completed by the selected patient, and receiving a second request to send one or more instruments completed by the selected patient to the physician. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093283 | METHOD FOR MEDICAL DATA COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION - An exemplary method according to various aspects of the present invention includes receiving data from a medical device and transmitting a message including at least a portion of the received data to a provided medical data server. This exemplary method further includes receiving a command from the medical data server. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093284 | SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DATA COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION - A system according to the present invention includes a processor, a device interface, a data relay interface, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive, using the device interface, data from a medical device. The memory further stores instructions to cause the processor to transmit a message including at least a portion of the received data, using the data relay transceiver, to a provided medical data server and to receive a command, using the data relay interface, from the medical data server. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093285 | METHODS FOR SAMPLING AND RELAYING PATIENT MEDICAL DATA - In an aspect of a method of the present invention, medical data may be obtained either through a wired or wireless connection to a medical device (or both), and may be relayed to a medical data server directly or through an intermediary device (or a combination of both pathways). Accordingly, there is provided a method whereby data from a medical device can be received through one or more of a wired connection and a wireless connection, and a message including the received data for transmission may be formatted for transmission to one or more of: a medical data server and a intermediary device, wherein the intermediary device includes a software program configured to retransmit the message to the medical data server. Data received by the medical server may automatically determine a medical device type based on a medical device identifier. This method can be practiced automatically to allow a medical device for a patient or other subject to be monitored without requiring the patient to manually enter information. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093286 | SYSTEM FOR SAMPLING AND RELAYING PATIENT MEDICAL DATA - A system according the present invention comprises a processor, a device interface configured to receive data from one or more different medical devices through a wired or wireless connection (or both), a data relay transceiver, and a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions. The processor executes the instructions in the memory to receive data from the one or more medical devices through a wired or wireless connection (or both) using the device interface and transmits the data to an intermediary device using the data relay transceiver. Accordingly data from a medical device can be received by the system through the one or more of a wired connection and a wireless connection, and a message including the received data for transmission may be formatted to be sent to one or more of a medical data server and a intermediary device, wherein the intermediary device includes a software program configured to retransmit the message to the medical data server. Aspects of the system can be practiced automatically to allow a medical device for a patient or other subject to be monitored without requiring the patient to manually enter information. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093287 | METHODS FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCY INTERVENTION - There are provided methods and systems for personal emergency Intervention, comprising determining that an event regarding a patient has occurred, and thereupon enabling a tracking mode in a device controlled by the patient; monitoring one or more conditions to determine whether the tracking mode should be disabled, and until the tracking mode is disabled, the device: obtains a data pairing, the data pairing comprising a location of the patient and a time related to the location of the patient, and stores the data pairing within a memory in the device; and formatting a report for transmission to a medical data server, the report comprising at least a patient identifier for the patient and the data pairing. This method can be practiced automatically to allow a device controlled by a patient or other subject to be monitored without requiring the patient to manually enter information. Methods and systems also provide for networked implementations of personal emergency tracking in a defined locality and relay of emergency assistance through audial communications with the patient. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093288 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RISK STRATIFICATION OF PATIENT POPULATIONS - A statistical processing system includes a server operably configured with program instructions implementing a plurality of statistical models to at least one of (a) predict a health outcome based on questionnaire responses, (b) assist a patient's choice of therapeutic modality based on questionnaire responses, and (c) assess a health risk or status based on questionnaire responses. Also provided is a research agency communicating with the server and contracted to provide the statistical models using a visual interface communicated by the server. The server is configured to analyze requests received from users relating to a plurality of said statistical models to reduce redundancy in requests for patient data. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093289 | MEDICARE PHARMACY CALCULATOR II - A method and apparatus for providing a Medicare Part D Pharmacy Benefits Calculator. A computer user inputs data for prescriptions to be purchased by a prospective insured for a plan period. The prescription data includes a quantity, a days supply, and a number of fills. The data for each prescription the user enters is used to calculate anticipated out-of-pocket costs for the prescriptions for one or more pharmacy benefits plans available to the prospective insured. The cost data is presented to the user in a way that illustrates how out-of-pocket costs will vary over the course of a plan period. The user may view costs for alternative drugs and alternatives sources of drugs. The user may vary and expand the presentation of the cost data to better understand the available plan benefits. The invention helps prospective insureds decide among alternative Medicare Part D pharmacy benefits plans offered by one or more insurance companies. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093290 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - Systems and methods for an information management system for an implantable medical device are disclosed. A preferred embodiment uses an implantable medical device that is automatically recognized by a publicly accessible information access portal. Some embodiments of a system disclosed herein also can be configured as a component of an Advanced Patient Management System that helps better monitor, predict and manage chronic diseases. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093291 | METHODS FOR MANAGING A MEDICAL EVENT - A system and method of creating a financial instrument from at least one of a good, service and combination thereof based on quasi-fungibility thereof comprising specifying at least one of a reference good, service and combination thereof; specifying at least one of a reference use, specification and combination thereof of said at least one of a reference good, service and combination thereof; identifying at least one of an alternative good, service and combination thereof analogous to said at least one of a reference good, service and combination thereof and having at least one of a use, specification and combination thereof quasi-fungible to said at least one of a use, specification and combination thereof of said at least one of a reference good, service and combination thereof; assessing the degree of quasi-fungibility of said at least one of an alternative good, service and combination thereof by comparison of said at least one of an alternative good, service and combination thereof to said at least one of a reference good, service and combination thereof and by comparison of said at least one of a use, specification and combination thereof of said at least one of an alternative good, service and combination thereof to said at least one of a use, specification and combination thereof of said at least one of a reference good, service and combination thereof; determining if said degree of quasi-fungibility at least meets a predetermined level of quasi-fungibility; and creating a financial instrument based on said at least one of an alternative good, service and combination thereof if said degree of quasi-fungibility at least meets said predetermined level of quasi-fungibility. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110099024 | HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The invention provides a computer useable medium encoded with a computer program for maintaining an electronic healthcare database, the medium comprising: a) a computer database for maintaining personal and medical records of a patient; b) means for remotely accessing said database to at least one provider of medical care for the patient; c) records of personal and medical information entered into said database by the provider; and d) an algorithm program for relating a diagnosed medical condition of the patient and at least one medical care action relating to the patient. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099025 | System for Reducing Health-Insurance Costs Including Fraud by Providing Medical Histories - A system for reducing health-insurance costs including fraud for patients uses an identification card to allow doctors to obtain a patient's medical history. The identification card can either hold the medical history itself or can link the provider to a database containing the medical history. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099026 | DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR COMPARING PATIENT DATA WITH AILMENT ARCHETYPES TO DETERMINE CORRELATION WITH ESTABLISHED AILMENT BIOMARKERS - The Patient Data Management System operates under the control of a physician to implement a patient-specific instance of the apparatus which is capable of accessing at least one data manipulation module, each defining at least one process for transforming patient medical data pursuant to a predefined schema. A patient medical data processor is responsive to the physician selecting a set of patient medical data, at least one of the data manipulation modules, and an order of applying the selected data manipulation modules to the selected patient medical data for processing the selected patient medical data using the selected data manipulation modules in the selected order to identify data indicative of a predetermined condition in the selected patient medical data. A display is available for presenting a visualization of the data indicative of a predetermined condition in the selected patient medical data. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099027 | COLLABORATIVE HEALTHCARE - A specialty programmed computing system provides a platform for collaboratively providing and consuming healthcare products and services. Modules of the platform and third-party modules (accessing through an API) process and display patient EHR, practice management information, relationship (social network) information, and organizational structure information that is stored within the system and/or in data repositories of member entities in state/regional/national health information exchanges. The patent and/or provider portal is branded for the sponsoring organization, and communication tools and resources are made available to a given user based on their role, affiliation(s), and relationships. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099028 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING MEDICAL PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY AND PAYMENT DATA - Systems, methods and means for facilitating verification transactions in connection with a discount medical program are provided which include a verification host, configured to maintain rules and logic relating to price and member verification, a rate verification subsystem configured to maintain rules and logic for receiving price information from a plurality of discount medical plan sponsors including the prices for services from each medical service provider participating in the program and for processing requests for price verification received from medical services providers, and a member verification subsystem configured to maintain rules and logic for issuing a payment card to individuals with said card representing membership in a discount medical program, for receiving member information from medical plan sponsors including the current membership status of each member, for processing requests for member verification received from medical services providers, and for processing payment transactions associated with the member payment card. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099029 | AUTOMATED ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method for facilitating placement of health care order entry is provided. The method includes receiving input indicative of a desired healthcare order. The order has certain terms therein that are normalized. The method also finds possible order matches for the normalized terms, and calculates a rough score for the possible order matches. The method refines the rough score with a rough score adjustment, and then ranks the found possible order matches from the most-likely to match the desired order to the least-likely based upon the refined rough score. These possible order matches can then be displayed to the user for selection. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099030 | DEFINING PRIVILEGES IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION, IMPLEMENTATION AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF A HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEM - Systems, methods and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, for automated configuration, implementation and/or maintenance of a healthcare information system are provided. The systems, methods and computer-readable media of embodiments described herein utilize a number of information sources prior to initiation of configuration, implementation and/or maintenance to tailor or flex the process in a manner that is facility- and/or personnel-specific, thus alleviating solicitation of unnecessary information. Such information sources may include, by way of example only, one or more of facility- and/or personnel-specific content, facility and personnel profiles, site profiles, help and knowledge assistance information, and pre-configured content options. The more information to which the system has access prior to initiation of the configuration, implementation and/or maintenance process, the more tailored the configuration, implementation and/or maintenance may be and, accordingly, the less time and effort will be required by a user. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110106552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING PERSONALIZED PATIENT DATA - In one embodiment, a method of personalized patient data delivery as performed by a personalized patient data delivery system is described. The method comprises receiving an emergency patient data request at a mobile network infrastructure via a communication device, determining at least one patient data delivery server comprising requested emergency patient data, transmitting the emergency patient data request to the patient data delivery server, obtaining requested emergency patient data from the patient data delivery server and transmitting the emergency patient data to the communication device. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106553 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT GUIDELINE ADVISING DEVICE - A health management guideline advising device includes input means for inputting personal information of a measuring subject; measurement means for measuring weight and body impedance of the measuring subject; estimation means for estimating a body composition distribution of the measuring subject from the inputted personal information and the measurement result by the measurement means; storage means for storing the measurement result by the measurement means and an estimation result by the estimation means with a measurement date and time, prediction means for predicting future weight fluctuation from the stored weight and the body composition distribution; and display means for displaying the predicted future weight fluctuation. Furthermore, target setting means for setting a weight reduction target and determination means for determining whether or not the weight reduction target can be achieved based on the prediction result by the prediction means are preferably arranged. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106554 | Health-care rates exchange I - The present invention provides an improved system and method for creating and generating fixed and adjustable or negotiable charges related to health and health-care services, goods and medications by and between health-care providers and related health-care buyers for implementing and serving in the functioning and operating computerized systems of payments and related disbursements and barters for managing, effecting and controlling said costs, expenses, payments, compensations and revenues of, by and among providers and related buyers in a network or networks of servers, computers and wireless devices, teleconferencing platforms and the Internet. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106555 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SYNERGISTIC ALERT CONDITION PROCESSING IN AN AUTOMATED PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system and method for providing synergistic alert condition processing in an automated patient management system is presented. An alert condition is classified along a continuum that includes adverse outcome potential versus medical intervention impact potential. The alert condition is managed by assigning a disposition based on relative placement of the alert condition along the continuum. An alert notification is communicated over a selectable mode of communications and is conditioned upon the assigned disposition being actionable. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106556 | Modifying a Patient Adherence Score - Systems and techniques are disclosed for determining an intervention for a patient based at least in part on a likelihood of the patient to adhere to a prescription. In some implementations, a patient profile for a patient is obtained from one or more computer-readable storage devices in a patient population, the patient profile including multiple patient attributes; an adherence score is obtained for the patient profile, the adherence score for predicting patient adherence based on one or more of the multiple patient attributes wherein the adherence score indicates a likelihood of adherence of the patient to a prescribed treatment; and the adherence score obtained for the patient profile is modified into a modified score for intervention based on a set of weights for weighting the patient attributes. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110112848 | MEDICAL DECISION SYSTEM INCLUDING QUESTION MAPPING AND CROSS REFERENCING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A medical decision system includes a questions database including a plurality of questions to be presented to a user relating to medical care, an answers database including a plurality of answers related to the plurality of questions in the questions database and a plurality of medical related information databases including medical related information and rules. The medical related information may include a plurality of medical conditions to be presented to the user for selection based on the answers to the questions selected by the user from said answers database, and medical recommendations relating to the plurality of medical conditions. All medical recommendations relating to the selected medical condition may be presented to the user. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112849 | MEDICAL DECISION SYSTEM INCLUDING INTERACTIVE PROTOCOLS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An interactive protocol system for a medical decision system includes a plurality of medical related information databases containing medical related information and rules, a patient information database including patient information, a medical practices database including information relating to medical practices, a questions database including questions to be presented to a user relating to medical care, and an answers database including answers related to the respective questions in said questions database. The medical practices database may include a plurality of protocols. Each of the plurality of protocols may include a different plurality of narrowing questions to be presented to the user. The questions may relate to at least one of the plurality of protocols and may be presented to the user based on the answers to the questions provided by the user. The narrowing questions in at least one of the plurality of protocols may be answered by the user to provide the user an indication relating to medical practices. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112850 | MEDICAL DECISION SYSTEM INCLUDING MEDICAL OBSERVATION LOCKING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A medical decision system includes a patient information database including patient information, a questions database including a plurality of questions to be presented to a user, each having question text associated therewith and a predetermined question code associated with the question text, an answers database including a plurality of answers each having answer text associated therewith and a predetermined answer code associated with the answer text, and a plurality of medical related information databases including medical related information. At least one of the question text and answer text are locked to prevent alteration thereof. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112851 | SYSTEMATIC PAYMENT AUDITING - A systematic audit of payment amounts for collections received for billed service is performed to identify payment discrepancies. Prices are assigned to service codes by government payers and private insurance companies with numerous variations. Each type of price model and variant is stored in a data repository. The price model may be categorized and applied per facility and per payer. Payment amounts are analyzed for price and billing code accuracy to determine whether the received payment accurately reflects the pricing model. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112852 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING - The present invention relates to an assessment technique which is conveniently practiced on a computer or over a network. The assessment technique is particularly useful in assessment of health related factors. The invention also relates to a general purpose programmable computer which is provided with instructions for operating according to the assessment technique. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112853 | System and Method for Condition, Cost, and Duration Analysis - A system, method, and tangible computer program product for analysis of condition, cost, and duration are presented. In one embodiment, the system includes an interface and a processor. The interface may receive or obtain one or more attributes associated with a subject having a condition. The processor may search a database for a group of records associated with the attributes, wherein the records comprise cost and duration information associated with the condition, estimate cost and duration in response to the cost and duration information, and generate an output in response to the cost estimate and duration estimate. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112854 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATION OF CLINICAL AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - The present disclosure relates to an automated system for regulating the allocation of resources, or the dissemination of information within a healthcare facility. The automated system includes a context providing system capable of determining the state of a parameter and a facilities management system in communication with the context providing system. An integration protocol is configured to facilitate communication between the context providing system and the facilities management system and the facilities management system allocates resources or disseminates information based upon the value of the parameter provided by the context providing system. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112855 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN MAKING A TREATMENT PLAN - The present invention provides a method and device for assisting in making a patient treatment plan. The method comprises: a step of acquiring first data reflecting the self-training condition of a patient in the recent past stage, and a medical record of the patient; a step of analyzing said first data based on said medical record and a first professional knowledge; and a step of generating a training guide based on the result of said step of analyzing and a second professional knowledge, said training guide serving to guide said patient in performing the next stage of training. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112856 | MEDICAL IMAGING PROCEDURES AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MEDICAL IMAGING PROCEDURES - A method for managing a plurality of medical imaging procedures. The method comprises associating a machine readable tag with each of a plurality of patients designated for a plurality of medical imaging procedures, monitoring a progress of at least one of the plurality of patients in a respective the medical imaging procedure, and managing at least one medical imaging resource for performing the plurality of medical imaging procedures according to the progress. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112857 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND MONITORING PATIENT COMPLIANCE WITH MEDICAL DEVICE USAGE PRESCRIPTION - A computer-implemented method for tracking and monitoring a patient's compliance with a medical device usage prescription for a medical device is disclosed. This method and system includes the steps of: (a) providing a minimum medical device usage compliance value for the medical device for a predetermined compliance period; (b) providing the quantity of compliance periods in a measurement cycle; and (c) determining a compliance period value as the number of compliance periods in the measurement cycle in which an actual medical device usage value is at least equal to the minimum medical device usage compliance value. In another embodiment, the method also includes: providing a weighting factor, and applying the weighting factor to at least one actual medical device session usage value. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112858 | CONNECTING PATIENTS WITH EMERGENCY/URGENT HEALTH CARE - A computer network-based service provides search capabilities and mechanisms for connecting potential patients with emergency, urgent, and convenient care facilities. Patients make informed decisions regarding their treatment options by reviewing search results regarding facility wait times, geographic proximities of facilities, quality ratings of facilities for particular specialties, etc. Upon selecting a facility, patients may electronically transmit a notification to the facility indicating their medical condition(s) and estimated arrival time. The facility may approve or deny the treatment request by sending an electronic response. The facility may also request further information to triage the patient before his/her actual arrival and/or may provide instructions to assist the patient while en route. Navigation satellite systems may identify the patient's location for processing search requests and determining the proximity of facilities. Further, contact mechanisms, e.g., phone numbers, for contacting facilities directly may be accessed from the search service and tracked. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112859 | HEALTHCARE CLAIMS LOSS CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method for controlling healthcare claim payment losses including accessing information about a claim after a payer is prepared to pay, but prior to payment, evaluating the information including at least one of determining indications of fraud, validating service coding and editing as indicated, identifying possible payment discounts, and developing analytics indicative of risk for future claims, and providing loss control recommendations based at least partially on the evaluation, prior to paying the claim. Also a loss control system for healthcare claims with a loss control engine and a database in communication with the loss control engine, wherein the loss control engine accesses information about healthcare claims from the database after the claims have been processed for payment and wherein the loss control engine further analyses the claims for potential cost savings and returns a loss control recommendation for each claim to the database before payment of the respective claim. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112860 | MEDICAL TREATMENT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system is provided for monitoring the treatment of one or more patients with one or more medications. A medical treatment plan is defined as a set of data elements stored in a database and representative of a patient configuration file. The data elements are translated into a sequence of prompt and record events, which are communicated to one or more remote monitoring devices. Patient response data, supplied by the patients in response to the events and relating at least in part to a record of the intake of the medication by the patient, are obtained, recorded, and uploaded into the database. The patient response data are correlated with additional data relating to patient health or economic outcomes, for example using statistical analysis and data mining. The correlation can be used to adjust dosing recommendations to improve clinical outcome, reduce side-effects, and eliminate drug interactions. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112861 | CALORIE CONSUMPTION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, CALORIE CONSUMPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a calorie consumption assistance system for assisting user's calorie consumption so that the user's calorie consumption in a certain time period can more efficiently reach a target amount. A calorie consumption assistance system ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110119072 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A FAIR BENCHMARK FOR PHYSICIANS' QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE - Described herein are systems, methods and computer-program products for application of both the Angoff standard-setting procedure with the Dunn-Rankin scaling method to determine standards (or cutscores) for practice-based performance assessments. In addition, reliability of measures and overall performance scores, and estimates of the decision consistency of the resulting performance standard can be calculated. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119073 | Method and Apparatus for Verification of Medication Administration Adherence - A system and method of confirming administration of medication is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119074 | PDA BASED SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TREATMENT OF A PATIENT HEALTH CONDITION - A measurement module for glucose testing includes a glucose testing measurement module housing, a test strip receptacle formed in the housing, and a connector portion formed in the housing and shaped to permit mechanical removable attachment of the housing to a hand-held computer. Electronics determine the amount of glucose present in a sample of body fluid, when the test strip is positioned in the receptacle and the body fluid is placed on a test strip, and communicate the glucose amount to the hand-held computer via the connector portion. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119075 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER-BASED PROVIDER INCENTIVE MANAGER - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER (“MHM”) BASED PROVIDER INCENTIVE MANAGER may provide an elegant and consistent multimedia interactive reference standard to maximize personal understanding of health information and coach individuals toward better health outcomes. In one embodiment, a healthcare service provider performance incentivisation processor-implemented method is disclosed, comprising: providing prescription media objects for a plurality of users, wherein the prescription media objects are associated with a plurality of healthcare service providers; obtaining usage feedback on the provided prescription media objects from the plurality of users; aggregating the obtained usage feedback from the plurality of users; analyzing via a processor the aggregated usage feedback from the plurality of users; identifying a user trend based on the analysis of the aggregated usage feedback; and generating a performance report for one of the healthcare service providers based on the identified user trend. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119076 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER-BASED VIRAL SHARING PROVIDER - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER (“MHM”) BASED VIRAL SHARING PROVIDER may provide an elegant and consistent multimedia interactive reference standard to maximize personal understanding of health information and coach individuals toward better health outcomes. In one embodiment, a healthcare content sharing processor-implemented method is disclosed, comprising: providing prescription media objects associated with a plurality of healthcare service providers to a plurality of users for sharing; obtaining information on user sharing of the provided prescription media objects; aggregating the information on user sharing of the provided prescription media objects; analyzing, via a processor, the aggregated information on user sharing of the provided prescription media objects; identifying a user trend based on analyzing the aggregated information on user sharing of the provided prescription media objects; and generating a performance report for one of the healthcare service providers based on the identified user trend. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119077 | VIRTUAL MEDICAL SELF MANAGEMENT TOOL - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing a virtual medical self management tool by an insurer to an injured person who sustained an insured bodily injury. In certain embodiments, these systems and methods provide medical self management information related to property/casualty insurance claims using a web portal. In a preferred embodiment, the systems and methods provide the medical self management information to injured employees covered through their employer by workers compensation insurance. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119078 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEART FAILURE PREDICTION - A method for monitoring a health status of a human subject includes the capturing of medical data concerning the health of the subject at defined intervals using a questionnaire. The questionnaire provides a standard script for data capture. Part of the captured data is constrained to a Likert scale while other data is on a visual analog scale. The captured data further includes an assessment by a physician of health symptoms of the subject. The captured data is input into a computer, provided to an algorithm that is configured to assess a risk of acute heart failure. The risk of acute heart failure is computed using the algorithm and the captured data from a plurality of the defined intervals. In one method, the health status of the subject as being either improved or worsening is output to the physician as a function of a value of the computed risk. In another method, a survival function outcome for the subject is predicted using the output of the algorithm. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119079 | Connecting Consumers with Service Providers - A computer-implemented method includes receiving by a first mobile device an application that executes on the first mobile device associated with a consumer, the application including a plurality of graphical user interfaces, the graphical user interfaces having one or more fields that are populated with information received from a central, brokerage system; sending by the application executing on the first mobile device a request to consult with a service provider; populating one or more fields of the plurality of graphical user interfaces with information received from the central, brokerage system, to render a visual representation of present availability of one or more service providers; receiving by the application a selection of a particular service provider; and establishing through the brokerage system by the application a communication channel between the first mobile device and a second mobile device associated with a selected service provider. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119080 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYTE DATA TRANSMISSION AND REPORT GENERATION - Medical data provided by a physiological parameter sensor is stored on a patient's hand held device used for management of the patient's medical condition. The hand held device is programmed to upload the stored medical data in batch to a remote server at a time during which connection and data transfer services are less expensive. In another aspect, a docking station is used for interacting with the hand held device and uploading the data in batch. In another aspect, the hand held device is programmed to select and organize stored medical data into one of a plurality of report formats, apply a selected printer driver to the report, and output the processed medical data to an appropriate printer for printing a hard copy report for review by a health care provider at a patient's examination. In other aspects, a cradle or removable memory device are used for the purpose. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119081 | Method For Defining And Interactively Managing A Treatment For Glycemic Level Control In A Diabetic Patient And Device That Carries Out Said Method - A method for interactive definition and management of a treatment for monitoring blood glucose of a diabetic patient includes performing two distinct, asynchronous and simultaneous, work cycles, having different length: a first local cycle, shorter, includes the steps of acquiring at least one value of said patient's blood glucose by means of a glucometer integrated in a monitoring device, calculating an insulin dosage value to be administered to the patient, by means of a computing algorithm, provided by a specialist doctor, displaying the insulin dosage on a monitoring device display, and defining a date and time for subsequent acquisition of blood glucose level. Furthermore, the system automatically sends glycemic information to the doctor, if they are beyond mean value parameters, time passed from a last contact and number of hypoglycemic value measurements, that the specialist himself can set for each patient and modify over time. A second remote cycle, longer, includes reading the patient's last blood glucose value, periodical running of a procedure for extracting a group of data significant for the patient, related to at least the trend of glycemic level values of the patient and to corresponding insulin doses, recommended on the basis of computation of said algorithm in a predetermined previous period; transmission of the group of significant date to the specialist' doctor's remote computer, by means of a simplified transmitter/receiver module operating via a mobile telephone network, integrated with monitoring device, possibly receiving a set of modified parameters for performing the computing algorithm, or a new computing algorithm, and introduction of such set of modified parameters or of the new algorithm in the managing program. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119082 | REASONABLE VALUE MEDICAL BENEFIT PLAN - A self-insured or self funded medical benefit plan is provided by an employer wherein the self-insured medical benefit plan is governed by ERISA, and wherein the employer who is providing the medical benefit plan is 100 percent responsible for payment for medical services provided to an employee, receiving the benefit of the medical benefit plan, to a medical service provider for covered medical services and products. The medical benefit plan and method for providing the medical benefit plan determines a reasonable value for the medical services provided by a medical service provider to a participant of the plan, reprices a bill or claim from the medical service provider, and protects the participant/employee under ERISA from attempted collections of additional moneys that a medical service provider may believe is owed for the medical services but were not paid by the exemplary self insured medical benefit plan. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119083 | System and Method for Health Care Financing - A system for health care financing comprises at least two health care providers, a vendor/operator, an electronic price list, at least one employer having at least one participating employee, at least one deposit account for each of the employees, and at least one high-deductible insurance policy that is available to the participating employees. The electronic price list includes offers from the at least two health care providers, and consumer feedback data regarding past transactions between participating employees and the health care providers having a price listed in the electronic database. The health care providers have authority vary price offers in the price list, and can access the electronic database to vary their price offers. The participating employees can access the price list via the Internet to learn price offers extended by the providers, and to access the consumer feedback data. Payment for a transaction between a participating employee and a provider can be made from a consumer's deposit account without consulting a third party to decide the price of the transaction. The participating employees can place consumer feedback data into the electronic database after a transaction between a given employee and a provider having a price listed in the electronic database. The vendor/operator receives positive revenue from health are transactions between the employees and the providers having a price listed in the electronic database. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119084 | System and Method for Ordering Patient Specific Healthcare Services - A system and method for ordering healthcare services wherein a list of selectable orders for medical services for a given patient is dynamically generated based on medical information of the patient (e.g., the patient's condition or set of conditions) and presented to a user (e.g., a physician). In one aspect, a system for ordering patient specific healthcare services comprises a user interface that enables a user to input a medical condition of a patient and to select desired medical services from a list of orderable medical services presented to the user; a services database comprising a plurality of predetermined medical services that are each associated with a medical condition; and an engine for compiling the list of orderable medical services from one or more predetermined medical services in the services database that are associated with the input medical conditions of the patient. A clinical knowledge model is used by the engine to identify a medical condition that is potentially associated with a known or identified medical condition of the patient, based upon potential etiology, potential complication, clinical associations, or any combination thereof. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119085 | SENSITIVE DRUG DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A drug distribution system and method utilizes a central pharmacy and database to track all prescriptions for a sensitive drug. Information is kept in the database regarding all physicians allowed to prescribe the sensitive drug, and all patients receiving the drug. Abuses are identified by monitoring data in the database for prescription patterns by physicians and prescriptions obtained by patients. Further verification is made that the physician is eligible to prescribe the drug by consulting a separate database, and optionally whether any actions are taken against the physician. Multiple controls beyond those for normal drugs are imposed on the distribution depending on the sensitivity of the drug. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110125513 | REAL-TIME METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HEALTHCARE DELIVERY PROCESSES WITHIN A CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT - A real-time method and system for controlling healthcare delivery processes within a clinical environment is provided. The clinical environment is monitored by real-time locating apparatus including auto-ID tags. The method includes providing a set of rules which are predefined so as to be representative of a combination of event data and subject data values occurring when the healthcare delivery processes are performing optimally. The method further includes collecting real-time event data which represents the locations of mobile tag-wearing subjects within the environment and events which occur within the facility. The method still further includes collecting subject data which is directly or indirectly related to the tag-wearing subjects and evaluating in real-time the event data and subject data based on the set of predefined rules to measure performance of the processes. The method finally includes performing at least one corrective action to improve the performance of at least one of the processes if a measured performance is less than optimal and unacceptable. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125514 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PATIENT DESTINATION PREDICTION - A system and method of predicting telemetry signal dropout creates a prediction of patient destination. The method includes defining a telemetry coverage area, receiving a location of a monitored patient, recording the received location, calculating a trajectory and speed, and comparing the location, trajectory, and speed of the patient to historical patient movement trends to predict patient destination. The system includes a remote unit worn by a patient and at least one telemetry receiver, a location services computer, a patient location database, a location prediction computer, and a graphical display. The location services computer receives the location information and computes a location, speed, and trajectory of the patient. The location prediction computer compares the computed location, speed, and trajectory of the patient to previously acquired locations, speeds, and trajectories to predict a patient destination. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125515 | GENERATION AND SHARING OF A CUSTOM MODE OF A MEDICAL INSTRUMENT THROUGH A SOCIAL COMMUNITY - A computer-implemented method of a mode server is disclosed. The method includes authenticating a medical instrument based on an identifier associated with the medical instrument using a processor. The method includes authenticating a user of the medical instrument based on a password using the processor. The method also includes generating a graphical representation of the medical instrument, and providing a set of rules associated with the medical instrument based on the identifier and the user. In addition, the method includes generating a custom mode of operation of the medical instrument based on a response of the user and creating a name associated with the custom mode of operation. The method further includes automatically programming the medical instrument based on the custom mode, and sharing the custom mode with other users and other medical instruments based on the set of rules. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125516 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGING OF HOSPITAL ARTICLES - There are provided a purchase and distribution management system and method for purchasing articles used in a hospital by proxy and managing the distribution of the articles, the purchase and distribution management system including: an interface part connecting an exclusive management device of the hospital, the device computerizing the articles in the hospital, to the purchase and distribution management system to be compatible with each other in such a way that a user is able to use the purchase and distribution management system by using only the exclusive management device without downloading a new program; a purchase application reception part receiving a purchase application for hospital articles from the user; a contract check part retrieving whether there exists a contract between the user and a provider for the articles; a contract generation part generating the contract between the user and the provider when there is no contract for the hospital articles for which purchase application is received as a result of the retrieving of the contract check part; a purchase order management part generating and sending a purchase order for the articles to the provider when there is the contract for the articles for which purchase application is received as the result of the retrieving of the contract check part or the contract is generated by the contract generation part; a distribution management part checking an amount of each article in stock in the hospital, generating a purchase application according to a result of the checking, and managing a delivery process of the article in the hospital; and a consignment stock management part allowing a certain amount of warehoused articles for consignment stock to be consigned to the provider to be stored and changing an amount of interim warehoused articles consigned to the provider according to a use of the user. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125517 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER (“MHM”) may provide an elegant and consistent multimedia interactive reference standard to maximize personal understanding of health information and coach individuals toward better health outcomes. In some implementations, the MHM may provide solutions for improved Continuing Medical Instruction (“CMI”) of a user following diagnosis of a medical condition of the user and/or prescription of a treatment plan for the user. In some implementations, the MHM may confirm user understanding and compliance via interactive user feedback, reward mechanisms, and/or the like. In some implementations, the MHM may aggregate and analyze user data, characteristics, CMI tutorial adoption, user interactive feedback, system usage, user behavior(s) and/or the like, and structure pay-for-performance incentives based on the intelligence for various entities participating in providing healthcare products and/or services for system users. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125518 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER-BASED PATIENT COMPREHENSION VALIDATOR - The Apparatuses, Methods and Systems for a Mobile Healthcare Manager (“MHM”) Based Patient Comprehension Validator may provide an elegant and consistent multimedia interactive reference standard to maximize personal understanding of health information and coach individuals toward better health outcomes. In one embodiment, a prescription comprehension validation processor-implemented method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a coordinated patient management trigger; identifying via a processor a prescription media object to provide for a user based on the obtained trigger; providing the identified prescription media object for the user; providing a request for user feedback to the provided prescription media object; obtaining the user feedback to the provided prescription media object; analyzing the obtained user feedback to the provided prescription media object; and validating, based on the analysis, user comprehension of information included in the provided prescription media object based on the obtained user feedback to the provided prescription media object. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125519 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER-BASED PATIENT FEEDBACK DRIVEN PRESCRIPTION OPTIMIZER - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER (“MHM”) BASED PATIENT FEEDBACK DRIVEN PRESCRIPTION OPTIMIZER may provide an elegant and consistent multimedia interactive reference standard to maximize personal understanding of health information and coach individuals toward better health outcomes. In one embodiment, a prescription optimization processor-implemented method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a coordinated patient management trigger for a user; obtaining a medical history record of the user using the obtained trigger; analyzing, via a processor, the obtained medical history record of the user; identifying, based on the analysis of the medical history record, a current treatment plan for the user; generating a user feedback request based on the identified current treatment plan; providing the user feedback request to a user device of the user; obtaining user feedback in response to providing the user feedback request; analyzing the obtained user feedback based on the current treatment plan for the user; generating a modified treatment plan for the user based on the analysis of the obtained user feedback; and providing the modified treatment plan for the user. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125520 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER-BASED PATIENT ADHERENCE MONITOR - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER (“MHM”) BASED PATIENT ADHERENCE MONITOR may provide an elegant and consistent multimedia interactive reference standard to maximize personal understanding of health information and coach individuals toward better health outcomes. In one embodiment, a patient adherence processor-implemented method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a medical history record of a user; analyzing the obtained medical history record; identifying, based on the analysis of the medical history record, a treatment plan for the user; analyzing, via a processor, the treatment plan for the user; identifying, based on the analysis of the treatment plan for the user, milestones included in the treatment plan for the user; identifying a media prescription object to provide for the user based on the determined progress of the user towards the milestone; providing the identified media prescription object for the user; providing a user feedback request; obtaining user feedback in response to providing the user feedback request; analyzing the obtained user feedback; and determining whether one of the milestones included in the treatment plan for the user has been achieved based on analyzing the obtained user feedback. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125521 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER-BASED HEALTHCARE CONSULTATION MANAGER - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER (“MHM”) BASED HEALTHCARE CONSULTATION MANAGER may provide an elegant and consistent multimedia interactive reference standard to maximize personal understanding of health information and coach individuals toward better health outcomes. In one embodiment, a healthcare consultation processor-implemented method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a medical history record of the user; identifying, via a processor, based on analyzing the medical history record, a need for user consultation with a provider of a healthcare service; obtaining responses from providers of the healthcare service to the provided indication of the identified need for user consultation; providing, for the user, information on the responsive providers of the healthcare service based on the obtained responses; obtaining a user selection of one of the responsive providers of the healthcare service for user consultation; and upon obtaining the user selection of one of the responsive providers of the healthcare service for user consultation, providing an indication to establish a communication between a user device of the user and the user-selected provider of the healthcare service for user consultation. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125522 | PHYSICIAN ACCREDITATION SYSTEM WITH MECHANISM FOR AUTOMATED RECORDS EXTRACTION - A system for accrediting physicians based on pre-determined best practices by examining the records for a subset of the physician's patients as measured against a set of criteria for the desired accreditation. The system provides a mechanism for automatically extracting patient records from a physician's electronic health records (EHR) system, thus minimizing the risks of data entry error and minimizing the risk of physician falsification of data. The system also provides security and privacy in order to avoid the malicious theft or accidental disclosure of patient records. The system further allows physicians to review and approve a submission before it is finally copied into the review system, allowing for correction of a submission where, for example, the wrong patient was included. The system also isolates patient data so that no user of the system has access to confidential information, apart from the physician. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125523 | MEDICINE EXAMINATION SUPPORT SYSTEM - A medicine inspection support system, which provides a reliable inspection of medicine preparation, includes a person authentication unit, a preliminary inspection unit, an inspection unit, and an inspector check unit. The person authentication unit identifies a preliminary inspector who performs a preliminary inspection of medicine preparation, and an inspector who performs an inspection of the medicine preparation. The preliminary inspection unit certifies that the preliminary inspector has performed the preliminary inspection of the medicine preparation. The inspection unit certifies that the inspector has performed the inspection of the medicine preparation. The inspector check unit permits the inspection unit to certify completion of the inspection when determined that the inspector is a different person from the preliminary inspector. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110131054 | Facility Disease or Infection Control Method, System and Apparatus - A method for providing disease or infection control at a facility including providing a user input device for access by a user as the user enters the facility, inputting at least one item of information into a system by the user via the user input device, and utilizing the at least one item of information to assist in determining whether the user should be attended to at the facility to at least reduce the chance of an infection being introduced into the facility, transmitted to others at the facility or having the user exposed to an infection or disease at the facility. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131055 | PATIENT-BASED IMMUNIZATION TRACKING - Techniques for patient management of immunizations, including performing steps of recording patient information including a date of birth; recording information for immunization doses received by the patient, including the date each dose was received; obtaining an immunization schedule from a remote computer system; generating a plurality of recommended immunization doses based on the recorded immunization doses received by the patient and the date of birth of the patient, each recommended immunization dose having a recommended time period for administration of the dose; recording a selected date of administration for a recommended immunization dose; displaying a list of the recommended immunization doses, along with their respective date of administration or recommended time period for administration. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131056 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF PHARMACY WORKFLOW - A system and method for optimized management of pharmacy workflow, specifically, workflow associated with fulfillment of prescription orders for medications and health-related products in a pharmacy environment. A computer-controlled system coordinates and controls pharmacy workflow to sequence prescriptions for fulfillment in a most efficient path thereby minimizing a cost function associated with fulfillment of the prescription order. The system coordinates and controls prescription order fulfillment from automated and non-automated storage locations and can be easily adapted to the specific layout and level of automation desired by the operator. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131057 | TRANSFERABLE PATIENT CARE EQUIPMENT SUPPORT - A patient care equipment support includes power and data connectors configured to be coupled to power and data connectors of patient care equipment when the patient care equipment is coupled to the equipment support to provide a power coupling and a data coupling between the patient care equipment and the equipment support. The equipment support is transferable between a first device, such as a hospital bed, and a second device, such as an overhead support arm. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131058 | THERAPY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS - A method for organizing care for a patient undergoing a peritoneal dialysis therapy under a system including at least one display device, at least one memory device, at least one processor and at least one peritoneal dialysis instrument for performing the peritoneal dialysis therapy, the method comprising: organizing information for presentation in a plurality of screens using the at least one display device, the at least one memory device, and the at least one processor, wherein each screen presents information pertinent to a particular aspect of the peritoneal dialysis therapy; and displaying in the plurality of screens information about the patient's prescription for the peritoneal dialysis therapy, information about medication the patient is taking in connection with the peritoneal dialysis therapy, and information about the patient's compliance with the peritoneal dialysis therapy. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110137669 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A LEADERSHIP AND HEALTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - A system and method are provided for managing a leadership and health development program. The system includes a network configured to provide a plurality of members of an organization access to the computer system. At least one of the plurality of members is a leader. The system further includes a computer having a web server configured to provide a plurality of web pages over the network, and a database in communication with the web server and having a plurality of leadership and health and wellness programs targeted toward the at least one leader. The web server is configured to deliver one or more leader surveys in a plurality of health and wellness categories and a plurality of leadership and management categories to the at least one leader via the plurality of web pages, receive a plurality of leader responses corresponding to the one or more leader surveys from the at least one leader, calculate a first leader level of health and leadership in different dimensions of the at least one leader based on the plurality of leader responses, and graphically represent and deliver the first leader level of health and leadership to the at least one leader via the plurality of web pages. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137670 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF A CLINICAL CARE PLAN - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for facilitating development and execution of a clinical care plan. A method may include determining patient assessment data for a patient. The method may further include processing the patient assessment data to determine based at least in part upon a system for clinical practice and documentation a problem faced by the patient. The method may additionally include generating a care plan for the patient to address the determined problem. Generating the care plan may include determining based at least in part upon the determined problem and the system for clinical practice and documentation at least one intervention to treat the problem. Generating the care plan may further include determining based at least in part upon the determined problem a goal of clinical care. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137671 | DATA CAPTURE AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE - Data capture and workflow management devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a data processing system having a processor and a storage device. The storage device may include application instructions encoded therein, and the application instructions may include a workflow engine to facilitate healthcare delivery to a patient. The system may further a data capture device to communicate data to the data processing system over a network. The data capture device may be provided in the form of a magnet board including a plurality of magnetic sensors to detect user-placement of a magnet within a region associated with a magnetic sensor. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137672 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR NURSE INTERVENTION PROGRAM DECISIONS - According to some embodiments, historical claim data may be stored in a computer storage unit. The historical claim data may be used to train and verify a predictive model, the predictive model being associated with an evaluation of claim transactions to determine whether to refer each claim transactions to a nurse intervention program. Data for current claim transactions may be processed, and the trained and verified predictive model may be applied to the data for the current claim transactions to generate a respective output for each of the current claim transactions. Some of the current claim transactions may be selectively routed to a case management center associated with the nurse intervention program based on the outputs generated by the predictive model. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137673 | HEALTHCARE PROVIDER RESOURCES ONLINE - The present invention discloses a system and a method for providing and managing promotional and informational resources provided by drug manufacturers to HCPs. An HCP assistance system is disclosed having a static information repository with an information component that manipulates information recorded within the static information repository. HCP accessing the present invention are required to authenticate their membership in the system as well as their good standing with a licensing body. This authentication is performed within a presentation component that can be accessed via global computer network (GCN). An information component also provides an HCP with access to available drug samples, and any objective factual information related to a treatment, as well as any resources provided by pharmaceutical manufacturers to assist indigent patients. Additionally the system allows an HCP to participate in surveys and provide feedback to drug manufacturers, as well as to solicit or to decline future visits by sales representatives of a given drug manufacturer. Also disclosed is a preferred method for carrying out the present invention. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137674 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING PROCEDURE COMPLIANCE - A device and method for verifying compliance of a patient to a medical procedure protocol, for example a capsule endoscopy imaging examination. One or more reminders may be issued to the patient to perform an instruction for a colon preparation period or the examination period. Input information related to the procedure and the patient protocol may be received and recorded. Information of activities recorded on the device may be provided for surveying in order to evaluate the readiness of colon preparation or to evaluate compliance with the examination regimen. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137675 | PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PATENTS AND CAREGIVERS - The invention generally relates to products that facilitate communication between a patient and a healthcare provider and methods of use thereof. Exemplary products include paper products (e.g., cards, sets or cards, or posters), computer program products, and electronic display devices. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137676 | PATIENT COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A healthcare communication system can include a patient terminal having a keyboard unit with message keys for transmitting different ones of one or more programmed messages, and alphanumeric keys for composing messages. The patient terminal can be communicatively linked to a patient terminal display for presenting the programmed messages and composed messages. Each of the message keys can include identifying indicia associated with a programmed message transmitted upon selection of the message key. The patient terminal keyboard also can include one or more destination keys for specifying one of multiple destination addresses within the healthcare communication system for delivering individual ones of the messages. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137677 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRIORITIZING AND ADMINISTERING HEALTHCARE TO PATIENTS HAVING MULTIPLE INTEGRAL DIAGNOSES - A method of administering healthcare to patients with multiple integral diagnoses such that the clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life of said patients are improved while medical costs are minimized. A patient population is first identified. The population is then stratified into specific levels of intervention. Each individual patient is then assigned a Priority Care Nurse Manager who serves to establish communication between the patient, the patient's Primary Care Physician, and any healthcare providers. The most appropriate treatment plan is cooperatively developed and the patient receives treatment according to the plan. The most appropriate treatment may include home care and palliative measures. The patient may appoint a Health Care Agent to make medical decisions for the patient should the patient be unable to make decisions. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110145006 | APPARATUS AND PROCEDURE FOR IDENTIFYING PATIENTS AND MARKING CONTAINERS FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES OF SAID PATIENTS - An apparatus is described for identifying the patient and marking the laboratory test tubes associated with said patient during the sampling of biological material to be analysed, comprising a high-security portable hardware device ( | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145007 | System and method for automated payment of insurance claims via real-time exchange of information - A system for real-time provider reimbursement of insurance claims is provided and includes an insurance system server for storing information regarding a member, and for receiving information regarding reimbursement of insurance claims. The information regarding reimbursement of insurance claims is received from a computer associated with a member. The system further includes a first financial institution server for generating information regarding a health savings account, a second financial institution computer for receiving electronic funds from the health savings account, and for receiving funds from a credit card account of or associated with the member. The system determines whether the insurance claim is selected for reimbursement, and determines whether the insurance claim meets pre-determined criteria, where the system initiates an electronic funds transfer from the health savings account to the second financial institution if the insurance claim is selected for reimbursement and the insurance claim meets the predetermined criteria. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145008 | INFLUENZA VACCINE ADMINISTRATION PAYMENT DEVICE PROCESSING - A payment device has identifiers, read in a magnetic strip or visual indicia by a healthcare provider, for an influenza vaccine and an account issued by an issuer to a party (e.g.; a governmental entity) upon which a transaction can be conducted that is limited to administering the influenza vaccine. The healthcare provider sends an authorization request for the transaction for delivery through its acquirer and a transaction handler to the issuer. The issuer uses the identifiers to authorize the healthcare provider to administer the influenza vaccine and to conduct the transaction, and sends an authorization response to the authorization request back through the transaction handler and the acquirer. After the receiving of the authorization response, the healthcare provider administers the influenza vaccine and conducts the transaction on the account for the sale of the service of the administering of the influenza vaccine. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145009 | Methods and systems related to transmission of nutraceutical associatd information - The present disclosure relates to methods and systems related to transmission of nutraceutical associated information. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145010 | DYNAMIC USER-DEFINABLE TEMPLATE FOR GROUP TEST - An information processing system, a method and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The information processing system can include instructions which are executable by the processor to perform a method which includes defining a template containing information usable to generate a computer-displayable table. The table can have collection prompts for collecting data which results from or is associated with medical testing. For example, the method can include defining each of a plurality of result elements for which data is to be collected based on input received from a user in response to a plurality of first prompts, and can include defining the names of result elements and types of input required in response to the collection prompts. Defining the template can further include defining at least one parameter for displaying the table in response to the collection prompts. In such way, the template can be used, for example, to restrict the collection of input according to the types of input required by the template. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145011 | System and Methods for Submitting Medication Claims by a Point-Of-Care Physician - A method for submitting a claim form for a dispensed medication to a patient by a point-of-care physician including determining the dispensed medication and payor for the patient by the point-of-care physician; acquiring a national provider identifier number and a non-pharmacy dispensing number for the point-of-care physician; displaying to a user a selection of data fields to the claim form; inputting into the data fields data relating to the claim including the payor and at least one of the national provider identifier number and the non-pharmacy dispensing number; transmitting to a logic switch the claim form including the payor and the at least one of the national provider identifier number and the non-pharmacy dispensing number identifying the point-of-care physician for determining the processor for the claim form; determining the pathway for the claim form based on the payor; processing the claim form by the payor; and transmitting an adjudication. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110153341 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE OF AUGMENTED REALITY TO IMPROVE PATIENT REGISTRATION IN MEDICAL PRACTICES - Certain examples provide systems and methods for patient identification. Certain examples provide a patient identification system. The patient identification system includes a data storage to store patient information including patient identifying information associated with one or more patient images and a processor adapted to facilitate identification of a patient. The processor is to receive a camera feed including an image of a patient; perform facial recognition using the camera feed to identify the patient in comparison with information stored in the data storage; retrieve information associated with the identified patient from the patient storage; display the retrieved information in conjunction with the image of the identified patient on a computer screen; and facilitate an electronic action with respect to the identified patient via the computer. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153342 | Nonprescription Medication Consumer Tool - The present invention is a nonprescription medication consumer tool for selecting nonprescription medications which allows an individual to select his or her symptoms and contraindications to determine a suitable nonprescription medication. The symptoms, contraindications and information provided to the individual, such as dosing and warnings, are provided in layperson's terms. The nonprescription medication consumer tool may be available to individuals as a website and/or mobile device application or as part of a vending system or dispensing machine. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153343 | ADAPTABLE MEDICAL WORKFLOW SYSTEM - Examples of systems and methods are provided for adapting a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network, including receiving a message comprising medical information data, predicting a healthcare worker's workflow using, at least in part, the medical information data; communicating, based on the predicted workflow, a menu comprising one or more medical action options for displaying to the healthcare worker. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153344 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED MEDICAL CASE RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION - Methods and apparatus for medical case research and collaboration are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving, by a processor, information from a person via a research tool related to one or more health issues of the person; generating a medical case based on the information received from the person; calculating one or more likelihoods associated with one or more potential causes of the health issues, wherein a first one of the likelihoods indicates a probability that a first one of the potential causes of the health issue is an accurate diagnosis; determining whether the one or more likelihoods indicate that the medical case is complex; and when the medical case is complex, granting the person access to a collaboration module. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153345 | Method for operating a hospital information system - A method of operating a hospital information system, and a hospital information system are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes providing a taskflow editing tool with a limited number of editing options to a user; creating a taskflow defining a number of tasks and connections of the tasks by the user using the taskflow editing tool; and performing an automated test run of the created taskflow, wherein the automated test run is checked according to a number of criteria and wherein results of the check are reported to the user. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153346 | HEALTH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT THE HEALTH SCREEN - The invention relates to a health screen and a method for finding medical deviations, in which patients whose data have at least one desired factor in common are selected as a screening group from the data of the database systems of health service providers. The patient's indicator value describing the data of patients in the screening group is then compared to a norm value describing normal values, and if the patient's indicator value differs from the norm value, a query requiring a reply in machine-readable form is signalled to a third party for receiving a reply to the query, and feedback information is signalled to the database systems of health service providers as triggered by the received reply about the patient who had an indicator value that deviated from the corresponding norm value by at least a predetermined amount. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153347 | Analysis of User Laboratory Test Results - Lab tests may be processed for a user through execution of a lab test coaching engine stored in memory and executable by a processor. The lab test coaching engine accesses user lab test results and processes the user lab test results based on a coaching protocol and user health data. The results of the lab test results are reported to the user and a health care professional and the lab test coaching engine may perform an action based processed lab test results. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153348 | GATHERING, STORING, AND RETRIEVING SUMMARY ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE RECORD INFORMATION FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS - The system and method of the invention describes a unique approach to gathering patient treatment information in summary form from a universe of health care providers, each using any form of patient information management; converting that information to pointers that can be searched by a healthcare provider before or during treatment to determine if further information needs to be acquired from the original provider; and a variety of methods to provide access to detailed healthcare treatment and diagnosis information from the original healthcare provider through an access and display method provided by the healthcare provider housing the records, if available. The system and method envisages one or more providers of repository services, each offering various ways for healthcare providers to update and maintain summary information, and each providing for continual exchange of information among them to ensure complete access to all available information. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153349 | HEALTH CARE DELIVERY MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Health care delivery monitoring systems and methods are described herein. The systems and methods may be used to monitor the delivery of health care bundles to one or more patients. The systems and methods may communicate with a health care worker delivering a health care bundle to provide selected information to the health care worker such as, e.g., one or more instructions regarding delivery of the health care bundle. In addition, the systems and methods described herein may further include the collection of compliance data to provide feedback regarding compliance with health care delivery protocols established within a health care facility. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153350 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR A REMOTE PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method of manufacturing a computer-readable storage medium for a remote patient management system with instructions for causing the execution of a care plan comprising a coaching plan. The method comprises: displaying a list of psychological determinants, receiving a selection of a group of psychological determinants chosen from the list of psychological determinants, generating a list of behavioral models using the group of psychological determinants, receiving a selection of at least one selected behavioral model from the list of behavioral models, determining a time line for the global structure of the coaching plan using the at least one selected behavioral model, compiling a coaching object file using the time line, linking the coaching object file to a library of multi-media content to resolve unresolved symbolic links of the time line, integrating the coaching plan into the care plan, and writing the care plan to the computer-readable storage medium. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153351 | COLLABORATIVE MEDICAL IMAGING WEB APPLICATION - A system and method for acquiring, hosting and distributing medical images for healthcare professionals. The system can include a database for storing private health information split from a medical imaging record. The system can also include a repository for storing at least one anonymized image split from the medical record. The anonymized images are parsed into a schema upon request with the schema provided in response to the request. The schema can define a structure mapping the anonymized images into a study. The personal information can be joined with the anonymized images to form medical imaging records into the study according to the structure. One or more participant devices in communication with the medical information network can provide collaborative features having application level capabilities that access, process, analyze or augment the personal information from the database and the non-personal information from the repository split from the medical imaging records. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153352 | SCHEDULING AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD - Technologies are described herein for coordinating scheduling and communications. Through an implementation of the concepts and technologies presented herein, functionality can be provided for aggregating scheduling and communication information indicating one or more contact modalities, schedules, and responsibilities. The scheduling information can be edited to establish and adjust shifts and duties. The aggregated information can be communicated among various users. Communicating the aggregated information can support the use of various communication modalities to significantly improve accuracy, timeliness, and appropriateness of coordination and communication amongst the users. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153353 | PHARMACY PERSONAL CARE ACCOUNT - A method for providing insurance coverage to a subscriber comprises offering an insurance policy to the subscriber wherein the insurance policy comprises providing allowances to pay for one or more expenses covered by the insurance policy and providing monetary credits to the subscriber for any unused portion of a given allowance where the monetary credits can be used to cover the cost of a subsequent allowed expense. The insurance policy may be a pharmacy benefits plan. The covered expenses may be pharmacy expenses. The allowed expenses may be medical expenses which qualify under Section 213 of the US Internal Revenue Code for payment by an employer without the subscriber having to declare the payment as taxable income. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153354 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PRESCRPTION DATA TO DETECT PATHOGENS - A system for managing prescription data is provided. The system for managing prescription data includes a switch system. The switch system is configured to receive prescription submissions from pharmacy systems, submit the prescription submissions to approval systems, receive responses from the approval systems, and transmit the responses to the pharmacy systems. The switch system is further configured to receive treatment classification data including pathogen groups and pharmaceuticals prescribed to treat symptoms occurring from exposure to each pathogen group. The switch system is further configured to determine normal variations of the prescription submissions, detect anomalous variations of the prescription submissions, and generate a notification in response to detecting an anomalous variation. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153355 | System for Secure Mobile Healthcare Selection - A method, system and device for secure mobile healthcare selection are presented in which a user can, from a mobile device, authorize the comparison of pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) data with data profiles corresponding to healthcare products, services and service providers to determine which are the most appropriate for a particular consumer. Data masking is used to maintain privacy of sensitive portions of the pangenetic data. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153356 | System, Method and Software for Healthcare Selection Based on Pangenetic Data - A system, method and software for healthcare selection are presented in which a user can authorize the comparison of their pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) data with data profiles corresponding to health care products, services, and service providers to determine which are the most appropriate for a particular consumer. Data masks can be applied to limit the amount of pangenetic data transmitted for analysis. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153357 | DIAGNOSTICS BENEFITS MANAGEMENT AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A system may receive a proposed medical diagnosis of a patient, and automatically identify potential medical services to be performed with respect to the patient. The identified medical services may be deemed relevant to the proposed medical diagnosis, which the system may determine from a customizable decision table. Further, the system may receive selection of a potential medical service from the identified potential medical services, and present an automated, real-time indication regarding paying entity/plan coverage and estimated cost and/or quality metrics for the selected medical service based on the patient and paying entity/plan of the patient. In addition, the system may facilitate selection of a lab/facility to perform the selected medical service. To communicate across clinicians, labs/facilities and paying entities, the system may employ a catalog of medical services spanning multiple clinicians, labs/facilities or paying entities/plans to thereby integrate their nomenclatures, and may employ a coding system in this regard. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153358 | PROTOCOL COMPLEXITY ANALYZER - The present invention includes a system and methods for planning a medical study. The system for planning a medical study includes a display device and a data store comprising a plurality of medical procedures for at least one of designing and executing a medical study. The system further includes a service delivery device operatively coupled to the display device and the data store. The service delivery device includes a processor and a memory for storing instructions. In response to receiving a request to plan a medical study, the memory causes the processor to (1) select a set of procedures from the plurality of medical procedures; (2) assign a work effort unit for each procedure included in the set of procedures, with the work effort unit based on at least one of procedure type, procedure cost, procedure time, and procedure phase; (3) calculate a complexity level for the set of procedures based on the work effort units; and (4) evaluate whether the complexity level is appropriate for the medical procedure by comparing the calculated complexity level to a threshold level, where the threshold value represents a desirable complexity level for the study. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110161094 | System and method for health care costs and outcomes modeling using dosage and routing pharmacy information - A system for health care costs and outcomes modeling for members of a defined subject population using dosage and routing information is disclosed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161095 | PERSONAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT SUITE - Certain examples provide a personal health management system including a data store, a processor, and a user interface. The data store is to store data related to patient health, the data store to store at least personal health record data for a patient. The processor is to gather and process data from the data store to determine a personalized plan of care for the patient using patient health data from the personal health record for the patient, patient preference information, and patient insurance information. The user interface is to display information related to the personalized plan of care for the patient and to facilitate user review and interaction with the displayed plan of care and the underlying patient health data. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161096 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAPPING HEALTHCARE SERVICES ANALYTICS FOR VOLUME AND TRENDS - Certain examples provide systems and methods for analysis and graphical visualization of healthcare services data. Certain examples provide a healthcare services analysis and visualization system. The system includes a data store to store data related to healthcare services provided in at least one geographic region. The system also includes a processor to retrieve and sort data from the data store based on one or more criteria, analyze the sorted data, and transform the sorted data into a geographical map representation of the healthcare services data. The system includes a user interface to display the geographical map representation of the healthcare services data and facilitate user review and interaction with the geographical map representation and the underlying healthcare services data. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161097 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS IN HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS - Methods and systems for scheduling appointments in healthcare environments are described. An example method of scheduling appointments in healthcare environments includes determining a patient's availability and priority level and identifying, based on patient selection, one of a plurality of time slots. Additionally, the example method includes identifying another patient's willingness to reschedule their appointment for compensation if the one of the plurality of time slots is scheduled by the other patient, scheduling the patient in the one of the plurality of time slots using a processor if the one of the plurality of time slots is available or if the other patient has indicated a willingness to reschedule their appointment for compensation and compensating the other patient if the one of the plurality of time slots was previously scheduled by the other patient. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161098 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING A PLURALITY OF MEDICAL DATA SOURCES - An embodiment of the invention explains a method and system for accessing medical data. The method involves providing access to medical data from the plurality of medical data sources and then correlating the medical data from the plurality of sources based on predefined rules. Then a medical expert reviews the correlated medical data by medical expert and associate expert information from the medical expert regarding the correlation of the medical data from different sources to the medical data. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161099 | Low-cost method for reducing rates of side effects from using drugs, healing substances and medical procedures - A low-cost method for reducing rates of side effects from using drugs, healing substances and medical procedures, by means of segmentation of parameters related to the treatment procedure and healing processes in the body of humans or animals and using results of available clinical trials. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161100 | INSURANCE PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MOBILE DEVICES FOR MEDICAL MONITORING - Pursuant to some embodiments, systems, methods and devices are provided for insurance processing including installing a medical monitoring application associated with a user of a mobile device, the medical monitoring application including configuration data associated with at least a first medical monitoring rule, displaying, under control of the medical monitoring application, a series of instructions to cause the mobile device to be configured to communicate with at least a first biometric sensor, collecting, based on the at least first medical monitoring rule, a set of biometric data from the at least first biometric sensor, and transmitting the set of biometric data from the mobile device to a remote processing system for processing a request for insurance. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161101 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS DATA ANALYSIS OF AN ONGOING CLINICAL TRIAL - System and method of continuously analyzing trial data of an ongoing clinical trial is provided. A statistical analysis is performed on a trial database containing subject trial data without suspending the ongoing clinical trial. If the result of the statistical analysis does not exceed a predetermined threshold value, then the statistical analysis is repeated while the clinical trial is ongoing. In a blinded clinical trial, a grouped database is generated from the trial database and a blinding database prior to performing the statistical analysis. The grouped database groups the subject trial data according to the study groups. The ability to continuously monitor and analyze the trial data for statistical significance in tandem with data collection while the trial is ongoing provides many benefits to the researchers because the trial database no longer becomes the bottleneck in obtaining useful results and statistical analysis can be conducted on a near real-time basis without having to wait until completion of the trial. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161102 | SYSTEMS FOR PROVISION OF REMOTE SERVICES - A computer system for providing a remote service including among other steps, the steps of selecting a reference item, wherein the reference item comprises at least one of a reference service and a reference service provider, selecting a specification of the reference item, evaluating the specification of the reference item against a specification of one or more alternatives to the reference item, and determining interchangeability between the reference item and the one or more alternatives to the reference item based on evaluating the specification of the reference item in relation to the specification of the one or more alternatives to the reference item. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161103 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC MEDICAL SUPPORT - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of systems and methods for providing electronic medical support that utilize an electronic examination template. According to various embodiments, the electronic examination template may include an examination step relating to a medical complaint, a clinical clue associated with the examination step to inform a user on how to proceed with the examination step, and an information field to allow a user to input information related to the examination step. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161104 | Optimizing Test Procedures for a Subject Under Test - In a computer-implemented method of optimizing a diagnostic test sequence to diagnose a medical condition of a subject. A group of diagnostic tests related to a symptom is determined from a pool of diagnostic tests. A probabilistic failure mode analysis is conducted to determine the efficacy of each of the diagnostic tests based on historical outcomes of actual diagnostic testing. The comparative utility of each diagnostic tests based on a plurality of factors that can affect problem resolution is analyzed. A weight is assigned to each factor involved in the probabilistic failure mode analysis. The diagnostic tests are ordered based upon at least one of: a probability of the diagnostic test identifying a cause of the failure mode in a minimum amount of time; a probability of the diagnostic test identifying the cause of the failure mode at a minimum cost; and a relative weighting of minimizing time versus minimizing cost. A first diagnostic test is selected from the group based at least in part on a probabilistic failure mode analysis and the weighted factors involved therein. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161105 | PATIENT OUTCOME-BASED DATA STORE - A computer-implemented includes receiving, by one or more computers, medical data that is a candidate for purchase in a data store; sending the received medical data to a regulatory engine for review; receiving, from the regulatory engine, approval to publish the medical data in the data store; and publishing the medical data in the data store. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161106 | Method of Increasing Efficiency in a Medical Claim Transaction, and Computer Program Capable of Executing Same - A method of adjudicating a medical claim includes providing a requirements for a first claim and a second claim, receiving a medical claim for a medical procedure, setting a first score for the first claim and a second score for the second claim to an initial value, comparing components of the medical claim to the requirements of the first and second claims, changing the first and second scores for each one of the components that match one of the requirements and for each one of the requirements that is missing from the components, and selecting the first or second claim based upon predetermined criteria applied to their respective scores to determine either a monetary value of the medical procedure for a medical service provider associated with the medical procedure or a monetary value of medical coverage for a patient associated with the medical procedure. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110166871 | INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS, WORKFLOW, AND REPORTING - A risk assessment input terminal ( | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166872 | AUTO-SUBSTANTIATION FOR HEALTHCARE UPON SPONSOR ACCOUNT THROUGH PAYMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - An issuer receives an authorization request from healthcare provider that includes an account, an identifier for a healthcare service and its cost to a patient, and an identifier for a single purpose card for the redemption of the cost of the healthcare service. The issuer validates use of the account to pay the cost, sends an authorization approval to the healthcare provider, and deactivates the identifier for the single purpose card for future use. A request for insufficient funds, when the account is determined to be deficient, is sent to a sponsor to whom the issuer issued account. The cost in the authorization request can include a total purchase amount and a qualified amount of the total purchase amount, and the issuer can validate that the account can be used the for payment of the qualified amount of the total purchase amount for the healthcare service. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166873 | PATIENT-SPECIFIC RESEARCH CONSENT MANAGER - Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for managing patient-specific research consents. In embodiments, the present invention gives health care providers the ability to view a participant's up to date consent information and documentation within their clinical workflow. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166874 | SCREENING INTEREST MANAGER - Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for managing the availability of health record data of a pool of individuals by use of default rules and authorizations. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL DATA AND FACILITATING REIMBURSEMENT FOR HEALTH CARE - System and method receive medical data of a patient having a disease afflicted health condition for processing and analysis of that data. Software installed on a health care provider's computer for processing the medical data includes a GUI reimbursement window that informs the HCP of reimbursement possibilities for analysis of the data and counseling of the patient. The reimbursement window also includes hyperlinks and may also include codes for insurance claims. Lists of reimbursement entities, pre-authorization instructions, coding instructions, and contacts may all be included and may be personalized for a particular patient. In one case, a complete bill is created and submitted to an insurance entity. In another, a patient data base is created so that the reimbursement window can inform the HCP of patient analysis frequency, which may affect reimbursement. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166876 | METHODS FOR DELIVERING A DRUG TO A PATIENT WHILE RESTRICTING ACCESS TO THE DRUG BY PATIENTS FOR WHOM THE DRUG MAY BE CONTRAINDICATED - Methods for delivering a drug to a patient in need of the drug, while restricting access to the drug by patients for whom the drug may be contraindicated are disclosed. The methods are of the type in which prescriptions for the drug are filled by a pharmacy only after a computer readable storage medium has been consulted to retrieve a prescription approval code. Embodiments are provided wherein the patients are assigned to risk groups based upon the risk that taking the drug will lead to an adverse side effect, and certain additional information, such as periodic surveys and diagnostic tests probative of the ongoing risk of the side effect developing are obtained before prescriptions for the drug are approved. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166877 | Quality Assurance Methods for Medication Therapy Management - A method for improving quality assurance methods for medication therapy management using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, the method including at least the steps of: providing a set of internal controls, wherein the internal controls further include a set of national guidelines and standards, as well as a qualified staff; and development by the qualified staff of a clinical rule based upon the national guidelines and standards. In other embodiments, a clinical quality assurance team further reviews the clinical rule developed by the staff. In further embodiments, a set of external controls is provided, wherein the external controls include one or more of a plurality of approved pharmacists, an external clinical advisory council, and/or an independent review board. In still further embodiments, one or more members of the set of external controls either validates the clinical rule developed by the staff, or validates a staff-developed clinical rule that was subsequently reviewed by the quality assurance team. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166878 | SYSTEM FOR PHARMACY TRACKING AND CUSTOMER ID VERIFICATION - A method of distributing a filled prescription order from a worker of a pharmacy to a customer includes providing a computer-readable memory device having saved thereon a first identifier of the customer and a second identifier of the customer. The method also includes requesting the first identifier from the customer and requesting the second identifier from the customer. Also, the method includes inputting the first and second identifiers into an input device by at least one of the worker and the customer. Moreover, the method includes confirming an identity of the customer by confirming that the first and second identifiers input correspond satisfactorily with the first and second identifiers saved on the memory device. Still further, the method includes limiting transfer of the filled prescription order from the worker to the customer until confirming the identity of the customer. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166879 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUSING CLINICAL AND IMAGE FEATURES FOR COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS - A system and method of providing computer-aided analysis of medical images uses an image processor ( | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166880 | Method and System for Analyzing Health Related Data of Patients - System and method for analyzing health related data associated with a patient, comprising: an expert's station; a health database comprising health related data of patients; a wizard application, enabling the expert to create a template of commands for analyzing the health related data of the patient according to the expert's school of method, using a generic model associated with the expert's field of expertise, where the analysis calculates health related profile of the patient; a templates database comprising templates of commands created by experts; a generic models database, enabling the wizard to retrieve and store a generic model associated with the expert's field of expertise; and a main server for using the template of commands to analyze the health data of a patient, according to the analysis method of the expert, by operating the commands in the template for calculating health related profile of the patient. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110173018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF PREDICTION MARKET DATA TO GENERATE REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE HEALTHCARE MODELS - In a computer-implemented system and method for generating a real-time predictive healthcare model that can predict future costs or health-related behaviors associated with a population of interest, historical healthcare data associated with the population members is used to generate an actuarial predictive model for the population. The actuarial predictive model enables identification of precursors for the population members, such as potential actions that can be taken by the population members to improve their future health and/or reduce future healthcare costs. The precursors are used to design one or more prediction markets and generate prediction market results based upon the market participants' responses. The prediction markets results, along with the actuarial predictive model, are used to generate a real-time predictive model. Later-received actuarial data associated with the population may be used to verify the accuracy of the prediction market results and update the real-time and actuarial predictive models. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173019 | Global health-care rates exchange II - A system and method for computer-automatically generate relations, compositions and compilations of individual costs related to individual health and health-care services and goods and non-health-care goods and services of or related to health-care providers, buyers and patients in computer servers in a network or networks of servers and computers for managing, distributing and controlling health-care funds and resources of, by and among health-care providers, buyers and patients in America and other nations. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173020 | Safeguard System in the Prescription and Dispensing of Drugs - The world was shocked at the untimely death of Michael Jackson, a Rock and Roll Legend in the World of Music. This demonstrates how easy access to habit forming drugs and celebrity status contributed to his sudden death. A prescription is used to administer a prescription drug to a patient. This printed prescription is encrypted with a cipher glyph that has the patient's name, drug prescribed, dosage and doctor's name and registration number graphically hidden in the prescription itself. The prescription when presented to the pharmacy for dispensing is inserted into a machine which verifies and authenticates the prescription and other embedded information. The encrypted information is sent to a central server database to log and record the data. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173021 | AUTOMATED METHOD OF DISPLAYING AND UPDATING THE STATUS OF CLINICAL RESEARCH SITES IN A CLINICAL TRIAL TO IDENTIFY READINESS OF SITES TO ACCEPT PATIENTS - An automated process generates a displayable report of the status of clinical research sites in a clinical trial to identify readiness of sites to accept patients. The clinical trial has a plurality of sites in multiple countries which accept patients. A plurality of electronically tracked site-based milestones and separate country-based milestones are provided for the clinical trial. Each site is associated with a country. The status of the site-based milestones and country-based milestones are electronically tracked in a database. The site-based milestones and the country-based milestones are tracked separately from each other. A displayable report of the status of the electronically tracked site-based milestones and country-based milestones is automatically generated in a processor. The report separately identifies the status of the site-based milestones and the country-based milestones. Also, each site-based milestone is categorized into one of the plurality of milestone groups, and the report shows the status of the site-based milestone groups. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173022 | Systems and Methods for Electronic Health Management - The present invention provides systems and methods for managing patient healthcare from a variety of goal-oriented perspectives. Patients are enabled not only to store and maintain their complete medical, dental or other health records, but also to utilize the data of other patients to maximize the benefit and efficiency of a patient's overall healthcare. The present invention comprises a set of software tools that can be used by a consumer (patient or individual) to take charge of his or her own medical or health care. Systems and methods of the present invention enable a patient(s) to store, research and track healthcare provider information maintained in a dynamic healthcare database. Software tools encompassed within the scope of the present invention allow patients to access, analyze, and utilize stored medical provider data to manage their medical or health care in an unique, personalized and efficient manner that affords the greatest possible benefit to an individual or a patient. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173023 | Method and System for Managing Organ Transplant Transporation - The various embodiment methods and systems manage the transportation of high priority medical materials, such as harvested organs from the donor to the recipient, so as to ensure a secure, continuous and monitored transport of such materials. The management systems and methods of the various embodiments provide accountability and ensure the integrity of the organs during transportation by planning, managing and monitoring the organ transportation process. A transport device containing an organ in transit may provide status data to a centralized command center, which may in turn update the planned transplant process as necessary and communicate updates with participants. A command center provides overall management, monitoring and reporting of the transportation status to participants via SMS, email or other messages | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173024 | INDIVIDUALIZATION OF MEDICAL ADJUVANTS - A method for upgrading a medical device for the treatment of diabetes in the home-monitoring field includes the steps of providing consumables in a housing with a type-specific identification code for use in a medical device, storing the identification code in combination with a user identification and determining a user status, offering a selection according to the user status of at least one configuration of a supplemental module for the medical device, and generating a delivery order for a supplemental module based on the selection made by the user. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173025 | Medication Risk Assessment System - A medication risk assessment method implemented using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: providing a medication risk assessment tool to a client, wherein the medication risk assessment tool includes a questionnaire, and wherein the client maintains a relationship with a population of individuals; administering the questionnaire to the population of individuals, thereby generating questionnaire data; obtaining prescription claims data from the population of individuals; combining the questionnaire data and the prescription claims data in an electronic database, thereby generating population data; analyzing the population data according to a set of rules; ranking the analyzed data according to risk; and generating at least one report based on the ranked data. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173026 | Medication Therapy Review Methods - A method for population and patient-specific medication therapy review using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: collecting patient claims data; reviewing the patient claims data for accuracy and data integrity; identifying particular characteristics sought within the patient claims data; organizing and structuring the patient claims data; establishing a set of clinical rules; transforming the set of clinical rules established into a computer language, and entering the transformed clinical rules into an electronic database; and analyzing the patient claims data by applying the clinical rules using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization, thereby producing an analytical result. In further embodiments, the analytic results are used to evaluate the need for patient-level medication therapy review and, optionally, to actually conduct a patient-level medication therapy review based on the review of the analytic results. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173027 | HEALTH-RISK METRIC DETERMINATION AND/OR PRESENTATION - A synthesizer that determines health-risk metrics includes a metric determiner that generates a first health-risk metric based on health related information, wherein the first health-risk metric indicates a first health state of a first local region of interest of a subject. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110178812 | Device for Automatically Issuing a Prescription for a Prescription Product - A device for automatically generating a prescription for a prescription product is disclosed. The device comprises a user interface, a questionnaire engine, a processing engine, and a prescription generation engine. The questionnaire engine is configured to provide a questionnaire to a user and receive user response data through the user interface. The processing engine is configured to automatically determine whether the user response data satisfies prescription requirements. The prescription generation engine is configured to be executed by a processor to issue the prescription for a prescription product for a satisfied standing order. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110178813 | Automated continuing medical education system - An integrated continuing medical education and treatment system is implemented as a system, a process, and an article of manufacture. A treatment goal memory stores clinical treatment goal data associated with at least one or more disease. An educational memory stores instructional education data associated with at least one disease and a treatment delta; the treatment delta is the difference between a clinical treatment goal data and corresponding data relevant to a disease of inquiry. A processor is adapted to receive a healthcare provider's selection of a disease of inquiry and electronic medical record data relevant to any disease of inquiry. The clinical treatment goal data may be queried for a disease matching a disease of inquiry. The goal data is compared with the electronic medical record data to determine a treatment delta. The continuing medical education data is selected based on the disease of inquiry and the treatment delta. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110178814 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL TESTING - Apparatus and methods for practicing telemedicine in the form of software systems acting over a network and kits containing laboratory supplies and equipment to organize the laboratory operations and interpret the results of molecular diagnostic testing are disclosed. At least two computers in communication over the Internet or other network are used, a remote computer located at a remote site and a central server located at a central site. The remote site may be geographically distant from the central site. A specimen is procured from a patient proximate to the remote site. Laboratory operations are conducted on the specimen at the remote site. The laboratory data resulting from the laboratory operations is interpreted by an expert reviewer who may be located at the central site, and a report is then transmitted back to the remote site. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110178815 | Method for estimating the health risk of a test subject - The invention describes a method to evaluate the health risks of a study subject by comparing blood chemistry risk factors by means of a database with data of multiple patients, sorted by age and sex and concerning their measured risk factors, mortality and causes of death. In order to enable advantageous risk estimation, it is proposed that the risk factor data stored in the database and sorted by sex, age groups and risk factors are combined into value groups according to quantile types with the help of a computer programme, that the study subject is assigned a quantile based on his/her gender and age as well as on his/her risk factor values, that the mortality risk in the study subject's quantile range determined based on the deaths within predetermined mortality periods having a cause that can be referred back to the pertinent risk factors is compared with the corresponding mortality risk of the quantile range of an order that is still safe in regard to the pertinent risk factors, and that the relative mortality risk of the study subject calculated therefrom is indicated as a function of a predetermined threshold value being exceeded. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110178816 | System And Method For Payment Of Medical Claims - A system allows a health care provider to arrange payment at the time of service for a patient responsibility portion of a health care claim amount, even though the provider may not know what the patient responsibility portion will be until after adjudication. A health care debit card is associated with an account of the patient. At the time of service, the patient presents the card to the provider. The provider uses the card to authorize the system to hold an estimate of the patient responsibility amount in suspense in the patient's account. After adjudication, when the actual patient responsibility amount is known, a transaction set is sent to the system. The system then automatically transfers the actual patient responsibility amount from the patent's account and into the provider's bank account. Any remainder of the suspended funds is left in the patient's account. A trace number is provided so that the provider can reconcile bank statement deposits with transaction set information. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110178817 | TARGETED AND PATIENT-FRIENDLY BILLIING SYSTEM METHOD - A system and method for automatically generating customized and user-friendly patient billing statements which can contain news tailored to the demographics of the recipient based on data mined from the data print stream for the individuals or entities to be billed. In particular, a patient billing system and method that provides a customized solution that transforms ordinary patient billing data into targeted, patient-friendly, data-driven documents that are individualized to each type of patient and which include financial and wellness information. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110178818 | ACTIVITY LOG SYSTEM - An activity log system for patient handling equipment, for example a hoist, comprises an accelerometer ( | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110178819 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A PATIENT'S PROPENSITY TO ADHERE TO A MEDICATION PRESCRIPTION - Devices and methods for determining risk groups for patients according to their propensity to adhere to a medication prescription The “Adherence Estimator™” device of the present invention comprises an incremented scale of potential total scores, a prescription survey having questions directed to assessing a patient's beliefs in respect to no more than three domains, the three domains being commitment, concerns and cost, a response recording tool, a scoring matrix and an interpretation tool Embodiments of the invention, which may be implemented in electronic or non-electronic forms, automatically score and interpret responses to the prescription survey questions in order to determine and assign patients to a high risk group, a medium risk group or a low risk group Non-electronic devices of the invention may be constructed from a variety of materials, including without limitation, paper, paper-based products, plastic, wood or metal. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110184747 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF A DRUG - A method of providing an anti-VLA-4 antibody to a patient. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184748 | Self-administered patient healthcare management system - A system to help patients manage their healthcare using a comprehensive package of healthcare reminders administered by remote computing and wireless communications devices. Healthy lifestyle, preventive care, chronic condition maintenance care, medication compliance and custom reminders are set according to a schedule and delivered via email, SMS text message, IVR phone message, live voice phone or other communications methods. Participants respond to reminders with their actual progress toward achieving the goal or with data concerning their condition which is recorded and reported. Tools allow users to schedule healthcare provider appointments and receive related reminders and follow-ups, refill prescriptions and generate a variety of reports to track their own progress and condition and which can be shared with a physician. Participating physicians have direct access to patient records to monitor progress and compliance in real time and to communicate with and manage their patients. Integration of personal health records and electronic medical records systems when available permit detailed analysis to identify potential issues and recommend certain reminders to improve the overall quality and integration of care. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184749 | COLLABORATION SYSTEM & METHOD FOR DOING BUSINESS - A medical collaboration method and a system supporting that method. The collaboration is between a diagnosing physician, a radiation physician and a third party provider. In some embodiments the method and system provide peer review, concurrence and coordinated planning and implementation of radiation treatment/therapy. The methodology of the collaboration can include mandatory steps, and sign-off approvals prior to proceeding, and policies and procedures to ensure cooperation. The system may include the creation, transmission of, and sharing of computer-based, digital files, and online collaboration tools. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184750 | HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM - A hospital information system including a number of distributed workstations for processing of medical data shall allow a coordinated, predictable and simulatable size-up/size-down of its systems allowing a determination of the technical and monetary consequences. To this end, in at least one embodiment, the hospital information system includes a central server unit, the workstations and the central server unit connected to each other via a data connection, wherein the central server unit includes a plurality of data interfaces, each data interface customized to provide a direct connection to one of the number of workstations, and wherein the central server unit further includes a data transfer module, an image and info nation processing module and a workflow management module. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184751 | PHARMACEUTICAL STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF STORING AND RETRIEVING PHARMACEUTICALS - A pharmaceutical storage and retrieval device and a method of accessing and loading the device. The device include a housing, at least one port with controlled access to inventory stored within the device, a robotic transfer mechanism for moving inventory items to and from the controlled port, software for tracking the inventory and users of the device, and an interface with the pharmacy software system to track and monitor which inventory is authorized for access by each user and which inventory is needed to fill a prescription. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184752 | DIABETES MANAGEMENT UNIT, METHOD, AND SYSTEM - A system and method are shown and described for outputting a customized health data report with minimal usage of a user interface. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184753 | Interactive Patient Medication List - Systems, methods and devices for managing patient medication data which include, in one implementation, displaying in a user-interface movable medication containers for medications in a list of medications for a patient, each medication container having a corresponding medication category; displaying a receptacle for organizing the medications, the receptacle having multiple layers having corresponding medication categories in a first dimension, each layer configured to receive one or more medication containers; and receiving a first medication container from the movable medication containers that is dragged into a layer in the first dimension having a corresponding medication category that matches the medication category of the first medication container. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184754 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT - A remote health care method, the method includes generating a user intention from usage data of a user provided by a health care terminal, generating a health care professional intention about the user, generating a personalized recommendation which adjusts compliance of the user with respect to remote health care management based on the user intention and the health care professional intention, and providing the personalized recommendation to the health care terminal. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110191114 | PERSONALIZED ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT - A personalized electronic healthcare management system and computer-implemented method thereof. The system includes a user interface configured to receive user profile information associated with a user as input by the user, and a server interfacing with the user interface. The server retrieves healthcare information from at least one external source, and provides the retrieved healthcare information to the user at the user interface. The healthcare information may be personalized to the user's needs. The server further retrieves social service program information from at least one host site, provides the retrieved social service program information to the user, and applies to at least one social service program of the at least one host site using the user profile information, when desired by the user, and retrieves interactive information to be presented to the user at the user interface. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191115 | INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A computer software program is operable to provide an ongoing and supported care coordination approach in which nurses and physician extenders work to actively link a patient with the best provider of care for the patient's unique condition. The program works with the patient to ensure compliance with physician orders, and assists with appointments, transportation and the delivery of medical services. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191116 | METHOD FOR MONITORING THE MEDICAL CONDITION OF A PATIENT - The invention relates to a method for monitoring the medical condition of a patient. Provided is:
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| 20110191117 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING MEDICAL CONSULTATION AT PHARMACIES - Systems, apparatus, techniques and methods for enabling medical consultations between a medical professional using a consultant station in a brick and mortar medical facility linked via a network to a patient using a patient station located at a pharmacy. Both the patient station and consultant station are equipped with video and audio conferencing apparatus, and the consultant station further includes a specialized medical images display for viewing medical images relating to the consultation. A patient logs in to the patient station, verifying who the patient is and the patient's eligibility to consult with one or more medical facilities and/or professionals. Likewise, the medical professional at the consultant station must verify their authorization to participate in the consultation. Consultations begin with collection of patient vital signs and any other information needed to generate a “doorstep” check report that would typically be generated by a nurse prior to actual consultation with a doctor in the doctor's office. Moreover, patient data in the form of medical records and/or images might be available via one or more servers and storage apparatus for reference during the consultation. While the consultation proceeds, an encrypted patient data record is created and maintained at the patient station in case the consultation is interrupted or unintentionally terminated and is erased when the consultation is properly terminated. Multiple consultants can participate in the consultation using embodiments of the present invention, typically by using multiple consultant stations or a combination of telephone and consultant station apparatus. Such remote medical consulting stations and similar systems can be adapted for remote operation of equipment and telematics. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191118 | MULTIPLE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM - A system for managing remote doctor medical request workflow may include a workflow module that optimizes assignments of medical requests to remote doctors based on parameterized doctor and scheduling information and may further include a forecasting module that predicts the hospital credentials, state licenses or doctors needed to fulfill a projected volume of future medical requests. In one embodiment, radiologists are parameterized and then matched with requests for radiological readings based on information extracted from DICOM image headers and merged with associated information contained in a medical work order. In this embodiment, the radiologists are parameterized based on their locations, schedules, hospital credentials, state licensing, compensation metrics, and performance metrics and incoming requests for review of CT scans and the like are filtered based on the parameterized radiologist information to identify one or more radiologists who are to fulfill the medical request. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191119 | Documenting Remote Engagements - A service provider is prompted to provide a summary of an engagement with a consumer, an audible summary provided by the provider is recorded and, and the audible summary is associated with a record of the engagement. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110196693 | Apparatus and method for remote assessment and therapy management in medical devices via interface systems - A remote medical assessment and therapy management apparatus comprising a center user interface, a center computer coupleable with the center user interface. The center computer displays information via the center user interface for use in developing a therapeutic prescription and receives therapeutic control inputs from a user. A remote device includes a medical diagnostic instrument for acquiring biophysical data from a patient, a medical therapeutic instrument that provides a therapy to the patient, and a remote computer that receives diagnostic signals from the diagnostic instrument and transmits therapeutic control signals to the therapeutic instrument. A network interface is connected between the first center computer and the remote computer and transmits diagnostic signals from the remote computer to the center computer and control signals from the center computer to the therapeutic instrument via the remote computer. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196694 | Method And Arrangement For Producing Medical Reports - A method and an associated arrangement are disclosed for producing medical reports. The method is embodied in a medical data management system. in t least one embodiment, provision is made here for storing cross-reference data which cross-refers to object data that is obtained by way of various medical applications. The cross-reference data is used when producing medical reports, in order to include the associated object data, which is identified by the cross-reference data, in the report. in at least one embodiment, this results in an advantageous time saving when producing a medical report which can be considerable, particularly in the context of complex series of examinations involving various medical applications. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196695 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PEER REFERENCING IN AN ONLINE COMPUTER SYSTEM - A system and method for connecting healthcare providers via an online portal to allow the providers to generate a network of peers for facilitating the providing and obtaining of peer references. A rules engine applies rules and logic to aggregated credentials and relationship data of the registered providers to identify users of the system who are qualified to provide a peer referral for a particular provider. A peer in a provider's network may provide a peer reference needed by the provider to access certain medical privileges. The peer reference data may be provided as answers to a structured questionnaire. The answers may then be used to automatically populate a specific peer referral form. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196696 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PRESCRPTION DATA TO GENERATE PRESCRIPTION REFILL DATA - A system for managing prescription data is provided. The system for managing prescription data includes a switch system. The switch system is configured to receive prescription submissions from pharmacy systems. Each prescription submission identifies a prescription having a prescription item, a fill date, a number of dosages, an identification of whether the prescription requires refilling, and a dose frequency. The switch system is further configured to submit the prescription submissions to approval systems, receive responses from the approval systems, and transmit the responses to the pharmacy systems. The switch system is further configured to determine, using the plurality of prescription submissions, when each of the prescriptions identified by the plurality of prescription submissions should be refilled. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196697 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PRESCRPTION DATA TO DETERMINE APPROVED PRICES - A system for managing prescription data is provided. The system for managing prescription data includes a switch system. The switch system is configured to receive first prescription submissions, each of which identifies a prescription item and has a submitted price for the prescription item. The switch system is further configured to submit the first prescription submissions to an approval system and receive responses to the first prescription submissions. Each response identifies an approved price or a denial. The switch system is configured to receive a second prescription submission from a pharmacy system, where the second prescription submission identifies the prescription item and has a submitted price for the prescription item. The switch system is further configured to determine if the submitted price is less than an approved price in the responses. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196698 | Brains-Empowered Networking - The computer servers and a method for speedily retrieving and displaying definitive diagnoses and related information and data on health-care, health-care services and physicians in responses to inputs of physicians and/or patients in a network or networks of computers, servers and teleconferencing platforms. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196699 | Medical Listener - An engagement is brokered between a consumer and a medical service provider; electronic text of a real-time, text-based communication between the medical service provider and the consumer is monitored during the engagement; the electronic text is analyzed for a triggering event related to at least one of medical diagnosis and medical treatment; the triggering event is detected in the electronic text; and medical information is provided to the medical service provider via a user interface in response to the triggering event. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196700 | PRESCRIPTION COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEM - A method for monitoring patient compliance to medical therapy that includes repeatedly measuring therapy compliance of a patient, uploading the therapy compliance measurements to a personal computer, connecting a central server using the personal computer, sending the uploaded therapy compliance measurements from the personal computer to the central server, providing a number of predetermined compliance threshold amounts, comparing the sent therapy compliance measurements with the number of predetermined compliance thresholds corresponding to the patient, determining a need and level of intervention based on the result of the comparing and reporting the determined need for intervention to a health professional corresponding to the patient and determined level. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196701 | Medical Examination or Treatment Device - A method for executing various patient-related machine activities is proposed. The machine activities include image acquisition and/or analysis and/or storage, as part of a patient examination and/or treatment or subsequent processing and/or documentation of examination and/or treatment information. A start and end of an activity chargeable to a third party in respect of the costs are recorded using trigger signals indicating the start and end of the activity. The signals are received by a device for determining the start and end of machine activities. After a completion of the recorded activity, activity-specific costs are calculated using machine activity related cost information stored in a storage device. The costs are displayed on a monitor. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110202361 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual; determining a plurality of health service options for the individual based on the indication of at least one health-related status; filtering the plurality of health service options; and providing a matching system for procurement of a desired health service option. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202362 | WEIGHT LOSS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING AND MONITORING THE SAME - Methods and systems of establishing a program to maximize weight loss include determining an energy deficiency and an exercise regimen for a particular female individual based on an increased concentration or level of at least one ovarian hormone, such as an oestrogen or progesterone. The increased concentration of the at least one ovarian hormone may be determined by calculating a phase of a menstrual cycle of the female subject. The daily energy deficiency may be calculated and an exercise regimen determined based on the phase of the menstrual cycle. By decreasing the daily energy deficiency and increasing the exercise regimen while the concentration of at least one ovarian hormone is increased, weight loss (i.e., fat loss) may be maximized. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202363 | CONTINUING PATIENT EDUCATION PROGRAM - A standardized continuing patient education (CPE) method offers certification and incentives in exchange for sustained health status improvement and continuation of educational learning. The CPE method may create the foundations for developing an innovative method for validating individual accountability and responsibility for patients with chronic illness. The CPE method of delivery may be consistent and taught by health experts having advanced degrees. Certification and renewals through the CPE program may support sustainable self-care practices and subsequent favorable health outcomes. Reward mechanisms may be set up to provide rewards as a result of adopting responsibility and accountability for poor health practices. The CPE concept may foster patients with chronic illnesses or conditions to adopt self-care behaviors that translate to a reward mechanism over an extended demonstration of favorable health outcomes. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202364 | COMMUNICATONS SYSTEM FOR ARTICLES OF CARE FURNITURE - Communications system for exchanging data between a patient in an article of care furniture and a nursing staff or service personnel which manages a nursing task for the patient or a service function of the article of care furniture, where the control communicationwise is connected to a gateway, which comprises a modem for communication between a patient and the nursing staff or service personnel via the mobile telephone network where the communication is carried out by exchanging data in the form of text strings. The patient may with his actions or by activating a switch initiate the transmittal of a text string. When receiving a text string on a mobile receiver, the nursing staff may, based on the contents of the text string, determine whether the visiting route should be changed so that a more acute nursing task may be given a higher priority. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202365 | Systems and Methods for Providing Personalized Health Care - A system and method is provided for personalized health care. In one embodiment, a patent monitors one or more of their biometric characteristics using a biometric data reader several times a day for at least several days. The biometric data is then passed to a central server that reviews the biometric data and determines if there are any undesirable spikes or troughs in the readings. If so, then the timing of the patient taking their medication is adjusted so that more medication is available in the patient's system when needed to combat the spikes or troughs. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202366 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TELEPHARMACY SERVICES - A system for distributing packaged medical supplies is provided. The system includes a record server configured to generate medical supply data. The medical supply data includes identification of a physical package containing physical medical supplies, identification of the physical medical supplies, and identification of a remote site the physical package is to be physically moved to. The record server is configured to correlate the package data with verification data received from a remote client. The verification data includes identification of a physical package received by the record client, identification of a patient prescription received by the remote client, and identification of the site of the remote client. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110208530 | PORTABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS - Described herein is a novel method for remote communication between a patient and physician. The described method of communication includes a portable storage medium which includes software and patient data. The software is designed to regularly prompt the patient to answer a series of questions relating to his medical care, then transfers that software to the patient's physician through a network connection. The described method also includes a method to store individual patient data in a manner that it is easily accessible to medical personnel in case of emergency without the need for the patient to provide a name, address, username, or password to the treating personnel. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208531 | Medical Office, Particularly for Surgical Eye Treatments - A medical office, particularly for surgical eye treatments, includes at least one medical device which is controlled by a program-controlled computer, with a first plug-in interface for a data storage medium, and a data printing device, which is decoupled electrically and for signalling purposes from the medical device, with a second plug-in interface for the data storage medium. According to the invention, the computer of the medical device is set up to write data into the data storage medium via the first plug-in interface, whereas the data printing device is set up to read and print data stored on the data storage medium. The data storage medium can, for example, be a USB memory stick or another transportable medium, for which, in the data processing industry, standardised plug-in locations are provided. Because no additional galvanic decoupling of the data printing device is necessary, as it would be in the case of direct electrical connection to the medical device, both the device complexity and the cost can be reduced. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208532 | MANAGING HEALTH DATA FROM WITHIN AND OUTSIDE A UPnP NETWORK - Health data measurement devices may be used in a UPnP home network to obtain health data and have the data stored in personal health records in an application hosting device in the network. Various types of devices may be used to access the data and to render the data on displays in the home network, such as televisions, using UPnP protocols. A health sensor device has an IP-LAN UPnP health service module and a possible a control point. An application hosting device, which stores and manages the health data, has a host UPnP health service module and may also have a control point. A remote device, such as a cell phone, may be used to remotely access health data on the application hosting device. A remote device description is dynamically generated by the hosting device based on a configuration set in a remote access service on the hosting device. The remote device description is generated dynamically (“on the fly”) as the remote device attempts to access data in the UPnP network. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208533 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND MEDIUM FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF VARIOUS AILMENTS ON HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE - The present invention relates to a system and method for assessing the impact of an ailment on a health related quality of life domain of a patient using a standardized common metric. The standardized common metric of the present invention enables the impact of various ailments to be compared. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208534 | REAL-TIME DELIVERY OF MEDICAL TEST DATA TO PORTABLE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES - The present invention relates to a system and method for real-time delivery of medical tests and related data from laboratories or similar sources to portable communication devices such as mobile phones, text-enabled pagers and web-enabled personal digital assistance (PDA's) and other WAP devices. The subject system enables physicians to access test results remotely as soon as they become available. Also, the system allows the physician to develop an electronic prescription and submit the electronic prescription to a pharmacy using the portable communications device. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208535 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE USE OF SENSITIVE PRODUCTS - Certain embodiments of the invention relate to a method for monitoring the use of sensitive products ( | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208536 | CLINICAL TEST INFORMATION MANAGING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention is a clinical test information managing apparatus including at least one display configured to display cascading tiers of clinical test information, the apparatus further including at least one processor of a computer system and at least one memory that stores programs executable by the at least one processor to: display a first tier of clinical test information including a listing of items which include process stages that show progresses of testing, associated with an indication of presence of samples which are situated at a respective stage; and when receiving a selection by a user among the items, display a second tier of clinical test information including a listing of identifications of samples which are identified by the indication of presence associated with a selected item. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208537 | INTERACTIVE UNIFIED WORKSTATION FOR BENCHMARKING AND CARE PLANNING - An interactive, unified workstation is described that unifies in a single system multitude of functions pertaining to a practitioners practice that would otherwise require disjointed, more expensive, and less efficient individual workstations dedicated to a specific, limited task or a sub-set of tasks. The invention is directed towards benchmarking for a practitioner's business practice, and for clinical aspects of treatment planning; and integrating overall patient care planning functions. The unified workstation further facilitates access to archived database resources and facilitates both knowledge base services to practitioners and also hybrid treatment planning, wherein different types of appliance systems (fixed, such as brackets and wires, or removable, such as aligning shells) may be used during the course of treatment. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208538 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A DOSAGE FOR A TREATMENT - An electronic document suitable for allowing the real-time diagnostics of various genotype-related treatments while allowing for the changing of demographic data such as a person's age, weight, etc. Various embodiments and methods of new processes include the assembly and association of genetic material samples, the preparation of microarrays with representative genetic material samples in a pattern best suited for analysis as well as manipulation, and delivery of assimilated and compiled data in the form of an electronic document for determining a dosage for a treatment. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208539 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF A PLURALITY OF SP02 TIME SERIES PATTERN TYPES - The disclosed embodiments relate to a patient monitor for evaluating a patient. The patient monitor may comprise a sensor that is adapted to detect a sound associated with breathing of the patient and to produce a first output indicative of the sound, an oximeter that is adapted to receive an input from the patient and to produce a second output indicative of oxygen saturation of blood of the patient, and a processor adapted to receive at least the first output and the second output and to correlate the first output with the second output. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208540 | EXECUTABLE CLINICAL GUIDELINE AND GUIDELINE TOOL - A system and method for receiving an input including a condition corresponding to a patient, retrieving a set of recommendations corresponding to the condition, displaying at least a portion of the set of recommendations to a user, receiving an input that one of the recommendations has been completed and modifying the display of the recommendations based on the input that the one of the recommendations has been completed. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110213619 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ONLINE MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS - This document discusses, among other things, a method for online diagnosis of a patient. The method includes receiving information regarding a result of an at-home medical test performed by a patient. The method also includes verifying the result of the at-home medical test based on an output from a testing device. Information indicative of the result of the at-home medical test is provided to a healthcare practitioner based on the verification of the result of the at-home medical test. The method also includes receiving information indicative of a diagnosis for the patient from the healthcare practitioner and providing the information indicative of a diagnosis to the patient. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213620 | Outpatient Monitoring Systems and Methods - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for outpatient monitoring. In some examples, the outpatient monitoring technology includes a system for remote monitoring and consultations of patients' state associated with automated interpretation of vital signs signals. In other examples, the outpatient monitoring technology includes a system for remote monitoring of patients' state associated with analysis of full-disclosure vital signs digital signals with reduced bit data or channel data. In some examples, the outpatient monitoring technology includes a system for remote monitoring of patients' state associated with ongoing automated analysis and transmission of full-disclosure vital signs digital signals and automatically generated signals' interpretation results and manually marked patient symptoms. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213621 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS PROCESSING, STORAGE, AND FORWARDING OF MEDICAL DATA - One method according to the present invention includes receiving data wirelessly from a medical device, storing the data, transmitting the data to an intermediary device (such as a properly equipped mobile telephone or personal digital assistant), and formatting a message including the received data for transmission to a medical data server. This method can be practiced automatically to allow a medical device for a patient or other subject to be monitored without requiring the patient to manually enter information. This method allows the data to be stored for any desired length of time, and/or until a particular event occurs. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213622 | HEALTHCARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD - An information and communications network for fulfilling information and communicating needs of health professionals is disclosed providing a system and method to provide an integrated record of patient-specific information and requests. According to one embodiment, this system and method includes first accessing patient-specific information and patient-specific requests via at least one portable electronic device (PED). Next, the system and method allows for updating or creating new patient-specific information and patient-specific requests via the PED. Subsequently, the system or method communicates via a network the patient-specific information and patient-specific requests to at least one server. Lastly, the system and method communicates via the network the patient-specific information and patient-specific requests to any additional PEDs and servers. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213623 | Disease Management System - A comprehensive disease management system providing advanced diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic capabilities to healthcare workers located in remote, rural and resource-poor urban centers is disclosed. Additionally, a method of managing disease in a patient located remotely relative to interpretation and therapeutic dispensing services is provided including methods of data collection, data interpretation and therapeutic dispensing. An algorithm is disclosed to provide non-physician healthcare workers in remote, rural and resource-poor urban centers to manage disease in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213624 | Computer Implemented Method and Computer Program Product for Collecting Fees for an Insurance Network - Computer implemented methods and computer program products for reducing the ancillary medical costs of an insurance network with a plurality of physicians participating therein. Computer implemented methods can include, for example, establishing an communication network between a healthcare consultation group and the insurance network, and accessing data associated with the plurality of physicians via the communication network. Embodiments can further include, for example, identifying, in a computer process, physicians who have engaged in ancillary medical procedures that are not preferred by the insurance network, and modifying behaviors of these physicians to reduce the ancillary medical costs of the insurance network. Embodiments can also include, for example, determining, in a computer process, whether the ancillary medical costs of the insurance network have reached at least a preselected level, and distributing a predetermined percentage of saving attributed to reducing ancillary medical costs of the insurance network to the healthcare consultation group. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110218814 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING A PATIENT'S CONDITION - The present disclosure is directed to a method and system that include performing an examination protocol for a patient's condition structured for use in an asynchronous telemedicine environment. The performing includes storing information about the patient's condition in an electronic examination storage medium, providing remote access to the electronic examination storage medium over a computer network, and transmitting notice of changes to the information over the computer network. Performing the examination protocol further includes recording a series of patient movements using a range of motion measurement device having a plurality of reference points for visualizing outward indications of the patient's condition. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110218815 | Method of data mining in medical applications - The present invention relates to a method of creating databases for data mining in medical applications. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to providing a data-driven objective reimbursement model incorporating performance and quality measures, tied to patient, exam, context, and provider-specific variables. In another embodiment, the present invention creates standardized databases where context, patient, provider, and technology specific variables are used to create an objective quantitative measure of exam complexity, which can be correlated with performance times and outcomes measures for iterative refinement. In another embodiment, through the combined analysis of examination complexity, interpretation accuracy, and interpretation times, specific to each individual radiologist, external pacers are created which can be customized to a radiologist's individual needs and preferences. The derived data is used to identify best practice patterns and end-user performance, which can be used by radiologists for individualized education and training. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110218816 | SPOT CHECK MONITOR CREDIT SYSTEM - A spot check credit system advantageously includes various embodiments for obtaining authorization or payment for each measurement, groups of measurements, times of measurement or the like. In an embodiment, the system utilizes a server that communicates web pages over a computer network. In an embodiment, the system utilizes a digital communication device such as a photocommunicative key. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110218817 | Method for carrying out clinical studies and method for establishing a prognosis model for clinical studies - A method for planning and carrying out clinical studies, wherein, during and after the end of a predetermined period, values of a predefined target criterion of control persons of a virtual control group are compared with values of the predefined target criterion of test persons of a test group which received a treatment to be investigated. The values of the predefined target criterion of the control persons of the virtual control group during and after the end of the predetermined period are determined from starting characteristics values assigned to the control persons. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110218818 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DEFINE TARGET VOLUME FOR STIMULATION IN BRAIN - One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method that includes storing a volume of tissue activation (VTA) data structure that is derived from analysis of a plurality of patients. Patient data is received for a given patient, the patient data representing an assessment of a patient condition. The VTA data structure is evaluated relative to the patient data to determine a target VTA for achieving a desired therapeutic effect for the given patient. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110224999 | System and method for providing online fitness instruction - The member-accessible internet site acts a hub for gyms from various locations to host their fitness classes live in either a one-way or two-way feed. A member-accessible internet site provides live one-way, and optional two-way, feeds to multiple live exercise classes being conducted at various remote gym facilities. In the one-way embodiment, the participating member would see the exercise instructor and optionally all or part of the on-site exercise group, but he/she would not be visible to them. In the two-way embodiment, the online participants would also be visible to the instructor on a screen display, which will enable the instructor to critique and correct the exercise technique of the online participants. Other features of the invention include, but are not limited to, online communication capabilities such as instant messaging between members, online groups according to interests and age, one-on-one personal training, articles relating to health and fitness, information about instructors and classes, class schedules, discussion boards to rate different classes, and an initial evaluation survey to determine the appropriate type and level of exercise program for each participant. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225000 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING OF PATIENT DATA - The present invention is directed to a system for improving medical provider transactions the system comprising a storage device adapted for retrievable storage of patient data via a computer system having at least one processor, a reporting and billing module in communication with the storage device for the retrieval of patient data, a forms repository having a plurality of electronically stored standardized forms with the patient data being populated into at least one standardized form associated with a medical event by the reporting and billing module. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225001 | Management of Information Flow and Workflow in Medical Imaging Services - Managing information flow and workflow in medical imaging services includes mapping activities in medical imaging services to a set of discrete steps in a model medical imaging process. Data concerning the medical imaging services is collected and tracked using an electronic data store and a communications network. Collected data is correlated to at least one of the discrete steps in the model medical imaging process and process metrics for performance are calculated based upon the correlated data. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225002 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING MEDICAL INFORMATION - A system and method for sharing information, comprising: creating at least one problem-oriented record utilizing at least one modifier to describe at least one attribute of at least one problem; and utilizing the at least one problem-oriented record to share information. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225003 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORCHESTRATING CLINICAL COLLABORATION SESSIONS - A system and associated methods for orchestrating a collaboration session are disclosed. One method involves orchestrating a collaboration session between a requesting clinician and another clinician where information is exchanged electronically. According to the method, requests for collaboration sessions are received by a computer system from the requesting clinician, with a given request related to a piece of patient-focused clinical data. Each request is analyzed to build a roster of potentially available clinicians for collaboration. A collaboration session is then facilitated between the requesting clinician and one or more of the potentially available clinicians on the roster. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225004 | Methods and Systems for Medication Management - A method of monitoring a patient's compliance with a medication regimen may include identifying a patient, identifying a medication prescribed to the patient and determining one or more intake times associated with the medication. For each intake time, an alert reminding the patient to take the medication may be generated, and the alert may be transmitted to a mobile device associated with the patient. Receipt of the alert by the mobile device may trigger one or more of an audible alarm, a visual alarm and a tactile alarm on the mobile device. If an indication of compliance is not received from the mobile device within a predefined period of time, a caregiver associated with the patient may be notified. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225005 | PHYSICIAN AND MEDICAL VENDER APPOINTMENT AND DONATION METHOD - A system and method of providing access to physicians by medical venders and making donations is disclosed. At least one vender and at least one physician registers with a database for scheduling appointments between them. The physician enters a calendar of available time segments into the database and the vender purchases at least one time segment by paying a fee, said time segment corresponding to an appointment of a specified time with the physician. If the appointment is kept by both the physician and the vender, at least some portion of the fee becomes proceeds that are donated to an educational or charitable organization of the physician's choosing. If the appointment is not kept, the fee may either be returned to the vendor or at least some portion of the fee become proceeds that are donated to an educational or charitable organization of the physician's choosing, depending on pre-established protocol. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225006 | PATIENT-INTERACTIVE HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT - A patient-interactive health care management system provides means for healthcare services rendered by a physician to a patient to be confirmed by the patient immediately after the healthcare services are rendered. The patient is provided the ability to verify the accuracy of an invoice for the rendered services/goods and provide an assessment of the rendered services/goods. In an example embodiment, the patient provides this information via an information station located at the healthcare facility in which the healthcare services/goods are rendered. The information gathered from the patient is provided to the party responsible for paying for the rendered healthcare services/goods. In an example embodiment, the paying party compares the patient provided information with the invoice received from the healthcare provider to assess the accuracy of the invoice. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225007 | Method and Apparatus of Providing and Maintaining Personal Health Care Records - In accordance with the present invention there is provided a method for distribution of medical information and patient services including providing coaches to effectuate behavioral changes in patients including addressing health, wellness, mental health, and productivity issues, wherein said coaches have undertaken coach training and use substantially the same coaching skills and methodology, and wherein the coaches are as a group heterogeneous in that some of said coaches possess credentials in nutrition and weight management, and some of said coaches possess credentials in mental health. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110231202 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTION OF PROTOCOL ADHERENCE DATA - A data capture and storage apparatus for use in confirming administration of medication in a clinical trial or other medication administration scenario is provided. The apparatus includes a data capture device for capturing one or more types of data related to administration of a medication, a storage device for storing the captured data and a processor for processing the stored captured data. The processor further includes an analysis element for performing a local analysis of the stored captured data. The processor is further adapted to identify a particular medication prescription regimen in accordance with the clinical trial or medication administration scenario, determine one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen, identify one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures, capture activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen compare the captured activity sequences to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween, and providing a notice if differences are determined. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231203 | Managing Patient Bed Assignments And Bed Occupancy In A Health Care Facility - An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT) systems. The bed management system is an easy-to-use business intelligence application that is designed to allow administrators, clinicians and managers to easily access, analyze and display real-time patient and bed availability information from ancillary information systems, databases and spreadsheets. It enables users to see trends and relationships in hospital (bed) management data directly from their desktop personal computers. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231204 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling An Infusion Pump or the Like - A method and apparatus for controlling IV medication delivery and monitoring, the method including providing information tags on IV bags that specify delivery parameters, obtaining delivery parameters for at least one bag, associating a controller with a particular patient, comparing patient information for the particular patient with the delivery parameters, determining the efficacy of delivering the medicant to the patient and affecting pump control as a function of the comparison. The method also includes various timing rules and other verification procedures. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110238431 | Surgical Console Information Management - In various embodiments, completing a pre-surgery checklist may include receiving surgery related information from one or more sources, transferring the received information to a surgical console, presenting the transferred information to a console user as part of the pre-surgery check-list, and receiving indication of a verified information element provided for the pre-surgery check-list (e.g., confirmation from a surgeon that one or more elements on the pre-surgery checklist are correct/verified). In some embodiments, the method may further include verifying a surgical patient's identity prior to surgery. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238432 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZED DISTRIBUTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF VACCINATIONS - The invention is directed to a method and system of distributing vaccination carts comprising the steps of entering into an optimization module which includes entering the type of immunization desired to be distributed, identifying the goals of a vaccination program, and running an algorithm to determine the proper number of vaccination shots to provide the Provider; operating a service module to create a master schedule to allocate the distribution cart to one or more Providers; running an issue detection module to detect whether a networked computer determines if there are any unacceptable sensor readings; and determining whether a sensor detects an issue and, if so, returning to the optimization module. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238433 | METHOD FOR RAPID AND SECURE INTRODUCTION OF NEW DRUGS, MEDICATIONS AND THERAPIES, THROUGH CLINICAL TRIALS INTO GENERAL HEALTHCARE - Accordingly, the object of the invention is one special application of the ‘Health Monitoring Platform’, described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,735,551, with the method of ‘Validated Treatment Plans’, condensing procedure and documentation of the ‘clinical trials’ for a new medication and offering them to the general practitioner on-line: To be used as templates to screen his patient, to select and adapt new treatment for him, to prescribe the associated monitoring to him and to the visiting nurse, to execute a tele-monitoring using sensor devices communicating signals to measurement and event log databases, to assess these logs in consultation with experts, to evaluate deviations from expected outcome and their cause and to propose corrective action and adapted treatment to the caregiver and his patient, searched from this ‘knowledge base’. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238434 | MEDICAL e-TEMPLATES - The present application relates to a method and system for providing medical personnel with medical treatment protocols for treating a disease or medical condition of interest. The method includes transmitting a medical treatment protocol template to a user upon receiving a request for a medical treatment protocol related to a particular medical condition. The medical treatment protocol template may include treatment parameters data and sample case data. The method and system also allow for the treatment parameters data from the medical treatment protocol template to be applied to patient data to create a patient-specific treatment plan to allow a clinician to apply the medical treatment protocol embodied by the template to a particular patient. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238435 | ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING THE GATHERING, DISTRIBUTION AND DELIVERY OF INFORMATION RELATED TO MEDICAL CARE - Automated methods and systems are disclosed for persistently facilitating the timely gathering, monitoring, distribution and delivery of information related to medical care where such may include: (1) finding a communications channel for effectively attempting a message delivery to a specific target person at a specified time; (2) deliverable message content to limitations of a chosen communications channel; adaptively finding a targeted recipient even if the latter is highly mobile and/or has travel patterns or communications-channel preferences that change over time; (3) verifying that a targeted recipient has actually received an attempted delivery within an applicable time limit; (4) automatically recognizing that an urgent message delivery-attempt was not timely completed and adaptively alerting responsible entities of the in completion; and (5) automatically recognizing that an urgent change or non change of condition has occurred by virtue of information gathered during an automated or manually-conducted Interview where physician expected positive progress prior to Interview and adaptively alerting responsible entities of the changed or unchanged condition based on the urgency of the change or non-change. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238436 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING COMPENSATED STAFF DATA - The present invention relates to a method, device and a computer program product for compensated staff data for one or more care units which are related to a plurality of care unit observations. The method comprises receiving staff data, receiving patient data relating to a plurality of care need parameters, determining a care need for each of a plurality of patients based on the patient data, receiving care unit data, and generating compensated staff data for the one or more care units based on the care need, the staff data and the care unit data, and transmitting the compensated staff data. By using the invention, compensated staff data may be provided in an efficient and reliable manner. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238437 | Systems and Methods for Creating a Form for Receiving Data Relating to a Health Care Incident - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for creating a form for receiving data relating to a health care incident. A dictionary of field objects is provided in a metabase, where a field object defines attributes, and an instance of a field object is a form field. A request to create a user-defined field object is received and it is determined that the user-defined field object is not in the dictionary of field objects in the metabase. The user-defined field object is generated by defining attributes for the user-defined field object, where at least one attribute is a presentation attribute for a form field within a form. The user-defined field object is added to the dictionary of field objects in the metabase and the user-defined field object is linked to a data location in a persistent store. The form is generated, where the form is an ordered collection of form fields, where at least one form field is an instance of the user-defined field object and is displayed according to the at least one presentation attribute. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238438 | AUTOMATED METHOD OF GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING PREDICTED PATIENT ENROLLMENT IN A CLINICAL TRIAL STUDY - An automated method is provided of graphically displaying predicted patient enrollment in a clinical trial study. The study has a plurality of clinical sites for enrolling patients in the study. A database is provided that includes a patient enrollment rate for each clinical site and a date of initial patient enrollment for each clinical site. Clinical site launch data is entered into a user interface display screen, including a target number of patients to be enrolled in the study, and a target date for completing the enrollment of the target number of patients. A graphical display is then generated of a running total number of patients predicted to be enrolled in the study for a succession of time periods from the data that is provided and entered via the user interface display screen. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238439 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING VOLATILITY IN MEDICAL DATA - A system and method for evaluating the effectiveness of a medical treatment and predicting future medical issues is provided. A digital set of biometric data comprising a plurality of biometric data points is received and stored in a digital database. The digital set of biometric data is analyzed to determine its relative volatility. The relative volatility is then evaluated to help determine the effectiveness of a medical treatment and predict future medical issues. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238440 | Intelligent Particle Beam Allocation System and Related Method for Treatment in Multi-Room Medical Centers - A computer-implemented system and method for controlling work flow management to improve the operational efficiency of a multi-room particle therapy medical center are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a monitoring system configured through an active connection to receive real-time information about the current actions of the people, hardware and software at the center, an analysis system configured through an active connection to synthesize the information attained through the monitoring system, and a control system configured through an active connection that uses information acquired by the monitoring system to continuously update information made available through a set of user interfaces to an end user. Features also are provided to automatically synchronize, obtain, and update status information on the shared resources in the particle therapy medical center. Various ways of handling the data aggregation issues associated with compiling status data are also described. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238441 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL CARE - A computerized medical care system provides validation of a diagnosis of a medical condition and requested medical services for treating the medical condition. The medial care system invokes multiple filters to determine the appropriateness of the diagnosis and medical service. Real time feedback is provided based on the determination. If the medical care cannot be validated, the feedback includes the reasons for the failure to validate, and any supporting materials for the lack of validation. The feedback may also prompt the requesting entity to provide additional information to help support the medical provider's position as to why the requested medical care is appropriate. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238442 | System And Method For Customizing Workflow Using Standard Formats For Information Transfer - Embodiments of the present system and method relate generally to standardized electronic communications in a healthcare setting. Certain embodiments of the system include a healthcare information acquisition and management system capable of using information that conforms to an industry standard format for information transfer, an order scheduling system capable of managing information flow within the healthcare setting, and a gateway system interconnecting the healthcare information acquisition and management system and the order scheduling system. In certain embodiments, the gateway system provides for a transfer of nonconforming information between the order scheduling system and the healthcare information acquisition and management system. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238443 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFERRING GENETIC FINDINGS FOR A PATIENT - A method and system in a computing environment for inferring genetic findings for a patient is provided. The method includes receiving a request for genetic findings for a person from another application or a user. The method further includes inquiring as to whether the person has the genetic findings. If not, the method automatically provides inferred genetic findings for the person. The inferred genetic findings are calculated using genetic findings for family members of the patient, linkage analysis, haplotype analysis, semantic test results for the person and/or population genetics information. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110246215 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTO-REPLENISHMENT AND MONITORING OF A MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A replenishment center connected to a plurality of analyzer systems each comprising at least one analyzer module which performs analysis using a replenishable item is disclosed. The replenishment center includes a receiver configured to receive operation information from at least one of the plurality of analyzer systems that relates to utilization of the replenishable item, a database configured to record the operation information in relation to the at least one of the plurality of analyzer systems, an inventory calculator configured to calculate and store in the database a remaining quantity of inventory of the replenishable item kept for the at least one of the plurality of analyzer systems, based on the operation information recorded in the database, and a suggested order generator configured to generate, when the calculated remaining quantity becomes less than a predetermined threshold, a suggested order programmed to give a user of the at least one of the plurality of analyzer systems an option of accepting or rejecting the suggested order. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246216 | Online Pre-Registration for Patient Intake - Described herein are techniques for enabling a patient to pre-register for a medical visit to a healthcare facility (e.g., a hospital) online. Also described herein are techniques that enable a hospital staff to pre-process a patient's pre-registration intake forms before the patient arrives for the medical visit at the healthcare facility. With some of the described techniques, the patient's pre-registration intake forms may have been customized to match the needs and desires of the healthcare facility, its departments, and/or the healthcare providers (e.g., nurses, physicians, etc.) taking care of the patient during the visit. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246217 | Sampling Patient Data - In an embodiment, a computer includes one or more processors; a computer readable storage medium comprising a sequence of instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause: transmitting, to a second computer over a network, a first subset of patient data; receiving, from the second computer, a command for additional data, wherein the command is based on the first subset of the patient data; identifying a second subset of the patient data based on the command; transmitting, to the second computer, the second subset of the patient data; wherein the first subset of the patient data and the second subset of the patient data were collected by one or more biometric sensors within a same medical examination session. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246218 | PRESCRIPTION FULFILLMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A system for fulfillment by a medical products supplier of medical prescriptions issued by a prescriptionist for patients with reimbursement by a third party provider, in which a patient has a prescription authorization card having an electronically addressable memory encoded with patient medical information including medical history, images, and a medical prescription selectively recorded into the memory by a data station and communicating the prescription to the medical products supplier and a distributor that provides the medical product from the medical products supplier to the patient upon presentation of the prescription authorization card to the distributor, a second data station configured for authenticating the fulfillment and delivery of the medical product to the patient, with the prescription authorization card including a connector for selecting connection and communication of medical information from the memory to an authorized accessor. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246219 | System and Method of Integrated Logistics Management for Inventory - A system and method of managing the logistics of trays and lots of medical inventory, such as surgical implants, from the manufacturer's initial release until final discharge by the end user healthcare provider. The system is driven by one or more software applications running on a central, secure server accessible by remote handheld telecommunication devices. The software platform comprises several assemblies integrated into the system, the assemblies including: a database access layer assembly, a business rules assembly, an entity or business object assembly, a web service assembly, a database connection assembly, a presentation assembly for a handheld device and a presentation assembly for a website and windows program. Additional features of the system could include a geographic map, an inventory list of trays and corresponding lots, an imaging assembly to read barcodes or other optic identifiers, an Food and Drug Administration news assembly incorporating a live RSS news feed for releases about product defects or recalls, a web browser, and a notebook assembly to enter customized notes in free form text. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246220 | Web Based Care Team Portal - Implementations of the present disclosure provide a method for managing the care of a patient that includes receiving patient data including a patient condition at a computing device, where a portion of the patient data is transmitted to the computing device from a clinical information system over a network, determining a patient risk level based on the patient data, and generating a patient care plan based on the patient data that includes tasks based on the patient risk level. The method further includes receiving user input at the computing device, assigning members to a care team responsible for execution of tasks based on the user input, generating a required action corresponding to each task, transmitting the action to a computing device associated with a member responsible for execution of an action related task, and monitoring execution of the tasks based on task data received at the computing device. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246221 | Medication Administration And Patient Health Management Strategies, And Systems For Same - A patient health management system includes a personal computing system having a computer readable memory storing computer executable code. The system further includes a microprocessor configured to execute the computer executable code and compare stored medication library data with image data associated with a digital image of a medication captured by a digital imaging device of the personal computing system. The microprocessor is further configured to link profile data for a patient-user of the personal computing system with identification data for the medication and output an administration confirmation request based on the linked data. The administration confirmation request may include a wireless signal transmitted to a remote computing system to enable a remote computer or a health services provider to confirm that planned self-administration of medication by a patient is correct. Pharmacy errors, potential medication interaction, and other conflicts may be proactively addressed, and the patient may be alerted via signals sent to a personal communication device. Action conditions other than potential conflicts may also be detected and addressed, such as suitability for patient participation in clinical research studies. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246222 | REVIEWING TESTS ON CLIENT DEVICES - A client device facilitates review of electrocardiogram (ECG) tests. The client device performs the ECG tests on one or more patients and sends results of the ECG tests to an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system for storage. In addition, the client device displays a test history interface on a display screen. A user of the client device can select one of the ECG tests. In response, the client device communicates with one or more devices to retrieve results of the selected ECG test. The client device displays information about the selected ECG test on the display screen. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246223 | ACTIVE COMPLEX EVENT PROCESSING OR INFECTION CONTROL AND HYGIENE MONITORING - An apparatus, system and method for processing a stream of events in accordance with a set of queries that apply complex event pattern matching, and for performance of actions in accordance with active rules associated with those queries. The execution of actions can take the form of system state changes that in turn can affect the outcome of other queries. Scheduling policies assure both correct and high-performance execution of concurrent event pattern queries and active rules. The stream of events can be associated with a variety of applications including monitoring of hygiene and infection control activities associated with health care. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING, COLLECTING, AND TRACKING QUALITY DATA ACROSS A VAST HEALTHCARE PROVIDER NETWORK - A system and method for gathering quality data for a plurality of healthcare providers over an extended computer network is disclosed. The system and method comprise an enhanced services server in electronic data communication with a plurality of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems via a network connection, the plurality of EHR systems being configured to capture patient data for a plurality of patients at the plurality of healthcare providers' sites during a plurality of encounters with each of the plurality of patients, and the enhanced services server being built on the same architecture as the plurality of EHR systems. Electronic quality of care forms are retrieved from one or more form managers via the network connection and a plurality of fields in each of the electronic quality of care forms are automatically populated using the patient data captured by the plurality of EHR systems. The completed electronic quality of care forms are then automatically transmitted to one or more form receivers via the network connection, the one or more form receivers being one or more organizations that process quality of care data to qualify healthcare providers for at least one of certifications, accreditations, and monetary incentives. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246225 | INTEGRATED MEDICAL SOFTWARE SYSTEM WITH PATIENT PRE-APPROVALS - An integrated medical software system with a patient registration software component executed by a processor of the system to capture patient information is disclosed. The system and method comprise a section where demographic data is input for the patient, said demographic data including at least one of a digital photograph, a name, an address, a date of birth, a social security number, and a sex of the patient; a section where financial data is input for the patient, said financial data including at least one of financial responsibility, outstanding balances, insurance coverage, insurance claims currently being processed, and account information of the patient; and a section where administrative data is input for the patient, said administrative data including at least one of scheduling information, reminders and alerts, visit check-in and check-out, and system preferences for the patient, wherein the patient is pre-approved for at least one of a referral, a hospital admission, a clinician's order, a medical procedure, or a medication that would otherwise require prior approval based on at least one of the demographic data, the financial data, and the administrative data. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246226 | INTEGRATED MEDICAL SOFTWARE SYSTEM WITH ADVANCED PATIENT SCHEDULING - An integrated medical software system with a patient scheduling module for scheduling patient visits is disclosed. The module comprises a section where a user adds and removes clinical and administrative flags that are associated with patients and that are displayed as reminders when the patients schedule visits, said clinical flags alerting the user to a patient's medical issue that requires special attention and said administrative flags alerting the user to a patient's clerical issue that requires special attention, and a section where the user schedules equipment and a clinician for an appointment with a patient by performing the steps of selecting the patient at a first display point and the equipment at a second display point, said first and second display points being defined by different images that are viewable on a user interface display, and dragging the patient and the equipment to a third display point, said third display point being defined by an available time in the clinician's schedule that is viewable on the user interface display. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AN OPTIMIZED-PERSONALIZED HEALTH MAINTENANCE PLAN - Systems and methods for providing an optimized-personalized health maintenance plan are presented. The teachings include a method for creating an iteratively-optimized, personalized health maintenance plan for a user. The method includes producing a recognized health profile for a subject, developing a first personalized health maintenance plan from the recognized health profile, and converting compiled information into a presentation format for the first personalized health maintenance plan, or an optimized-personalized health maintenance plan based on at least a first iterated questionnaire. The personalized health maintenance plan is optimized to increase the level of specificity of the personalized health maintenance plan for the user. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246228 | System and Method for Early Identification of Safety Concerns of New Drugs - A computer-implemented system and method for administering a drug registry database generates a display of a plurality of new drug/comparator drug pairings, wherein each new drug is added to the database when a threshold number of healthcare claims for the new drug have been received. Upon receiving a selection of a new drug/comparator drug pairing, and filter parameters input by a user, an analysis engine searches the healthcare claims stored in the database to identify a first and second group of patients satisfying the filter parameters input by the user; wherein the first group includes patients with claim data indicating use of the new drug and the second group includes patients with claim data indicating use of the comparator drug. The analysis engine further identifies a comparative occurrence of one or more existing medical conditions or new medical conditions in the first and second groups of patients and calculates a probability value indicating a relative likelihood that a patient taking the new drug will have each of the one or more new or existing medical conditions in comparison to a likelihood that a patient taking the comparator drug will have each of the one or more new or existing medical conditions. A user interface displays each new or existing medical condition and the probability value for the new drug and the comparator drug in accordance with one or more report parameters entered by the user. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246229 | System and Method for Detecting Healthcare Insurance Fraud - A system and method for detecting healthcare insurance fraud is disclosed. The method includes creating a database containing source data related to at least one healthcare claim submitted for reimbursement, selecting data from the database to compare to a set of rules using an audit module, and comparing the selected data to the set of rules using the audit module. The method also includes using the audit module to automatically identify suspected fraudulent data when the selected data violates at least one rule of the set of rules and using the audit module to flag the fraudulent data. In addition, the method includes using the audit module to generate a report illustrating patterns of irregularities within the source data to visually identify the fraudulent data displayed within the source data by user-friendly graphs and charts, and generating at least one automated statement for display to identify the at least one rule of the set of rules that was violated by the selected data using a documentation module. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110251848 | GLOBAL HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY AND MEDICAL RECORD ACCESS WEBSITE - A global health networking system includes at least one server coupled to a network, a plurality of user interfaces, and a plurality of search applications. The network includes a plurality of databases configured to store information from multiple countries relating to academic studies, healthcare procedures and pharmaceuticals, institutes of higher medical related studies, healthcare providers, corporate subscribers, and individuals. The server is configured to communicate between each database such that a user is provided access to information stored in each database for addressing health related topics. Each interface includes user selectable options and is configured to provide access to the databases. The search applications are configured to search the databases according to search parameters entered by the user, wherein the user's needs are linked to information stored in the databases allowing continuous real time access to medical personnel, medical files, and healthcare related information. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110251849 | Healthcare System and Method - A healthcare system includes a database having stored thereon patient information data, patient medical data, treatment plans data and healthcare provider data. A treatment module accesses the data stored in the database and uses the data to determine a plurality of patient treatment steps required to implement a treatment plan thereby to treat the patient. A communications module communicates with a healthcare provider system to instruct the healthcare provider to perform a next activity of the patient treatment activity required in the treatment of the patient and a monitoring module monitors that the next activity has been performed. In addition, an awards module determines an award for the healthcare provider or their agent if the healthcare provider or their agent performs the next activity in the treatment of the patient. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110251850 | On Site Prescription Management System and Methods for Health Care Facilities - A system and method for control of prescription drug packaging and dispensing machines located in an in-patient health care facility including centralized control and enhanced communication between system components. Delay and errors in processing item data in the prescription dispensing system are reduced by using concise ID data incorporated into each canister memory chip and storing canister contents data elsewhere. Canisters are configured in a pharmacy using interchangeable parts. Data being processed is synchronized by a combination of user tokens (who), data identifiers (what), and unique Ids for the entities in the system (where). The foregoing combination enables substantial efficiency improvements and error reduction. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110251851 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-PERSON AND MULTI-SITE, INTERACTIVE TREATMENT SIMULATION | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110251852 | MEDICAL IMAGING AND REPORT MANAGEMENT - This invention provides methods of capturing, transporting, and reporting video patient studies using electronic networks. A medical image reporting system may include a data harvester that receives digital video clips for review by a radiologist, cardiologist, or other specialist, an application that provides a convenient user interface for the user to create diagnosis statements and Digital Imaging and Communications (“DICOM”) compatible data, an overview engine that allows review of the report statements and correction of entries, and a data packager that packages and transports the preliminary report, video clips, and/or patient information electronically to a data center, which then offers electronic access to authorized physicians and specialists located remotely. Some embodiments involve the use a foot pedal or other foot-operated component to trigger or otherwise control the capture of video images. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110251853 | Methods For Improving The Clinical Outcome Of Patient Care And For Reducing Overall Health Care Costs - The current invention is directed to improved methods for providing health care and for reducing the cost of health care. Additionally, the methods of the current invention are designed to improve the clinical outcome for the patient. The methods of the current invention provide financial incentives to both the patient and the medical service provider in an integrated manner that create appropriate checks and balances which encourages patient empowerment as well as patient and medical practitioner accountability. The method of the current invention incorporates evidence-based medicine treatment guidelines and content, and dispenses information therapy and other similar types of content through an Internet application or by other means to improve the standard of health care treatment which leads to better clinical outcomes, healthier behavior, and a reduction in the overall cost of health care. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110257988 | MULTI-PHASE ANCHOR-BASED DIAGNOSTIC DECISION-SUPPORT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A medical diagnosis decision support system for assisting a health professional to diagnose a medical condition. The system is first provided with an anchor condition that can be a symptom, a sign, a laboratory test result, or an imaging test results or any combination thereof The system then guides users in a series of predetermined phases regarding abstract or concrete diagnosis groups that should be considered and appropriate data that should be collected during the clinical investigation process. The system suggests history and physical examination clinical data items, laboratory, and imaging tests that should be collected in order to differentiate among alternative diagnoses. In each phase, possible diagnoses are listed and ranked. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257989 | PRESCRIPTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - The illustrative embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for managing prescription-related health care data for a patient using a mobile communication device. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying prescription status data for a prescription associated with a patient. The patient is a user of a mobile communication device. The method also includes determining whether the prescription is ready for retrieval from a pharmacy using the prescription status data, and initiating a prescription availability notification on the mobile communication device in response to determining that the prescription is ready for retrieval from the pharmacy. The prescription availability notification notifies the patient that the prescription is ready for retrieval from the pharmacy. The method also includes presenting a set of selectable modules on a graphical user interface of the mobile communication device. At least a portion of the set of selectable modules is related to the prescription. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257990 | INTERNET BASED INTERFACE FOR AUTOMATIC DIFFERENTIAL COUNTING AND MEDICAL REPORTING - An internet based interface program for differential counting and medical reporting includes an internet enabled cell counter, client logic, server logic, and automated report generation. Browser deployed client software interfaces with the user employing a standard keyboard to input data automatically to the cell counting application. Software tallies the data and tracks it for the user to see. Server software, accessed via the internet through the users browser, automatically processes medical counting information data input and reporting parameters, performs counting operations, and generates automated medical reports based on the reporting parameters. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257991 | Pharmacy Product Inventory Control or Redistribution - A method to reduce or eliminate the generation of expired products and manage pharmacy inventories. The method includes maintaining an online pharmacy inventory database among a plurality of participating network pharmacies, identifying over-stock products, non-moving products, slow moving products, and un-wanted products from the plurality of participating network pharmacies, and generating a redistribution list of one or more products. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257992 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS - An apparatus, a method, and a computer program product are provided. The apparatus includes at least one memory including computer program code, and at least one processor. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive a request to generate a prior authorization form for a prescription drug, and select the prior authorization form from a plurality of prior authorization forms based on the request. The prior authorization form is selected based on at least one of a user search result and a standardized transaction. The at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to transmit the selected prior authorization form to a user so that the user can complete and submit the prior authorization form to the health plan and receive a determination on the request. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257993 | AUTOMATED ASSOCIATION OF RATING DIAGNOSTIC CODES FOR INSURANCE AND DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS - A method for adjudicating, for a payor, a medical disability request is described. The method includes receiving an indicator of a diagnosis of a medical condition of a claimant, and presenting to a user by a processor and from a predetermined set of health condition classification codes, at least two health condition classification codes based on the diagnosis. The method also includes receiving from the user a selection of at least one of the at least two health condition classification codes, and associating, based on a disability rating rules collection, the selected at least one health condition classification code with at least one rating diagnostic code selected from a predetermined set of rating diagnostic codes. Systems and machine-readable media are also described. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257994 | INTERNET BASED MULTI-USER DIAGNOSTIC HEARING ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS HAVING CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURE WITH USER-BASED ACCESS LEVELS FOR SECURE DATA EXCHANGE - The systems, methods and associated devices performing diagnostic hearing tests which use a distributed, client-server architecture and the Internet to allow interaction between a test administration site and one or a plurality of remote patient sites. The test can be administered by an audiologist or clinician at a site remote from the patient, in a manner, which can allow interaction between the user and the clinician during at least a portion of the administration of the test. The diagnostic hearing tests can be performed such that they meet standardized guidelines such as ANSI requirements or certification standards and can include distortion product emission level measurements or middle ear compliance measurements. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257995 | System and Method For Selecting Healthcare Management - The present invention is directed to a system and method which allows a prospective insured to make an informed decision on healthcare insurance or a specific health care management decision by using a current medical profile to assist in their selection. Based on past medical care, as obtained from payor data, a number of different plans, each having different providers, different deductibles, different maximums, different reimbursement policies, etc., a person can make an informed decision. When a family has different payors for different family members, a proper blend of payors can be more easily selected since the payors (or a single payor) has a medical profile of each family member and also has information on providers in the network, prescription policies, deductibles, maximums, etc. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110264459 | HEALTHCARE INSURANCE CLAIM FRAUD DETECTION USING DATASETS DERIVED FROM MULTIPLE INSURERS - Various techniques are described that enable a smaller insurer (or an insurer with a less developed dataset) to be able to characterize whether certain healthcare insurance claim elements are potentially fraudulent or erroneous. Datasets from larger insurers (with well developed datasets) and/or datasets from a consortium of insurers can be leverage by the smaller insurer. Related techniques, apparatus, systems, and articles are also described. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264460 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SECURE REGISTRY FOR HEALTHCARE RELATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES - A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and system for servicing the needs of customers with a particular disease or disorder. A catalog of specialty items relevant to the needs of individual customers at a given stage of the disease or disorder or treatment cycle may be provided. Secure personal registries of items selected from the catalog by a customer may be provided. Experts and other third parties may recommend items for inclusion in the personal registry of the customer. Experts, customers, and/or third-parties may recommend additional items for inclusion into the catalog of specialty items. The catalog may also be updated based on sales information. Third parties may make a financial contribution or an in-kind contribution to the customer's registry. The relationship between the catalog of specialty items, recommenders, and customers, may be managed by the system while the privacy of personal customer data may be maintained. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264461 | Brains-server synapses-empowered networking - The networks of people, computer servers, teleconferencing platforms and communication devices for precisely guiding and assisting in expeditiously diagnosing and managing and treating diseases and illnesses for, by, among and between said people using said networks. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264462 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING MEDICAL TREATMENT VALUES IN CHILDREN WITHOUT DATA ENTRY - A system is provided for providing patient treatment values in real-time, including: a database module comprising a database having a plurality of predetermined categories of patient selection criteria, patient condition categories, treatment types and precalculated treatment doses based on the predetermined categories and patient selection criteria; an input module in communication with the database module for inputting one or more of patient selection criteria, patient condition categories and treatment type at time of patient treatment; and a display module in communication with the database module and the input module for displaying a precalculated treatment dose based on one or more inputted patient selection criteria, patient condition categories and treatment type at time of patient treatment. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110270621 | PATIENT-RELATED DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD WITHIN THE SCOPE OF AN EVALUATION OPERATION - Patient-related data management method within the scope of an evaluation operation conducted in at least one treatment centre ( | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270622 | Scheduling and time management system - A scheduling and time management system and method including a central processing assembly, remote informational modules placed at critical locations within a facility, and portable data input modules via which users may interact with the system. The system may be entirely self-contained, or may interact with and be implemented in addition to an organization's existing computing infrastructure. Illumination of lamps and/or voice prompts from a speaker mounted on the informational modules indicate system status and may be used to confidentially relay information between staff members or provide system-wide information as desired. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270623 | Method and apparatus of determining a radiation dose quality index in medical imaging - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus which quantifies radiation safety in medical imaging through the creation and analysis of objective data for each individual imaging procedure with respect to acquisition parameters, calculated radiation dose, and clinical data related to imaging examination selection and performance. The present invention also calculates a cumulative radiation dose based upon an individual patient's entire medical record, along with occupational and environmental exposures, to calculate a dynamic cumulative radiation-induced carcinogenesis risk. The present invention provides reforms to improve patient safety, quality and accountability, by creating a technology which simultaneously records and tracks objective data referable to radiation safety, medical imaging quality, and accountability among the various stakeholders and technologies in use. This quantifiable data is referred to as the Radiation Dose Quality Index (RDQI), and creates an objective, data-driven measure of quality and safety as it relates to medical practice. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270624 | Methods and Apparatus of an Outpatient Care System - The outpatient care system comprises: outpatient medication is tagged by barcode or RFID, a reader consists of a scanning module and a wireless module, a server records medication instructions and compliances for outpatient. The system set-up comprises: doctor writes prescription to an outpatient, the outpatient presents the prescription to a pharmacy, a pharmacist prepares and tags the medication, and enter associated instructions into the server. The system operation comprises: the outpatient uses the reader to scan tagged medication when taking the medication, the reader sends scanned results to the server, the server performs compliance checking and issues a compliance report to the reader. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270625 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING MEDICAL COSTS - Various embodiments for estimating a cost of a medical procedure. In one example, a method may include the operations of averaging data from various geographies of the amount billed to form a national average amount billed for the medical procedure; associating the average amount billed with one or more claim data items from a health plan; grouping the claim data items from the health plan using episode classes; calculating an average amount billed for each episode class; and adjusting the average amount billed for each episode class by a geographic adjustment factor to form an estimated cost of the medical procedure. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARDIOVASCULAR TESTING - A system for testing and diagnosis of a medical condition includes a test device located at a test location and configured to perform a medical testing protocol for generating test data, and a recipient computer for receiving the patient data from the test device. The test device includes a computer and memory module for storing a patient record containing test data and a communications module for sending the patient record to a medical specialist. The test data comprises vascular test data. The recipient computer displays the test data to the medical specialist at a diagnosis center located remote from the test location. The recipient computer includes an input device configured to enter input indicative of a diagnosis by the medical specialist as a function of medical analysis of the test data. The input indicative of the diagnosis includes an electronic signature executed by the medical specialist. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270627 | CREDENTIALER/MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE COLLABORATION - An inventive process is disclosed for linking a medical malpractice insurance application with a credentialing questionnaire. The insurance information is automatically transferred from the insurance application to a credentialing questionnaire, and this information is then used to generate a credentialing application. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110276338 | AUTOMATED WORKFLOW ENGINE IN A DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE - Systems and methods for tracking the real-time progress of a medical workflow are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving in a data processing system locations of a plurality of objects from a location system and determining in near real time whether the real-time locations indicate that a predetermined workflow has progressed from a first stage to a second stage using the data processing system. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276339 | FRONT END - Systems and methods are provided including a system for managing patient data. The system includes a computing system including a processing unit and a storage. The processing unit executes one or more programs for managing patient data. Managing patient data includes enrolling patients in a centralized care network including presenting each patient with an electronic enrollment interface, assigning each patient a patient identifier, and receiving an electronic consent to collect data. Managing patient data further includes providing patient data to the centralized care network including patient data relating to disease progression, clinical trials and treatments rendered. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276340 | PERSONAL SURGICAL CENTER - A personal surgical center embodied as a general purpose computer (e.g. laptop) with wireless technology for monitoring the operation of an independent surgical center and/or handheld instruments. The computer tracks procedures in the operating room and instruments used during those procedures, and accounts for billing, supply management, and payment options. The monitoring of the instruments used during the surgery is conducted by the personal surgical center while actual control of the settings of those instruments is via the independent surgical center or via controls included in the instruments themselves. The monitored information is stored in a log file which is then transmitted to a hospital server for generating reports, inventory control, billing, and the like. Other information generated during the procedure (e.g. doctor notes) is also stored in the log file. The personal surgical center may also access the hospital server or local data storage device for retrieving a surgeon's specific surgery parameters, obtaining patient files, and the like. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276341 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DRUG PRESCRIPTION - In one embodiment, a method of automatic drug prescription is provided. The method comprises steps of receiving a query at a central server system regarding a patient, the query concerning the type of drug and dosage level to be administered to the patient, obtaining patient data from at least one medical information system coupled to the central server system and processing the patient data to determine a set of drug and dosage level that can be administered to the patient. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276342 | VALIDATION OF POINT-OF-CARE TEST RESULTS BY ASSESSMENT OF EXPECTED ANALYTE RELATIONSHIPS - Methods for determining the validity or accuracy of a clinical test result are provided. The methods entail obtaining patient analyte concentration data for two or more analytes with a concentration relationship; calculating a likelihood distribution for the concentration relationship between the two or more analytes; obtaining a clinical test result comprising measured concentration values for the two or more analytes; and determining the validity or accuracy of the clinical test result based on whether the clinical test result falls within the boundaries of the likelihood distribution. Analyte pairs that can be analyzed by the methods of the invention include albumin/calcium, sodium/chloride, BUN/creatinine, AST/ALT, total protein/albumin, potassium/total CO | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276343 | DYNAMIC CLINICAL WORKLIST - A system and method receiving patient information entered via a user interface, processing the patient information to generate an initial worklist based on the patient information and a patient guideline, displaying the initial worklist, receiving a user input based on the initial worklist, processing the user input to generate an updated worklist based on the user input and displaying the updated worklist. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276344 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING FOOD ALLERGY - According to the invention there is provided a method for diagnosing food allergy including: (a) asking a patient each of the following questions: are any drugs which can cause the symptoms complained of being taken or have recently been taken; are symptoms triggered by nuts other than peanut; are symptoms triggered by a specific food other than a nut; are symptoms triggered by fruit and vegetables; (b) carrying out each of the following tests: skin prick test to a plurality of nuts to determine if there is a reactivity to any one of them; RAST test to a plurality of nuts in order to determine the highest quantitative result; and (c) inputting the results of the questions and tests into a neural network that has been trained to diagnose food allergy, wherein the highest quantitative result from the RAST test to a plurality of nuts is inputted; and (d) producing an output indicative of a food allergy. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110282681 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH REFERRING PROVIDERS WITHIN A SYSTEM THAT IDENTIFIES PATIENTS OVERDUE FOR AN APPOINTMENT - A method and apparatus for protecting relationships with referring providers, so that when a patient reactivation system is used, patients referred by protected providers will be contacted and invited to make an appointment only when appropriate. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282682 | Method and System for Collecting Data for Facilitating Assessment of the State of Health of an Individual - A method for collecting data for facilitating the assessment of the state of health of an individual is provided. A first computer program for enabling a user to interact therewith via a user interface is executed. The first computer program enables a second computer program to communicate therewith. The second computer program is executed for communicating with the first computer program for collecting interaction data in dependence upon the interaction of the user with the first computer program. User state data are then determined in dependence upon the interaction data. The user state data are associated with a state of health of the user. The user state data are then provided for facilitating assessment of the state of health of the user. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282683 | INTERACTIVE WEB BASED SYSTEM IN SUPPORT OF BARIATRIC PROCEDURES - The present invention is directed to a computer-based weight loss system for supporting bariatric treatment of obesity that is accessible to both the patient and the medical practitioner. The system has a central server maintaining a library of information related to the treatment of obesity and a patient interface and a medical practitioner interface linked to the central server for uploading and downloading of information. The patient interface also provides access to information selected from the group consisting of bariatric care pathway, behavioral modification planning, fitness, preoperative diet, postoperative diet, monitoring of a gastric band, monitoring of a patient's weight, monitoring caloric intake and nutritional information. The uploaded information is processed by the central server and then made available to the medical practitioner and the patient. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282684 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-UPDATING INTELLIGENT PROCEDURE DURATION ESTIMATION FOR PATIENT SCHEDULING - Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for self-updating procedure duration estimation for patient scheduling. A scheduling system for scheduling procedures in a clinical environment includes historical procedure data including stored duration values for a procedure. The scheduling system also includes a user interface providing scheduling and procedure duration information to a user for scheduling the procedure for a patient. The scheduling system further includes a scheduling engine estimating one or more duration values for the procedure for scheduling the procedure for a patient. The scheduling engine establishes a default duration value for a procedure and updating the default duration value based on the historical procedure duration data. The scheduling engine provides a plurality of procedure durations including the updated default duration value to the user for selection via the user interface. The scheduling engine schedules a procedure using a user selected value for procedure duration. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110288876 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ASSIST HEALTH ADVOCATE PROFESSIONALS AND EMPLOYERS - A computer-assisted method for assisting a health advocate professional in counseling employees of a plan sponsor comprising receiving health records of employees of a plan sponsor, analyzing data in the records, displaying the analyzed data for any selected employee in dashboard format, calculating any health improvement options for the selected employee, and displaying the health improvement options in the form of questions to be asked by a health advocate professional viewing the displayed dashboard, preferably arranged in categories under spotlight buttons, and a computer system adapted to carry out the method. The method and system can also provide in some embodiments summary medical benefits usage information to plan sponsors, including costs, health improvement options, return on investment. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110288877 | Health Information Exchange and Integration System and Methods Useful in Conjunction Therewith - A health information exchange system comprising ontological apparatus for defining and storing ontological link elements ontologically linking between individual health care information items within a first population of health care information items; apparatus for receiving a second population of health care information items and for associating at least some individual items in the second population, with corresponding individual items within the first population of health care information items; and apparatus for responding to queries regarding particular information items in the second population including translating the particular information items into items in the first population corresponding to the particular information items and using link elements linking the items in the first population corresponding to the particular information items to generate data pertaining to the particular information items in the second population. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110288878 | Patient compliance and follow-up techniques - One embodiment of the present invention includes a monitoring service that contacts patients who have recently visited a health care provider. This service gathers post-visit information from the patient to improve patient compliance with the health care provider's instructions, provide better patient outcomes, increase patient satisfaction with their health care, and lower health care costs. In one form, the service utilizes pharmacists to contact patients as part of the monitoring service. Alternatively or additionally, data relating to the monitoring service is selectively collected and disseminated through a computer network. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110288879 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING MEDICAL COSTS OF CLAIMS - Systems, apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture provide for assessing medical costs of bodily injuries and other medical conditions. In some embodiments, age, comorbidity considerations, or both, may be used in calculating (or otherwise determining) such costs. In some embodiments, a base expected number of units of a projected medical procedure may be multiplied or otherwise adjusted using one or more coefficients, including, but not limited to, an age multiplier and a comorbidity multiplier. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110288880 | TARGETED HEALTH CARE MESSAGING - Disclosed are techniques for targeted health care messaging for patients and health care providers. In response to a health care event, such as the generation of a prescription or treatment of a patient, information regarding the health care event is obtained by a messaging server. The messaging server uses this information, or a filtered representation thereof, to select one or more health care messages based on selection criteria associated with the selected messages. The messaging server then provides the selected messages to one or more user devices for presentation to one or more participants in the health care event. In many instances, ethical, legal, and regulatory mandates prohibit disclosure of identifying information for a patient or health care professional participating in the health care event to unauthorized third parties, such as the providers or sources of the message content of the selected messages. As such, the information used to select the targeted messages is obtained or used in a manner that prevents identification of participants in the health care event by unauthorized entities. These targeted health care messaging techniques provide an effective and low-cost mechanism for disseminating health care information to the appropriate audience. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110288881 | Method and System for Processing Healthcare Payments - A system and method for processing healthcare payments is provided. A payment request is received for a charge for healthcare services provided by a healthcare provider via a communications interface of a computer system. The payment request identifies an end-user receiving the healthcare services. A first payment is received from at least one healthcare insurance plan covering at least a portion of the charge for the end-user. A second payment is received from at least one funding account of the end-user from which the remainder of the charge is to be paid. A third payment is transferred to a financial account associated with the healthcare provider for the charge. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110288882 | System to Prevent Medical Billing Fraud - A system and method of determining and preventing medical billing fraud in the posting of medical insurance claims in which a clearing house is established for receiving information transmitted from a plurality of providers administering treatment covered by various insurance plans. For example, a computer system located in the clearing house would monitor the information provided by each of the providers to determine whether the providers submitted multiple claims for a particular period of time. The computer system located in the clearing house would also determine whether other inappropriate claims were made by the providers. If the computer system located in the clearing house determines that the treatments were proper, the providers would be paid by the computer system located in the clearing house in a timely manner. If the computer system located in the clearing house determines that the potential for medical billing fraud exists, payments to the health care provider may be delayed. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110295613 | Inpatient utilization management system and method - A method for admitting a patient includes creating an inpatient value set by collecting a respective value for each of a plurality of datapoints about the patient. The inpatient value set can then be compared with an historical dataset, the dataset representing a plurality of other patients each having a respective corresponding value set for the plurality of datapoints associated with a respective set of utilization management information. Based on the comparison, a particular set of utilization management information that is associated with a particular corresponding value set which is substantially the same as the inpatient value set is identified within the historical dataset. Ultimately, based on the particular set of utilization management information, a predicted length of stay for the patient is calculated. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295614 | HEALTHCARE POINT OF SERVICE ADJUDICATION AND PAYMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods are described that facilitate providing an online, automated payment architecture that aggregates funds from multiple health-related accounts (e.g., a member's HSA, an employer's advance account, etc.) and automatically transfers the aggregated funds to a healthcare provider's account to pay a bill or invoice. According to other aspects, healthcare fraud is prevented by storing electronic images of members and their dependents, wherein the images can be recalled by a healthcare provider at the point of service to verify that the member or dependent is actually a covered member. In other aspects, the described systems and methods permit members to negotiate reduced invoice payments in exchange for prompt delivery of payment funds. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295615 | POST-SURGICAL ACCESSORY CONVENIENCE KIT - A post-surgical accessory convenience kit, or PACK, and associated devices and methods that allows communication of a patient's post-operative needs and regimens. The PACK and associated devices allows monitoring and remote transmitting of a patient's needs and regimens. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110301965 | DYNAMICALLY PREDICTING PATIENT INFLUX INTO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT - Current patients in an emergency department of a hospital are described according to their quantity, their triage classification levels, and their wait times to calculate a current patient backlog. A sum of weight-adjusted triage classification levels of all of the current patients is calculated. Current patient arrival rates in the emergency department are tracked to calculate a current change in patient arrival rates, which are compared with historical changes in patient arrival rates. A size of an imminent influx of arriving patients into the emergency department is then predicted based on the current patient backlog, the sum of weight-adjusted triage classification levels of patients currently in the emergency department, and the current change in patient arrival rates. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301966 | REAL-TIME SYNCHRONOUS SEMANTIC PROCESSING IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTATION - The synchronous semantic processing technique described herein provides the level of completeness of a document in real-time as a user is creating or editing the document and provides recommendations to the user to increase the level of completeness. In one embodiment, the level of completeness of a medical document, and the state of the components of the document that are used to determine level, are used to make recommendations to a user (e.g., a physician) to provide additional information for the components that determine the level, thereby increasing the level. The level of medical documentation can be represented by an Evaluation and Management (E&M) coding level, which is a U.S. standard defined to evaluate how comprehensive a medical document is. The E&M level is used to determine the completeness of the medical document and to make recommendations to the user to improve the quality and the completeness of the document. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301967 | PROBABILISTIC OPTIMIZATION OF RESOURCE DISCOVERY, RESERVATION AND ASSIGNMENT - A computer implemented method, system and/or computer program product allocate multiple resources from multiple organizations. A series of requests for multiple resources from multiple organizations is received. The multiple resources are required to accomplish a specific task, and each of the multiple resources is assigned a probability of consumption. Probabilities of availability of the multiple resources are then determined and transmitted to the organizations. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301968 | Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Providing Targeted Displays for Pharmacy Signature Capture Systems - A pharmacy signature capture system can display a targeted message for playing to a signor using criteria that are based on a prescription number that is provided during a pharmacy transaction. The functionality of a signature capture system can thereby be enhanced to provide targeted educational messages concerning the pharmaceutical prescription, targeted messages that indicate alternative medications that may substituted for the pharmaceutical prescription, targeted messages that identify other items that may be desired, targeted messages that solicit participation in a study related to the pharmaceutical prescription and/or other targeted messages. Related systems and computer program products are also discussed. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301969 | MONITORING ELECTRONIC DEVICE USAGE IN A MANAGED HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT - In one example, a portable device collects over a first network first and second information from a remote electronic device, each of the first and second information indicating a user input received via a user interface of the remote electronic device at a different time. The portable device identifies a trend based on the collected first and second information. After identifying the trend, the portable device collects over the first network third information from the remote electronic device, the third information indicating a user input received via the user interface of the remote electronic device at a later time. The portable device analyzes the third information using the identified trend and transmits a caregiver notification over a second different network according to the analysis. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301970 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SERVICE BASED ON INFORMATION TERMINAL AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING SERVICE USING THE METHOD - In the present invention, an information terminal with a high-performance graphic and a processor accesses the server providing a predetermined service of a predetermined institution through a wired/wireless communication network to provide a service to virtually experience the predetermined service in advance in the virtual reality and additional information associated with the predetermined service is provided through the augmented reality in real time to allow the user to conveniently use a predetermined complicated service provided from the predetermined institution. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301971 | Healthcare System Planning Tool - A system for planning at a healthcare facility employs a database that stores health care facility impacting data including demographic data describing a preselected set of aspects of a population residing within a defined geographic area. A simulator applies modeling tools to the health care facility impacting data and generates output data corresponding to selected data in the health care facility impacting data. The modeling tools include a protocols of care tool; a service configuration modeling tool; a financial analysis tool; and a facility modeling tool. A video monitor displays an image of a map with a visual representation of the geographic area and a plurality of dynamically configurable data display objects that are superimposed on the map. Each data display object is disposed adjacent to a location of a different healthcare facility and each displays output data generated by the simulator. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301972 | MEDICAL PAYMENT SYSTEM - A medical payment system is described in which a provider of medical goods and/or services submits, via telephone or other communications medium, a request for payment amount determination for a patient encounter. A price determination system determines which of a plurality of fee schedules negotiated by the provider applies to the patient encounter and calculates, based at least in part on information entered by the provider, a payment amount for the encounter, which it communicates to at least the provider. In one embodiment, the provider receives the payment amount information while the patient is at the point of service. In one embodiment, the provider may use the system to submit a claim for payment by at least one responsible party. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301973 | METHOD OF DELIVERING GOODS AND SERVICES VIA MEDIA RELATED APPLICATIONS - A method of delivering goods or services via an encoded medium to a holder includes generating data in a database associated with a central computing station in response to an assignee of the medium and a provider of goods or services separately communicatively linking the medium to a central computing station. The data generated in the database includes the identity of the assignee, the identity of the goods or services associated with the medium, and the identity of the goods or services provided by the provider. A value of the medium is established, wherein the medium assumes different values based on various conditions. After the provider of goods or services provides the goods or services to the holder, the value of the medium is updated and recorded in the database. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301974 | Adaptive Intervention and Management Method for Healthcare Organizations - A method to optimize the performance of a health care organization, comprising creating a 3-dimensional Healthcare Adaptive Cycle space defined by a Potential axis, a Connectedness axis, and a Resilience axis. The method then determines at a first evaluation time a first location for the healthcare organization within said Healthcare Adaptive Cycle, and visually displays the 3-dimensional Healthcare Adaptive Cycle space and the first location. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301975 | One Stop Shopping System and Method - A system and method are disclosed for one-stop shopping for health-care services and related needs. The one-stop shopping system and method provide objective information for the system enrollee to assess and decide on health-care insurance and services. The system and method provide this objective information in a way that is easily accessible by system enrollees in an economical and rapid manner. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110307264 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING TRIAGE CLASSIFICATION LEVELS - An initial triage level classification for a latest patient to arrive at an emergency department (ED) is received. Availability levels of resources needed to treat the latest patient are electronically collected, along with triage level classifications for all other patients currently in the ED. The initial triage level classification of the latest patient is adjusted upward or downward based on the availability levels of resources needed to treat the latest patient and based on the triage level classifications for the patients in the ED. The triage level classifications for all patients currently in the ED are summed up. If a sum of all triage level classifications exceeds a first predetermined threshold, other resources are reallocated in order to provide the resources needed to treat the latest patient to arrive at the ED. If the sum of all triage level classifications exceeds a second predetermined threshold, then a disaster plan is implemented. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307265 | REMOTE PHARMACY ORDERING TERMINAL - This invention allows a mail order pharmacy and a network of community pharmacies to provide a service whereby customers place orders for prescription medications & over-the-counter (OTC) products online or from conveniently located terminals. Prescribing physician can directly send prescription(s) by fax, phone or electronically to processing pharmacy; or consumer(s) deliver original prescription(s) for these orders in the terminals. The original prescription is collected and verified before the order is shipped or picked-up, particularly for narcotics and other controlled medications. A back-end processing system verifies all entered data against pharmacy databases and automatically matches prescription forms with the customer's order using a unique barcode. This invention considerably reduces the wait time needed to process a prescription order and receive the product, while providing convenience, privacy, and security measures in compliance with regulatory requirements. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307266 | REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE PROACTIVE, AUTOMATED PATIENT TRACKING AND PATIENT/HOSPITAL STAFF/CARE PROVIDER ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive courtesy call within a hospital includes admitting a patient and generating unique patient id data and admission time and date data and assigning the patient to a unit for treatment, transferring said data to a computer based device which has software thereon for conducting an interactive telephonic courtesy call with the patient, wherein the software obtains unique patient id data and admission time and date data and monitors location of the patient, treating the patient subsequent to admission and returning the patient to a patient room having a phone, generating one of a predetermined question specific to the treatment or related to hospital facility and initiating an interactive telephonic courtesy call with the patient through the phone by use of a personal prerecorded voice message from an employee of the hospital, and real-time transmitting result data obtained through the interactive telephonic courtesy call to a hospital attendant. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307267 | DISTRIBUTED RANDOMIZATION AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT IN CLINICAL TRIALS - A distributed clinical trial system that provides configurability, reusability and integration of randomization and inventory configurations for different clinical trials with various electronic data capture (EDC) systems. The distributed clinical trial system includes a method of randomizing subjects in a multi-arm clinical trial. In accordance with a method, a subject identifier and a trial identifier are received from an EDC system. The trial identifier indicates the multi-arm clinical trial and the subject identifier indicates a subject enrolled in the multi-arm clinical trial. A randomization design previously configured for the multi-arm clinical trial is retrieved from a database based on the received trial identifier. The subject identifier is assigned to an arm identifier of the multi-arm clinical trial based on the randomization design. The arm identifier indicates an arm of the multi-arm clinical trial to which the subject has been assigned. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307268 | Remote Drug Clinical Trials and Safety Monitoring Support System - The present invention includes systems and methods for monitoring effectiveness and safety of a drug treatment program on a patient. The system includes a computer and a control box connected to the computer. The control box can have one or more interfaces for the patient including bio-signal measuring ones. It can also provide multiple interfaces for the patient. The system also includes a drug dispenser connected to the computer. The drug dispenser can be connected through the control box or directly to the computer. The drug dispenser records a time and a dosage of a drug taken by the patient and the computer executes game software that allows the patient to play a game, the game being based on input to the control box provided by the patient. The computer can be connected to a server that controls overall operation of the system. Server received further input from authorized physicians, drug company researchers or drug safety monitoring specialists of government agencies. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307269 | System and method for health-care continuities and vigilances - A system and method for applying diverse constellations and continua of clinical and medical algorithms and sequences, orders and arrays of related diagnoses and syndromes and related relational information and data on health and health-care and related diseases, disorders and illnesses related to patients and physicians in the viewing screens for delivering health-care continuities and vigilance and preventive medicine for and among physicians and patients by said network or networks of servers and computers, physicians and patients. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307270 | SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING AND DISTRIBUTING PHARMACY ORDER PROCESSING FOR PRESCRIPTION VERIFICATION - An information system and method that provides the ability to reroute portions of prescription order work between a plurality of organizational units in order to leverage capacity, expertise, or other resources to increase network efficiency. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307271 | IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIALTY DRUGS - Methods for determining whether a drug is a specialty drug, methods for creating tools to be used in making the determination, and the tools themselves are disclosed. The overall value of a drug depends on the drug's attribute values with respect to each of a set of drug attributes (concerning, e.g., the drug's route of administration, targeted disease, possible adverse reactions, risk of toxicity, cost, need for patient compliance with the treatment regime, and handling, preparation, and/or storage requirements. If the overall value or its partial overall values meet certain criteria, the drug is deemed to be a specialty drug. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307272 | Home Health Point-of-Care and Administration System - A home health point-of-care and administration system and method that has at least one mobile device that is adapted to establish bi-directional communication with a server system is provided. Tracking and data communication software are associated with the mobile device in various embodiments. One or more input components of the mobile device allow for input of information from a user (such as a visiting home healthcare staff member) and the mobile device is adapted for receipt of instructional and other information from the server system to build a dynamic visit record. The record provides detailed information related to off-site visits such as tasks performed by the visiting staff member using the mobile device. Start and finish times of the visit may also be recorded. A global positioning system (GPS) application operating in conjunction with the communication device and server system may be employed to monitor the actions of the visiting staff member. Such information is provided in individual visit records transmitted to the remote server system and may be used for administrative purposes. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110313782 | INTEGRATED CLINICAL TRIAL WORKFLOW SYSTEM - A computer-based system configured to present a user interface that enables a user to access multiple clinical trial systems via a common secure web-based interface. Data integration and reconciliation achieved using an integration platform, in which multiple clinical trial systems are connected to a central messaging hub, provides an integrated clinical trial workflow system that reduces the redundancy in data entry and functionality present in conventional clinical trial workflow systems that employ standalone systems for various aspects of clinical trial management. Aggregation of data using the integration platform provides clinical trial directors with consolidated useful information for making management decisions and the user interface may be dynamically configured based, at least in part, on user access credentials resulting in a more efficient workflow for administrators of a clinical trial. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313783 | TRANSPORTATION MODE DETERMINATION IN NON-MASS CASUALTY TRIAGE - Transportation mode determination in non-mass casualty triage is provided and involves receiving, from incident personnel at a casualty scene, patient screening information for a victim or victims at the casualty scene. Location screening information for the victim or victims is also established and received. Victim eligibility for Medevac transport is determined by logically factoring the patient screening information and the location screening information. The determination can be performed by computer implemented decision logic. In addition to determining eligibility of the victim or victims for Medevac transport, transportation mode determination (e.g., what type of transportation) can be established for those determined eligible, determination of whether to transport to a trauma center or care facility, determination/selection of a specific trauma center or care facility for treatment, and/or a determination of an order of treatment, or transport for treatment, for each of the victims. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313784 | HEALTHCARE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A healthcare information communication system is configured to send automated messages to patients of a medical practice based, at least in part, on data stored on a practice management system. Integration between components of the healthcare information communication system and the practice management system including a health information management system and a billing management system facilitate patient visits to a medical practice by reducing the burden on medical practice personnel to collect all information from patients during visits to the medical practice. Automated messaging and reminder of appointments based on information stored in the practice management system reduce the amount of revenue lost by a medical practice due to last minute cancellations, no-shows at the medical practice, and uncollected outstanding bills. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313785 | SATORI INTEGRATED HEALTH & FINANCIAL BENEFITS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A shared medical savings system and method are provided that allow a patient to participate in the savings generated by selecting to have a medical procedure performed overseas. The system has one or more computing devices, a link that is capable of connecting the one or more computing devices to a medical shared savings unit that is capable of interacting with the computing devices. An employer uses the computing device to elect to participate in a medical savings plan using a Health Reimbursement Account, a patient using the computing device to select an overseas medical procedure that is part of the medical savings plan so that the savings for the overseas medical procedure is divided between the employer and the patient utilizing a medical savings plan. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110320216 | Computer pointing device having medical monitoring features and system for collecting, processing, storing, and dispersing data therefrom - A computer pointing device commonly called a mouse that, in addition to functioning as a computer mouse of the prior art, combines a sphygmomanometer and a thermometer. A glucometer or other specialized measurement devices may be attached via a built-in USB or similar interface. Data (e.g., blood glucose readings) from such attached instruments may be processed along with blood pressure, temperature, pulse, etc. A general purpose computer or a dedicated computer-like appliance is connected to the mouse and receives, stores, and processes data relating to measurements made by the mouse or an attached device. Data may be transmitted from the computer to a central data facility where it may be made available to authorized medical personnel and/or institutions. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120004924 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED OUTCOMES OF COMMUNICATIONS INTENDED TO IMPROVE BEHAVIORS OF THE RECIPIENT - A method for providing targeted messaging for improved outcomes of communications intended to improve behaviors may include determining a profile category of an entity based at least on a correlation of personal information of the entity to characteristics of at least one of a plurality of profile categories, selecting a communication plan defining communication attributes to be employed in communicating with the entity regarding a patient care protocol based at least on the profile category determined, and directing communication of at least one message to the entity in accordance with the communication plan. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120004925 | HEALTH CARE POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION - Technology is described for developing health care policies for use in a health care facility. In one example method, a health care policy can be applied in a health care software application and stored in a health care database. A correlated feature set can be correlated to the health care policy being developed. A selection of health care cases can be obtained from the health care database for testing the health care policy. A model can predict a defined effect of the health care policy based on the correlated feature set. A cost of implementing the health care policy on a defined percentage of patients can be predicted using the defined effect by the model and a specified predictor by applying statistical analysis. The system can guide the allocation of resources in a patient-specific manner. The policies can also be applied in conjunction with user models to guide alerting. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120004926 | AUTOMATED METHOD OF REPORTING PAYMENTS MADE TO PATIENTS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN A CLINICAL STUDY IN A BLINDED MANNER TO THE SPONSOR OF THE CLINICAL STUDY - An automated method and computer program product are provided for reporting payments made to patients for their participation in a clinical study in a blinded manner to the sponsor of the clinical study. The clinical study has a plurality of investigative sites which perform activities in accordance with the protocol of the clinical study. Each patient has patient ID information and is assigned a subject ID that de-identifies the patient. Payment requests are received at a software application from the investigative sites associated with patient activity. The software application includes for each patient that is participating in the clinical study, the patient ID information, and the de-identified subject ID. The payment requests are associated with the patient ID information. The payment requests are processed at the software application, and payments that conform to predefined compensation guidelines for the clinical study are approved. The software application generates blinded payment reports for electronic delivery to the sponsor. The payment reports show at least the de-identified subject ID for each approved payment, the payment amounts for each approved payment, and a date associated with the payment. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120004927 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR CLINICAL TRIAL MANAGEMENT OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A centralized, online clinical study system configured to coordinate aspects of a clinical study can include a training module configured to evaluate whether users have completed training for selected workflows for the clinical study that are available from the clinical study system, and to provide training to registered users for the selected workflows. The system also can include a financial engine configured to determine when a participating site meets or exceeds a milestone of the clinical study and to initiate a payment to the participating site. Further, the system can include a module configured to receive and verify clinical research data and to designate the verified clinical research data as official source data for the clinical study. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120004928 | System and method for most rapidly procuring diagnoses - A system and method for computer server rapidly attaining and procuring diagnoses and related unique elements from clicked or touched individual interactive unique elements uniquely related to individual diagnoses or syndromes in individual adaptable interactive hierarchies of individual interactive unique elements and related individual interactive diagnoses or syndromes in the viewing screens submitted by individual physicians and patients. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120004929 | Method and System for Aligning a Plurality of Prescription Refills to Multiple Alignment Dates - The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions to a plurality of alignment dates, such that a plurality of selected prescriptions require refills on each of the plurality of alignment dates, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120010896 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CLASSIFY REPORTS - Methods and apparatus to classify reports are disclosed herein. An example method includes determining a type of an examination associated with a report; obtaining an identification of a person associated with the report; using the identification to determine whether the person associated with the report is specialized in the type of the examination; when the person associated with the report is specialized in the type of the examination, classifying the report as associated with a specialist; when the person associated with the report is unspecialized in the type of the examination, classifying the report as associated with a non-specialist; and presenting a document consumer with an indication of the classification of the report. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120010897 | Security Enabled Medical Screening Device - Embodiments of the invention pertain to networked kiosks capable of providing enhanced health and/or entertainment and/or advertising information. In an embodiment of the invention, biometric measurement devices coupled with a communications infrastructure implement a system of secure information exchange and enhanced user security. In an embodiment of the invention, a user's cell phone wirelessly connected via the machine to a call center or other responder to allow for consultation when appropriate. In an embodiment of the invention, a security/verification system is built into the, kiosk, so as to be able to verify a user's identity. For example, one or more cameras associated with the kiosk provide various types of visual data usable for security purposes e.g., retinal scan data, face recognition parameter data, and so on. In further embodiments of the invention, other security features are provided additionally or alternatively. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120010898 | Method of Optimizing Healthcare Services Consumption - A method of optimizing healthcare services consumption according to the invention includes the steps of assessing the healthcare situation of an employer providing healthcare benefits to a population, identifying a first group of patients from the population likely to generate expensive healthcare claims based on data representing past claims, periodically determining whether patients in the first group have satisfied certain predetermined healthcare requirements, identifying a first group of providers who provide high quality, cost efficient healthcare services based on the practice patterns of the providers, prompting patients who have not satisfied the predetermined healthcare requirements to obtain services from providers in the first group, and responding to healthcare requests from patients by determining whether the requesting patient is seeking services from a provider in the first group, and, if not, urging the patient to obtain such services from a provider in the first group. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120010899 | CLINICAL TEST INFORMATION SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A clinical test information system configured to: receive, through an operation of the input unit, a selection of one of a first display form and a second display form for displaying a plurality of test items in a classified state; and cause, if receiving the selection of the first display form, a display unit to display a screen showing the plurality of test items in a state classified according to a first category, and cause, if receiving the selection of the second display form, the display unit to display a screen showing the plurality of test items in a state classified according to a second category. Also, a non-transitory storage medium which can be used in the test information system. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120010900 | Process, system, method creating medical billing code letters, electronic superbill and communication - This invention is a method, system and process creating a machine readable language of medical billing codes from medical records by artificial intelligence and human intelligence both. The software related engine is achieved by converting difficult billing code numbers into and from easy code letters. Also, this software makes scheduling easier, with reappointments and sends letters by electronic means, messaging, voice over internet protocol and wireless connections using an unique implementation of other applications in combination with this novel medical software operation. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120010901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SCHEDULE RESOURCES IN DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE OF A PATIENT - A method to schedule resources in delivery of healthcare to a series of patients is provided. The method comprises the steps of identifying an availability of the series of resources to deliver the healthcare to each patient; calculating a predicted duration to deliver the healthcare to each patient; calculating a schedule including a block of time dependent on the predicted duration for each resource to deliver healthcare to the patient, the block of time including a start time and an end time; calculating a confidence level in the schedule, the confidence level including a probability that one or more of the resources will not be available for the block of time of the schedule or calculating a likelihood that one or more resources will be available for the block of time in the schedule; and outputting the schedule and the confidence level in the schedule for display. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120010902 | MEDICAL MONITORING/CONSUMABLES TRACKING DEVICE - The present invention generally provides medical monitoring devices, and corresponding systems, that includes at least one sensor for detecting usage of at least one consumable, an electronic controller electrically connected to the sensor to receive a signal therefrom produced when consumable usage is detected, and an electronic memory electrically connected to the controller for storing consumable usage data thereon. The medical monitoring device may further include at least one sensor for determining one or more physiological parameter of a subject and a display device for displaying the physiological parameter. The medical monitoring device may also include a communications unit for communicating stored data, such as usage and physiological parameter data, over a communication network to a remote computer. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120016684 | Public health care, method and system - An embodiment of the invention offers no medical bill public health care to provide transparency of pricing and minimal prime cost of accounting by compensating in bulk a budget or an appropriate part of the budget of a medical organization by a medical bank which expenses are compensated by retailing financial obligations among clients of said bank supposed patients of PHC. Another embodiment of the invention is to get automation of medical accounting due to averaging financial streams in respect to a virtual average patient. Yet another embodiment is to get an automated medical budget comprising a total net of secured medical accounts to collect medical parts of tax payments, other medical contributions and debts and to be used either commercially or like a budgeted source. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016685 | BLOOD MANAGEMENT FOR OUTPATIENT PROCEDURES - Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for enabling management of a patient's blood when the patient has a scheduled elective procedure. Blood test results are received for the patient and are recorded in the patient's electronic medical record (EMR). It is determined that the elective procedure is associated with a high risk of blood loss. Based on the blood test results, it is determined that the patient requires blood treatment prior to the elective procedure. Blood treatment instructions are automatically determined and are displayed on the patient's EMR such that the clinician associated with the patient can review the instructions and determine if the patient will receive any or all of the recommended blood treatment prior to the elective procedure. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016686 | INPATIENT BLOOD MANAGEMENT - Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for enabling management of a patient's blood when the patient has been admitted to a healthcare facility but does not have a scheduled procedure. A patient who is admitted to the healthcare facility is identified and based on the patient's red blood cell measurements, it is determined that the patient is anemic. It is determined that the patient requires blood treatment based on these red blood cell measurements. Blood treatment instructions are determined by way of algorithms, and these instructions are displayed in the patient's electronic medical record such that a clinician can determine, based on the recommended instructions, which interventions to administer to the patient. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016687 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTIONS - Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable medium for quality control checking of electronic prescriptions. The method including receiving an electronic prescription; determining whether or not the electronic prescription meets a quality standard for each of a plurality of quality issues and marking a scorecard to indicate whether or not the electronic prescription meets the quality standard for each of the plurality of quality issues; and if the scorecard indicates the electronic prescription meets a minimum quality standard then forwarding the electronic prescription for fulfillment, otherwise if the scorecard indicates the electronic prescription does not meet a minimum quality standard forwarding the electronic prescription for review. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016688 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING A PATIENT TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND LOCATION - A method and apparatus for identifying the best provider and location to treat a patient using standard billing and other practice management system (“PMS”) data, combined with provider, location and patient type preferences, so that exactly those patients matching said preferences will be contacted and invited to make an appointment. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016689 | WAGE INDEX NAVIGATOR SYSTEM - A healthcare wage index reporting method and system providing questions and tasks to collect information for filling out a wage index and occupational mix report; receiving responses; processing the responses to complete the report; checking the responses to detect errors; generating error notices; tracking progress; and generating a completed report for submission. Electronic data files, including PUFs, can be imported to complete the report, or to pre-populate responses, and the system can generate notifications of differences between the report and the imported file. A dashboard can display progress, and current results. The system can save supporting documents, and supply templates for supporting information. The system can generate prompts based on responses, and determine future questions based on past responses. The system can generate various user-requested reports and can include bulletin board functionality. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016690 | TREATMENT RELATED QUANTITATIVE DECISION ENGINE - A system and method, for use with a computer system, generate a report to help decide among a plurality of treatment options for a patient with a given medical condition. To that end, the system and method receive patient information related to the patient and the medical condition, and query a treatment option database to generate a plurality of potential treatment options for the medical condition. In a corresponding manner, the system and method also receive preference information indicative of the patient's preference(s) for potential treatment outcomes of the treatment options. The patient's preference(s) are used to produce a preference value. The system and method also analyze indexed study data relating to the plurality of treatment options to produce (e.g., at least in part in a computer process), based on the analysis of the indexed data, a study score for each of the treatment options. Accordingly, for each treatment option, the method and apparatus produce a treatment score as a function of at least the preference value and the study score, thus permitting generation of a report listing the treatment options and a) the treatment scores or b) the information derived from the treatment scores. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016691 | AUTOMATED PATIENT CARE RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND SCHEDULING - An automated patient care resource allocation and medical workflow system includes an agent with a memory in communication with a processor. The memory includes program instructions for execution by the processor to determine a need for a medical resource by a patient, determine a location and availability of the medical resource, and automatically schedule an available medical resource to the patient. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120022884 | Computer-aided multiple standard-based functional evaluation and medical reporting system - A method of performing an objective functional evaluation of a person's physical capacity comprises of a computer program particularly designed to amass and assess test data in accordance with a selected standard. A wide variety of evaluation protocols are incorporated to lead an operator in a step-by-step process. The method includes special testing tools, many of which have been modified to input data directly into the computer diagnostic program. The interface may be a wired or a wireless connection. The software program may use an algorithm to calculate a coefficient of variation for the multiple trials of a test, using the entered data, to providing a determination of validity of the trials. A second algorithm calculates an average result of the condition-specific protocol of tests, after which the software program correlates those average results to a database of normative standards to compute an impairment rating. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120022885 | Treatment Support System for Emergency Patients - This application discloses a treatment support system making it easy for a physician in charge to ask another specialist physician, especially another expert physician, for an opinion. The support system is much useful in providing an optimal treatment for an emergency disease, reviewing an expert-physician's opinion. The support system comprises a database server including an expert-physician database file in which information of expert-physicians belonging to institutions other than the hospital is recorded, a primary terminal handled by a physician in charge of treating the emergency patient in the hospital, secondary terminals handled by expert-physicians, a primary transmitter for transmitting an initial disease data to each secondary terminal, a received information displayer to display the initial disease data on each secondary terminal, a secondary transmitter to transmit an opinion to the primary terminal, an opinion displayer to display the opinion on the primary terminal, and an alarmer to generate an alarm by sound, light, vibration or any combination thereof to each expert-physician when the initial disease data is transmitted to each secondary terminal. The initial disease data includes a disease image of the emergency patient and time when the image was taken. The opinion is concerning to necessity of an additional test and investigation for the emergency patient, a diagnosis for the emergency patient, or a treatment plan for the emergency patient. The primary transmitter transmits the initial disease data with a time period for transmitting the opinion. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120022886 | Medical Data Acquisition, Diagnostic and Communication System - A system configured to collect biological samples using a sensor and to extract a medical parameter therefrom outputs a signal to a communication interface. The communication interface is configured to communicate with a wireless electronic communication device having a processor, a memory, and a display, for determination of a value representative of the sensed medical parameter and display on the display. The wireless electronic communication device is configured to transmit the signal to a remote computerized system that is configured to compare the signal to stored values in a database, and to provide a report comparing a value associated with the signal to the stored values. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120022887 | System and Method for Optimizing Healthcare Remittance Processing - A system and method for optimizing healthcare remittance processing includes a networked computing device that provides a user interface and access to healthcare claims and remittance data prepared by the system. The user receives a claim file prepared by a healthcare provider and an EOB/EOP prepared by a healthcare payer in response to the claim file. A remittance file is generated from the received data and is validated using automatic and manual means and is indexed against the remitted data. EOB/EOP data is converted to computer readable data in a standardized remittance file format. This transaction information is stored within the database and access to the stored information is provided to a user over a network connected interface. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120022888 | WEB-BASED TOOL FOR PATIENTS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO NEGOTIATE SETTLEMENT OF PATIENT ACCOUNTS - A web-based tool for patients and health care providers to negotiate settlement of patient accounts includes a first website interface to receive a patient information from the patient, the patient information including a bill amount from the provider; a first module that utilizes a publicly available provider information to provide a cost/charge ratio for the provider; a second module that utilizes the cost/charge ratio and the patient information to produce a suggested bid; a third module to electronically provide the suggested bid to the patient; a second website interface to receive a patient bid from the patient; and a fourth module to electronically provide the patient bid to the provider. The patient information may further include a provider identification for the provider and an amount owed by the patient to the provider, and the provider information includes a publicly available Medicare Cost Report for the provider. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120022889 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING, PROCESSING, AND STORING DISCRETE DATA RECORDS BASED UPON A SINGLE DATA INPUT - A method for the collection, capture, processing, storage and tracking of data for both electronic source health records and for electronic clinical trial purposes by electronically collecting clinical trial data at a clinical trial site, instantly preserving all of the clinical trial data as an electronic source document, archiving the clinical trial data in a trusted data server maintained by a third party, transmitting an acknowledgement upon successful archiving of the clinical trial data, and transmitting the clinical trial data to a clinical trial database only after successful archiving of said clinical trial data. A method for electronically gathering clinical trial data. A method of maintaining discrete data records based upon a single clinical data input. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120029930 | Methods and Systems for Importing Data into a Database Associated with a Cochlear Implant Fitting Software Product - A method includes a fitting subsystem maintaining patient data in a primary database associated with a primary schema, receiving an export file representative of additional patient data extracted from a source database associated with a source schema and maintained by another fitting subsystem, importing the additional patient data represented by the export file into a database partition associated with the source schema, upgrading, in response to the importing, the database partition to be associated with the primary schema, and merging the additional patient data included in the upgraded database partition with the patient data in the primary database. Corresponding methods and systems are also described. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029931 | TERMINAL SUPPORTING CLINICAL DECISION, METHOD FOR MEDICATION MANAGEMENT USING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING METHOD FOR MEDICATION MANAGEMENT - A terminal supporting a clinical decision is disclosed. The terminal may include a database, an analysis module, and a communication unit. The database may store an electronic prescription. The analysis module may analyze the electronic prescription to generate electronic prescription analysis results including a prescribed medicine and limitations of the prescribed medicine. The communication unit may transmit the electronic prescription analysis results to at least one external device. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029932 | DISPLAY OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC DATA - Systems, methods, and computer-program products identify clinical data corresponding to a plurality of patients located within a common health care delivery unit, and apply one or more rules to at least some of the clinical data using at least one quality and/or safety measure-specific specification. Based on the application of the rules, one or more care indicators corresponding to the plurality of patients are displayed in a single interface, the one or more care indicators indicating whether one or more of the patients is receiving appropriate care. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029933 | POINT-OF-CARE DECISION SUPPORT DRIVEN AUTO-ADJUDICATION SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A system is provided that includes a processor configured to access a catalog of a plurality of medical services spanning a plurality of one or more of clinicians responsible for diagnoses of respective patients, facilities responsible for performing medical services with respect to respective patients, or paying entities responsible for the coverage of respective patients. The clinicians, facilities or paying entities have a respective plurality of nomenclatures for identifying the medical services, with at least some of the nomenclatures differing in identifying similar medical services. The processor is therefore configured to receive identification of a medical service in the nomenclature of one clinician, facility or paying entity, and from the catalog, translate the identification to the nomenclature of another clinician, facility or paying entity for transmission thereto. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029934 | CLINICAL SAMPLE ANALYZING SYSTEM, CLINICAL SAMPLE ANALYZER, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANAGING CLINICAL SAMPLE ANALYZER - A clinical sample analyzing system is disclosed. The system comprises a clinical sample analyzer installed in a facility of a user and a management apparatus which is able to perform data communication with the clinical sample analyzer and is installed in a facility different from the facility of the user. The clinical sample analyzer automatically transmits report data to the management apparatus when a predetermined event related to an initiation of a sample measurement occurs. The management apparatus outputs a notification when receiving the report data from the clinical sample analyzer. A clinical sample analyzer, a management apparatus and a method for managing a clinical sample analyzer are also disclosed. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029935 | DISEASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING A NO RESPONSE METHOD - A system and method for allowing a patient to access an automated process for managing a specified health problem called a disease. The system performs disease management in a fully automated manner, using periodic interactive dialogs with the patient to obtain health state measurements from the patient, to evaluate and assess the progress of the patient's disease, to review and adjust therapy to optimal levels, and to give the patient medical advice for administering treatment and handling symptom flare-ups and acute episodes of the disease. The medical records are updated, the progression of the disease is stored and tracked, and the patient's preferences for treatment are stored and then used to offer medical advice based on the current state of the disease. A prestored general disease trend curve is compared against a patient specific disease trend curve, and the system makes an automated response such as adjusting therapy. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029936 | Ergonomic/Physiotherapy Programme Monitoring System and Method of Using Same - A user's personal biometric information such as age, sex, weight, height as well as the use's lifestyle information, such as job description, smoker status and physical fitness, and any injury or malady type is uploaded onto a host computer. Target heart rate, energy and/or caloric consumption levels related to wellness or rehabilitation goals for a particular job type and injury are then selected having regard to fitness levels for an individual of comparable age, performing a similar job function are then downloaded to a wearable monitoring unit. The wearable monitoring unit (WMU) is provided for measuring the user's heart rate and dynamic energy and/or caloric expenditure over one to four weeks. The wearable monitoring unit includes a heart rate monitor, a unit accelerometer, a global positioning system (GPS), one or more force-micro-sensors, and an audio and/or video output. The audio/video output is operable to provide information and/or motivational prompts to the user in the event the heart rate, energy expenditure and/or caloric expenditure falls below or exceeds preselected target expenditures over a particular time segment of the selected time period. A display provides a continuously updated visual indication of whether or not the use has achieved the preselected optimum caloric bum or energy expenditure for that particular time segment. The WMU is provided with an internal calendar/clock, a processor and/or memory The processor compares wellness or measured heart rate and energy expenditure for multiple time segments against target levels stored as the user-specific wellness or rehabilitative physiotherapy programme tailored to provide the maximum therapeutic benefit to the user. The comparison is then used to generate compliance output data to either the user and/or the employer. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029937 | DIALYSIS DEVICE - A dialysis device comprising a prescriber interface and a programming means configured to allow, via the prescriber interface, input of a set of therapeutic objectives and a treatment plan and a re-evaluation means configured to, as a function of the therapeutic objectives and the treatment plan, suggest at least one treatment option comprising a set of settings of a treatment session to achieve said set of therapeutic objectives. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120035944 | Medical Second Opinion System - An electronic medical second opinion system. Medical professionals of various specialties are electronically connected to provide opinions on a specific medical problem. A member may post a request for second opinions in a standard form, and other members may respond by submitting their suggestions in standard form. The submitted suggestions are analyzed statically and are summarized into a final second opinion based on the statistical analysis. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120035945 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO COMPUTE OPERATION METRICS FOR PATIENT AND EXAM WORKFLOW - An example operation metrics collection and processing system is to mine a data set including patient and exam workflow data from information source(s) according to an operational metric for a workflow of interest; identify one or more states involved in the workflow; determine a wait time for each of the state(s); apply one or more applicable deductions to the wait time for each of the state(s) based on one or more workflow-specific events to generate an adjusted wait time for each of the state(s) in the workflow of interest; aggregate the adjusted wait time for each of the state(s) to generate a normalized wait time for the workflow of interest; group normalized wait times for the workflow of interest according to one or more thresholds; and output a representation of the normalized wait times to the user interface based on the grouping and the one or more thresholds. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120035946 | PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Disclosed are payment systems and methods. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120035947 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MANAGING APPOINTMENTS IN A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM - Disclosed are systems and methods of managing appointments in a health care system. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120035948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE AND MANAGE URGENT CARE REQUESTS - An innovative tracking software system provides independent proof of primary-care physician (PCP) efforts to improve urgent access to care and coordination of care. PCPs are provided with tools and financial incentives to better manage urgent care requests and thereby provide better service while reducing avoidable hospital utilization (ER and re-admissions) and costs. In particular, independent and accurate measurements of provider performance enable the payment of financial incentives to PCPs. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120035949 | HEALTHCARE INFORMED CONSENT SYSTEM AND METHODS - A system and methods for creating electronic informed consent documents regarding a healthcare-related research study. Such informed consent documents can include multimedia content to help the prospective participants make an informed decision as to whether or not to participate in the study. In addition to providing easy to understand information about the study, the system can allow prospective participants to store questions and notes, to take one or more tests to assess their understanding of the study, and to walk through a set of psychological, physical, and environmental issues that can help them better assess whether to participate in the study. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120035950 | METHOD OF DEFINING THE PHYSICAL CONDITION LEVEL - The method of defining the physical condition level, in particular the method of defining the physical condition level for men, under which first the parallel measuring of heart rate, organism performance, and measuring or evaluation of other parameters influencing physical performance take place using a measuring device, and subsequently the measuring or evaluating device forms a database containing at least two records that include a set pairs of the heart rate and organism performance values measured at the same time and arranged in that record chronologically. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120035951 | VERIFICATION THAT A PATIENT WITH AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL SYSTEM CAN UNDERGO A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SCAN - Verification that an implantable medical system within a patient is MRI safe is provided. Several verifications may be performed such as verifying that the device and leads are of an MRI safe type, that the leads have adequate electrical integrity, that the device has entered an MRI safe mode, that the lead routing and device placement are MRI safe, and that the MRI settings of the MRI machine are safe for the implantable medical system. The result of these verifications may lead to a conclusion that the implantable medical system of interest is or is not MRI safe for a given MRI scan. An indication of this result may be output such as via a display so that an MRI technician can have some assurance as to whether to conduct the MRI scan. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120035952 | MANAGING APPOINTMENTS AND PAYMENTS IN A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM - A data management system for managing appointment and payment transactions, such as HIPAA transactions, for patient care is provided. The data management system operates within a network of medical service entities and insurance entities that communicate with one another via standardized transactions. The system receives an eligibility-benefits transaction related to a patient and constructs a corresponding confirmation transaction that indicates the patient's eligibility status. The system further receives a payment request transaction and constructs a corresponding payment transaction that includes information related to payment authorization and processing of an amount due. The system automatically receives the transactions based upon a registration with a medical service entity as a payer for the patient. The data management system thus emulates an insurance company to process appointment scheduling and payment information and to communicate the information to the medical entity. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120035953 | Method and Apparatus for Integrating Implantable Medical Device Data - Methods and systems for constructing a comprehensive history for an IMD are disclosed. The method includes interrogating an implantable medical device (IMD) with an interrogating external programmer device (EPD), and comparing a unique signature associated with the interrogating EPD to a stored signature, associated with a particular programmer device that most immediately previously programmed the IMD, in memory of the IMD. If the unique signature of the interrogating programmer device is not the same as the stored signature, the method includes recording the stored signature in the interrogating EPD. The method may optionally include replacing the stored signature in the IMD memory with the unique signature of the interrogating EPD if the interrogating EPD programs the IMD. A comprehensive history for the IMD may be constructed by tracing the values in the IMD and the programmer databases. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120041770 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVISIONING AND TRACKING MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR MEDICAL PROCEDURES - According to one aspect, a system for provisioning medical supplies for medical procedures. The system includes at least one data storage device for storing data related to the provisioning of medical supplies, and at least one processor operably connected to the at least one data storage device. The at least one processor is configured to, for at least one medical procedure, generate a pick list including predictable medical supplies for that procedure based on a template for that procedure, receive data about predictable medical supplies picked at one or more storage locations for that procedure based on the pick list and store that data in the at least one data storage device, and receive data about unpredictable medical supplies picked at the one or more storage locations and store that data in the at least one data storage device. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041771 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PATIENT MONITORING - Software, or a pathway assistant, can be utilized to facilitate assessment or treatment recommendations of a remotely monitored patient and can run in the background. The pathway assistant, which searches data for key information and creates pathways, provides an automated system that standardized the assessment, treatment, management and evaluation of patients being monitored. The pathways generated allow a user, nurse, or caregiver, to follow precise instructions and assessing a patient's condition. The pathways software limits human error associated with assessment and provide more cost-effective management for large patient populations thus providing an advantage over prior art. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041772 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING LONG-TERM PATIENT OUTCOME - A system and method for predicting patient prognosis includes a similarity module configured in program storage media to provide a similarity function for a data source and compute similarity scores for pairs of patients. An alignment module is configured to align a query patient to a best anchor timestamp of a similar patient or patients so that a comparison between the query patient and at least one similar patient is provided. A prediction module is configured to predict a long-term outcome measure of the query patient based on data from the at least one similar patient. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041773 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPY - In one embodiment of the invention, a computerized method for producing a treatment decision for adaptive radiation therapy (ART) is disclosed. The method comprises several steps. First, patient specific input data regarding a patient and general patient population data are input into a treatment decision engine. Next, this data is analyzed in order to adjust a set of interrelationships and thresholds to fit the ART regimen for which a decision is being processed. In a third step, the interrelationships and thresholds are applied to the data using a processing module which formulates a decision regarding the current ART regimen, and metadata regarding the medical condition of the patient. Finally, the decision and metadata are outputted such that they are accessible to a user. Using such a method, a treatment decision for ART is produced. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041774 | PATIENT-SPECIFIC CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT - Patient-specific clinical decision support is provided. When drug information is received, its relevance is determined based on received clinical information. If the drug information is relevant, an alert is communicated to the clinician. The alert may be a warning or may direct the clinician to perform an action related to patient care. A user interface is generated using the received drug and clinical information. A clinician may interact with the user interface by acknowledging or responding to various alerts. Clinical decision support is provided based on the relevancy of the drug information to the patient's clinical situation. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041775 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PATIENT MONITORING - Software, or a pathway assistant, can be utilized to facilitate assessment or treatment recommendations of a remotely monitored patient and can run in the background. The pathway assistant, which searches data for key information and creates pathways, provides an automated system that standardized the assessment, treatment, management and evaluation of patients being monitored. The pathways generated allow a user, nurse, or caregiver, to follow precise instructions and assessing a patient's condition. The pathways software limits human error associated with assessment and provide more cost-effective management for large patient populations thus providing an advantage over prior art. Collecting data for the software may be performed by an interactive voice response (IVR) system. The patient may dial the IVR system or the IVR system may be configured to call the patient at predefined times. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041776 | CLINICAL LABORATORY TEST INFORMATION SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A clinical laboratory test information system comprising: a memory configured to store time information regarding a plurality of stages included in a clinical-laboratory-test-relating operation; an operating device; a display unit; and a controller configured to: cause the display unit to display, based on the time information stored in the memory, first information indicating a temporal transition of a required time for each of the plurality of stages, such that each stage is selectable; and if one of the plurality of stages is selected by the operating device indicated in the first information, cause the display unit to display second information indicating a temporal transition of the required time for the selected stage. Also, a non-transitory storage medium. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041777 | MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR BLOOD CENTERS - Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus to provide information regarding blood collection instruments via a mobile device. An example method for blood collection instrument management includes providing a graphical representation of one or more blood collection instruments with a visual indication of a status for each instrument. The graphical representation is to visually convey information regarding each of the one or more blood collection instruments and is selectable by a user to provide additional information regarding each of the one or more blood collection instruments. The method includes facilitating access to troubleshoot and interact with the one or more blood collection instruments via the mobile device. The method includes dynamically updating the status for each instrument via communication between the mobile device and one or more blood collection facilities at which the one or more blood collection instruments are located. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041778 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PERSONALIZED DRUG PRODUCTS - A system and method for determining an optimal combination drug product for a particular patient includes a processor that receives patient information and determines an optimal combination drug product based on the received information. A system which can provide information regarding predicted events or pathologies based on received patient information and guidance on subsequent steps to ameliorate, treat or intervent. A drug production device includes a plurality of drug containers, each of which are coupled to a drug dispensing channel. A controller controls the dispensing of drug through each channel, and a combination drug product is produced from the dispensed drugs. A combination drug product includes a plurality of discrete units of a first drug, and a plurality of discrete units of a second drug. A transdermal patch includes a plurality of drug compartments, each containing a quantity of drug product, and a controller for controlling the release of drugs from each compartment. Feedback loop elements can enable iterations to optimized personalized doses. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041779 | CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A clinical decision support (CDS) system comprises: a case grouping sub-system ( | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041780 | PANEL DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND SYSTEM INCLUDING ACTIVE AND PASSIVE STRATEGIES - A system and method for computerized medical self-diagnosis is disclosed. Beginning with direct interactive dialog between a patient and a computing device to obtain patient health items, the system automatically obtains a differential self-diagnosis using active and passive strategies based on an analysis of the patient health items in conjunction with known disease properties. In one embodiment, each strategy differential self-diagnosis is obtained with different analysis criteria of the patient health items. At least a portion of the strategy differential self-diagnoses are compared and a consensus self-diagnosis based on the compared differential self-diagnoses is determined and communicated to the patient. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041781 | PHARMACY TRACKING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATICALLY-ENTERED CUSTOMER TRANSACTION INFORMATION - A method of conducting a transaction involving transfer of a filled prescription order from a pharmacy to a customer. The method includes detecting that the filled prescription order is available for transfer from the pharmacy to the customer. Upon detecting that the filled prescription order is available for transfer from the pharmacy to the customer, the method automatically completes at least one process for facilitating the transfer of the filled prescription order to the customer. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120046962 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GLUCOSE MONITORING AND ANALYSIS - Methods, systems, and computer program products for analyzing glucose levels are disclosed. In an aspect, a method for analyzing glucose levels includes receiving a plurality of glucose levels, selecting a subset of glucose levels from among the plurality of received glucose levels that is associated with at least a first healthcare unit of a first healthcare provider, and analyzing the selected subset of glucose levels. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120046963 | METHOD, EVALUATION UNIT AND MEDICAL EXPANSION APPARATUS TO DETERMINE AND INVOICE THE USE OF THE MEDICAL EXPANSION APPARATUS - In a method to determine and invoice the use of a medical expansion apparatus provided to a user (in particular a service provider) by an owner (in particular a referring physician), the medical expansion apparatus expanding the functionality of a primary medical apparatus, the following steps can be implemented automatically by an evaluation unit. Data describing the usage of the expansion apparatus and/or measurement signals from which the usage data are derived are received from the expansion apparatus and/or the primary apparatus. The usage data are evaluated to create an invoice, in particular a cost calculation. The invoice is sent to the owner and/or the user, in particular to processing devices and/or program means associated with the user and/or the owner. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120046964 | METHOD OF COORDINATING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - A method of doing business is practiced by a group of independent professionals to meet the varied but related needs of an individual. The method uses a centralized computer system to coordinate professional services to an individual. Professional entities, such as attorneys, physicians, pharmacists, realtors, architects, financial institutions and advisors, insurance agents, bondsman, psychologists, enter into a coalition agreement. The coalition agreement defines a standard infrastructure comprising documentation, modes of communication, and administrative case management, all of which are operable and accessible through the centralized computer system. The professional entities form facilitator groups directed to particular multi-disciplinary problems, which individuals face. The standard infrastructure coordinates the activities of the professional entities. Individuals benefit by having a coordinated approach to their problems and convenience of an apparent single provider through a single user interface. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120046965 | READMISSION RISK ASSESMENT - Readmission risk of patients admitted to a healthcare facility are determined using a generic readmission risk algorithm. The readmission risk assessment of patients may be based on portions of a patient's profile and may be performed before, during, and after their index admission. Based on the readmission risk assessment of patients, those patients that are at a greater risk for readmission may be identified. A readmission prevention worklist may be provide that identifies those patients and facilitates managing the risk of readmission for those patients. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120059663 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PATIENT VISIT WORKFLOW - Methods and apparatus for facilitating the collection of information during a patient visit to a healthcare provider. Each of plurality of tasks to be performed during a patient visit are associated with a stages of the patient visit. One or more users are guided through the stages of the patient visit to complete the associated tasks associated with each stage. A user interface associated with an electronic health records system displays pages for each stage that enable the users to enter information during the patient visit. The amount of time that users spend entering information in the electronic health records system during each stage is tracked and is used to generate one or more reports that enable a medical practice to improve the patient visit workflow. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059664 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF PERSONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS - A system and method for management of personal health and wellness is disclosed. The system receives an input for generating a user profile for a user, with the user profile having an initial health status goal associated therewith including target physiological parameter levels, nutritional uptake, and physical fitness activity. Physiological data, nutritional data, and physical fitness data are received by the system over a period of time on measured physiological parameters, dietary consumption, and physical activity of the user, with the system then analyzing and comparing the received data to the physiological parameters, nutritional uptake, and physical fitness activity associated with the initial health status goal. The system communicates to the user a personalized health and wellness status update that is based on the analysis of the received data and the comparison of such data to the physiological, nutritional, and physical activity metrics associated with the initial health status goal. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059665 | COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES IN AN OFFICE - A computer-based system for automating administrative procedures in an office is described. According to an embodiment, the system may include a control module in communication with a management tracker module, a provider tracker module and an administrative tracker module, as well as a database accessible by the management tracker module, a provider tracker module and an administrative tracker module. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059666 | THIRD PARTY ORDERING FROM A DRUG SAMPLE FULFILLMENT SYSTEM - A process to facilitate the fulfillment of drug samples to prescribers in several different manners. A sales representative can request actual drug samples on-line or can order on-line coupons for drug samples to be shipped to a prescriber and from which the prescriber distributes to his patient. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059667 | System and method for preventing malpractices and negligences - A system and method for server-coordinating health-cares and services between and among patients and physicians to prevent medical malpractices, delays, errors, inaccuracies, inefficiencies, mistakes, morbidity and mortality by computer servers, communication devices and teleconferencing platforms in a network or networks of severs, devices and platforms. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120065985 | DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is a method that includes providing a listing of a plurality of user selectable dental implant treatment plan options, wherein the listing is to be displayed on a graphical user interface of a computer system, providing a cost associated with a set of the dental implant treatment plan options selected for inclusion in the dental implant plan, wherein the cost is configured to be displayed in a cost display region of the graphical user interface, receiving, at computer device, an input indicative of a user selection of one or more of the user selectable dental implant treatment plan options for inclusion in the dental implant treatment plan, and providing, in response to receiving the input, an updated cost associated with the with the set of dental implant treatment plan options selected and the user selected one or more dental implant treatment plan options, wherein the updated cost is to be displayed in the cost display region in place of the cost associated with the set of selected dental implant treatment plan options. Further provided is a method that includes receiving, at a computer device, a request from a user for at least a portion of dental implant treatment plan application, wherein the dental implant treatment plan application is to be displayed on a graphical user interface of a computer system, retrieving, in response to receiving the request, one or more dental implant treatment plan application preferences associated with the user, and providing the dental implant treatment plan application in accordance with one or more of the preferences associated with the user, wherein the dental implant treatment plan application is to be displayed on a graphical user interface of the computer system. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120065986 | HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR COMPILING A GUIDELINE MODEL INTO A RULE SET - A healthcare management system comprising:
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| 20120065987 | Computer-Based Patient Management for Healthcare - Computer-based patient management is provided for healthcare. Patient data is used to determine a severity, assign a patient to a corresponding diagnosis-related group, and provide a timeline for care at a medical facility. Reminders or alerts are sent to maintain the timeline for more cost effective care. Reminders, suggestions, transitions between care givers, scheduling and other risk management actions are performed. As more data becomes available as part of the care, the care and timeline may be adjusted automatically for more efficient utilization of resources. Accountable care optimization is provided as part of case management. Automated care before any injury or illness and automated care after discharge is provided to optimize the health and costs for a patient. The patient is assigned to the cohort based on the patient data. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120065988 | METHODS FOR MAKING COMPLEX THERAPEUTIC CLINICAL DECISIONS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods of making therapeutic decisions in the course of medical treatment. Some embodiments include using mathematical methods such as analytic geometric methods to determine the relationship of a patient's initial and/or current health state to a desired health state and/or an undesired health state. Furthermore, some embodiments include defining a health feature space including a plurality of health parameters and time, and representing the time evolution of the patient health state as a space curve trajectory in a multidimensional space. Still further some embodiments include calculating a target trajectory and/or a complication trajectory and determining which health parameters to adjust in order to produce a desired time evolution result. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120065989 | PATIENT VERIFICATION FOR BOOKING OF HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS ACROSS PRACTICE GROUPS - Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120065990 | SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING DRUG INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATING WITH MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICES - A system for maintaining drug information and communicating with medication delivery devices includes software designed for use in a hospital, pharmacy or biomedical technical service environments. The software may be provided on a computer readable medium. The software allows a facility to customize a drug library with both hard and soft drug limits and other parameters for use with an infuser having a plug and play module removably inserted into a slot within a housing, or for use with an infuser having a connectivity engine enclosed within the housing. The system supports data transfer to one or more infusers connected to one or more computers. The connection between the computer and the pump can be hard wired or wireless. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120065991 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PHARMACY MANAGEMENT OF DRUGS - Described herein is a computer program product for pharmacy management and its application for using drugs that are P-glycoprotein or CYP3A4 inhibitors. Also included is a method of using a first drug in a patient receiving a prescription for the first drug. The computer program performs a method including issuing a drug-drug interaction alert when a patient is receiving a first drug and a concomitantly administered second drug. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120065992 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PHARMACY MANAGEMENT OF DRUGS - Described herein is a computer program product for pharmacy management and its application for using drugs that are P-glycoprotein or CYP3A4 inhibitors. Also included is a method of using a first drug in a patient receiving a prescription for the first drug. The computer program performs a method including issuing a drug-drug interaction alert when a patient is receiving a first drug and a concomitantly administered second drug. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120065993 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, HEALTH CARE SYSTEM USING BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF READING HEALTH CARE INFORMATION THEREIN, AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - Provided is a system which enables more fulfilled health care closely tied with user's daily life and enables a user to execute health care without noticing and whose facility in use is improved. A health care system | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120072230 | IDENTIFICATION AND NULLIFICATION OF SUBSTANCES - Substance identification and nullification processes are provided. A process includes identifying a substance on an object, the substance determined to be associated with a health risk. The process also includes identifying a treatment plan for nullifying the substance, the treatment plan prescribing a solution and instructions for nullifying the substance using the solution. The process further includes preparing the solution identified in the treatment plan, and implementing the treatment plan with respect to the object. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072231 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING EFFECTS OF TREATMENT WITH MEDICATION USING MEDICATION COMPLIANCE PATTERNS - Methods, systems, and apparatus monitor medication usage data for one patient or a population of patients, which can be processed to determine compliance patterns. Such methods and systems can associate, analyze, organize and present medication usage data, compliance patterns, and correlations between compliance patterns and outcomes data for electronic analysis or analysis by a caretaker. Such methods, systems, and apparatus permit analysis of compliance patterns to enable, for example, establishment or adjustment of safe and effective treatment regimens. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072232 | Systems and Methods for Using Online Resources to Design a Clinical Study and Recruit Participants - The present application is directed to methods and systems for tapping online resources to design a clinical trial and/or recruit participants for the clinical trial. In one embodiment, a system for using online resources to design a clinical trial and/or recruit participants includes one or more web crawlers. Each of the web crawler may be configured to collect data related to one or more specified topics during a community identification phase. A data engine of the system processes the collected data into filtered, relevant information that identifies communities of individuals suitable for recruitment. A patient discovery module may, in a patient discovery phase, develop or use a survey to further target interested patients for recruitment and collect information for designing a suitable study or trial. The system may, in an assessment and communication phase, design a study which may be self-managed by the recruited patients. The study may provide feedback for refining or modifying any one of the above phases. The study may also aim to address certain issues faced by the recruited patients, such as ensuring compliant use of a drug, elimination of side-effects, and using a modified therapy to improve the effectiveness of a drug, etc. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072233 | MEDICAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR HEALTH ASSESSMENT, WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND MEAL PLANNING - A system and method provide nutrition assessments and tools for enabling users to achieve health-related goals based on specific health needs. The tools can include a nutrition assessment tool, a weight solution tool, a meal planning tool, and a meal tracking tool. The method includes receiving patient phenotype data. The phenotype data can include, but is not limited to, biometric data specific to the patient, medical claims data specific to the patient, organizational data specific to an organization to which the patient belongs, and behavioral data including dietary habits and nutritional history. One or more algorithms are executed on at least one processor of a computing apparatus to provide analyses of patient data in order. The results are output to a user in various web pages customized to provide features to the user. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072234 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR GROUP INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PATIENTS AND HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONSERS - A health management system for managing the healthcare data of patients, managing interactions with patients, doctors and insurance companies, and managing group messaging and data access from mobile phones of patients and doctors. The health management system facilitates interaction with a plurality of patients. It comprises a patient group management server that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices of patients. The patient group management server in turn comprises a message interaction module, a questionnaire distribution and feedback collection module, a remote patient premises data collection module, a coaching distribution module and a content distribution service module. The patient group management server enables communication to each other of an inquiry, a response message, a coaching and guided activity, a questionnaire and relevant reference content by members of the patient group. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120078646 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR REAL TIME HEALTHCARE BILLING AND COLLECTION - A system and a method for real time or near real time healthcare billing, adjudication and collection of payments is presented to reduce revenue cycle time. In the preferred embodiment, the system includes one or a plurality of mobile devices, computing devices, kiosks, servers, networks and software to provide a medium for real time collaboration between the provider and the coder/coding engine. The method consists of transferring the diagnosis codes and the procedure codes in real time while they are being entered by the provider to the coder/coding engine and the coder/coding engine collaborating with the provider in creating charges for the encounter in real time during the encounter, followed by creating claim(s) for the encounter and submitting to the payer(s) in real time or near real time at the end of the encounter and the collection of the patient's obligation based on the payer(s) explanation of benefits. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078647 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED PERINATAL WORKFLOW - Certain examples provide systems and methods for improved perinatal workflow. Certain examples provide a clinical dock interaction display system. The system includes a memory to buffer live streaming data for one or more patients. The system includes a user interface to display and receive input with respect to a list of one or more patients one or more associated with a clinician; a control to facilitate user selection of one or more patients from the list; and live streaming data received from one or more monitors for one or more selected patients, wherein the user interface is to facilitate user selection of a patient for a more detailed patient view. The system includes an alert for one or more selected patients to be triggered based on a defined criterion. The system includes a processor to process data for output via the user interface and to process user input. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078648 | Method and apparatus for analyzing data on medical agents and devices - The present invention relates to an itemized analytical tool which creates a series of standardized and objective metrics related to each individual step in the overall process of pharmaceutical development and delivery. The individual steps can be divided into two main sections: pre and post regulatory approval. Pre-approval data analysis relates to the various steps involved in clinical trials, while post-approval analysis relates the multiple steps related to everyday use. The data analytics take into account the various contributions individual stakeholders and institutions play in determining overall safety and effectiveness of medical agents. The agent-specific data can in turn be cross referenced with individual patient and disease specific data, in order to provide customizable decision support. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078649 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND RECORDING PATIENT COMPLIANCE - A method includes storing a schedule of medicine with an electronic device; entering the medicine consumed by the patient; storing the medicine consumed by the patient; and flowing information regarding the medicine consumed by the patient. The information can be flowed to a medical professional. The electronic device can be a hand-held device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078650 | Dedicated System for Medical Processing and Research - Generally, a kiosk system includes a housing configured to hold: a processing device; an articulation arm; a display device for the input of data into the processing device; a housing cover connected to the housing and configured for movement to an open position and to a closed position; wherein the display device is mounted to the articulation arm; and wherein the articulation arm is configured to extend from the housing when the housing cover is in the open position and to move in a plurality of vertical and horizontal directions for a user of the kiosk system to access the display device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078651 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE COMPARISON OF HEALTH CARE PROCEDURE COSTS BETWEEN PROVIDERS - A method is provided for the ranking of health care providers, the method comprising: identification of a user and logging of the user into a database having user information stored therein; entering of additional user demographic information necessary for a comparison of health care provider services; selecting a desired medical procedure for comparison between providers; presenting to the user of a facility ranking for the desired medical procedure based upon quality and cost; storage of ranking information for future retrieval by the user; and forwarding the ranking information to an insurance carrier to which the user subscribes. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078652 | HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a healthcare information system includes a measurement type storage unit, input unit, measurement type determination unit, acquisition unit, and measurement value storage unit. The measurement type storage unit stores a plurality of measurement types and healthcare information in association with each other. The input unit inputs healthcare information associated with a monitoring object person. The measurement type determination unit determines a measurement type associated with the input healthcare information in the measurement type storage unit. The acquisition unit acquires a measurement value of the monitoring object person associated with the determined measurement type via a healthcare device. The measurement value storage unit stores the acquired measurement value. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078653 | Computer System and Method for Training, Certifying or Monitoring Human Clinical Raters - A method and system are disclosed for computerized training, monitoring, certification or re-certification of human raters in clinical trials. The invention provides an interactive computerized interview that can be compared scores obtained by human raters to monitor and train clinical raters on a continuing basis in order to reduce rater drift and variance during clinical trials. Remediation can be automatically flagged or provided to improve a deviating rater's performance. Computerized assessment of symptom severity is provided without the need for human clinical raters. The system and method enable screening of prospective patients for inclusion or exclusion from a clinical trial by automatically obtaining computerized ratings of symptom severity. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078654 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD TO ALERT AND REMIND PATIENTS OR CLIENTS OF THEIR APPOINTMENTS - Method for providing doctor's offices and their patients a communication link at strategic times prior to their doctor's appointment to avoid unintentionally no-shows or missed appointments. It allows the doctor's office to do so without extra labor or equipment. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078655 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE MATRIX-BASED DOSAGE SCHEDULING - An online system for scheduling tablet dosage is described. The system comprises a server accessible via a network by at least one client. An application is hosted on the server. The application comprises a user interface configured to receive a designation of a tablet to be ordered. The user interface is further configured to display a scheduling matrix comprising a plurality of cells. Each cell of the matrix is configured to receive a tablet quantity designation. The application is further configured to generate a dosing schedule based on the tablet quantities entered into the scheduling matrix. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078656 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING HEALTHCARE RISK RELATED EVENTS - A system for predicting healthcare financial risk including the process of accessing patient data associated with one or more patents, accessing geographic and healthcare system data, filtering the patient data, geographic data, and healthcare system data into clean data, and applying a predictive risk model to the clean data to generate patient profile data and to identify a portion of the patients associated with a level of predicted financial risk. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078657 | Genetic Data Analysis and Database Tools - A computerized tool and method for delivery of pharmacogenetic and pharmacological information, comprising a core system having algorithms and databases for storing, collating, accessing, cross-referencing, and interpreting genetic and pharmacologic data, with a graphical user interface for a client network of providers of laboratory genetic testing services to access the core services under contract. The system includes “paypoints” in support of improved business models. Included are mechanisms for ‘pass through’ third party and insurance reimbursement for interpretive reports, insurance reimbursement for on-line access to pharmacogenetic information at the point of care, tools for market segmentation, and a conversion tool for capturing new subscribers. Also disclosed are tools and predictive algorithms for preventing drug-drug and drug-gene adverse drug reactions. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078658 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for optimizing an extracorporeal blood treatment using an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus with a device for optimizing the extracorporeal blood treatment, and a computer program to be executed on a processor for carrying out a method for optimizing the extracorporeal blood treatment. The method and apparatus are characterized in that at least one machine-specific treatment parameter for carrying out the treatment using the respective dialyzer or filter is determined with a computing unit for different types of dialyzers or filters. The computing unit determines the costs resulting from the determined machine-specific treatment parameters when using the respective dialyzer or filter. The determined costs for different types of dialyzers or filters are then displayed on a display unit. The doctor can then select the dialyzer or filter to keep the costs as low as possible. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120084091 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBJECT CONFIRMATION AND TRACKING - A method and apparatus for tracking a medication to be administered by a user. The method includes the steps of determining the identity of a medication to be administered by a user, identifying one or more characteristics associated with the medication that are to be used to continue to track the medication, the one or more characteristics including less than a total number of characteristics associated with the medication to be administered, and tracking the medication to be administered in accordance with the identified one or more characteristics through one or more future video images. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084092 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE DYNAMIC PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM - We present a data-driven system that seamlessly integrates the compilation of a diverse set of patient electronic medical records, family history, and environmental risk factor databases, a program that determines correlations and assigns weights through a neural network between illness and the state of symptoms, a program to create disease-specific questionnaires and content, a program alert that informs users of trends and potential illness outbreaks due to anomalous changes in regional or national symptom trends, and a program that enables medical practitioners to view patient-generated records and manage an online referral system. The automated diagnoses and alerts allow users to make informed and rapid medical treatment decisions. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084093 | RATER RESOURCE ALLOCATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods of allocating raters to assessment visits of studies, and tangible computer readable media including software that is adapted to control a computer to implement methods of allocating raters to assessment visits of studies, are provided. Raters are allocated by retrieving blinding information that includes at least one blinding criterion for a visit of a study, retrieving rater information for at least one rater associated with the study, comparing the retrieved rater information and the retrieved blinding information to identify one or more raters meeting the at least one blinding criterion and enabling selection of the identified one or more raters for allocation to the visit of the study. A rater may then be allocated to the visit by receiving a selection for at least one of the identified raters and allocating the at least one rater to the visit responsive to the received selection. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084094 | TREATMENT REGIMEN COMPLIANCE AND EFFICACY WITH FEEDBACK - A method and system for interaction with a community of individuals, relating to compliance with and effectiveness of treatment regimens, including supply and use of pharmaceuticals, using a protocol or other intelligent message which acts in place of a service provider and which is capable of collecting or imparting information to patients in place thereof. Individuals interact with the protocol or intelligent message to provide assistance in all aspects of treatment regimen compliance, data collection, supply or delivery, review and modification. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084095 | PATIENT BURDEN EASING SUPPORT APPARATUS, PATIENT BURDEN EASING SUPPORT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An endoscopic sector server as a patient burden easing support apparatus executes a step of acquiring preparation completion information indicating that preparation for an endoscopic inspection has been completed, a step of acquiring inspection start information indicating that the endoscopic inspection has been started, a determination step of determining whether predetermined conditions about a time between acquisition of the preparation completion information and acquisition of the inspection start information are satisfied or not, and a warning step of outputting warning information when determination is made that the predetermined conditions are satisfied. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084096 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING DIAGNOSTIC RESULT EXPLANATION REPORTS - A diagnostic result explanation report generating apparatus is equipped with: a diagnostic information storing section, a comment information storing section, a template storing section for storing explanation templates having insertion regions, into which at least portions of the diagnostic information and the comment information are insertable, prepared for each of the various diagnostic results; an input section, for inputting patient specifying information; a diagnostic information obtaining section, for obtaining diagnostic information for a patient, based on the input patient specifying information; a template obtaining section, for obtaining an explanation template which is prepared for a diagnostic result, based on a diagnostic result included in the obtained diagnostic information; a comment information obtaining section, for obtaining comment information from the comment information storing section; and a diagnostic result explanation generating section, for inserting necessary diagnostic information and comment information into the obtained explanation template, to generate a diagnostic result explanation report. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084097 | IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIALTY DRUGS - Methods for determining whether a drug is a specialty drug, methods for creating tools to be used in making the determination, and the tools themselves are disclosed. The overall value of a drug depends on the drug's attribute values with respect to each of a set of drug attributes (concerning, e.g., the drug's route of administration, targeted disease, possible adverse reactions, risk of toxicity, cost, need for patient compliance with the treatment regime, and handling, preparation, and/or storage requirements. If the overall value or its partial overall values meet certain criteria, the drug is deemed to be a specialty drug. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120089411 | STANDARD-COMPLIANT LABEL AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A STANDARD COMPLIANT LABEL - Provided is a label generated on-demand for identifying a medicinal substance to be administered to a patient. The label includes a content surface on which label content is printed on-demand by a computer printer. The label content includes information required by a medical labeling standard. An adhesive surface is provided to be applied against a container for storing the medicinal substance and adhering the label to the container. A color code is visible when viewing the content surface. The color code is specified by the medical labeling standard for conveying information about the medicinal substance to be stored in the container, and the label content and color code render the label compliant with the medical labeling standard. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089412 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Facilitating Patient Advocacy Through Online Healthcare Provisioning - A computer-implemented system and method for facilitating patient advocacy through online health care is provided. A patient advocacy database is maintained. General physicians and specialist physicians are listed in database records, as well as a diagnostic criteria for health disorders for each specialist. A patient referral tree is built with each general physician associated with specialists. A medical service network includes the referral tree as designating health care and medical service providers. A patient is enrolled in the network. Medical data provided by the patient is evaluated against the diagnostic criteria of each of the specialists for medical concerns. Each specialist in the referral tree corresponding to findings made under their respective diagnostic criteria is identified. The patient is referred for care to the specialist associated with the patient's general physician. Throughout, the patient is provided with information to make an informed decision with respect to the specialist care received. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089413 | Health Tracking and Management - A consumer-centric health portal for individuals to track quantitative health data, receive a health grade and receive qualitative feedback. An individual's health data is measured, compared and graded providing a deep understanding of their health, how their health relates to similar individuals and key factors correlating to their health grade. Health grades, in conjunction with qualitative feedback, promote motivation and learned optimism promoting individuals to improve their health. In turn, health grades are targetable by and service providers, while protecting an individual's privacy. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089414 | Specialty Stents with flow control features or the like - Methods and systems are described for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient and for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089415 | NURSING HOME EVALUATION SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and devices are described for determining resource allocation in a resident care facility, like a nursing home facility. Embodiments of the invention provide assessment questions to an assessor via a computer interface. The assessment questions may be based on a base assessment model having questions relating to a number of resident care areas. Responses to the assessment questions may be received, some relating to answers provided to the assessor by respondents (e.g., residents or staff of the resident care facility). The responses may be processed to generate an assessment dataset, which may then be used to generate quality scores for the various resident care areas. The quality scores may indicate likelihoods of citation in the resident care areas as a function of data derived from the base assessment model. The quality scores and/or assessment results may then be graphically displayed and used to formulate a resource allocation determination. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATRIX-BASED DOSAGE SCHEDULING - A system for scheduling tablet dosage is described. The system comprises an application hosted on a computing device. The application comprises a user interface configured to receive a designation of a tablet to be ordered. The user interface is further configured to display a scheduling matrix comprising a plurality of cells. Each cell of the matrix is configured to receive a tablet quantity designation. The application is further configured to generate a dosing schedule based on the tablet quantities entered into the scheduling matrix. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120095773 | HANDHELD DIABETES MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR OBTAINING THREE DAY BLOOD GLUCOSE PROFILE - A method is disclosed for managing a three day profile blood glucose (bG) measurements that are provided by a user using a handheld diabetes management device. The method may involve configuring a database carried by the device to store a plurality of bG test values input by a user for each day of a three day test period. The bG test values are required to be provided by the user in accordance with a predetermined plurality of differing acceptance time windows during each day of the three day test period. If two or more windows are open concurrently when a given bG test value is obtained, the system allows the user to select the appropriate time window that the given bG test value should be associated with. A processing subsystem of the device determines if at least a predetermined minimum plurality of the stored bG test values has been provided by the user during the predetermined plurality of differing acceptance time windows for each day of the three day test period and, if so, the processing subsystem accepts the bG test values provided by the user when compiling results for a three day bG profile. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095774 | METADATA TAGGING SYSTEM FOR A DIABETES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF DEVICES - A diabetes management system having a reliable data management scheme is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of devices, each device performing a different function relating to treatment of diabetes. Each device has a device identifier and each device generates data records relating to the function of the device. Each device includes a metadata generator configured to generate a metadata tag for a data record generated by the device. A metadata tag includes the device identifier of the corresponding device, a record identifier, and a source identifier indicating whether the record was originated by a human or the device. The system further includes a diabetes management device in communication with the plurality of devices and configured to manage records received from the plurality of devices. When a first device of the plurality of devices generates a new record to be communicated to the diabetes management device, the metadata generator of the first device generates a new unique record identifier and a new metadata tag based on the new unique record identifier and the device identifier of the first device, and the first device propagates the new record and the new metadata tag to the second device. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095775 | CHARACTERIZING, TRACKING AND OPTIMIZING POPULATION HEALTH BASED ON INTEGRATION OF MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DATABASES - A computer implemented method, system and/or computer program product identifies a public health care issue for a specific population based on data from a confederated public health database. A confederated public health database is created from multi-disciplinary databases that include both medical databases and non-medical databases. A health care issue for a specific population is identified based on data from the confederated public health database, in order to create a public health care plan to address that health care issue, which is then transmitted to a public health official. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095776 | Payments in providing assistance related to health - In one aspect, a method related to health-related data management. In addition to the foregoing, other method and system and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095777 | PATIENT LIFT APPARATUS AND PATIENT LIFT SERVICE DISPATCH SYSTEM - A patient lift apparatus designed to lift and transfer patients is provided. The patient lift apparatus includes a patient lift base and a modular patient support device removably connected to the patient lift base to support a patient. The patient lift base includes a cantilever element, a portal frame, three wheel assemblies, a hanging mechanism. The cantilever element is pivoted intersectionally with the portal frame. The three wheel assemblies are disposed at the bases of the cantilever element and the portal frame, as three bearing points. The hanging mechanism is pivoted to the top of the cantilever element and connected to the modular patient support device below. When the cantilever element and the portal frame are rotated relatively, the height, the shape and the positions of the bearing points of the patient lift apparatus are changed accordingly. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095778 | PATIENT MONITORING WITH AUTOMATIC RESIZING OF DISPLAY SECTORS - A patient monitoring station includes a display that displays a plurality of sectors. A controller displays the patient data received from one or more remote medical devices in a corresponding sector of the display. The controller is programmed to collapse one or more sector in response to one of (1) not receiving patient data from the corresponding remote patient monitor or (2) receiving patient data not indicative of a pending patient event or alarm condition; and expand at least sectors that receive patient data indicative of a pending patient event or alarm condition. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120101837 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CLINICAL TRIAL SITE VISIT REPORTS - Systems and methods are disclosed for managing site visit report creation. Data relationships and process flow rules can be utilized to output reminder messages regarding deadlines associated with a site visit report completion and determine and present proper questions to associates to elicit relevant information about a site visit. Site visit reports can be generated in an efficient and accurate manner and submitted quickly to a sponsor. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101838 | Systems and Processes for Managing and Supporting Regulatory Submissions in Clinical Trials - Systems and processes for managing and supporting clinical trials and clinical trial operations, more particularly for managing and supporting governmental authority, ethics committee, and/or other regulatory authority notifications and submissions in the context of clinical trials in various countries throughout the world. Such systems and processes leverage the insight that such regulatory authority requirements vary from one country to the next, but that all or essentially all such regulatory authority requirements can be categorized into a limited number of groups as to which a limited number of workflows can be created. Such workflows can be automated and supported with systems and processes according to embodiments of the invention, which can then control sequence of activities to comply with regulations and requirements in the various countries in which a clinical trial occurs. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101839 | System for and method of interaction of a pharmaceutical entity and its clients - A system and a method of interaction of a pharmaceutical entity with its clients has a pharmaceutical entity, a first cellular telephone provided at the pharmaceutical entity, a plurality of clients of the pharmaceutical entity, a plurality of further cellular telephones each provided at a respective one of the clients of the pharmaceutical entity, wherein the first cellular telephone at the pharmaceutical entity includes a telephone numbers of all the further cellular telephones of the clients, wherein each of the cellular telephones of each of the clients includes a cellular telephone number of the pharmaceutical entity, so that the pharmaceutical entity can reach any of the clients from the first cellular telephone dialing a respective one of the further cellular telephones of a respective one of the clients, and each of the clients can reach the pharmaceutical entity by dialing from the further cellular telephone of a respective one of the clients to the first cellular telephone of the pharmaceutical entity. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101840 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEDICATION MANAGEMENT - The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for a medication management. More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for managing a user's medication by providing an image of medicine prescribed to be taken at a medication time by using prescription information. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101841 | CLINICAL PROCESS GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for improving the efficiency and coordination of the treatment of patients in an acute care clinical environment. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101842 | System for High-Efficiency Instrument Sterilization - The current inventive technology encompasses a system for high-efficiency instrument sterilization. Some embodiments may incorporate a computer implemented system for high efficiency instrument sterilization system for identifying, calculating and generating an optimal sterilization protocol by a software directed special purpose computing device and a novel software hardware interface. This inventive technology may be coordinated among various facilities to more efficiently manage a central sterilization facility servicing multiple health-care and other related facilities. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101843 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANONYMIZING PATIENT DATA - A system and method for managing healthcare information is disclosed. The data servers each include a data manager that comprises a controller, a scrubber module and a user interface engine. The controller manages the core functions and the transmission of data between data manager components. The scrubber module manages the pseudoanonymization of data and the collection of data for clinical trials. The user interface engine generates user interfaces for displaying the applications and collecting clinical trial data. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101844 | Method and System for Providing Information to Physicians - A group of medical specialists reviews an up-to-date body of medical knowledge and, based on its review, selects a subset of that knowledge as being important enough to merit prompt dissemination to the medical community. The selected subset of medical knowledge is then input into a computer system where it can then be accessed by physicians over a computer network. A physician may, for example, access the system before, during or after a patients visit so that he/she can have the most up-to-date information regarding how to best advise the patient. In effect, the group of medical specialists acts as a single voice of authority on which the medical community can rely. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101845 | MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM - A medical support system and method for performing at least one medical support process relating to diagnosis and treatment of a medical condition and that includes or employs medical records relating to patients and medical support databases including medical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of a medical condition. A medical support process includes one or more process phases. Each process phase includes one or more process operations wherein each of the process operations of a process phase includes one or more process forms providing interfaces between a user and the process operations. The medical records and the guidelines are to execute an interactive dialogue between the medical support process and the user to provide guidance to the user in performing the medical support process according to the guidelines and dependent upon the user inputs and the medical record. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120109675 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL THERAPY FOR A PROSPECTIVE PATIENT HAVING A MEDICAL DEVICE - System and method for identifying a prospective clinical therapy for a prospective patient. The patient has a medical device, performed with a medical apparatus. The system has a historical database and an analyzer. The historical database incorporates information relating to a multiplicity of patients, each of the multiplicity of patients having a medical device and each of the multiplicity of patients having undergone a clinical therapy, the information including, for each of the multiplicity of patients, device characteristics of the medical device and an assessment of efficacy of clinical therapy. The analyzer correlates device characteristics of the prospective patient with the device characteristics and the assessment of efficacy of clinical therapy of the multiplicity of patients using the historical database to identify a prospective clinical therapy for the prospective patient associated with the device characteristics in the historical database having a relatively greater efficacy than the clinical therapy. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109676 | MULTIUSER HEALTH MONITORING USING BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION - A device, system and method for multiuser health monitoring includes a computer, a biometric sensor for sensing a unique trait of a user, and at least one measurement device for measuring at least one parameter of the user's health. The computer is configured to receive biometric information relating to the user from the biometric sensor and health information relating to the user from the at least one measurement device, and to associate the received biometric information with the received health information. The associated biometric information and health information is transmitted to a health monitoring data center. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109677 | BLOOD BANK MANAGEMENT AND RAPID BLOOD TYPE DETERMINATION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a method for increasing the efficiency and reducing cost of the blood donation, processing and storage by pre-screening candidate donors for blood type and only collecting blood from donors having a needed blood type. Also disclosed are methods and systems for rapid determination of blood type of a blood donor prior to the initiation of the blood donation process. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109678 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPARING MOLECULAR SIGNATURES | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109679 | CONSUMER PORTAL FOR HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS ACROSS PRACTICE GROUPS - Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109680 | METHOD FOR ENSURING ACCURACY OF HEALTHCARE PATIENT DATA DURING PATIENT REGISTRATION PROCESS - A method of ensuring accuracy of healthcare patient data entered into a primary computer system by a user during patient registration. Healthcare patient data for a patient entered into the primary computer system is electronically received. The received healthcare patient data is analyzed using a secondary computer processor programmed to identify data entry errors including discrepancies and omissions. The identified errors are automatically presented to the user by the programmed secondary computer processor following analysis of the healthcare patient data. The identified errors are placed into a work list by the programmed secondary computer processor to enable the user to enter corrections for the identified errors into the primary computer system within a designated time-frame. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109681 | Method of Increasing Efficiency in a Medical Claim Transaction, and Computer Program Capable of Executing Same - A method of adjudicating a medical claim includes providing a requirements for a first claim and a second claim, receiving a medical claim for a medical procedure, setting a first score for the first claim and a second score for the second claim to an initial value, comparing components of the medical claim to the requirements of the first and second claims, changing the first and second scores for each one of the components that match one of the requirements and for each one of the requirements that is missing from the components, and selecting the first or second claim based upon predetermined criteria applied to their respective scores to determine either a monetary value of the medical procedure for a medical service provider associated with the medical procedure or a monetary value of medical coverage for a patient associated with the medical procedure. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109682 | CLOSED LOOP WORKFLOW - A system includes an orchestrator ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120116793 | Administering A Patient In A Hospital - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for administering a patient in a hospital. Embodiments include identifying, by a room optimizer module, upon the patient checking into the hospital, a set of patient attributes, each patient attribute describing an aspect of the health of the patient; selecting, by the room optimizer module, an optimized room for the patient in dependence upon the patient attributes and a set of room attributes of a plurality of rooms available, and indicating, by the room optimizer module, the selection of the optimized room to a hospital administrator. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116794 | MEDICAL ADVICE CARD HAVING AUDIO RECORDING - The present invention is related to a medical advice card and label containing an embedded audio chip or card. The embedded audio chip or card plays information related to a health care treatment plan in order to improve compliance with physician instructions. The medical advice card or label may also contain written information relating to the audible information related to a health care treatment plan. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116795 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING CURRENT ASSESSMENTS OF GENETIC RISK - This invention concerns an integrated method for providing individuals with current assessments of genetic risk based on genetic tests and genomic research. While existing genetic tests can provide an estimate of genetic risk for many common diseases, genomic research is expected to provide a large number of new genetic test that will enable more definitive assessments of an individuals risk of disease. The invention provides an integrated method and systems for providing individuals with a current assessments of their genetic risk based on such advances. This method has utility in enabling individuals and healthcare professions to use genetic tests in important healthcare and lifestyle decisions. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116796 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PATIENT CARE THROUGH AUTOMATED MESSAGING - A system and method are disclosed that allow a user to select when messages related to medication events are sent and to select the content parameters of those messages. In one aspect, a medication dispenser is configured to notify a messaging processor when an identified medication that was not previously loaded in the medication dispenser is newly loaded into the medication dispenser, and the messaging processor is configured to send a message to a user through a communication link upon receipt of this notification. In another aspect, the medication is identified during a review of a new medication order issued by a doctor. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116797 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING A HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT - A method and system for conducting a health risk assessment of one or more individuals are disclosed. In accordance with the method and system, previous responses by multiple users are used to generate specific inquires for the individual to provide specific recommended action to the individual. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116798 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING AND VERIFYING MEDICATION COMPLIANCE - A computer-based system for monitoring medication compliance. The system can include one or more processors configured to process and manage data. Additionally, the system can also include one or more medication packagings comprising a machine-readable medium. Notably, the machine-readable medium can comprise medication information among other types of information. The one or more processors can be configured to receive the medication information of the machine-readable medium. The machine-readable medium and corresponding medication information can be adjustable based on a dispensing of a medication from the one or more medication packagings. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116799 | SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING RISK FOR PROGRESSION OR DEVELOPMENT OF PERIODONTITIS FOR A PATENT - The invention relates to a method, system and a device for assessing the risk for periodontitis progression or for developing periodontitis, and a method, system and a device for prognosticating the outcome of a treatment procedure for treating periodontitis, on the basis of a risk score calculated on the basis of weight factors, which may be associated with numerical values, assigned to a plurality of measures corresponding to a plurality of predictors promoting periodontitis comprising host predictors, local predictors, and systemic predictors for periodontitis progression or for developing periodontitis for a patient. The invention provides among other things an objective tool that allows for preventive measures to be taken in time before severe and often irreversible damage caused by periodontitis has occurred, by taking into account the most important risk predictors promoting periodontitis, and in particular takes into account the synergy between these predictors. The invention also relates to a computer readable storage medium, on which there is stored a computer program comprising computer code adapted to perform one or more of the above-mentioned methods, and furthermore such a computer program. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116800 | CLINICAL COLLABORATION USING AN ONLINE NETWORKING SYSTEM - Methods are provided for sharing patient information by way of an online collaboration system. A requesting clinician, through an online networking system, identifies one or more clinicians with whom the requesting clinician wishes to collaborate by sending at least one patient-focused clinical data element. For the clinicians who have been identified as not being authorized to access patient-identifying data, the at least one patient-focused clinical data element is de-identified such that it no longer includes any patient-identifying data. The de-identified patient-focused clinical data element is then communicated to the clinicians not allowed access to the patient-identifying information. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116801 | SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING POTENTIAL CLAIM OUTCOMES USING RELATED HISTORICAL DATA - A computer system includes a data storage device. The data storage module receives, stores, and provides access to historical claim data. A categorical aggregation component comprising program instructions stored in a program memory provides categorized and aggregated historical claim data by identifying claim categories based on the historical claim data, each of the one or more claim categories associated with a respective set of claim characteristics, identifying claims of the historical claim data associated with one of the claim categories, assigning each identified claim to one of a plurality of total severity ranges based on the total severity of the identified claim, and determining an average cost per claim year for claims of each total severity range when executed by a computer processor. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116802 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION BETWEEN STEM-CELL SAMPLING AND A HEALTH SAVINGS FINANCIAL PRODUCT - The present invention relates to a method of establishing a connection between a collection of stem cells taken from parturient women and a health savings financial product, the method consisting, in a first step in an “entity” body corporate proposing an option to the parturient woman to contract a financial product in the name of a beneficiary, herself or the newborn baby, which financial product includes an advantage in kind, being constituted by the stem cells taken at the time of birth, in taking a biological collection of placental tissues containing stem cells from the parturient woman, in sharing the tissue between two biocollections A and B that are entrusted to an entity, each of the two biocollections being accompanied by a respective data medium encoding an administrative, medico-technical, biological, medical, and financial management cycle specific to the biocollection. Subsequent steps complete the method. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116803 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DETECT THAT A DEVICE HAS BEEN CLEANED - A room monitoring system includes a plurality of in-room units. The in-room units collect information relating to a clean or dirty status of a plurality of patient rooms and/or equipment in the rooms. A monitoring station receives clean or dirty status information from the in-room units and determines which rooms are clean, and ready for a patient, which are dirty and in need of cleaning, and which are occupied. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120123789 | System and Method for Facilitating Healthcare Volunteering - Computer-implemented methods and systems for connecting and facilitating communication among healthcare volunteers, organizations, patients and donors are disclosed. A matching system to match volunteers, donors, organizations and patients to coordinate and manage providing low cost or free health care services is disclosed. An donation inventory management system is also disclosed. Dynamic volunteer coordination methods for responding to public health events are also disclosed. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123790 | MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING AND PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a method of scheduling and paying for visits with a medical professional. Specifically the present invention relates to a web based appointment service that relies on prepayment to schedule appointments from available doctors. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123791 | Personalized Coordinated Perinatal Care System - A system to provide personalized coordinated perinatal care for a woman and her baby. It includes an electronic database on an internet-connected server comprising a comprehensive list of perinatal care services and at least a first completed detailed questionnaire about a woman's personal situation. A comprehensive perinatal risk-scoring and selection algorithm in electronic communication with each questionnaire can both assign a perinatal care risk category to the questionnaire and assemble a comprehensive list of services based on the woman's personal situation. Also, an electronic database contains a list of contracted vendors who have agreed to perform each perinatal care service. Finally, a matching algorithm in communication with the databases and the algorithm is configured to match the comprehensive list of services with the contracted vendors that have agreed to perform them to generate at least one bundled list that most closely matches the needed services with the woman's personal situation. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123792 | SYSTEM FOR MAKING AVAILABLE INDIVIDUAL OR POOLED, ALSO ANONYMOUS PATIENT DATA ON THE BASIS OF MOLECULAR GENOME, TRANSCRIPTOME, PROTEOME, EPIGENOME, OR METABOLOME DATA - The invention relates to a system for automatically, rapidly, and dynamically funding biological cells for transplantion, treatment, or research purposes between collection centers or banks (storage places) and hospitals, transplant centers, or research facilities, monitoring and assisting with processes from the transmission of requests, the delivery of cell preparation suitable for allogeneic transplantation, and the use of the found preparations to the monitoring of the result in the patient, and making said data available for statistical and other purposes, wherein samples are taken before and after the transplantation to analyze genomes, proteomes, transcriptomes, epigenomes, and/or metbolomes. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123793 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT FOR PATIENT BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION - Apparatus, computer readable medium, and a method for clinician decision support for behavior modification of a patient, the method including in response to receiving information identifying the patient, retrieving stored patient data from a database, and displaying portions of the retrieved patient data for a clinician to update during a clinical session; and, in response to receiving a selection for finding a new target behavior to achieve the goals of the patient, displaying a plurality of target behaviors for the patient to achieve the goals of the patient; and, in response to receiving a selection of one of the plurality of displayed target behaviors as the new target behavior, adding the selected one of the plurality of displayed target behaviors to the target behaviors of the patient. The method may facilitate the conduct of behavioral modification counseling by eliciting patient feedback and recording patient progress in negotiated tasks. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123794 | Method and System for Adjudicating Claims in a Health Services Environment - Methods and systems for adjudicating claims in health services environments are presented. An exemplary method for processing service provider claims for payment includes scheduling appointments with service providers, receiving claims from the service providers, determining whether at least one scheduled appointment corresponds with at least one received claim and determining that at least one scheduled appointment has not been identified as corresponding to at least one received claim within a predetermined period of time. Optionally, the method includes presenting the particular received claim for payment when at least one of the scheduled appointments corresponds to the particular received claim. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123795 | Business method and system for ordering, purchasing and storing stem cells - An online business method and system enables donors or parents or guardians of donors to order and purchase stem-cells extracted from biological tissue sampled from the donor, such as, for example, cord-blood stem cells of a newborn baby, wherein the ordering process interfaces directly with the attending medical services, and the service steps include collection, extraction, preservation, containment, packaging, delivery and storage of the stem cells in a storage medium that can be cost-effectively maintained in a storage facility or by the donor, parent or guardian at home. In one embodiment, preservation is by freeze-drying, containment is in a vacuum vial, and storage is at room temperature. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123796 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSUMPTION AND UTILIZATION ANALYSIS IN AN ORGANIZATION - A method and system for analyzing consumption and utilization patterns of organizations. The usage of materials and the behavior of people is tracked in an organization. These factors are analyzed and used in order to reduce the costs associated with usage of materials and services. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120130728 | SEMANTICALLY ENABLED, DATA SENSITIVE NEGOTIATION AND COLLABORATION ENGINE - A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product facilitates fulfillment of a term of a contract between a healthcare provider and a healthcare authorizer. A healthcare provider profile that describes a first set of business priorities for a healthcare provider and a healthcare authorizer profile that describes a second set of business priorities for a healthcare authorizer are created. A request is received from the healthcare provider for the healthcare authorizer to fulfill a term of a contract between the healthcare provider and the healthcare authorizer. Confidential data is received from the healthcare provider and the healthcare authorizer. A solution that fulfils the request is then generated, based on the contract, the healthcare provider profile, the healthcare authorizer profile, and the confidential data. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130729 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATION OF EXAM RECORD UPDATES AND RELEVANCE - An example method includes receiving an update message regarding a first exam record; updating the first exam record based on the message; matching one or more additional exam records to the first exam record based on one or more predefined exam attributes; selecting one of the exam first record and the one or more additional exam records as an eligible exam record; hiding display of the one or more exam records not selected as the eligible exam record; displaying the eligible exam record; receiving an additional update message for the first exam record; evaluating the additional update message to determine applicability of the update message to the matching one or more additional exam records; and selecting one or more of the first exam record and the matching one or more additional exam records as one or more eligible exam records based on evaluating the additional update message. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130730 | MULTI-DEPARTMENT HEALTHCARE REAL-TIME DASHBOARD - An example operation metrics collection and processing system is to mine a data set including patient and exam workflow data from information source(s) according to an operational metric for a workflow of interest. The method includes mining a data set for information related to one or more healthcare operational metrics; displaying information regarding one or more scheduled procedures and associated equipment involving one or more selected patients; accepting an input of one or more conditions to affect interpretation of the information; determining a completion time for an event associated with one of the one or more scheduled procedures; evaluating a delay associated with the event with respect to the input of one or more conditions; calculating at least one healthcare operational metric based on the completion time, the delay, and the input; and outputting the at least one healthcare operational metric for display and analysis. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130731 | SCHEDULED FUNDS TRANSFER PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The SCHEDULED FUNDS TRANSFER PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (hereinafter “SFT PLATFORM”) transforms user account information, fund transfer configuration inputs via SFT PLATFORM components into fund transfer transaction record and fund transfer to a transfer-to account. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: receiving a fund transfer scheduling request and fund transfer configuration parameters from a user, said fund transfer configuration parameters including a fund transfer trigger condition, a fund transferor's account and a fund transferee's account; verifying eligibility of the fund transfer scheduling request based on the fund transfer configuration parameters; determining the fund transfer trigger condition occurs; initiating a fund transfer transaction from the fund transferor's account to the fund transferee's account; and generating a fund transfer transaction record based on the initiated fund transfer transaction. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130732 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATION OF PERSONALIZED HEALTH PLANS - Personalized, health and performance programs are generated for individuals based on various biomarkers and performance and lifestyle assessments. In one embodiment, a diagnostic test of blood or other biological specimen(s) is used to determine key biological marker levels. Information and assessments of the user's physical performance, life style and health and wellness goals is also collected and provided to an expert system that matches the biomarker levels and assessments to a knowledgebase of scientific knowledge about biomarker levels and health and fitness outcomes. Personal recommendations and advice on nutrition and exercise is then generated, which may be used to help individuals reach their diet, fitness, and wellness goals and improve their physical and mental performance and well being in measurable ways. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130733 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING VALUE-BASED INSURANCE DESIGN AND BENEFITS - Systems and methods for the cost-effective implementation of health care. Systems and methods are provided whereby subscribers to a health plan, upon qualification, may participate in health plan administrations that utilize evidence-based approaches to improve both employee health and reduce overall healthcare costs. Subscribers suffering from a medical condition may be identified and provided with a condition/disease management program to follow. If subscribers to the health plan comply with the condition/disease management program, they are provided with incentives related to that specific medical condition. In some examples, subscribers may enter the system through the term of the healthcare plan, thus providing a dynamic mechanism for administration and delivery of cost-efficient healthcare. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130734 | MEDICAL DATA AND MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND COMMUNICATION - A computing device configured for integrating applications for medical data processing is described. The computing device includes a processor and executable instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The computing device embeds an archive application within an integration application. The computing device also embeds a viewer application within the integration application. The computing device further embeds a report generation application within the integration application. The computing device manages a medical workflow by controlling the archive application, the viewer application and the report generation application. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130735 | DRUG, TEST AND DEVICE CENTRIC CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT, ANALYTIC AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a system for communicating information relating to the utilization of drugs, tests and devices to diagnose and treat disease which comprises a user interface, a data processor, a hard drive, a modem, a first module for screening clinical and laboratory data relating to a patient to rank a drug, test, and/or device used by a user. The system further comprises a second module for notifying a user of a patient's response to that employed in said first module and a third module for re-evaluating a patient's response to the drug, test, and/or device, employed in the first module. Additionally, a fourth module can automatically select a relevant database related to the use of the drug, test, and/or device, and for ranking a patient's response to the third module; and a fifth module for collecting and storing a patient's data from the first, second, third and fourth modules. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130736 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS INVOLVING PHYSICIAN PAYMENT DATA - Methods and systems of managing physician payment data (PPD) may involve a data compilation system for compiling physician payment data from multiple sources; a data processing system for processing the compiled physician payment data; a data management system for creating a searchable database from the processed physician payment data; and a data distribution system for providing access to the searchable database. Exemplary embodiments of the invention may include a computer-implemented system for automated data compilation, processing, management, analysis, and distribution, such as facilitating online input, output, access and retrieval of PPD using software accessed via a network portal on the Internet. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130737 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRUBUTOR REPORTING AND ANALYSIS - In various embodiments, a research and development system that gathers feedback from patients and healthcare providers with respect to the their experience with various aspects of a supplier's products in order to tabulate, consolidate, compare and analyze the data received rapidly and efficiently, and which can be used on successive iterations to determine future products and services. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130738 | System Management Dashboard - A system and method for acquiring, compiling and displaying data indicative of healthcare data workflow within an integrated healthcare enterprise simplifies the monitoring and identification of inefficiencies such as bottlenecks in the enterprise. Information gathered from enterprise system components and data files are used to measure individual component performance. System alerts and messaging capabilities allow an enterprise administrator to remedy potential bottlenecks before problems arise. Remedial measures may be programmed into the system to automatically remedy inefficiencies as they are identified. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120136671 | MEDICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A medical scheduling system and method associating medical procedures and with medical resources, associating patients with medical procedures to form medical procedure instances, scheduling each medical procedure instance according to the availability of the medical resource associated with the medical procedure and according to medical priorities associated with the patients, the medical procedures and the resources. The A medical scheduling system and method additionally operative to simulate the effect of probable situations and events on the execution of the scheduled operation and to provide decision support information for contingency planning. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136672 | Automated Surgery Notification System - A hospital operating room schedule notification system is described, where a data pipe extracts operating room schedules from the scheduling systems of subscribing hospitals, and makes the operating room schedules available to subscribing surgeons and attending device representatives according to a variety of selectable options. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136673 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DETERMINING CHANGES IN LEVELS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS - An apparatus is provided for determining a change in a level of care for a patient(s). The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to determine that at least one of an admission of a patient to a health care facility, a discharge of the patient from the health care facility, or a transfer of the patient within the health care facility triggered a level of care change event associated with the patient. The processor is also configured to identify a care event(s) for the patient in response to determining that the level of care change event was triggered. The processor is also configured to generate a notification(s) to perform a task(s) associated with the care event(s) for the patient and associate the care event(s) and a task(s) with the triggered level of care change event. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136674 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND PRODUCTS FOR TRACKING SURGICAL ITEMS - Methods, systems, and products track equipment used during surgical procedures. An allowable zone associated with a surgical procedure is identified. The allowable zone determines where surgical items may be used during the procedure. A location of a surgical item is determined. When the location is outside the allowable zone, an alarm is triggered to indicate the surgical item is moving outside the allowable zone towards an area in which the surgical item may not be used. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136675 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING FORMULARIES - An system for constructing formularies is disclosed. The system includes a central computer system and at least one additional computer. The central computer system compiles a list of various pharmaceutical products and sort them into different categories. Formularies are then created by selecting individual products or categories of products that will be covered. When prescription claims are received, coverage is either accepted or denied based on whether the products in the prescription claims are covered by the formulary. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136676 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-DOMAIN ANOMALY PATTERN DEFINITION AND DETECTION - Disclosed herein is a multi-domain anomaly pattern definition and detection module. The module receives raw data from different kinds of anomalies from a variety of detection algorithms and generates scores associated with the data. If any scores exceed a threshold, the algorithm gathers further information such as counts or listings of detailed data for a geographic region. The detailed data can include emergency department and lab department data related to a particular health concern such as a respiratory syndrome. Summaries can identify anomalies and numbers of events according to geographic region and utilizing probability algorithms. Other databases such as animal data collected under the Department of Agriculture may also be utilized. The data is presented in a familiar form such as a map or a table such that a subject matter expert may determine whether to further investigate an anomaly as a potential risk, for example, a health risk. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136677 | RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The present invention relates to a radiation treatment planning system and a corresponding computer program product. The system comprises means for graphically displaying an image representing a target area | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120143617 | Systems and Methods for Clinical Trial Documenting Using a Mobile Communications Device - Systems and methods presented herein may involve documenting clinical trials through use of a mobile communications device, such as a camera phone. Using the mobile communications device, the participant may record video of themselves administering a health intervention that is the subject of the clinical trial and/or report serious adverse events that occur. The video clips may be sent to a documentation server for documentation. The documentation server may also route serious adverse event notifications to a plurality of locations, such as the doctor's office, the study center, and/or the pharmaceutical company that developed the health intervention being tested. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143618 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SERVICE AND CARE IN A HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION - A method for improving the quality of healthcare, efficiency, and patient satisfaction procedures is provided. The method includes conducting at least a first survey of patients regarding care provided before, during, and after a procedure, wherein the survey focuses on benchmarks identified as being relevant to quality of care. The method further includes entering the results of the first survey into a database configured to store the results, reviewing the results of the first survey to determine the quality of care provided during the procedure, identifying incidences of poor quality of care, and comparing the results of the first survey with results of surveys taken from other patients to recognize patterns of poor quality of care. The method further includes addressing the incidences of poor quality of care by developing methods to address the recognized incidences of poor quality of care. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143619 | Telecommunications System for Monitoring and for Enabling a Communication Chain Between Care Givers and Benefactors and for Providing Alert Notification to Designated Recipients - A service for facilitating monitoring of individuals on behalf of one or more caregivers has an Internet-connected server, software executing from a digital storage medium associated with the server, an interactive interface provided by the software for enabling individuals to input information and to access the service, and information stored in a data repository associated with the server regarding at least contact data for the individuals, media files representing recorded voice messages, and schedule parameters for initiating and processing call requests directed from the one or more caregivers. The one or more caregivers may subscribe to the service and may provide specific contact data and configuration data for system use and wherein the system may according to schedule initiate proxy contact attempts on behalf of the one or more caregivers based on the contact and configuration data, including reporting contact attempt results and recording and forwarding any contact replies. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143620 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PATIENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO A PROVIDER - A method and system for determining a patient's responsibility to a provider includes a point of service device and a patient responsibility calculator. The point of service device receives information from the patient upon the patient checking in at the provider's location. Upon check in, the patient responsibility calculator determines substantially in real-time the amount owed by the patient for a service to be rendered prior to the patient receiving the service. The patient responsibility calculator utilizes information regarding the patient's insurance plan from the patient's insurance provider to determine the amount owed by the patient for the services. Once the amount owed by the patient is calculated, the point of service device prompts the patient for payment and processes payment. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143621 | HEALTH CARE DEVICE, METHOD AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR HEALTH CARE - A health care management method and device which display information to identify a first patient, display information on a health state of the first patient based on a bio-information measurement value of the first patient, display a user interface to display information on a health state of a second patient, and display information on a health state of the second patient based on a bio-information measurement value of the second patient. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143622 | Genetic Data Analysis and Database Tools - A computerized tool and method for delivery of pharmacogenetic and pharmacological information, comprising a core system having algorithms and databases for storing, collating, accessing, cross-referencing, and interpreting genetic and pharmacologic data, with a graphical user interface for a client network of providers of laboratory genetic testing services to access the core services under contract. The system includes “paypoints” in support of improved business models. Included are mechanisms for ‘pass through’ third party and insurance reimbursement for interpretive reports, insurance reimbursement for on-line access to pharmacogenetic information at the point of care, tools for market segmentation, and a conversion tool for capturing new subscribers. Also disclosed are tools and predictive algorithms for preventing drug-drug and drug-gene adverse drug reactions. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143623 | RULE BASED DECISION SUPPORT AND PATIENT-SPECIFIC VISUALIZATION SYSTEM FOR OPTIMAL CANCER STAGING - A system including a display and a processor and a corresponding method for identifying a tumor in a patient image, classifying the tumor based on a predetermined classification system and determining a recommendation regarding a lymph node biopsy based on the tumor identified in the patient image, the classification of the tumor and a predetermined rule. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120150553 | SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING CREATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ITEM LISTS WITH UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION CODES FOR ITEMS AND ASSOCIATING THE LISTS TO SPONSOR'S PAYMENT FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARD PROGRAMS - A system is provided for multiple retailers to participate in restricted spend card programs. A retailer infrastructure includes a point of sale server coupled to a store concentrator and to a product tables/price book(s). An adjudication processor is coupled to the retailer. A catalog management processor includes a server coupled to the adjudication processor. The catalog management processor creates a catalog of UPC's for each of a participating retailer. Each catalog includes first and second sets of UPC data. The first set is for national brand products and the second set is for retailer private label products. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150554 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT CREATE A PSEUDO PRESCIPTION FROM TRANSACTION DATA GENERATED DURING A POINT OF SALE PURCHASE AT A FRONT OF A STORE - A method is provided for creating a Pseudo-prescription for over the counter items. A retailer infrastructure is provided that includes a point of sale server coupled to a store concentrator and to a product tables/price book(s). An adjudication processor and a claims processor with a process control server are also provided. A Pseudo-prescription is created that contains an NDC for each over-the-counter item being purchased prior to determining if the claims processor. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150555 | CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT - A system for clinical decision support comprises subsystems for identifying a plurality of patient information types used in a decision rule of a clinical decision support system; accessing at least one data repository for verifying presence of patient information elements relating to a particular patient; determining which of the patient information types used in the decision rule have corresponding patient information elements relating to the particular patient; and presenting an indication of completeness of the available information relating to the particular patient in view of the information types having corresponding patient information elements or the patient information types lacking corresponding patient information elements. The presenting may be performed by a medical imaging workstation. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150556 | Device and Method for Automatic Data Acquisition and/or Detection - Methods and devices for providing diabetes management including automatic time acquisition protocol is provided. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150557 | SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION OF HEALTH CARE DATA - An apparatus for communicating health care data from a sender to a receiver is provided. The apparatus has a first computer system, a second computer system, and a rules engine. The first computer system has health care data stored therein. The second computer system is in operable communication with, and is configured to extract the health care data from, the first computer system. The rules engine normalizes the extracted health care data to a predefined format. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150558 | SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION OF HEALTH CARE DATA - An apparatus for communicating health care data from a sender to a receiver is provided. The apparatus has a first computer system, a second computer system, and a rules engine. The first computer system has health care data stored therein. The second computer system is in operable communication with, and is configured to extract the health care data from, the first computer system. The rules engine normalizes the extracted health care data to a predefined format. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120158419 | HEALTHCARE PROVIDER HYGIENE COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In one embodiment, a method for monitoring hygienic compliance in a medical institution includes detecting presence of a healthcare provider in a patient area and identifying the healthcare provider to produce provider identification data. The monitoring method also includes detecting usage of a cleansing medium by the healthcare provider to produce usage data. The method includes transmitting the healthcare provider identification data and the usage data to an institutional information system. The monitoring method also includes associating the healthcare provider identification data and the usage data to provide a record of hygienic compliance for the healthcare provider. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158420 | DETERMINING CLINICAL TRIAL CANDIDATES FROM AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED NON-PERSONALLY IDENTIFABLE DEMOGRAPHICS - Non-personally identifiable demographics associated with a patient during a communication session can be collected. The patient can be associated with one or more healthcare providers which can be associated with a one or more healthcare professionals. The demographics can be compared against a clinical trial profile associated with a clinical trial. The clinical trial profile can specify one or more target group parameters associated with a target group of the clinical trial. The clinical trial can be associated with a clinical research organization and/or a sponsor. When the comparing produces a match between the demographics and the profile, a clinical trial can be identified as suitable for the patient. Related apparatus, methods, systems and articles are also described. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158421 | FUNCTIONALITY FOR PROVIDING CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT - An information management system (IMS) is described herein that provides supplemental information to a user who is interacting with an application module. In one implementation, the IMS includes a collection system, an information extraction module, and a notification system. The collection system provides collected information from one or more information sources. The information extraction module extracts application information from the application module, even though the application module may lack a native interface for providing the application information. The analysis engine determines supplemental information to present to the user based on the collected information and the application information. And the notification information provides notification information which alerts the user to the existence of the supplemental information. In one scenario, the IMS can be applied in a healthcare-related domain. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158422 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for scheduling appointments in healthcare environments are described. An example computer implemented method of automatically scheduling a medical appointment includes enabling a first device associated with a patient to communicate with a provider scheduling system and inputting a patient schedule onto the provider scheduling system. The example method includes identifying a time slot, using a computer, at which both the patient schedule and a provider schedule have an open time slot and identifying a time and a location of a first appointment proximate to the open time slot based on the patient schedule. The example method includes determining an estimated travel time between the location of the first appointment and a location of a second appointment and determining a patient availability to schedule the second appointment in the open time slot based on the time of the first appointment and the estimated travel time between the location of the first appointment and the location of the second appointment. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158423 | System and Method for Radiology Report Recall Monitoring - The system and method checks patient data stored in a database to determine the number of breast mammography recalls that are outstanding and the volume of cases that a practice undertakes. That data is used to calculate an index which provides an indication of malpractice risk. The method further involves monitoring that index continually in order to determine if a radiology practice is outside the norm relative to other practices and to issue an alert if so. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN THE HOME TREATMENT OF A MEDICAL CONDITION - An interactive home treatment system and method is disclosed. Patient data is collected via a handheld device and stored in a database. The data may be related to self-treatments, symptoms, or patient behavior. The data are analyzed with an analytic tool and the analysis is used to generate a message that is transmitted to a treating health care professional or to the patient, or both. A set of predetermined rules may be applied to the data. The rules may be modified by the treating health care professional, the patient, or both. The handheld device, the database, and the analytic tool may be web-enabled to facilitate communication from virtually anywhere. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158425 | Pharmacy Workflow Process - A method of verifying a prescription (Rx) dispensed by a pharmacy includes the steps of: (a) entering host computer Rx identifying information about a prescription into a pharmacy host computer; (b) fulfilling the prescription with an automated pharmaceutical dispensing machine; (c) entering Rx identifying indicia for the prescription into an automated will call system; (d) automatically correlating the Rx identifying indicia for the prescription to the host computer Rx identifying information for the prescription; (e) responsive to a retrieval request, inquiring whether the prescription is verified via steps (b), (c) and (d); and (f) providing the verified prescription to a retriever of the prescription. This process can enable a prescription to be verified automatically, thereby saving the pharmacist time and labor. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158426 | SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION OF HEALTH CARE DATA - An apparatus for communicating health care data from a sender to a receiver is provided. The apparatus has a first computer system, a second computer system, and a rules engine. The first computer system has health care data stored therein. The second computer system is in operable communication with, and is configured to extract the health care data from, the first computer system. The rules engine normalizes the extracted health care data to a predefined format. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158427 | PHARMACY PERSONAL CARE ACCOUNT - A method for providing insurance coverage to a subscriber comprises offering an insurance policy to the subscriber wherein the insurance policy comprises providing allowances to pay for one or more expenses covered by the insurance policy and providing monetary credits to the subscriber for any unused portion of a given allowance where the monetary credits can be used to cover the cost of a subsequent allowed expense. The insurance policy may be a pharmacy benefits plan. The covered expenses may be pharmacy expenses. The allowed expenses may be medical expenses which qualify under Section 213 of the US Internal Revenue Code for payment by an employer without the subscriber having to declare the payment as taxable income. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120166207 | MEDICATION SYNCHRONIZER - Example systems and methods for medication synchronization is provided. An example method includes obtaining information regarding a first and a second refillable prescription, each refillable prescription associated with a medication prescribed to a patient, wherein the prescriptions are to be filled at a first and a second time. The method includes determining an amount of the second medication to fill at the second time, such that both the first and second prescriptions are to be refilled at a third time. The method includes updating the second prescription based on the determined amount of the second medication to fill, the second prescription to be refilled at the third time. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166208 | AUTOMATED CLUSTERING FOR PATIENT DISPOSITION - The described concepts relate to automated patient disposition. One example can receive a clinician's disposition for a patient. This implementation can perform parameter-based cluster analysis on the patient and a set of patients to identify a sub-set of the patients with which the patient has a high similarity. This example can also cause a graphical user interface to be generated that conveys parameters from the sub-set of the patients and the patient. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166209 | DETERMINING CLINICAL TRIAL CANDIDATES FROM AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED NON-PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE DEMOGRAPHICS - Non-personally identifiable demographics associated with a patient during a communication session can be collected. The patient can be associated with one or more healthcare providers which can be associated with a one or more healthcare professionals. The demographics can be compared against a clinical trial profile associated with a clinical trial. The clinical trial profile can specify one or more target group parameters associated with a target group of the clinical trial. The clinical trial can be associated with a clinical research organization and/or a sponsor. When the comparing produces a match between the demographics and the profile, a clinical trial can be identified as suitable for the patient. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166210 | LIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A system for a person receiving assistance with living activities includes a computer system providing capability (a) to provide information on an assisted person's living activities, and (b) to manage elements of commercial transactions between the assisted person and vendors. An assisted-person portal provides capability for an assisted person to initiate commercial transactions with vendors. A care-provider portal provides capability for the care provider (i) to access information about the assisted person's living activities, and (ii) to manage transactions initiated by the assisted person. Information on an assisted person's living activities may include data from sensors of the assisted person's movements, biometric data collection activity, biometric readings, and information about instrumental activities of daily living. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166211 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AIDING IMAGING DIAGNOSIS USING MEDICAL IMAGE, AND IMAGE DIAGNOSIS AIDING SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of aiding an imaging diagnosis is provided. The method includes receiving a medical image and a current electronic medical record (EMR) of a patient, acquiring image analysis profiles used in a plurality of different image analysis modes from EMRs corresponding to the received current EMR among EMRs stored in an EMR database, analyzing the received medical image according to each of the image analysis modes by using the acquired image analysis profiles, and generating a plurality of diagnostic images respectively corresponding to the image analysis modes on the basis of the analyzed medical image. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166212 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE BASED MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC CODE IDENTIFICATION, ACCUMULATION, ANALYSIS AND AUTOMATIC CLAIM PROCESS ADJUDICATION - A context sensitive methodology, a Structured Virtual Construct (SVC) system, data tagging techniques, and an apparatus are provided for performing Medical Code-based decision-making involving the matching of a given medical identified element against one or more of a set of known or reference medical identified elements from history or other data elements. A satisfactory decision is achieved as a function of both aggregated ranking (AR) and account adjudication (AA), where account adjudication refers to the full set of values garnered by the Medical Code accumulation process in the process of generating approval/denial/re-classification/of medical diagnosis and/or claim events. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166213 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INDEXING AND CATALOGUING OF ORTHODONTIC RELATED TREATMENT PROFILES AND OPTIONS - Method and system for providing an orthodontic profile indexing and treatment plan including comparing an initial patient condition in each of a plurality of dentition categories with one or more reference conditions in each of the plurality of dentition categories, wherein each of the one or more reference conditions has a corresponding representation, selecting at least one reference condition in one or more of the plurality of dentition categories, where each selected reference condition is similar to the initial patient condition in a same dentition category, and generating a patient identifier based on the corresponding representations of each selected reference condition is provided. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166214 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING WORK LISTS FOR MEDICAL IMAGING PROCEDURES - A work list management method and system is disclosed herewith. The method of maintaining a work list for medical imaging procedures comprises accessing at least one data source by a processor for job information relating to medical imaging procedures; automatically refreshing a work list in regular intervals; the work list being displayed to a clinician performing the imaging procedure; and generating at least one alert based on the new job information in the work list. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166215 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICATION ADAPTATION RATE - According to the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, a medication support device recognizes an identification code provided to a medicine packet, and provides a notification service (e.g., notification of not-taken medication, notification of taking medication, notification of next medication, and notification of outdoor medication) according to a medication schedule corresponding to the recognized identification code to check a medication status, and a medication management server receives the identification code recognized by the medication support device or a medication status of the user to transmit a medication schedule or synchronize the medication schedule with the medication status of the user so that medication adaptation rate of a user may be improved by systematically managing medication of the user in home, hospital, and medical institution. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166216 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICATION - Disclosed are a system and method for managing medication. In detail, a user terminal notifies a user of taking medicine and recognizes whether the medicine has been taken by receiving a medication schedule corresponding to an identification code of prescription from a medication management server or generating the medication schedule for itself to thereby interoperate with a medication support device, or the user terminal recognizes whether the medicine has been taken by using a medicine packet and a medicine content area without depending on the medication support device so that a user may easily take a medicine according to the medication schedule and a medication management service may be provided through the user terminal even when the user goes out or moves. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166217 | Method for Quantifying the Science of Medicine - Systems and methods for providing a quantification value associated with each and every medical procedure, practice, diagnosis, or combinations thereof for providing automated benchmarking for best practices and for quantifying the science of medicine. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166218 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REAL-TIME CUSTOMIZABLE MEDICAL SEARCH ANALYTICS - The present invention relates to the creation of a program which institutes a series of standardized objective metrics for customizable comparative analysis, in keeping with the individual priorities and preferences of the individual consumer. The derived analytics can in turn be tracked and analyzed by the program in order to determine use, satisfaction, and outcomes (i.e., performance); as they relate to both consumers and providers of both services and products of interest. While the present invention can be applied to essentially any service or product-related industry; the primary focus of discussion will relate to medicine; pertaining to both medical service delivery, as well as the various medical products (e.g., pharmaceuticals, medical devices) in use. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120173253 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REDUCING THE BURDEN ON SCHEDULING SYSTEMS BY FORECASTING A DEMAND FOR MEDICAL RESOURCES - The present invention generates a forecast factor indicating an anticipated demand for a medical resource in a medical facility during a selected time period. The invention generates the forecast factor using billing data retrieved from one or more billing data systems wherein the retrieved billing data is from a prior time period that is comparable to the selected time period. The invention may also generate a schedule of the medical resource using the determined forecast factor such that the generated schedule may substantially correspond to the anticipated demand for the medical resource during the selected time period. In addition, the invention may also generate one or more displays of the determined forecast factor to a user and may also receive a user input for selecting and/or modifying the protocol used to determine the forecast factor. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173254 | LOAD BALANCING AND ASSIGNING MEDICATION REQUESTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for load balancing medication requests. In one embodiment, a medication server may receive medications requests. The medication server may then load balance the medication requests and assign them to one or more medication filling devices for filling based at least in part on the load balancing. The one or more medication filling devices can then process and fill the assigned medication requests. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173255 | MODES AND WORKFLOWS FOR PROCESSING MEDICATION REQUESTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for processing medication requests. In one embodiment, a user may define an operational mode that can be initiated by one or more triggers. A user may also define one or more workflows for processing medication requests. The one or more workflows can be associated with the operational mode. In response to the occurrence of the appropriate triggers, the operational mode can automatically, semi-automatically, and/or manually be initiated. When the operational mode is initiated, the associated workflows are used for processing medication requests. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173256 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN ONLINE PATIENT COMMUNITY BASED ON "STRUCTURED DIALOG" - A system for an online community based on Structured Dialogs offering organizations the opportunity to create online communities and have a dialog with users on their status, condition, and progress without the risk of adverse event reports by users. The system may include an interface that limits user communication to Structured Dialogs comprising controlled vocabulary elements of specific choices, including pop-ups, drop downs, and sliders. The system includes a personal health and wellness management tool coupled with the community to enable the user to manage his or her medication and condition using Structured Dialogs and thus making the interaction more interesting and effective for users. The system may also include an information repository “Info” Layer that can offer articles that are relevant to users. The “We”, “Me” and “Info” Layers can share statistics and Structured Dialogs data. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173257 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING GEOLOCATION TO WORKFLOWS USING MOBILE MEDICAL CLIENTS - Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus for healthcare configuration based on location information. An example method for location-driven configuration of a healthcare system includes receiving location information from a location device; predicting a destination of the location device based on the location information and one or more parameters associated with the location device; and communicating with a healthcare system at the destination to configure the healthcare system based on the one or more parameters associated with the location device. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173258 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHCARE DATA - Methods and apparatus for providing clinical decision support to a healthcare provider. Eligibility criteria and quality measure information for a plurality of performance-based programs is stored and shared quality measures across performance-based programs are identified. Provider and patient characteristics are compared to the stored eligibility criteria and quality measure information to determine which quality measures apply to which providers and patients of the providers. A healthcare provider is provided with a notification at the point of care indicating a recommended action that, when performed by the healthcare provider will satisfy a quality measure in compliance with one or more performance-based programs. Customized reports may be generated and transmitted to program sponsors of performance-based programs, based on formatting rules specified by the program sponsors. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173259 | System and Method for Scheduling Medical Procedures - Present embodiments are directed to a system and method for calculating an estimated procedure time. Specifically present embodiments include systems and methods for estimating a procedure time for a patient to undergo an imaging procedure. The estimated procedure time may be calculated with a difficulty score that is used to adjust a base procedure time associated with a procedure protocol for the imaging procedure. Present embodiments are also directed to scheduling an amount of time corresponding to the estimated procedure time on a schedule. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173260 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WORKFLOW AUTOMATION FOR MDT REFERRAL - Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus for multidisciplinary team review of a referred patient. Certain examples provide a multidisciplinary team patient referral system. The system includes a user interface to facilitate user selection of a patient for multidisciplinary review. The system includes a subscription service to generate a subscription for a user to automatically notify the user of multidisciplinary team events related to the patient based on a parameter of the subscription. The system includes a multidisciplinary meeting module to facilitate a multidisciplinary team review of the patient to develop an evaluation for the patient. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173261 | PRESENTING AGENT ORDER SUGGESTIONS TO CLINICIANS - Computerized systems and methods are provided for automatically providing order and details suggestions to healthcare users. Healthcare users such as physicians often place the same small number of orders with the same details over and over again. A usage pattern warehouse may be employed to track and determine the user's order patterns. The usage pattern warehouse may assign a weighted score to the agent orders based upon volume and recency. User text input is matched to agent orders within the historical order information and a listing of most likely agent orders is provided to the user. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173262 | INTERNET-BASED NETWORK FOR SUPPORTING THE HARVESTING, PHOTO-ACTIVATION, CATALOGUING, TRACKING AND MANAGING ASPIRATED FAT TISSUE SAMPLES INCLUDING STEM CELLS THEREIN - An Internet-based network supporting the harvesting, photo-activation, cataloguing, tracking and managing of aspirated fat tissue samples, including auto-grafts of adipose tissue and adipocyte derived stem cells (ASCs), catalogued in a tissue storage/banking system, for re-injection into patients to repair or construct skin, cartilage, bone, muscle and/or cardiac tissue. The network employs RFID-tagged issue collection and processing devices for use in autografting of fat tissue and ASC-enriched cellular components, in an elegantly simple manner, employing manual or mechanically-assisted fat tissue reinjection devices, while completely avoiding the need for decanting, tissue transfers, autoclaving, and/or straining operations in a self-contained sterile field involving container transfers. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173263 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THERAPY PROGRAMS - Methods and systems for implementation of therapy programs are described. In one embodiment, it is determined that a member is enrolled in a drug benefit program. It is determined that a decision deadline has occurred for continuing an aspect of a benefit of the drug benefit program. It is determined that a decision response has not been received from the member. A suspension of the aspect of the benefit of the drug benefit program is generated based on the determination that the decision response has not been received from the member. Other methods and systems are described. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173264 | FACILITATING IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL HEALTH COMPLICATIONS - Methods, computer storage media, systems and user interfaces for facilitating avoidance of potential health complications are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying risk data that indicates a potential health risk to a patient. The risk data is used to determine a potential health complication that may arise in association with the patient. A plan of care is generated for the patient based on the potential health complication that may arise in association with the patient. Such a plan of care may include an action(s) to perform in association with the patient in an effort to avoid the potential health complication. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173265 | DEVELOPING AND MANAGING PERSONALIZED PLANS OF HEALTH - Methods, computer storage media, systems and user interfaces for facilitating development of personalized plans of health are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes referencing clinical data associated with a patient that was previously captured from a plurality of sources at corresponding clinical encounters. The clinical data can include static data that does not change over the lifetime of the patient and dynamic data that does change over the lifetime of the patient. The clinical data and evidence-based data are used to develop a personalized plan of health for the patient. Such a personalized plan of health provides a plan of health care for the patient in accordance with aggregate healthcare history of the patient. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173266 | REIMBURSING CARE PROVIDERS BASED ON PERFORMED ACTIONS - Methods, computer storage media, systems and user interfaces for reimbursing care providers using care tickets are provided. In embodiments, the method includes identifying a medically appropriate action(s) to perform during a clinical encounter for a patient that, if performed, results in a reimbursement to a care provider. The medically appropriate action(s) to perform during the clinical encounter for the patient is provided. An indication that the medically appropriate action(s) has been performed during the clinical encounter is received. Based on the performance of the medically appropriate action(s), reimbursement to the care provider is automatically initiated. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173267 | Database System for Medical Back-Office - The present invention is comprised of a database system for medical back office for managing the day to day and long term operations of one or more outpatient surgery center or other type of health care facility such as a hospital. The present invention is further comprised of a customizable modular programming structure configured to perform fast processing of vast amounts of data providing comprehensive data search retrieval with flexible filtering by any data field or multiple data fields using one or more component module that quickly interface with the existing program structure and jointly operate with the other multi-tasking functions on a real-time basis. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173268 | Automated Medical Matrix for Diagnosing and Scheduling Patients - The present invention is comprised of an automated medical matrix for diagnosing and scheduling patients for providing automated treatment selection cross referenced to a diagnosis, ordering, scheduling and insurance health plan pre-approvals within a medical center such as a surgery center or hospital. The present invention is further comprised of an automated treatment outcome results scoring system to rank the most effective treatment available being used in a medical center. The present invention is further comprised of modules that automatically coordinates treatment appointments between various medical center departments and automatically completes forms preparations for ordering the treatment, get insurance plan pre-approvals and billing processes to reduce staff time to perform the same tasks manually and increase effective treatment selection, shorten patient waiting time for treatments and reduce liability risk of poorly selected treatments. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173269 | Automated Monitoring and Aftercare for Obesity Patients Following Surgery - The present invention is comprised of an interactive outpatient internet based network for providing automated outpatient medical follow up and support services. The present invention is further comprised of automated interactive customized modules to provide medical personnel with daily reports on outpatient treatment progress and condition. The present invention is further comprised of modules that create a cost effective interactive connection between an outpatient and medical staff where distance and lack of contact places an outpatient at greater risk of relapse and prevent medical personnel from performing desired follow up services. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173270 | Automated Creation and Maintenance of Nutritional Regimen for Obesity Patients After Surgical Procedures - The present invention is comprised of an interactive outpatient internet based network for providing automated outpatient medical follow up and support services. The present invention is further comprised of automated interactive customized modules to provide medical personnel with daily reports on outpatient treatment progress and condition. The present invention is further comprised of modules that create a cost effective interactive connection between an outpatient and medical staff where distance and lack of contact can place an outpatient at greater risk of relapse and prevent medical personnel from performing desired follow up services. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173271 | Automated Food Preparation and Delivery for Aftercare of Obesity Patients Following Surgical Procedures - The present invention is comprised of an interactive outpatient internet based network for providing automated outpatient medical follow up and support services. The present invention is further comprised of automated interactive customized modules to provide medical personnel with daily reports on outpatient treatment progress and condition. The present invention is further comprised of modules that create a cost effective interactive connection between an outpatient and medical staff where distance and lack of contact can place an outpatient at greater risk of relapse and prevent medical personnel from performing desired follow up services. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173272 | Automated System and Method for Processing Obesity Patients - The present invention is comprised of automated system and method for processing an obesity patient for automating the processing of an obesity patient desiring a weight loss medical procedure. The present invention is further comprised of a health insurance plan processing module to automatically verify insurance plan approval of a weight loss medical procedure. The present invention is further comprised of one or more customized automated modules to record and process information that is shared by processing participants. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173273 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO PHYSICIANS UNDER AN ACCOUNTABLE CARE MODEL - The present invention provides a method of providing a monetary incentive to a health care provider, typically a physician, responsible for treatment decisions of a patient with a condition during an episode of care. Once the patient identity and condition are obtained, a baseline value related to treatment of the condition can be associated. Thereafter, all the claims processed during the episode of care of the patient for the condition can be summed to obtain a total treatment cost. If the total treatment is less than the baseline value, then a monetary incentive can be provided to the provider based upon that episode of care. The healthcare provider may be a member of a managed care organization, such as an accountable care organization, and the monetary incentive may be modified based on time interval for the episode of care. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173274 | VALIDATED HEALTHCARE CLEANING AND SANITIZING PRACTICES - A validated healthcare facility cleaning and sanitizing system provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to cleaning and sanitizing practices at a hospital or other healthcare facility. The validated hospital cleaning system identifies hospital vectors of contamination; that is, sources through which hospital acquired infections (HAIs) may be spread. The validated system defines a plurality of modules within a healthcare facility, each having an associated cleaning process map designed to meet the particular cleaning and/or sanitizing needs and challenges faced by that module. Various stages of the cleaning process map include validation points, at which certain parameters designed to ensure proper cleaning and/or sanitizing of the module are verified. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173275 | HEALTH REMINDERS PROVIDED BY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ENTITIES USING PROMPTS FOR APPLICATIONS OR QUESTIONNAIRES FOR INPUTTED END USER DATA STORED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA - The present methods and systems of this invention provide health reminders or health awareness tools from product or service providers to individual end users using applications or questionnaires for inputted end user data stored on computer readable media that are not specific to the product or service being provided by the entity that is providing the health reminder, wherein such methods can also include where advertisements for products and services are provided with such health reminders as an additional service to the end user that may be appreciated by the end user in order to identify the benefits of such health reminders with the goodwill of such product or service providers and which may result in increased use or purchase of such unrelated products or services that are associated with such entities or companies providing the health reminders as a beneficial free service of the product or service provider entity. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120179478 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for the Real-Time and Individualized Prediction of Health and Economic Outcomes - Provided herein are computer-implemented platforms, systems, products, devices, modules and methods for the real-time, individualized, and probabilistic-based prediction of a health or economic outcome of a patient or healthcare provider therapy using emerging health or economic data. Also provided herein is the transformation of emerging health or economic data to predict a health or economic outcome of a patient. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179479 | Method and System for Remote Tele-Health Services - A method and system includes an enclosure comprising a plurality of vital signs monitoring devices, a patient chair comprising a plurality of medical sensors, a weight scale, a height measurement device, a video monitor and a first camera for videoconference calls. A second camera is for skin and orifice inspection. A sanitization device sanitizes air and interior surfaces of the cabin. An air management device is operable for sanitizing air entering the cabin. A door has an electrically operated lock. Contaminates on a floor of the cabin are detected. Sanitation of the cabin is initiated. A patient is admitted into the cabin. A videoconference is initiated between the patient and a remote medical practitioner at a medical call center. Data is captured and transmitted to the remote medical practitioner for diagnosis. Prescriptions are processed for the patient. Additional test requests for the patient are processed. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179480 | Obtaining Patient Survey Results - Systems and techniques are disclosed for determining a health risk assessment score for a patient who did not complete a health risk assessment. In some implementations, the health risk assessment score can be determined for the patient who did not respond based on a behavior prediction score obtained for the patient who did not respond, behavior prediction scores for patients who did respond to the health risk assessment, and health risk assessment scores for the patients who did respond. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179481 | Recommending Prescription Information - System and techniques are disclosed for determining a recommended prescription. In some examples, a recommended prescription can be determined by obtaining a behavior prediction score for a patient, wherein the behavior prediction score is based at least in part on a likelihood of adherence of the patient to a prescribed treatment; and determining a recommended prescription, from various previously provided prescriptions, based on the behavior prediction score and prescription scores of the various previously provided prescriptions; and providing the recommended prescription for display. The prescription scores can indicate a likely effect of the various previously provided prescriptions on adherence. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179482 | Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting user input relating to a plurality of health service option selection factors; presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors; and presenting at least one outcome output based on a selection of at least one of the plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179483 | REFERRAL CREATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM - Methods and computer programs for tracking referrals received from one or more referring persons to a professional are disclosed. The method may include receiving, from a referring person of the one or more referring persons, an electronic instruction to print a paper copy of referral data associated with a referral from the referring person. The method may additionally include storing the referral data in first and second portions of a database in response to receiving the electronic instruction, wherein the first portion is accessible via the Internet by the referring person and the second portion is accessible via the Internet by the professional. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179484 | DIABETES-RELATED BIOMARKERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The invention describes biomarkers which can be used to predict the likelihood that an individual will develop Diabetes. The biomarkers can also be used to screen large groups in order to identify individuals at risk of developing Diabetes. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179485 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED CARE MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for managing the care of care receivers using a care management system are disclosed. One embodiment includes a care management server configured to communicate with at least one care provider client, where the care provider client is configured to provide a user interface for receiving care management instructions; where the care management server is configured to receive care management instructions from the at least one care provider client and store the care management instructions in a care management database; receive data concerning the status of a care recipient and store the received data concerning the status of the care recipient in the care management database; analyze the data concerning the status of the care recipient within the care management database in accordance with the care management instructions; and send notifications to the care provider client based upon the analysis of the care management database. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179486 | INDIVIDUALIZED ALLOCATION OF HEALTH RESOURCES - The present invention discloses methods, computer program and system to overcome the limitation of the current clinical practice. This is achieved by using information technology and the vast amount of epidemiological data available to create algorithms that calculate the risk or severity profile of an individual with any given disease. The individual profile presents the current condition and/or position of the individual in comparison with the mean base curve of the total population and in accordance with upper and lower risk limits. The individual profile is then fitted with its optimal use of healthcare resources, such as medication, surgery, laser treatment, surveillance and follow-up, to optimize and individualize the health outcome of this individual, and at the same time optimize and individualize the allocation of healthcare resources within the system. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179487 | METHOD FOR MEASURING HEALTH CARE QUALITY - A method is presented for measuring the recovery of a medical treatment provider's patients from a given medical condition. During treatment and recovery, a patient periodically takes a survey to report the current intensity of the signs and symptoms caused by his/her medical condition. The patient also assigns a weight to each sign/symptom, indicating the relative intensity of his/her desire to eliminate it. The product of the intensity of a sign or symptom and its corresponding weight measures the diminishment of quality of life. An outcomes measure, measurable in quality-adjusted life-years, compares a patient's predicted recovery, which is rendered by an independent source at the time the patient's diagnosis is determined, with the patient's actual recovery. Outcomes measures for a provider's patients with a given medical condition and with similar predicted recoveries are combined to produce an unbiased, risk-adjusted outcomes index that can be compared with that of other providers. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179488 | MEDICINE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MEDICINE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A medicine management apparatus includes: a medicine storage ( | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120185263 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT PLANS - A method for managing payments between a prescription drug benefits manager (PBM), a pharmacy, and a client of the PBM is described. The payments are made in accordance with a prescription drug benefits plan offered by the client to an individual and managed by the PBM. The method includes receiving transaction data associated with a first prescription drug transaction from the pharmacy, the transaction data including data identifying the prescription drug benefits plan and data identifying a first medication and a dosage of the first medication. The method also includes determining at least one of a pharmacy discount goal and a client discount goal. The method also includes determining at least one of an actual pharmacy discount provided by the PBM to the pharmacy over a predefined period of time, and an actual client discount provided by the PBM to the client over the predefined period of time. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185264 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING PRESCRIPTION DATA AND DE-DUPLICATION - A prescription association system and method for grouping together prescription-related transactions and creating groups or “clusters” of prescriptions having similar characteristics. Through an association process, the prescription cluster describes the events surrounding prescription activity. This includes prescribing patterns, payer influences, and patient acceptance of therapy. The same prescription transaction from one data provider may contain additional or different information that can enhance a corresponding duplicate transaction or set of claim lifecycle transactions from another provider. The disclosed processes create unique linking across claims, payers, and patients and form the basis for relating and measuring payer, patient, practitioner, and pharmaceutical promotion influences on healthcare utilization and treatment. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185265 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT PREPARATION FOR A HEALTH CARE FACILITY VISIT - In various embodiments, a vehicle user may prepare for a health care facility visit. Information identifying one or more health facilities may be received at a vehicle computer. Based on the health facility identifying information, data representing one or more electronic patient information records for the health facility may be received. The electronic patient information record(s) may be prepared based on vehicle user health information received at a vehicle computer. The electronic patient information record(s) may be stored and/or transmitted in response to vehicle-based event(s). | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185266 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING AND COMPARING MEDICAL TREATMENTS - An evaluative software tool to support the assessment of health care-related technologies during development to facilitate making critical decisions for an optimized research, development and commercialization plan is provided. The software tool includes the ability to measure, weight, and integrate the critical factors that come into play in the development of a risk/benefit profile of a technology relative to its competitors, benchmarked around clinical trial measures, in order to determine its development and commercialization success. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185267 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Electronic Patient Care - A system for electronic patient care includes a hub. The hub is configured to monitor a patient-care device. The sandbox may be configured to control access to at least one of a hardware resource and a software resource. The hub is further configured to identify the patient-care device and execute an application to monitor the patient-care device. The hub executes the application within the sandbox component such that the application accesses the at least one of the hardware resource and the software resource through the sandbox component. The hub may be further configured to control the patient-care device. The hub may be further configured to receive an identification from the patient-care device and download the application from a server associated with the identification. The hub may be further configured to receive an identification from the patient-care device and update the application from a server associated with the identification. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185268 | System And Method For Patient Identification In A Remote Monitoring System - A patient monitoring system for remote monitoring of medical devices. The system includes a medical device, a patient identification device and a wireless relay module. The relay module receives patient identification information from the patient identification device and medical device identification from the medical device via a wireless relay network, and transmits this information to the remote monitoring device via an internet-accessible wireless communications network. The remote monitoring device returns an acknowledgement status to the relay module, which the relay module transmits to the medical device. Upon receipt of an acknowledgment status indicating that the patient's use of the medical device is authorized, the medical device transmits medical device data to the relay module via the wireless relay network, and the relay module relays the medical device data to the remote monitoring device via the internet-accessible wireless communications network. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185269 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS COMBINING PRINT AND AUDIO TECHNOLOGIES TO DELIVER AND PERSONALIZE HEALTH INFORMATION - Systems and methods for delivering health information by combining print and audio information are provided. The systems utilize prerecorded audio systems, with or without recordable audio systems, in conjunction with print material to deliver individualized, patient-specific health information and/or instructions to a patient or caregiver. The method allows patients to collect and retain personalized, voice-recorded health material in the same location as printed and prerecorded health information. The present invention overcomes the limitations of the prior art by to provide to a patient or caregiver the ability to store, record, and deliver audio voice-recorded material along with print material in order to deliver individualized health information | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185270 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS - An apparatus, a method, and a computer program product are provided. The apparatus includes at least one memory including computer program code, and at least one processor. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive a request to generate a prior authorization form for a prescription drug, select the prior authorization form from a plurality of prior authorization forms based on the request, and transmit the selected prior authorization form to a user so that the user can complete and submit the prior authorization form to the health plan and receive a determination on the request. The prior authorization form is selected based on at least one of a user search result and a standardized transaction. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185271 | Healthcare Transactions Management Solution - Healthcare service providers and others may send claims for payment requesting remittance from insurance companies or patients. Such payments may be remitted through paper or electronic transactions. A financial institution may receive the payment and associated information and process the remittance depending on the remittance source and type. In addition, the institution may generate a single bill generated at a regular interval for the healthcare service provider for the services. The amount of the bill may be based on the volume of remittances. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185272 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MEDICAL INFORMATION - Systems and methods for managing medical information for medical service providers are provided. Personnel are able to manage and track workflow operations, evaluate profitability, and maintain records in an integrated and streamlined manner by executing various modules of a software application. A Dashboard module provides a unitary display of information regarding employee efficiency and operational profitability; a Virtual Will Call module allows for the virtual placement of items in storage areas reflecting the corresponding physical will call storage locations; an Rx Tracker module provides information regarding the status of prescriptions as they go through the process from ordered to dispensed; the Maintenance module allows personnel to define customized delivery methods; and the Archive Viewer module provides a way for personnel to archive images in any accessible drive or memory device, including portable storage media, and to view such images independently of the module using an archive viewer executable. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120191464 | Telerobotic System with a Dual Application Screen Presentation - A proctoring system that includes a communication device coupled to a remote station. The remote station has a visual display that displays first information relating to an action that causes an effect on an object, and simultaneously displays second information relating to the effect on the object. The remote station includes at least one input device that allows a communication to be transmitted by an operator to the communication device. By way of example, during the deployment of a heart stent, a specialist doctor may remotely view real-time fluoroscopy imagery and patient hemodynamics. The specialist can remotely proctor medical personnel on the proper orientation and timing requirements for installing the stent. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191465 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING HOSPITAL DATA - The present disclosure relates approaches that may be used to analyze data from hospital records to identify deficiencies in the operation of the hospital. In certain implementations, features of the data may be evaluated in conjunction with performance indicators to identify root causes associated with the deficiencies. In further implementations, identification of root causes of deficiencies identified in the historical data may be used to generate recommendations for changes to the operation of the hospital. In further implementations, events may be predicted based on the identification of a features or features within the current data that is indicative of a pending problem or event. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191466 | Systems and Methods of Pharmaceutical Information Management - A system for administering a mentoring program to a user comprising a user interface having a health risk assessment for providing a health risk assessment questionnaire to the user and a processor in communication with the user interface for generating alerts based on the received responses, The system generating risk scores associated with the user, then generating a report that is based on the alerts and/or the risk scores, and providing a notification to a health care practitioner once the report has been generated. The system further provides communications between the user interface and a health care practitioner interface to generate and communicate notifications associated with a mentoring program between the user and the health care practitioner. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191467 | DIAGNOSTIC IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF POLYVASCULAR DISEASE AND RELATED CONDITIONS - One aspect of the present invention provides an electronic system accessible via a collaborative subscription service to facilitate improved access and analysis of patient data relevant to Polyvascular disease. In one specific embodiment, the electronic system is used by physicians and health care service providers to aggregate relevant medical data points, as the electronic system provides recommendations and analysis of patient care for specific Polyvascular symptoms and conditions. These data points are collected through appropriate medical devices and are transmitted for storage and access within the operational environment. One embodiment of the service also enables a collaborate environment for communication between various health care providers, professionals, and the patient regarding specific patient conditions. Accordingly, improved diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of the various conditions related to Polyvascular disease can be deployed for the patient. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191468 | Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods for Detecting Healthcare Fraud and Abuse - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for identifying healthcare claim fraud. In some embodiments, the methods may include defining links characterizing an interaction between a healthcare consumer and a healthcare provider. In some embodiments, the methods may further include generating, with a processing device, an archive of the links. Additionally, in some embodiments, the methods may include analyzing the archive to identify potential healthcare fraud. In some embodiments, analyzing the archive may include defining one or more patterns indicative of fraud and searching for the one or more patterns indicative of fraud within the archive. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191469 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR EVALUATING AND PROMOTING HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND FITNESS IN INDIVIDUALS - Systems and processes for evaluating and promoting health, wellness, and fitness in individuals and for customizing and promoting training program for such individuals are disclosed. A system for evaluating the health, wellness, and fitness status of individuals eligible for participation within an employer sponsored health plan comprises a health club network, a physicians network, and a laboratory network. Health-related data and laboratory results acquired from each individual are reviewed by qualified medical personnel in order to determine their eligibility for participation in a plan. A health analysis module is configured for generating a health, wellness, and fitness profile and health score for individuals that choose to participate in the plan. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191470 | Method And System For Improving Oral Health - Methods provide for improving the oral health of a consumer. One embodiment of a method includes (a) collecting input information from the consumer regarding at least one characteristic associated with oral health of the consumer; (b) analyzing the input information; (c) using the analysis from step b) to develop a customized at-home oral care treatment regimen, wherein the regimen includes identifying at least one oral care product that will be effective in improving oral health of the consumer; and (d) providing the at-home oral care treatment regimen to the consumer. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191471 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND SOFTWARE FOR ANALYSIS OF A BILLING PROCESS - A method, system, and software for analyzing third party payments for provider service includes processing third party payment information data and processing provider services billing data provided to the third party to request payment. The method automatically validates provider services billing data against other provider services data and generating a report listing discrepancies between the third party payment information data, the provider services billing data, and the other provider services data. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRIORITIZING AND ADMINISTERING HEALTHCARE TO PATIENTS HAVING MULTIPLE INTEGRAL DIAGNOSES - A method of administering healthcare to patients with multiple integral diagnoses such that the clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life of said patients are improved while medical costs are minimized. A patient population is first identified. The population is then stratified into specific levels of intervention. Each individual patient is then assigned a Priority Care Nurse Manager who serves to establish communication between the patient, the patient's Primary Care Physician, and any healthcare providers. The most appropriate treatment plan is cooperatively developed and the patient receives treatment according to the plan. The most appropriate treatment may include home care and palliative measures. The patient may appoint a Health Care Agent to make medical decisions for the patient should the patient be unable to make decisions. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120197655 | AIDING USER SELECTION OF A TREATMENT OPTION FOR A HEALTH CARE ISSUE - There is provided a support platform and method that enables a individual to make a health care decision. This platform and method provides comparison information to the individual that allows the individual to compare various treatment options for treating health care issue(s). This comparison information includes information for each of the plurality of treatment options gathered from a plurality of individuals that used at least one of the plurality of treatment options in treating the healthcare issue. This comparison information also includes, for at least one of the plurality of treatment options, information associated with the individual regarding healthcare services provided to the individual. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197656 | RADIATION THERAPY KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE - A method for implementing a radiation therapy knowledge exchange starts with searching a database of cases studies and selecting a case study. The selected case study is downloaded. The downloaded case study is applied to a medical case, wherein the downloaded case is applied using deformable image registration to deform reference images of the downloaded case to medical images of the medical case. After application of the downloaded case study, the medical case is uploaded to the network, wherein uploading the medical case allows at least the submitting clinician to download, review, and edit at least a portion of the medical case to create a reviewed medical case. Finally, the reviewed medical case is downloaded and applied to the medical case to create a final medical case. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE MEDICAL SERVICES - Systems and methods related to efficient practice of medicine, with a particular focus in the dermatologic field. The systems methods described herein rely on teamwork in which all of the participants (patients, medical staff and medical care providers) contribute to the medical visit, medical record generation, and billing for the visit. The systems and methods include three aspects, which are referred to herein as portals: 1) a patient portal | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197658 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRONIC SCRIPT USAGE - Methods and systems for electronic script usage are described. In one embodiment, questionnaire data associated with an over-the-counter medication is selected. A questionnaire display including a plurality of questions based on the questionnaire data is generated. Questionnaire response data is received. A prescriber request is transmitted to a prescriber device. The prescriber request is based on the questionnaire response data. The prescriber device is associated with a prescriber. A prescriber response is received in response to transmission of the prescriber request. An electronic script associated with the over-the-counter medication is rendered in response to receipt of the prescriber response. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197659 | COORDINATED HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DELIVERY SYSTEM AND PROCESS | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197660 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILIATE MEDICAL SERVICES - The systems methods described herein incorporate on teamwork in which all of the participants (patients, medical staff, and medical care providers), contribute to the medical visit, medical record generation, and billing for the visit. The systems and methods include three aspects, which are referred to herein as portals: 1) a patient portal | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197661 | Managing system for health care plan and managing method for the same - A managing system for health care plan includes a server and a database connected to the server. The server hosts a website thereon, and the database stores disease data of at least one care recipient, and stores at least one health care plan template. When one of the disease data of the care recipient is selected on the website, the care provider selects one of the health care plan templates corresponding to the selected disease data, and applies the selected health care plan template to a dedicated calendar of the care recipient. Therefore, events of the health care plan template are then displayed on the calendar from a specific starting date. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197662 | System and Method for Facilitating Home Care Activities - A computer-implemented system for managing the tracking and completion of one or more caretaking events, including a care management interface configured to receive and track one or more caretaking events and facilitate assignment of at least one caregiver record with each of the caretaking events, wherein a caretaking event is an item to be performed by the caregiver identified in the caregiver record taken for the benefit of a home health care recipient. The system further includes a professional home care management interface configured to receive an assignment of caretaking event in a calendar item or task item, generate and transmit a home care management request including the caretaking event to a home care management system, receive a confirmation from the home care management system that the task has been assigned to the home care management system, and display an indication of the assignment in the care management interface. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197663 | Medication Risk Assessment System - A medication risk assessment method implemented using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: providing a medication risk assessment tool to a client, wherein the medication risk assessment tool includes a questionnaire, and wherein the client maintains a relationship with a population of individuals; administering the questionnaire to the population of individuals, thereby generating questionnaire data; obtaining prescription claims data from the population of individuals; combining the questionnaire data and the prescription claims data in an electronic database, thereby generating population data; analyzing the population data according to a set of rules; ranking the analyzed data according to risk; and generating at least one report based on the ranked data. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120203564 | Method and System for Real-Time Automatic Optimization of Emergency Room Resources Management - The invention discloses a computer implemented method and system for real-time optimal management of hospital's Emergency Room resources. The system provides optimal work plan for crewmembers and equipment, taking into consideration relevant variables. It uses multivariable optimization techniques to optimize the defined cost functions, which represent overall patient treatment waiting time and cost. Real-time information is provided to both patients and crewmembers. The work plan is continuously updated according to occurring events. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120203565 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED PATIENT MEDICATION ADHERENCE - A method for providing improved patient medication adherence may include utilizing claims data indicative of past prescription claims to identify a candidate for an enhanced interview with a care professional in connection with prescription medication therapy, and initiating communication with the care professional to direct the care professional to conduct the enhanced interview with the candidate in connection with delivery of the prescription medication therapy to the candidate. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120203566 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC ORDERS FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT - A system and method for providing medical equipment includes providing a system utilizing computer software that electronically collects, validates, and processes a patient's data including medical equipment or other durable medical goods ordered by a physician and patient's billing information from a third party provider request. The system and method may also be capable of electronically sending an order including the patient's data to a third party supplier. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120203567 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FULFILLING REQUESTS FOR PERISHABLE ITEMS - Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable medium, for fulfilling a need for at least one perishable item, the method including reserving a plurality of perishable items with at least partially unknown attribute profiles from a supplier; receiving values for at least some of the reserved at least partially unknown attribute profiles, wherein the received values are determined by tests conducted after the reserving step; determining based on the received values which of the plurality of perishable items satisfy the need for the at least one perishable item; and if at least one of the plurality of perishable items does not satisfy the need for the at least one perishable item, unreserving the at least one perishable item of the plurality of perishable items determined not to satisfy the need for the at least one perishable item. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120203568 | BUSINESS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A HEALTH SECURITY ORGANIZATION FOR PROCURING AND FINANCING HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES - A Health Security Organization (HSO) service method and system provides healthcare service vouchers which allow an individual or an entity to purchase and store shares which correlate to CPT (Common Procedural Terminology) codes and are exchangeable for healthcare purposes. The shares can be purchased individually or in bulk packages and are transferable through a provider or provisionary of healthcare needs including pharmaceuticals. The shares are transferable, non-expiring, and usable at any health care provider willing to exchange the shares for currency in a similar fashion to an exchange of services with an insurance or credit card holder. The share transfer provides immediate payment for services rendered. Additionally, the cards can be utilized in such a fashion that if repetitive services are needed they can be acquired in a more economical method via bulk purchasing. Share transfers are redeemed by a member and provider via internet accessible computer system. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120209619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE TRACKING AND DISPENSING OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION - A system is provided for tracking and dispensing of prescription medication. A secure website is provided and a data communication link to a computer at each healthcare facility and pharmacy. Prescriptions are ordered from the healthcare facility computer, after which labels with machine readable code are generated by the pharmacy computer for each prescription container. A verification table is generated of all ordered prescriptions over a predetermined time to each respective healthcare facility, a reader scans the machine readable code of each prescription container, and the pharmacy computer verifies that all ordered prescriptions are sorted for delivery. The verification table of the verified prescriptions sorted for delivery is uploaded to a database. Upon delivery at the healthcare facility, the verification table is downloaded from the database, a reader scans the machine readable code of each prescription container, and the healthcare facility computer verifies that all ordered prescriptions were received. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120209620 | DETECTING UNEXPECTED HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION BY CONSTRUCTING CLINICAL MODELS OF DOMINANT UTILIZATION GROUPS - A system and method for identifying unexpected utilization profiles at a patient level includes determining one or more clusters that have a profile based on patient profiles and building a representative model for each cluster including demographic and clinical information. Using the model, demographic and clinical characteristics are determined which form expected utilization cluster. An expected utilization cluster for each patient, which is derived from the demographic features and the clinical characteristics, is compared against an actual utilization profile for that patient to determine whether the actual utilization profile is unexpected. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120209621 | SKIN PHOTO INTERPRETING PROGRAM AND PROFESSIONAL & PHYSICIAN ADVISORY BOARD GUIDED DERMATOLOGY TEXT SEARCH ENGINE AND FACILITATOR OF PHYSICIAN APPOINTMENTS - A method of providing information executed by a computer program interacting with several professionals and with a customer who has provided the photo of a person's skin, hair or nails, including the steps of: the customer acquiring at least one photo of a skin, hair or nails; the customer accessing the program on a computer; the customer subscribing to the text match service; the customer uploading to the program the photo; the customer entering an identification of the body area of which the photo was taken; the program publishing the photo and making it anonymous; the program queuing the photo for reading; a professional retrieving the photo from the queue; the professionals reading the photo and identifying the displayed skin condition; the professionals each matching the photo to two preferred stored texts describing the identified skin condition; the program publishing the photo in combination with the text; the program notifying the customer and the customer displaying the text. A preferred additional step is that of the program providing the customer with a random code to be used to expedite an appointment with a dermatologist in the customer's geographic area. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120209622 | PATIENT CHECK-IN/SCHEDULING KIOSK - A method and system for facilitating activity scheduling for a patient including the steps of providing an interface device for checking a patient in at the facility, receiving identifying information for the patient, identifying currently scheduled appointments for the patient where the currently scheduled appointments are associated with currently scheduled appointment activities, identifying at least one additional unscheduled activity for the patient in addition to the currently scheduled appointment activities, identifying at least one suggested appointment schedule including at least one open time slot during which the patient may complete the additional unscheduled activity and the currently scheduled appointment activities and presenting the at least one suggested appointment schedule to the patient. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120209623 | SENSITIVE DRUG DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A drug distribution system and method utilizes a central pharmacy and database to track all prescriptions for a sensitive drug. Information is kept in the database regarding all physicians allowed to prescribe the sensitive drug, and all patients receiving the drug. Abuses are identified by monitoring data in the database for prescription patterns by physicians and prescriptions obtained by patients. Further verification is made that the physician is eligible to prescribe the drug by consulting a separate database, and optionally whether any actions are taken against the physician. Multiple controls beyond those for normal drugs are imposed on the distribution depending on the sensitivity of the drug. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120215551 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING UNSPECIFIED DIAGNOSES IN CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION - A set of one or more clinical facts may be collected from a clinician's encounter with a patient. It may be determined that an unspecified diagnosis not included in the set of facts may possibly be ascertained from the patient encounter. A user may be alerted that the unspecified diagnosis may possibly be ascertained from the patient encounter. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120215552 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIUMS TO PROVIDE CENTRALIZED ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE INFORMATION - The present disclosure describes systems, methods, and mediums to provide centralized access to healthcare information by displaying a page including a plurality of prompts corresponding to a plurality of actions associated with a patient, by receiving a selection of at least one of the plurality of prompts corresponding to at least one of the plurality of actions, displaying of an action page including a plurality of data entry fields corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of actions in response to the selection, and by receiving response data to at least one of the plurality of data entry fields, wherein the plurality of actions includes transmitting a notification that includes a wait time associated with the appointment, remotely checking-in for an appointment, saving an audio recording of the appointment, or reviewing an audio recording of the appointment. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120215553 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VALIDATING AND VERIFYING HEALTH CARE TRANSACTIONS - The disclosed embodiments relate generally to a method and system identifying health care providers who are authorized to submit health care claims to health insurer or claims processor. Also provided is a system and method verifying that providers who submit claims are operated in location(s) attested and that those location(s) are legitimate sites for delivery of healthcare services. Utilized are novel algorithms to compare information from provider's credit card terminal to information commonly held by insurance company and identify beneficiaries and dependents who are eligible to receive services capturing health care encounter at point of service, and capturing location and time of health care encounter of authorized beneficiary or dependent at the authorized location of a provider. Further is a process and system to verify healthcare transaction seeking payment, submitted by the provider, which is matched against information created, and used to verify certain healthcare transactions for approval and/or payment. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120215554 | PHARMACEUTICAL DATA INTEGRATION & ANALYSIS TOOL - A system and processes are used to strategically evaluate opportunities for developing and producing generic pharmaceuticals. The system includes a knowledge driven optimization tool that efficiently analyzes pharmaceutical opportunities after merging pharmaceutical records from multiple sources. The analytical system allows users to filter the integrated records and evaluate the integrated records using patterns in the data. The system calculates historical trends of generic pharmaceutical compositions, and a user can select a market entry template that is based on the historical trends which the system then applies to a current pharmaceutical composition to create a forecast. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120215555 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICE DELIVERY LOCATION RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT - Certain examples provide systems, apparatus, and methods for content-driven healthcare location relationship management. An example method includes receiving one or more location identifiers for a content-based clinical application. The example method includes assigning one or more locations to a source role and a target role based on the one or more location identifiers and an ontology, the ontology including a plurality of relationship types. The example method includes identifying a relationship between the source role and the target role based on the one or more location identifiers and the ontology. The example method includes associating the source role and target role based on the identified relationship. The example method includes utilizing the source role, target role, and identified relationship to configure one or more content items forming the content-based clinical application. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120215556 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MANAGE A QUALITY OF DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE - A system and method to manage a quality of delivery of healthcare to a patient. The method includes tracking completion of a portion of a protocol associated with one of a series of candidate hypotheses to deliver healthcare to the patient; tracking a change in a quality of care metric directed to the patient with completion of a portion the protocol, the quality of metric including at least one of a time to rate of reduction in a health risk to the patient and a time to or rate of reduction in symptom or abnormal biometric data of the patient; and outputting an alert in response to the quality of care metric exceeding a threshold. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120221345 | HELPING PEOPLE WITH THEIR HEALTH - Among other things, a method includes, on successive occasions over a period of time, gathering measured data and self-reported data that represent a health state of a particular participant in a health goal system, using the gathered data in a machine learning engine to select, for a current occasion, a current intervention to be self-applied by the particular participant, the machine learning engine having learned from data gathered from a group of participants on successive occasions, the effectiveness of sequences of self-applied interventions in improving the health states of participants who belong to respective groups that share similar characteristics, the current intervention being expected to affect, for the particular participant (i) a behavior, (ii) the health state, or (iii) a health awareness, and providing the particular participant, electronically through a user interface, information that will encourage the particular participant to engage in the selected self-applied current intervention. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221346 | Administering Medical Digital Images In A Distributed Medical Digital Image Computing Environment - Administering medical digital images including receiving a request for an image processing transaction to process the medical digital image; creating a medical image business object representing the business transaction; storing the medical image business object in the medical image metadata database; storing the medical image in the medical image repository; selecting, in dependence upon workflow selection rules and the attributes of the medical image business object, one or more clinical workflows to process the medical image; processing the medical image of the request with the clinical workflows, thereby creating a resultant business object and resultant medical image; routing the resultant medical image to a destination. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221347 | MEDICAL RECONCILIATION, COMMUNICATION, AND EDUCATIONAL REPORTING TOOLS - The present invention relates to electronic multi-disciplinary tools, which have the ability to record, track, analyze, and provide feedback to practitioners in a context and user-specific fashion. The invention includes three components—a reconciliation tool, a communication tool, and an educational tool, which can operate independently, or in combination with one another. The reconciliation tool creates reports through the automated extraction of historical and contemporaneous medical data, and clinical data, into the report, and requires user reconciliation of any data inconsistency. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221348 | IDENTIFYING A DEVIATION DURING CLINICAL PATHWAY EXECUTION - A system and method for identifying a deviation during clinical pathway execution. The system comprises: a clinical pathway storage component configured to store a clinical pathway; a semantic relationship storage component configured to store a semantic relationship between activities; a receiver component configured to receive an activity inputted from a user; and an activity matching component configured to judge, based on the semantic relationship between activities, whether the inputted activity matches the requisite activity defined in the clinical pathway, and if it is determined that the inputted activity does not match the requisite activity defined in the clinical pathway, generate a first clinical pathway execution deviation report, wherein the first clinical pathway execution deviation report indicates that an undefined redundant activity is executed. This permits the precision of identifying deviation during clinical pathway execution to be improved. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221349 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE PREDICTION OF HEALTH CARE COSTS - A disease state of a patient population of interest, two or more disease outcomes targeted for improvement, two or more treatments, costs for the two or more disease outcomes targeted for improvement, and costs for the two or more treatments are received. An electronic database is searched for treatment outcome data that provides expected effects of the two or more treatments. Two or more deducible measures are created from the search that are a subset of the two or more treatment outcomes targeted for improvement. Improvement values are assigned to the two or more deducible measures for each treatment of the two or more treatments for a time period based on the expected effects found in the search. Cost values are calculated for each of the two or more deducible measures for no treatment and for each treatment of the two or more treatments for the time period. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221350 | MODIFIABLE ATTRIBUTE IDENTIFICATION - A method, software, database and system for determining modifiable lifestyle attributes which when altered, can increase the longevity of an individual is presented. Based on an individual's pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) attributes and by comparison with databases of attributes and longevity data, specific modifiable attributes which increase longevity, based on the individual's specific pangenetic makeup, can be identified. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221351 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING DATA ENTRY FOR AN INFORMATION SYSTEM - This invention presents a method and a system for facilitating data entry for an information system comprising a repository. According to the method, firstly, a first input of some first category parameters input by the user is received by means of a first user interface. Secondly, a first ranked list of a plurality of second category parameters is generated on the basis of the first input and the repository, and the first ranked list is displayed to the user by means of a second interface. Then a second input including some second category parameters selected by the user is received by means of the second user interface. Lastly, a second ranked list of a plurality of first category parameters is generated on the basis of the second input and the repository, and the second ranked list is displayed to the user by means of the first interface. In this way, the user can correctly determine the input data for the information system so as to get a more accurate output. And the user can get more information of various aspect observations (?) at any given penultimate stage as well as the final stage. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221352 | PROCESS FOR CREATING A CARE PLAN - A process for creating a care plan comprising the steps of: a) receiving personal data in a computer system, such data identifying: i) personal characteristics of a human subject; and ii) conditions for which the human subject requires treatment; b) the computer system subjecting the personal data to software triggering rules which, based on the content of the personal data, allocates the personal data to a plurality of software base rule sets wherein each base rule set has rules for treating a respective condition; c) the computer system subjecting the personal data to the allocated base rule sets to generate a base care plan for each condition, wherein each base care plan has data representative of action steps for treating the respective condition; d) the computer system subjecting each base care plan to software comparison rules to identify conflicts between the base care plans; and e) the computer system subjecting conflicts between the base care plans to software resolution rules to resolve at least some conflicts and to generate a resolved care plan. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120226507 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED HEALTH NETWORK - A system and process for aiding the transition of patients to and from the post acute market, and more specifically to a computer based system for facilitating the transition and an application program for doing so in a networked computer environment. The system may include advertising, the transfer of employment records, and the networking of vendors to coordinate the provision of services. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120232917 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS RESERVATION AND ORDERING FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - The system and method for wireless reservation and ordering from a mobile device includes a server that provides a relational database accessible to a client mobile device via a Wi-Fi interface. A browser operable on the client mobile device accesses the relational database to provide a catalog of restaurants, coffee shops, hospitals, malls, barber shops, and the like, from which the user can view menus, receive offers, make reservations, order items and services. The proximity requirement of Wi-Fi makes the system a Location Based Service (LBS). | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120232918 | ELECTRONIC DATA CAPTURE, DOCUMENTATION, AND CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM - An electronic data capture, documentation and clinical decision support system (EDDS) includes a user display and input device, where the device is configured to include symbolic language including icons, the icons being controllable based upon user input. Multiple input data feeds are provided from one or more external databases, and preferably from a user input device. A display presentation system cohorts or otherwise organizes the data received via the input data feeds. An external device control system serves to provide wireless remote control of medical devices. Optionally, a clinical decision support system for providing clinical information to the user, such as providing a diagnosis, suggested treatment, medication or other medical action. The recommended clinical action may be implemented automatically, or upon the further authorization of the medical professional. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120232919 | Methods, Apparatuses and Systems for Analyzing Healthcare Data - Systems, methods and apparatuses for analyzing healthcare data are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for analyzing healthcare data may include a data access module configured to access healthcare data. In some embodiments, the system may further include a server in data communication with the data access device. The server may be configured to execute a rule, the rule comprising one or more rule elements, on the healthcare data to create analyzed healthcare data. In some embodiments, executing the rule may include, correlating each rule element with an object model element. In some embodiments, executing the rule further may include, defining the object model elements correlated to the rule elements using one or more localization indexes linked to the accessed healthcare data. In some embodiments, the server is further configured to return the analyzed healthcare data to an output data location. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120232920 | Method and System For Identifying The Appropriate Health Care Provider In Which to Assign Outcome Data From An Inpatient Case - Included are embodiments for identifying the appropriate healthcare provider in which to assign outcome data from an inpatient case. Some embodiments include compiling inpatient cases for a healthcare facility, determining an attributable case by matching attribution indicator data for each of the inpatient cases with case data for each of the inpatient cases, and scoring physician activities based on the attribution indicator data. Some embodiments include attributing the inpatient cases to a physician, based on the scoring and providing the attribution to a user. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120232921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING INTEGRITY OF CLINICAL TRIAL RESULTS - The system and method utilize the inter-relationship of items in a psychological instrument or instruments and have been demonstrated empirically to detect problematic conceptualizations of constructs. Scores from the instruments are submitted for review. The scores are analyzed by a computer program that compares item level scores with expected values based on the item inter-relationships. If inconsistencies are discovered a flag is generated. If inconsistencies are deemed actionable then remedial action or contact is scheduled with the site-based clinician or “rater” who conducted the patient assessment using the instrument or instruments. The site-based clinician is contacted and an information exchange about the case occurs in which the site-based clinician provides an overview of symptom presentation. This symptom presentation is then matched to the item level scores on the instrument to determine if it was scored in a manner consistent with the conceptual basis for the items. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120232922 | Methods For Delivering A Drug To A Patient While Preventing The Exposure Of A Foetus Or Other Contraindicated Individual to the Drug - Novel methods for delivering a drug to a patient while preventing the exposure of a foetus or other contraindicated individual to the drug. Embodiments are provided in which the involved prescribers, pharmacies and patients are registered in one or more computer databases. Embodiments are also provided in which registered patients receive counseling information concerning the risks attendant to foetal exposure to the drug. Male patients and female patients who are not pregnant may, in certain circumstances, receive the drug. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120232923 | CATEGORIZATION OF INFORMATION USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND PREDEFINED TEMPLATES - A computer implemented method for generating a report that includes latent information, comprising receiving an input data stream that includes latent information, performing one of normalization, validation, and extraction of the input data stream, processing the input data stream to identify latent information within the data stream that is required for generation of a particular report, wherein said processing of the input data stream to identify latent information comprises of identifying a relevant portion of the input data stream, bounding the relevant portion of the input data stream, classifying and normalizing the bounded data, activating a relevant report template based on said identified latent information, populating said template with template-specified data, and processing the template-specified data to generate a report. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120232924 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING MEDICAL IMPAIRMENTS - The present invention provides a method of verifying a medical impairment, comprising receiving a medical diagnosis of an injury, the numeric permanent impairment rating resulting from an evaluation of a permanent impairment, and comparing that permanent impairment rating to a statistically evaluated probable impairment rating of the injury. Depending on the results of the comparison, the assessed impairment rating may be reevaluated, in some cases by a trained impairment evaluator, and others by an expert medical staff. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120239410 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DEVELOPING COST-EFFECTIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT PATHWAYS USING A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH - A method for developing cost-effective, evidence-based treatment pathways using a data driven approach may include receiving information indicative of prescribing patterns associated with one or more drug regimens employed by an organization for treatment of a disease, receiving information indicative of financial performance of the one or more drug regimens, receiving information indicative of clinical efficacy of the one or more drug regimens, and enabling development of a treatment pathway based on the information received indicative of financial performance and clinical efficacy. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239411 | Processing Health Assessment - A system and method of evaluating the health of one or more work processes is provided. The system and method may include determining a plurality of categories of criteria and determining a plurality of criteria for evaluation. A score for each determined criteria may be determined for a first process and the scores of each criterion may be combined to determine an overall score for the first process. If additional processes are available for evaluation, a score for each identified criterion will be determined for an additional process or processes. An overall score for the additional process(es) may be determined and compared to the overall score of the first process. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239412 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A QUALITY ASSURANCE TOOL FOR PATIENT CARE ENVIRONMENTS - A method for providing a quality assurance tool for patient care environments may include receiving clinical data indicative of incidence of patient conditions within a patient population associated with an organization, receiving organizational usage data indicative of organizational supply usage related to the patient conditions, and providing for generation of a report fusing the clinical data and the organizational usage data. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239413 | Sending Healthcare Information Securely - A health information services provider (HISP) application includes a controller, a transaction engine, a data encryption engine, an authentication engine, a user interface engine and a registration engine. The controller manages the core functions and transmission to the different components of the HISP application. The transaction engine routes messages and requests for joining a grid. The data encryption engine encrypts or decrypts messages. The authentication engine verifies messages. The user interface engine generates a user interface for exchanging healthcare information between providers. The registration engine registers providers to exchange healthcare information with other providers. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239414 | System for Clinical Trial Subject Compliance - The present invention is designed to develop research protocols for clinical trials. The invention also can track and enhance subject compliance with a research protocol. The invention further provides evaluability data related to subject performance in the clinical trial. According to an alternative embodiment of the invention, a portable electronic device is used to query and collect data from the subject. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239415 | HEURISTICALLY RESOLVING CONTENT ITEMS IN AN EXTENSIBLE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Certain examples provide methods, systems and apparatus to facilitate heuristic content resolution to resolve ambiguity or conflict among available context variants for a content-based clinical application. An example method includes identifying a selected content item, the content item associated with a context input, the content item representing a parameterization of instructions to instruct a content-based application how to operate, the content item formulated according to one or more detailed clinical models. The example method includes identifying available context variants for the content item. The example method includes rejecting context variants conflicting with the context input of the content item. The example method includes rejecting context variants more specific than the context input of the content item. The example method includes selecting a most specific remaining context variant for the content item based on the context input. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239416 | SOFTWARE-BASED LIFESTYLE MANAGEMENT TOOL - A lifestyle management tool may determine a first work optional date, wherein the first work optional date is a date in which a user's retirement income is greater than a user's expense. The tool may also receive past health characteristics of the user, current health current characteristics of the user, and future health characteristics of the user. The tool may further derive an estimated date of death of the user based on the received health characteristics of the user. The tool may also calculate the net present value of the user's income less expenses each year from the first work optional date until the estimated date of death. The tool may also determine a second work optional date, wherein the second work optional date is a date in which the net present value of the user's income moves from negative to positive. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239417 | HEALTHCARE WALLET PAYMENT PROCESSING APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The HEALTHCARE WALLET PAYMENT PROCESSING APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (hereinafter “H-Wallet”) transforms patient insurance information, and healthcare procedure schedule information inputs via H-Wallet components into medical claim settlement outputs. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a user healthcare payment request including user credentials; retrieving healthcare product details and a payment amount from the user healthcare payment request; obtaining balance information of a list of user accounts; determining a recommended account for the obtained user healthcare payment request based on the retrieved healthcare product details, payment amount and the obtained balance information; transmitting a list of user account including the recommended account with the obtained balance information to the user mobile device; receiving a user selection of the recommended account; verifying payment eligibility of the recommended account for the obtained payment request; and processing fund transfer from the recommended account to a healthcare provider. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239418 | Home-Based Post-Operative Care Systems and Methods - A method for providing home-based post-operative care of a patient. The method including receiving patient information indicative of results of a pre-operative evaluation of whether a patient is qualified for home-based post-operative care, determining that the patient is qualified for home-based post-operative care based at least in part on the patient information received, identifying one or more post-operative requirements, generating a home-based post-operative care plan based at least in part on the one or more post-operative requirements, receiving updated patient information indicative of results of a post-operative evaluation of whether the patient remains qualified for home-based post-operative care, the updated patient information indicative of a result of the surgical procedure, determining that the patient remains qualified for home-based post-operative care based at least in part on the updated patient information received, and implementing the home-based post-operative care plan. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239419 | Medical Information Disk and Cap device - A Medicine bottle closure having a means to indicate real-time data and store and display other important information with the container for the medicine user. This device helps people remember to take medicine and to prevent over-taking medicine when under stress, dementia, or when faced with many prescriptions at essentially the same time. It may be used with existing containers and helps to keep track of when the last pill was taken. It is comprised of a bottle cap or closure means; an electronic storage device; a means to removably connect the device to USB electronic docking device; a docking system to connect to data manipulation center; and software for processing and manipulating the data wherein an individual's medical data. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239420 | CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM - A system to facilitate decision support can include dynamic expression data stored in memory. The dynamic expression data includes a plurality of expressions, each expression representing a different condition that varies as a function of one or more variables. A user interface can be programmed to assign a given expression to a selected visualization space in response to a user input. A data interface can receive values from at least one data source for each variable in the given expression. An output engine can be programmed to populate the selected visualization space with information based on each condition defined by the given expression that has been assigned to the selected visualization space. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239421 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PATIENT CARE - The subject invention is a Patient Care Monitoring System which employs a novel method and system for monitoring the care provided to a patient at a health care facility. In one embodiment, the subject invention includes a central processor in communication with a health care facility's computer systems, receiving data therefrom. This data is arranged and correlated to enable the subject invention to filter through the data and detect if a particular treatment, diagnostic test, or course of action has been or is in danger of being overlooked. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239422 | Adaptive Pharmaceutical Product Management Methods and System - Methods and systems for adaptive storage and management of pharmaceutical product containers at a pharmacy are described. Pharmaceutical product containers are managed so that the containers for more-frequently-used pharmaceutical products are stored among plural storage locations more-efficiently accessible to a pharmacy workstation. Containers for less-frequently-used pharmaceutical products are managed so that the containers for such products are stored among the storage locations which are less-accessible to the pharmacy workstation. As the frequency of pharmaceutical product usage changes, the inventory of pharmaceutical product containers is managed adaptively so that the containers used most frequently are stored at locations more-easily accessible to the pharmacy workstation, thereby facilitating fulfillment of prescriptions by pharmacy personnel. Further efficiencies may be achieved through use of an optical positioning system providing directed placing and picking of pharmaceutical product containers. Management of pharmaceutical product containers repeatedly taken from and returned to inventory may be provided. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239423 | Satori Integrated Health & Financial Benefits System and Method - A shared medical savings system and method are provided that allow a patient to participate in the savings generated by selecting to have a medical procedure performed overseas. The system has one or more computing devices, a link that is capable of connecting the one or more computing devices to a medical shared savings unit that is capable of interacting with the computing devices. An employer uses the computing device to elect to participate in a medical savings plan using a Health Reimbursement Account, a patient using the computing device to select an overseas medical procedure that is part of the medical savings plan so that the savings for the overseas medical procedure is divided between the employer and the patient utilizing a medical savings plan. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARDIOVASCULAR TESTING - A system includes a test device at a test location, a recipient computer at a diagnosis center, and a server operatively connected to the test device and the recipient computer remote from the test location and diagnosis center at a different facility. The test device can generate test data. The recipient computer is configured to receive the patient data from the test device and display the test data to a medical specialist for entry of a diagnosis. The server can send a signal to the recipient computer after the test device produces test data, and further transmit input indicative of the diagnosis to the computer at the test location. The billing computer is configured to receive billing information from the test device and recipient computer, and transmit signals conveying information indicative of billing signals to a payer computer selected as a function of insurance information contained in the patient record. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239425 | Administering A Patient In A Hospital - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for administering a patient in a hospital. Embodiments include identifying, by a room optimizer module, upon the patient checking into the hospital, a set of patient attributes, each patient attribute describing an aspect of the health of the patient; selecting, by the room optimizer module, an optimized room for the patient in dependence upon the patient attributes and a set of room attributes of a plurality of rooms available, and indicating, by the room optimizer module, the selection of the optimized room to a hospital administrator. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120245948 | GAUGING RESOURCE INTENSIVENESS OF PROVIDING CARE TO A PATIENT - Subject matter described herein is related to estimating a quantity of resources that are consumed or expended when providing care to a patient. When estimating the quantity, non-clinical information might be used to draw various inferences. For example, information provided by a real-time location system might provide insight (e.g., duration, frequency, etc.) into instances in which a healthcare clinician visits a patient's room. In another example, information provided by a medical-device alarm system might provide insight into alarms that are triggered by equipment that monitors and/or provides assistance to a patient. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120245949 | MULTIPLE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM - A system for managing remote doctor medical request workflow may include a workflow module that optimizes assignments of medical requests to remote doctors based on parameterized doctor and scheduling information and may further include a forecasting module that predicts the hospital credentials, state licenses or doctors needed to fulfill a projected volume of future medical requests. In one embodiment, radiologists are parameterized and then matched with requests for radiological readings based on information extracted from DICOM image headers and merged with associated information contained in a medical work order. In this embodiment, the radiologists are parameterized based on their locations, schedules, hospital credentials, state licensing, compensation metrics, and performance metrics and incoming requests for review of CT scans and the like are filtered based on the parameterized radiologist information to identify one or more radiologists who are to fulfill the medical request. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120245950 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ASSET DIFFERENTIATION IN MEDICINE DEVELOPMENT - A computer implemented system and method of determining pharmaceutical asset market potential is disclosed. The system and method comprising: collecting asset information of a proposed pharmaceutical asset; determining a therapeutic category of the proposed pharmaceutical asset; determining an unmet need for proposed pharmaceutical asset by evaluating a plurality of Customer Value Statements (CVS) based on the therapeutic category. Also disclosed, the system and method computes a differentiation score based on the plurality of CVS and comparing a strength of the proposed pharmaceutical asset against existing competitor data in the therapeutic category and computes a Real/Win/Worth (RWW) score to determine the probability of success of the proposed pharmaceutical asset in the therapeutic category based, in part, on the differentiation score; and CVS. The disclosed system and method additionally generates an executive summary report of the proposed pharmaceutical asset market potential base, in part, on the RWW score. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120245951 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPLIANCE REWARD - Systems and methods for rewarding compliance are disclosed. In one embodiment, compliance data is received from a compliance monitoring system. The compliance data includes an indication of compliance success or compliance failure associated with an event having an associated compliance action. A compliance measurement is determined based on, at least in part, the compliance data. A compliance point value associated with the compliance measurement is determined based on, at least in part, an incentive. A reward is provided based on, at least in part, the compliance point value associated with the compliance measurement. Other systems and methods are disclosed. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120245952 | CROWDSOURCING MEDICAL EXPERTISE - Methods of crowdsourcing medical expert information are described. One such method includes receiving, from a first user during a first session over a network, a first query that includes a request for information regarding a patient condition, a therapy, and/or a medical test, and transmitting the query to a plurality of medical personnel. The first query further includes first session parameters selected by the first user from categories displayed by a processor to the first user. The method also includes receiving responses to the query from the plurality of medical personnel, and changing, based on the responses, an assigned probability of presenting to an index user, in response to a second query and during another session, at least one of a suggested diagnosis, a suggested therapy, a suggested inquiry to aid in establishing a diagnosis, a suggested medical test, a recommended source for further information, or a recommended medical professional. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120245953 | ESTIMATING HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS - A method and apparatus for predicting a health benefit for an individual is provided. Outcomes from a first simulation on a set of simulated individuals reflecting a population are stored and used to determine a first risk function and corresponding cost values. Outcomes from a second simulation on a set of simulated individuals reflecting having a healthcare intervention are stored and used to determine a second risk function reflecting the intervention and corresponding cost values of the intervention. A benefit function is derived from the difference of the first and second risk functions. A cost function that describes the cost of the intervention is derived from the respective cost values. The derived benefit function and cost function are used to predict the corresponding benefit and cost of the healthcare intervention for a given individual. Individuals can be ranked by degree of expected benefit. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120253829 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL PHARMACIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG OR PRODUCT COSTS - Systems and methods may be provided for interactive virtual pharmacies. The systems and methods may include receiving, by a non-dispensing virtual pharmacy comprising one or more computers, an electronic prescription associated with a patient, where the electronic prescription is associated with at least one drug or product prescribed for the patient; determining, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, a plurality of dispensing pharmacies capable of filling the prescription; determining, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, a respective total price payable to each of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies for filling the prescription for the patient; delivering, in real-time to a patient device by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, an identification of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies and the respective total prices; and receiving, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy from the patient device, a selection of one of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253830 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE CUSTOMER PRICING FOR VIRTUAL PHARMACIES - Systems and methods may be provided for interactive virtual pharmacies. The systems and methods may include receiving, by a non-dispensing virtual pharmacy comprising one or more computers, an electronic prescription associated with a patient, where the electronic prescription is associated with at least one drug or product prescribed for the patient; determining, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, a respective total price payable to each of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies for filling the prescription for the patient; determining, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy based upon the determined respective total price, a respective patient payable amount for filling the prescription at each of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies; and delivering, in real-time from the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy to a patient device, an identification of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies and the respective patient payment amount at each dispensing pharmacy. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253831 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PHARMACY LOCATIONS BASED UPON A CURRENT LOCATION FOR USE WITH A VIRTUAL PHARMACY - Systems and methods may be provided for interactive virtual pharmacies. The systems and methods may include receiving, by a non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, an electronic prescription identifying at least a prescribed drug or product for a patient; obtaining, by the virtual pharmacy, a location preference of the patient; determining, by the virtual pharmacy, that the location preference of the patient indicates a current location associated with a patient mobile device; responsive to determining that the location preference indicates the current location, obtaining, by the virtual pharmacy, current location information of the mobile device; determining, by the virtual pharmacy, a plurality of dispensing pharmacies within proximity of the current location provided by the current location information, where the determined dispensing pharmacies are capable of filling the prescription for the patient; and delivering, in real-time from the virtual pharmacy to a mobile device, identification of at least a portion of the determined dispensing pharmacies to the mobile device. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253832 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE CAPTURE OF PAPER PRESCRIPTIONS FOR USE WITH A VIRTUAL PHARMACY - Systems and methods may be provided for remote capture of paper prescriptions for use with a virtual pharmacy. The systems and methods may include receiving, by a non-dispensing virtual pharmacy comprising one or more computers, an image of a paper prescription for a patient, where the paper prescription includes information identifying at least a prescriber, a drug or product, a quantity of a drug or product, and usage information for the drug or product, where the image is a photograph of the paper prescription taken by a camera of a patient mobile device; analyzing, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, the received image to determine whether any information from the paper prescription is illegible or missing; and responsive to the analyzing, delivering, by the non-dispensing virtual pharmacy, a response indicating whether the received image is accepted as an electronic prescription. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253833 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FINANCIAL PROCESSING FOR A VIRTUAL PHARMACY - Systems and methods may be provided for financial processing for a virtual pharmacy. The systems and methods may include receiving, by a non-dispensing virtual pharmacy comprising one or more computers, an electronic prescription associated with a patient, where the electronic prescription is associated with at least one drug or product prescribed for the patient; determining, by the virtual pharmacy, a respective patient payable amount for filling the prescription at each of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies; delivering, in real-time from the virtual pharmacy to a patient device, an identification of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies; receiving, by the virtual pharmacy from the patient device, a selection of one of the plurality of dispensing pharmacies; directing, by the virtual pharmacy, financial processing for the respective patient payable amount corresponding to the selected pharmacy to generate financial processing information; and delivering, by the virtual pharmacy to the selected pharmacy, the electronic prescription and the financial processing information. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253834 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING DISPLAY OF RELEVANT QUALITY MEASURES BASED ON DIAGNOSES - An apparatus is provided for generating one or more preventive health care plans. The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to receive medical information, associated with one or more patients, from different medical entities. The processor is further configured to identify whether data in the received medical information indicates that the medical information corresponds to at least one patient. The data comprises one or more unique identifiers identifying the patient. The processor is further configured to determine at least one medical condition or age/gender criteria of the patient based in part on one or more unique codes in the received medical information and generate at least one preventive health care plan on behalf of the patient based in part on the determined medical condition and one or more defined measures associated with the codes. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253835 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING QUALITY REPORTING AND ALERTS MANAGEMENT - An apparatus is provided for generating one or more customizable health care alerts. The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to generate one or more customizable health care alerts based in part on a defined query. The processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to define one or more actions to be monitored for a plurality of patients meeting criteria of the defined query and assigning the defined actions to the generated alerts to enable a status of the actions to be tracked. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253836 | FACILITATING AND TRACKING CLINICIAN-ASSIGNMENT STATUS - Subject matter described herein is related to assigning a healthcare clinician to provide care to a patient. For example, a GUI is provided that includes contextual information relevant to the assignment and that allows a user to electronically create the assignment. Relevant information includes a list of clinicians, a list of patients, and an estimate of the amount of resources required to provide care to a patient. In addition, this disclosure describes tracking the status of a healthcare clinician, such as primary provider, secondary provider, and on-break. Status might be tracked by capturing an image of a display board, which supports clinician barcodes that are movable to desired locations within a depiction of a healthcare facility (e.g., floor plan laid out using barcodes). | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253837 | MEDICAL KIOSK AND METHOD OF USE - A medical kiosk having a modular configuration and designed to provide tele-med services to a user. The medical kiosk includes first and second front panels, first and second rear panels, an interior chamber, a chamber access opening, and a user video conferencing system in the interior chamber. The user video conferencing system is designed to enable the user in the interior chamber to have a real-time or near real-time tele-conference with a medical provider located remotely from the medical kiosk. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253838 | EXAMINATION RESERVATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An examination reservation management system includes an information acquiring means for acquiring examination reservation information including priority information indicating priority of an examination; a reservation status presenting means for distinguishing and displaying a time frame in which examination can be reserved and a reserved time frame based on the examination reservation information; a reservation input means for making a new examination reservation; a priority information determining means for determining whether or not the new examination reservation can be reserved using the priority information; and a reservation designing means for confirming the examination reservation from the determination result by the priority information determining means. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253839 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MEDICAL INFORMATION - Systems and methods for managing medical information for medical service providers are provided. Personnel are able to manage and track workflow operations, evaluate profitability, and maintain records in an integrated and streamlined manner by executing various modules of a software application. A Dashboard module provides a unitary display of information regarding employee efficiency and operational profitability; a Virtual Will Call module allows for the virtual placement of items in storage areas reflecting the corresponding physical will call storage locations; an Rx Tracker module provides information regarding the status of prescriptions as they go through the process from ordered to dispensed; the Maintenance module allows personnel to define customized delivery methods; and the Archive Viewer module provides a way for personnel to archive images in any accessible drive or memory device, including portable storage media, and to view such images independently of the module using an archive viewer executable. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253840 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING HBA1C, TREATMENT RESPONSE, AND HYPOGLYCEMIA RISK USING SELF-MONITORING OF BLOOD GLUCOSE DATA - A system and method for estimating HbA1 | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120259647 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING CLINICAL TRIALS - A system and method for administering a clinical trial centralizes all trial communications in a website system. The system enables a trial sponsor to create individual websites for each of its available trials using website templates driven by workflow management software. The prospective clinical investigator can browse current and upcoming clinical trials and select trials that he/she wants to participate in. The clinical investigator can register interest in the trial by entering their contact information and professional credentials to create a personal profile. The trial sponsor can search for prospective clinical investigators whose credentials are commensurate with those required for a clinical trial. The trial sponsor also can invite prospective clinical investigators to participate in clinical trials. The system programmatically creates a secure account the clinical investigator can use to access the clinical trial website (called a collaboration portal). Once the clinical investigator logs into the collaboration portal, he/she is able to appoint sub-investigators and additional administrative accounts for the portal. The clinical investigator also uploads essential trial documentation via the collaboration portal into the document repository that the trial sponsor set up for the clinical trial. The investigator portal also gives the principal investigator a central place to access clinical trial alerts, notifications and a to-do list. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259648 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE MONITORING, MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENT - A movement monitoring and management system, comprises a communication interface; a database configured to store prescription and treatment information, sensor data, subject information, reporting, insurance, payment and billing information for a plurality of subjects; a server coupled with the database and the communication interface, the server configured to: receive subject data via the communication interface, the subject data comprising a subject identifier identifying a particular subject and diagnosis information, create a record in the database for the subject using the subject identifier and the diagnosis information, receive sensor data via the communication interface, the sensor data including data related to certain activities, exercises or movements performed by the subject, analyze the sensor data to establish a baseline assessment, and develop at least partially a treatment plan based on the sensor data and the baseline assessment and subject data. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259649 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE MONITORING, MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENT - A movement monitoring and management system, comprises a communication interface; a database configured to store treatment information, sensor data, subject information, reporting, insurance, payment and billing information for a plurality of subjects; a server coupled with the database and the communication interface, the server configured to: receive sensor data via the communication interface, the sensor data including data related to certain activities, exercises or movements performed by the subject according to a treatment plan, analyze the sensor data to assess performance with the treatment plan, and automatically determine whether the treatment plan is being complied with or not, whether the treatment plan needs to be altered, and whether the subject is progressing or regressing based on the analysis. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259650 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE MONITORING, MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENT - A movement monitoring and management system, comprises a communication interface; a database configured to store treatment information, sensor data, subject information, reporting, and billing information for a plurality of subjects; a server coupled with the database and the communication interface, the server configured to: receive sensor data via the communication interface, the sensor data including data related to certain activities, exercises or movements performed by the subject according to a treatment plan, analyze the sensor data to assess performance with the treatment plan, automatically determine whether the treatment plan is being complied with or not, whether the treatment plan needs to be altered, and whether the subject is progressing, regressing, or a successful outcome is being or has been achieved based on the analysis, and automatically generate and send at least one message to the subject via the communication interface, the message including instructions for the subject related to whether the treatment plan is being performed and complied with or not, whether the treatment plan needs to be altered, and whether the subject is progressing, regressing, or success is being or has been achieved based on the analysis. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259651 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE MONITORING, MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENT - A movement monitoring and management system, comprises a communication interface; a database configured to store treatment information, sensor data, subject information, reporting, and billing information for a plurality of subjects; a server coupled with the database and the communication interface, the server configured to: receive sensor data via the communication interface, the sensor data including data related to certain activities, exercises or movements performed by the subject according to a treatment plan, analyze the sensor data to assess performance with the treatment plan, automatically determine whether the treatment plan is being complied with or not, whether the treatment plan needs to be altered, and whether the subject is progressing, regressing, or a successful outcome is being or has been achieved based on the analysis, and automatically generate and send at least one message to the subject via the communication interface, the message including instructions for the subject related to whether the treatment plan is being performed and complied with or not, whether the treatment plan needs to be altered, and whether the subject is progressing, regressing, or success is being or has been achieved based on the analysis. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259652 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE MONITORING, MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENT - A movement monitoring and management system, comprises a communication interface; a database configured to store treatment information, sensor data, subject information, reporting, and billing information for a plurality of subjects; a server coupled with the database and the communication interface, the server configured to: receive sensor data via the communication interface, the sensor data including data related to certain activities, exercises or movements performed by the subject according to a treatment plan, analyze the sensor data to assess performance with the treatment plan, automatically determine whether the treatment plan is being complied with or not, whether the treatment plan needs to be altered, and whether the subject is progressing, regressing, or a successful outcome is being or has been achieved based on the analysis, and automatically generate and send at least one message to the subject via the communication interface, the message including instructions for the subject related to whether the treatment plan is being performed and complied with or not, whether the treatment plan needs to be altered, and whether the subject is progressing, regressing, or success is being or has been achieved based on the analysis. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259653 | Method of Delivering Goods and Services Via Media - A method for distributing a prescription pharmaceutical product includes recording a unique identifier in a database that identifies a medium and a prescription pharmaceutical product associated with the medium. The database is provisioned with criteria that establish different potential values for the medium. Thus, the medium has a variable value that varies according to the criteria provisioned in the database. A holder of the medium then presents the medium to a provider of the prescription pharmaceutical product. Upon receipt the medium, the provider communicates the unique identifier associated with the medium. Based on the unique identifier of the medium and the variable value criteria provisioned in the database, the value of the medium is determined and communicated to the provider. The holder then utilizes the determined value to purchase the prescription pharmaceutical product associated with the medium. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259654 | Predicting Out-Of-Pocket Expense for a Patient - Embodiments of computer-methods and computer systems for predicting out-of-pocket expense for a patient are disclosed. One computer-method includes obtaining claims data and provider data and grouping the claims data into priceable units. A server computes prices for each of the priceable units based on the claims data and the provider data. The priceable units are collected into bundled services as required for predicting the out-of-pocket expense of an episode. Attributes of a health plan of the patient are applied, and an out-of-pocket calculator predicts the out-of-pocket expense based on the collected priceable units and the computed prices for the collected priceable units. The out-of-pocket expense is communicated to patient through a network. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259655 | Drug Inventory System - A system and method for managing drug dose inventory for a medical practice includes a server in electronic communication with a database and an interface with practice management software. The system allows users in a medical practice to track drug dose orders, receipt, and the administration of drug doses to patients, and billing for the doses, with a user computer that accesses the server over the Internet. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259656 | MANAGING BIOMARKERS AND ASSOCIATED LICENSES - Systems and method for the management of biomarkers or biomarker associations subject to restricted access, such as by licensing fees, are provided. A license manager maintains license fee information on a number of biomarkers or biomarker associations. In one embodiment, a user may submit biological data for testing against one or more of the maintained biomarkers. The license manager determines which positive test results require use of licensed biomarkers or biomarker associations and may present this information to the user. In another embodiment, a set of biomarkers or biomarker associations may be submitted to determine if any biomarkers subject to license are included. The licensing manager determines whether licenses exist for included biomarkers and may return specific licensing information. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259657 | Method and System for Analyzing Health Related Data of Patients - System and method for analyzing health related data associated with a patient, comprising: an expert's station; a health database comprising health related data of patients; a wizard application, enabling the expert to create a template of commands for analyzing the health related data of the patient according to the expert's school of method, using a generic model associated with the expert's field of expertise, where the analysis calculates health related profile of the patient; a templates database comprising templates of commands created by experts; a generic models database, enabling the wizard to retrieve and store a generic model associated with the expert's field of expertise; and a main server for using the template of commands to analyze the health data of a patient, according to the analysis method of the expert, by operating the commands in the template for calculating health related profile of the patient. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120265546 | Cost-effective resource apportionment technologies suitable for facilitating therapies - Configuration technologies for apportioning resources and communicating indications of potential or actual incentives based on one or more measurements or other objective indications that therapeutic components have been administered to an individual, other attributes of the therapeutic components or the individual, or other such determinants. Techniques for apportioning resources cost-effectively (between providers and other parties, e.g.) and for facilitating or handling implementations thereof or output therefrom. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265547 | Cost-effective resource apportionment technologies suitable for facilitating therapies - Configuration technologies for apportioning resources and communicating indications of potential or actual incentives based on one or more measurements or other objective indications that therapeutic components have been administered to an individual, other attributes of the therapeutic components or the individual, or other such determinants. Techniques for apportioning resources cost-effectively (between providers and other parties, e.g.) and for facilitating or handling implementations thereof or output therefrom. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265548 | Cost-effective resource apportionment technologies suitable for facilitating therapies - Configuration technologies for apportioning resources and communicating indications of potential or actual incentives based on one or more measurements or other objective indications that therapeutic components have been administered to an individual, other attributes of the therapeutic components or the individual, or other such determinants. Techniques for apportioning resources cost-effectively (between providers and other parties, e.g.) and for facilitating or handling implementations thereof or output therefrom. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265549 | System and Computer Readable Medium for Predicting Patient Outcomes - A processor operates to predict an outcome of a patient. Current physiological information is received from a patient. A similar patient subset is retrieved and the current physiological information is compared to the historical physiological information of the historical records of the similar patient subset. A correspondence is rated between the current and historical physiological information. A selection is made between a first outcome and a second outcome based upon the ratings of the correspondences and a notification is presented that is indicative of the selected first or second outcome. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265550 | COHORT DRIVEN MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TOOL - A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program products derives a medical diagnosis for a patient. A current description of a patient is matched to a cohort of persons who each have a substantially similar description as the patient. Possible medical diagnoses, which have been accurate for members of the cohort, are presented for the patient. If one of the secondary medical diagnoses has an unacceptably high potential for an unacceptable outcome if improperly treated, then additional tests are run to rule out that secondary medical diagnosis. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265551 | MEDICAL IMAGE METADATA PROCESSING - Enhanced techniques for the extraction and use of metadata from medical images are disclosed herein. Based on the information in the metadata, specific processing may be performed within an image order management system, radiology information system (RIS), or like system. A radiology read order may be created, pre-populated, and transmitted via a processing system (e.g., a teleradiology image order management system) based on the metadata within the radiology image. For example, this metadata may exist within the header of a DICOM-formatted image data file or a DICOM communication protocol transmission. The processing system may then provide the pre-populated read order back to the source of the medical images for verification and submission. Other processing actions may also occur based on information extracted from the image metadata, such as custom workflows and handling based on an originating facility, or transferring the images to a particular radiologist or location. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265552 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CLINICAL MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTICS - Devices and methods for clinical management and analytics can include a dashboard configured to be displayed on a device. Dashboards can include one or more graphs including a representation of a total number of patients and a set of the patients that have a common status relative to a metric. One or more of the graphs can include an area that is representative of the set of patients. The area can be selected to display information associated with the set of patients. The information can comprise contact information, demographic information, or health care cost information, for example. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265553 | HEALTH CARE FINANCING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and related computer program product for determining eligibility of a patient to receive health care financial assistance. An embodiment discloses receiving patient data comprising data suitable for applying for health care financial assistance; receiving credit information derived from a credit report of the patient; comparing at least a portion of the patient data and at least a portion of the credit information to respective portions of qualification criteria for each of a plurality of health care financial assistance plans stored in a database within a computer memory; determining if the comparison satisfies the qualification criteria for at least one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans; and providing notification of eligibility for every one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans in which the comparison satisfied the qualification criteria. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265554 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED ORAL HEALTH CARE - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for improving oral health in which a secure database is provided containing medical information specific to and updateable by a patient. The data input by the patient is authenticated at time of input and the patient is provided with real-time access to the database information to obtain suggested behavioral modifications that suggest steps for the patients to take to avoid patient illness, based on a most recent health assessment. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265555 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE FLOW AND USAGE OF MEDICAL DEVICES - A system for monitoring the flow and usage of a plurality of medical devices ( | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265556 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMOTE CONTROLLED APPLICATION OF MEDICAL MONITORING AND ATTENTION - The present invention discloses a device useful for monitoring of patient condition and remote treatment administration, comprising: a. at least one portable monitoring means adapted to (i) acquire predetermined parameters from a patient for analysis; and. (ii) store said data in communicable database; b. at least one portable treatment administration means for remote administration of medical treatment; at least one computerized software program either wire or wirelessly connected with said mobile apparatus, adapted to (i) analyze said predetermined parameters acquired by said monitoring means; and, (ii) allow said remote treatment administration by said treatment administration means. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120271646 | NON COMPROMISING HOME OR CONGREGATE FACILITY RESIDENT PATIENT AND ON SITE CAREGIVER LOCATION SYSTEM WITH INTERMINABLE WIRELESS TRANSMISSION REPORTING - The novelty of the present invention relates to a dedicated system and applied methodology for monitoring a patient under care; so as to guard against and prevent any anticipated potential or kinetic problems arising from either the involvement, or cause of said home or congregate facility resident-patient under care; or from any situation unrelated to said home or congregate facility resident-patient's involvement or cause. Whereas said home or congregate facility resident-patient is classified as being in a state of dementia, or any physical or mental classification requiring an intrinsic form of interminable, non-compromised, on site caregiver administering. Whereby said present invention system sensor components, electronically and wirelessly, interrogates and reports patient status; monitors internal perimeter location and environment, along with external perimeter location and environment. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120271647 | METHOD FOR IMPROVED ADHERENCE TO MEDICATION THERAPY - A method for improved adherence to a medication therapy by providing patient interventions at clinically relevant times is disclosed. A pharmacy receives and stores patient information and prescription information in one or more databases, and then fills a prescription for a patient based on the patient information. The pharmacy identifies a plurality of adherence interventions and provides a first-fill counseling session to the patient when the patient receives the filled prescription. The pharmacy also provides a first fill follow-up session and adherence outreach at clinically relevant times. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120271648 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION AMONG MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND FACILITIES - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of the systems and methods for management of information among various medical providers and/or facilities. According to various embodiments, the systems and methods disclosed herein may facilitate the completion of location specific forms in a variety of formats by medical professionals. Certain embodiments may be employed by remotely located medical professional utilizing telemedicine technologies. Such systems may provide medical professionals utilizing telemedicine technologies with a consistent interface for gathering and inputting patient information, while continuing to allow for the use of a wide variety of forms by different medical providers and facilities. In addition to facilitating the use of location-specific forms, the systems and methods for management of information disclosed herein may also be used for the collection of patient care metrics. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120271649 | Method of Executing a Task Part of a Clinical Pathway in a Computer Implemented Medical Information System - Upon selection of a task part of a clinical pathway in a user interface of a computer implemented medical information system, a technical configuration for the task type is looked up in a task repository and a task executer is determined by its corresponding plug- in to execute the task. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120271650 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING PATIENTS WITH PRACTITIONERS - Computer-implemented systems and methods connect users interested in one or more cosmetic procedures with a plurality of practitioners. Using an application of the system, each user submits a request, which includes one or more photographs of himself/herself and a summary of the user's desired goals. The request is transmitted to the practitioners. The practitioners receive the request, optionally use a morphing application provided by the application to manipulate the photograph(s) to mimic the user's desired results, and send a response to the user. Once the user receives the responses, the user can choose to continue corresponding with one or more practitioners to fine-tune or learn more about the projected results, which again may proceed by the exchange of morphed photographs. Once the user is satisfied with one or more of the projected results, the user can send an appointment request to schedule an in-person appointment with one or more practitioners. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120271651 | Systems, Methods, And Media Providing An Integrated Timecard, Quality Assurance, And Claim Submission Service - An integrated timecard, quality assurance, and claim submission service helps manage and ensure that a care recipient is receiving care from a caregiver in accordance with a pre-established plan of care and that claim submissions are generated and transmitted to an insurance company or other payer(s) completely, accurately, and compatibly for straight-through processing. The service automatically verifies the hours and days worked and the activities performed by a caregiver, identifies any discrepancies, and adheres to the claim submission requirements of the care recipient's insurance company and/or other payer(s). In some embodiments, a payroll preparation process is also provided to help manage payments to caregivers. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120271652 | GRAPHICAL ON-SCREEN BED BOARD WITH PORTABLE PATIENT CARD - An electronically generated bed board is primarily comprised of a plurality of graphical representations of bed cells each having associated therewith a set of bed attributes and a plurality of graphical representations of patient cards each having associated therewith a set of patient attributes. Each patient card may be displayed as either assigned to a bed cell or unassigned. A graphical representation for grouping beds that are in the same room may also be provided. A holding area may be provided in which unassigned patient cards can be displayed. A reservation card capable of being assigned to a bed cell may also be provided. The present disclosure is also directed to methods of using the bed board to model (try) different patient configurations by dragging and dropping patient cards and reservation cards among bed cells and the holding area. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120278093 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING AND PROCESSING PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION - Approaches for converting analog health information to a digital database are described. Worksheets comprising questions for a patient are displayed in an interface that can be used to review and edit responses. A system receives responses to the questions, displays the responses, and sends the responses to a healthcare provider. The system includes a provider interface that can be used to annotate and edit worksheet data. The system converts and declares a worksheet as a medical record for the patient. The system securely stores worksheet data and medical records and receives a selection of a subset of this information. The system grants access to the subset of information to designated entities. The system concisely presents health information for analysis and workflow improvement. The system receives login credentials, determines a login type, and displays an interface based upon the login type. The system securely transmits personal health information to designated entities. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278094 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HEALTH CARE RECORD, WORKFLOW, AND BILLING MANAGEMENT USING MOBILE DEVICES - The present invention relates to health care, and more particularly to a dynamic and mobile platform for providing comprehensive health care record and workflow management, including management of medical billing, that can be configured for healthcare professionals who do not necessarily practice from a single location, and may practice frequently from locations outside of their primary practice location. The technology provides a health care data capture, analysis and user interface solution that simplifies and expedites the billing procedure for healthcare professionals. Additionally, the technology described herein supports healthcare professionals who may work as a team, and need to communicate and collaborate with each other while rendering their services. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278095 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND MANAGING THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT PROTOCOLS WITHIN TRUSTED HEALTH-USER COMMUNITIES - Systems and methods of creating, managing and accessing treatment plans for patients having a condition are disclosed herein. Patients have CarePods created for the treatment of their condition and their doctors and other caregiver relevant to their treatment. In one embodiment, treatment plans may be constructed by a plurality of modules that may input data and metadata regarding the condition, the treatment, potential medications, potential medical monitoring equipment. Such treatment plans may be employed as a template for other CarePods and other patients. In other embodiments, data from the treatment may be collected to inform caregivers the response of the patient to treatment. In addition, data from the treatment of a condition may be aggregated from a plurality of patients being treated for a condition. This aggregated data may be used to deduce the efficacy of a particular treatment to a condition. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278096 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUG AUTHENTICATION IN SUPPLY CHAIN AND MARKET DISTRIBUTION - The present invention generally relates to systems, methods and devices for prescription drug authentication and more specifically a portable hand-held device and system for prescription drug authentication to be conducted ad hoc. Although preferred embodiments of the invention are explained in detail, it is to be understood that other embodiments are contemplated. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278097 | Creating and Visualizing Professionally Crowdsourced Structured Medical Knowledge - A system and a method are disclosed for gathering and visualizing votes on the comparative efficacy, tolerability, and cost of medical treatments, including surgeries, drugs, devices, radiological and other procedures and interventions, using an Internet-based, credentialed physician social network. The system includes a method for intuitive head-to-head visualization of competing treatments, based upon aggregated community physician votes, with respect to their performance on the principal clinical dimensions of efficacy, tolerability, and cost. The system additionally includes a method to reduce intentional and unintentional voting bias. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278098 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING HEALTHCARE ADVERTISEMENTS - A system and method for healthcare advertisements and clinical messaging to healthcare consumers and physicians are disclosed herein. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120284037 | Computer program product for receiving a notification of a benefit after queuing the result of an evaluation of a sample for transmission - A computer program product includes a recordable-type signal bearing medium bearing computer usable code configured for causing an automatic evaluation, remotely from a health care facility, of a biological sample acquired from a subject for a presence or an absence of at least one pathogen in the biological sample; computer usable code configured for electronically queuing a first result of the evaluation for transmission to an off-site entity; and computer usable code configured for receiving a notification of a benefit for the subject after queuing the first result of the evaluation for transmission. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284038 | Health Care Cost Management Marketplace - A health care cost management marketplace brings together health care payers and health care cost management vendors. The health care cost management vendors bid on lots of single-claims or multiple claims. Health care cost reduction contracts are awarded to vendors whose bids project the greatest net health care cost reduction savings. Auctions are timed and vendors may change their bids while time remains. Bids include a vendor fee percentage, and, for single claim lots, may further include an estimated cost savings amount. For the single-claim lots, vendors which fail to achieve actual cost reduction savings above a predetermined threshold compared to estimated savings can be penalized. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284039 | GLOBAL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PLATFORM, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method for identifying and assessing public health events, and a corresponding system and apparatus, includes capturing public health-related information from structured and unstructured sources, where the information is contained in one or more documents, extracting meta-data from the captured public health-related information, creating an index of the extracted meta-data; archiving the meta-data and the documents, where the index links meta-data to its associated document, processing the extracted meta-data according to one or more detection algorithms to determine if an anomaly exists, and where an anomaly exists, providing a public health event notification, and monitoring and evaluating the responses to the public health events. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284040 | Medical Modules and Monitoring Systems - The present invention relates to portable dwellings, rooms, and patient monitoring systems for promoting an independent living or assisted living environment. More particularly, the present invention relates to strong, portable housing equipped with monitoring and air pressurization systems, which can be installed next to a caregiver's home or within a room in the caregiver's home. In preferred embodiments, provided is a portable dwelling comprising: walls and a roof in a fixed exterior configuration, wherein the walls will not fail under wind resistance of up to 200 mph; a positive or negative pressure system for keeping contaminants out of or in the interior; and a patient monitoring system comprising means for capturing an image of a patient in a room, a means for remotely transmitting the image to a caregiver and having the ability to communicate only a restricted or selective view of the image to the caregiver. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284041 | INTEGRATED DRUG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BY USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an integrated drug management system and a method of providing prescription drugs by using the same. The integrated drug management system includes a drug information managing module to manage a basic information and a pattern information of an individual drug by performing an image processing scheme for the individual drug, an integrated management control module to control a drug management work and a prescription drug management work, a prescription drug making module to provide the drug by preparing a drug according to a prescription information, a prescription drug inspecting module to inspect a defect state of the drug, a prescription drug reinspecting module connected to the integrated management control module to reinspect the defect state of the drug which has been determined as a defective drug, and a drug pack providing module to provide a drug pack to each ward or each patient. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284042 | ELECTRONIC CUSTODY AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HUMAN ASSAY TEST SAMPLES - A system, method, and computer program for more quickly, accurately, and efficiently identifying, cataloging, and tracking human assay samples and creating documentation with respect to the human assay samples. The computer program and method include the steps of: storing donor information in a donor information database accessible by a computer; storing client information in a client information database accessible by the computer; retrieving client information necessary to determine a type of test to be performed on a specimen; storing collection facility information in a collection facility database accessible by the computer; administering a human analyte test using the computer program to guide a collector of the specimen and identify problematic exceptions; receiving the test result electronically and storing the result in a test result database accessible by the computer; and permitting authorized persons to electronically access the test result via a communications network. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284043 | Satori Integrated Health & Financial Benefits System and Method - A shared medical savings system and method are provided that allow a patient to participate in the savings generated by selecting to have a medical procedure performed overseas. The system has one or more computing devices, a link that is capable of connecting the one or more computing devices to a medical shared savings unit that is capable of interacting with the computing devices. An employer uses the computing device to elect to participate in a medical savings plan using a Health Reimbursement Account, a patient using the computing device to select an overseas medical procedure that is part of the medical savings plan so that the savings for the overseas medical procedure is divided between the employer and the patient utilizing a medical savings plan. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284044 | HEALTHCARE CLAIMS LOSS CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method for controlling healthcare claim payment losses including accessing information about a claim after a payer is prepared to pay, but prior to payment, evaluating the information including at least one of determining indications of fraud, validating service coding and editing as indicated, identifying possible payment discounts, and developing analytics indicative of risk for future claims, and providing loss control recommendations based at least partially on the evaluation, prior to paying the claim. Also a loss control system for healthcare claims with a loss control engine and a database in communication with the loss control engine, wherein the loss control engine accesses information about healthcare claims from the database after the claims have been processed for payment and wherein the loss control engine further analyses the claims for potential cost savings and returns a loss control recommendation for each claim to the database before payment of the respective claim. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284045 | INTERNET SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS - An Internet-based system involves a database and search capabilities for connecting patients with healthcare providers, e.g., physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, treatment facilities, etc., and further enables such providers to reach patients with whom they may not otherwise come into contact. A patient may access the healthcare provider information through a search conducted using a search engine, such as Google, Yahoo, etc. Alternatively, a patient may access the company Web site's predetermined Web page that provides search capabilities on its database. A patient may research a healthcare provider based on criteria specified by the patient. Information provided to the patient may be in the form of a report, profile, ratings, etc., including patient-provided information, physician-verified information, and information verified by an independent third party. The verified information and ratings provided by the Web site enable patients to differentiate among healthcare providers and thereby select the provider that best meets their individual needs. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120290310 | DYNAMIC DECISION TREE SYSTEM FOR CLINICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION - A dynamic decision forest may be used to guide clinical or other decision queries such that multiple decision trees are followed in sequence and jumps occur between decision trees based on previously received query responses and the system's determination of what useful data has not been gathered. For example, rather than storing data concerning all possible paths between various decision trees, a system using the dynamic decision forest may determine at the time of use that a jump should occur from one decision tree to another decision tree despite the system not being pre-populated with data representative of a relationship between the source and destination of the jump. A clinical note may be created based on the path followed through the dynamic decision forest, and iterative verification may be used in order to improve the likelihood that the correct path is being followed. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290311 | Method and Apparatus for Physician Location Tracking - A medical personal location tracking system provides efficient physician location reporting based on physician client device location. The medical communication system permits physicians to define location tracking control settings to control when and where the client device sends location data to a server and database. Subject to the location tracking control settings, the location tracking system provides location updates for the physicians so that requestors that wish to contact the physicians or know the location of one or more physicians can access the server to obtain location data. To obtain medical assistance to a medical emergency, an emergency alert may be generated and sent to physicians within a defined geographic area. Upon receipt by a physician, a physician may accept the emergency alert and travel to the medical emergency and be provided updates regarding the medical emergency. The person generating the emergency alert may track the location of accepting physicians. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290312 | CHARGING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CHARGING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND CHARGING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A diagnosis supporting device generates execution information from an examination image by using a rented computer program. The diagnosis supporting device sends the execution information of the computer program to a charging management server. The charging management server stores the execution information as an execution history. The charging management server includes a duplication judging section, an execution number calculating section, and a usage fee calculating section. The duplication judging section judges whether or not there are plural pieces of execution information having the same examination ID. The execution number calculating section counts the pieces of execution information while eliminating the pieces of execution information judged to be duplicated to calculate the execution number of times. The usage fee calculating section multiplies the execution number of times calculated by the execution number calculating section by a unit price to calculate a usage fee for the computer program. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290313 | Systems and Methods for Distributed Health Care - Distributed health care uses personal support workers (PSW) and registered, trained medical personnel. Each PSW is equipped with a mobile computing device that is capable of communicating with a main computer. Each registered medical personnel is equipped with a computing device (a monitoring computer) that is capable of communicating with a main computer. At times during a PSW's shift at a patient location, the PSW inputs data to a number of forms on the mobile computing device, each form being related to the patient's physical appearance, medical condition, medication taken or given, and physical parameters, or other actions taken. The data inputted are then transmitted to the main computer, which processes, stores, and archives the data. After processing, the data is reviewed by the registered medical personnel. If the data indicates that actions need to be taken, the medical personnel can issue instructions to the PSW. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290314 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATIVE EVENT DOCUMENTATION AND RELATED DATA MANAGEMENT - In one embodiment, method and apparatus are disclosed which provide that a plurality of physicians each enter operative event data into an operative event database, wherein the operative event data documents planned or completed operative events and the physicians enter the operative event data use a wide area network through a user interface assisting the physicians in coding operative events in a consistent manner. The physicians access the operative event database to obtain information concerning upcoming or previously performed operative events, with a service provider maintaining an on-line system including one or more servers to support the entering of operative event data into the database through the Internet and the user interface. Further, the physicians subscribe to the on-line system wherein the physicians are allowed access and use the on-line system, and wherein the physicians retain control over the use and disposition of the operative event data entered by the physician. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290315 | Method of Collecting delinquent specialized debt - An internet-based system for organization and collection of specialized debt that is delinquent; an example of specialized debt being healthcare debt. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290316 | Method and System for Consumer Centred Care Management - The present invention relates to self care and care management. In one form, the invention provides a method for self-managed consumer centred cooperative care including the steps of: (a) the consumer registering their characteristics, (b) creating at least one cooperative care plan for addressing at least one of the needs and objectives of the consumer, (c) creating at least one action for the at last one cooperative care plan, (d) the consumer registering information for one or more other participants having roles chosen from the group including at least one of, (i) care providers, (ii) associates of the consumer, (iii) co-carer, (iv) primary care manager, (v) cooperative care plan manager, or combinations thereof, (e) the consumer, the primary care manager appointed by the consumer, or the cooperative care plan manager appointed by the consumer or the primary care manager, allocating at least one of the actions to one or more respective participants for implementation of the cooperative care plan, and (f) the consumer or the primary care manager appointed by the consumer, assigning permissions to the participants based on their role and any allocated actions, wherein steps (a) to (f) are automated. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290317 | TOOL FOR CLINICAL DATA MINING AND ANALYSIS - In one aspect, the invention provides a clinical trial information management tool. The tool comprises an interface with a multiple tagged clinical trial database; a user interface for receiving user inputs, a search engine to query the multiple tagged clinical trial database in one or more levels based on user inputs; a display platform to display results from the query in one or more views; an analytics engine to provide at least one of parameter based analysis and graphical analysis; and a personalization platform to store the query and the results. The tool provides the advantage through the rapid, facile and user-friendly manner in which clinical trial information from a wide variety of sources may be searched, analyzed and reported by a user, which allows for easy strategizing regarding clinical trial related matters, among other unique advantages. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290318 | Methods, Systems, and Computer-Readable Media for Disease Management - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for disease management. According to embodiments, a method for providing social interaction between a first handheld medical testing and monitoring device and a second handheld medical testing and monitoring device is provided. According to the method, at least one of a social networking profile and a diagnostic profile is received from the first handheld medical testing and monitoring device. A second user associated with the second handheld medical testing and monitoring device is selected based on the at least one of the social networking profile and the diagnostic profile. A user list at the first handheld medical testing and monitoring device is populated with a unique identifier enabling communication between a first user associated with the first handheld medical testing and monitoring device and the second user associated with the second handheld medical testing and monitoring device. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120296660 | Method of Limiting Health Care Costs - A method for limiting health care costs is provided. Patient data may be gathered to form a medical metric. The metric may be used to limit a patient's health care so that health care costs do not exceed an allowable threshold. The health care metric may contain limitations based on costs, availability of health care resources, or patient history. The method may also be used to limit anticipated health care costs by first predicting a patient's health care requirements, then controlling the amount or level of the health care used to meet those requirements. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296661 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING HEALTH CARE BILLING AND PAYMENT - Systems and methods for managing health care billing and payment are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes defining a health care billing and payment plan for one or more employees and a health care provider. The employees may be employed by the same corporation. The method also includes providing identification cards to the employees. Further, the method includes using one of the cards to transact with the health care provider for health care service provided to one of the employees. The method also includes conducting a payment transaction between the corporation and the health care provider such that the corporation pays for the health care service in accordance with the health care billing and payment plan. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296662 | HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS WEB PLATFORM - A method for a healthcare and wellness web platform includes storing a health information document of a user on a web platform in response to a health information request. The stored health information document is controllable by the user. The method includes representing a plurality of healthcare providers as members of a healthcare team on the web platform. The healthcare team may be specific to the user. The method includes granting access to the health information document to the plurality of members of the healthcare team according to configurable criteria. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296663 | POINT OF SERVICE TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT FOR SERVICE FACILITIES - The present invention enables the collection by credit/debit card payment of customer co-pay and self-pay charges via an integrated point-of-service transaction management system and method. The system and method of the present invention may assist health care facilities in the collection of co-pay and self-pay charges at the time service is rendered. The present invention can be implemented anywhere cash, checks, credit cards or debit cards are accepted for payment. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296664 | METHOD FOR ORGANIZING CLINICAL TRIAL DATA - A method for creating multiple tagged clinical trial data and a tool therefrom is disclosed. The method comprises receiving clinical trial information from different sources, and removing redundancies from the clinical trial information received from the plurality of sources to form collated clinical trial data. The method further involves baseline tagging of the collated clinical data using non-indication parameters, creating a disease specific list of indication parameters, where indication parameters are classified into at least main indication parameters and sub indication parameters. The method further includes advanced tagging of the collated clinical trial data using indication parameters and creating multiple tagged clinical data using baseline tagging and advanced tagging. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296665 | INCENTIVE PROGRAM - A method of establishing a referral network for the enrollment of individuals in a geriatric healthcare insurance plan comprising identifying an age-eligible population; developing and implementing recruiting strategies to establish a relationship with the age-eligible population; and generating potential members from the age-eligible population for enrollment in a geriatric healthcare insurance plan as senior class members; and engaging senior class members to become ambassadors that represent the geriatric healthcare insurance plan to other potential members. Ambassadors may be remunerated under an incentive program which pays a predetermined bonus for every potential member that enrolls in the geriatric healthcare insurance plan due to the direct or indirect participation of the ambassador prior to the potential member's actual enrollment. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296666 | Method and Apparatus for Verification of Medication Administration Adherence - A system and method of confirming administration of medication is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296667 | Connecting Consumers with Service Providers - A set of answers is received to a series of questions sent to a consumer of services, the set of answers to the series of questions is analyzed in a computer to identify types of service providers that can provide services to the consumer based on the received answers, and an agenda is produced, the agenda including the identified types of service providers and topics for the consumer of services to discuss with a service provider of each type, with the topics determined at least in part based on the answers. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296668 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF AUTOMATED PATIENT CHECK-IN, SCHEDULING AND PREPAYMENT - A system is provided that receives a first message from a patient device containing patient information comprising at least one of demographic, health insurance, medication, and medical history and requesting an appointment with a first health care provider. If the first message does not designate a provider for the requested appointment, the system lists providers for review and selection. The system determines that the first provider one of designated and selected is a subscriber to automated check-in services provided by the system. The system verifies patient health insurance coverage and determines patient deductible balance and insurer copayment requirement, contacts the first provider, provides the patient information, and requests available appointment dates and times and patient account information. The system sends a second message to the device providing available appointment dates and times and requesting payment for an amount owed and receives appointment selection and payment instructions for the amount owed. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296669 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED MAPPING AND INTEGRATED WORKFLOW OF A CONTROLLED MEDICAL VOCABULARY - Systems, methods, and apparatus provide clinical terminology services including a controlled medical vocabulary supplemented by local clinical content. An example method includes accessing an initial controlled medical vocabulary including at least one external terminology via a vocabulary management server; processing local clinical content including unstructured local clinical content provided via an importer framework; analyzing and extracting the unstructured local clinical content using a text analyzer and extraction tool to generate one or more proposed terms; identifying one or more synonyms for the one or more proposed terms and placing the one or more synonyms into a queue to be added to the controlled medical vocabulary; reviewing the one or more synonyms; and adding one or more synonyms to the controlled medical vocabulary with placement and relationship based on analyzing unstructured local clinical content to automatically map between the at least one external terminology and the local clinical content. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296670 | LEARNING TOOL FOR A TARGET GROUP - A learning tool for a target group is disclosed. In the exemplary embodiment the target group includes health care professionals. The tool includes a digital library relevant to the target group. The tool further includes a profiler to generate a professional profile for each health care professional. A clustering module is provided in the tool to assign each health care professional to a learning group based on the professional profile. Further the tool includes a content module to provide an adaptive content from the digital library based on the professional profile and the learning group. The tool also includes a user interface to deliver the adaptive content to each health care professional. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296671 | GUIDELINE-BASED PATIENT DISCHARGE PLANNING - A system and method for guideline-based discharge planning of a patient from a facility, comprising determining via a processor whether a patient meets predetermined discharge criteria from the facility, generating a first signal indicative of the patient's risk of re-admission to the facility, generating a second signal indicative of a plan for providing care for the patient, generating a third signal indicative of a status of the patient for a post-discharge care report, and generating a fourth signal indicative of instructions to discharge the patient from the facility. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120303377 | COMPETITION DRIVEN HEALTH MANAGEMENT - An application offers personalized content, such as health care plans, health actions, and interactive games, to a user. Based on such health data provided by a user, the health management application may provide content, such as health information or health care plans, that is tailored to the current health status or condition of the user. In some instances, a user may request to participate in a particular health action or task. The health management application may recommend personalized tasks or actions for the user to complete to promote and improve health. Following partial or successful completion of a chosen health action, a user may earn points or rewards that may be redeemable for various prizes. A user may also earn points by completing an educational or informational task such as quizzes, questionnaires, or surveys. Points may also be earned by participating in or playing a game. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303378 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND MEASURING QUALITY PERFORMANCE OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND SERVICE - A software driven health care quality management system is disclosed. This system is user friendly, allowing easy navigation through various screens that enable the user to identify drivers of Star Rating System performance. The present invention offers easy drill-down functionality from a plan level, to a provider group, individual provider, and member level to provide actionable data that can improve the quality of care and ultimately a plan's star ratings. This system addresses each of the drivers that influence overall plan revenue, by providing an enterprise business intelligence system, designed to maximize process quality measures, promote value-based purchasing, and maximize risk-adjusted revenue for such health plans and health provider organizations. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303379 | Integrated Health and Financial Benefits System and Method - A medical shared savings unit receives a selection from one or more computing devices to select a medical provider in a region outside the United States for a patient as part of a medical savings plan, and accesses the medical plan information from the data store, and calculates a savings based on a difference between a cost of the medical procedure performed in the region outside the United States and a cost of the medical procedure performed within the United States. The medical shared savings unit further divides the savings between the insurer and the employer based on a medical savings plan model when the patient undergoes the medical procedure in the region outside the United States. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303380 | MEDICAL PAYMENT SYSTEM - A medical payment system is described in which a provider of medical goods and/or services submits, via telephone or other communications medium, a request for payment amount determination for a patient encounter. A price determination system determines which of a plurality of fee schedules negotiated by the provider applies to the patient encounter and calculates, based at least in part on information entered by the provider, a payment amount for the encounter, which it communicates to at least the provider. In one embodiment, the provider receives the payment amount information while the patient is at the point of service. In one embodiment, the provider may use the system to submit a claim for payment by at least one responsible party. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303381 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCORING ILLNESS COMPLEXITY TO PREDICT HEALTHCARE COST - A processor-based method for presenting patient test data includes acts of obtaining values of factors indicative of different patient health parameters and operatively associating the values of the factors with a unique identifier in a database borne by a physical computer-readable medium. Using a processor, a Z-score is determined for each factor and absolute values for each Z-score are converted into logarithm values. On a display, a radar graph depicts the Z-scores for the plurality of factors, the radar graph defining at least an arc subdivided into a plurality of sectors, each sector being subdivided into a plurality of arcuate sections, wherein log values are plotted from a center point of the radar graph, with the Z-scores of identified ones of the plurality of factors being representing as highlighted arcuate sections extending from the center point of the radar graph outwardly in correspondence with a magnitude of each Z-score. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303382 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING A CHANGE TO A PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN - Systems and methods for simulating a change to a prescription drug plan may be provided. In response to receiving a request to simulate the change to the prescription drug plan, a prescription drug spend and/or trend application may retrieve data related to the prescription drug plan from a database. A model that includes a plurality of calculations to simulate the change may be applied to the retrieved data A user computing device may be provided with an indication of an impact on the prescription drug plan responsive to the at least one change based at least in part on the application of the model to the retrieved data. The modeling of the change may be related, for example, to an option to reduce spend and/or trend as determined by the spend and/or trend application. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303383 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEALTH CARE CODING TRANSITION AND IMPLEMENTATION - Methods and systems for implementing coding changes for a transaction are provided. At least one transaction in an original format is received and normalized into a different format. The normalized transaction may be processed and the processing results may be associated with the original format to transmit the processing results in the original format to a recipient. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303384 | TREATMENT PLAN CREATION WORKFLOW TRACKING - A method for tracking creation of a treatment plan for a patient includes obtaining an input indicative of a state of a task in the treatment plan creation workflow and generating a signal indicative of a set of tasks of the treatment plan creation workflow, including the state of the task corresponding to the received input. A system includes a processor ( | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303385 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EVENT SEQUENCING AND RECORD AUTOMATION FOR HEALTHCARE - Methods and devices are provided for healthcare action sequencing and record keeping. The method may involve scanning a patient care area for tags for entities present in the area, a given patient being located in the area. The method may involve reading identity data from a tag, in response to detecting the tag for an entity in the area. The method may involve receiving input data regarding the given patient by a healthcare personnel via a user-interface. The method may involve communicating with a management system that includes a first database storing rules for how patients with known sets of conditions are to be cared for, a second database storing rules for how the input data are to be used, and a third database storing rules relating to procedures and restrictions for the healthcare personnel. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120310659 | RELIEF SUPPORT SYSTEM - A user desiring to check safety of an individual to be rescued can check safety estimation information, medical insurance information, information about a vital sign, and clinical information about an individual via a portable terminal. A system includes a relief database receiving information recorded on a personal medical database and a vital device and recording the information, a safety condition calculating unit calculating safety estimation information where a safety condition of the individual is estimated by comparing the clinical information and the information about the vital sign recorded on the relief database, and a portable terminal accessing the medial insurance information recorded on the relief database, the safety estimation information, and the information about the vital sign and the clinical information recorded on the relief database and displaying the medical insurance information, the safety estimation information, the information about the vital sign, and the clinical information. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310660 | HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HEALTH USING THE SAME - Health monitoring system, including a data acquisition system, a fixed patient system, a mobile patient system, a mobile review system, a fixed review system, and a network server system. The data acquisition system includes a data hub, and a plurality of medical devices connected thereto via a communication interface, and operates to acquire medical data of a patient, and to transmit the medical data to the mobile patient system and/or the fixed patient system. The mobile patient system and the fixed patient system operate to determine whether to transmit the medical data to the mobile review system and/or the fixed review system via the network server system, or directly to the mobile review system and/or the fixed review system. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310661 | Methods for Improving the Clinical Outcome of Patient Care and for Reducing Overall Health Care Costs - System and method for reducing healthcare costs by improving care and encouraging healthy behaviors. A web-based or telephonic program using health plan sponsor funded financial incentives, offered to patients and providers for declaring or demonstrating adherence or providing a reason for non-adherence to performance standards. Financial incentives are contingent upon patient's and provider's agreement to allow the other to confirm or acknowledge the other's declaration or demonstration of adherence or non-adherence reason. Combining financial incentives with a set of checks and balances motivates participation in the program and adherence to the performance standards. Performance standards include evidence-based treatment guidelines, information therapy, wellness and prevention solutions, care management, and other methods proven to control costs by improving behaviors and healthcare. The system and method achieves improved health and more affordable healthcare by aligning the interests of providers, patients/consumers, and health plan sponsors in a win-win-win arrangement. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310662 | SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING COSTS OF A HEALTHCARE PRACTICE - Systems, computer programs, and methods for controlling ancillary medical costs of a healthcare practice and/or insurance network with a plurality of physicians participating therein, are provided. According to an example method, the steps include identifying one or more a plurality of physicians having ancillary medical costs that exceed a certain level to thereby identify the physician or physicians for behavior modification with respect to ancillary medical costs. The method can also include generating information identifying recommended alternative ancillary medical procedures to modify behavior of a physician or physicians with respect to management of the ancillary medical costs. The method can also determining whether the ancillary medical costs of the physician or physicians have decreased to a preselected/baseline level, and distributing a percentage of a savings attributed to the modified ancillary medical cost management behavior when the ancillary medical costs have decreased to or below the preselected/baseline level. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310663 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AND/OR ADMINISTERING PRESCRIPTION BENEFITS - Systems and methods for allowing a user (e.g., a benefits administrator) to maintain and modify a contract or a group for a prescription drug plan may be provided. In response to receiving a request to modify a contract or a group, a prescription benefits management application may retrieve data relating to the contract or group and allow the user to input information relating to the contract or group, input broker information, input billing information, select a pharmacy network, select pricing options for the prescription plan, create a customized prescription plan, input brand/generic difference overrides, etc. In some embodiments, the modifications and/or additions made to a contract or group may be transmitted to a pharmacist, thereby allowing the pharmacist to fill one or more prescriptions in real-time or upon updating the system (e.g., within 48 to 72 hours). | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120316890 | AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION OF A MEDICAL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING GLOBAL CONTENT - Methods and apparatus for facilitating an automated configuration of a component of a practice management system for use by a healthcare provider associated with a medical practice. An initial configuration of the component is generated based, at least in part, on global content stored by the practice management system. A self-service implementation tool provided by the practice management system enables a user at the medical practice to refine the initial configuration via a user interface that presents the user with a plurality of tasks to perform. By allowing providers to actively participate in the configuration process by completing assigned tasks via the user interface, the process of configuring a component of the practice management system is simplified compared to conventional practice management systems, which often require an administrator of the practice management system to create a customized solution for each provider or medical practice from scratch. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120316891 | COHORT DRIVEN SELECTION OF A COURSE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT - A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product create a recommended course of medical treatment of a current patient. A current medical diagnosis of a medical condition being suffered by the current patient is used to identify a cohort of other persons who have been diagnosed with the same medical condition as that suffered by the current patient. Past medical treatment procedures used on members of the cohort are sorted according to how closely these medical treatments matched desired results of the current patient and constraints for the current patient. The sorted medical treatment sets are then presented as a recommended course of treatment to a health care provider for the current patient. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120316892 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BED DATA AGGREGATION, NORMALIZATION AND COMMUNICATION TO THIRD PARTIES - A system, machine readable medium, or method of bed data aggregation, normalization, and communication to third parties is provided. A plurality of hospital beds of different bed types communicates bed data to the system and the system normalizes the data for subsequent transmission. End users select a communication protocol from among a plurality of available communication protocols in which the normalized bed data is to be transmitted to end user computer devices. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120316893 | HEALTH INSURANCE CARD VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND HEALTH INSURANCE CARD VERIFICATION METHOD - For a revisit patient, a first terminal reads a patient identification card. The first terminal reads a health insurance card if it is required, and compares health insurance card data with reference data. If there is a difference, the first terminal prompts the user to go to a window for verification of the health insurance card. A second terminal displays a different part of the health insurance card data that is different from the reference data, and receives an input of data corresponding to the different part. The data input via the second terminal is registered in health insurance card database. A third terminal obtains a patient list and displays the list so that the patient is visually different from another patient. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120316894 | METHODS FOR DELIVERING A DRUG TO A PATIENT WHILE RESTRICTING ACCESS TO THE DRUG BY PATIENTS FOR WHOM THE DRUG MAY BE CONTRAINDICATED - Methods for delivering a drug to a patients in need of the drug, while restricting access to the drug by patients for whom the drug may be contraindicated are disclosed. The methods are of the type in which prescriptions for the drug are filled by a pharmacy only after a computer readable storage medium has been consulted to retrieve a prescription approval code. Embodiments are provided wherein the patients are assigned to risk groups based upon the risk that taking the drug will lead to an adverse side effect, and certain additional information, such as periodic surveys and diagnostic tests probative of the ongoing risk of the side effect developing are obtained before prescriptions for the drug are approved. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120323588 | AUTOMATING DISPLAYS BASED ON ADMISSIONS, DISCHARGES, AND TRANSFERS - Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and graphical user interfaces for automating displays based on admissions, transfers, and discharges are provided. In embodiments, admission notifications that patients have been admitted to rooms in a healthcare facility are received. Information is accessed for the patients admitted to the rooms. The information for the patients is automatically displayed, without user intervention, to clinicians in the corresponding rooms. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323589 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSURING COMPLIANCE - Systems and methods for collecting information, verifying authenticity of such information, processing, maintaining, and managing such information are described. The system can be a standalone unit or can comprise a combination of various units configured to function together. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323590 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRONIC MEDICAL SOURCE - Systems and methods for collecting information, verifying authenticity of such information, processing, maintaining, and managing such information are described. The system can be a standalone unit or can comprise a combination of various units configured to function together. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323591 | SMART CLINICAL CARE ROOM - Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for transitioning a clinical care room from a first scene to a second scene in order to facilitate completion of a real-world activity are provided. The first scene in the clinical care room is presented where the clinical care room has one or more zones. The first scene is associated with a first group of setting for components within the one or more zones. An input corresponding to the real-world activity is received. Incident to receiving the input, the second scene is provided. The second scene is associated with a second group of settings for the components. The second group of setting is optimized to facilitate completion of the real-world activity. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323592 | MINIMIZING DISRUPTION DURING MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION - Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for reducing disruptions to a clinician during medication administration are provided. An input is received indicating that the medication-administration process has been initiated by the clinician. The medication-administration process is associated with one patient in a clinical care room. Incident to receiving this input, the clinician is prevented from receiving messages concerning patients and other matters not related to the one patient in the clinical care room. In addition, one or more visual indicators are provided to alert other clinicians, patients, and visitors that the clinician has begun the medication-administration process. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323593 | TELERADIOLOGY IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A teleradiology image processing system configured to process radiology read requests and digital radiology image data is disclosed. In one embodiment, a radiology processing system includes a series of processing components configured to receive digital radiology data from a medical provider, extract relevant information and radiology scan images from the digital radiology data, and initiate and control a workflow with a qualified remote radiologist who ultimately performs a read of the radiology scan images. Further embodiments also facilitate data processing within the image processing system in response to medical facility rules and preferences; translation or conversion of digital images to other formats; compilation of patient and medical facility data obtained from the digital radiology data into medical records or data stores; assignment of radiology studies within a teleradiology workflow in response to licensing and credentialing rules; and billing functions in response to completed reads by the remote radiologist. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323594 | PROGNOSTIC AND PREDICTIVE GENE SIGNATURE FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER AND ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY - The application provides methods of prognosing and classifying lung cancer patients into poor survival groups or good survival groups and for determining the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy by way of a multigene signature. The application also includes kits and computer products for use in the methods of the application. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323595 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NURSE ASSIGNMENT AND PATIENT LIST MANAGEMENT INTERACTION WITH ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD - Systems, apparatus, and methods to facilitate review and modification of patient assignment are provided. An example method includes displaying, via a user interface, assignments between a clinician and one or more patients including a status of each assignment between the clinician and each of the one or more patients. The example method includes facilitating, via the user interface, a change in at least one assignment via the user interface. The example method includes propagating the change based on an update to assignment status via the user interface. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323596 | Systems and Methods for Managing Payments and Related Payment Information for Healthcare Providers - Systems and methods for managing payments and related payment information for healthcare providers, where payments are made by payors other than a patient, are disclosed. In some embodiments the system provides different services to member and non-member providers. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323597 | Consolidated Healthcare and Resource Management System - A technical procedure and information enhancement system comprising a multi-function colored display; a computing device having memory and processors; a touch-free gesture-responsive computer input device; computer-readable media containing computer instructions for displaying a plurality of electronic pages selected from the group consisting of a pre-procedural page, a procedure preparation page, an intra-procedural page and a post-procedural page; connection to the internet; a backup memory; a microphone; one or more video cameras situated to record the medical procedure, speakers, and an electronic signature pad. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323598 | Using Alternative Sources of Evidence in Computer-Assisted Billing Coding - A computerized billing code generator reviews billing source data containing both admissible data (such as physician's notes) and inadmissible data (such as nurse's notes). The billing code generator determines whether to generate a request to review the first data based on both the first data and the second data. For example, the billing code generator may generate the request in response to determining that the second data contains information that is inconsistent with information contained in the first data. As another example, the billing code generator may generate the request in response to determining that the second data contains information that is not contained within the first data. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323599 | SCHEDULING OF DOSE CALCULATION TASKS INCLUDING EFFICIENT DOSE CALCULATION - A system comprises a therapy tasks scheduling module ( | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120330672 | DYNAMIC BLIND COUNT FOR MEDICATION DISPENSING APPARATUS - A dynamic blind count setting is provided for dispensing medications from medication dispensing apparatuses. In some embodiments, when a dynamic blind count setting is provided for a medication at a medication dispensing apparatus, a blind count may be required at intervals of medication dispensing events such that a blind count is not required each time the medication is dispensed from the medication dispensing apparatus. The intervals may be random or scheduled. In some embodiments, a set point may be established for a medication such that blind counts are required when the system count for the medication reaches the set point. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330673 | SYSTEM, APPARATUSES & METHODS TO INCREASE SUPPLY OF SPECIALTY CARE SURGICAL-MEDICAL TREATMENTS - System, apparatuses and methods for treating specialty care surgical-medical patients ( | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330674 | HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS DASHBOARD SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide healthcare dashboards. An example method includes providing a plurality of dashboard components containing selectable data points. The plurality of dashboard components are associated with a plurality of types of healthcare content and are based on parameters received from a user. The example method includes automatically creating at least one alert when a data point departs from clinical norms. The clinical norms are defined in association with the dashboard components. At least one data point is associated with patient data. The example method includes receiving a selection of at least one alert from a user and providing a supplemental dashboard in response to the selection. The supplemental dashboard contains additional selectable data points related to at least the selected alert. The additional data points include at least a guideline, an assessment, and an action to facilitate additional user action. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330675 | REMOTE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WITH STETHOSCOPE - Disclosed is a patient health system for transmission of patient health data from a patient data collection system to a provider analysis system. The patient data collection system, located proximate a patient, is configured to collect patient physiological data and is operatively coupled to a communications network. The patient data collection system includes a patient data collection device couple to a patient work station. The patient work station is configured to transmit patient physiological data upon a determination that the communications network is reliable. The provider analysis system is coupled to the communications network and located remote from the patient data collection system. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330676 | Computer Readable Database Method for Efficient and Effective Delivery of Health Care Products and Services - A method is disclosed for improved the targeting of health care services to selected subpopulations. A user accesses a computer readable database which has data generated from a Bayesian model that predicts prevalence values for various diseases and socio-economic conditions. These data are processed and configured such that prevalence values can be obtained for an array of parameters including both geographic region parameters and demographic characteristics parameters. Due to the statistical analysis, reliable values can be provided for relatively small geographic regions, such as the area bounded by a single zip code. These prevalence values are used in many ways: to target health care services to a selected populations, to assess effects of different interventions, or a single intervention over an extended period of time, and to help efficiently design and locate health care deliver services. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330677 | Healthcare Optimization Systems and Methods - A computer system for determining an optimized patient treatment protocol is adapted to perform the steps of: (1) obtaining a first cost of labor and materials, patient satisfaction level, and protocol quality indicator associated with a first proposed treatment protocol (PTP); (2) obtaining a second cost of labor and materials, patient satisfaction level, and protocol quality indicator associated with a second proposed treatment protocol (PTP); (3) assigning a first rating to PTP based on the first cost of labor and material, first patient satisfaction level and first protocol quality indicator; (4) assigning a second rating to the second PTP based on the second cost of labor and material, second patient satisfaction level and second protocol quality indicator; (5) performing a comparison of the first and second ratings; and (6) determining which of the first and second proposed treatment protocols to implement as the optimized patient treatment protocol. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330678 | System and Method for Targeted Healthcare Messaging Using Mobile Communication Devices - Systems and methods are provided for targeted healthcare messaging using mobile communication devices. A targeted messaging server is provided and is in communication with a plurality of data sources and a mobile communication device remote from the targeted messaging system. The system detects prescription-related activity occurring at the mobile communication device and automatically generates a request for a targeted healthcare message in response to a prescription-related activity detected by the system. The targeted messaging server receives the request, queries a database to identify a link to a matching targeted healthcare message, and transmits the link to the mobile communication device. The link is accessed at the mobile communication device and to convey the targeted healthcare message to the user. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330679 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING PATIENT HEALTH CONDITION MANAGEMENT DATA AT A CENTRAL SERVER SYSTEM - A method for managing treatment of a particular health condition afflicting a patient through connection of a patient local processing device with a remote web server system. The patient local processing device receives patient health condition data, such as subjective patient symptoms and analyte levels, compiles the data into summaries to correlate subjective symptoms to analyte levels. The web server automatically provides patient reports to a healthcare provider. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130006649 | System and Method Healthcare Diagnostics and Treatment - A computerized decision support system for designing, managing and executing clinical disease pathways for financially balanced evidence based care. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006650 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MIGRATING BETWEEN DEVICES WHILE INTERACTING WITH A HEALTHCARE APPLICATION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating migration from a first device to a second device while interacting with a healthcare application. In this regard, a method may cooperate with the first device to establish a connection therewith based upon a proximity-based identification technique. Such cooperation may occur while the user is interacting with the healthcare application on the first device. The method may also authenticate the user of the first device based upon information, such as authentication credentials, provided by the first device regarding prior synchronization of the user by the first device. The method may also environmentally synchronize with the first device. In this regard, the method may environmentally synchronize with the first device by providing for interaction with the healthcare application via a processor and by providing a common context with that of the first device including display of a common image. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006651 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREEMPTIVE DETERMINATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ATYPICAL CLINICAL EVENT RELATED TO THE ADMINISTERING OF MEDICATION - Systems and methods provide for the preemptive determination of the potential of atypical clinical event occurrence related to administering of medications to a person. One method involves receiving a list of possible medications that may be administered to the person during a medical procedure. Subsequently, the medication list is compared to information in the person's medical record. Based on this comparison, a determination is made as to whether one or more matches exist between any of the medications included in the list and the medical record information, the match relating to the potential of an atypical clinical event occurring if the associated medication were to be administered to the person. If a match in fact exists, a response is outputted relating to each match. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006652 | FACILITY-WIDE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A system for managing medications facilitates documentation of medication returned from remote dispensing units to a central storage location such as a pharmacy vault. The system may be especially useful in facilitating the tracking of controlled substances. The system receives an indication that a medication previously removed from the remote dispensing units has been designated for return to the medication management system. The system computes an estimated return amount of the medication, and causes a queued return list to be displayed at the central storage location. The system can accommodate multiple remote dispensing devices and multiple medications. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006653 | METHODS USING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF MEDICAL CODES - Medical coding systems receive as input medical terms which coders classify into medical codes, used in the remuneration of medical procedures. A set of applicable medical codes can be determined by intersecting multidimensional data structures associated with the input terms and counting medical codes occupying regions of intersection. If the resulting set contains a single code, it is presented to the coder for verification. If the resulting set contains more than a single code, the coder can be questioned in a variety of ways to access, and select from, terminology options not implied by the originally provided input terms. The interactive process may also use the multidimensional data structures to regulate the order of questions, present decision aids, and select related procedure codes. The interaction concludes when the coder has fully specified the proper code or codes that describe the required procedure or procedures. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006654 | MEDICAL EXPERT SYSTEM - A system and method for collecting and translating patient information has a data collection interface, the data collection interface including one or more fields of grouped information, presented in a first language understood by a patient and including locations for identifying selected information relating to particular symptoms or conditions of the patient, a data translation interface for translating the selected information from the first language to data in at least a second language, understood by a medical practitioner and a data presentation interface including a presentation of information in the second language including the translated data. The data is arranged in a manner to assist a medical practitioner in the diagnosis of a possible complaint. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006655 | NEAR REAL-TIME HEALTHCARE FRAUD DETECTION - A healthcare fraud management system is configured to store multiple rules for detecting healthcare fraud, receive a healthcare claim involving a provider and a beneficiary, and obtain other healthcare fraud information associated with the provider or the beneficiary. The healthcare fraud management system is further configured to select rules, from the multiple rules, based on information associated with the claim, information associated with the provider or the beneficiary, and the other healthcare fraud information. The healthcare fraud management system is also configured to process the healthcare claim using the selected rules to generate a fraud score, and output, prior to payment of the healthcare claim, information regarding the fraud score to a clearinghouse or a claims processor to assist the clearinghouse or the claims processor in determining whether to accept, deny, or review the healthcare claim. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006656 | CASE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHCARE FRAUD DETECTION INFORMATION - A healthcare fraud management system receives healthcare claims associated with a particular entity, selects rules, from a plurality of rules for detecting healthcare fraud, based on information associated with the healthcare claims, and processes the healthcare claims using the selected rules to generate alarms. The healthcare fraud management system prioritizes, based on the generated alarms, healthcare information associated with the particular entity in relation to healthcare information associated with other entities. The healthcare fraud management system provides for display, prior to payment of the healthcare claims, the prioritized healthcare information associated with the particular entity and the other entities. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006657 | REPORTING AND ANALYTICS FOR HEALTHCARE FRAUD DETECTION INFORMATION - A healthcare fraud management system receives healthcare claims information associated with a particular entity, and receives historical healthcare information associated with the particular entity. The healthcare fraud management system also performs data mining techniques on the historical healthcare information to produce data mining information associated with the particular entity. The healthcare fraud management system generates reports, associated with the particular entity, based on the healthcare claims information, the historical healthcare information, and the data mining information, and outputs the generated reports to a clearinghouse or a claims processor. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006658 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE MONITORING SERVICES - Users can use a portal for remote monitoring of clinical trials and the sites, personnel, and patients involved. A scheduling function allows users to schedule access. Site sponsors can run productivity reports. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006659 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE PHYSICAL THERAPY - The present invention generally relates to remote physical therapy applications. In particular, the system and methods herein described relate to the provision of remote physical therapy services over one or more networks whereby a patient can receive physical therapy services from one or more physical therapy service providers without requiring the patient to visit a particular physical location. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006660 | PERSONALIZED HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Personalized healthcare management system. The personalized integrated healthcare anti-counterfeit management system provides pack authentication, user ( | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006661 | CUSTOMIZED PATIENT SURGICAL PLAN - Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed which generate surgical plans that have been customized for a particular patient. A client generates a surgical plan request that includes data relevant to a patient and an orthopaedic surgical procedure to be performed upon the patient. The surgical plan system receives the surgical plan request, generates a surgical plan that has been customized based upon the data of the surgical plan request, and transmits the customized surgical plan to the client. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006662 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UTILIZING PREDICTION MODELS IN HEALTHCARE - A method for providing decision support includes using a programmed computer to input a regression model specification, and to repeat the input a plurality of times to obtain and store a plurality of regression model specifications. The method further includes using the programmed computer to analyze selected regression model specifications to determine at least one of common variables and functions of common variables, to thereby determine a reduced-redundancy request for input of variables, when a plurality of the stored regression model specifications are selected for use. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130013328 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR AN ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT SECURE MASSIVELY SCALABLE APPLICATIONS HOSTED IN THE CLOUD AND SUPPORTED AND USER INTERFACES - The present invention describes an architecture for hosting and managing disparate, connected applications in a cloud environment. In addition to all of the traditional advantages of the cloud environment, e.g. the economies of renting vs. buying and scalability, this invention allows for management, security, data exchange, authentication, predictive performance and resource integrity it enables business opportunities and models that here-to-fore could not have been realized. Specifically an example being providing on a global scale an intelligent platform for managing a citizens health and health care, this patent covers the enabling technologies and the enabling business models and user interfaces. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013329 | ANALYTIC SERVICES PORTAL - Provided are methods and systems for providing analytic services, as well as computer programs encoded on computer storage devices and configured to perform the actions of the methods. One or more processors create an alignment associated with a client, where the alignment organizes data in a database, and where the data in the database comprises prescription information, store information, and product information. A request for a report is received, where the request identifies the client. The requested report is generated based on the alignment, where the report comprises one or more indicators derived from data contained in the database. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013330 | METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT OF AESTHETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE SKIN AND PRESCRIPTION OF COSMETIC AND/OR DERMATOLOGICAL TREATMENT - It is described a method for assessment of aesthetic and morphological conditions of the skin and prescription of cosmetic and/or dermatological treatment comprising the following steps: A) obtaining information on the age and life habits of a user; B) performing a biometric analysis of a corporeal portion of the user; C) processing the results from the analyses of steps A and B and comparing them with predetermined data on aesthetic and morphological factors of the skin; D) obtaining a skin model of the user according to the data processed in step C; E) linking the user's skin model to predetermined data contained in a database about cosmetic and/or dermatological products; and F) prescribing a treatment and pre-selected cosmetic and/or dermatological products. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013331 | Systems, Computer Medium and Computer-Implemented Methods for Monitoring Health of Employees Using Mobile Devices - Provided are embodiments of systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for monitoring the health of an employee. The method including collecting health data from a set of one or more health sensors provided, on or near the employee while the employee is engaged in their work duties. The one or more health sensors configured to output health data corresponding to characteristics sensed by the sensor, the one or more health sensors comprising at least one or more biometric and biomechanic sensors configured to sense biometric and biomechanic characteristics of the employee with at least one of the one or more health sensors integrated within a mobile communications device. The health data collected being used to determine a health profile for the employee. The method including displaying, via the mobile communications device, a health report that includes the health profile for the employee. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING PHARMACOVIGILANCE - A method and system for tracking patient's response during a clinical trial of a drug, includes publishing an informational item about the clinical trial at a social media platform or a file sharing website; inducing patients to post trial related response at the social media platform or to obtain the informational item from the file sharing website; aggregating patients' responses from the social media platform, download information of the informational item published on the file sharing website, or search queries from search engines; and analyzing aggregated patients' responses, download information, or search queries to obtain knowledge related to the clinical trial. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013333 | METHOD FOR REMOTE MEDICAL CONSULTATION AND CARE - A method for remote medical consulting includes collecting diagnostic data using at least one wearable device contoured to at least a portion of a person's hand, transmitting the diagnostic data to a remote location, transmitting audio data and video images of the patient to the remote location, and communicating diagnosis and/or treatment information to the patient based at least in part on the diagnostic data. The treatment information may include a prescription electronically transmitted to the patient or a pharmacy. The method includes billing of the patient via credit or debit card, bank account, or a third party, such as an insurance company. The diagnostic data as well as the audio and video data may be transmitted wirelessly via cellular or satellite communication networks and/or using a wide area computer network such as the internet. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013334 | METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT, AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CANCER THERAPY - The present invention is directed to the identification of predictive markers that can be used to determine whether patients with cancer are clinically responsive or non-responsive to a therapeutic regimen prior to treatment. In particular, the present invention is directed to the use of certain individual and/or combinations of predictive markers, wherein the expression of the predictive markers correlates with responsiveness or non-responsiveness to a therapeutic regimen. Thus, by examining the expression levels of individual predictive markers and/or predictive markers comprising a marker set, it is possible to determine whether a therapeutic agent, or combination of agents, will be most likely to reduce the growth rate of tumors in a clinical setting. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013335 | PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A pharmacy benefits management system and method. A processor server has claim information relating to pharmacy benefits claims, and information relating to a claims processing formularly stored therein. A provider server has pharmacy benefits plan structure information stored therein. A management server has price information relating drugs in various classes and a processing module for correlating the claim information with the benefits plan structure information and the formularly information to identify drugs dispensed to patients, expenses associated with the drugs in accordance with the pharmacy benefits plan structure information, alternative drugs in the same class as the drugs and expenses associated with the alternative drugs. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013336 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING HEALTHCARE RISK RELATED EVENTS - A system for predicting healthcare financial risk including the process of accessing patient data associated with one or more patents, accessing geographic and healthcare system data, filtering the patient data, geographic data, and healthcare system data into clean data, and applying a predictive risk model to the clean data to generate patient profile data and to identify a portion of the patients associated with a level of predicted financial risk. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013337 | Health Monitoring System with Biometric Identification - A health monitoring method and system is disclosed. A sensor for use in a health monitoring system includes a first transducer for collecting biometric data for biometrically identifying an individual, a second transducer for measuring at least one physiological parameter and outputting data indicative thereof, and an output for outputting the data. In addition, a health monitoring system includes a server comprising a data processor and a memory, and one or more of the sensors, wherein the server is arranged to receive the data from the one or more sensors, to process the data associated with the respective individual from which the data was collected, and to output at least one result of the processing of the data. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013338 | SOFTWARE FEATURES FOR MEDICAL INFUSION PUMP - Various software features useable in a medical infusion pump are disclosed. In certain aspects, localized alarm and message handling systems are disclosed. In other aspects, variable intensity alarms are disclosed. In further aspects, cost tracking systems and methods for medical infusion pumps are disclosed. In still further aspects, methods and systems implementing a variable delay of pressure decay in a medical infusion pump are disclosed. In other aspects, methods and systems implementing a timed intermittent bolus by pressure are disclosed. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130018665 | Specialty stents with flow control features or the likeAANM Jung; Edward K.Y.AACI BellevueAAST WAAACO USAAGP Jung; Edward K.Y. Bellevue WA USAANM Langer; RobertAACI NewtonAAST MAAACO USAAGP Langer; Robert Newton MA USAANM Leuthardt; Eric C.AACI St. LouisAAST MOAACO USAAGP Leuthardt; Eric C. St. Louis MO USAANM Levien; Royce A.AACI LexingtonAAST MAAACO USAAGP Levien; Royce A. Lexington MA USAANM Lord; Robert W.AACI SeattleAAST WAAACO USAAGP Lord; Robert W. Seattle WA USAANM Malamud; Mark A.AACI SeattleAAST WAAACO USAAGP Malamud; Mark A. Seattle WA USAANM Rinaldo, JR.; John D.AACI BellevueAAST WAAACO USAAGP Rinaldo, JR.; John D. Bellevue WA USAANM Tegreene; Clarence T.AACI BellevueAAST WAAACO USAAGP Tegreene; Clarence T. Bellevue WA USAANM Wood, JR.; Lowell L.AACI LivermoteAAST CAAACO USAAGP Wood, JR.; Lowell L. Livermote CA US - Methods and systems are described for obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage and for specializing one or more stents in response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130018666 | SURGICAL PLANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method receive a request for a patient-specific surgical plan, create the requested plan, and provide it to a surgeon. A Planning server may receive information regarding a patient, such as one or more files or objects, such as an image of the part of the patient's anatomy that is to be operated on, and an order from a surgeon for a surgical plan. A Plan Development client may include a surgical planning module that accesses the digital image from the Planning Server, and creates a computer-generated, three-dimensional model of the patient anatomy. The planning module of the Plan Development client also may create an electronic surgical plan, and may transmit the plan to the Planning server. The ordering surgeon may be notified of the availability of the plan, and may access the plan stored at the Planning server through a surgeon client. The ordering surgeon may utilize the remotely generated surgical plan during the surgical procedure on the patient. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130018667 | Measuring Outcomes Via Telephony - A telephony accessible calendar system is provided for use in a home care scheduling system for scheduling multiple daily work shifts of home care providers that includes a scheduling to organize work shifts of remote operating home care workers and confirmation to obtain an electronic signature from one or more persons operating as individual signers near the end of a work shift, and the tracking of status and/or change in status of one or more measured outcomes associated with the work shift. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130018668 | Medical Montioring and Coordinated Care System - Systems and methods are provided for monitoring members of a group and providing coordinated care of the members. Monitoring devices are provided to each of the members which may take periodic health measurements of the member. The health measurement is compared to intervention criteria, which when satisfied, cause one or more interventions to be provided, such as a message sent to a member, a message sent to a health care provider or other interested individual, medical care provided to the member, or other intervention. Monitoring devices may be provided on a subscription basis. Group membership can be dynamic and based on a member's current health measurements. Health measurement information may be provided in reports. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130018669 | System for Managing and Messaging Critical Student Information - A system for managing critical student information is disclosed generally comprising storing information associated with individual students, such as important medical information or contact information for the student's parent or guardian, and providing different authorized users, such as school administrators, teachers, or coaches, permission to access the information and/or send messages for particular students. The stored information for each student is associated with one or more group identifiers, which identify particular groups of which the student is a member, such as a school or team, and each authorized user is likewise associated with one or more group identifiers, which identify the particular groups for which the user has access and can send messages. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130024204 | WEB BASED ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ORDERING SYSTEM - A Controlled Substance (CS) ordering system that includes: 1) a client interface operable to be hosted on an Internet site, the client interface operable to receive an order for a controlled substance; 2) a first server operable to support the client interface and post a signed order to a second server; 3) the second server, the first server and the second server operable to communicate securely within a secure zone, the second server protected from external communications by the first server, the second server operable to perform signature validation functions, including checking a revocation list via the external agency validation server, and then securely posts the results back to the first server; 4) a secured database server wherein signed validated orders are posted for fulfillment and reporting; and 5) an interface with an external agency validation server, the second server operable to establish an LDAP connection to the external agency validation server. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130030824 | Mobile pharmacy - The present document describes a mobile pharmacy comprising: motorized vehicle; Pharmacist, pharmacy Technician, an inventory of healthcare products; a computer system connected to the internet. There is also described the use of a mobile pharmacy to provide pharmacist counseling to various remote areas where it reaches a specific sheltered place in the village to facilitate providing the pharmaceutical and health services to village population. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030825 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED TRIAGE AND SCHEDULING IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT - Systems and methods for automated triage and scheduling in an emergency department are described. An example computer-implemented method of automatically triaging and scheduling patients in an emergency department includes associating a patient with an identification bracelet and processing the patient using a patient evaluation device. The processing includes obtaining patient data with the patient evaluation device and dynamically determining a risk level associated with the patient based on the patient data obtained. The method also includes automatically prioritizing and scheduling the patient with a healthcare practitioner based on the risk level determined. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030826 | AUTOMATED PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system for making the process of registering at and receiving treatment in a healthcare facility more efficient and safe has been developed. The system utilizes computer communications network-based systems, software, various input and output stations, and a patient identification card (e.g., Loyalty Card) that work together to allow (a) providers to direct, track, and optimize the efficiency of patient activity and (b) patients to have ready access to their status and, in some cases, control of the healthcare process. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030827 | Semantic Interoperability System for Medicinal Information - A system for managing and exchanging electronic information provides a rules management component for executing conceptual rules, an ontology management component, an information model management component, and a system configuration management component. The ontology management component manages at least one ontology and mappings between members of different ontologies. The ontologies may include a code system and a terminology. The ontology management component may manage a value set that is a subset of the terminology. The information model management component manages one or more information model schemas, each defining an information model and comprising information defining at least one slot within the information model. The system configuration management component manages configuration information on the configuration of each system component. The system configuration component utilizes services of the rules management component, information model management component and ontology management component to dynamically bind value sets to slots of the information model. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030828 | HEALTHCARE INCENTIVE APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The HEALTHCARE INCENTIVE APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (hereinafter “H-INC”) transforms patient insurance information, and healthcare procedure schedule information inputs via H-INC components into medical claim settlement outputs. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: receiving an indication of healthcare service interest from a user; querying for a healthcare provider based on the indication of healthcare service interest; obtaining a cost estimate of the healthcare service for the healthcare provider; obtaining a reward amount based on the cost estimate; providing the healthcare provider to the user as a recommended provider; receiving a user redemption request including healthcare payment information related to healthcare service performed at the healthcare provider; verifying the healthcare payment information related to healthcare service performed at the healthcare provider; and providing the reward amount to the user. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030829 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING STATE DATA OF A PATIENT - A method for processing state data of a patient includes: acquisition of a time of a reception of an acoustic or optical signal of the patient, the acoustic or optical signal representing a signal with which the patient can express his state; a transmission step in which a data file that represents the acoustic or optical signal and that is provided with an item of information about the time is transmitted to a management device via a transmit interface of an input device; a receive step in which the data file is received via a receive interface of the management device; and a step of storing the data file, in the form of a text data file or image data file, in a register which is assigned to the patient and which includes a multiplicity of text data files or image data files. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030830 | System and method for controlling a data transmission to and/or from a plurality of medical devices - The invention relates to a system for controlling a data transmission to and/or from a plurality of medical devices, said plurality of medical devices being divided into individual groups, each of which comprises at least one medical device. Each group of medical devices on a first data transmission level is directly connected via a respective first network to a communication device for transmitting, storing, and controlling data, said communication device being on a second transmission level, and a plurality of said communication devices exchange data with a common central server device for storing, controlling, and data transmission, said server device being on a third data transmission level. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030831 | System and method for real time viewing of critical patient data on mobile devices - A data-processing tool for displaying real-time patient data on remote and/or mobile devices. The tool renders graphical data on the screen of the remote device in a manner that makes it practical for the health care provider to review the data. Charting components provide landscape support, an ability to overlay patient data and patient images, zoom in/zoom out, custom variable speed scrolling, split screen support, and formatting control. The methodology operates as an asynchronous application, allowing patient data to be streamed in real-time to the handheld device while conserving enough CPU power to simultaneously allow the end user to interact at will with the responsive display application. Finally, the methodology implements an IT management console that allows system managers to monitor the exchange of data between hospital systems and the primary database, including all patient data packets, notifications and alerts, connected remote devices, etc. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030832 | Method for On-line Prediction of Medical Diagnosis - In a method of generating a diagnosis of a medical condition, a list of symptoms is received at a server from a patient computer. The list of symptoms is presented to a plurality of participants. A list of diagnoses corresponding to the list of symptoms is presented to the plurality of participants. An input is received from each of the plurality of participants in which the input indicates a likelihood of each of the potential diagnoses being correct. The input from each of the plurality of participants is averaged, thereby generating a ranking of the potential diagnoses from highest likelihood of being correct to lowest likelihood of being correct, which is transmitted to the patient. An indication of which diagnosis was found to be correct is received from the patient. A reward is paid to each participant based on how likely the participant indicated that the correct diagnosis was correct. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030833 | Wireless Tracking System And Method For Analyzing An Interaction Between Objects - The present invention provides a solution to determining an interaction between objects through wireless tracking The present invention utilizes communication devices attached to objects that transmit signals for reception by sensors stationed throughout a facility which forward the signals to an information engine for analysis. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130035945 | Method for Increasing Patient Compliance With Screening While Reducing Associate Professional Liability - In accordance with the present invention, methods consistent with the present invention increase patient compliance with screening while reducing economic risk to health service providers. In one embodiment of the invention, a patient acknowledges informed consent for a particular medical service, agrees to arbitrate any disputes arising from the service, accepts an insurance policy, and undergoes the service. The premium for the insurance policy is a function of certain risk factors, including factors associated with the patient, the particular service, and the health service provider. In the event of an unfavorable outcome, the policy proceeds are paid to the patient. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130035946 | SOCIAL NETWORKS FOR CARE COORDINATION, MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT AND HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE - Provided are social network based systems and methods for health information sharing and care management and coordination among different groups of individuals and organizations. The systems and methods are particularly useful for care management and coordination for patients having chronic diseases or conditions, including physical and mental illnesses. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130035947 | CLAIMS PAYOUT SIMULATOR - Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of technologies that can be used to generate medical-claims simulations that can provide information about medical claims. In one exemplary embodiment disclosed herein, medical claims data is received, and a dynamic questionnaire is output. Selections of questionnaire options are received, and based on the medical claims data and the selection of the questionnaire options, at least one medical-claims simulation is generated. The dynamic questionnaire can be driven by user interaction and can enable users of the system to select, validate, and filter data, which can then be submitted for payment and mapping analysis. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130035948 | Discharge summary method and apparatus for a physichart system - A diagnostic medical system management tool that emphasizes local data collection in a global clinical environment to create a cohesive network of computer systems. This invention automates the necessary relationship between caregivers and digital knowledge resources through a functional diagnostic interface. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130035949 | Integrated wellness index and method of measuring overall wellness and treatment - A tool and method of diagnosis and treatment of a patient by employing an integrated wellness index to achieve maximum health and to determine the underlying causes of disease states. A wellness index assigns a point system for essential health factors to measure various health parameters and overall health of a patient and assist the tracking of a patient's health status over time. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130035950 | MANAGEMENT OF PHARMACY KITS - A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130035951 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REDUCING TRANSFUSIONS DURING OR AFTER SURGERY AND FOR IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE AND FUNCTION IN CHRONIC DISEASE - The present invention relates to methods of treating subjects preparing to undergo surgery or methods of treating chronic disease and methods for reducing transfusions and a computer readable storage medium and a physical computing device for carrying out these methods which include: a) receiving a profile of said subject, in a physical computing device, including a level of hemoglobin of said subject, level of creatinine of said subject, and information regarding current or past history of disease; b) applying said level of hemoglobin and said level of creatinine, in said physical computing device, to determine level of transfusion risk; c) applying said information regarding current or past history of disease of said subject, in said physical computing device, to determine level of comorbidity; d) applying said level of hemoglobin, said level of transfusion risk, and said level of comorbidity, in said physical computing device, to determine a patient care plan. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130035952 | DRUG SUBSTANCE INTERACTION AND GENERIC SUBSTANCE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL - A data processing system configured for computer visualization of drugs for drug interaction information retrieval is disclosed. For each of multiple different substances and using a camera within the mobile or other computing device, imagery of at least one external characteristic of a physical body of the substance is acquired. An identity of each of the multiple different substances is determined based upon the at least one external characteristic from the acquired imagery. Drug interaction data is retrieved for each of the multiple different substances using the determined identities. Drug interaction data for at least one of the multiple different substances is correlated with at least one other of the multiple different substances. At least one generic substance and/or cost information of at least one of the multiple different substances is identified. The correlated drug interaction data, the at least one generic substance, and/or the cost information are displayed. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130035953 | Provider Supply & Consumer Demand Management - Amongst other things, one or more requests is received from at least one consumer of services to consult with a service provider associated with a brokerage system and having a service provider profile that satisfies at least some attributes in a set of attributes. The consumer demand is measured for consultations with one or more service providers associated with the brokerage system and having service provider profiles that satisfy at least some attributes in the set of attributes. A supply of active service providers associated with the system and having service provider profiles that satisfy at least some attributes in the set of attributes is also measured. It is determined whether an imbalance exists between the consumer demand for and the supply of active service providers having service provider profiles that satisfy at least some attributes in the set of attributes. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130041675 | Method for Administering A Pharmaceutical Product Donation Program - A method of distributing and tracking donated prescription medicines includes a pharmaceutical donor donating in-kind pharmaceutical products to a non-profit organization which then transfers the donated pharmaceutical products to a pharmaceutical distributor. An electronic record is established indicating a credit with pharmaceutical distributor in favor of the non-profit organization. After a pharmacy has distributed a pharmaceutical to an eligible patient, the pharmacy notifies the non-profit organization of the transaction and the non-profit organization authorizes the pharmaceutical distributor to apply to the credit to the benefit of the pharmacy. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041676 | System and Method for Overriding Claims - Systems and methods for overriding claim denials and approvals are provided that determine that a current claim will be denied and search the purchasing member's claim history for previously approved claims that match the current claim. If a matching claim is found and is dated within a certain predetermined window of time, the current claim is approved. Additionally, when it is determined that a current claim will be approved at a high tier level the member's claim history is searched for a previously approved claim that matches the current claim and a formulary crosswalk analysis is performed. If a matching claim with a lower tier level is found in the member's claim history or the crosswalk analysis determines that a lower tier level is available, the current claim is processed using the lower tier. Claims overridden are digitally stamped for reporting purposes and for subsequent claim matching. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041677 | Dynamic Forms - A computer-implemented method and apparatus for development and use of a medical form. One example system receives a request on a first computer to create the medical form. The medical form includes user selected fields corresponding to patient information. The system further receives signals on the first computer, where the signals describe form fields for the medical form. The system communicates the medical form from the first computer to the first tablet device for display on the first tablet device. The system receives form values, wherein at least some of the form values correspond to information about an appointment. Responsive to receiving a completion signal, the system generates a clinical narrative for the appointment using the completed form values. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041678 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING PATIENT ADHERENCE USING COMBINED EDUCATIONAL COUPONS AND/OR TAILORED EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTS - The present invention relates generally to a method of provisioning a combined educational coupon that includes a) receiving, on a computer apparatus, electronic prescription data for a prescribed substance for a patient; b) the computer apparatus determining educational data relating to the prescribed substance and coupon data relating to the prescribed substance; and c) the computer apparatus generating a single data file comprising the educational data relating to the prescribed substance and the coupon data relating to the prescribed substance. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041679 | ORDER DISPLAY APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ORDER DISPLAY METHOD - An order display apparatus disclosed in this application includes an extracting unit and a generating unit in one aspect. The extracting unit extracts orders having a designated period within the implementation periods thereof, from a storage unit that stores change information indicating the relationships between one order among orders issued by doctors and the other orders among the issued orders, and the implementation period during which the one order is executed. If the orders extracted by the extracting unit include a second order having the change information indicating that the second order has been changed from a first order, the generating unit performs the following operation. The generating unit has the first order and the second order displayed adjacent to each other on a display screen that displays at least some of the extracted orders in accordance with the passage of time during the designated period. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041680 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AND ALLOCATING STORED ALLOGENEIC BIOLOGICAL CELLS FOR TRANSPLANTATION, THERAPY AND RESEARCH - The invention relates to a system for the automatic, fast and dynamic mediation of biological cells for transplantation, therapy or research purposes for registers of patients having differing indications between extraction centers or banks (deposits) and clinics, transplantation centers or research institutions, service providers (diagnosis, further processing of the preparations and logistics) and the monitoring and support of the processes of requirements transmission, integration from diagnostics technologies and techniques, to further processing, to delivery and payment of a cell preparation suited for allogeneic transplantation or other biological preparation, to the use of the mediated preparation to tracking of the results in patients and to the provision of said data for statistical and other purposes. The system according to the invention is for the first time able to suggest, online and automatically, complete solution proposals for specific stored transplantations for individual patients in extensive registers of patients and to consider prioritized deposits and to create medicinally and logistically advantageous solution proposals when ordering a plurality of preparations. The system is furthermore for the first time able to automatically integrate and coordinate service providers incorporated in the process, such as logistics companies and further processors of the required preparations, into to the process and can conduct all processes and financial transactions as a central tool (platform). | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041681 | CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH TEMPORAL CONTEXT - A clinical decision support system (CDSS) includes a CDSS module ( | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041682 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS - A medical form is marked by a clinician during a patient/clinician encounter to generate a record with information related to a current complaint. The form is partitioned into several regions related to patient history, examination and medical decision, respectively. The form is automatically analyzed and using the locations of the marks on the form and a predetermined set of rules, a billing code is generated. The billing code determines the fee to be paid to the clinician or health provider. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041683 | COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING TREATMENT OUTCOMES - This invention relates to computer systems for conducting drug and biomarker discovery, drug development, and personalized medicine, and more generally managing healthcare, and in particular to a system and method for predicting the therapeutic value of a treatment to an individual. The treatment is associated with a function that describes, in a population of individuals, the benefit from a treatment, generally in terms of occurrence of a medical event under treatment, as a function of the risk (e.g., the occurrence of the medical event) without said treatment. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041684 | System And Method Of Identifying When A Patient Undergoing Hemodialysis Is At Increased Risk Of Death By A Logistic Regression Model - Identifying a patient undergoing periodic hemodialysis treatments at increased risk of death by a logistic regression model includes selecting one or more clinical or biochemical parameter parameters associated with a probability of death of the patient while the patient is undergoing periodic hemodialysis treatments, and estimating the probability of death of the patient over a future time interval by a logistic regression model including model coefficients, the model coefficients determined by analyzing data from deceased patients that were previously undergoing periodic hemodialysis treatments, the analysis including a longitudinal analysis backwards in time on the one or more clinical or biochemical parameters of the deceased patients. The patient is identified as having an increased risk of death if the probability of death of the patient is greater than a predetermined threshold probability. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041685 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESES FOR MEDICAL FACTS - Techniques for presenting alternative hypotheses for medical facts may include identifying, using at least one statistical fact extraction model, a plurality of alternative hypotheses for a medical fact to be extracted from a portion of text documenting a patient encounter. At least two of the alternative hypotheses may be selected, and the selected hypotheses may be presented to a user documenting the patient encounter. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130046550 | Tracking Status of Service Providers Across Plural Provider Practices - A computer-implemented method includes identifying, by one or more computers, information pertaining to provider practices that a service provided is enrolled in, including status information of the service provider in the provider practices and information specifying consumers waiting for the service provider in waiting rooms of the provider practices; and generating, by the one or more computers, a graphical user interface for display of the information pertaining to the provider practices, and with the graphical user interface when rendered on a display device rendering, for a provider practice: a visual representation of status information of the service provider in the provider practice; and a visual representation of information specifying consumers waiting for the service provider in a waiting room of the provider practice. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130046551 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PATIENT ORDER MANAGEMENT - Methods and apparatus for facilitating a referral between healthcare providers associated with a practice management system. An order facilitation service hosted by the practice management system enables a healthcare provider the ability to interactively search for and select a provider based on a search request. The practice management system may store detailed information about one or more of the healthcare providers associated with the practice management system to facilitate a provider selection process. Providers may also specify preferences for referrals and the preferences may be used during a consult order generation process to ensure that the consult order includes information that a particular receiving provider may require. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130046552 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HEALTH-RELATED SURVEY USING PICTOGRAM ANSWERS - In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to cause a processor to send a signal representing a first question and a set of pictogram answers associated with the first question and a second question, different from the first question, and a set of pictogram answers associated with the second question. The first question and the second question can define a health-related survey such as a health-risk assessment. The non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to receive a user selection of a pictogram answer associated with the first question and receive a user selection of a pictogram answer associated with the second question. The non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to define a health-related user profile based on the user selection to the first question and the second question. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130046553 | MEDICAL TREATMENT INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MEDICAL TREATMENT INFORMATION INPUT METHOD - A technology disclosed in the application which receives a reexamination appointment date as an input through a display screen displaying medical treatment information of a patient. The technology disclosed unit which refers to a storage unit which stores information representing an availability of the reexamination appointment date as an examination appointment date for the respective categories of a plurality of examinations including an examination which is granted to the patient is received, and determines an availability of the reexamination appointment date received by the execution unit as the examination appointment date, in a case where a display request for an appointment screen for the examination. The technology disclosed which outputs the appointment screen in a format in which the reexamination appointment date is available as the examination appointment date, in a case where the determination unit determines that the reexamination appointment date is available as the examination appointment date. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130046554 | Methods For Delivering A Drug To A Patient While Restricting Access To The Drug By Patients For Whom The Drug May Be Contraindicated - Methods for delivering a drug to a patients in need of the drug, while restricting access to the drug by patients for whom the drug may be contraindicated are disclosed. The methods are of the type in which prescriptions for the drug are filled by a pharmacy only after a computer readable storage medium has been consulted to retrieve a prescription approval code. Embodiments are provided wherein the patients are assigned to risk groups based upon the risk that taking the drug will lead to an adverse side effect, and certain additional information, such as periodic surveys and diagnostic tests probative of the ongoing risk of the side effect developing are obtained before prescriptions for the drug are approved. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130054255 | Controlled substance authorization and method for ingestible product preparation system and method - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically receiving directive information including verification information to electronically verify issuance of the directive information by an authority, living being identification associated with a particular individual living being, and controlled substance directions designated by the authority as associated with the particular individual living being for electronically directing at least partial preparation of an ingestible product designated to be ingested by the particular individual living being and designated for involvement with at least one designated controlled substance designated to be used by the particular individual living being according to at least one requirement designated as being associated with the particular individual living being; and electronically using the electronically received directive information to electronically direct control of the at least partial preparation of the ingestible product designated to be ingested by the particular individual living being upon electronically verifying, thru electronic use of the directive information that the authority is authorized to issue the controlled substance instruction and that the controlled substance instruction has been issued by the authority. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054256 | Controlled substance authorization system and method for ingestible product preparation system and method - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically using the electronically received directive information to electronically direct control of the at least partial preparation of the ingestible product designated to be ingested by the particular individual living being upon electronically verifying, thru electronic use of the directive information that the authority is authorized to issue the controlled substance instruction and that the controlled substance instruction has been issued by the authority. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054257 | Substance control system and method for dispensing systems - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically receiving status information regarding a particular ingestible material portion as related to a first engagement of an automated dispensing system with at least one manufacture, the first engagement occurring during a first condition including the at least one manufacture being united with the particular ingestible material portion, the first engagement to facilitate access by the automated dispensing system to the particular ingestible material portion for dispensing of the particular ingestible material portion, the electronically receiving status information to receive status information influenced by whether any disengagements of the automated dispensing system from the at least one manufacture occur during the first condition prior to the first engagement, the at least one manufacture arranged to inhibit access to the particular ingestible material portion prior to any engagements of the automated dispensing system with the at least one manufacture during the first condition and arranged to inhibit access to the particular ingestible material portion by other than the automated dispensing system during engagement of the automated dispensing system with the at least one manufacture during the first condition; and electronically outputting selection information associated with the particular ingestible material portion including information related to the received status information regarding the particular ingestible material portion and associated with ingestible material other than that associated with the particular ingestible material portion subsequent to electronically receiving the status information regarding the particular ingestible material portion. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054258 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PHARMACY LOCATION - Methods and systems for pharmacy location are described. In one embodiment, a plurality of pharmacy network associations of a member is determined. The pharmacy network associations are associated with a drug benefit plan of the member. A pharmacy within a pharmacy network association of the plurality of pharmacy network associations is capable of fulfilling a prescription for a prescription drug. A location associated with the member is accessed. A display is generated based on the determination of the pharmacy network associations and the location of the member. The display includes a first indicator and a second indicator. A first network pharmacy of a first pharmacy network association is associated with the first indicator on the display. A second network pharmacy of a second pharmacy network association is associated with the second indicator on the display. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054259 | Rule-based Prediction of Medical Claims' Payments - Some embodiments of the present invention evaluate claim submissions. Prediction(s) are generated that employ machine learning engine(s) and/or expert models executing on processor(s). The prediction(s) may forecast if claim data when submitted to a payer will result in at least one of the following: an approved submission; a denied submission; and an apparent payment variation. The machine learning engine(s) may be updated using use the prediction. Labeled data may be generated by classifying patient claim data residing in a database of claim records and histories with at least one of the following: an anomaly detection label; a contract based label; and a combination of the above. Claims classification model(s) may be trained using the labeled data. Predictive paid amount model(s) may be created that employ at least the labeled data and/or an amount paid on a claim. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054260 | System and Method for Producing Performance Reporting and Comparative Analytics for Finance, Clinical Operations, Physician Management, Patient Encounter, and Quality of Patient Care - The business performance management platform system and method enables the capture, extraction, data auditing and data validation processes, combined cost accounting and analytical reporting of data required for certain combined financial, clinical operations, physician encounter, patient encounter, electronic health record, and quality of patient care measures; provides close to real-time data access and performance results; provides financial, operational, clinical, physician encounter, patient encounter, electronic health record, and quality performance dashboards and scorecards, summary level reports, Ad hoc reporting, alerting, emailing, and automated reporting and email distribution, alerting, and modeling functions. The results generated from the business performance management platform provide users of the system critical understanding of detailed and summary level data and information, such as: profit/loss characteristics across the longitudinal data elements associated with patient and physician level detail; cost at patient and physician level; expected revenues; payer performance from payer sources and clinical operations performance. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054261 | System and Method for Multi-Entity Funded Prescription Benefit Card - A system and method are provided to aggregate benefits offered by multiple entities and process prescriptions for these benefits involving, a service provider, one or more prescription benefit management companies or insurers, individual consumers (note: the term consumer, consumers, patient, and patients are used interchangeably), and participating pharmacies. The service provider aggregates incentives available in the marketplace and specific incentives that may be provided that are unique for individual programs. Individual consumers receive the benefits of these incentives when a pharmacy transmits a claim request via their pharmacy computer system to the service provider's database and that request is authorized. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054262 | RECREATING A TIME-ORDERED SEQUENCE OF EVENTS - A method, system and medium are provided for enabling re-creation of a time-ordered sequence of clinical data. Sets of data elements for a patient are received in sequence from a clinical system, and for each data element a time stamp is attached. For any given set of data elements, a maximum time stamp is determined, implying that all events in a clinical system resulting in modifications to data elements contained in the set occurred on or before the maximum time stamp. A subsequent retrieval from a clinical system yields a set of data elements in which the time stamp for each data element occurs after the maximum time stamp from the previous set. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054263 | Systems and Methods for Providing an Inducement to Purchase Incident to a Physician's Prescription of Medication - Systems and methods for providing targeted content to a patient who has received a prescription for medication. The systems and methods generally provide the content prior to the Point of Sale (POS) of the actual prescription allow patients to review the content and possibly act on it prior to actually obtaining the medication. Depending on embodiment, the content may be provided by a pharmacy at or around the time of dispensing or by a physician at or around the time of prescribing. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054264 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MEDICAL CARE THROUGH DATA MONITORING AND FEEDBACK TREATMENT - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing a decision support solution to medical professionals to optimize medical care through data monitoring and feedback treatment are provided herein. In another embodiment, a computer-implemented method for modeling patient outcomes resulting from treatment in a specific medical area includes receiving patient-specific data associated with a patient, determining a plurality of possible patient states under which the patient can be categorized, a current patient state under which the patient can be categorized and determining probabilities of the patient transitioning from any of the possible patient states to every other possible patient state. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130060574 | PROVISION OF A MOBILE HEALTH PRODUCT - Described are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for providing a mobile health product. A method of providing a mobile health product includes receiving via a communications network, by a server, a request from a physician to provide the mobile health product to a patient, the request comprising a patient identifier that identifies the patient and a physician identifier that identifies the physician. Patient information based on the patient identifier, physician information based on the physician identifier, and insurance information based on the patient information and the mobile health product is retrieved by the server. In the event that the physician information indicates that the physician is authorized to prescribe the mobile health product, and the patient information and the insurance information permit payment for the mobile health product, the method includes causing the mobile health product to be delivered to the patient. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130060575 | INTERACTIVE WEB-BASED PRESCRIPTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for facilitating electronic prescriptions and the dispensation of medications subject to prior authorization and/or adherence to a pre-established formulary. A web-based interactive system is established whereby all entities responsible for the prescription event, namely, the prescribing physician, pharmacist/pharmacy and payer/authorizing entity are kept in direct communication with one another via a conventional, secure communications link. All pertinent information regarding the prescription, as well as the patient, is made available to all entities and further, all information associated with a particular formulary is uploaded and made available to the prescribing physician and pharmacist for quick reference as the whether or not a given medication is preapproved. The systems and methods of the present invention are exceptionally effective and efficient, and can be readily utilized with all medications designated as either Part B or Part D per the United States' Medicare healthcare administration system. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130060576 | Systems and Methods For Enabling Telemedicine Consultations and Patient Referrals - Systems and methods are provided for locating an on-call doctor, specific to a patient's needs, who is readily available for a live confidential patient consultation using a network enabled communication device with a digital camera and microphone. The system facilitates customized matching of patients with doctors to provide higher quality and faster delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment. The systems and methods transmit results through a secure connection and manage a referral process whereby a referring doctor refers a patient to another provider, laboratory, facility, or store for a particular procedure, order, analysis, or care. The referrals may be based on specialties and availability. The system relates particularly to the fields of medicine, where doctors can perform online consultations and provide a diagnosis, treatment recommendations, recommendations for further analysis, triage and/or provide follow up on-call care. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130066642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING EXTENDED CARE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for facilitating extended care planning and management for patients. An interactive website is hosted on a server computer, where the interactive website provides a shared or common section being accessible to customers, hospitals, and extended care providers, a hospital-specific section being accessible to hospitals registered to the system, and an extended care provider (ECP)-specific section being accessible to registered ECP providers. A searchable database system is operatively connected to the server computer. The database system stores searchable listings of hospitals and ECPs which may be searched via the interactive website by users. The various sections of the website provide interactive capabilities, allowing various types of users of the website to become informed and to subsequently plan and manage the care they need or provide. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066643 | CONFIGURABLE MEDICAL FINDING PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A reconfigurable medical decision support system for processing medical data of a patient includes a data processing system that receives the medical data of the patient and accesses a knowledge-base. The knowledge-base includes a feature set relating to a pathophysiological condition. The feature set has a plurality of associated features, each feature having a plurality of validated quantifiable stages, each assigned a score. The medical data is associated with features of the feature-set. A medical risk value is determined based on the modified validated quantifiable stage and the assigned score. A medical finding is determined from the knowledge base corresponding to the medical risk value. An output statement stored in the knowledge-base and associated with the medical finding is provided. The user is able to modify values of the validated quantifiable stages and modify the output statements. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066644 | METHODS FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCY INTERVENTION - There are provided methods and systems for personal emergency Intervention, comprising determining that an event regarding a patient has occurred, and thereupon enabling a tracking mode in a device controlled by the patient; monitoring one or more conditions to determine whether the tracking mode should be disabled, and until the tracking mode is disabled, the device: obtains a data pairing, the data pairing comprising a location of the patient and a time related to the location of the patient, and stores the data pairing within a memory in the device; and formatting a report for transmission to a medical data server, the report comprising at least a patient identifier for the patient and the data pairing. This method can be practiced automatically to allow a device controlled by a patient or other subject to be monitored without requiring the patient to manually enter information. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066645 | METHODS FOR PROCESSING DATA - Methods for processing data including receiving data into a graphical user interface (GUI) composed of a set of N identifiable fields to thereby create a set of N filled identifiable fields and generating M files from the set of N filled identifiable fields. Each of the M files generated is composed of a subset NJ of the set of N filled identifiable fields, where J is an integer that ranges from 1 to M. The fields that are included in each of the subsets NJ are determined based at least on identities of the fields in the set of N filled identifiable fields. At least two of the subsets NJ are not equal. Both N and M are integers greater than 1. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066646 | ENHANCED MULTIPLE RESOURCE PLANNING AND FORECASTING - A system configuration and techniques for optimizing schedules and associated use predictions of a multiple resource planning workflow are disclosed herein, applicable to environments such as radiologist scheduling in a teleradiology workflow. In one embodiment, a series of computing engines and components are provided to allow detailed forecasting and the generation of customized recommendations for scheduling and other resource usage scenarios. This forecasting can factor resource efficiencies, changes in resource demand volume, resource specialties, resource usage preferences, expected future events such as the removal or addition of resources at future times, and other resource availability or usage changes. The forecasts may be further enhanced through the use of historical data models and estimated future data models. Additionally, a calendar and other tools may be presented through a user interface to allow forecast and scenario customization based on selection of a series of future dates. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066647 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL SUPPORT AND MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods are disclosed herein that generally provide a new model for surgical support and management. Tasks typically performed in advance of and following a surgery can be performed in an automated and efficiency-optimized manner, particularly in the case of routine or straightforward surgical procedures. In one embodiment, the various parties involved in a surgery can access a surgical support and management system using one or more web pages. The system can perform various tasks associated with the surgical planning, inventory planning, intra-operative support, post-surgery logistics, and billing phases of surgical support and management. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066648 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISEASE MANAGEMENT ALGORITHM INTEGRATION - A system includes a disease management advisor system configured to receive a disease management algorithm from a disease management advisor, the disease management algorithm including a selection condition and a healthcare provider system response action; a healthcare provider system communicatively coupled to the disease management advisor system and to receive the disease management algorithm from the disease management advisor system; and a conversion module accessible to the healthcare provider system and to convert the disease management algorithm to a healthcare provider algorithm based on a controlled medical vocabulary, the healthcare provider system to implement the healthcare provider system response action in accordance with the healthcare provider algorithm. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066649 | Genetic Data Analysis and Database Tools - A computerized tool and method for delivery of pharmacogenetic and pharmacological information, comprising a core system having algorithms and databases for storing, collating, accessing, cross-referencing, and interpreting genetic and pharmacologic data, with a graphical user interface for a client network of providers of laboratory genetic testing services to access the core services under contract. The system includes “paypoints” in support of improved business models. Included are mechanisms for ‘pass through’ third party and insurance reimbursement for interpretive reports, insurance reimbursement for on-line access to pharmacogenetic information at the point of care, tools for market segmentation, and a conversion tool for capturing new subscribers. Also disclosed are tools and predictive algorithms for preventing drug-drug and drug-gene adverse drug reactions. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066650 | Provision of a Mobile Health Product - Described are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for determining prescribeable mobile health products and providing mobile health products. A method of determining prescribeable mobile health products includes receiving via a communications network, by a server, a request from a healthcare professional for prescribeable mobile health products for a patient, the request comprising a patient identifier that identifies the patient and a healthcare professional identifier that identifies the healthcare professional. Patient information based on the patient identifier, healthcare professional information based on the healthcare professional identifier, and payor information based on the patient information is retrieved by the server. A list of one or more prescribeable mobile health products based on at least the healthcare professional information, the patient information, and the payor information is generated by the server. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066651 | Medication Risk Assessment System - A medication risk assessment method implemented using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: providing a medication risk assessment tool to a client, wherein the medication risk assessment tool includes a questionnaire, and wherein the client maintains a relationship with a population of individuals; administering the questionnaire to the population of individuals, thereby generating questionnaire data; obtaining prescription claims data from the population of individuals; combining the questionnaire data and the prescription claims data in an electronic database, thereby generating population data; analyzing the population data according to a set of rules; ranking the analyzed data according to risk; and generating at least one report based on the ranked data. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130073299 | CAREGIVING SOCIAL NETWORK - A server implements a caregiving social network dedicated to coordinating care between caregivers and care recipients. Profile information is recorded to assist in coordinating care, as well as targeting advertising and information material that is highly relevant to an individual user and his or her community. Users of the caregiving social network include seniors, disabled people, children, parents, volunteers, medical professionals, neighbors, military families, and pets. Users can maintain both a caregiver account to assist others, and a care recipient account for receiving assistance. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073300 | Apparatus and Method Pertaining to Anesthesiology-Related-Event Information Processing - Anesthesiology-services providers (such as anesthesiologists or corresponding physician extenders) are provided with a portable, handheld apparatus to facilitate the timely entry of information regarding anesthesiology-related events. To facilitate the data-entry process, this can include receiving inputs from an anesthesiologist via an end-user interface regarding at least one anesthesiology-related event and storing that information. Then, for at least some of these inputs, selectively characterizing one or more follow-on input opportunities by which the anesthesiologist can enter additional information regarding the anesthesiology-related event. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073301 | MEDICAL CLASSIFICATION MAPPING FOR FINANCIAL NEUTRALITY - Various technologies related to achieving financial neutrality in light of transition from one medical classification system to another are described. Mappings between and among codes such as diagnosis codes, procedure codes, and payment codes can be explored and chosen based on comparison of financial impact among candidate codes. To increase performance, weighting in favor of principal codes can be supported. Such weighting can be throttled for adjustment. Other features, including generating replacement codes based on chosen mappings, can be implemented. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073302 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL DISPLAY OF BED STATUS BY INTEGRATION OF LOCATION INFORMATION FROM AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS - A method and system is disclosed that conveys information to various hospital staff including the housekeeping staff regarding the patient inflow and patient outflow from the hospital vis-a-vis medical transport agencies. By providing the hospital staff with information on “outbounds”, the housekeeping staff can process hospital rooms and beds soon after a previous patient is discharged. The system also tracks the status of “inbound” patients, i.e. patients en route to the hospital by way of a medical transport agency along with the estimated time of arrival (ETA) at the hospital. By providing the nursing staff with information that an ambulance is on the way and how long it will take to arrive at the hospital, housekeeping staff will be informed of the need for a clean patient room before an inbound patient even arrives at the hospital. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073303 | CARE SYSTEM - A care system uses sensors and a gateway to collect activity or health information of a home user and reports the information to a service that provides the information to the home user and authorized remote users. A motion sensor can sense an activity level of the home user, e.g., indicating the amount of motion per minute, and reports the motion data periodically at a reporting period selected to provide manageable data rates. A pillbox sensor can sense and report use of medication by the home user. The service that provides data can employ a business method that sells care systems and separate sensors, licenses interfaces that enable use of sensors in a care system, sells Internet advertisements on web pages that contain the health data, and sells enhanced service, e.g., higher data collection frequencies, to remote users. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073304 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTO REBINDING OF PATIENT DEMOGRAPHIC DETAILS TO PATIENT MONITORING DEVICES - The present invention provides a middleware to automatically bind demographic details of a patient to at least one sensor included in a body worn monitoring device of the patient. In accordance with an embodiment, the middleware comprises a receiver module and an edge intelligence module. The receiver module receives identification code from a sensor associated with the patient, a unique patient identification code from a central server, and signals from each sensor associated with the patient. The edge intelligence module associates the unique patient identification code and the demographic details of the patient with each of the at least one sensor, and updates the central server with sensor identification code of each sensor associated with the unique patient identification code. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073305 | MULTIMEDIA TAGGING SYSTEM AND METHOD, RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An embodiment of a multimedia tagging system, includes a multimedia-content generator for producing multimedia content tagged with metadata, and a remote health-monitoring device for measuring and processing a set of biological and physiological signals of a user. The system is configured for tagging the multimedia content with tags extracted from a set of personal metadata obtained from the biological and physiological signals provided by the remote health-monitoring device and containing information relative to the emotional and health status of said user. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073306 | HEALTHCARE PRE-VISIT AND FOLLOW-UP SYSTEM - Data processing methods facilitate an exchange, between healthcare providers and patients or other users, of structured data for objective health signs and subjective symptoms from the patient or caregiver during a pre-visit and/or follow-up period of care; standardized data-informed Loop protocols for following health conditions; data-informed ARC OF RECOVERY profiles that represent population-based recovery standards for signs, symptoms, or composites; automated alerts, based on analytics or machine learning, to warn health care providers regarding impending treatment failures or worsening of conditions. Patients in pre-visit or follow-up stages of healthcare respond to questions structured by a provider for objective signs and subjective symptoms, and may view questions and responses with associated alerts or status updates in a consolidated display that provides patient graphic images and comments about conditions. Aspects of pre-visit or follow-up care are Tracker historical graphical displays for evaluation by the physician against expected profiles, protocols or other standards. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEALTH CARE FINANCING - A system for health care financing comprises at least two health care providers, a vendor/operator, an electronic price list, at least one employer having at least one participating employee, at least one deposit account for each of the employees, and at least one high-deductible insurance policy that is available to the participating employees. The electronic price list includes offers from the at least two health care providers, and consumer feedback data regarding past transactions between participating employees and the health care providers having a price listed in the electronic database. The health care providers have authority vary price offers in the price list, and can access the electronic database to vary their price offers. The participating employees can access the price list via the Internet to learn price offers extended by the providers, and to access the consumer feedback data. Payment for a transaction between a participating employee and a provider can be made from a consumer's deposit account without consulting a third party to decide the price of the transaction. The participating employees can place consumer feedback data into the electronic database after a transaction between a given employee and a provider having a price listed in the electronic database. The vendor/operator receives positive revenue from health are transactions between the employees and the providers having a price listed in the electronic database. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073308 | Methods of Detecting a Fragment of Neurosecretory Protein VGF for Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease - The present invention provides a neurosecretory protein VGF peptide useful in qualifying Alzheimer's disease status in a patient. In particular, this peptide and modified forms thereof may be used to classify a subject sample as Alzheimer's disease or non-Alzheimer's disease. The peptide biomarker can be detected by SELDI mass spectrometry. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073309 | CUSTOMIZABLE PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method facilitates secure payments to a payee, according to custom preferences of the payee. The system is offered by the payer (as opposed to the biller) using a third party and, a payee can enroll with a customized account processing center (CAPC), which is the third party. The CAPC captures and stores payment information about the payee from the payer and payee. The payee registers preferences for funds deposit and also the payee's preferred remittance format. When a payee is registered and elects payment via electronic funds transfer, the CAPC issues instructions to the bank to transfer funds from the payer's bank account to the payee's registered preferred bank account. The CAPC can also create a detailed record of payment histories and remittance details which are accessible to the payee. Remittance details are delivered in the payee's registered preferred format and routed to the payee's registered destination. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073310 | MOBILE HEALTH INTERFACE - The present invention provides an interface for collaboration between patients, medical professionals and third parties. Patients, medical professionals and third parties may share information regarding medical procedures, products and services using computer- and web-based human-machine interfaces that implement a highly interactive and personalized Mobile Health Interface. The present invention allows medical professionals to obtain informed consent from patients after patient education and development of the informed consent; medical professionals and patients may also use the system to enhance patient compliance with medical instructions and enable medical professionals to track compliance. Third parties may use the system to market products and services using targeted advertisements and promotions. Medical professionals are able to screen third-party marketing activity in order to integrate third-party services and products into patient care. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073311 | PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC STORM TRACKER - A method and device for providing information about a medical condition are described herein. The device can include a memory storage that contains information relating to correlations between data for physiological systems, the correlations being indicative of distress conditions of a patient. The device can also include a monitor that gathers information about the physiological systems of the patient, reads from the memory storage, and identifies a distress condition based on correlations between data for the physiological systems. Furthermore, the device can include a display processor that provides a visual display of correlations between the physiological systems as a storm spreading across visual depictions of the physiological systems in response to the identification of the distress condition providing a metaphorical, color weather map visualization of the dynamic progression, expansion and relational severity of the distress condition. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073312 | Tracking and Delivery Confirmation of Pharmaceutical Products - A system and method are disclosed that track a deliverable to a user. The system includes an identifier or tag secured to the deliverable, a computer system for interrogating the identifier, and a personal device in communication with the computer system, wherein the personal device is held by the user at the time the user is administered the deliverable to detect the unique identity associated with the identifier device and confirms delivery of the deliverable to the user. The method includes attaching an identifiable tag that produces a unique signature to the deliverable, interrogating the tag at about the time of delivery to the user, and confirming that the user has been administered the deliverable through detecting the identifiable tag. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073313 | METHOD FOR USING PHYSICIAN SOCIAL NETWORKS BASED ON COMMON PATIENTS TO PREDICT COST AND INTENSITY OF CARE IN HOSPITALS - Health care costs can be predicted for a particular hospital relative to other hospitals by examining physician-physician network structural measures within the hospitals. The physician-physician networks are ascertained by examining patient sharing data between physicians and the network structural measures include the median adjusted degree of all physicians in the hospitals, and the relative centrality of primary care physicians in the hospitals. For any particular hospital, the median adjusted degree and the primary care physician relative centrality of can be compared to the median adjusted degree and median primary care physician relative centrality over all the hospitals to determine whether the health care costs for the particular hospital will be higher or lower than the other hospitals. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130080181 | TELEHEALTH CARE VERIFICATION AND AUDIT LOGGING SYSTEM - A method for providing telehealth services includes conducting a telehealth session between a provider and a patient, generating metadata associated with the telehealth session, and providing the metadata associated with the telehealth session to an auditing system for validating the telehealth session. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080182 | Methods For Using DNA Testing To Screen For Genotypes Relevant To Athleticism, Health And Risk Of Injury - Genetic screening is described which allows for the identification of athletes predisposed to physical conditions that could affect their performance. This, in turn, allows for associated personnel such as trainers, strength/conditioning coaches, and physicians, to develop pre-habilitation strategies that are personalized for the athlete's genetic and corresponding physical makeup. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080183 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT - A method and system for managing inventory for an ancillary medical facility that can be integrated into existing electronic healthcare records systems or practice management systems. The invention enables clinician users to order medical supplies electronically and to track the entire supply chain of the inventory item from the vendor/manufacturer to the patient. In one embodiment, requisitions are automatically generated when an inventory supply falls to a critical volume or reorder point. The system of the invention provides reporting modules that allow clinician users to analyze cost, inventory usage and adjustment, and supply conflict. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080184 | MANAGING HEALTHCARE INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK - Embodiments are directed to a healthcare information system (HIS) for supplying patients, caregivers, and their families with the tools and data-driven intelligence needed to achieve greater visibility, management, and control over their loved ones' care. The HIS may enable members to exchange requests for healthcare information between other members. A requesting member may generate a request and forward to other members that may be in a social network. Members that receive the request may subsequently forward the request to still other members. Forwarding requests may improve the chance of finding resolutions. The HIS may track which members received the request and what actions they took. This tracked information is used to generate reports for visualizing how a request flowed through the member community. The tracked information may be analyzed to determine interactions between members and/or social networks. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080185 | CLINICAL ANALYSIS USING ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY - Computer-implemented techniques for clinical analysis using electrodermal activity are disclosed. Initially, an individual's electrodermal activity data is captured into a computer system. The electrodermal activity data is captured through a sensor. Then, this electrodermal activity data provides information on physiology of the individual. Analysis is received from a web service wherein the analysis is based on the electrodermal activity data captured on the individual. An output, related to physiology, is rendered based on the analysis which was received. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080186 | Method, System, And Apparatus For Clinical Trial Management Over A Communications Network - A centralized, online clinical study system configured to coordinate aspects of a clinical study can include a training module configured to evaluate whether users have completed training for selected workflows for the clinical study that are available from the clinical study system, and to provide training to registered users for the selected workflows. The system also can include a financial engine configured to determine when a participating site meets or exceeds a milestone of the clinical study and to initiate a payment to the participating site. Further, the system can include a module configured to receive and verify clinical research data and to designate the verified clinical research data as official source data for the clinical study. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130085764 | CLINICAL PLUG-IN APPLICATION - Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media for accessing clinical information on a mobile device are provided. A plug-in application receives from a mobile device a set of authorization credentials and a request for clinical information. A set of clinical information is determined based on the set of authorization credentials. The set of clinical information is retrieved from clinical information servers, and the set of clinical information is parsed and populated into a generic hierarchical structure. The populated hierarchical structure is communicated to the mobile device where it is subsequently rendered for display. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085765 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED ALERT SETTINGS - A system and method for providing customized alert settings operating on at least one computer device. The system and method including receiving, from a server, starting drug interaction content via a network, providing, from a server, a drug interaction alert customization request based on the initial drug interaction content via a network, receiving, a customized data base file comprising the customized drug interaction alert settings via the network, wherein the customized drug interaction alert settings are automatically implemented in a prescribing software executing on the one or more end user-systems. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085766 | CASE AND MEDICATION TRACKING - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for medication management. In one embodiment, a medication dispense queue can be created for a medical procedure to pre-stock a medication dispensing unit prior to the medical procedure. Then, the medications can be tracked to determine when a medication has been, for example, dispensed, administered, wasted, and/or returned. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085767 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATMENT REGIMEN MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for treatment regimen management are described. In one embodiment, a treatment regimen associated with a user is determined. The treatment regimen includes treatment first treatment component and a second treatment component. The treatment regimen also includes a first treatment schedule associated with the first treatment component and a second treatment schedule associated with the second treatment component. Multiple treatment events are scheduled in an electronic calendar. The treatment events are based upon the first treatment schedule and the second treatment schedule. A treatment alert associated with each of the treatment events is generated. Other methods and systems are also described. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085768 | MODULAR MICROPROCESSOR-BASED APPLIANCE SYSTEM - A method is described that enables a health care provider to monitor and manage a health condition of a patient. The system includes a health care provider apparatus operated by a health care provider and a remotely programmable patient apparatus that is operated by a patient. The health care provider develops a script program using the health care provider apparatus and then sends the script program to a remotely programmable patient apparatus through a communication network such as the World Wide Web. The script program is a computer-executable patient protocol that provides information to the patient about the patient's health condition and that interactively monitors the patient health condition by asking the patient questions and by receiving answers to those questions. The answers to these health related questions are then forwarded as patient data from the remotely programmable patient apparatus to the health care provider apparatus through the communication network. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085769 | CHARACTERIZING HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, CLAIM, BENEFICIARY AND HEALTHCARE MERCHANT NORMAL BEHAVIOR USING NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICAL OUTLIER DETECTION SCORING TECHNIQUES - This invention uses non-parametric statistical measures and probability mathematical techniques to calculate deviations of variable values, on both the high and low side of a data distribution, from the midpoint of the data distribution. It transforms the data values and then combines all of the individual variable values into a single scalar value that is a “good-ness” score. This “good-ness” behavior score model characterizes “normal” or typical behavior, rather than predicting fraudulent, abusive, or “bad”, behavior. The “good” score is a measure of how likely it is that the subject's behavior characteristics are from a population representing a “good” or “normal” provider, claim, beneficiary or healthcare merchant behavior. The “good” score can replace or compliment a score model that predicts “bad” behavior in order to reduce false positive rates. The optimal risk management prevention program should include both a “good” behavior score model and a “bad” behavior score model. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085770 | Qualifying Raters for Clinical Trials - The invention provides an efficient approach to qualifying raters to serve in a clinical trial or study, where efficiency includes all aspects pertinent to study raters: creating of qualification profile; identification of appropriate study sites and raters, selection, training, and supplemental qualification of raters during the course of a clinical study or trial, as may be necessitated by study protocol changes or other changes that may occur. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085771 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING PATIENT DATA IN A MEDICAL WORKFLOW ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus, a method and a system for displaying patient data in a medical workflow environment are disclosed. The method includes scanning a patient identifier with a hand-held device, displaying patient data on a display screen of the hand-held device, selecting a medication for administration to the patient from a list of one or more medications displayed on the display screen, scanning a medication identifier with the hand-held device, and confirming administration of the medication on the hand-held device | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085772 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED DOSING OF PHARMACOLOGIC AGENTS - A system and method for personalized dosing of a pharmacologic agent include: executing, using a processing device, a plurality of dosing regimen program modules to determine a respective plurality of dose sets in response to receiving, from an input device, a target response value for a patient; and executing, using the processing device, a dosing selection algorithm module, following executing the plurality of dosing regimen program modules and in response to receiving from the input device a response profile and a monitoring frequency of the patient, to determine a recommended dose set computed as a combination of the plurality of dose sets weighted by degrees of matching computed using fuzzy sets and the response profile. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085773 | METHOD FOR GENERATING HEALTHCARE-RELATED VALIDATED PREDICTION MODELS FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - Provided is a method for generating prediction models from multiple healthcare centers. The method allows a third party to use data sets from multiple sources to build prediction models. By entering the data sets in a Model Deconstruction and Transfer (MDT) platform, a healthcare center may provide data to a third party without the need to de-identify data or to physically transfer any identifying or de-identified data from the healthcare center. The MDT platform includes a variable library, which allows the healthcare center to select variables that will be used to generate and validate the prediction model. Also provided is a method for compensating sources that contribute data sets based upon the percentage of clinical data that is used to generate a prediction model. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085774 | SEMI-AUTOMATED OR FULLY AUTOMATED, NETWORK AND/OR WEB-BASED, 3D AND/OR 4D IMAGING OF ANATOMY FOR TRAINING, REHEARSING AND/OR CONDUCTING MEDICAL PROCEDURES, USING MULTIPLE STANDARD X-RAY AND/OR OTHER IMAGING PROJECTIONS, WITHOUT A NEED FOR SPECIAL HARDWARE AND/OR SYSTEMS AND/OR PRE-PROCESSING/ANALYSIS OF A CAPTURED IMAGE DATA - Systems, methods and software are provided that simulate or facilitate imaging of medical procedures for purposes of optimized performance, simulation, training and/or accreditation. More particularly, aspects of the invention relate to a system, apparatus and/or subsystems for generating 3D and/or 4D imaging from 2 or more 2D images and/or projections for use in performing, simulating, training, and/or facilitating medical-access procedures. Such procedures use semi-automated and/or fully automated, network and/or web-based, 3D and/or 4D imaging of anatomy and corresponding medical devices or treatment for performing, training, rehearsing and/or conducting medical procedures, using multiple (e.g., >2 and/or >3) standard 2D x-ray and/or other radiation or sound imaging projections without a need for special hardware and/or systems (e.g., rotational runs) and/or pre-processing/analysis of a captured image data. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085775 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MEDICAL CARE THROUGH DATA MONITORING AND FEEDBACK TREATMENT - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing a decision support solution to medical professionals to optimize medical care through data monitoring and feedback treatment are provided herein. In another embodiment, a computer-implemented method for modeling patient outcomes resulting from treatment in a specific medical area includes receiving patient-specific data associated with a patient, determining a plurality of possible patient states under which the patient can be categorized, a current patient state under which the patient can be categorized and determining probabilities of the patient transitioning from any of the possible patient states to every other possible patient state. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130090937 | System and method for facilitating patient compliance with prescription medication regimen - The method, system and user-interface facilitates patient compliance with healthcare provider instructions for prescription medication after discharge from a healthcare facility by analyzing patient current medication, canceling open prescriptions no longer used by the patient, aligning verified patient current prescriptions with patient discharge prescriptions, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and providing follow-up education at multiple occasions after discharge, decreasing the likelihood that the patient will be re-admitted to the hospital for the same ailment or complications from that ailment and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130090938 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REMOTE DIAGNOSIS AND PRESCRIPTION - A method of enabling remote medical diagnosis of a medical condition comprising: providing a software application for a mobile device designed to: provide a graphical user interface on a display of the mobile device wherein the graphical user interface is designed to allow a patient to collect data for use in the medical diagnosis of the medical condition; communicate the data from the mobile device to a medical professional; and receive a medical diagnosis from the medical professional. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130090939 | SYTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING HEALTHCARE FRAUD - The present invention provides a method for reducing healthcare fraud potentially committed by a healthcare worker and possibly the client as well. The method includes the steps of capturing and storing a first biometric signature received of the healthcare worker. A first geographical location is provided based on the client location. During a visit to the client location, a second biometric signature of the healthcare worker is captured. A second geographical location is then captured via a device from which the second biometric signature was captured and received. This is followed by the step of comparing the first biometric signature to the second biometric signature to determine the eligibility of the healthcare worker in billing insurance provider for services purported to have been rendered. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130090940 | Wellcare management methods and systems - Methods and systems related to wellcare management are disclosed. The methods comprise enrolling wellcare providers and consumers, offering wellcare plans, and providing automated payment processing and collection in connection with the wellcare plans. The methods also allow the wellcare management systems to interface with the wellcare provider's practice management software administered by a third party. Preferably, the wellcare plan providers are veterinarians, particularly independent veterinarians. Systems employing the methods over one or more computer networks are also disclosed, as are articles comprising computer readable media. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130090941 | METHOD OF PROVIDING COMPLICATION INSURANCE AND DISCOUNTS ON MEDICAL SPECIALTY TREATMENTS - The present invention is a method for providing consumers with complication insurance and discounts on medical specialty treatments, products, and services through a membership program. More specifically, the method provides consumers with insurance for complications that might be experienced through specialty medical treatments and discounts on the actual specialty medical treatments. The invention requires the participation of the customer (patient and/or intended parents), the specialty medical provider, an insurance agency/provider, and a third party administrator. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130090942 | SYTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING HEALTHCARE FRAUD - The present invention provides a method for reducing healthcare fraud potentially committed by a healthcare worker and possibly the client as well. The method includes the steps of capturing and storing a first biometric signature received of the healthcare worker. A first geographical location is provided based on the client location. During a visit to the client location, a second biometric signature of the healthcare worker is captured. A second geographical location is then captured via a device from which the second biometric signature was captured and received. This is followed by the step of comparing the first biometric signature to the second biometric signature to determine the eligibility of the healthcare worker in billing insurance provider for services purported to have been rendered. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130090943 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEALTH CARE PRODUCT SELECTION - Systems, methods and computer-readable media for assisting consumers to enroll in a health plan in an online environment. Data comprising residence information, date of birth information and gender information of a consumer is received. Data comprising a type of health insurance product selected by the consumer is received. Data comprising physician information selected by the consumer is received. Result information is retrieved from one or more databases. The result information includes one or more health insurance plans of the type selected by the consumer, and information describing whether physicians associated with the physician information selected by the consumer are included within a network of each of the health insurance plans. The result information is displayed to the consumer. A request from the consumer to enroll in one of the health insurance plans is received. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130090944 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A LENS PRESCRIPTION - Methods for dispensing eyeglasses are disclosed. The methods involve making a subjective refraction and an objective refraction and Sending the information to a calculation computer to combine both retractions to calculate the person's prescription. The person's prescription is subsequently sent to a manufacturing location separate from the calculation computer for manufacture of the lenses. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130090945 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND ADMINISTRATIVE DATA - A health care patient document system and method which enable patients to enter clinical, administrative, and financial information normally completed on a clipboard in a medical office into a computerized system that stores the information. The patient is then enabled to direct the stored information to any health care provider whether the provider is enabled to receive the data electronically nor not. For those provider clinicians and organizations not enabled to receive the information electronically, the system completes the paper-based forms already in use within the organization and sends the completed form by facsimile or mail delivery. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130096932 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING HEALTH CARE CREDITS TO SUBSCRIBERS - Systems and methods to manage health insurance are described. An individual can submit a request to enroll in a health insurance plan of an insurance provider. The individual can complete a health assessment with a health care provider associated with the insurance provider, and the insurance provider can review results of the health assessment to determine an amount of health care credits to award to the individual. An account servicer can manage a health care credits account associated with the individual. In implementations, the individual can be rewarded with additional health care credits on a periodic or event-driven basis, based on a health of the individual and other factors. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096933 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXCHANGING HEALTH CARE CREDITS - Systems and methods for exchanging health care credits are described. Health care credits are transferable units of value representing good health, an improvement in health, or maintenance of health by an individual. The health care credits may be bought, sold, exchanged for goods and services, gifted or otherwise conveyed from one owner to another. Also disclosed are exchanges and markets for buying, selling, and trading health care credits, as well as derivative securities. The derivative securities or products are based on either the flow of health care credits through the system, or on health care information, which may have been generated to implement health care credit awards. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096934 | PERCOLATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present percolator systems and methods identify and coordinate outreach for members who are potentially at risk, based in part on contract requirements, automatically-assigned risk levels, or gaps in the members' healthcare, including gaps related to social considerations and workflow. Exemplary embodiments of the systems and methods may utilize business rules combined into triggers, with each trigger being assigned a weight. Each member may be assigned an outreach score by combining the weights of triggers applicable to that member. Members may then be assigned to a risk level, or acuity level, and prioritized for outreach according to their outreach scores. The risk level assignments may drive the type of staff and the type (i.e., personal, telephonic, mail, etc.) and frequency of outreach interactions. Other embodiments of the percolator systems and methods are also disclosed herein. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS - Systems, methods, and computer program media for creating, managing, backing, and transferring health care credits are described. Health care credits may be implemented as freely transferable financial instruments whose initial value is based on costs or savings generated by an individual, or by a health care provider, that are associated with a health-related metric or a health benefiting behavior(s). | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096936 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING, ANALYZING, AND RETRIEVING MEDICAL DATA - Medical data obtained from a clinical network of physiological monitors can be stored in a journal database. The medical data can include device events that occurred in response to clinician interactions with one or more medical devices and device-initiated events, such as alarms and the like. The journal database can be analyzed to derive statistics, which may be used to improve clinician and/or hospital performance. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096937 | MEDICAL PROVIDERS KNOWLEDGE BASE AND INTERACTION WEBSITE - One or more webpages are presented to convey a medical provider's knowledge base and interaction website. The website maintains and displays information regarding multiple medical providers and a user of the website may search the knowledge base regarding the medical providers. A counter keeps track of 1) a total number of specific medical procedures performed by each medical provider, 2) the number of specific medical procedures performed by each medical provider per set period of time, 3) the total number of specific diseases treated by each medical provider, 4) the number of specific diseases each medical provider has treated per set period of time, and 5) any combination of these. The specific medical procedures and the specific diseases treated are searchable criteria in a search routine implemented on the website as well as displayed information on one or more web pages regarding each medical provider in the multiple medical providers. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096938 | MANAGING HEALTHCARE SERVICES - System and method for facilitating a medical order/prescription of a prescription product, including a memory device to store predefined forms for the prescription product corresponding to a plurality of providers. A receiver receives prescription product information for the prescription product, patient intake information for the patient, including provider information for the patient, and a benefits summary related to the patient. A transmitter transmits the benefits verification request. A processor can be configured to generate the benefits verification request for the patient based on the patient intake information, select one of the predefined forms based on at least the patient provider information, populate at least one field of the selected predefined form based on the user intake information, and release the populated predefined form to facilitate a medical order/prescription of the prescription product to the patient. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096939 | Methods and Systems for Patient Self-Management - A method for managing patient care, the method comprising receiving via input device and storing in electronic format a prescription for a dosage of at least one medication, wherein the dosage varies based upon at least one patient parameter; automatically electronically transmitting a first message at an identified time to an electronic device associated with the patient, the first message prompting the patient to input a measurement of the at least one patient parameter; receiving via electronic signal from the patient's electronic device, a second message comprising the measurement of the at least one patient parameter; automatically calculating and electronically transmitting to the patient's electronic device, a third message comprising the dosage of the at least one medication based on the measurement of the at least one patient parameter; and repeating several of the steps at identified intervals. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096940 | Free Medical Advice Via the Internet - An Internet site provides free medical advice to users. Accurate data collection and a summary of medical information will be constructed by using a combination of Virtual Resources. Each online interaction will be patient specific (unique) as each patient has a unique set of issues surrounding their medical problem/condition. The results will be displayed to patients with hyperlinks on medical terms. Once this medical summary of the data is provided, the system will calculate the statistical likelihood of diagnosis using a logic platform database. The logic of the program will improve over time because its interviewing skills will improve as it learns. Lines of questioning are based on Concept Maps (and/or another visual organization tool). The system will learn from its patients and that data will be reviewed and organized by groups of physicians. The system will also gain (medical) practice experience from the physicians involved in the website administration. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096941 | CLINICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - Likelihood ratio between a likelihood of belonging to one classification of a key item and a likelihood of belonging to other classification of the key item when a case belongs to each classification of a clinical-information item other than the key item is calculated, based on registration case information for calculating a likelihood ratio, for each classification of a key item. A weighting coefficient corresponding to each classification of the clinical-information item other than the key item for each classification of the key item is determined based on a target classification of a target clinical-information item and the calculated likelihood ratio. A degree of similarity is calculated for each registration case included in registration case information for calculating a degree of similarity by using weighting information corresponding to each classification of the key item and each classification of the clinical-information item other than the key item. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096942 | Discharge Decision Support System for Post Acute Care Referral - A system and method of recommending post-acute care services to a patient is described. The system and method include the steps of providing a plurality of questions relating to a patient, where each question has at least two selectable answers, and wherein each selectable answer has associated therewith a corresponding score, receiving one of the selectable answers for each of the plurality of questions, calculating a total score corresponding to the sum score of each of the answers selected, and generating a post-acute care referral if the total score meets a predetermined threshold value. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096943 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING AND GOVERNING GENOMIC AND OTHER INFORMATION - Trusted, privacy-protected systems and method are disclosed for processing, handling, and performing tests on human genomic and other information. According to some embodiments, a system is disclosed that is a cloud-based system for the trusted storage and analysis of genetic and other information. Some embodiments of the system may include or support some or all of authenticated and certified data sources; authenticated and certified diagnostic tests; and policy-based access to data. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130103410 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING OPERATION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE - Systems and methods of enabling a medical device for operation and billing a medical procedure performed with a medical device. A medical procedure barcode is purchased through a user interface executing on a server. The server updates a medical procedure database to indicate that the purchased medical procedure barcode is valid. The medical procedure barcode is read by a barcode reader, and the medical procedure database is queried to determine if the read medical procedure barcode is valid. A medical device is enabled for use by a medical procedure service provider if the medical procedure barcode is valid, such that the medical procedure may be performed using the enabled medical device. The medical procedure database is updated to indicate that the medical procedure barcode has been redeemed by the medical procedure service provider. The server transmits payments to the medical procedure service provider for the redeemed medical procedure barcode. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103411 | Systems and methods for reducing healthcare transaction costs - A centralized network can be established by contracting medical facilities and insurance providers, in which the medical facilities agree to waive all or a portion of a deductible amount owed as part of their contractual obligation with the network. The insurance providers agree to provide a credit of the premium to be paid by beneficiaries that use a contracted medical facility to receive a service for which the deductible amount is waived. Specific uses of the systems and methods disclosed can include management of a Medicare supplemental insurance network in which Part A deductibles are waived by hospitals or similar medical facilities, and premium credits are provided to beneficiaries of Medicare supplemental insurance policies who use contracted medical facilities. The cost savings and increased revenue recognized by both medical facilities and insurance providers can enable claims to be repriced while reducing transactional costs for all parties. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103412 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING WORK SCHEDULES - Disclosed are new approaches for scheduling workers providing services to recipients at remote locations, such as home health care services. Work assignments may be organized into shifts associated with one or more workers and one or more recipients. Tasks are associated with the shift and have a status associated therewith that can be updated by a worker. Shifts may be replicated by cutting and pasting or specifying a recurrence definition. The tasks associated with a shift may then be replicated according to the cut-and-paste operation or recurrence definition. The status of tasks may be updated using a voice telephony system. The status of tasks may also be reported from a computer located on the recipient premise. Text and/or voice comments and the task status may be accessible by managers, clients, and concerned parties from a web portal accessible using a computing device, such as a tablet computer. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103413 | PROMOTING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS - Among other things, an association is maintained between a promotional campaign for a product (such as a pharmaceutical product) and an identifier that is unique with respect to at least one of the campaign, the product, or a stakeholder associated with the product. In association with the unique identifier, information is stored about at least one of the following: the campaign, the product, the stakeholder, or activities of the stakeholder with respect to the product. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103414 | DISEASE RISK DECISION SUPPORT PLATFORM - A system provides a disease specific risk reference and includes a plurality of executable item modules that each define a different elementary disease to family structure relationship for a specific disease represented as a logical Boolean operation, and an item scoring engine that ranks positively scored item modules based on a risk level associated with a corresponding elementary disease to family structure relationship, wherein the positive scores identify an existence of a given disease to family structure relationship. The system further includes a disease specific risk reference generator that extracts item content associated with a subset of the highest ranked positively scored item modules from memory and provides the extracted item content in a disease specific risk reference for review by a clinician. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103415 | IMAGING UTILITY SCORE - An electronically based utility rating system and/or method measures the appropriateness of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) requests for medical imaging examinations. The so-called “imaging utility score” or simply, “u-score” may provide comparative data to help combat inappropriate medical imaging examinations, review resource utilization, and provide opportunities for medical education and research. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACTIVITY EVALUATION - Systems and methods are discussed for providing sensor enhanced safety, recovery, and activity evaluation systems. Sensors that monitor user activity and behavior are worn by a user and/or placed in the user environment. Data from the sensors are processed to obtain a safety, recovery, and/or activity evaluation. Based on the evaluation, recommendations or adjustments to the terms of an insurance policy covering the user, the user's employer, or a facility providing health care to the user to accurately reflect the risks associated with the user, employer, and/or facility. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103417 | Medical Care Support System and Method Of Supporting Medical Care - Provided is a medical care support system for the sharing and reusing of medical information on the basis of a workflow which is a flow of medical-related services. A workflow step that was executed prior to an ongoing workflow step is selected by using a medical information database which has registered a workflow and information of each workflow step in association with medical information; and information is inputted by medical staff in the ongoing workflow step while the medical information registered in the selected workflow step being referred to; and the medical information being referred to and the inputted information are registered in the medical information database in association with the ongoing workflow step. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130110526 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AUTHORIZATION, COMPLIANCE, AND ADHERENCE OF DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS AND TREATMENTS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110527 | DENTAL CONSULTATION SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110528 | CONTEXTUALIZING VENTILATOR DATA | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110529 | VENTILATOR AVOIDANCE REPORT | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110530 | VENTILATOR REPORT GENERATION | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110531 | Method for reducing healthcare costs | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110532 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PATIENT TREATMENT | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110533 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING BILLING BETWEEN ONE OR MORE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS OR THEIR ASSIGNEE AND ONE OR MORE PAYERS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE ONE OR MORE PROVIDERS WITHIN TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110534 | Specimen Management System, Arrangement, and Method | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110535 | PROVIDING CLINICAL INFORMATION TO CLINICIANS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110536 | Indexed Competition Health Care Network Method | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110537 | Cloud-based Medical Imaging Viewer and Methods for Establishing A Cloud-based Medical Consultation Session | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110538 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL DATABASES FOR PATIENT CARE DEVICES | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110539 | HEALTHCARE CLAIM AND REMITTANCE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130117033 | HEALTHCARE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND EQUITABLE PROVIDER REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention incorporates medical knowledge into the processes and algorithms that combine inpatient quality outcomes, ambulatory quality measures and health insurers' financial data into actionable information that hospitals and physicians can use to improve the efficacies and efficiencies of their care. It then quantifies the financial net savings that predictably accrue as a result of the providers' improved medical outcomes. This information enables a hospital or health insurer to equitably share the net saving with the physicians and hospitals as incentives to continuously improve the quality of their patients' care and control costs. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117034 | Creating and Visualizing Professionally Crowdsourced Structured Medical Knowledge - A system and a method are disclosed for gathering and visualizing votes on the comparative efficacy, tolerability, and cost of medical treatments, including surgeries, drugs, devices, radiological and other procedures and interventions, using an Internet-based, credentialed physician social network. The system includes a method for intuitive head-to-head visualization of competing treatments, based upon aggregated community physician votes, with respect to their performance on the principal clinical dimensions of efficacy, tolerability, and cost. The system additionally includes a method to reduce intentional and unintentional voting bias. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117035 | MEDICAL PAYMENT SYSTEM WITH DELAYED SETTLEMENT - Medical professionals may obtain payment authorization from their patients, even before the insurance company or other payer has determined the patient's ultimate financial obligation. In particular, the medical professional or their administrative staff may estimate the patient's financial obligations, obtain authorization for payment, and then subsequently collect payment at a later date once the actual financial obligation has been determined. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117036 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT ROUTING OF HEALTH INFORMATION - An intelligent router for performing functions such as data aggregation from multiple sources, data mining, business intelligence analysis, exploratory data analysis, confirmatory data analysis, predictive data analysis, text analytics, and routing of the results to the appropriate recipient(s) at the appropriate time. The router may comprise an authorization/access manager, a business rules management system, routing engine, data aggregator, community data analytics engine. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117037 | Goal Tracking and Segmented Marketing Systems and Methods with Network Analysis and Visualization - Systems and methods for establishing and studying networks of professionals and how they associate, learn, and behave are disclosed. In methods according to embodiments of the invention, networks of professionals are defined by administering sociometric surveys to a group of professionals, or by culling already available data about the professionals from other data sources. Behavioral data is also imported, and methods and systems according to embodiments of the invention allow behavioral data to be overlaid on network data. Metrics can be calculated indicating the importance of a particular professional based on his or her influence on the behavior of others in his or her network. This network data and other data can then be used to define business goals and objectives, segment a customer base according to user-defined characteristics, deliver targeted marketing interventions, and understand the effects of those interventions. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117038 | PREVENTIVE CARE ENGINE - A preventative care recommendation engine to provide a preventative care recommendation corresponding to a patient is disclosed. Processor(s) may be coupled to network interface(s) accessible by healthcare provider(s) and/or patient(s), to execute instructions to access a set of confidential health information for an identified patient, where the set is derived from a first data source, and includes an indication of a health condition of the identified patient, a healthcare service provided to the identified patient, and/or a time when the health care service was provided to the identified patient. A second data source that includes a set of criteria specified by a third party indicating a preventative care service may be accessed. A recommendation corresponding to the identified patient may be sent, wherein the recommendation is a function of the set of confidential health information for the identified patient and the set of criteria. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117039 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONICALLY ACCESSING AND TRANSMITTING HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA) COMPLIANT DATA - Systems and methods for electronically transmitting and accessing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant data are provided. The HIPAA compliant data are transmitted to a patient via a mobile device in the form of an alert that provides the patient with reminders to take medications. To maintain the privacy of the patient, the specific drug names of the medications are replaced by a generic reference or identifier to comply with the provisions of HIPAA. Systems and methods for providing and authorizing access to a third party to receive and/or review PHI and/or EPHI of a patient via a social network website are also provided. To grant access, the patient executes a HIPAA release form and the third party is added to a list of third parties allowed to receive and access HIPAA compliant data via a social network website. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117040 | Method and System for Supporting a Health Regimen - A method and user interface for supporting a health regimen comprising: grouping a plurality of participants into a matched group; providing, to each participant of the matched group, a body metric measurement device configured to communicate remotely with a network; receiving a set of body metric measurement data over the network from the participant and a portion of the participants of the matched group; storing the set of body metric measurement data on a server; determining a trend in the body metric measurement of the participant; determining a trend in the body metric measurement of the portion of the matched group; providing feedback to the participant based on the trend of the participant relative to the trend of the portion of the matched group; providing, to each participant of the matched group, a health regimen curriculum; and providing a physical motivational incentive to the participant. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117041 | COMPUTER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND FITNESS WITH MULTIPLE SPONSORS - Disclosed is an improved automated system and corresponding computer method of promoting and maintaining health, wellness, and fitness. Multiple sponsors per member participant are enabled. Each sponsor defines respective qualifying healthy behavior (activities, purchases, other) and reward rate for each such activity and purchase. A rewards engine operates on member accounts adding units per member completion of qualifying healthy activities or purchases, thereby encouraging members to adopt healthy habits. This, in turn, leads to better health, wellness, and fitness for the subject members. The combination of different and multiple sponsors having different qualifying activities/purchases provides increased member incentive. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117042 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT SERVER - Precise prediction of the state of congestion in an automatic analysis system and adjustment of timings and the order of take-in and take-out of specimens in each of devices prevent increase in TATs of urgent specimens. A device management server for instructing each device to take in or take out specimens in each device determines the current position of each specimen, estimates the staying time of each specimen in one of regions by simulating the operation of each device assuming an initial state in which each specimen is at the current position, causes the simulation unit to perform a simulation, and corrects the timings or order of take-in and take-out of one or more other specimens so that each of the staying times in one of the regions do not exceed a corresponding allowable staying time in the region. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117043 | Wellness Incentive System And Method - A system and method for incentivizing the participants' improvement in exercise participation in a health plan including a plurality of participants, without an employer's knowledge of the participants' individual health data. Initially, a randomly-generated identifier is assigned to each of the participants. Next, an exercise schedule is assigned to each of the participants. Points are allocated to each participant based on exercise participation, and incentives are provided for the participants, in the form of prizes awarded to each of the participants based on the number of points respectively allocated. Reports are generated indicating the degree of participation by aggregate participants and by individual participants. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130124217 | HEALTH PLAN RATING SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM - Methods and training programs for improving the level of quality of care within a healthcare plan. The methods include obtaining medical data from a population of patients within the plan, storing such data in electronic medical records embodied on a computer readable medium, evaluating at least one metric within the data via a computer capable of interpreting said electronic medical records, and presenting a notification if the metric is found to be below a standard for the metric. The training includes evaluating the healthcare plan's current practices, training the healthcare provider in improved practices, providing a system for recording medical documents, and training the healthcare provider in use of the system. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124218 | SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT ENGINE FOR HEALTH WELLNESS PROGRAM - The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods to encourage health care consumers to engage in healthy lifestyle choices, thereby improving their overall health condition. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to using social media, via a social engagement engine, to encourage health care consumers to participate in health-improving activities and to engage in health-conscious behaviors. Specifically, disclosed is a computer-implemented system for operating a health program, which includes: a team formation module configured to receive data representing the formation of a plurality of teams; a challenge module configured to receive data representing the formation of one or more challenges; a data tracking module configured to receive, over an electronic network, data representing a tracked health condition of a user; and a scoring module configured to apply an algorithm to the health condition data to convert it into a numerical score. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124219 | MANAGING SERVICES IN HEALTH CARE FACILITY - A method of managing services in a health care facility includes receiving one or more stat requests, automatically identifying, for at least one of the stat requests, a candidate to perform at least one task associated with the stat request; automatically determining whether the candidate already has a predetermined maximum number of stat requests; if the candidate already has the predetermined maximum number of stat requests, notifying a manager that the candidate is not available to fulfill the stat request; and paging at least one person to fulfill the stat request. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124220 | MANAGING SERVICES WITH ASSIGNMENT SETTINGS - A method of assigning tasks to members of an organization includes receiving a selection of an assignment setting for each of at least one of one or more groups of members of the organization, wherein the assignment setting selection at least partially determines how tasks are to be assigned to members of the at least one group, receiving one or more requests for a task to be performed by one or more of the members of one or more of the groups, and assigning at least one of the requests to at least one of the members of at least one of the groups based at least in part on the assignment setting for the member's group. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124221 | REAL-TIME TIME SERIES MATRIX PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC PATTERN PROCESSOR AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT METHOD - A device for providing information about a medical condition is described herein. A monitor gathers information about the physiological systems of the patient, reads from the memory storage, identifies time dimensioned dynamic patterns of the data, determines the severity of the patterns, identifies a distress condition based at least on a relative match between a the dynamic patterns of the data for a plurality of physiological systems, and calculates a real-time or near real-time sensitivity, specificity, therapeutic delay, and/or correlation metric. A display processor that provides a visual display of time dimensioned output of the severity of the dynamic patterns and a visual display of the sensitivity, specificity, therapeutic delay, and/or the correlation metric in real-time or near real-time. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130132103 | Quick-Fill - ‘Quick-Fill’ is a process, pathway, or means whereby appointment failures of other short-notice opportunities may be directed to desired parties via modern communication media/social networking. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132104 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A WORKFLOW BASED ON MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL PARAMETERIZATION - A system and method for generating a work flow are disclosed. In some embodiments, the workflow may be a radiology work flow comprising a plurality of radiology work lists. Radiology work studies may be received and assigned to at least one of the radiology work lists. In some embodiments, the radiology work lists may be based on parameters or characteristics of radiologists. As such, the assigning of the radiology work studies to the radiology work lists may be based on the parameters or characteristics of the radiologists. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132105 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING WORK STUDIES WITHIN A WORK LIST - A system and method for assigning work studies to be read within a work list are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may relate to assigning a radiology work study such as a radiology image study to be read within a radiologist work list associated with at least one radiologist. The assigning of the radiology work study to be read within the radiologist work list may comprise assigning an order to the radiology work studies that are within the radiologist work list. The assigning of the radiology work studies may be based on a service level priority for the radiology work studies. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132106 | Medical Product Request and Replacement Information System - A computer-implemented method including receiving, from a health care provider client device, an electronic trigger signal, the trigger signal indicating a change in health care information stored in one or more electronic databases associated with the health care provider, obtaining, from the one or more electronic databases and in response to receiving the trigger signal, health care provider information, filtering, using one or more computer-processors, the health care provider information to identify a patient eligible for participation in a patient assistant program, generating a health care product request application for a patient identified as eligible for participation in the patient assistant program, and outputting the health care product request application. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132107 | BROWSING A COLLECTION OF FEDERATED CLINICAL DOCUMENTS - Embodiments of the inventive subject matter include systems, methods and computer program products for navigating clinical documents associated with health care visits. Clinical documents for a patient are obtained. The clinical documents are documents associated with a plurality of care visits by the patient. The clinical documents are analyzed in order to determine importance ratings for the care visits. A timeline is displayed where the timeline includes graphical elements representing the care visits. The graphical elements are displayed on the timeline in accordance with a time of the care visit and the importance rating of the care visit. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132108 | REAL-TIME CONTEXTUAL KPI-BASED AUTONOMOUS ALERTING AGENT - An example operation metrics collection and processing system is to mine a data set including patient and exam workflow data from information source(s) according to an operational metric for a workflow of interest. An example healthcare workflow performance monitoring system includes a contextual analysis engine to mine a data set to identify patterns based on current and historical healthcare data for a healthcare workflow and extract context information from the identified patterns and data mined information. The example system includes a statistical modeling engine to dynamically create contextual performance indicators based on the context and pattern information including a contextual ordering of events in the healthcare workflow. The example system includes a workflow decision engine to evaluate the contextual performance indicators based on a model and monitor measurements associated with the contextual performance indicators, the workflow decision engine to process feedback to update the context performance indicators. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132109 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL DEVICES AND PATIENTS - A system for remote management of patients and medical devices is provided. The system comprises one or more medical devices configured to measure one or more patient's health parameters. Further, the system comprises a personal health gateway configured to receive the one or more measured patient's health parameters. The personal health gateway further comprises a management module. Furthermore, the system comprises a public network configured to connect the one or more personal health gateways to a managed patient services platform. The managed patient services platform is configured to facilitate remote management of the one or more medical devices and patients. The managed patient services platform further comprises a management module. The system comprises a hospital system configured to facilitate one or more functionality of a healthcare facility. The management module facilitates medical device management and remote health management by embedding a healthcare protocol with a device management protocol. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132110 | DEMENTIA CARE SUPPORT METHOD, DEMENTIA INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND DEMENTIA CARE SUPPORT SYSTEM - A plurality of kinds of questions related to a patient of dementia is displayed on a first communication apparatus, the answers to the questions are inputted to the first communication apparatus, and patient condition information based on the inputted answers is stored at a server. Further, a graphical representation chronologically representing a plurality of pieces of patient condition information and a graphical representation representing a plurality of kinds of patient condition information so as to be associated with each other are generated at the server. The generated graphical representations are displayed on a second communication apparatus. A caregiver, a doctor or the like grasps a symptom of the patient and a change of the symptom based on the displayed graphical representations. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132111 | Pharmaceutical Business Method for High Volume Low Risk Sales - A business method for pharmaceutical sales in which a single or multiple additional parties are introduced into the transaction such that a push market strategy results for the sales of pharmaceutical which are currently sold under patent licensing. The method promotes the widespread adoption of patented pharmaceuticals while reducing risk and increasing sales volume through guaranteed long term bulk purchase agreements. The resulting method lowers initial consumer prices of pharmaceuticals during the onset of early phase production while leveling prices toward the final phase of patent life. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132112 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLINICAL PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT - Various aspects relate to the development of clinical study (a.k.a. trial) protocols in drug development. Is some settings, the trial development process can be optimized by integrating and receiving feedback from a large number of participants (physicians, researchers, technicians, drug developers, patients, etc.). Some embodiments invoke the combined wisdom of the user population by targeting relevant audiences for feedback and input into clinical study protocol development. User input can be solicited and developed in an open format, allowing the system capture the largest knowledge base regarding protocol development. In some settings, a set of “protocol challenges” are presented by a protocol builder system to a global community of drug developers, scientists, physicians, and patients to develop and identify issues with a clinical study protocol. Protocol challenges can be used to identify the best set of criteria for a given clinical study protocol. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132113 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH SERVICE INFORMATION - A method and system for distributing community-based health service information is provided. In one aspect, the method receives user information including a location and a health condition and determines a health issue that is related to the condition. Services are identified based on the health condition, the related health issue, and the user's location. The method also includes providing the user with the identified services. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132114 | NEUROPSYCHIATRIC TEST REPORTS - Methods and reports for presenting genetic information that is patient-specific and relevant to treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, including treatment resistant psychiatric disorders, to aid in patient treatment in a phenotype, genotype or biomarker-specific manner. The methods and reports examine biomarkers for dysfunction of three axes relevant to treating neuropsychiatric disorders and provide interpretive comments to aid in treatment. Combining biomarker information from each of the three axes (the autonomic arousal axis, the emotional valence, attention, reward and executive brain function axis, and the long-term potentiation and long-term depression (LTP-LTD) function axis) provides an unexpectedly comprehensive and effective means for directing treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, including particularly treatment resistant disorders (TRD). | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132115 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REDUCING THE BURDEN ON SCHEDULING SYSTEMS BY FORECASTING A DEMAND FOR MEDICAL RESOURCES - The present invention generates a forecast factor indicating an anticipated demand for a medical resource in a medical facility during a selected time period. The invention generates the forecast factor using billing data retrieved from one or more billing data systems wherein the retrieved billing data is from a prior time period that is comparable to the selected time period. The invention may also generate a schedule of the medical resource using the determined forecast factor such that the generated schedule may substantially correspond to the anticipated demand for the medical resource during the selected time period. In addition, the invention may also generate one or more displays of the determined forecast factor to a user and may also receive a user input for selecting and/or modifying the protocol used to determine the forecast factor. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130138447 | Genetic based health management apparatus and methods - Apparatus and methods are devised and provided to receive genetic material from a human test subject and further to characterize that genetic material into an electronic representation of a genome. In particular, with respect to many genetic features which relate to diet, nutrition and exercise with a view to weight control. Based upon the presence of certain genetic features, genetic markers or polymorphisms, a rules based logic path is executed to arrive at a action plan set of recommendations. These recommendations relate to lifestyle actions which may be taken up by a person and these actions thus relate to that person's particular genetic composition. These apparatus and methods produce an easy-to-consume visual presentation describing genetic based traits and conditions, the personal status of a test subject as it relates to these genetic dependent traits and conditions, and possible lifestyle actions which may be performed by the user. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138448 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING AUDIT RISK OF CLAIMS-BASED SUBMISSIONS FOR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE RISK ADJUSTMENT - Systems and methods have been developed that provide for the examination of data available on members of a Plan and based on the examined data, and on each reported ailment for a member, a determination is made as to the risk level such member presents to the Plan. This risk level is a measure of how likely it is that an assigned ailment identified from a claim will be found to be in error during an official CMS audit of member medical records for a particular year. The examination is made without necessarily reviewing actual physician's charts. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING HOME VISITS FOR PHYSICIAN REVIEW - A computer implemented method for scheduling physician visits for medical care validation that involves a processor selecting members to be visited based on the proximity of the selected member to a previously scheduled member. From these selections, a route is prepared for the physician that minimizes the travel time between member visits. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138450 | DIGITAL HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MONITORING PATIENT HEALTH CARE FOR CHRONIC DISEASES THROUGH CONFIGURABLE AND INTERACTIVE TASKS - A system and method for coordinating a series of health related tasks for a chronic disease management in interaction with a patient device comprising: a task rule set customized for each patient of a plurality of patients registered with a management system, the customized rule set based on a health care plan for the patient administered by a clinician; implementing the task rule set customized for the respective patient; receiving patient health data dependent upon at least one specific task of the task rule set completed by the patient; transmitting the received patient data to a clinician device via a clinician interface; and transmitting a message to a parent device including content related to the patient health data including information about the one specific task of the task rule set completed by the patient. The task rule set can be embodied as a series of steps involving game play. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138451 | INFECTION SPREAD PREVENTION SUPPORT SYSTEM, INFECTION SPREAD PREVENTION SUPPORT SERVER, EXAMINATION TERMINAL, MOBILE TERMINAL AND PROGRAM - An infection spread prevention support system includes an examination terminal and an infection spread prevention support server. The examination terminal includes an examination information acquisition unit that acquires examination information to examine the infection of an infectious disease in subjects and a transmission and reception unit that transmits the examination information to the infection spread prevention support server. The infection spread prevention support server includes a receiving unit that receives examination information, an infection determination unit that determines the presence or degree of infection of the infectious disease using the examination information, an activity regulation information generation unit that generates activity regulation information to regulate the an activity of the infected patient based on infection determination information, which is a determination result of the infection determination unit, and information regarding the subjects, and an output unit that outputs the activity regulation information. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138452 | MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus to provide information regarding medical devices via a mobile device. An example method for mobile medical device management includes providing a representation of one or more medical devices with a visual indication of a status for each device. The representation is to visually convey information regarding each of the one or more medical devices and is selectable by a user to provide additional information regarding each of the one or more medical devices. The method includes facilitating interaction with the one or more medical devices via the mobile device. The method includes dynamically updating the status for each medical device via communication between the mobile device and one or more facilities at which the one or more medical devices are located. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138453 | USING A PAYMENT CARD TO ELECTRONICALLY ADJUDICATE CLAIMS FROM PATIENTS UTILIZING MAJOR MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND SERVICES - Processing a major medical claim in at least one processor. Receiving a major medical claim. Preparing a claim order from the received major medical claim. Transmitting the prepared claim order to a primary payer. Receiving a response to the transmitted claim order, the response comprising the amount of primary coverage. Transmitting claim order information and the amount of primary coverage to a secondary payer. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138454 | EXTENDABLE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138455 | AUTOMATED INTEGRATED SYSTEM, METHOD AND PLATFORM FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES - The present invention relates to a web based integrated informatics system for healthcare services. In one embodiment, this is accomplished by one or more client device, one or more server including at least one control logic module, one or more databases for maintaining a plurality of health care related information for users and one or more communication network integrating the server, the client device and the database to communicate with each other, wherein the system is configured to receive information or request sent by one or more client devices, where the received information/s or request/s are processed by the control logic of the server, where the control logic processes the information or request based on the business and data logics with the all available databases, the processed request is integrated with relevant healthcare information or services and received by the client device. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130144635 | PROVIDING SURVEYS TO CARE PROVIDERS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for providing surveys to care providers. In one embodiment, health-related data can be used to trigger generating and providing surveys regarding medications and products to care providers. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144636 | Method and System for Predicting Adverse Drug Reactions Using BioAssay Data - An embodiment of the present invention uses logistic regression models that correlate post-marketing ADRs with screening data from the PubChem BioAssay database. These models of the present invention analyze ADRs at the level of organ systems, the System Organ Classes (SOCs). In testing to evaluate an embodiment of the present invention, nine of 19 SOCs under consideration were found to be significantly correlated with pre-clinical screening data. For six of eight established drugs for which SOC-specific adversities could be retropredicted, prior knowledge was found that support these predictions. SOC-specific adversities were then predicted for three unapproved or recently introduced drugs. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144637 | NOTIFICATION SERVICES FOR PATIENTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for providing at least one notification to a patient. In one embodiment, health-related data/information may be used to identify a patient that satisfies one or more business rules. Notifications to the patient's mobile device can then be provided based on location data. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144638 | System and Method for Managing Consumer Data - A service system for managing consumer data relating to services performed for healthcare consumers by hospitals or healthcare providers over a network. The system includes an insurer computer system that receives and analyzes claims information relating to the services performed. A survey mechanism receives assessment data from the consumers regarding the services received. A central database is in communication with the insurer computer system and the survey mechanism for receiving and storing data regarding the services. A central processor is in communication with the central database, with the central processor configured to analyze the data received from the central database for determining a satisfaction level for each of the consumers regarding the services received, including consumer perceptions of the medical outcome. The service system creates a transactional history of the services received by the consumers for access by the consumers and other authorized interested third parties, such as additional providers. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144639 | ASSESSING PRACTITIONER VALUE IN MULTI-PRACTITIONER SETTINGS - A plurality of actual outcome data points, including actual outcomes for a plurality of episodes of a process, are obtained for the process. A practitioner-independent baseline outcome is also obtained for the process. For each given one of the actual outcome data points, the given one of the actual outcome data points is equated to the practitioner entity-independent baseline outcome multiplied by a plurality of unknown participating practitioner entity outcome indices for each of a plurality of participating practitioner entities. Each of the participating practitioner entity outcome indices is raised to an exponent including a corresponding one of a plurality of unknown participating practitioner entity type indices, to obtain a plurality of equations. The plurality of equations arc solved to obtain estimated values of the unknown participating practitioner entity outcome indices and estimated values of the unknown participating practitioner entity type indices. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144640 | Automated System And Method For Electronic Verification, Precertification And Appeal For Medical Benefit Denials - The present invention is comprised of an automated system and method for electronic verification, pre-certification and appeal for medical benefit denials for providing automated medical processing to a medical or surgery center or other form of medical facility. The present invention is further comprised of a database software system to record, store and process large volumes of data. The present invention is further comprised of modules that automatically perform the processing task include preparations and automatically filing appeals for denials. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144641 | Method of Measuring Healthcare Outcomes - Computer-based methods and systems are presented for measuring the quality of healthcare of an individual and for measuring the quality of care of a healthcare provider. The methods comprise the steps of measuring a plurality of factors a first time and a second time, computing a first and second complexity score based on the Z-scores of the first-time and second-time measured values, and determining a quality based on the complexity scores, costs of treatment, and/or elapsed time of treatment. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144642 | Method of Predicting Healthcare Costs - Computer-based methods and systems are presented for determining an illness complexity score, which can be used to predict the likelihood of high-cost hospitalization and/or to predict the patient's healthcare reimbursement costs. The methods comprise the steps of measuring a plurality of factors of a population of individuals, determining an effect on the healthcare costs of the individuals and a weighting coefficient for each factor, identifying significant factors as complexity variables, and computing illness complexity scores for the population of individuals using the weighting coefficients and complexity variables. The population data may then be used to predict the healthcare costs of a patient by calculating the illness complexity score of the individual. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144643 | FRAME TRACER WEB BROWSER COMPONENT - An internet browser software component facilitates online submission of prescription eyeglass orders by receiving frame trace data sent to a computer by a frame tracer and embedding it in an order form prepared for submission over the internet. The browser software component may interpret data sent to any peripheral port on the computer, including serial (COM) ports, Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports, and Ethernet ports. The browser software component embeds the frame trace so that it is sent in the same logical packet as the rest of the prescription order. The browser software component may also create a graphical representation of the frame trace and display it in a graphical user interface containing the order form so that the prescription order may be easily reviewed for accuracy before submitting it to be processed. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144644 | CLINICAL TRIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method of managing a clinical trial where the clinical trial involves a follow-on biological (FOB) substance, the method comprising: receiving subject data at a computer system as the subject data becomes available, the subject data indicating effects of the administration of the FOB substance in the clinical trial; storing the subject data in a database; and making coded data electronically available to an authorised independent monitor, the coded data being based on the subject data and indicating effects of the administration of the FOB substance in the clinical trial but having subject-identifying information omitted therefrom, wherein the coded data is made available once the subject data is stored in the database. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144645 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND MEDIUM FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF VARIOUS AILMENTS ON HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE - The present invention relates to a system and method for assessing the impact of an ailment on a health related quality of life domain of a patient using a standardized common metric. The standardized common metric of the present invention enables the impact of various ailments to be compared. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144646 | Systems and Methods for Providing Patient Incentives for Complying with Medical Treatments - Systems and methods of providing an incentive to a patient for self-reported compliance may include receiving, by a processor, one or more inputs from a patient. The one or more inputs may correspond to a self-reporting regimen. The systems and methods may further include recording, by the processor, the one or more inputs to a database and analyzing, by the processor, the database to determine whether the one or more inputs meet or exceed a threshold. If the threshold is met or exceeded, the systems and methods may further include providing, by the processor, one or more incentives to the patient. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144647 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DENTAL ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING - Dental enterprise resource planning systems and method are provided. The systems and methods include a user interface, a data integration engine and interface, a third party application pool, and an application module pool. Data and functionality of the various applications are integrated and delivered through a single platform. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144648 | Novel Method and Apparatus For Repricing a Reimbursement Claim Against a Contract - A method for repricing a reimbursement claim under at least one contract is provided herein. The method may include a combination of steps such as: converting each contract into a series of contractual terms; converting a claim into a series of claim lines, containing claim codes, unit numbers and corresponding charges for the claim codes; comparing claim codes and contractual terms and identifying matches therebetween; determining any priority conditions associated to the matching contractual terms, and eliminate any matching contractual terms that are excluded by the priority conditions; calculating the reimbursement amount for the claim by determining the reimbursement charges for the non-excluded matching contractual terms; and determining and making any adjustments depending upon any discount terms for the entire reimbursement amount. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144649 | METHOD FOR COMPETITIVE PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND/OR BIDDING SERVICE PROVIDER SELECTION - Unfilled prescriptions are submitted to a registry comprising pre-qualified pharmacies for a “reverse auction” in which the pharmacies bid for the opportunity to fill the prescription. The pharmacies or a network of pharmacies on behalf of the pharmacies are allowed to bid based on price and/or offering ancillary services. The auction may also be used to bid on supplying specified pharmaceutical cognitive services. The method may also include obtaining cost comparisons with generic substitutes or similar alternative pharmaceutical products. The system may further comprise automatically requesting a review by the prescriber for a list of similar substitutes or prior-authorization for third-party payers. The winner of the reverse auction is selected by the customer. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144650 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRIORITIZING AND ADMINISTERING HEALTHCARE TO PATIENTS HAVING MULTIPLE INTEGRAL DIAGNOSES - A method of administering healthcare to patients with multiple integral diagnoses such that the clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life of said patients are improved while medical costs are minimized. A patient population is first identified. The population is then stratified into specific levels of intervention. Each individual patient is then assigned a Priority Care Nurse Manager who serves to establish communication between the patient, the patient's Primary Care Physician, and any healthcare providers. The most appropriate treatment plan is cooperatively developed and the patient receives treatment according to the plan. The most appropriate treatment may include home care and palliative measures. The patient may appoint a Health Care Agent to make medical decisions for the patient should the patient be unable to make decisions. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130151265 | AUTOMATED MEDICAL BILLING SYSTEM FOR RADIATION THERAPIES - An integrated radiation therapy charge capture system utilizes DICOM RT plan information for automatically generating medical billing codes. The system suggests billing codes based on analysis of the treatment plan and the work done. Users are allowed to change the codes and are reminded of implicit items that should be billed. Once a course of treatment is approved and initiated, the codes are generated automatically based on patient ID from the exported DICOM plan. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151266 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING AND MANAGING PATIENT PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA AND HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONER INSTRUCTIONS - Systems and methods for communicating and managing patient physiological data and healthcare practitioner instructions are disclosed. An example method may be implemented at a first electronic device for receiving patient physiological data. The first electronic device may also communicate the patient physiological data to a second electronic device of a healthcare practitioner. Further, the first electronic device may receive, from the second electronic device, healthcare practitioner instructions for communication to a third electronic device of a patient. The first electronic device may also communicate the healthcare practitioner instructions to the third electronic device. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151267 | SYSTEM TO ALLOW FOR A PHARMACIST TO STORE A FILLED PRESCRIPTION IN AN ELECTRONIC LOCKBOX FOR SUBSEQUENT RETRIEVAL BY A CUSTOMER AFTER IDENTITY VERIFICATION - A system that is used at pharmacies where the identity of the individual purchasing medication needs to be verified. The system incorporates magnetic swipe cards that have refillable monetary amounts that are deducted every time the patient is dispensed medication. The system also incorporates fingerprint verification and facial and retinal information to insure the correct patient's identity and whether the patient's authorization to acquire the medication has not expired. The prescription is placed in an electronic lockbox which opens when the individual has been properly identified. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151268 | Medication Management System - An apparatus comprising an input interface configured to obtain information regarding a plurality of medications associated with a patient, and a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to determine whether any of the medications interact with each other. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to associate with a pharmacy or a doctor's office, obtain information regarding a medication for a patient, and send the information regarding the medication to a mobile device associated with the patient. A medication management application comprising instructions that cause a mobile device to obtain information regarding a medication associated with a patient, and display the information regarding the medication on a display screen on the mobile device. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151269 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A NETWORK ANALYZER TOOL - The present solution provides a new tool to assist clients and prospects in evaluating and optimizing their use of PPO networks. The interactive analysis tool of the present solution allows you to rapidly see the impact of different network configurations based on actual experience measured against a comprehensive bill review database. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151270 | Genetic Based Health Management Systems for Weight and Nutrition Control - Systems have been devised for health management based upon genetic markers. Specifically, systems are arranged to compute genetic risk for several factors relating to metabolism and weight gain in view of various genotypes at particular markers in an individual's genome. An algorithm which depends upon these risk calculations and in further view of the presence of additional variants in the genome under test is executed to arrive at a diet type selection for the particular user. In additions to diet type selections, specific supporting diet related recommendations related to eating behaviors, food reactions and nutritional needs, based upon markers found in the genetic profile, are additionally included in a diet action plan. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151271 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CARE COORDINATION IN HEALTHCARE - A system and a method are provided for care coordination in healthcare. The system consists of a network of one or more kiosks or one or more mobile devices and one or more backend healthcare information systems. The method works by retrieving the patient information from backend systems, by identifying and prioritizing any gaps in care, and messaging to the patient and/or the provider with specific care coordination steps. The system verifies whether a gap in care has been addressed by asking the patient during an automatic call made to the patient to make an appointment to address a gap in care, a check in, a check out and/or listening to the claims data for the patient at the payer. Our invention is useful for care coordination for addressing patients' gaps in care, especially when multiple parties and/or diseases exist. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151272 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING DEMAND-RESPONSE TRANSIT SERVICE - A method and system for scheduling home health care visits are provided. Client data for a set of clients, home health care professional data for a set of home health care professionals, and a resource schedule for the set of clients and the set of home health care professionals are stored in storage of a computer system. The resource schedule is determined to have become unsuitable. A change to the resource schedule in response to the determining is identified. The change to a transit-scheduling server to make a revision to a transit schedule is automatically communicated. Confirmation of the revision of the transit schedule is received. The resource schedule is revised in response to the receipt of the confirmation. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151273 | MOBILE SAMPLING - Providers may use mobile devices to access mobile drug sampling services from a drug sample promotional ecosystem. The drug sample promotional ecosystem includes a promotional orchestration engine which comprises a services engine that provides transactional responses to a provider's request, such as informational results being returned to the provider or request for further actions that will be forwarded. An analysis engine stores data and provides tactical and strategic level analysis. The learning engine is a mechanism by which the promotional orchestration engine adapts itself to changing conditions. The learning engine preferably customizes various components of the services engine and components of the analysis engine. From a provider's standpoint, the learning engine allows components of the services engine to be personalized to the particular provider. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151274 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING HOME HEALTHCARE - A home healthcare system includes a patient monitoring device, a therapy delivery device, a local storage device, and a communication device. The patient monitoring device monitors a physiological condition of a patient in a home or home-like environment. The therapy delivery device holds a prescribed therapy for medical treatment of the patient in the home or home-like environment and selectively delivers a prescribed dosage of the prescribed therapy to the patient. The local storage device stores information associated with the patient. The communication device provides a user interface to the patient and a communication interface with a communication network outside the home or home-like environment to enable establishment of a communication session to/from another communication device associated with another party. Various methods for using the system to enhance home healthcare include monitoring a physiological condition of the patent and delivering a prescribed dosage of a prescribed therapy to the patient. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151275 | DYNAMIC GEOGRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF RESEARCH CAPACITY - The invention provides systems and methods that allow a trial planner to visualize clinical capacity available in different geographic locations in the form of icons arranged according to geography. In certain aspects, the invention provides a display including icons depicting research capacity in a plurality of geographical areas. Each icon has an aspect that depicts an aggregate capacity of a plurality of research centers that are located in the geographical region. The capacity can relate to available patient population, clinical capabilities, or local environment, and is queryable by disease. Preferably, only anonymous, aggregate statistical patient population data is included. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151276 | PROFILE RENDERING FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH ENTITIES - The invention uses a database of clinical research centers to allow a trial planner to view profiles of those centers to pre-qualify centers for inclusion in a prospective clinical trial. Systems and methods of the invention operate to display clinical research capacity by using a computer system for receiving, from a trial planner, a subject disease and a selection of a research center and retrieving a plurality of clinical capacities that are associated with the subject disease for the research center. A profile of the research center that includes the plurality of clinical capacities associated with the subject disease is rendered. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING AND MARKETING CLNIICAL RESEARCH CENTERS - The invention generally relates to computer-based systems for evaluating and marketing clinical trial research centers. In certain aspects, the invention provides computer-based systems for collecting information about clinical research centers. Systems include a tangible, non-transitory memory coupled to a processor operable to retrieve, based on a user's input, an identity of a clinical research center and prompt the user for information relating generally to the center. The system can collect disease-specific information by prompting the user for a selection of a disease and then collecting from the user information identifying an ability of the center to perform one or more tests relating to the disease. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151278 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER ANALYTICS - The invention generally relates to computer-based systems for evaluating and marketing clinical trial research centers. In certain aspects, the invention provides computer-based systems for collecting information about clinical research centers. Systems include a tangible, non-transitory memory coupled to a processor operable to retrieve, based on a user's input, an identity of a clinical research center and prompt the user for information relating generally to the center. The system can collect disease-specific information by prompting the user for a selection of a disease and then collecting from the user information identifying an ability of the center to perform one or more tests relating to the disease. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151279 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER LOCATION PROFILING - The invention generally relates to computer-based systems for evaluating and marketing clinical trial research centers. In certain aspects, the invention provides computer-based systems for collecting information about clinical research centers. Systems include a tangible, non-transitory memory coupled to a processor operable to retrieve, based on a user's input, an identity of a clinical research center and prompt the user for information relating generally to the center. The system can collect disease-specific information by prompting the user for a selection of a disease and then collecting from the user information identifying an ability of the center to perform one or more tests relating to the disease. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151280 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER NETWORK BUILDING AND USE - The invention generally relates to computer-based systems for evaluating and marketing clinical trial research centers. In certain aspects, the invention provides computer-based systems for collecting information about clinical research centers. Systems include a tangible, non-transitory memory coupled to a processor operable to retrieve information identifying global networks of clinical trial capacity. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151281 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING PRESCRIPTION LIABILITY - Methods and systems for managing prescription liability are described. In one embodiment, a reimbursement request for filling of a prescription drug on behalf of a worker is received. The reimbursement request is identified as being associated with a claim assumer. A determination that workers' compensation patient eligibility information is available for the worker is made. A modification notification including workers' compensation patient eligibility information associated with the worker is transmitted to a pharmacy administrative device. A replacement reimbursement request for filling of the prescription drug on behalf of the worker is received. The replacement reimbursement request is routed to a benefit manager device based on receipt of the replacement reimbursement request. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151282 | Medical of Increasing Efficiency in a Medical Claim Transaction, and Computer Program Capable of Executing Same - A method of adjudicating a medical claim includes providing a requirements for a first claim and a second claim, receiving a medical claim for a medical procedure, setting a first score for the first claim and a second score for the second claim to an initial value, comparing components of the medical claim to the requirements of the first and second claims, changing the first and second scores for each one of the components that match one of the requirements and for each one of the requirements that is missing from the components, and selecting the first or second claim based upon predetermined criteria applied to their respective scores to determine either a monetary value of the medical procedure for a medical service provider associated with the medical procedure or a monetary value of medical coverage for a patient associated with the medical procedure. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151283 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA RELATED TO GROUP BENEFIT INSURANCE HAVING CRITICAL ILLNESS COVERAGE - A computer system for processing data related to a group benefit insurance policy issued to a policyholder to extend coverage to individual insureds who are members of a group and having a critical illness benefit includes a data storage device storing data indicative of: a plurality of categories of medical diagnoses; a plurality of diagnoses associated with each of the categories; a first occurrence value; a second occurrence value; and history of insureds related to the critical illness benefit by the insured. The system is configured for payment of a claim in the first occurrence value for a first diagnosis of an insured in a category, and the second occurrence value, which may be not more than the first occurrence value, for a second diagnosis of the insured in the same category. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151284 | ASSIGNING CASES TO CASE EVALUATORS BASED ON DYNAMIC EVALUATOR PROFILES - A method includes assigning, via a processor, cases to be evaluated by one or more case evaluators based on corresponding case profiles for the cases and a plurality of dynamic evaluator profiles for the one or more evaluators, wherein a dynamic evaluator profile for an evaluator includes information mined from a current set of case evaluation reports produced by the evaluator. A system includes a case profile repository ( | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130159008 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING HEALTHCARE VISITS - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and method for verifying healthcare visits. Location verification information may be received from a portable device by a verification system that includes one or more computers. The portable device may be associated with an individual directed to provide a healthcare service to a patient during a healthcare visit, and the location verification information may be collected by the portable device. The verification system may compare at least a portion of the received information to stored information associated with the patient. Based at least in part upon the comparison, the verification system may determine whether the healthcare visit was performed at an approved service location for the patient. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159009 | Patient management method and apparatus for a physichart system - A diagnostic medical system management tool that emphasizes local data collection in a global clinical environment to create a cohesive network of computer systems. This invention automates the necessary relationship between caregivers and digital knowledge resources through a functional diagnostic interface. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159010 | ENDPOINT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS - A system for developing and producing clinical endpoints based on patient reported outcome data utilizing algorithms to generate decision rules to evaluate patient reported outcome type questionnaire is provided. The questionnaires can include health-related quality of life questionnaires and can predict the reliability of endpoints in supporting one or more medical labeling claims. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159011 | PROVIDING HEALTH-CONDITION SPECIFIC COACHING IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - The present invention is in the field of social networking, and in particular to systems and methods for linking users together that have common health conditions, or an interest in such health conditions, to coach users by providing information on such conditions. Such information includes health condition-specific information, which necessarily includes health condition-specific nutritional information. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159012 | QUALIFYING DATA AND ASSOCIATED METADATA DURING A DATA COLLECTION PROCESS - Systems and methods for processing metadata associated with a clinical trial are described. In one aspect, a computing device receives collected data with embedded metadata. The device extracts the embedded metadata, and accesses a database to determine characteristics of the embedded metadata. The device then accesses protocol rules where the protocol rules are a set of data collection requirements and procedures for a given clinical trial. The device ensures compliance of the embedded metadata by comparing the characteristics of the embedded metadata with the protocol rules. The device then reports the compliance or non-compliance of the collected data. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159013 | SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION OF HEALTH CARE DATA - An apparatus for communicating health care data from a sender to a receiver is provided. The apparatus has a first computer system, a second computer system, and a rules engine. The first computer system has health care data stored therein. The second computer system is in operable communication with, and is configured to extract the health care data from, the first computer system. The rules engine normalizes the extracted health care data to a predefined format. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159014 | System and Method for Management of Research Subject or Patient Events for Clinical Research Trials - A system and method for managing clinical research trials is disclosed. The system and method may include a centralized secure database with information on clinical research trial participants, clinical research trial events, investigator and administrator inputs, and communication of participants, investigators and administrators. In one embodiment, the system and method allows investigators to contact participants without disclosing confidential contact information of the participants to the investigators by storing health information and contact information in separate databases. In one embodiment, administrators may access clinical research trial information through a secure web portal. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130166311 | System and Method for Provisioning and Deploying a Virtual Appliance to Implement Enterprise Solutions - A reference architecture embodies a common, consistent, known best practice base reference architecture and configuration that may then be used for cloning out for the base of every customer environment. Given this base, the service provider is able to control the full functionality solution layer to provide the platform for consistent monitoring, patching, upgrading, etc. Accordingly, the service provider's application solution is an integrated appliance that can contain whatever is necessary at the solution layer to allow the service provider to remotely (or within the hosting center) support, maintain and gather key system metrics to promote optimal customer performance, decrease cost of implementation/support/ownership and vastly increase service offering base. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166312 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOOTH SELECTION AND ORDER GENERATION - The present invention may be embodied as a method or a system for generating an order for a dental restoration of an individual. An automated tooth selection apparatus is disclosed, comprising an image capture device and a processor. The automated tooth selection apparatus is configured to capture range data for each captured image, wherein the range data corresponds to the distance between the image capture device and the individual. An image is captured of a facial feature of the individual using the image capture device. The processor is used to determine the size of the facial feature of the individual. A tooth for the dental restoration of the individual is selected from a database of available teeth based on the determined size of the facial feature. An order for a dental restoration is generated including the selected tooth. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166313 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TREATMENT OF AN ORPHAN DISEASE - A system for managing treatment of an orphan disease of a patient by a user includes a mobile device and a program stored thereon. The mobile device is constructed and adapted to communicate with at least one server. The program stores one or more parameters related to the treatment of the orphan disease, tracks the parameters, and communicates information related to the treatment of the orphan disease with a health care provider, a company, and/or a case manager. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166314 | Apparatus, Method and Computer-Readable Storage Medium For Evaluating A Physiological Condition of a Patient - A method is provided that includes receiving measurements of biological elements from a blood sample of a patient. The respective biological elements are managed by the endocrine system, which is organizable in axes including a corticotropic axis, gonadotropic axis, thyreotropic axis and somatotropic axis. The method includes calculating a plurality of indexes as functions of the measurements. The indexes reflect physiological relationships between the biological elements and the hormones that manage the respective biological elements, and at least some of the indexes reflect physiological relationships between hormones across axes of the endocrine system. The method also includes evaluating the indexes by axis of the endocrine system to facilitate identification of one or more dysfunctions capable of participating in the genesis, installation and evolution of a pathology, and thereby formulate a diagnosis of the patient. And the method includes administering a therapy to the patient in accordance with the diagnosis. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166315 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR LABORATORY TESTING SERVICES - Systems, methods, and media for laboratory testing services are disclosed. A request for an electronic form can be received from an electronic device. A customized electronic form can be sent to the electronic device. The electronic form may be customized based at least in part on a healthcare provider associated with the request. At least one laboratory test may be requested to be ordered for at least one patient associated with the healthcare provider. At least one predefined rule may be applied to the requested order to verify that the order is valid. At least one laboratory can be selected to perform the ordered laboratory tests. Specimen collection information may be sent to a collection facility and can be based at least in part on rules or preferences of a lab selected to perform a laboratory test. Customized test reports can be provided to a healthcare provider. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166316 | Quality Assurance Methods For Medication Therapy Management - A method for improving quality assurance methods for medication therapy management using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, the method including at least the steps of: providing a set of internal controls, wherein the internal controls further include a set of national guidelines and standards, as well as a qualified staff; and development by the qualified staff of a clinical rule based upon the national guidelines and standards. In other embodiments, a clinical quality assurance team further reviews the clinical rule developed by the staff. In further embodiments, a set of external controls is provided, wherein the external controls include one or more of a plurality of approved pharmacists, an external clinical advisory council, and/or an independent review board. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166317 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING PATIENT TREATMENT MEASURES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method for visualizing patient treatment measures in a network environment is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a request from a client for data in a network environment, where the data includes services data and a clinical pathway, generating data rendering instructions for rendering the data as a visual display at the client, the data rendering instructions including options to configure the visual display. The visual display includes a graphical representation of analysis of the services data in view of the clinical pathway, and visual aids that reveal information upon user selection. The method further includes delivering the data rendering instructions to the client and facilitating access to the data by the client. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166318 | SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUES FOR COST ESTIMATION OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS ACQUIRED AT A MEDICAL FACILITY - Computer-implemented methods of processing medical data are described. The methods comprise selecting cases associated with a first parameter from medical data associated with a plurality of cases, determining a subset of cases associated with a medical facility-acquired condition, and determining another subset cases not associated with the medical facility-acquired condition. Estimated costs associated with those cases associated a medical facility-acquired condition are generated, along with expected costs for these same cases in the absence of the medical facility-acquired condition. Methods further allowing comparisons to data related to normative collections of medical facilities are also disclosed. Computerized systems for processing medical data and computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that when executed in a processor cause the processor to process medical data are also described. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130173277 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FULFILLING DRUG ORDERS - Methods and systems for fulfillment gateway are described. In one embodiment, a prescription order for a prescription drug is received from an order processing station. An order message associated with the prescription order is generated. The order message has a prescription parameter and a dispensation preference for fulfilling the prescription order. The order message is assigned to an order fulfillment station based on the prescription parameter, the dispensation preference and a dispensary attribute of the order fulfillment station. In other embodiments, the order message is selected for delivery based on based on the prescription parameter, the dispensation preference and a dispensary attribute of the order fulfillment station. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173278 | MANAGING UPDATES FROM REFERENCE LABORATORIES - Computerized systems, methods, and graphical user interfaces are provided to facilitate communication between physician offices and reference laboratories. A reference laboratory content manager provides a centralized conduit for interfacing clients placing orders for reference laboratory testing and reference laboratories performing testing. The reference laboratory content manager leverages centralized mapping across organizations by managing associations for procedures between reference laboratory aliases and client aliases. The centralized mapping enables the reference laboratory content manager to manage updates from reference laboratories and facilitate clients wishing to modify utilization of reference laboratories. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173279 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DERMATOLOGIC TREATMENT - Method for providing dermatologic treatment wherein an electronic request for treatment is received by a physician. The electronic request is associated with an image of a patient's skin. The physician may choose a diagnosis from sets of diagnoses which are grouped according to types of skin conditions. The physician is then provided with a set of treatment options, at least one of which comprises a medication as an advertisement. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173280 | Prescription Verification System - An apparatus for permitting a pharmacist to verify a refill of a filled prescription stored on a host system. A prescription refill screen is provided by the host system to a pharmacy system associated with the pharmacist. The prescription refill screen is associated with the filled prescription. Refill request information is received from the pharmacy system. The refill request information identifying a requested refill of the filled prescription. The refill request information is transmitted through the host system to a health care provider system associated with a health care provider identified by the filled prescription stored on the host system. The host system receives an authorization from the health care provider system authorizing the requested refill of the filled prescription. The host system transmits authorization to the pharmacy system whereby the pharmacist associated with the pharmacy system is authorized to provide the refill of the filled prescription to the patient. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173281 | Managing Patient Bed Assignments And Bed Occupancy In A Health Care Facility - An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT) systems. The bed management system is an easy-to-use business intelligence application that is designed to allow administrators, clinicians and managers to easily access, analyze and display real-time patient and bed availability information from ancillary information systems, databases and spreadsheets. It enables users to see trends and relationships in hospital (bed) management data directly from their desktop personal computers. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173282 | Intelligent Cancer Prediction and Prevention System - The Intelligent Cancer Prediction and Prevention System (ICP | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173283 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSURANCE UNDERWRITING - The systems and methods described herein may automate insurance underwriting by integrating information from multiple online databases and creating decision making advice useful to insurance underwriters. One system includes a client, database, and server. The client allows an underwriter to enter applicant information, enter customized risk modifiers, and receive an underwriting decision. The database provides additional applicant information. This information can include one or more of prescription drug history, credit history, motor vehicle records, and geocentric mortality risk. The server obtains the applicant information, calculates the applicant's risk, and makes an underwriting decision. Another system calculates a prescription drug risk for an applicant from pharmacy benefits management data, drug risk category data, and application data. Another system calculates a geocentric mortality risk for an applicant from census data, mortality data, credit information, and application data. Preset external modifiers are added to systems and methods of calculating risk in order to allow the underwriter to customize the risk results. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173284 | EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTHCARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS - 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. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173285 | EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTHCARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS - 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. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173286 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING PHARMACEUTICAL COST SAVING BY PILL SPLITTING - A method for facilitating pill splitting includes evaluating prescription pills regarding their hardness, fragility, structural features such as encapsulation and/or time release, uniformity of composition, availability with scoring, and/or criticality of dosage to determine candidates for pill splitting. Pharmaceutical price databases can be reviewed for flat pricing to predict cost savings due to splitting of higher dosage pills. In embodiments, pharmacies are identified that are willing to score and/or split pills before dispensation. Guidelines for evaluating suitability of patients for patient pill splitting can also be included. The information is provided to doctors, and in embodiments also to medical insurers, government agencies, and/or patients. The information can be mailed, posted on a website, and/or sent by electronic messaging. Revenue can result from subscriptions, grants, and advertising. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173287 | MEDICAL KIOSK AND METHOD OF USE - A medical kiosk designed to provide tele-med services, check-in services, and/or prescription services for a user. The medical kiosk can include a user video conferencing system that is designed to enable the user to have a real-time or near real-time tele-conference with a medical provider located remotely from the medical kiosk. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173288 | MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A medical equipment information management system includes a medical equipment information storage medium capable of storing and transmitting medical equipment information and disposed in a packing unit configured to package medical equipment, a medical equipment information reception block configured to receive the medical equipment information transmitted from the medical equipment information storage medium, and a display unit configured to display the medical equipment information received by the medical equipment information reception block, wherein the medical equipment information storage medium cannot transmit the medical equipment information when the packing unit is in a non-opened state, but is placed into a state in which it can transmit the medical equipment information if the packing unit is opened. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130179176 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF A DISEASE IN A PATIENT - A computer-implemented method for determining the presence of a disease in a patient, the method comprising:
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| 20130179177 | Method and Apparatus for Quality Control of Electronic Interactions Between Pharmacies and Prescribers - A computer system, computer readable memory, and a method for quality control checking, where the method comprises the steps of determining an interaction between a pharmacy and a prescriber; evaluating the interaction for each of a plurality of quality issues; and generating a quality report card to indicate the results of evaluating the interaction for each of the plurality of quality issues. The interaction may include one or more of a refill request, a refill response, an original prescription, and a new prescription. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179178 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT CARE PLAN MANAGEMENT - A method and system is described for implementing patient care management functionality. The disclosure includes querying a set of clinical rules and obtaining claims data containing clinical information relating to a plurality of patients. The system can identify patients that would benefit from care management and create a listing of markers, or conditions, associated with each identified patient based on the claims data containing clinical information relating to the patient. The system generates an individual care plan for a patient base on the identified markers and the claims data containing clinical information relating to the patient. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179179 | Virtual Medicine Cabinet - A method for consumer to receive e-prescription, shop and route to the pharmacy of choice based on price and availability comprises providing a Patient Portal within e-prescription software for prescribers to select such that the e-prescription can be transmitted to a system where the consumer is able to select the pharmacy based on price and availability. The system further comprises providing consumers inside their account the drug price and pharmacy information based on the price offered by the participating pharmacies, consumer's medical insurance, and consumer's own preference as well as providing consumers options to choose the pharmacy. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179180 | Rx Hub - A system and method for use with e-prescription allows the consumers to receive electronic prescriptions from prescribers and store it in a secure online storage and provide permission to the pharmacy to view it for fulfillment. The consumers are given opportunities to inquire prices for the medication by searching internet or by calling pharmacies before asking a pharmacy to fulfill their prescriptions. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179181 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZED DE-RISKING BASED ON PATIENT GENOME DATA - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for using patient-specific genomic information to optimize or de-risk therapy for the patient. A user may identify a medication for consideration for prescription to a patient, and a genetic variant of the patient affecting a first protein. An analyzer may identify a second medication targeting the first protein, and may retrieve adverse event data from an adverse event database for patients co-medicated with both the first medication and second medication. The analyzer may determine, based on rates of adverse events, the likelihood of an adverse event occurring through co-medication of the first medication and second medication. Based on the likelihood, and based on a correspondence or non-correspondence between a protein activation characteristic of the first medication and the effect of the genetic variant of the patient, the analyzer may indicate or contra-indicate the first medication for the patient. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179182 | WEB-BASED DATA SUBMISSION FOR NURSING QUALITY INDICATORS - A method for providing comparative reports regarding nursing quality of nursing units at multiple healthcare facilities includes storing information received from multiple healthcare facilities, analyzing the information received from multiple healthcare facilities, obtaining first data associated with a first healthcare facility, transmitting the first data to and storing the first data in the database, obtaining second data associated with a second healthcare facility, and transmitting the second data to and storing the second data in the database. When the first unit type of the first data is a same type as the second unit type of the second data, the method includes performing statistical analysis on the first data and the second data, and outputting results of the statistical analysis. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179183 | COMPUTER BASED STANDARDIZED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDING DECISION SUPPORT FOR SURGICAL ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY OPERATIONS - A computer-based method for guiding decision support for surgical anatomic pathology operations, including: displaying, using a GUI for at least one specially programmable computer, a list of human body organs or organ systems; displaying, using the GUI, a list including at least one specimen type applicable to a selected human body organ or organ system; populating, using the GUI and the processor, a field with instructions, from a plurality of instructions, for guiding a surgical anatomic pathology operation applicable to a selected specimen type; displaying, using the GUI and the processor, a dictation template with respective prompts and respective fields applicable to the surgical anatomic pathology operation; receiving, using the GUI, an input from the respective fields including data related to performance of the surgical anatomic pathology operation; and generating, using the processor, a pathology report for the existing patient or the new patient including the data. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130185088 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL CARE USING RFID AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION TECHNOLOGIES - A medical management system and method operates over a computer network to supervise and manage services and medication provided by a care provider to one or more patients in a care facility. The system uses RFID and biometric authentication technologies to determine appropriate proximity of the patient to the care provider and the identities of the patient and care provider, respectively, both before and after a service event to effectively manage and document interactions between the care provider and the patient. Electronic voice technology and electronic notification generation capability are also incorporated to audibly confirm identities and services, and to notify supervisory personnel of anomalies in service events, respectively. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185089 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING CLINICAL OUTCOMES - Described herein are methods and systems useful for characterizing clinical outcomes of a subject. Provided herein includes computer-assessed methods, medical information systems, and computer-readable instructions that can aid an end-user in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of a clinical outcome. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185090 | System for Preplanning Placement of Imaging Equipment and Medical Workers In an Operating Room - A medical procedure planning system uses a repository of information associating a type of interventional medical procedure with image acquisition angles used for acquiring images during a particular type of interventional medical procedure and with positions of workers having particular roles in a procedure in an operating room and with corresponding different stages of a medical procedure. A position processor, in response to receiving data identifying a medical procedure type, automatically uses the information and predetermined data identifying location and dimensions of an X-ray system C-arm and a patient support table in determining positions of a C-arm and workers at different stages of a medical procedure of the medical procedure type. A display processor provides a display image showing the determined positions of the C-arm and workers at different stages of the medical procedure. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185091 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CROSS-REFERENCING - A sample, embedded in a paraffin block, is placed on a tissue cassette which carries a label which may be a bar code. When the sample is processed, the cassette is given to a microtome operator who scans the label. Scanning causes information to be displayed on a screen and the operator verifies that what is on the screen matches what was on the label. The paraffin block is then placed in a microtome chuck and sections are cut from the block. A number of slide labels related to the cassette label are printed for the sections. If the operator does not verify that the information displayed on the screen matches the information on the cassette label and/or does not place the paraffin block in the microtome chuck within an allocated time interval after scanning the cassette label, dispensing and labeling of slides and/or operation of the microtome is prevented. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185092 | Dynamically Allocating Business Workflows - Dynamically allocating business workflows, each workflow comprising a reusable component of a business transaction, including: receiving, by a workflow orchestrator, a request for a business transaction; determining, by the workflow orchestrator, a desired result for the business transaction in dependence upon the request; selecting, by the workflow orchestrator, one or more workflows from a set of available workflows in dependence upon the request and the desired result; determining an execution order for the one or more workflows; and executing, by the workflow orchestrator, the one or more selected workflows in the execution order. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185093 | DYNAMIC DECISION SEQUENCING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST PLAN - A dynamic diagnostic plan generator arranges diagnostic test procedures related to a vehicle/power tool/patient symptom or operational problem in a sequence based on a probabilistic Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). The diagnostic plan generator also tracks a vehicle/power tool/patient state, and provides instructions for test preparation steps and instructions for performing the diagnostic test procedures. The plan generator further generates schematic illustrations of the diagnostic test procedures, and creates a diagnostic data structure containing information related to the diagnostic test procedures. In addition, the diagnostic plan generator sends and receives information regarding actual failure mode occurrences, for example, to and from a central database. Furthermore, the diagnostic plan generator facilitates the creation of failure mode tests by an expert diagnostics author. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130191135 | System, Method and Computer Program Product for Enabling a Customer to Select a Care Path for Treatment of a Medical Indication, to Select Providers Based on Quality and Cost and to Estimate Medical Costs - In one embodiment, disclosed herein is a method for selecting a treatment care path. The method includes receiving identification of a health condition and at least one medical outcome after treatment of the health condition. Further, the method includes identifying at least one medical treatment to achieve the medical outcome, the treatment care path including the at least one or medical treatment. Additionally, the method includes identifying one or more treatment options for each of the at least one medical treatment; and providing a cost estimate for each of the one or more treatment options. Finally, the method includes optimizing the treatment care path by, for each of the at least one medical treatments, selecting one or more treatment options based on the cost estimate thereof. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191136 | Provider Data Management and Routing - A provider data management and routing system comprising a provider data consolidation and routing unit configured to consolidate healthcare provider data for a plurality of payers and to route the consolidated healthcare provider data to the payers, a provider interface coupled to the provider data management and routing unit and configured to forward the healthcare provider data to the provider data management and routing unit, and a plurality of payer interfaces coupled to the provider data management and routing unit and configured to receive the managed and routed healthcare provider data from the provider data consolidation and routing unit. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191137 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONICALLY PRESCRIBING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - The present invention relates to a method for electronically prescribing controlled substances on a wide area network that includes a health care provider system (HCP system), an electronic prescription system (EP system), a third party identification validation system (third party IDV system), and a pharmacy system, and includes: a) the EP system receiving from the HCP system an electronic prescription entered by a provider for a controlled substance, a first identification factor, and a second identification factor; b) the EP system authenticating the first identification factor and transmitting the second identification factor to the third party IDV system for authentication; and c) upon the first identification factor being approved by the EP system and the EP system receiving approval of the second identification factor from the third party IDV system, the electronic prescription being certified for transmission to the pharmacy system as a certified electronic prescription for the controlled substance. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191138 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRNICALLY PRESCRIBING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - The present invention relates to a method for electronically prescribing controlled substances on a wide area network that includes a health care provider system (HCP system), an electronic prescription system (EP system), a third party identification validation system (third party IDV system), and a pharmacy system, and includes: a) the EP system receiving from the HCP system an electronic prescription entered by a provider for a controlled substance, a first identification factor, and a second identification factor; b) the EP system authenticating the first identification factor and transmitting the second identification factor to the third party IDV system for authentication; and c) upon the first identification factor being approved by the EP system and the EP system receiving approval of the second identification factor from the third party IDV system, the electronic prescription being certified for transmission to the pharmacy system as a certified electronic prescription for the controlled substance. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191139 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONICALLY PRESCRIBING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - The present invention relates to a method for electronically prescribing controlled substances on a wide area network that includes a health care provider system (MCP system), an electronic prescription system (EP system), a third party identification validation system (third party IDV system), and a pharmacy system, and includes: a) the EP system receiving from the HCP system an electronic prescription entered by a provider for a controlled substance, a first identification factor, and a second identification factor; b) the EP system authenticating the first identification factor and transmitting the second identification factor to the third party IDV system for authentication; and c) upon the first identification factor being approved by the EP system and the EP system receiving approval of the second identification factor from the third party IDV system, the electronic prescription being certified for transmission to the pharmacy system as a certified electronic prescription for the controlled substance. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191140 | CAREGIVER PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS - Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and systems for coordinating care for a care recipient among one or more caregivers. Caregivers can organize and assign tasks related to a diagnosis, illness, condition, behavior, living condition, etc. of a care recipient. Interactive systems and methods are disclosed that allow multiple caregivers to accomplish a plurality of tasks, generate care related reports, and/or monitor medication compliance. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191141 | Allocation of Financial Incentives for Employee Wellness Programs - System and method for providing participants, and in particular employees, a choice of how to allocate their non-typical benefits, i.e. earned reward amounts or incentives of an employee wellness program, and to manage these additional benefits in conjunction with other employee benefit programs such as health benefits, retirement benefits, 401(k) plans etc. in a manner that provides maximum benefit, interaction, and understanding of selected benefit allocation. The system provides increased user control to increase the perceived value of the rewards earned as well as increase to the participants' engagement in the behavior being incentivized. The system also provides a way to integrate various benefit programs providing a more user friendly and efficient system that encourages employee interaction and understanding. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191142 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING PATIENT REFERRALS - Practitioners are certified to perform a medical procedure, such as an orthodontic procedure. Certified practitioners are maintained in a referral directory and classified within tiers based on criteria such as the number of procedures that they have performed. Inquiries are solicited from prospective patients, and referral lists are provided to those patients who request them. The referral lists are obtained from the referral directory with doctors from higher tiers who have performed more procedures receiving preferential inclusion on the referral lists. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191143 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUGGESTING MEALS BASED ON TASTES AND PREFERENCES OF INDIVIDUAL USERS - A system and method for generating meal suggestion messages using an expert system and then pushing those suggestions to users. Meal suggestions are tailored to users based on their tastes and preferences. Users specify preferences related to a diet plan, food preferences, meal time preferences, and meal preparation preferences. An expert system considers each user's preferences and nutritional data to generate meal suggestion messages consistent with the user's preferences and dietary goals. Meal suggestions are pushed to the user according to the user's preferred time for eating each meal. The user can accept or reject the suggested meal or one or more foods within a suggested meal. For rejected meal suggestions, a meal substitution message is generated and sent. The expert system uses accepted and rejected meal suggestions to determine if certain foods or entire meals should no longer be recommended to individual users or to system users as a whole. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191144 | MEDICAL SUPPLY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEDICAL SUPPLY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A medical supply management apparatus comprises a medical supply specifying unit configured to specify a medical supply carried in a specified carrying-in area, a discrimination unit configured to discriminate whether or not the medical supply specified by the medical supply specifying unit is included in a medical supply predetermined to be carried in the carrying-in area and an informing unit configured to inform the information needed to specify the medical supply that is not included in a medical supply predetermined to be carried in and the message that the medical supply carried in is not included in a medical supply predetermined to be carried in, when the medical supply which is not included in the medical supply predetermined to be carried in is carried in according to the discrimination result of the discrimination unit. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191145 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING WORK SCHEDULES - Disclosed are new approaches for scheduling workers at remote locations. Work assignments may be organized into shifts associated with one or more workers and one or more recipients. Tasks are associated with the shift and have an updatable status. Shifts may be replicated by cutting and pasting or by specifying a recurrence definition. The tasks associated with a shift may then be replicated. The status of tasks may be updated using a voice telephony system. The status of tasks may also be reported from a computer located on the recipient premise. Special classification activities may also be automatically specified according to rules and associated with shifts and replicated shifts. Methods for automatically associating providers with shifts are also disclosed. A family portal enabling access and provisional changes to care data for a recipient is also disclosed. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191146 | APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING RADIATION THERAPY PLAN AND METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for comparing and evaluating therapy plan received from heterogeneous radiation therapy apparatuses. An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a receiving means, a processing means, and a display means. The receiving means receives the patient's first radiation therapy plan data, which is generated by a first radiation therapy apparatus, and also receives the patient's second radiation therapy plan data, which is generated by a second radiation therapy apparatus. The processing means processes the first and second radiation therapy plan data to generate mixed data overlaid onto the medical image of the patient. According to a configuration of the present invention, trial and error during radiation treatment may be minimized. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191147 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING MEDICATIONS - A method for promoting prescription medication, comprising: receiving, by an electronic prescribing application, a request for information regarding a medication from a healthcare provider; retrieving information for a given medication which satisfies the request, where the retrieved information includes an indicia of a financial incentive associated with the given medication; presenting the given medication, along with the indicia, on a display; receiving an indication that the given medication is to be prescribed to a patient by the healthcare provider; requesting information regarding the financial incentive from a server; receiving the information regarding the financial incentive from the server; presenting the information regarding the financial incentive on the display; and sending a prescription for the given medication electronically to a pharmacy, where the prescription includes a portion of the information regarding the financial incentive. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130197922 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERY AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF CLINICAL PATHWAYS - Systems, apparatus and methods are provided. An example method includes gathering healthcare data and analyzing care paths currently in use by a healthcare organization, the analyzing including analyzing patterns and variances with respect to the care paths; defining one or more evidence-based clinical pathways based on the gathered healthcare data and analyzed care paths in conjunction with practitioner review and supporting metrics; facilitating implementation of the defined one or more evidence-based clinical pathways using computerized orders, computer-facilitated workflows and clinical dashboards; tracking usage of the one or more evidence-based clinical pathways and providing reminders to users to encourage compliance; monitoring deviations from the one or more evidence-based clinical pathways; accepting feedback from at least one of patients and practitioners; and analyzing deviations and feedback with respect to the one or more evidence-based clinical pathways to determine modification of the one or more evidence-based clinical pathways. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130197923 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING FRAUD - Provided is a computer-implemented system and method of preventing fraud. The system includes a communication unit for receiving a transmission of a prescription for durable medical equipment for a patient and data representing a biometric identifier of a health care provider. The communication unit receives a second transmission comprising notice of a claim by a durable medical equipment supplier for the prescribed durable medical equipment and a third transmission comprising verification that the patient received the durable medical equipment and data representing the biometric identifier of the health care provider. The system also includes a database for storing information and checking received information for instances of fraud. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130197924 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR EVALUATING A HOSPITAL PATIENT'S RISK OF MORTALITY - A method for evaluating a hospital patient's risk of mortality includes collecting data from physiologic signals generated by patient monitors, physiologic signals of organ function, and demographic information for a patient. A measure of the variability of at least one of the physiologic signals is determined. Data and the measure of variability are analyzed to determine whether a value for a particular physiologic or demographic variable falls within a critical interval for the variable that indicates that the value is predictive of mortality or survival. Each time a value for a physiological or demographic variable for the patient falls within a critical interval, the occurrence of an event for the patient is recorded. The number of events for the patient is counted over a time period. Output perceptible by human user that indicates the patient's risk of mortality or likelihood of survival is generated based on the count. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130197925 | BEHAVIORAL CLUSTERING FOR REMOVING OUTLYING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS - Behavioral clustering of providers may be used to identify outliers of a group of providers. Groups of healthcare providers may be built based on analysis of clinical information related to medical treatments. A plurality of subgroups of healthcare providers may be constructed in the groups, based on analysis of non-clinical information related to demographical information. First-level outlier healthcare providers may be removed from a particular group of healthcare providers, and second-level outlier healthcare providers may be removed from a particular subgroup of healthcare providers. The second-level outlier healthcare providers removed from the particular subgroup may remain in a group that contains the particular subgroup. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130197926 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REFERRING PHYSICIANS BASED ON HIERARCHICAL DISEASE PROFILE MATCHING - Systems, apparatus, and methods for referring physicians based on hierarchical disease profile matching are disclosed. An example system includes a data store to include a plurality of disease profiles, each disease profile associated with a patient condition, a user interface to accept a user request for a referral of a patient to a physician, and a referral processor to compare a profile associated with the patient including a patient symptom to the plurality of disease profiles to generate one or more physician recommendations for referral, the referral processor to refine the one or more physician recommendations based on one or more characteristics associated with each of the one or more physician recommendations, the referral processor to provide the refined one or more physician recommendations to a user for review and selection via the user interface. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130197927 | HEALTHCARE VALIDATION SYSTEM - A healthcare validation system may include a processor and a memory. The memory may include instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an order for a medication from a healthcare system, receive, from at least one healthcare device, at least one information item pertaining to progress of delivery of the medication to a patient, wherein the at least one healthcare device facilitates the delivery of the medication to the patient, validate the medication being delivered to the patient based at least in part on the received order and the received at least one information item, and store an indication of whether the medication being delivered to the patient was validated. In one or more embodiments, the processor may provide an alert to a user device of a healthcare professional when the medication being delivered to the patient is not validated. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130197928 | CONTEXT-AWARE HEALTHCARE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A context-aware healthcare notification system may include a processor and a memory. The memory may include instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine when a user device is within a proximity of a healthcare device or a patient, receive information related to the healthcare device or patient from multiple healthcare systems, when the user device is determined to be within the proximity of the healthcare device or the patient, and transmit, to the user device over the communication network, at least a portion of the information. In one or more embodiments, the instructions, when executed by the processor, may further cause the processor to receive information from the healthcare device, when the user device is determined to be within the proximity of the healthcare device or the patient, and transmit, to the user device over the communication network, at least a portion of the information. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130197929 | HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A healthcare communication system may include a communication network along with healthcare systems and healthcare devices that are communicatively coupled to the communication network. At least one of the healthcare systems may transmit first messages that include orders for patients over the communication network to the healthcare devices. The healthcare devices facilitate providing healthcare to the patients, and transmit, to the healthcare system over the communication network and in response to receiving the first messages, second messages that indicate that the first messages comprising the orders have been received, The healthcare devices may transmit, to the healthcare system over the communication network and while the orders are being administered, third messages that each include information relating to a progress of one of the orders. The healthcare devices may further transmit, to the healthcare system over the communication network, fourth messages that indicate that the orders were administered to the patients. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130197930 | INFUSION ORDER AND DELIVERY CONSISTENCY - Methods for monitoring delivery of a medication are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving first information indicating an order for a fluid medication in a container for a patient, and second information indicating a current status of delivery of fluid medication to the patient. The method also includes determining whether the order for the fluid medication for the patient is consistent with the current status of delivery of fluid medication to the patient, and providing an alert indicating an inconsistency between the order for the fluid medication and the current status of delivery of fluid medication when the order for the fluid medication for the patient is inconsistent with the delivery of fluid medication to the patient. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130197931 | PREDICTIVE MEDICATION SAFETY - Methods for facilitating safe use of a medical item are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first identifier for a medical entity located in an institution. The medical entity includes at least one of a patient, medical device, medical location, or medical item. The method also includes receiving a second identifier for a first course of action associated with the medical entity. The method further includes generating, based on a history of the medical entity and the first course of action associated with the medical entity, a second course of action for the medical entity, and providing a notification to a device indicating the second course of action. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130197932 | System and Method for Healthcare Decision Support - Systems and methods are provided for providing decision making support in healthcare. A user is able to provide healthcare data, including qualifier, indications, body part modifiers, body parts, modality modifiers, modalities, procedures and protocols. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided to allow procedure rules to be created by selecting components of the healthcare data. The procedure rules identify and recommend appropriate procedures based on user input. The GUI also allows for global rules, body part rules, modality rules and modality modifier rules to be created; these rules are contra-indicators to procedures. Upon establishing the rules, a physician can enter data about a patient into the system, and the system will use the rules to return one or more appropriate procedures. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130204632 | Managing the Distribution of Drug Samples - Computer-based method and system that helps track and manage drug sample distribution, helps ensure drug samples are dispensed and used in a safe and efficient manner, and helps capture information about how drug samples are being distributed and used. The method includes storing inventory information for one or more drug samples received at a prescriber's office, presenting a user-selectable list of drugs available in the inventoried samples and, in response to a user's selection of one of the listed drugs, presenting patient-specific information regarding the selected drug's suitability for dispensing as a sample. The method also includes automatically updating the stored inventory information for the selected drug in response to an indication from the user that a quantity of the selected drug is being dispensed to a patient as a sample. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130204633 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - A system for providing transportation services in a health care facility includes a communication network, a transportation services management system, one or more dispatcher devices, and one or more transport responder mobile devices. The transportation services management system stores and retrieves information relating to dispatches of transportation services jobs at one or more health care facilities. The dispatch devices exchange, with the transportation services management system, information relating to the transportation services jobs and display information to a transportation dispatch manager. The transport responder mobile devices exchange, with the transportation services management system, information relating to the transportation services jobs and display information to transport responders. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130204634 | MLR and CPT Cost Determination System - A method and computer program product are provided for determining healthcare service cost. For example, the method can include determining one or more procedures associated with the healthcare service. Personnel can be determined for each of the one or more procedures. For each personnel associated with each of the one or more procedures, a personnel cost can be determined based on a recorded actual time incurred in a predetermined period. Further, the method can include determining the healthcare service cost based on the personnel costs associated with the personal for each of the one or more procedures. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130204635 | SCHEDULE PRESENTATION DEVICE - In a schedule presentation device that presents to a user examination schedule information including an execution time of an examination and an examination room to perform the examination, an examination information processing unit processes examination information. An examination information storage stores the examination information. A screen image generating unit generates an examination schedule screen image including an unallocated examination display region and a schedule display region. An examination information processing unit extracts: unallocated examination information on examinations to which an execution time or an examination room is not allocated; and allocated examination information on examinations to which an execution time and an examination room are allocated, from the examination information. The screen image generating unit generates data for displaying the unallocated examination information in the unallocated examination display region, and data for displaying the allocated examination information in the examination schedule screen image. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130204636 | ASSOCIATION OF PROCESSING WORKFLOW GUIDELINES OF A CONTROL AND PROCESSING PROGRAM FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION SYSTEMS - In a method and medical examination system to associate a processing workflow guideline for multiple sub-programs of a control and processing program for processing of an examination information obtained from the medical examination apparatus, and to control an examination program at the medical examination apparatus, the examination information is transmitted in an associated tree structure with multiple hierarchy levels from the examination apparatus to a terminal apparatus, the processing workflow guideline is associated on the basis of a hierarchy level of the transmitted tree structure. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130204637 | PHARMACY WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A pharmacy workflow management system may include a processor and a memory. The memory may include instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive, from at least one healthcare device, at least one information item pertaining to progress of delivery of a first medication of a first order, where additional medication is required for the first order when the delivery is complete, receive a second order for a second medication from a healthcare system, the second medication being different than the first medication, and schedule a first preparation of the additional medication for the first order and a second preparation of the second medication of the second order such that the additional medication is prepared and available upon completion of the delivery of the first medication, where the scheduling is based at least in part on the at least one information item. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130204638 | Systems and Methods for Managing Eligible Expenses From Specialized Financial Accounts - Disclosed herein are systems and related methods for administering a financial account on behalf of a system member, where payments from the financial account are restricted to only eligible expenses. Such administration of a restricted-use financial account assists members in properly expending funds from their financial account, and thus maintaining compliance with any guidelines or laws regulating the expenditure of funds from their account. In a more specific aspect, the disclosed principles provide a solution for Medicare Set Aside (MSA) account payments by which individuals may self-administer one or more MSA accounts on their own behalf, yet ensure compliance with the guidelines and laws governing such MSA accounts, such as CMS. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130211847 | PRESCRIPTION DOSAGE CHECK SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is prescription dosage check system and method for ensuring safe and reliable prescription ordering and filling for a medication prescribed by a caregiver. The system includes dose range checking (“DRC”) and an alert system to prevent filling of a prescription where the prescribed dosage falls outside a dosage value or range for that medication, while minimizing nuisance alerts and alert fatigue. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130211848 | User interface for collecting association information - After receiving information specifying an occurrence of a temporal onset of an episodic manifestation of a chronic disease in an individual during a time interval, a question and associated categorical answers about exposure of the individual to a potential trigger of the episodic manifestation are provided. Note that the categorical answers include time intervals, and both the time interval and the time intervals correspond to a first temporal sampling rate. If an answer to the question specifies one of the time intervals that is the same as the time interval, another question and additional associated categorical answers about the exposure of the individual to the potential trigger of the episodic manifestation are provided. These additional categorical answers include additional time intervals corresponding to a second temporal sampling rate, which may be within the time interval, and which allows a causal relationship between the exposure to the potential trigger and the occurrence of the temporal onset to be specified. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130211849 | Device for supporting a patient with a chronic or a non-chronic disease and method for operating the device - A device and method are disclosed for supporting a patient with a disease, comprising a display facility, a user interface, a processor, and a user interface, and with an application module comprising program instructions, which are configured, on executing by the processor to bring about the following: providing medical protocols for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes, collecting time information concerning a future event which is a trigger for at least one medical protocol, selecting one of the medical protocols which indicates a group of cohesive protocol events which are spaced apart chronologically over a protocol period in accordance with a protocol regime, monitoring a chronological interval between a current date and the future event, and issuing a user start notice concerning the beginning of the medical protocol at a time which from a chronological point of view lies at least by the protocol period before the future event. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130211850 | System and Method for Facilitating Generation and Performance of On-Line Evaluations - A system and method for facilitating on-line generation and assignment of evaluations for entities of a particular organization. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130211851 | Method for Patients to Sign Digitally Medical Bill before Submission to Insurer - A system reduces health-insurance costs including the cost of fraud and overbilling by medical providers. The system uses an identification card to allow doctors to obtain a patient's medical history. The identification card can either hold the medical history itself or can link the provider to a database containing the medical history. A method reduces healthcare costs. The method includes the steps of providing a patient with a card including a computer-readable memory for storing a patient medical history, giving the card from the patient to a healthcare provider, storing the patient's medical history on a medium read with the card, and then diagnosing the patient with the medical history. A method for a patient to sign a bill digitally before a payor/insurer remits the bill is provided. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130211852 | MULTIMODAL PHYSIOLOGIC DATA STATION AND WELLNESS TRANSFORMATION OF LARGE POPULATIONS - A method includes determining team participant members for one or more wellness teams. The method includes aggregating participant medical data for each of the one or more wellness teams from one or more networked physiologic stations configured to receive the medical data. The method includes analyzing the medical data to determine wellness information for the one or more wellness teams associated with the aggregated participant medical data. The method can be operated on a system where the system includes at least one physiologic station to generate participant medical information from a plurality of participants. This can include an identification component to facilitate trust in collected data. A storage medium collects the medical information over a network from the plurality of participants and an analyzer determines group wellness information from the collected medical information. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130211853 | VIRTUAL SAMPLE CABINET SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUG MARKETING - A method is provided which provides functionality for doctors and staff to remotely electronically download a “virtual sample cabinet” software program from a central server onto their desktop computers or mobile technology devices to allow them to centrally search, review product information and insurance coverage, print or electronically send prescription drug sample vouchers and co-pay savings coupons to selected pharmacies. This eliminates the need for physician offices to manage and house physical drug samples, as well as offers a more convenient and efficient way to allocate, dispense and monitor needed drug samples and coupons for savings to their patients. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130211854 | Decoding, Model and Presentation System - System and methods to allow for communication, decoding, interpretation and presentation of information received from a plurality of medical devices in a health care network is provided. Information that is received from the medical device may be decoded by the system into metrics based on values extracted from the medical device. The system may then model the decoded information and/or metrics into a format which is useful for an end user. Additionally, the system may then have a presentation model which allows the information to be presented to the end user via a preferred display mechanism. In an embodiment, the mechanism may be a chart, graph or text readout. The system may have a sensor incorporated which produces the metric and decodes the raw data received from the medical devices. The system may also include a controller which may view all data received from the medical devices and analyzes for changes. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130218580 | Order History Analyzing Systems and Methods - A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for: (1) receiving information regarding a plurality of past orders placed by health care providers at a particular health care facility; (2) using the information regarding the plurality of past orders to determine a set of most commonly prescribed orders for the health care facility; (3) converting the set of most commonly prescribed orders from a first format to a second format; (4) displaying the set of most commonly prescribed orders to a user in the second format; and (5) allowing the user to place a new order by selecting one of the most commonly prescribed orders. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218581 | Stratifying patient populations through characterization of disease-driving signaling - A method of stratifying a set of disease-exhibiting patients prior to clinical trial of a target therapy begins by using a molecular footprint derived from a knowledgebase and other patient data to identify genes that are differentially expressed in a direction consistent with increase in the target activity. Therapeutic target “signaling strength” in individual patients of the set is then assessed using the genes identified and a strength algorithm. Based on their therapeutic target signaling strength, the set of disease-exhibiting patients are then stratified along a continuum. One or more gene expressions or other biomarkers may be specified for use in categorizing other disease-exhibiting patient populations. Alternative therapeutic targets are analyzed with respect to the likely non-responders, as evidenced by their differential signaling strength. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218582 | TELEMEDICINE SYSTEM FOR IMD PATIENTS USING AUDIO/VIDEO DATA - A method and system for assisting a remote implantable medical device (IMD) clinician with evaluation of a patient having an IMD. The method includes capturing audio/video data of the patient while the patient performs a first evaluation protocol at a first location and performing a pattern recognition analysis of the audio/video data of the patient. The analysis includes comparing specific portions of the audio/video data to like portions of previous audio/video data of the patient that were recorded while the patient performed the first evaluation protocol. Yet another step is providing a report of any changes identified during the pattern recognition analysis. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218583 | Electronic Patient Monitoring System and Method - An electronic patient monitoring system that includes a not easily removable patient identification and monitoring device, an observer transmitter/receiver device to communicate with the not easily removable patient identification and monitoring device when within a specified visual range of each other within a predefined time interval, and a central computer system including, at least, a computer processor, communications components and system software to communicate with the observer transmitter/receiver device at specified/predetermined time intervals to receive observer- and patient-specific information. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218584 | Method and System for Automatically Tracking and Enforcing Compliance and Version Control of regulatory training for Clinical Trials - The invention provides a system that manages version changes of regulatory training and update training plans for those users who are affected by the change based on a set of rules defined by the clinical trial sponsor. The system also provides custom updated training plans when different sponsors have different rules affecting regulatory training updates. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218585 | Health and Fitness Portal - A method for presenting analytical data includes the steps of a computer system receiving data for a user, the data including a plurality of data portions that are each associated with a corresponding provider of a plurality of providers. Each data portion includes one or both of: health of the user or fitness of the user. The computer system aggregates the plurality of data portions to form aggregate data. The computer system receives a request from the user for analysis of the aggregate data by an analysis package of a first provider of the plurality of providers. The computer system shares the aggregate data with the first provider, including sharing aggregate data that is based on a data portion that corresponds with a second provider of the plurality of providers, and the computer system presenting analytical data to the user. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218586 | METHODS AND ELEMENTS FOR IDENTIFYING THE APPROPRIATE PATIENT POPULATIONS WHO CAN SAFELY USE PRESCRIPTION CHRONIC CARE DRUGS THAT ARE SWITCHED TO AN OVER-THE-COUNTER REGULATORY STATUS - A method of administering an over the counter drug for treatment of a chronic medical condition to a patient is provided wherein a drug label for over-the-counter treatment of a chronic medical condition is created which requires a new patient to take an initial point-of-service diagnostic test to determine whether the patient suffers from the condition treated by the drug and requires patients already receiving the drug on an over-the-counter basis to take one or more follow up point-of-service diagnostic tests to determine whether the patient is benefiting from the drug and are not experiencing undue side effects. Patients determined eligible to take the drug may then be provided with a random access code for use in association with a lockable, electromechanical cabinet by means of which the patient can receive an appropriate dose of the drug to treat the patient's chronic medical condition. In certain embodiments, a follow up point-of-service diagnostic test determines whether the patient is experiencing any undue side effects from the drug. In further embodiments, a national patient registry for containing the point of service diagnostic test results is created for access by appropriate health care professionals. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218587 | Coverage Discovery - Automated, intelligent coverage discovery is provided. A request to find hidden or additional coverage for a self-pay, government-funded payer, and commercial payer accounts may be received. Rules defining certain search criteria and actionable information, such as demographic and payer data manipulations to find coverage data, may be executed. Requests for eligibility verification may be sent to one or more payers. Responses may be received and analyzed to determine if a subsequent search for coverage data may need to be performed. Results data may be sent to the requesting party. Coverage data for accounts that may have been destined for write-offs or inappropriately classified as qualifying for charity or financial aid may be discovered. The accounts for which coverage data is found may then be submitted for payment by one or more payers. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218588 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND OPERATING SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS' HEALTH STATUS AND MEDICAL TREATMENT REGIMENS - A medical monitoring device, operating system, and method are provided for managing administration of medical treatment regimens for treating a patient's medical conditions. The device stores information relating to administered medical treatment regimens, including medication schedule data, treatment data, patient query data, patient response data, and interactively provides information to the patient and health care providers. A method and apparatus for performing real-time monitoring of a patient's health status using the medical monitoring device are also provided. Various aspects of the patient's treatment regimens are modified accordingly. The medical monitoring device further analyzes monitored data in view of predefined criteria, and may promptly communicate information concerning the patient's health status and treatment progress to remote devices that notify health care providers, and may modify the patient's treatment regimens based on results of the analysis. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218589 | DYNAMIC CUSTOMIZABLE PERSONALIZED LABEL - A viewable Dynamic Customizable Personalized Label that may be directly affixable to a product or which may be integrated with the product itself or which may be separately viewable as a non-affixable but independent visual label. A set of personalized information specific to an end user associated with the labeled product is stored, particularly at the point-of-purchase or point of use so the end user can determine whether or not they are qualified to use or purchase the product based on the information provided on the label. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218590 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR EXECUTING TRANSACTIONS - Computer-implemented methods for executing transactions between parties seeking services and parties offering services. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130226600 | Method and Apparatus for the Return of Prescription Drugs - An apparatus for the return of prescription drugs may include a user communication device to input prescription drug data to be returned, a host communication device to receive the prescription drug data and a server to transmit the drug data to the host communication device. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226601 | REMOTE CLINICAL CARE SYSTEM - An automated system and method provides real time disease-specific guidance to both providers and patients to enable accurate diagnosis and treatment. Content based on knowledge of specific diseases and patient history is used to determine most likely diagnoses remotely. This system uses information provided by a patient's medical records (EHR/EMR), remote monitoring devices, results of laboratory tests, diagnostic tests, and other available information. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226602 | ELECTRONIC PHYSICIAN ORDER SHEET - An electronic physician's order sheet (EPOS) provides means for a physician to select or enter diagnoses and to automatically receive suggestions for medications and treatments. The physician can select from amongst the suggestions, select alternate medications and treatments, or input and select different medications or treatments. The EPOS can alert the physician to possible drug interactions, allergic reactions, or other alarming situations. The physician can then sign the EPOS to formally issue orders for treatment and medications. The EPOS can be integrated with billing systems, pharmacy systems, and other systems to help automate the processes of drug delivery, invoicing, and patient care. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226603 | Delivery of Medical Services Based on Observed Parametric Variation in Analyte Values - Laboratory testing plays a significant and growing role in the delivery of medical services. Fresh analysis of past test results has led to discovery of previously unknown correlations between statistical properties of analyte values and parameters such as age, sex, and region. Observed values in patient populations have also newly been discovered to show both secular and regular periodic variations over time. Embodiments of the invention may use information about these correlations to improve delivery of medical care. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226604 | HEALTH ASSESSMENT BY REMOTE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION - A health assessment server allows people to conduct their own physical examinations using one or more medical measurement devices that are bound to one or more user devices. The user uses the medical measurement devices herself and submits the results to the health assessment server through a computer network such as the Internet, either directly from the medical measurement devices or through the user devices. The health assessment server determines an improved health state of the user at which benefits accrue to the user and periodically requests updated health attributes to measure progress toward the improved health state and projecting time until the improved health state is achieved. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226605 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELTA CHECKING OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - Methods of the invention automatically determine analytes and delta thresholds to use in delta checking patient data. The analytes and thresholds are determine from a populating specific set of patient data. Variance in analytes for multiple patient samples is determined. In additional, variance in intentionally mismatched patient samples is determined. The best analytes to differentiate between patients are determined along with delta thresholds. Preferred embodiments conduct evaluation with a multivariate delta threshold determination for ongoing testing of results from the patient. Preferred software provides an interactive interface that allows a user to set a number of flags that can be handled per a predetermined time period, and automatically adjusts the delta threshold to that number of flags. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226606 | Method, Computer Program and Computer System for Determining a Switch-on Time of a Medical-Technical System Following Failure and Repair - A computer-implemented method and a computer system for determining a switch-on time of a medical-technical system following failure and repair of a part of the medical-technical system are provided. The computer system determines a supply time of a replacement part and determines a transportation period for the replacement part from a supply point of the replacement part through to the medical-technical system, taking into consideration a chosen transportation device and a traffic situation relevant to the transportation device. The computer system determines a repair duration for replacement and commissioning of the replacement part and calculates the switch-on time as a total of the supply time, the transportation period, and the repair duration. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226607 | AUTOMATED HEALTH CARE DELIVERY VERIFICATION - A health service system is described herein that uses commonly available modern mobile computing devices to enhance the delivery and verification of health care services. Information automatically collected from mobile devices can corroborate a timesheet, mileage log, or other information submitted by caregivers. The system provides a comprehensive suite of verification technologies. For example, the system may capture photographic evidence of the visit (e.g., a picture of the patient, caregiver, or both together), GPS location and time information, biometric information (e.g., a fingerprint, retina scan, or other biometric signature from the patient and/or caregiver), and so forth. Thus, the health service system improves the delivery of and payment for health care services by helping each party to collect and provide the information associated with verification in a less obtrusive and more automated manner. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226608 | SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING, MONITORING, INFLUENCING AND REWARDING HEALTHCARE BEHAVIOR - Systems and methods for identifying, monitoring, influencing and rewarding positive healthcare behavior are provided. The method and system includes a device receiving patient specific data which include patient care indicators associated with the patient. The device compares the patient specific data against a database that relates each patient care indicator with at least one patient care module. The device generates customized patient care plan that includes patient care modules. The patient specific data also includes one or more compliance indicators, indicating the patient's interactions with the patient care modules. The device assesses patient behavior based on the compliance indicator. A reward is issued to a patient on a condition that the patient adheres to the customized patient care plan | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226609 | PORTABLE PRESCRIPTION PAYMENT DEVICE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The PORTABLE PRESCRIPTION PAYMENT DEVICE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“PPD”) provides a portable coupon payment device includes a substrate having surface with an image rendering thereon that corresponds to a free sample. The portable coupon payment device also has memory, in contact with the substrate, having data encoded therein including (i) an identifier for the free sample, (ii) a quantity for the free sample; (iii) a sponsor company account for a selling merchant to charge the cost of the free sample for payment to a selling merchant account to reimburse the selling merchant for the free sample; (iv) an image corresponding to the free sample; and (v) an identifier for a coupon provider donating the free sample to a consumer. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226610 | DESIGN ASISTANCE FOR CLINICAL TRIAL PROTOCOLS - Roughly described, a user instantiates protocol elements in a structured clinical trial protocol database and then draws from them in the development of one or more protocol related documents. The system helps the user select tasks to be performed during the study by reference to a historical database of tasks previously associated with similar protocols. The system automatically generates complex content from protocol elements in the database, and can render overlapping sets of protocol elements differently at different locations in the document. The system can automatically provide advisories indicating aspects of the document that still require completion or highlighting other issues that a sponsoring authority deems important for the document type. After all protocol elements are instantiated in the protocol database, it can then be used to drive the operation of most downstream aspects of the study. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226611 | SIGNIFICANCE PARAMETER EXTRACTION METHOD AND ITS CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ABDOMINAL DISEASES BASED ON ENTROPY ROUGH APPROXIMATION TECHNOLOGY - A significance parameter extraction method for differential diagnosis of abnormal diseases based on entropy rough approximation technology, including the steps of: (a) calculating clinical reference values from two different groups of clinical data extracted from a database storing a plurality of clinical data for each check item using an entropy maximization measure; (b) evaluating a clinical difference between the two different groups of clinical data and extracting candidate check items; (c) based on a reference value of a check item calculated from one of the groups of clinical data, converting attribute values of the check item into nominal attribute values; and (d) extracting significance parameters for differential diagnosis from the candidate check items extracted in the step (b). | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130231941 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED OPTICAL DISPENSING - A system and method for automated optical dispensing includes a mobile client device configured to receive a frame selection, collect measurements based on an image of a patient, and receive a lens selection. Based on the parameters of the frame selection the mobile client device determines a position of a prescription within the lens selection. The mobile client device also runs a compatibility verification to determine if the frame selection and the lens selection are compatible, and submits an order to a manufacturer for the frame selection and the lens selection when the frame selection and the lens selection are compatible. The mobile client device may also create and submit claims to an insurance clearing house for professional services and contact lens products and services when applicable. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130231942 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR THERAPY BASED SPEECH ENHANCEMENT AND BRAIN RECONFIGURATION - An analysis request module provides to a human subject an action request for imitation. A data collection and deconstruction module digitally collects action request response data from a human subject and deconstructs the data into subcomponents. The analysis module compares the subcomponents of the response data with the matching subcomponents of the action request and correlates the subcomponents of the physiological response with at least one of the subcomponents of the subject's response to the action request and a baseline state. An intelligent processing module receives physiological subcomponent input and response data input and dynamically associates the physiological subcomponents and other data subcomponents and recommends a new action configured to move the subject response toward a more accurate imitation of the action request. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130231943 | MEDICAL INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS - In a medical information input apparatus, a display control unit generates a first input screen for entering information on medical practices and a second input screen for entering information on academic research. An input reception unit receives information input entered from a user on the first input screen and the second input screen. A recording unit records the information entered through the first input screen and the second input screen. A requirement storage unit stores a requirement for generating the second screen. When a determination unit determines that the information received from the user on the first input screen by the input reception unit satisfies the requirement stored in the requirement storage unit, the display control unit generates the second input screen on condition that a predetermined button created on the first input screen have been pressed. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130231944 | Evaluation of Medical Therapy Design Assumptions Based on Trial Outcomes - A computing system receives design assumption data prior to a trial of a medical therapy. The design assumption data indicate design assumptions regarding clinical outcomes that are potentially associated with the medical therapy. In addition, the computing system receives trial outcome data that indicate clinical outcomes experienced by participants in the trial of the medical therapy. The computing system generates data that associate the design assumptions with the clinical outcomes experienced by the participants. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130231945 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING, MANAGING, AND SHARING DIGITAL SCRIPTS - The present disclosure generally relates to improved systems and methods for generating, managing, and sharing digital scripts—which are accessible to patients and/or health care providers and may be accepted by any appropriate prescription dispensary—as well as a comprehensive, real-time source of patient prescription history in compliance with and furtherance of the Meaningful Use regulations. The systems and methods may support the multi-directional flow of script information to improve disease monitoring and treatment, to mitigate patient health risks like undesirable drug interactions, to identify social factors like patient ability to afford prescriptions, and to prevent prescription fraud like forged refills. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130231946 | DIAGNOSTIC READING REPORT GENERATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, DIAGNOSTIC READING REPORT GENERATION SUPPORTING APPARATUS, AND DIAGNOSTIC READING REQUESTING APPARATUS - A diagnostic reading report generation supporting system includes a first storage, a second storage, a first extraction unit a second extraction unit and a transmission unit. The first storage stores a medical image. The second storage stores: user identification information on a diagnostic reading requester, examination information, fixed phrase name information, and fixed phrase character information. The first extraction unit extracts a medical image, from the first storage. The second extraction unit extracts a fixed phrase name information item corresponding to a required user identification information item and examination information item, from the second storage. The transmission unit transmits diagnostic reading request information including: the extracted medical image; the extracted fixed phrase name information item; and a user identification information item, an examination information item and a fixed phrase character information item associated with the extracted fixed phrase name information item, to an external apparatus. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130231947 | Mobile System with Network-Distributed Data Processing for Biomedical Applications - Adaptive system for medical monitoring distributes data processing among computing devices connected to a network to optimize usage of computational resources, network communication speed and user experience. Data processing is distributed into several levels with bi-directional communication between the levels (computing devices) to coordinate and adjust data compression, filtering, and analysis, as well as the size of buffered data available for transmission and/or receiving. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130231948 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICE USING UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY - A method and apparatus for providing a health care service are provided. The method includes receiving situation occurrence information indicating an occurrence of a situation, which has occurred to a user, from a user device included in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network; identifying health care information of the user based on the situation occurrence information; providing the health care information of the user to a health care server; and sending, to the health care server, a request to be provided with the health care service to the user device. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130231949 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSITIONING PATIENT CARE FROM SIGNAL-BASED MONITORING TO RISK-BASED MONITORING - A risk-based patient monitoring system for critical care patients combines data from multiple sources to assess the current and the future risks to the patient, thereby enabling providers to review a current patient risk profile and to continuously track a clinical trajectory. A physiology observer module in the system utilizes multiple measurements to estimate Probability Density Functions (PDF) of a number of Internal State Variables (ISVs) that describe a components of the physiology relevant to the patient treatment and condition. A clinical trajectory interpreter module in the system utilizes the estimated PDFs of ISVs to identify under which probable patient states the patient can be currently categorized and assign a probability value that the patient will be in each of the identified states. The combination of patient states and their probabilities is defined as the clinical risk to the patient. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130231950 | HEALTH INSURANCE REIMBURSED CREDIT CARD - An improved computerized method for provides credit card services by a card issuer. The improvement operates in connection with health insurance offered to the cardholder. In this context, the cardholder has an account with the card issuer and the improvement includes storing, in association with the account, data associated with the cardholder's insurance policy. It also includes processing incoming merchant charges to be posted to the account to flag any charge identified as covered by insurance and to store such charge as flagged. Finally it includes deferring billing of any flagged charge, pending settlement of such flagged charge under an arrangement with the insurer. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130231951 | METHODS FOR MANAGING INFECTION RISK INCIDENT TO SURGICAL PROCEDURES IN HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ENVIRONMENTS - The invention provides methods and systems designed generally to managing the risk or occurrence of surgical site infection incident to a surgical procedure. The methods and systems employ perioperative process mapping tools that align, monitor and/or manage the operation of a plurality of health care delivery practices and thereby provide a desired level of infection risk management. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130231952 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING MEDICATIONS - A method for promoting prescription medication, comprising: receiving, by an electronic prescribing application, a request for information regarding a medication from a healthcare provider; retrieving information for a given medication which satisfies the request, where the retrieved information includes an indicia of a financial incentive associated with the given medication; presenting the given medication, along with the indicia, on a display; receiving an indication that the given medication is to be prescribed to a patient by the healthcare provider; requesting information regarding the financial incentive from a server; receiving the information regarding the financial incentive from the server; presenting the information regarding the financial incentive on the display; and sending a prescription for the given medication electronically to a pharmacy, where the prescription includes a portion of the information regarding the financial incentive. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130238347 | Systems and Methods for Secure (HIPAA Compliant) Communication of Healthcare and Private Information - Systems and methods for allowing communications basics, such as personal email and various application accounts, as well as assisted use of the technologies and a method for safely, and with HIPAA compliance, sharing such communications. Access templates are created, assigned, and registered for each of the participants in the system acting as information sources, information receivers, or both. The systems and methods allow the elderly, disabled, or ill individuals to have access to their family and friends through phone contact, mail contact, email, video mail, and video chat, as well as other communication methods. The sharing of information through current and future communications technologies is made possible without the individual needing to possess the technology or know how to use it specifically. Families are able to share their lives and events in a much more personally connected way and the elderly, disabled, or ill patient can do the same. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238348 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING HOME NETWORK AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A health management system. A method of operating a home gateway for a home network connectable with at least one home device in the health management system includes receiving health information for at least one user from a health management server, generating environment control information for configuring an environment corresponding to the health information for the at least one user, and transmitting the environment control information to the at least one home device to control the at least one home device. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238349 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT STREAM PLATFORMS WHICH ENABLE APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods to generate a final event stream are provided. The system collects information from a wide variety of sources, and then parses, normalizes, and indexes the information. This generates an initial event stream that can be tagged and then iteratively processed to generate a final event stream. The processing includes first order logic querying and knowledge extraction to infer additional events which is added to the event stream. The final event stream is used by a knowledge exchange for consumption by applications. These applications may be internal applications and/or third party applications. This system may be particularly useful in use with medical information, or any other big data enterprise system. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238350 | CAREGIVING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS AND ARTICLE - An integrated caregiving management system may include one or more caregiving management backend or back office computer systems communicatively coupled to one or more handheld caregiving management devices. The handheld caregiving management devices allow caregivers to automatically track elapsed time for specific caregiving tasks logically associated with particular spaces (e.g., apartments, rooms) and/or care recipients. The caregiving management backend or back office computer systems provide for analysis of data, identification of discrepancies, and reporting of same. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238351 | CLINICAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A clinical data management system ( | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238352 | Stream-lined system for electronically recording doctor-written prescriptions coupled with paper and electronic viewing methods, tailored for retail pharmacy operations - A pharmacy process for effecting the capture and storage of an electronic image of a paper-prescription written by a doctor that minimizes human effort, cost, and occupied space while filling the prescription. Use is made of only one computer-with-memory-and-a-computer-program, one computer-controllable specialized-scanner, one strip-printer, at least one computer-controlled conventional-printer to print peel-off labels or a Clinical Label, and such number of simple terminals as are needed for the workload of the pharmacy. Each simple terminal has a monitor, keyboard, and bar-code scanner. Whether a first filling or a refilling, the critical and necessary procedure of a Pharmacist's review-verification of the filled vials (and their labels) being in full compliance with the prescribing doctor's requirements is facilitated by providing a legible-image of the original prescription on a monitor even if the prescription's paper is copy-resistant. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238353 | Method for Quantifying the Science of Medicine - Systems and methods for providing a quantification value associated with each and every medical procedure, practice, diagnosis, or combinations thereof for providing automated benchmarking for best practices and for quantifying the science of medicine. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238354 | CONTEMPORANEOUS, MULTI-PHYSICIAN, ONLINE CONSULTATION SYSTEM - The computer-implemented system of providing online medical consultation services in which professionals associated with the system formulate structured survey questions for medical professionals selected from a database, based upon information provided to the system by the user through an Internet capable communications device. The survey is provided to the medical professionals electronically and responses are provided to the system electronically. Responses may be quantitative and quantitative in nature and are compiled by the system, and a consensus is obtained and displayed in real time on the system website, to which the user has access through the Internet capable communications device. The system may be used to provide “nested” surveys in which the medical professionals have the option of responding to the initial survey by defining recipients for a further survey, which may be the same or different than the initial survey. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238355 | Satori Integrated Health & Financial Benefits System and Method - A shared medical savings system and method are provided that allow a patient to participate in the savings generated by selecting to have a medical procedure performed overseas. The system has one or more computing devices, a link that is capable of connecting the one or more computing devices to a medical shared savings unit that is capable of interacting with the computing devices. An employer uses the computing device to elect to participate in a medical savings plan using a Health Reimbursement Account, a patient using the computing device to select an overseas medical procedure that is part of the medical savings plan so that the savings for the overseas medical procedure is divided between the employer and the patient utilizing a medical savings plan. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238356 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING, COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND COMMUNICATING EMERGING EVENT- RELATED INFORMATION - A system and method involves detecting operational social disruptive events on a global scale, modeling data in conjunction with linguistics analysis to establish responsive actions, and generating visualization and executing models for communicating information. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238357 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [Object] The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program capable of improving convenience in a case where a prescription or a medication notebook is made electronically available. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130246078 | Automated System and Method for Organizing Treatment for Obesity Patient - The present invention is comprised of an interactive outpatient internet based network for providing automated outpatient medical follow up and support services. The present invention is further comprised of automated interactive customized modules to provide medical personnel with daily reports on outpatient treatment progress and condition. The present invention is further comprised of modules that create a cost effective interactive connection between an outpatient and medical staff where distance and lack of contact can place an outpatient at greater risk of relapse and prevent medical personnel from performing desired follow up services. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246079 | DETERMINING A POTENTIAL FOR ATYPICAL CLINICAL EVENTS WHEN SELECTING CLINICAL AGENTS - Processes implemented within a computer system for preventing atypical clinical events resulting from administering unsuitable clinical agent(s) are provided. Initially, the processes involve receiving a list of possible clinical agent(s) that may be administered to a patient during a medical procedure. The processes further involve acquiring heredity data associated with the clinical agent(s) by comparing the clinical agent(s) against a data set or the patient's medical records. If the heredity data indicates that the patient scheduled to receive the clinical agent(s) would experience atypical clinical events as a potential outcome, a warning that the clinical agent(s) should not be administered by a clinician is presented or reference information about the atypical clinical event is output. Accordingly, a preemptive determination of the atypical clinical events potentially occurring upon administering the clinical agent(s) to the patient is made. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246080 | Generating Policy Summaries From Logic Code - Systems and methods for presenting benefit rules in a policy into a human readable table are provided. The method comprises analyzing logic code implemented for processing claims under a policy to identify one or more rules and one or more parameters of interest; translating the rules, as applicable to the parameters of interest, into an ordered list of boolean expressions; applying an algorithm to the ordered list of boolean expressions to identify a solution for a set of query parameters defined by the rules and the parameters of interest; and generating a summary table according to the identified solution for the set of query parameters. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246081 | Systems and Methods for Supplementing Patient and Provider Interactions to Increase Patient Adherence - The present invention relates generally to a method of supplementing an electronic prescription issued by a health care provider, the method comprising: a) receiving, on a computer apparatus, electronic prescription data generated by a health care provider for a patient for a prescribed substance; b) the computer apparatus determining, from a plurality of available supplemental programs stored on one or more databases, supplemental programs for which the patient is eligible based on the electronic prescription data; c) presenting to the health care provider, in a display device, a list of the eligible supplemental programs, each of the eligible supplemental programs being selectable and de-selectable by the health care provider in the display device; and d) the computer apparatus activating each supplemental program from the plurality of available supplemental programs that have been selected and confirmed by the health care provider in the display device. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246082 | Systems and Methods for Supplementing Patient and Provider Interactions to Increase Patient Adherence Specifically Using Combined Educational Coupons and Tailored Educational Documents and Services - The present invention relates generally to a method of determining effectiveness of supplemental programs on patient adherence that includes: a) a computer apparatus assigning to each of a plurality of cohorts a different permutation of supplemental programs available for one or more prescribed substances, wherein each of the plurality of cohorts is a sub-set of a plurality of health care providers; b) receiving, on the computer apparatus, data relating to an electronic prescription of the one or more prescribed substances generated by a health care provider of the plurality of health care providers; and c) the computer, apparatus activating the supplemental programs associated with the cohort to which the health care provider belongs. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246083 | METHODS OF DISTRIBUTING COMPLEMENT-INHIBITING DRUGS TO PATIENTS RECEIVING A COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR - This disclosure relates to methods of authorizing distribution of complement-inhibiting drugs to patients who have a complement-associated disorder in a manner to ensure that the patients are aware of the possible dangers of discontinuing treatment with the drugs. A database is prepared comprising patient information including experiencing adverse clinical events after discontinuing the drug treatment. The information in the database is collected and may be reported. The patients are given a warning as to adverse events that may occur if treatment with the complement inhibiting drugs is discontinued. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246084 | VERSATILE AND INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR TELEHEALTH - A versatile and integrated system for telehealth and/or telerehabilitation which is an architecture or platform for developing various telerehabilitation applications is provided. The system can be designed to take into account the environments and requirements of health-related services. The requirements considered in the platform design include minimal equipment beyond what is available in many rehabilitation settings, minimal maintenance, and easy to setup and operate. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS AND OTHER HEALTH DATA - According to an embodiment, a health data system receives one or more personal health records from an application. The health data system analyzes the data contained within the one or more personal health records, and receives electronic health records other health data, such as genetic data, where the electronic health records and other health data are stored on remote data sources. The health data system then selects the appropriate electronic health records and other appropriate health data based on the data contained within the one or more personal health records. The health data system can then correlate the data from the one or more personal health records with the data contained within the appropriate electronic health records and the other health data. The health data system then encapsulates the correlated data as diagnostic data, and provides the diagnostic data to one or more diagnostic clients. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246086 | HEALTH QUANT DATA MODELER - Embodiments of the present invention are applicable in the field of finance, health care, employee benefits, math, and business statistics and are originated to provide real health-care decision analysis, risk analysis, and option analytics to corporate entities and individual participants, the need for which has arisen from the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The present Health Quant Data Modeler (HQDM) invention is designed as an application that integrates optimization, cohort analysis, forecasting, real options, and risk-based Monte Carlo simulation into a comprehensive utility for corporations as well as individuals in order to make better health-care related decisions. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246087 | Method of Delivering Goods and Services Via Media - A method for distributing a prescription pharmaceutical product includes recording a unique identifier in a database that identifies a medium and a prescription pharmaceutical product associated with the medium. The database is provisioned with criteria that establish different potential values for the medium. Thus, the medium has a variable value that varies according to the criteria provisioned in the database. A holder of the medium then presents the medium to a provider of the prescription pharmaceutical product. Upon receipt the medium, the provider communicates the unique identifier associated with the medium. Based on the unique identifier of the medium and the variable value criteria provisioned in the database, the value of the medium is determined and communicated to the provider. The holder then utilizes the determined value to purchase the prescription pharmaceutical product associated with the medium. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246088 | ALGORITHM FOR PREDICTING AND MITIGATING ADVERSE EVENTS - A patient support apparatus includes a control system operable to gather physiological information about a patient supported on the patient support apparatus. The information may be gathered from sensors, a user interface, or a hospital information system. The control system also monitors operating parameters of the patient support apparatus and environmental conditions in the patient room. The control system utilizes the data gathered to identify a risk of an adverse event occurring to a patient supported on the patient support apparatus. The patient support apparatus is also operable to modify patient support apparatus parameters or environmental conditions to mitigate the risk of the adverse event. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246089 | METHOD FOR DISPLAY AND NAVIGATION TO CLINICAL EVENTS - Visual renderings of medical events and alarms are generated by a display controller ( | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246090 | Account Management with Estimate Benefits - Estimate of benefits (EOB) data and healthcare billing data are provided in a single user interface. By providing a display of billing information and EOB information on a same screen, a patient may be enabled to better understand his payment responsibility compared to an amount owed to a healthcare provider. When a patient logs into a healthcare billing account, healthcare billing data may be provided, as well as input fields for entering EOB data. When EOB data is received, the billing data received from the healthcare provider billing system and the EOB data may be displayed in the single user interface. If a total of entered EOB amounts does not equal a total amount owed to the healthcare provider, a notification may be provided. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246091 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING HEALTH CARE COST REDUCTION - A system and method for the efficient administration of health care plans, particularly as to the reduction and/or elimination of avoidable medical costs for select individuals who participate in the plan, is disclosed. Existing health care data is processed to determine an indication as to the relative desirability of an intervention in a plan participant's health care regimen. The data is also processed to determine the status of one or more flags, each of which potentially indicates the relative desirability of an intervention in a plan participant's health care regimen. A predictive model is used to determine the status of a flag relating to the likelihood of an insurance plan participant making a disability claim within a certain period of time. The information relating to desirability of an intervention in a plan participant's health care regimen, as well as a plan participant's medical information and claim history, is presented to case managers and/or health care providers in a user-friendly format. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246092 | Method of Delivering Goods and Services Via Media - A method of delivering goods or services via an encoded medium to a holder includes generating data in a database associated with a central computing station in response to an assignee of the medium and a provider of goods or services separately communicatively linking the medium to a central computing station. The data generated in the database includes the identity of the assignee, the identity of the goods or services associated with the medium, and the identity of the goods or services provided by the provider. A value of the medium is established, wherein the medium assumes different values based on various conditions. After the provider of goods or services provides the goods or services to the holder, the value of the medium is updated and recorded in the database. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246093 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA RELATED TO CRITICAL ILLNESS COVERAGE IN GROUP BENEFIT INSURANCE - A computer system for processing data related to a group benefit insurance policy issued to a policyholder to extend coverage to individual insureds who are members of a group and having a critical illness benefit includes a data storage device storing data indicative of: a plurality of categories of medical diagnoses; a plurality of diagnoses associated with each of the categories; a first occurrence value; a second occurrence value; and history of insureds related to the critical illness benefit by the insured. The system is configured for payment of a claim in the first occurrence value for a first diagnosis of an insured in a category, and the second occurrence value, which may be not more than the first occurrence value, for a second diagnosis of the insured in the same category. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246094 | Medical Services Claim Management System and Method - Methods for managing requests by a medical services provider for payment from a payer are described. In one embodiment, claims are aggregated into a single file and submitted for payment electronically. If a file level rejection occurs, rejected claims are removed and the single file reformed and resubmitted. This is repeated as necessary until the file is accepted. In another embodiment, claims are assigned first unique identifiers and line items in claims are assigned second unique identifiers. The unique identifiers are used to track every transaction. In another embodiment, an explanation of benefits relating to a claim is received and processed. Copayments are reallocated to line items according to the explanation of benefits. Writeoffs and transfers to next payers are performed automatically according to adjudication codes in the explanation of benefits. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130253940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS INVOLVING CROWDSOURCING - A system and method for diagnosing a condition or problem (including but not limited to health-related conditions) includes at least one computing device configured to perform steps including collecting and storing electronic data from a search user seeking to obtain diagnosis, applying stored diagnosis rules to the electronic data to identify possible diagnoses each having an associated diagnosis rule trust factor and based on information received from expert users and non-preselected contributing users, and communicating multiple of possible diagnoses based at least in part on diagnosis rule trust factors. User feedback and data mining applied to search data may also be used to help a learning engine improve diagnosis results over time. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130253941 | METHOD FOR SCHEDULING MEDICAL FACILITIES - The invention is a medical procedure case scheduling system which provides real time communication between varying departments of a hospital and healthcare facilities vendors. A surgical case or procedure is posted on the system in a particular color. After posting, all associated parties from the hospital staff and the vendors can visually see the case along with the specific case details once they are logged into the system. The vendors have the ability to acknowledge and verify the case and supply case specific equipment and accessories lists back to the facility. Once the case has been verified, the display changes to a different color so that all parties can visually see the verification process. When the vendor's equipment and accessories are all present and the case is ready. A ready color indication is displayed on the schedule calendar. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130253942 | Methods and Apparatus for Smart Healthcare Decision Analytics and Support - The present invention discloses methods and apparatus for developing, analyzing, investigating, and advising healthcare and well-being related decisions. In particular, the present invention relates to the architecture of systems in either stand-alone or distributed/collaborative/pervasive settings, the components of the systems and their underlying processes and couplings, the computational techniques built into the methods, input data sources integrated into and output results produced and distributed by the systems, as well as the apparatus for carrying out the corresponding user interaction, data access and collection, data integration and processing, data-driven inferences and simulation, intelligent computations, decision analytics, and decision support to generating solutions to various healthcare analytics and decision-making problems. This invention also relates to two working illustrations of the methods and apparatus that present the embodiment illustrations of the present invention. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130253943 | EXERCISE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exercise management method, apparatus, and system by which a user can appropriately exercise without trainer's help are provided. The exercise management method of a mobile communication terminal in the exercise management system includes receiving an exercise program configured based on user information regarding a user from a trainer console which configures the exercise program, transmitting exercise data included in the exercise program to a health machine, receiving state information indicating a current health state of the user using the health machine from a state sensor when the health machine operates according to the exercise data, determining whether an abnormality occurs in a health state of the user based on the state information, and informing the user of occurrence of the abnormality when the abnormality occurs in the user's health state. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130253944 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING QUALITY OF PERFORMANCE AND/OR COMPLIANCE WITH PROTOCOL OF A CLINICAL STUDY - A method is proposed for determining clinical study compliance. The method includes obtaining criteria for the clinical study and accessing stored clinical data relating to the clinical study. Thereafter, the criteria and clinical data are correlated to determine a measure of compliance with the criteria of the clinical study. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130253945 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING QUALITY OF PERFORMANCE AND/OR COMPLIANCE WITH PROTOCOL OF A CLINICAL STUDY - A method is proposed for determining clinical study compliance. The method includes obtaining criteria for the clinical study and accessing stored clinical data relating to the clinical study. Thereafter, the criteria and clinical data are correlated to determine a measure of compliance with the criteria of the clinical study. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130253946 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD OF DETERMINING MEDICAL TREATMENT VALUES - A computerized method of providing patient treatment values in real time, including the steps of providing a computer database having a plurality of predetermined patient selection criteria, patient condition categories, and drug selection, dosing values and related information, and providing an input device in communication with the computer database for inputting one or more of the patient selection criteria, patient condition categories and drug selection and dosing values and related information. A computer display in communication with the computer database and the input device is provided for displaying precalculated dosing values based on one or more inputted patient selection criteria, patient condition categories and dosing values and related information. One or more of the patient selection criteria, patient condition categories and treatment type is input by the input device into the computerized database provided in step (a) and associating a unique identifier with the inputted information. An appropriate drug dose is determined by the computer database, based on one or more of the patient selection criteria, patient condition categories and drug dosage values. The unique identifier is then used to communicate the appropriate drug dosage for administration to the patient. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130262132 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING REAL-TIME METRICS IMPACTING BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUALS TO OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE - An apparatus is provided for tracking real time metrics in a health care entity. The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to assign one or more predetermined thresholds to one or more medical events. The processor is further configured to track one or more actions of health care professionals associated with at least one of the medical events of a health care entity in real time. The processor is further configured to compare at least one of the predetermined thresholds to a determined value associated with the actions of the medical event to determine whether the medical event is performed efficiently. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262133 | Systems and Methods for Improving Communications and/or Relationships Between Hospitals and EMS Agencies - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of systems and methods for improving communications and/or relationships between hospitals and emergency medical service (EMS) agencies. In an exemplary embodiment, there is a web-based secure client application for allowing communications between hospitals and EMS agencies. In another exemplary embodiment, there is a web-based secure client application for creating a direct clinical data interface between hospitals and EMS agencies and allowing electronic transfer of information. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262134 | INFORMATION MANAGING SERVER AND METHOD - An information managing server includes: a memory; and a processor configured to execute a procedure, the procedure comprising: registering, in the memory, stored doctor information including information on doctors, registrant information indicating a registrant who provides a registration request, and registration information indicating a state of registration, in accordance with the registration request, possible states of registration including at least provisional registration and definitive registration, and outputting, in accordance with a doctor information request from a user, associated doctor information that is associated with both the registration information indicating the provisional registration and the registrant information indicating the user, among the stored doctor information in the memory. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262135 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDER AND PATIENT COMMUNICATIONS - Generally discussed herein are systems and methods for facilitating provider-patient communication. In one or more embodiments a method includes storing appointment data indicating a scheduled appointment date for a patient to visit a facility, an appointment time for the patient to visit the medical facility, and an appointment type for the patient visit and correlating the appointment type with a predefined set of messages related to the appointment type. The method can include calculating an arrival time for the patient to arrive at the facility, the arrival time prior to the appointment time and calculated as a function of the appointment type, the appointment time, and the appointment date, and sending, using the one or more processors, a message of the predefined set of messages to a specified recipient at the specified time, the specified time calculated as a function of the appointment type, appointment date, and appointment time. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262136 | Method And System For Improving Quality Of Care And Safety And Continuous Physician And Patient Learning - This invention focuses not on archiving an increasing number of medical literature articles, but having a defined number of learning modules, which when matched against certain predefined criteria, issue a learning recommendation to a physician. Systems and method embodiments include determining a pattern of medical treatment, analyzing the pattern with current medical data, and recommending, based on the analysis, at least one of a treatment, a continuing medical education, a learning module, and medical literature. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262137 | Method of Routing an Electronic Prescription to a Non-Participating Dispensing Pharmacy - A method of routing an electronic prescription to a non-participating dispensing pharmacy allows a patient the right to choose the pharmacy of their choice, while being able to take full advantage of the benefits offered by e-Prescribing. The current method provides any pharmacy with the ability to retrieve an electronic prescription without being a participating trading partner of an electronic prescribing network. The system accomplishes this through a method comprising the steps of creating an electronic prescription at a point of care location, transmitting said electronic prescription to the prescribing network, determining if the pharmacy is a participating trading partner, generating a secondary prescription version, hosting the electronic prescription on a secure web portal and transmitting an alert to the pharmacy containing the secondary prescription and a set of instructions for accessing the secure web portal. Furthermore, the network delivers a status of the delivery to the Point of care. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262138 | MEDICATION PREPARATION QUEUE - Methods for managing preparation of a medication for a patient are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving information indicative of an order for medication for a patient from an electronic data feed, and determining whether the order for medication for the patient can be filled with a returned medication. The method also includes providing a notification to fill the order with the returned medication when the determination indicates the order can be filled with a returned medication, and providing a notification to fill the order by preparing the medication when the determination indicates a returned medication is not available to fill the order. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130268282 | CALENDAR-BASED SCHEDULED THERAPY MEDIA SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for implementing and using a calendar-based schedule therapy media system. Such a system may be implemented using a web based collection of applications and software modules related to therapy and media for Traumatic Brain Injured (TBI) and similar symptom patients so as to enhance the recovery process and to assist health care providers and families in cooperatively managing treatment programs. This set of computer-based applications is designed to assist and enhance patient recovery through an exercise management tool to manage the recovery treatment program. Further, an application, executable on any computing device provides an all-in-one mobile resource to assist in fulfilling treatment regimens, and managing exercises with more independence. To further enhance the ability of a patient to self-direct various aspects of a session, the calendar based events may include network links to media items for assisting the patient by viewing or listening to video. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268283 | Process to Streamline Workflow for Continuous Monitoring of a Patient - A method for displaying patient data includes receiving physiological data from a medical monitoring device. The medical monitoring device obtains the physiological data from a patient. A determination is made as to whether patient identification information and room location information have been received for the patient. When it is determined that both the patient identification information and the room location information for the patient have not been received, the physiological data is displayed at a temporary location on a display screen of a medical display device. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268284 | System and Method for Transferring Patients Between Hospitals - A system for transferring patients to or between hospitals comprising an online database storing information about at least two hospitals or physicians, a transfer request template, and a response template. Also provided is a physician interface for an originator, such as a physician, to populate the transfer request template to produce a completed transfer request, and to provide for selection of a selected hospital or selected physician. A hospital interface allowing a potential receiving hospital or receiving physician to view the completed transfer request and to provide a response. The server is further equipped with a communication module to transmit and receive communications between the originator and the potential receiving hospital or receiving physician. A processor executes the module which is stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268285 | MEDICAL DEVICE QUALITY CONTROL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - Software is described to provide for mapping of a data file generated by a medical imaging device relating to quality control for the device to a format suitable for manipulation by a medical imaging device quality control management software. Various display interfaces can be provided to introduce certain functionalities, such as set up of the mapping function, reconciliation of the data association during the mapping process and the like. In this way, device specific software data can be integrated into effective management software that can extend across many different quality control test, potentially relating to a plurality of medical imaging devices and potentially across several locations. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268286 | PROVIDING PROTOCOL VARIANCES FROM STANDARD PROTOCOLS - Systems and method for identifying and providing protocol variances are provided. In embodiments, the method includes referencing an ordered protocol associated with a health condition for a patient. Such an ordered protocol includes a plan for a course of health or medical treatment for the health condition of the patient. A standard protocol that corresponds with the ordered protocol is also referenced. Thereafter, the ordered protocol is compared to the standard protocol to identify at least one protocol variance that indicates a portion of the ordered protocol has been adjusted as compared to the standard protocol. Any identified protocol variances are presented, for example, to a user computing device for display to a user. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268287 | SYSTEM FOR CLINICAL TRIAL SUBJECT COMPLIANCE - The present invention is designed to develop research protocols for clinical trials. The invention also can track and enhance subject compliance with a research protocol. The invention further provides evaluability data related to subject performance in the clinical trial. According to an alternative embodiment of the invention, a portable electronic device is used to query and collect data from the subject. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268288 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR EXTRACTING ABNORMAL EVENT FROM MEDICAL INFORMATION USING FEEDBACK INFORMATION - An abnormality information creating means creates at least one or more abnormality information which is information indicating abnormality of each data based on specificity of medical data. A side effect detecting means decides a likelihood of a side effect indicated by the abnormality information according to a predetermined rule, and detects abnormality information the likelihood of which satisfies conditions set in advance as information indicating the side effect. When receiving an input of information used to create the abnormality information as the feedback information, the abnormality information creating means creates the abnormality information based on the information. Further, when receiving as the feedback information an input of the information used to detect the side effect, the side effect detecting means detects the side effect based on the information. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268289 | Dietary Analysis Tool - A computer-implemented dietary analysis tool. More particularly, aspects of the present invention relate to computer implemented methods and systems configured to analyze a user's dietary intake based on information received from a user regarding her diet and exercise within a first time frame, such as for example, a twenty-four hour period. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268290 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISEASE KNOWLEDGE MODELING - Systems and methods are described herein for disease knowledge modeling and clinical treatment decision support, and the prioritization of possible treatment options based on tumor or other disease biomarkers. Disease or indication information, including identification of biomolecular entities associated with the indication may be culled through text data mining to create a knowledge model of the indication. In some embodiments, the knowledge model may comprise a network of associations between molecular entities, including such drug targets and biomakers, genes, pathways. The model may be combined with patient-specific variant information and historical treatment records to identify and prioritize treatment decisions and allow for the prediction of disease drivers and provide treatment options tailored to a patient's genetic data. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268291 | PATIENT SAFETY PROCESSOR - A processor-based system for analyzing physiologic data and medical care is provided wherein the patient data is analyzed to construct images that are representative of a patient's condition. The processor provides a self-modulating analysis, which is responsive to the occurrence of additional data items to increase the information contained in the images. Identifications of modes of physiologic failure by the analysis of the generated images provides for earlier recognition and intervention and improved protocolization of testing and treatment. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268292 | USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING USER CUSTOMIZED HEALTH MANAGEMENT, AND METHODS THEREOF - A user health management method and device are provided. The user health management method includes receiving data from a data source using short-range wireless communication, the data indicating health-related information, determining health-related behavior information of a user based on the health-related information, generating a health care recommendation for the user based on the health-related behavior information, and outputting the health care recommendation. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268293 | HYGIENE COMPLIANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING OPTICAL TAGS - Hygiene monitoring systems and methods are described herein. In various embodiments, the systems and methods may be used to monitor cleaning events (e.g., hand washing events, equipment sanitation events, etc.). | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268294 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL IMAGING PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS - In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, professional certifications functionality is provided by a mammography management system that allows system users such as radiologist and technologists to track their professional credentials such as licenses, certifications, and education. The functionality is flexible such that a variety of credential types may be entered and stored in the system and so that the progress of such credentials are tracked and monitored for relevant continuing education requirements. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268295 | SYSTEM FOR LIMITING EXPOSURE TO LIABILITY IN MEDICAL BENEFIT PLANS - Systems and methods are provided to limit exposure of medical Plans to high liabilities for renal dialysis without exposing the insured patient to out-of-pocket liability while still allowing the patient to receive dialysis as they need it. In one embodiment, this goal is achieved by providing an ERISA medical insurance Plan structure that limits Plan responsibility to 125% of the Medicare approved amount for the services provided, and simultaneously supplements coverage of the patient under Medicare Part B. Because Medicare regulations prohibit providers from balance-billing patients subsequent to billing Medicare, the patient cannot be billed for amounts in excess of the Plan limits. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130275143 | HEALTHCARE FINANCE MODEL - Systems, methods, and computer program products for implementing a healthcare finance model are disclosed. A method according to the present invention may be embodied in a computer program product. The method may include determining an expected price of a medical scenario for each of a set of providers. A predetermined ranking algorithm may be applied to the providers. Such ranking algorithm may consider at least an expected price of the medical scenario for each of the plurality of providers. The providers may be organized into two or more provider groups based on results of the ranking algorithm. Additionally, a flat insurance payment for service of the medical scenario may be established for each provider group based on their rankings. Providers within each single provider group may have the same insurance payment for the medical scenario. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275144 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND MARKET CREATION - In various embodiments, the systems, methods and computer readable media (collectively “systems”) described herein are capable of requesting, collecting, and/or otherwise facilitating self-payment of healthcare related receivables. Moreover, in various embodiments, the systems may create, bundle and/or monetize and sell receivables. In various embodiments, bundles or receivables may be sold in an electronic market place. These bundles may be presented to potential buyers through a dashboard, The system may be capable of evaluating and associated a real-time value with the receivable. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275145 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING AND VIEWING PATIENT DATA - Implementations of the present disclosure provide methods including actions of receiving, by a tablet computing device, one or more signals reflective of patient data associated with one or more patients, the tablet computing device being provided in a patient monitoring system that monitors physiological characteristics of a patient of the one or more patients, at least a first sub-set of the patient data being associated with the patient and being provided from one or more sensors that are responsive to the physiological characteristics of the patient, processing the patient data to generate one or more graphical representations reflective of the patient data, and displaying the one or more graphical representations on a touchscreen display of the tablet computing device. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275146 | CONNECTING CONSUMERS WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS - A request to generate a medical service team for a particular consumer of medical services is received and records including names of one or more medical service providers associated with providing a medical service to the consumer of medical services are retrieved from a data repository. An electronic invitation to join the medical service team associated with providing medical services to the consumer of medical services is sent and responses to the invitation are received. A listing of medical service team members is generated from the responses and the records. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275147 | MEDICAL INFORMATION INTEROPERABILITY TESTING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical information interoperability testing apparatus includes a setting information storage unit, a medical information storage unit, an information selection unit and a simulated communication unit. The setting information storage unit stores a plurality of pieces of communication setting information. The medical information storage unit stores medical information containing at least one of patient information, examination information, and image information. The information selection unit selects a piece of communication setting information to be used from the plurality of pieces of communication setting information. The simulated communication unit tests interoperability with a medical device as communication partner according to a medical communication protocol using the medical information and the piece of communication setting information to be used selected by the information selection unit. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130282390 | COMBINING KNOWLEDGE AND DATA DRIVEN INSIGHTS FOR IDENTIFYING RISK FACTORS IN HEALTHCARE - Systems and methods for risk factor identification include identifying a first set of risk factors from personal data. A second set of risk factors is identified from at least one of a user input and a knowledge source. The first set is combined with the second set, using a processor, by selecting a number of risk factors from the first set that augment the second set of risk factors to determine a combined list of risk factors that predict a condition of interest. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130282391 | PATIENT MANAGEMENT OF REFERRAL ORDERS - Methods, computer systems, and computer-readable storage media are provided that help a patient manage his or her referral orders. One or more referral orders for the patient are received. Patient-appropriate information is identified and extracted from the one or more referral orders. The patient-appropriate information is used to generate one or more modified referral orders; the modified referral orders are subsequently presented on a user interface of a computing device associated with the user. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130282392 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SECURELY STORING, DISPENSING, AND INVENTORYING MEDICATIONS AND SAMPLES - A system and a method of securely storing, dispensing and inventorying medications using secured cabinets, a communication link and a central management server. Each cabinet has compartments to hold prescribed medical items or samples, restricts access to pre-registered users, keeps track of amount of medical items withdrawn by a user for a given patient and how much of the medical items are remaining in the compartments. Video cameras record the transactions. The user, patient and medical item information is transmitted over a communication link to a central management server which keeps records of the withdrawn medical items and corresponding information, determines when compartments of the cabinets need refilling, and provides billing information for a customer and for specific patients. The central management server is also able to keep track of samples provided in the cabinets and provide advertising on GUIs of the cabinets and in waiting areas of customers. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130282393 | COMBINING KNOWLEDGE AND DATA DRIVEN INSIGHTS FOR IDENTIFYING RISK FACTORS IN HEALTHCARE - Systems and methods for risk factor identification include identifying a first set of risk factors from personal data. A second set of risk factors is identified from at least one of a user input and a knowledge source. The first set is combined with the second set, using a processor, by selecting a number of risk factors from the first set that augment the second set of risk factors to determine a combined list of risk factors that predict a condition of interest. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130282394 | HEALTH CARE FINANCING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and related computer program product for determining eligibility of a patient to receive health care financial assistance. An embodiment discloses receiving patient data comprising data suitable for applying for health care financial assistance; receiving credit information derived from a credit report of the patient; comparing at least a portion of the patient data and at least a portion of the credit information to respective portions of qualification criteria for each of a plurality of health care financial assistance plans stored in a database within a computer memory; determining if the comparison satisfies the qualification criteria for at least one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans; and providing notification of eligibility for every one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans in which the comparison satisfied the qualification criteria. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130282395 | MEDICAL REGISTRY - An embodiment relates to a system for correlating medical data, the system comprising: a module configured to collect patient inputted data provided by a patient; a module configured to collect data from an existing data bank; a storage medium for storing data collected from a plurality of modules; and at least one processor configured to correlate the patient inputted data with data from one or more databases. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130282396 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYING MULTIPLE CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT MODELS - A clinical decision support system (CDSS) ( | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130290004 | RESPITE CARE COORDINATION SYSTEM - A respite care coordination system permits the exchange of respite care for connecting primary care providers with respite care providers. Respite care providers access the respite care coordination system to enter information regarding themselves and their availability to perform respite care services. Primary care providers utilize the respite care coordination system to determine the availability of respite care services and the proper procedure to communicate with the selected respite care provider. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290005 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT CARE TRANSITIONS INFORMED BY PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS - Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus for patient care and care transition support. The example system includes a strategy development and simulation tool to analyze a patient care plan and transitions of care within the care plan to develop and analyze a strategy for the transitions of care within the care plan. The example system includes a discharge planning tool including predictive analytics to provide scenario-based planning and visualization to develop the care plan for patient discharge. The example system includes visual analytics to track and display progress of the patient against the care plan for the patient. The example system includes an outcome tracker to measure care plan efficacy to provide feedback for the patient care plan and future care plans. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290006 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING CORRELATION ANALYSIS ON CLINICAL OUTCOME AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE - Embodiments disclosed herein include methods, systems, and devices for determining a positive or negative correlation between a clinical outcome and one or more features of biological tissue. An exemplary user interface enables a user to select a clinical outcome and one or more aspects of a displayed field-of-view of biological tissue. Exemplary embodiments may automatically perform correlation analysis between the selected clinical outcome and one or more features characteristic of the user-selected aspects of the field-of-view of biological tissue. For example, exemplary embodiments may automatically perform correlation analysis between the selected clinical outcome and one or more features characteristic of one or more biological units in the biological tissue. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290007 | AUTOMATED PROACTIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICE AND PAYER BASED PATIENT SCHEDULING SYSTEM - The automated proactive healthcare service and payer based patient scheduling system proactively generates communications to patients with the purpose of scheduling medically appropriate, reimbursable healthcare services. The process utilizes a rules based system to identify patients contained in respective healthcare provider's practice management and patient databases. The system will identify patients eligible for certain healthcare services including but not limited to well-care visits, annual check-ups, and immunizations. The data analyzed by the system includes but is not limited to historical healthcare provider-patient service dates, historical payer reimbursement details, patient demographic data, and payer reimbursement/eligibility details. Those patients identified as eligible for healthcare services will be sent an automated interactive communication regarding that healthcare service to facilitate the scheduling process. The communication is automatically generated by the system and can take any known form including but not limited to voice communication, electronic communication and text communication. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290008 | STAFF ASSIGNMENT FOR CLINICAL TRIALS - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a graphical user interface for scheduling clinical staff are described. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a schedule for a plurality of events. The plurality of events are events for one or more clinical studies. Generating the schedule includes defining an order and an amount of time for each event of the plurality of events. The method also includes automatically generating a graphical user interface (GUI) from the schedule by displaying the plurality of events on a timeline grouped into shifts. The GUI displays conflicts between the shifts. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290009 | CLINICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with scheduling study groups between clinics when performing clinical studies are described. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) with at least one of a plurality of display screens for scheduling a plurality of groups to clinics. The example method may also include generating, using at least a processor, a provisional schedule of assignments of the plurality of groups to dates for performing the study. The provisional schedule is displayed on the GUI. The provisional schedule displays scheduling conflicts when more than one of the plurality of groups is simultaneously scheduled on a day. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290010 | MEDICATION SERVICE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF MONITORING THE SAME - The inventive concept herein relates to medication service terminals and methods of monitoring the same, and more particularly, to a method of monitoring medication states of a plurality of users. The medication service terminal in accordance with the inventive concept may include a situation judgment module judging a medication situation with reference to a medication providing schedule and a terminal state that are provided from a server; and an output module determining a medication service corresponding to the medication situation and providing the determined medication service in the form that a user can sense. A communication with the server is performed only when the situation judgment module receives a medicine providing schedule from the server. According to some embodiments of the inventive concept, a medication monitoring system can be effectively provided to a massive user. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290011 | PATIENT SAFETY PROCESSOR - A processor-based system for analyzing physiologic data and medical care is provided wherein the patient data is analyzed to construct images that are representative of a patient's condition. The processor provides a self-modulating analysis, which is responsive to the occurrence of additional data items to increase the information contained in the images. Identifications of modes of physiologic failure by the analysis of the generated images provides for earlier recognition and intervention and improved protocolization of testing and treatment. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290012 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING PATIENT SPECIFIC CONTENT - A method of providing patient specific content includes storing desired health related information; obtaining patient characteristics; obtaining health related information in accordance with the patient characteristics; and providing the obtained health related information to the patient. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290013 | MEDICAL ALERT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing medical identification tags wearable by a person that include barcodes (e.g., Quick Response (QR) barcodes, or the like) to provide personal medical information to users (e.g., first responders) with mobile devices capable of scanning the barcodes. The system also facilitates automatic notifications to relatives or others associated with the wearer of the medical identification tag when the barcode is scanned, which may indicate an emergency condition. Wearers of the medical identification tags may modify or update the stored personal medical information as needed. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290014 | Method of Equipoise Enrollment of Subjects in Clinical Trials - In a method of enrollment selection of subjects for a clinical trial, a plurality of physician investigators is polled regarding each subject of a plurality of subjects. Responses of the plurality of physician investigators are aggregated for each subject. A subject of the plurality of subjects is enrolled in response to the subject having an aggregate of responses for the clinical trial that exceeds a predetermined minimum value of responses for the clinical trial. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290015 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENTING PATIENT PROCEDURES - The local surveillance sub-system recognizes that a patient medical procedure has or will soon commence by sensing the presence of a healthcare professional in or near the surveillance area, and in response, creates a separate patient medical procedure A/V file for the surveillance data that will be captured. A dedicated procedure remote may be provided for receiving manual interactions from HC professionals present for a procedure or, alternatively, the local surveillance sub-system may autonomously interact with a personal security token device possessed by the HC professional. A procedure data file is also created that holds all of the pertinent information concerning the procedure that is known by the local surveillance sub-system. The patient procedure surveillance A/V file is given a higher priority than ordinary surveillance data captured by the local surveillance sub-system and is then copied to a nonvolatile memory. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290016 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING BENCHMARKS FOR HAND PRODUCT USE AND COMPLIANCE - A hand product use benchmark is determined for a target institution based on observations of hand product use in a studied institution and relationships between the number of observed hand product uses and characteristics of the studied institution. The benchmark for the target institution is determined based on target institution characteristics and the relationships between institution characteristics and observed hand product uses of the studied institution. The benchmark for the target institution may be adjusted based on direct observation of hand product uses in the target institution and based on actual conditions on which the benchmark is based. Compliance with the benchmark is determined by comparison of activity within the target institution to the benchmark. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290017 | Methods and Compositions for the Prevention and Treatment of Kidney Disease - The invention provides compositions for preventing or treating kidney disease and improving kidney function comprising at least two ingredients selected from the group consisting of antioxidants and mitochondrial cofactors in amounts sufficient for preventing or treating kidney disease or for improving kidney function and methods for preventing and treating kidney disease or improving kidney functions comprising administering such compositions to an animal susceptible to or suffering from kidney disease or impaired kidney function. In a preferred embodiment, the composition is admixed with one or more food ingredients to produce a food composition useful for preventing or treating kidney disease and improving kidney function, particularly in senior animals. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290018 | HEALTH CARE DELIVERY VERIFICATION METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS - Methods, apparatus and systems for verifying proper delivery of health care bundles to patients are described. The methods, apparatus, and systems may be configured to monitor the delivery of health care bundles to one or more patients, to collect delivery data such as sounds and/or images that can be processed to determine if delivery of the health care bundle is being or has been properly delivered to a patient, to provide feedback during delivery of a health care bundle to a patient, and/or to store an indicator that is indicative of proper delivery of the health care bundle. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130297323 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLINICAL VIEWS OR RECOMMENDATIONS - A system configured to be accessed by a clinical provider and an external agency over a network. The system can include an input/output unit to receive an input external from the system and communicate an output. The system can include a database maintained within the system for storing information provided by or associated with the clinical provider and the external agency. The system can include a processing unit configured to assess a level of relevance of the clinical provider for an industry and define a numerical value defining potential of the clinical provider as an expert. The processing unit can be configured to allow access or deny from access as the clinical provider depending on at least one of the factors comprising the level of relevance to the industry and expertise level in a relevant field of the industry obtained based on the level of relevance. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297324 | VIRTUAL PROFESSIONALS COMMUNITY FOR CONDUCTING VIRTUAL CONSULTATIONS WITH SUGGESTED PROFESSIONALS - Systems and methods for providing a virtual professionals community for conducting virtual consultations with suggested professionals includes receiving, in a server, data associated with a plurality of professionals, including a specialty descriptive of one or more of the plurality of professionals. The server can receive a peer performance rating for one of the plurality of professionals generated by a second of the plurality of professionals. A client can submit, to the server, a search request that includes user-defined search criteria. The server can then search the received data based on the search criteria to select relevant professionals associated with the client's search request. The server can rank the selected relevant professionals based on peer performance ratings and the relevancy of the relevant professional to the search criteria. After ranking the selected professionals, the server can transmit a report of the relevant professionals ordered in the ranking determined by the server. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297325 | PHARMACEUTICAL WILL CALL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wireless computerized will call system is provided for filling prescriptions and then locating specific prescriptions that have been filled when the customer arrives to pick up the prescription. The system includes a computer workstation or network, a wireless transmitter, and hanger bags for temporarily storing prescriptions awaiting customer pick up. The hanger bags are equipped with wireless receivers and transducers. When a pharmacy worker commands the computer system to locate a specific prescription, the specific hanger bag containing that prescription receives a wireless signal from the computer system and activates the transducer on the hanger bag to alert the pharmacy worker to the location of the prescription. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297326 | Set of Novel Algorithms and Processes for Mortgage and Investment Innovations - The invention set proposes net gains formulas for an alternative to mortgage defaults (i.e., mortgage to rent programs) to prevent foreclosures, attempting to save global economy from another crisis. The set also provides novel formulas to calculate the default probability for mortgage of a home located by a mobile GPS. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297327 | HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM - A health monitoring system includes a plurality of remote user sites, each remote user site comprising at least one health monitoring device for collection of user health monitoring data, an interactive video device, and a user interface apparatus; at least one remote computing facility configured for signal communication with, and to receive health monitoring data-related signals from, the plurality of remote user sites; and at least one computer, configured for signal communication with the remote computing facility, wherein the interactive video device is interactively coupled with the remote computing facility. Associated methods are also described. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297328 | INTERFACE FEED ANALYZER FOR CODE MAPPING - Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus to provide clinical terminology services. Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus to analyze and map a new interface message feed. An example clinical interface feed analysis system includes an interface analyzer to: receive a clinical message feed including content; automatically compare the content from the clinical message feed to a reference to match and map the content to at least one of reference clinical data and coded terminology included in the reference without user input; and provide a proposed interface output for review. The example system includes a tester to facilitate testing of the proposed interface output in conjunction with a clinical system to release the proposed interface output as an interface for incoming messages. The example system is to update the reference based on the content from the clinical message feed and the interface mapping. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297329 | Method for Brokering Purchases of Procedural Services - A method for brokering purchases of procedural services between a buyer and at least one professional service provider is a software-based system that negotiates transactions between potential clients and professional service providers by receiving, verifying, and negotiating appointment availabilities and appointment offers while providing privacy to both parties until a transaction is conducted. The system comprises the steps of receiving and indexing appointment openings from providers, receiving and indexing appointment offers from buyers, matching appointment opening with appointment offers, anonymizing appointment offers, and negotiating the exchange of personal information between both parties when a transaction is conducted, as well as provide ancillary product suggestions. The system provides functionality to match a submitted appointment offer anonymously with at least one professional service provider. Additionally, the system provides automated features that improve matching of the appointment opening and the appointment offer by user submitted parameters of system derived value optimums. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297330 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Electroinic Patient Care - An electronic patient monitoring system includes first and second modules. The first module is configured to receive and store information pertaining to a patient, said information including data related to a first parameter of the patient measured by a device connected to the patient, and data related to a second parameter of the patient received from a first database containing information about the patient. The second module is configured to receive a medication order from a user via a user interface associated with the second module, said second module being further configured to transmit said treatment order to the first module. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297331 | Medical Imaging Guideline Compliance System - A system supports medical imaging compliance with guideline and reimbursement requirements using at least one repository and a compliance processor. The at least one repository associates information including, specific reimbursement requirements of a patient insurance company with an imaging protocol compliant with predetermined guidelines for imaging a particular anatomical feature and with a specific type of imaging device and with multiple different steps of the imaging protocol. The compliance processor uses the information in, determining whether a particular imaging protocol for imaging a particular anatomical feature of a particular patient on a particular type of imaging device is compliant with the guidelines and the reimbursement requirements and identifying at least one of, (a) a missing step and (b) an incorrect step, in the particular imaging protocol. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297332 | HEALTH CARE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MESSAGING AND MINING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A health care practice management system is used to store, update and access data regarding patients of practitioners such as doctors and staff. The health care practice management system provides access to collections of data for research by data miners based on such aspects as type of patient condition, patient class, or type of patient treatment. The health care practice management system also provides a vehicle to message targeted groups of individuals, namely, practitioners, patients, and miners of the practice data. The health care practice management system can be distributed to users through a reduced cost arrangement that is support through contributions from third parties by sponsoring messages to be displayed through the system to users. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297333 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING - Methods, systems, and computer program products for the generation and processing of electronic prescriptions. An application server receives user input data that identifies a particular facility and a particular patient. Based at least in part on the particular facility and the particular patient, the application server may generate application data for electronic prescribing for the particular patient. The application server receives prescription for the particular patient and generates an electronic prescription for the particular patient based at least in part on the received prescription data. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297334 | Device and Method for Automatic Data Acquisition and/or Detection - Methods and devices for providing diabetes management including automatic time acquisition protocol is provided. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297335 | Coupling Plant Air Purification with Wellness, Prevention and Insurance Programs - A method by which an organization with plurality of employees and/or insureds and/or members takes steps intended to reduce its costs for providing healthcare, by establishing a wellness and prevention program which comprises at least one of the following: paying for costs of installing plant air purifiers in a workplace of said employees and/or insureds and/or members; paying for costs of installing plant air purifiers in places of residence of said employees and/or insureds; wherein: said plant air purifiers include a mechanism for forcing air to pass through a filter bed thereof in which said plants are rooted. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297336 | Healthcare Data Analysis - In accordance with the teachings provided herein, a system can capture data on ventilator length of stay (LOS) into a ventilator LOS data repository and analyze the data using various methods to determine ventilator Length of Stay (LOS) benchmarks. Advantageously, hospitals can analyze their own ventilator use in comparison with benchmarks from a range of scopes. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297337 | INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING INFORMED CONSENT TO GENETIC TESTS - This invention provides an instrument for obtaining consent for a genetic test that comprises three or more integrated elements including an information element for conveying information to an individual concerning a genetic test, and instruction element for use by a practitioner in instructing individuals on the genetic test and use of the instrument, a collection element for collecting an individual's medical and family history, a assessment element for assessing the individual's retention and understanding of information concerning a genetic test, a certification element for certifying the individual's consent to said tests, as well as housekeeping elements useful for recording a medical record, labeling a sample, and billing. Also provided is a method for obtaining informed consent for a genetic test using an integrated instrument. The instruments and methods disclosed have utility in obtaining informed consent for genetic tests. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297338 | Method for Evaluating the Health of a Website - The invention is a health indicator that is used to evaluate a website. The health indicator is used to evaluate performance and compare the website to predicted performance, similar websites, and websites of entities in adjacent industries. This health indicator will allow for a single view/metric, signified by a unique word, color, number, symbol or an identifiable marker, of the performance and of the Internet site as it relates to Search Engine Optimization, e-Commerce, Bounce Rates, Traffic Data, Traffic Flow, Conversion Rates, Page Views, Social and Mobile metrics, Shopping Cart Information, and any additional data the analysis system has access to. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297339 | METHOD FOR INCREASING UTILIZATION OF GENETIC TESTING - This invention describes a method and site for providing genetic testing using the Internet which enables individuals to access genetic testing as well as methods that ensure privacy in the selection of genetic tests, payment, performance of tests, delivery of results, interpretation of results, and genetic counseling. These methods will increase the utilization of genetic testing by individuals. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297340 | LEARNING AND OPTIMIZING CARE PROTOCOLS | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130304482 | Auto-Populated Medication Selection & Ordering System - A medication ordering system comprises at least one repository including information identifying candidate medication orders and associated related order parameters including dosage and route of administration. An order processor, in response to user entry of text, compiles a list of medication orders, by, searching the information to identify order data items representing medication orders including matching text and by collating the identified order items to provide a compiled list. The compiled list having itemized hierarchical priority of, (1) orders most frequently placed by the user for a patient with a particular hospital admission department, (2) orders most frequently placed by multiple different users of the ordering system and (3) other orders placed by users of the ordering system. A display processor initiates generation of a display image enabling a user to select orders from the compiled list. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304483 | Method and System for Promoting a Pharmaceutical Product - A method implemented by a trusted third-party computing system assists a manufacturer of a prescription pharmaceutical product to promote that product by authorizing a pharmacy that makes one or more sales of the product to make one or more future purchases on promotional payment terms. The method includes receiving one or more electronic notifications that indicate the pharmacy has made one or more sales of the prescription pharmaceutical product to one or more patients, and then validating that the one or more indicated sales have actually occurred. Validation may entail validating data fields in each received notification and/or validating that the one or more sales are consistent with the pharmacy's inventory. Responsive to this validation, the method includes generating and sending control signalling based on the one or more indicated sales for triggering the manufacturer to authorize the pharmacy to make one or more future purchases on promotional payment terms. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304484 | CLINICAL TRIALS SUBJECT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - Matching a subject with a clinical trial includes steps of: collecting patient data associated with the subject; collecting clinical trial data from multiple sources; matching the subject to a clinical trial scheduled in a location accessible to the subject; notifying a health care provider associated with the subject about the clinical trial; and receiving a response. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304485 | Method of referring patients to healthcare providers - A method of referring patients to healthcare providers may drastically reduce the inefficiencies of current referral systems and may enable healthcare providers to focus more time, energy, and financial resources on patient care. In one embodiment, an ill patient may be referred to a hospital using a direct admit system for hospitals (“DASH”) that streamlines the hospital admission process for ill patients being assessed by clinicians in outpatient or inpatient medical facilities. In another embodiment, a direct online contact system for healthcare providers (“DOC-Connect”) may streamline communication between clinicians and various healthcare facilities and services. DOC-Connect may provide a method for ensuring efficient and appropriate transmittal and scheduling of referrals and services requiring further care by directly connecting a clinician or other healthcare provider acting as a healthcare referral initiator with another healthcare provider acting as a healthcare referral recipient using a central management system. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304486 | SYSTEM, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE-MEDIUM PROVIDING PAYMENT ACCOUNTS FOR HEALTHCARE RELATED SECURE REGISTRY - A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and system for providing an ability to contribute towards specific items may be provided. A consumer account may be created for a consumer and managed by a consumer account management system. A contribution to the consumer account may be received from a benefactor. Rules may be applied designating a purchase of specialty items which may be relevant to a particular disease or disorder at a given stage or treatment cycle of the disease or disorder. The specialty items may be associated with vendor systems. The benefactor's contribution may be credited to the consumer account. Sales transaction data and financial data may be received. Data regarding the specialty items, consumers, vendor systems, sales transactions, and the disease or disorder may be stored. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304487 | COOPERATIVE MEDICAL SYSTEM - Disclosed is a cooperative medical system including a data management server and terminal devices provided at medical facilities which are connected with the data management server to perform data communication therebetween. In the cooperative medical system, a first terminal device in the plurality of terminal devices includes a setting unit which establishes a setting between a second terminal device and a third terminal device to enable data communication therebetween, and the data management server stores medical information data which is sent from one of the second terminal device and the third terminal device in a data storage region allocated to a medical facility where the first terminal device is provided, and the data management server includes a data management unit which permits the medical information data stored in the data storage region to be read out from the other of the second terminal device and the third terminal device. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304488 | METHOD TO SUPPORT AN ADVANCED HOME SERVICES COORDINATION PLATFORM - A method coordinating home services is provided, including receiving a request for home services from a customer over a network and forwarding the request from the customer to a home services coordinator over the network. A reputation system assists the home services coordinator to select a service provider based on customer needs, preferences, and a reputation of the service provider. Information sufficient to permit the service provider to select a home delivery provider that can satisfy customer needs is provided to the selected service provider over the network. The selected home delivery provider is provided with access to customer data and with access to a customer physical system over the network, to provide the service. Feedback is requested from the customer after the service has been delivered, and is used in the reputation system to update the customer preferences and the reputation of the service provider. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304489 | Remote Monitoring And Diagnostics Of Medical Devices - A system or method to authenticate with a medical device, identify the device, and subsequently communicate with any existing or newly added medical devices is presented. The system also is capable of gathering, analyzing and evaluating information from medical devices connected to a health care network. The present disclose leverages embedded device servers to transmit information from medical devices to a hospital information system for further evaluation, or action when required. A module or embedded device may be associated with any specific medical device such that communication between the device and the hospital system may take place whereby information may be received by the hospital information system to evaluate medical device functionality and other important characteristics as desired by the administrator. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304490 | DECISION SUPPORT RESPONSE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A computer-implemented method for managing data for a clinical decision support system includes providing a computer management system including a server and a database, and downloading the decision support system onto the computer management system. The decision support system includes a plurality of rules and receives data. The method also includes accessing the decision support system and issuing an alert associated with a predetermined data pattern to at least one client system according to the rules, receiving a request for additional information from the at least one client system in response to the issued alert, determining additional data that has been requested, and retrieving the additional information associated with the issued alert. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304491 | MEDICAL INFORMATION VERIFICATION SYSTEM - A medical information verification system according to an embodiment comprises a time stamp management unit which includes: a medium information storage unit configured to acquire/store medium information calculated based on information of a medical management target file to be stored in a medium; a verification identification value generation unit configured to generate a medical management target file group by bundling the medium information of different media and generating a verification identification value corresponding to the medical management target file group; a time stamp acquisition unit configured to acquire a time stamp to be added to the verification identification value from a certificate authority; a time stamp information storage unit configured to store time stamp information of the time stamp in association with the medical management target file group; and a time stamp information transmission unit configured to transmit the time stamp information in response to time stamp inquiry requests. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304492 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING A THERAPEUTIC MEAL PLAN PROGRAM - A system and method develops a customized meal plan for a patient based on a chemotherapy treatment regimen for the patient and delivers the corresponding food items of the meal plan to the patient. The customized meal plan is designed to mitigate the physical effects and nutritional losses associated with chemotherapy and other cancer related treatments, such as radiation therapy. As the medical condition of the patient changes, the meal plan can be revised to provide updated customization. The meal plan may be developed using information provided by the patient, a caregiver, such as a nurse or physician, or a combination thereof. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304493 | DISEASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for interactive guided personalized/personalizable patient disease management system. The system offers ongoing personalized education in response to user inputs which may include a patient's electronic health record, diagnostic codes, billing codes, and/or medical history, the ability to monitor a patient's progress throughout their treatment plan which is initially provided by the system and a patient support community for boosting patient treatment plan compliance through ongoing monitoring and personal coaching. The systems and methods provide personalized relevant diagnostic, prognostic, prevention and/or treatment information output which are curated to manage the patient's needs. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304494 | COHORT DRIVEN SELECTION OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TESTS - A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product creates a suggested diagnostic test selection. A description of a current patient includes a current medical complaint, medical history, and physical examination result for the current patient. A cohort for the current patient is made up of persons who have a substantially similar medical complaint, medical history, and physical examination result as the current patient. Past diagnostic test sets used to make correct medical diagnoses for persons in the cohort are identified and stored in a cohort diagnostic test database. The past diagnostic test sets are sorted based on increasing levels of detrimental effects posed by each of the past diagnostic test sets. The sorted diagnostic test sets are then presented to a health care provider for the current patient. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304495 | INTEGRATED HEALTH & FINANCIAL BENEFITS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A medical shared savings unit receives a selection from one or more computing devices to select a medical provider in a region outside the United States for a patient as part of a medical savings plan, and accesses the medical plan information from the data store, and calculates a savings based on a difference between a cost of the medical procedure performed in the region outside the United States and a cost of the medical procedure performed within the United States. The medical shared savings unit further divides the savings between the insurer and the employer based on a medical savings plan model when the patient undergoes the medical procedure in the region outside the United States. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304496 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING CLINICAL FLOW AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method for optimizing clinical flow and operational efficiencies in a network environment is provided and includes generating a patient care plan for each patient in a medical care facility, generating a patient pathway for each patient, executing the patient care plans and the patient pathways of the respective patients during encounters associated with the respective patients, capturing real time data during the execution of the patient care plans and the patient pathways, performing an analysis on the real time data, and displaying the real time data in a visual display. The patient care plan includes one or more activities, and each activity includes one or more tasks. Each patient pathway includes one or more activities and one or more intermediate products. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304497 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS - Systems, methods, and computer program media for creating, managing, backing, and transferring health care credits are described. Health care credits may be implemented as freely transferable financial instruments whose initial value can be based on costs or savings generated by an individual, or by a health care provider, that are associated with a health-related metric or a health benefiting behavior(s). | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304498 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING CLINICAL FLOW AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method for optimizing clinical flow and operational efficiencies in a network environment is provided and includes generating a patient care plan for each patient in a medical care facility, generating a patient pathway for each patient, executing the patient care plans and the patient pathways of the respective patients during encounters associated with the respective patients, capturing real time data during the execution of the patient care plans and the patient pathways, performing an analysis on the real time data, and displaying the real time data in a visual display. The patient care plan includes one or more activities, and each activity includes one or more tasks. Each patient pathway includes one or more activities and one or more intermediate products. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304499 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING CLINICAL FLOW AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method for optimizing clinical flow and operational efficiencies in a network environment is provided and includes generating a patient care plan for each patient in a medical care facility, generating a patient pathway for each patient, executing the patient care plans and the patient pathways of the respective patients during encounters associated with the respective patients, capturing real time data during the execution of the patient care plans and the patient pathways, performing an analysis on the real time data, and displaying the real time data in a visual display. The patient care plan includes one or more activities, and each activity includes one or more tasks. Each patient pathway includes one or more activities and one or more intermediate products. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304500 | Interactive Patient Medication List - Systems, methods and devices for managing patient medication data which include, in one implementation, displaying in a user-interface movable medication containers for medications in a list of medications for a patient, each medication container having a corresponding medication category; displaying a receptacle for organizing the medications, the receptacle having multiple layers having corresponding medication categories in a first dimension, each layer configured to receive one or more medication containers; and receiving a first medication container from the movable medication containers that is dragged into a layer in the first dimension having a corresponding medication category that matches the medication category of the first medication container. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304501 | OPTIMIZED SPECIMEN COLLECTION FOR LABORATORY TESTS - Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of optimizing the collection of specimens, e.g., of blood, when multiple laboratory tests have been prescribed at one time for a patient. Laboratory tests may use specimens such as blood, drawn, e.g., through venipuncture, and patients may experience greater discomfort, inconvenience, and/or anxiety as more and more blood is collected, and at greater expense. Embodiments of the invention include computer systems configured to optimize the collection of specimens for laboratory tests to reduce the number of specimens that must be collected from a patient for any given set of laboratory tests. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304502 | PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT AND COMMUNICATION TOOL - The present invention relates to a substance with pharmaceutical activity against a medical condition for use in a treatment of said medical condition in combination with a computer program product comprising instructions causing a computer to perform a method comprising the steps —providing a patient with a set of questions according to a question schedule, wherein said set of questions is specific to the pharmaceutical product; —collecting answers to said questions from said patient; —subjecting said answers to a set of functions specific for the set of questions and the pharmaceutical product thereby generating patient-specific feedback information; —providing said feedback information to the patient; and —optionally extracting clinically relevant information from said answers and providing said clinically relevant information to a database adapted for collecting clinically relevant information during clinical use of said substance. The invention further relates to a corresponding kit-of-parts comprising the substance and the computer program product, and the computer program product and its method as such. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304503 | Customization of a Dose Distribution Setting for a Technical Appliance for Tumour Therapy - The aim of the invention is to provide a planner with the opportunity to effect local improvement of an IMRT treatment plan which is available to him. To this end, a method for customizing a dose distribution setting for a technical appliance in tumor therapy is proposed. A first plan ( | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130311193 | MEDICAL MONITORING RULE RECOMMENDATION - Method, system, and computer program product are provided for medical monitoring rule recommendation for a medical records system. The method includes: indexing previously generated medical monitoring rules to provide a rules index; and determining rule features by evaluating previously generated medical monitoring rules based on existing patient data. The method further includes: receiving a given patient's data; querying the given patient's data in the rules index to provide candidate rules; and scoring the candidate rules based on the rule features including the frequency a rule was satisfied for existing patients. Scoring the candidate rules may also includes scoring based on the given patient's data by executing a candidate rule on the given patient's data. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311194 | MISLEADING MESSAGE DETECTION - A method of managing services in a health care facility includes receiving one or more messages associated with one or more actions to be performed in the hospital; placing the one or more messages in a queue, assessing a queued message, in combination with one or more other messages, against one or more misleading message patterns stored in a memory, determining whether the combination of the message and the one or more other messages matches one or more of the misleading message patterns so as to indicate or suggest that the message is misleading, and if one or more of the misleading message patterns indicates or suggests that the message is misleading, removing the message from the queue or modifying the message. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311195 | NURSING SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a nursing support system includes a handy terminal and an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with the handy terminal. The information processing apparatus includes a selection unit selects a responsible person to use the handy terminal, an item setting unit sets input items of the handy terminal corresponding to the patient and the department of the selected responsible person, a printing unit prints a key sheet installed on the input unit of the handy terminal based on the set input items and an item notifying unit notifies the handy terminal of the set input items. The handy terminal includes a key layout unit lays out keys of the input unit based on the input items notified by the information processing apparatus. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311196 | Establishing Risk-Based Study Conduct - A computer system is configured before a start of a trial of a medical therapy to detect alert conditions. The alert conditions are indicative of occurrences of failure modes identified as being potentially associated with the trial. During the trial, the computer system receives trial data. The computer system detects, based on the trial data, that one or more of the alert conditions have occurred. In response to detecting that an alert condition has occurred, the computer system outputs an alert associated with a mitigation procedure defined for the given failure mode before the start of the trial. The mitigation procedure indicates a procedure to mitigate the occurrence of the given failure mode. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311197 | WEB-BASED HEALTH INDEX CALCULATOR - When calculating an individual's health index as a function of health index parameters including biometric parameters and behavioral parameters, a monetary cost is associated with each health index parameter, and the costs for all health index parameters are aggregated and displayed to a user via a graphical user interface. The user is then permitted to adjust one or more health index parameters, and the aggregate health cost is updated to show the user the amount of health cost savings that can be achieved by different health index parameter adjustments. In this manner, an individual is incentivized to improve his health in order to save money. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311198 | CUSTOMIZABLE PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method facilitates secure payments to a payee, according to custom preferences of the payee. The system is offered by the payer (as opposed to the biller) using a third party and, a payee can enroll with a customized account processing center (CAPC), which is the third party. The CAPC captures and stores payment information about the payee from the payer and payee. The payee registers preferences for funds deposit and also the payee's preferred remittance format. When a payee is registered and elects payment via electronic funds transfer, the CAPC issues instructions to the bank to transfer funds from the payer's bank account to the payee's registered preferred bank account. The CAPC can also create a detailed record of payment histories and remittance details which are accessible to the payee. Remittance details are delivered in the payee's registered preferred format and routed to the payee's registered destination. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311199 | SKILL EVALUATION - The present invention provides a system to evaluate of Tissue Manipulation Events (TMEs) performed on a subject, by a practitioner and providing a corresponding ranking-score thereof. The system includes a contour image capturing and recording devices adapted to capture and record, in real time, the contours of a surgical tool and a tissue and tissue manipulating events of a subject, which are connected to a data receiver for receiving the vector image data. At least a database including bench-mark surgical parameters, tissue and tool parameters are connected to the system. A processor coupled to the data receiver and the databases and configured to convert the vector image data (raw image) into pixelated frames, evaluate tissue manipulation events and generate a performance score for the task performed on the subject. The present invention also provides a method for evaluation of manual skills in tissue manipulating events performed. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311200 | IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICAL CONCEPTS FOR IMAGING PROTOCOL SELECTION - A method includes identifying medical concepts in identified patient cases that are missing from medical concepts in first electronically formatted medical information as missing medical concepts, and selecting an imaging protocol for an imaging procedure based on a combination of the medical concepts from the first electronically formatted medical information and the missing medical concepts, and generating a signal indicative of the selected imaging protocol. A method includes identifying at least one of one or more medical concepts as a relevant additional concept, and selecting an imaging protocol for the imaging procedure based on a combination of one or more clinical indications and the relevant additional concept, and generating a signal indicative of the selected imaging protocol. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130317834 | CUSTOMIZED AND INTUITIVE ANTIBIOGRAMS - Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for utilizing a healthcare facility's antibiogram information to generate customized antibiograms. One or more user-selected filters are applied to the information in the antibiogram data store. Filters include organism type, antimicrobial type, date range, encounter type, healthcare facility unit, and end-user role. Using the selected filters, a customized antibiogram is generated and presented on a user interface. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317835 | EFFECTING PAYMENTS USING OPTICAL COUPLING - The present technology relates to secure mobile payment systems for interacting with traditional paper invoices. Generating optical codes in a clearinghouse which, when decoded by a customer device, provides the customer with an anonymous portal for reconciling an invoice through the clearinghouse. Effecting payments by utilizing mobile devices equipped with digital camera, software for decoding optical codes, and an infrastructure of network-based clearinghouses for maintaining the anonymity of a plurality of customers and protecting their private and financial data. The present technology relates to a prescription lifecycle management system using optical coupling. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317836 | Systems and Methods for Time Management in a Healthcare System - Embodiments disclose systems and methods for time management in a healthcare system. The method may be executable to receive data indicative of an actual time value associated with a care event and identify an expected time value associated with the care event. The method may be further executable to determine that the difference between the actual time value associated with the care event and the expected time value associated with the care event is within a threshold range. Based on the determination, the method may be executable to process the expected time value associated with the care event instead of the actual time value associated with the care event. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317837 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Electronic Patient Care - A method, related system and apparatus are disclosed. The method is implemented by an operative set of processor executable instructions configured for execution by a processor. The method includes the acts of: determining if a monitoring client is connected to a base through a physical connection; establishing a first communications link between the monitoring client and the base through the physical connection; updating, if necessary, the interface program on the monitoring client and the base through the first communications link; establishing a second communications link between the monitoring client and the base using the first communications link; and communicating data from the base to the monitoring client using the second communications link. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317838 | MEDICAL LISTENER - An engagement is brokered between a consumer and a medical service provider; electronic text of a real-time, text-based communication between the medical service provider and the consumer is monitored during the engagement; the electronic text is analyzed for a triggering event related to at least one of medical diagnosis and medical treatment; the triggering event is detected in the electronic text; and medical information is provided to the medical service provider via a user interface in response to the triggering event. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING PATIENT ADHERENCE TO MEDICATION TREATMENT REGIMENS - A system and method for increasing patient adherence to following medication treatment regimens. An adherence data processing and communication system generates and displays medication adherence data based on historical medication information. The system is linked to other systems involved with electronic ordering and filling of prescriptions, such as electronic prescription and pharmacy systems all connected by suitable wired and/or wireless communication protocols including the Internet. In one embodiment, the adherence data is displayed in the form of an interactive report card which provides a user with adherence metrics in both summary and more detailed formats for prescription medications taken by the patient. A related method executed by the data processing and communication system is disclosed. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING PATIENT ADHERENCE TO MEDICATION TREATMENT REGIMENS - A system and method for increasing patient adherence to following medication treatment regimens. An adherence data processing and communication system generates and displays medication adherence data based on historical medication information. The system is linked to other systems involved with electronic ordering and filling of prescriptions, such as electronic prescription and pharmacy systems all connected by suitable wired and/or wireless communication protocols including the Internet. In one embodiment, the adherence data is displayed in the form of an interactive report card which provides a user with adherence metrics in both summary and more detailed formats for prescription medications taken by the patient. A related method executed by the data processing and communication system is disclosed. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317841 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PEDIGREE INFORMATION - Methods and systems are provided for managing and transmitting pedigree information. The methods and systems allow a user to access a pedigree information portal to submit and transmit pedigree data to a recipient of the physical drug product. The method provides security and reliability in relaying the drug history and data. In addition, methods and systems are provided for associating the electronically transmitted pedigree information to the physical drug product. A user may thus retrieve and review pedigree information using, for example, one or more barcodes representing a sender identifier and recipient identifier. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317842 | Identifying Trusted Providers - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request from a consumer associated with a first medical service provider to engage in real time with a medical service provider over the Internet. The method also includes in response to the received request, displaying a list of medical service providers to the consumer on a user interface. The method also includes providing an indicator associated with a particular medical service provider in the list of medical service providers if the particular medical service provider is a trusted medical service provider identified by the first medical service provider. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317843 | DOCUMENTING REMOTE ENGAGEMENTS - A service provider is prompted to provide a summary of an engagement with a consumer, an audible summary provided by the provider is recorded and, and the audible summary is associated with a record of the engagement. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317844 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING - A method and system are provided for facilitating decision making, such as in a clinical setting. In accordance with this technique, a set of encoded guidelines are executed to identify information that may be used to generate patient management options. The information is acquired, if available. Based on the encoded guidelines and the acquired information, a set of patient management options are generated and provided to one or more reviewers for review and selection of a patient management option. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317845 | Method and Apparatus for Fulfilling Requests for Perishable Items - Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable medium, for fulfilling a need for at least one perishable item, the method including reserving a plurality of perishable items with at least partially unknown attribute profiles from a supplier; receiving values for at least some of the reserved at least partially unknown attribute profiles, wherein the received values are determined by tests conducted after the reserving step; determining based on the received values which of the plurality of perishable items satisfy the need for the at least one perishable item; and if at least one of the plurality of perishable items does not satisfy the need for the at least one perishable item, unreserving the at least one perishable item of the plurality of perishable items determined not to satisfy the need for the at least one perishable item. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317846 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, SERVER DEVICE, INFORMATION SYSTEM AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT SUPPORT METHOD - A health management support method comprising measuring an amount of activity of a user during a first measurement term and a second measurement term, calculating a required amount of activity as the amount of activity for realizing physical characteristics, the required amount of activity being calculated according to an index value of the designated physical characteristics, calculating a reference amount of activity of the user according to the amount of activity measured during the first measurement term, calculating a target amount of activity which is determined by adding the reference amount of activity to the required amount of activity; and determining a degree of target achievement which is achieved by the amount of activity of the user during the second measurement term after the first measurement term. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317847 | Medical Care Support System - The present invention is a system for supporting an evaluation of workflow step items on the basis of a workflow by classifying workflow steps so as to have a common medical-related work by using a medical information database in which a workflow, which is a flow of the medical-related work, and information on respective workflow steps are stored in association with medical information, creating workflow step items having a parent and child identifier identified between a parent department as a client and a child department as a requested party and the medical information, calculating a workflow step evaluation value, which is an evaluation value of the workflow step item on the basis of the clinical indicator of the workflow, and displaying the same on a screen. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130325488 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING COST INFORMATION FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES - Methods and systems for providing cost information for health care services enable, among other things, health care users to make more informed and cost-effective decisions regarding their use of health care services, and/or health care providers to compete against one another on the basis of cost. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method includes: receiving, via a device, a user input requesting cost information for a health care service for a user; and providing, via the device and in response to the user input, a display including one or more health care providers and cost information for each of the one or more health care providers for providing the health care service for the user. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325489 | SECURE COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL AVAILABILITY STATUS - A system for managing healthcare-related communications includes a computer network and a server system comprising a portal that is accessible through the computer network. The server system includes a healthcare professional profile subsystem that is operable to perform operations including the following: receive input through the portal from a first computing device, wherein the input indicates an availability status for a first healthcare professional; store the availability status as part of a profile for the first healthcare professional; and in response to receiving a request through the portal from a second healthcare professional, provide for viewing by the second healthcare professional a listing of one or more healthcare professionals, wherein the listing includes the name and availability status of the first healthcare professional. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325490 | SECURE COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING REFERRAL TRACKING - A system for managing healthcare-related communications includes a computer network and a server system that includes a portal accessible through the computer network. The server system includes a referral tracking subsystem that is operable to perform operations including tracking referrals among physicians based on communications sent through the server system, and storing information about the tracked referrals. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325491 | Therapy Tracking And Management System - A computer implemented method and system for tracking and managing therapy sessions using a therapy management application (TMA) is provided. The TMA is accessible by an electronic device in multiple access modes. The TMA schedules therapy sessions with multiple clients and generates one or more goals for each of the clients based on an evaluation of the clients in the therapy sessions. The TMA categorizes the generated goals for each of the clients into one or more goal categories and defines one or more goal measurements for each of the generated goals within each of the goal categories. The TMA collects and tracks data acquired from the scheduled therapy sessions of each of the clients for the defined goal measurements via a graphical user interface. The TMA generates progress reports based on performance of each of the clients for each of the generated goals using the collected and tracked data. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325492 | BUSINESS METHOD FOR COLLECTION, PROCESSING, CRYOGENIC STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF A BIOLOGIC SAMPLE MATERIAL - Methods and systems for collection, processing, cryogenic storage and distribution of a stem cell based biological sample material. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325493 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE STATES OF HEALTH USING PERSONALIZED 3-D ANATOMICAL MODELS - A computer generated 3-D model of the human body (avatar) is created by aggregating personal health and medical data of a user. This data may include data derived from the user's electronic medical record. The user's physical characteristics are entered into the software to generate a personalized avatar that resembles him or her. Data regarding the user's medical history and physical characteristics are visualized on the avatar to map the past and present states of the user, and may be modified by a set of health variables for the purpose of projecting a future body image over established time intervals. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325494 | Mobile Fulfillment Platform For Prescription Medications - Embodiments are directed towards a method implemented by a server computer for electronic ordering of medicine by a patient from a pharmacy after a valid paper or electronic prescription has been issued by a doctor, including maintaining a database of doctors that includes records for doctors, the records including a point-of-care location where a doctor provides care to patients, receiving from a mobile device a location of the mobile device at a designated time, determining that the location of the mobile device at the designated time matches a point-of-care location for a doctor included in the database of doctors, inferring that the user of the mobile device has visited the doctor, and sending an alert message to the mobile device. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325495 | ENHANCED AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING FOR TRACKING HEALTHCARE ACTIVITIES - An example embodiment includes a method of employee activity and performance tracking. The method includes receiving data packets from a base station. The data packets include locational information pertaining to one or more employees. The method also includes calculating an event timeframe from the data packets. The event timeframe includes a start date/time of an event, an end date/time of the event, a location of the event, and an identification of one or more employees involved in the event. The method further includes refining the event timeframe and communicating the event timeframe to the one or more employees identified in the event timeframe. The method also includes receiving a designation by the one or more employees, the designation including details of the event. The method further includes storing the data packets, the event timeframe, and the designation. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325496 | SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING FRAUD - A system for preventing fraud may be provided. The system may include a processor that may receive a prescription for a patient from a physician that is registered with the system. Additionally, the processor may be configured to receive a patient identification number, a financial identification number, and a group identification number from a digital prescription provided by the patient when the patient attempts to fill the prescription. If the patient identification number, the financial identification number, and the group identification number from the digital prescription match the information in the prescription received from the physician, then the processor may transmit a signal to enable the patient to receive medicine associated with the prescription. However, if the patient identification number, the financial identification number, and the group identification number from the digital prescription do not match the prescription from the physician, the processor may prevent the patient from receiving medicine. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325497 | CLINICAL INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, CLINICAL INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND CLINICAL INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM - Based on summary extraction information in which each disease and each clinical information item extracted from a summary related information of at least one of (1) a treatment result summary, (2) a treatment review summary, (3) a history of a series of operations for generating the treatment result summary, and (4) a history of a series of operations for generating the treatment review summary are related, calculating a degree of appearance of each clinical information item, item by item, with respect to each disease as item information, determining a clinical information item whose calculated item information satisfies a predetermined condition as an important clinical information item, generating a display filter in which a disease and an important clinical information item corresponding to the disease are related, and displaying clinical information based on a display target disease and a display filter corresponding to the display target disease. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325498 | Health Outcome Prediction and Management System and Method - A system, method and apparatus for providing statistical estimates useful for decision support, including computer networks and software configured to provide such support. The methods and apparatus herein are particularly useful for providing information to health care providers, mission commanders and decision makers as it relates to the statistical modeling of the severity, prevalence and category of prevalence of various diseases in general, and to Acute Mountain Sickness in particular. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325499 | HEALTH ACT TRANSACTIONS AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for coordinating patient care among members of a patient care team including a care provider and a patient are described. One embodiment includes receiving, from a first user, via a user interface, a selection of a care transition specified in a health act grammar and binding the first user to a source actor node associated with the selected care transition in the health act grammar. The method further includes identifying, using at least one processor, at least one target actor with the selected care transition based, at least in part, on a target actor role specified in the health act grammar, and notifying the at least one target actor of a patient care responsibility associated with the selected care transition. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325500 | Identification of Health Risks and Suggested Treatment Actions - Using a brokerage system, a consumer of services is matched with a service provider and a comprehensive health management plan is generated for the consumer during the consumer's interaction with the brokerage system. The brokerage system uses a rules engine to identify one or more conditions of the consumer's health and generate one or more follow-up actions based at least in part on the consumer's identified health condition. The consumer is notified of at least one of the identified conditions and the generated follow-up actions. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325501 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED HEALTH CARE COMPLIANCE - Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture may provide for improved health care compliance. Embodiments may comprise, for example, identifying an occurrence of an event associated with the taking of a substance by a patient, determining output information associated with a game, and providing the output information to the patient. Some embodiments may comprise receiving a code associated with a patient, wherein the code includes encoded information that is indicative of an occurrence of an event associated with the taking of a substance by a patient, decoding the code to determine the information, determining whether the occurrence of the event is compliant with a condition associated with the taking of the substance, and providing, in the case that compliance with the condition is determined, one or more rewards to the patient. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130332179 | COLLABORATIVE IMAGE VIEWING ARCHITECTURE HAVING AN INTEGRATED SECURE FILE TRANSFER LAUNCHING MECHANISM - Systems and methods for providing a medical imaging application having a collaboratively-based secure file transfer mechanism. In accordance with some implementations, the medical imaging application may provide a user interface wherein a particular patient record may be selected by user. The medical imaging application may then launch an image viewer wherein the user may view and manipulate patient image data. From within image user interface, a collaboration session may be launched such that multiple users may view and manipulate the patient image data together. The users may be remotely located to a host facility where the patient data is stored. If it is determined that a patient should be transferred from the host facility to another facility, then from within the collaboration session, a user at the host facility may initiate a secure data transfer of the patient image data and other patient information to a receiving facility. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332180 | MOBILE CARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A system and method for tracking encounters between case managers and members of a healthcare insurance network, the system comprising: a provider network server accessible via a communication network; the server comprising: a scheduling module for creating and assigning a visit and task schedule to a plurality of case managers, a tracking module for determining visit information of the plurality of case managers, tracking visit times, and determining the actual travel distance; a visit record module for administering visit records of the case managers; a verification module for capturing data input of a member's signature verifying a case manager's visit record; a communication module for bidirectionally communicating data input and member information such as tasks lists; and at least one mobile transmission unit operable for communicating with the provider network via the communication module. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332181 | EVIDENCE-BASED PERSONALIZED DIABETES SELF-CARE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An evidence-based, personalized, diabetes self-care information system and method to better ensure improved personal management, outcomes and health status across time, including the steps of:
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| 20130332182 | EVIDENCE-BASED PERSONALIZED DIABETES SELF-CARE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A personal, evidence-based, self-care information system for the management of diabetes, executing on a computer, receiving data input from a user, processing the data, and outputting results to the user, including a settings module; a glucose module; and a patterns module. A mobile device for the management of diabetes, including a memory, a processor, an input device, an output device, and a computer program executing on the processor, the computer program including a settings module, a glucose module, and a patterns module, and the glucose module receiving blood glucose measurement data input from a user through the input device, the patterns module analyzing the blood glucose measurement data in real time and outputting results of the analysis of blood glucose measurement data to the user. A computer-based method for the management of diabetes, receiving data input from a user, processing the data, and outputting results to the user, having the steps of inputting a target glucose range for the user; inputting a blood glucose measurement; inputting an event associated with the glucose measurement; and outputting information to the user. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332183 | Array of Drugs and Wellness Products - An array of drug and wellness products. The array has a first category and a second category. Each category has at least two products and each product provides a drug benefit. The products are grouped in the array by category and drug benefit. The array can also comprise both wellness and treatment products. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332184 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS - Systems and methods for reducing the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are described. Embodiments of the present invention empower and educate patients and their advocates, while providing proximate (and in some cases, real-time) feedback to health care workers (HCWs) regarding their compliance with known protocols that reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332185 | VISIT RECORD SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR MOBILE CARE NETWORK - A system and method for tracking and verifying encounters between case managers and members of a healthcare insurance network, the system comprising: a provider network server accessible via a communication network; the server comprising: a scheduling module for creating and assigning a visit and task schedule to a plurality of case managers, a tracking module for determining visit information of the plurality of case managers, tracking visit times, and determining the actual travel distance; a visit record module for administering visit records of the case managers; a verification module for capturing data input of a member's signature verifying a case manager's visit record; a communication module for bidirectionally communicating data input and member information such as tasks lists; and at least one mobile transmission unit operable for communicating with the provider network via the communication module. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332186 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HEALTHCARE PAYMENT PROCESSING - Methods and apparatus for facilitating a payment collection process by enabling a patient to pre-authorize payment for future medical services not covered by the patient's healthcare payer. Rather than sending a statement to a patient instructing the payment to remit an outstanding balance, a practice management system automatically applies electronic funds for the patient's outstanding balance in accordance with terms of a contract executed between the patient and the medical practice at the time of service. By including contract terms such as a predefined maximum charge amount and limited contract duration, patients may feel that their electronic account information is safe and that they will be billed only for what they owe. Additionally, medical practices may have better assurance that remittance for medical services will be paid promptly by patients under the terms of the contract. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332187 | PERSONALIZED MEDICAL CONTENT RECOMMENDATION - Method, system, and computer program product for personalized medical content recommendation are provided. The method may include: having a patient medical profile; having a concept or relationship relating to the patient medical profile; obtaining medical content relevant to the concept or relationship; determining a score of the concept or relationship to the patient medical profile; enhancing the score with a context score based on the values of attributes of the concept or relationship in the patient medical profile; enhancing the score with an additional knowledge score based on knowledge of the concept or relationship additional to the medical content; recommending medical content with respect to a patient medical profile based on the enhanced scores. The method may also include providing an explanation of a medical content recommendation based on a matching concept or relationship, including generating one or more explanation sentences based on the context score, and generating one or more explanation sentences based on the additional knowledge score. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332188 | MANAGING PATIENT CARE THROUGH AN EMERGENCY ROOM OF A HOSPITAL USING A COMPUTER - Computer implemented methods of, and apparatuses for, managing patient care through an emergency department of a hospital. Healthcare practitioners are prompted through a computer for a medical diagnosis from a list of diagnoses, for patient conditions pertinent to the diagnosis, and for treatment orders, which can include a medical or medication prescription. The system determines whether sufficient patient conditions have been evaluated to support third party payment for admitting the patient to the hospital if so ordered, automatically contacts an in-patient care practitioner at the hospital, and initiates a process to find a bed for the patient. The practitioner is prompted to issue treatment orders and medication dosages can be automatically checked. Data entered by different practitioners can be compared and shared. Faster and more consistent patient care can be achieved and healthcare costs that are not reimbursed can be minimized. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332189 | PATIENT-INTERACTIVE HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT - Patient-interactive health care management provides the ability for healthcare services received by a patient to be confirmed by the patient, or designated person, immediately after and subsequently after the healthcare services are rendered. The patient/designated person may be provided the ability to verify the accuracy of an invoice for the rendered services/goods and may provide an assessment of the rendered services/goods. The patient/designated person may provide this information via an appropriate stationary and/or portable processor. Healthcare may be received at any appropriate location or locations. The evaluation may occur at any appropriate location or locations. An after care risk assessment may be provided to the patient/designated person to evaluate the patient's status immediately after, subsequently after, and/or in between the healthcare services rendered. Patient-interactive health care may protect the safety of patients, mitigate disparities in care, protect payers, and/or facilitate adoption of health information technology. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130339039 | Mobile Wireless Medical Practitioner, Patient, and Medical Object Recognition and Control - A system, handheld devices, and methods for medical object tracking and control. The system tracks and controls items, medical practitioners, patients, and their interactions. The handheld mobile wireless device provides item specific information, instruction, and supervision. A plurality of handheld devices is configured to be used by different medical practitioners, and communicate with a central database. A handheld device comprises a camera for scanning an image of a medical object, a display for displaying information, and a wireless network connection to the database. The system recognizes the medical object and identifies a person, either as a medical practitioner, medical technician, or patient. The database includes information regarding people and their roles, permissions, and authorized or assigned tasks; medical objects and tools; medical object specific instructions; and the handheld devices. An observer, or the system, can monitor the performance of the tasks, and provide corrective feedback. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339040 | Selecting Secondary Patient Care - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for selecting a secondary care facility. Secondary care facility data can be collected and stored in a facility database. Received patient care data can be compared with the secondary care facility data in the facility database, resulting in a set of one or more secondary care facility identifiers, which can be provided to a patient representative. The patient representative may select at least one of the identified secondary care facilities presented, based on secondary care facility data provided to the patient representative. The selection made by the patient representative along with selection criteria data, such as a selection process and data provided, can be stored in an auditing database for later retrieval as desired. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339041 | CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to medicine and can be used as a clinical information system. The clinical information system comprises computerized stations for an attending doctor, which stations are equipped with input/output devices and are connected by a network to a message checker with a subsystem for inputting source information about each patient, for the attending doctor to differentiate between clinical and instrumental-laboratory data to establish a diagnosis, the above-mentioned subsystem for inputting source information communicates via an exchange busbar with an information carrier subsystem which has the function of reproducing information reference material on the display of the computerized work station of the attending doctor, which reference material corresponds to the type of information input into the subsystem for inputting source information about each patient, and the above-mentioned subsystem for inputting source information is connected via a general busbar to a general medical database and to an intellectually analytical and statistical information processing unit, which communicate with each other in an information exchange mode, and to a unit for forming medical accounts. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC CONCORDANCE - Systems and methods for implementing a web-based software that aids physicians in selecting healthcare treatment options through the use of care algorithms are disclosed. The system and method incorporate an interface that displays Quality Assessment References “QARs” within decision trees that are updated based on user feedback, user submitted justifications, user patterns and new medical discoveries. Through the system and method of the invention users are provided with real-time data related to healthcare diagnoses, treatments and tests. Users are also provided with a decision tree that follows existing QARs for diagnoses, treatments and tests. Users are also provided with the ability to override the existing QAR, if justified. When justifications for overriding the existing QAR reach a predetermined threshold level, the QAR is altered. In this way, the QAR is adaptable based upon user utilization and performance. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339043 | VISION CORRECTION PRESCRIPTION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT FACILITY - A self-contained, free-standing vision-based health assessment/vision correction prescription system is provided, with a variety of health assessment sensors and vision correction sensors offered in a single, self-contained, Internet-connected facility that allows automated fulfillment of items that address the needs of a user that are determined by a vision/health assessment. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339044 | MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR RISK EVALUATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGY (REMS) PROGRAMS - Applications for risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) are disclosed herein. Such applications may execute on devices operated by healthcare professionals, patients, pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies, third parties and other parties. One or more of such devices may be mobile devices, thereby allowing information to be presented and obtained at a variety of times and locations. One or more different features may be made available to each of such parties as necessary to assist in their desired scope of interaction with a REMS program. Applications on client devices may communicate with one or more servers to send and receive information associated with REMS related features. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339045 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING MEDICATION ORDERING - The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for optimizing and fulfilling medication orders. For example, in one embodiment, a method for fulfilling medication orders includes receiving information regarding a medication order; receiving a budget amount; performing a search based on the medication order and the budget amount; and displaying results of the search to a user. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339046 | MEDICAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION SYSTEM AND DATA RECOVERY METHOD - A medical apparatus according to an embodiment includes a storage unit configured to store medical information, a communication controller configured to communicate, via a communication network, the medical information with other equipment connected to the communication network, a controller configured to manage transmission of the medical information to the other equipment and a task performed by the medical apparatus, and a task consignment preparation unit configured to prepare a storage medium storing information necessary for the medical apparatus to consign a task performed by the medical apparatus to another apparatus connected to the communication network. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339047 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING LIFT USAGE - Methods and systems for lift monitoring are described. In one embodiment, a first operation signal may be received from a first relay coupled to an electro-mechanical patient lift when the electro-mechanical patient lift is being operated in a first position. A second operation signal may be received from a second relay coupled to the electro-mechanical patient lift when the electro-mechanical patient lift is being operated in a second position. A determination of whether a lift qualification threshold is met may be based on the receiving of the first operation signal and the second operation signal. An occurrence of a lift may be recorded when a determination is made that the lift qualification threshold is met. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339048 | System And Methods Of Providing Pharmacy Services - System and methods for processing a drug prescription transaction are configured to identify and resolve any issue or problem associated with the transaction during one or more early stages of processing. System and methods of processing the transaction handle prescription and customer data entry, pharmacy inventory check, prescription refill authorization check and/or insurance adjudication review well in advance of production and quality assurance stages by identifying and resolving any issue or problem. Prescription fulfillment is prioritized and estimated prescription pick-up times are predicted based on one or more outcomes of such early stage processing. Customers can be provided with realistic and relatively accurate prescription pick up times that a pharmacy can efficiently and consistently meet as a result of fulfillment prioritization. Further, system and methods for determining a staffing schedule for a workflow process requiring different skill levels during different operation times is provided. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339049 | Electronic Patient Monitoring System - An electronic patient monitoring system comprising a monitoring client and a remote communicator are provided. The monitoring client is configured to store patient information. The patient information may be patient-specific information. The monitoring client may receive the information from a database, e.g., through a monitoring server. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130346089 | PERSONAL HEALTH SERVER AND ECOSYSTEM - The present invention provides, in at least one embodiment, a device, system, and method for remote healthcare. A personal health server device is connected to one or more wired or wireless medical devices. The medical devices monitor medical data such as heart rate, body weight, oxygen saturation, medical adherence, blood coagulation, blood pressure, glucose, temperature, or activity level. The personal health server device stores the medical data from the medical devices and wirelessly transmits the medical data to web enabled browsers through a cellular carrier using a cellular carrier signal such as 3G, 4G, or LTE, with no need for an internet connection. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346090 | Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for Providing Disease and/or Condition Specific Adaptive Mobile Health Content, Applications and/or Solutions - Systems, methods and computer program products for providing condition specific adaptive content include receiving condition specific information into a data repository, defining requirements corresponding to the condition specific information, building a condition specific application based on the requirements, configuring the condition specific application corresponding to user-specific attribute and delivering the condition specific application to a processing device that is operable to execute the condition specific application. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346091 | TRANSITION MONITORING AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS - The present invention provides, in at least one embodiment, a device, system, and method for remote healthcare. A personal health server device is connected to one or more wired or wireless medical devices. The medical devices monitor medical data such as heart rate, body weight, oxygen saturation, medical adherence, blood coagulation, blood pressure, glucose, temperature, or activity level. The personal health server device stores the medical data from the medical devices and wirelessly transmits the medical data to web enabled browsers through a cellular carrier using a cellular carrier signal such as 3G, 4G, or LTE, with no need for an internet connection. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346092 | METHOD FOR TAILORING STRATEGY MESSAGES FROM AN EXPERT SYSTEM TO ENHANCE SUCCESS WITH MODIFICATIONS TO HEALTH BEHAVIORS - A system and method for assisting with the maintenance of healthy lifestyle habits by generating tailored strategy messages within an expert system and then pushing those messages to the corresponding individual users of the cellular phones or other portable devices. The system and method allows diet and exercise plans to be tailored to individual users based on their preferences and provides consistent and appropriate strategy messages designed to encourage and motivate users toward successfully maintaining healthy lifestyle habits. Users complete initial assessments which detail individual food and physical activity preferences. The system uses the assessments to generate individualized messages that are pushed to user devices through a system incorporating cellular technologies. Tailored messages are pushed from the computer based expert system to user devices at predetermined times each day. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346093 | Systems and Methods for Analytics on Viable Patient Populations - Systems and methods for analytics on viable patient populations are disclosed. One disclosed method includes displaying a user interface control associated with a patient criteria, receiving a selection of a patient criteria through the user interface control, the patient criteria associated with a characteristic of a patient population, retrieving a subset of patient population source data from a patient population data source, the subset of patient population source data based at least in part on the selected patent criteria, and displaying a graphical representation of a patient population based on the retrieved subset of the patient population source data. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346094 | Systems and Methods For Predictive Analytics for Site Initiation and Patient Enrollment - Methods and systems for predictive analytics for site initiation and patient enrollment are disclosed. One method may include: receiving a user's selection of one or more parameters associated with a clinical trial; accessing a database of data associated with a plurality of previous clinical trials; comparing the one or more parameters to the previous clinical trials; determining one or more factors associated with the clinical trial based on the comparison; and displaying the parameters and the factors on a display. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346095 | AUTOMATED CORRELATION OF CLINICAL FINDINGS - Arrangements described herein relate to correlation of clinical findings. A first list presented can include a plurality of candidate first clinical findings that potentially correspond to a first modality of testing performed on a patient. Responsive to receiving a first user input selecting at least one of the candidate first clinical findings, that candidate first clinical finding can be selected as a first clinical finding corresponding to the first modality of testing. A second list presented can include a plurality of candidate second clinical findings that potentially correspond to a second modality of testing performed. Responsive to receiving a second user input selecting at least one of the candidate second clinical findings, that candidate second clinical finding can be selected as a second clinical finding corresponding to the second modality of testing. A determination can be made whether the first clinical finding and the second clinical finding clinically correlate. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346096 | SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING COSTS OF A HEALTHCARE PRACTICE - Systems, computer programs, and methods for controlling ancillary medical costs of a healthcare practice and/or insurance network with a plurality of physicians participating therein, are provided. According to an example method, the steps include identifying one or more a plurality of physicians having ancillary medical costs that exceed a certain level to thereby identify the physician or physicians for behavior modification with respect to ancillary medical costs. The method can also include generating information identifying recommended alternative ancillary medical procedures to modify behavior of a physician or physicians with respect to management of the ancillary medical costs. The method can also determining whether the ancillary medical costs of the physician or physicians have decreased to a preselected/baseline level, and distributing a percentage of a savings attributed to the modified ancillary medical cost management behavior when the ancillary medical costs have decreased to or below the preselected/baseline level. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346097 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA RELATING TO NURSE INTERVENTION PROGRAM DECISIONS - According to some embodiments, historical claim data may be stored in a computer storage unit. The historical claim data may be used to train and verify a predictive model, the predictive model being associated with an evaluation of claim transactions to determine whether to refer each claim transactions to a nurse intervention program. Data for current claim transactions may be processed, and the trained and verified predictive model may be applied to the data for the current claim transactions to generate a respective output for each of the current claim transactions. Some of the current claim transactions may be selectively routed to a case management center associated with the nurse intervention program based on the outputs generated by the predictive model. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346098 | PATIENT COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A healthcare communication system can include a patient terminal having a keyboard unit with message keys for transmitting different ones of one or more programmed messages, and alphanumeric keys for composing messages. The patient terminal can be communicatively linked to a patient terminal display for presenting the programmed messages and composed messages. Each of the message keys can include identifying indicia associated with a programmed message transmitted upon selection of the message key. The patient terminal keyboard also can include one or more destination keys for specifying one of multiple destination addresses within the healthcare communication system for delivering individual ones of the messages. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346099 | NETWORKED DIALYSIS SYSTEM - A dialysis system includes (i) a first home dialysis machine located at a first patient's home; (ii) a second home dialysis machine located at a second patient's home; (iii) a first modem in data communication with the first home dialysis machine; (iv) a second modem in data communication with the second home dialysis machine; (v) a clinician server associated with a dialysis center; (vi) a first clinician computer in data communication with the clinician server; (vii) a second clinician computer in data communication with the clinician server; (viii) a dialysis center modem in data communication with the clinician server; and (ix) a network in data communication with the first modem, the second modem and the dialysis center modem. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346100 | MEDICAL PAYMENT SYSTEM - A medical payment system is described in which a provider of medical goods and/or services submits, via telephone or other communications medium, a request for payment amount determination for a patient encounter. A price determination system determines which of a plurality of fee schedules negotiated by the provider applies to the patient encounter and calculates, based at least in part on information entered by the provider, a payment amount for the encounter. In one embodiment, the provider receives the payment amount information while the patient is at the point of service. In one embodiment, the provider may use the system to submit a claim for payment by at least one responsible party. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346101 | CLINICAL TRIALS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Protocol meta-models are made available to a protocol designer. Each protocol meta-model includes a list of preliminary patient eligibility attributes appropriate for a particular disease category. The protocol designer chooses the appropriate meta-model, and encodes the clinical trial protocol, including eligibility and patient workflow, within the selected meta-model. The resulting protocol database is stored together with databases of other protocols in a library of protocol databases. Once a patient is enrolled into a study, the protocol database indicates to a clinician what tasks are to be performed at each patient visit. These tasks can include both patient management tasks and data management tasks. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346102 | DIALYSIS TREATMENT PRESCRIPTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A dialysis system includes: a home dialysis machine located at a patient's home; a clinician computer associated with a dialysis center, the dialysis center located remotely from the home dialysis machine; a server in data communication with the home dialysis machine and the clinician computer; and wherein the system is configured and arranged for (i) treatment data to be sent by the home dialysis machine to the clinician computer via the server, and (ii) the treatment data to be analyzed to form a treatment prescription that is delivered to and used by the home dialysis machine to perform a subsequent treatment. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140006038 | Account Tracking System for Health Resource Encounters | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006039 | Health Care Index | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006040 | HOME HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INCLUDING MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPENSING MEDICINES | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006041 | TRACKING VENTILATOR INFORMATION FOR REPORTING A VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED EVENT | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006042 | METHODS FOR CONDUCTING STUDIES | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006043 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS FOR PHARMACEUTICALS THAT REQUIRE INSURER PREAPPROVAL | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006044 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING HEALTHCARE SERVICE BUNDLES | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006045 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPORTING AND NOTIFYING PARTIES OF INJURIES | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006046 | Survey System for Improving Regimen Adherence | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006047 | MEDICAL RECORD RETRIEVAL SYSTEM BASED ON SENSOR INFORMATION AND A METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006048 | MONETARY TRANSACTION SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006049 | Reactive Workflow System and Method | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006050 | Method and System for Optimizing Savings Benefits | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140012590 | System and Method for Inter-Relating Multiple Data Types - A system and method of inter-relating multiple data types to provide a comprehensive data output reflecting non-retail sales of pharmaceuticals is disclosed. In particular, the system and method of the present invention provides for receiving non-retail pharmaceutical delivery information of pharmaceuticals deliver to outlets from manufacturers or distributors, where the data is primarily inconsistent and features many voids ( | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012591 | Systems and Methods for a Destination-Based Care Services Model - Examples disclose systems and method for a destination-based care services model. The method may be executable to receive from a computing device location data associated with a plurality of patients, and identify a task associated with one or more of the patients. The method may be further executable to determine that a patient task has been initiated and subsequently paused prior to completion of the patient task. Moreover, the method may be executable to detect that the patient task was later resumed, and determine a total time to complete the patient task. An alert may be generated if the total time to complete the patient task is outside of an allowable threshold. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012592 | SELECTING A SOLUTION - A method of selecting a solution, comprises identifying a set of performance indicators that are correlated with a quality indicator. A target value is set for at least one of the performance indicators, based on a target in respect of the quality indicator. A plurality of solutions is selected, wherein a solution is associated with an effect on said at least one of the performance indicators for which a target value was set. At least one solution is selected of the plurality of solutions based on the target value of said at least one of the performance indicators and the effect of the selected at least one solution on said at least one of the performance indicators. A scenario is simulated with a particular value of at least one of the performance indicators, to obtain a predicted value of the quality indicator. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012593 | APPARATUDS AND METHOD FOR LIFESTYLE MANAGEMENT BASED ON MODEL - An apparatus for lifestyle management based on models established from characteristics of individual users. The apparatus includes a collector configured to acquire user data including data acquired by a sensor; a determiner configured to analyze the acquired user data based on a model and determine whether a user has an abnormal condition; and an information provider configured to provide the user with information of the abnormal condition. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012594 | Clinical Outcome-Dependent Medical Intervention Cost Reimbursement System - Medical intervention cost reimbursement on a clinical outcome-dependent basis may be implemented through a periodic cost reimbursement instrument, such as an annuity, associated with the delivery of acute or other discrete event medical intervention, such as gene therapy, cell therapy, or medical nanotechnology. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012595 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO PROMOTE TARGETED INTER-PATIENT INTERACTIONS TO INCREASE PATIENT ADHERENCE - Inter-patient networks, in particular virtual environments such as an online forum, may foster a sense of community and help promote user adherence to a (positive airway pressure) therapy regimen, despite various practical limitations. Systems and methods are provided to alleviate such limitations by providing a virtual environment in which users are matched (anonymously) in pairs or groups based on usage information of their respective therapeutic devices. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140019149 | Scheduling a Patient for a Remote, Virtual Consultation - A system and method for scheduling a patient for remote, virtual consultation by a first available matching medical service provider are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a classifier, a medical analyzer and a scheduler. The classifier associates a specialty with the first medical service provider (FMSP). The medical analyzer identifies a condition associated with the patient and identifies a specialty of medical service provider that can address the condition. The scheduler generates a list of patients waiting for medical consultation, receives an indication of availability of the FMSP, selects a patient from the list of patients based at least in part on whether the FMSP is associated with the specialty of medical service provider that can address the condition associated with the patient, checks for an available consultation device at a node associated with the patient, and assigns the FMSP for remote, virtual consultation with the patient. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019150 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING FINANCIAL ANALYSES FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS - The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing financial analyses to service providers. In some cases, the inventions relates to systems that gathers information, for a chosen period of time, about a subset of chosen procedures selected from all procedures performed by a service provider's practice. This gathered information can include, among other things, a time required for the provider to perform each of the chosen procedures, a fee for service charge the provider charges for each chosen procedure; a fee an insurance company is willing to pay for each of the chosen procedures; and a number of each of the chosen procedures the provider performed in the chosen period. In some case, the systems determine a weighted profit/loss for each of the chosen procedures under the fee for service charge and under fee that the insurance company is willing to pay. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019151 | WELLNESS HEALTHCARE AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE SYSTEM - Methods, devices and systems for performing personalized wellness healthcare by forming a patient personal assessment using one or more bioindicator levels and one or more personal indicator communications. A processor assigns relational impact factors to the input, and a differentiator determines a diagnosis or prognosis based on normal and disease states. A treatment and/or wellness plan can be generated. The methods, devices and systems can be operated in a kiosk, and/or remotely. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THRESHOLDS OF RANGE OF VALUES USED TO ALLOCATE PATIENTS TO A TREATMENT LEVEL OF A TREATMENT PROGRAM - There is provided a system for determining a threshold value or range of values for results of a test used to assign patients to a particular level of treatment for a clinical condition, the system comprising one or more databases storing historical information on a plurality of patients having the clinical condition, the information including values for the test performed on the patients, information on the treatment level for the clinical condition provided to the patients, there being a plurality of available treatment levels for the clinical condition, information on the outcome of the clinical condition for the patients and information on the cost associated with providing each of the treatment levels to the patients; and a processing module in communication with said one or more databases, the processing module determining a threshold value or range of values for results of the test from the information in said one or more databases, with the threshold value or range of values indicating the most cost effective treatment level for a given test result. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019153 | DRUG MIXING PREPARATION MANAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A method and apparatus for managing a mixed injection preparation according to a mixed injection preparation instruction is described. The method includes obtaining a list of drugs included in a mixed injection preparation instruction, the displaying the list on a display unit. Information about a candidate drug for inclusion in the mixed injection is obtained and compared to the preparation instructions. When the candidate drug corresponds with the preparation instructions, an inspection completion symbol is displayed on the display screen in conjunction with respective drug on the list of drugs. When all drugs on the list of drugs are displayed in conjunction with a respective inspection completion symbol, an instruction is sent to a printer to print an inspection completion label. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019154 | Clinical Content Management System - In one embodiment, a method of operating a clinical content management system includes providing a master server with a master content database including master content, providing at least one first derivative content database operably connected to the master content database, each of the at least one first derivative content databases including derived content derived from the master content, including new content in the master content database, identifying with the master server each of the at least one first derivative content databases including derived content related to the new content, issuing a notice of the new content based upon the identified at least one first derivative content database including derived content related to the new content, and tracking at the master server whether the new content is incorporated into the identified at least one first derivative content database including derived content related to the new content. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019155 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTHCARE COST MANAGEMENT - Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for healthcare cost management. In one implementation, information is imported into a database using a network component. The information relates to a claim involving medical services billed by a provider for a consumer. The consumer is prompted to review an accuracy of one or more items of the billed medical services. An initial review of the accuracy of the one or more items by the consumer is received at a server. The initial review identifies whether the one or more items correspond to actual services performed by the provider. The claim is verified based on the initial review. The verification dictates whether an inquiry is sent to the provider regarding the claim. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019156 | Method of Collecting Delinquent Specialized Debt - An internet-based system for organization and collection of specialized debt that is delinquent; an example of specialized debt being healthcare debt. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019157 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING READMISSION AFTER DISCHARGE - Systems and methods are disclosed for improving healthcare outcomes, such as following discharge of a patient following discharge from a hospital or other facility. In some embodiments, a first computer system of a first entity, detects discharge of a patient from a second entity based on activities of the patient and in response transmits, to an electronic device of a second entity, a request for discharge information of the patient. One or more follow-up activities are automatically scheduled for the patient and participation of the patient in the activities is verified by the first computer system. Follow-up activities may include a visit to a primary care physician (PCP), an in-person phone call, automated phone call, and other activities. One or more escalation actions may be taken based on results of these activities or failure of the patient to take part in these activities. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019158 | Distribution of Infusion Pumps - Some embodiments described herein provide for a number of portable infusion pumps to be distributed to a pump user via a pharmacy system or like. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140025390 | Apparatus and Method for Automated Outcome-Based Process and Reference Improvement in Healthcare - A computer implemented system is provided for improving healthcare performance through use of outcome, reference and process modules. The interactions of these 3 modules impact a variety of aspects of healthcare service (e.g., diagnosis, treatment, clinical, management, finance, fraud and waste, etc.) and can build a functional eco system for healthcare service self improvement. This system is particularly useful to healthcare providers, payors (i.e., insurance companies), and healthcare compliance organizations (e.g., federal and state governments). | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140025391 | ENHANCED TRANSACTION PROCESSING - Methods, systems, and computer-executable instructions for operating a payment processing system are provided. An exemplary method includes receiving a request to determine a transaction capability of a merchant's transaction system. The request is received from a requester at a payment processing system. The method includes determining the requested transaction capability based on merchant data retrieved from a database of the payment processing system. The transaction capability of the merchant includes information indicating compatibility of the merchant's transaction system with one or more features of the payment processing system. The method further includes transmitting, using the payment processing system, the transaction capability to the requester in response to the request. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140025392 | Systems and Methods for Validating Treatment Instructions - The present invention can be described as systems and methods for validating treatment instructions. The system may comprise a server having a library database and an agency interface configured to receive medical treatment guidelines and store medical treatment guidelines in the library database. The system may also comprise an administrative console, a processor and a medical device. The processor is configured to validate a treatment instruction of the medical device based on the medical treatment guidelines in the library database. As a method, the present invention receives updated medical information and a treatment instruction of the medical device. Using the processor the treatment instruction is validated based on the medical information of the library database and a validation message is transmitted to the medical device. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140025393 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT - A clinical decision support system comprises a memory device having a plurality of routines stored therein, a processor configured to execute the plurality of routines stored in the memory device, the plurality of routines comprising a routine configured to receive primary clinical information from a user associated with a patient, a routine configured to derive expanded clinical information from the user-provided primary clinical information, a routine configured to identify relevant rules from a data store based on the user-provided clinical information and the expanded clinical information, a routine configured to compute a diagnostic relevancy score for each of the identified relevant rules; a routine configured to assign by the processing device the computed diagnostic relevancy score to each identified relevant rule, and a routine configured to display each identified rule in ranked order based on the rule's assigned diagnostic relevancy score. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140025394 | SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING CONTROL OF RESCUING MEDICAL SERVICES, SERVER, AND MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device and server as an integrated emergency information system. The server includes a main control unit; a display control unit producing screen data to control display on the mobile device; a time stamp acquisition unit detecting an event from the mobile device and acquiring a time stamp; an information registration unit receiving information registration; an index production unit producing prescribed indexes based on the registered information and the acquired time stamp; and a unit for determining the degree of emergency and severity of illness or injury based on the registered information and a “performance standard on transportation and acceptance of a sick or injured person” determined by each municipality. The determining unit displays candidates for transportation to a medical institution corresponding to specific diseases, as a list based on the degree of emergency and severity and a list determined by the municipality if a specific disease is anticipated. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140025395 | METHOD OF GROUPING AND ANALYZING CLINICAL RISKS - A method of creating a classification system for rating the nature and severity of health care requirements, including obtaining a set of medical disease codes, categorizing the medical disease codes into major disease categories, and categorizing the medical disease codes in each major disease category into episode disease categories based on severity. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140025396 | Computer Mouse for Monitoring and Improving Health and Productivity of Employees - Provided are embodiments of systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for a computer mouse for sensing health characteristics of a user. A computer mouse including a location sensor adapted to sense movement of the computer mouse, a temperature sensor adapted to sense a body temperature of the user, a blood condition sensor adapted to sense a blood saturation level of the user, and a blood pressure sensor adapted to sense a blood pressure of the user. The computer mouse including a controller to transmit location data corresponding to the sensed movement of the computer mouse, temperature data corresponding to the sensed body temperature, blood condition data corresponding to the sensed blood saturation level, and blood pressure data corresponding to the sensed blood pressure, to a computer workstation for determining movement of the mouse and body temperature, blood saturation level, and the blood pressure of the user. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140025397 | Method for Monitoring and Improving Health and Productivity of Employees Using a Computer Mouse System - Provided are embodiments of systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for sensing health characteristics of a user using a computer mouse having a location sensor configured to sense movement of the computer mouse relative to a work surface on which the computer mouse is located, a temperature sensor, a blood condition sensor and a blood pressure sensor. A method including transmitting, to a computer workstation, location data corresponding to sensed movement of the computer mouse for use in determining movement of the mouse, receiving temperature data from the temperature sensor, blood condition data from the blood condition sensor and blood pressure data from the blood pressure sensor, and transmitting, to the computer workstation, health data corresponding to the temperature data, the blood condition data, and the blood pressure data for use in determining the body temperature, the blood saturation level, and the blood pressure of the user. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140032229 | METHOD OF PAYMENT ASSESSMENT TO CLINICAL STUDY VOLUNTEERS - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with generating payments to volunteers in clinical trials are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving volunteer data that specifies a clinical event that has been completed by a given volunteer. The example method also includes determining a payment associated with the clinical event. A financial record is generated that records the determined payment. The financial record is transmitted using a web based browser to a financial system to populate at least one field in a financial database table that is used to generate payments to the volunteer. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032230 | OPTION SERVICE UNIT (OSU) SYSTEM - The present method and system discloses an improvement to the existing relative value unit (RVU) service provided by Medicare and Medicaid which provides a set (arbitrary) value for a medical service and is not flexible and does not change to reflect the most current charges and payments for a specific medical procedure or service. The present system is an options service unit (OSU) system and is based on the principle that monetary value, i.e. compensation, should vary with the varying resource costs for providing those services. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING MEDICAL DEVICE USAGE - A system provides medical device data to a system user. The medical device data is provided as an icon indicating compliance or non-compliance by the medical device user in connection with a predetermined set of usage criteria. Compliance is calculated based on usage data that is provided by the medical device. The system user may select one of the icons so as to have the system generate a compliance report. The compliance report may then be transmitted to a reimbursing entity. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032232 | Quality Compliance System for Refurbishment of Medical Device - In one embodiment, a quality compliance system for a medical device includes at least one medical device configured to diagnose, monitor, or treat a medical condition, the at least one medical device configured to lockout operation of the at least one medical device, a refurbishment device configured to establish a communication link with the at least one medical device, generate electronic documentation of a maintenance or service procedure on the at least one medical device, provide for associating a digital signature of an operator with the generated electronic documentation, transmit the digital signature and generated electronic documentation, and unlock the medical device with a received key, and a service application configured to receive the transmitted digital signature and generated electronic documentation, verify the transmitted digital signature and generated electronic documentation, and transmit the key to the refurbishment device upon verification of the transmitted digital signature and generated electronic documentation. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032233 | SYSTEM FOR THE INTERCHANGE OF DENTAL PRESCRIPTIONS - A data processor at a central location includes, a central processing unit, a receiving component to receive prescriptions from dentists, a validation component to insure prescriptions are complete, accurate and comply with any legal or industry standards, an importer to write the prescriptions to a central database, a transmitting component to send the prescriptions to participating dental laboratories, a second receiving component to receive updates related to the production and delivery of the prescribed prostheses, a transmitting component to notify affected parties of changes to the production or delivery status of the prescribed prosthesis. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032234 | HEALTH AND WELLNESS SYSTEM - A health and wellness social network can collect digital health and wellness information about network users and incentivize the users to engage in a more healthy and active lifestyle. In one example, a method includes receiving, at a server device, data related to a health of a user, the data being generated by a health measurement device configured to transmit the data over a network to the server device. The techniques also includes, responsive to receiving the data related to the health of the user, determining, by the server device, a wellness reward for the user, where different wellness rewards are associated with different data received from the user. The technique also includes modifying, by the server device, a user profile associated with the user to reflect the wellness reward. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032235 | CENTRALIZED PRINT METHOD, PRINTER CONTROLLER AND SYSTEM - A method, a printer controller, and a system for centralized print of film printing tasks and paper printing tasks, the method for centralized print comprising: receiving a film printing task and a paper printing task; identifying an identity of the film printing task; matching the film printing task and the paper printing task based on the identified identity; and printing the matched film printing task and paper printing task in response to a user's request. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032236 | System and Method of Electronic Tracking and Information Retrieval for the Integrity and Testing of Radiopharmaceutical Personal Protective Equipment - An equipment inspection tracking system and method for radiopharmaceutical personal protective equipment which has a read-only RFID tag that allows a user to track, update, review and report a record of standard tracking and compliance history information. The system and method are customizable and can be used for large and varied quantities of radiopharmaceutical personal protective equipment. The system and method allow access by safety officers and compliance inspectors for required regulatory reporting. The system and method are accessible through a web browser or mobile application. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS - A system and method are provided for processing flexible spending account transactions involving a plurality of pharmacies, a service provider, one or more pharmacy benefits managers (“PBMs”), and individuals having flexible spending accounts (“FSAs”) and stored value cards for debiting their FSAs. The service provider maintains a PBM transaction database; receives from a pharmacy an authorization request at the time of purchase; queries the PBM transaction database for a matching transaction in response to the authorization request; and authorizes payment of the patient responsible balance to be automatically debited against the respective FSA at the time of purchase. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032238 | HOME MEDICAL CARE SUPPORT APPARATUS AND HOME MEDICAL CARE SUPPORT SYSTEM - A home medical care support apparatus of an embodiment includes: an alarm level determination unit that receives alarm information issued from a home-care patient and home medical equipment and determines an alarm level indicating a degree of urgency; a storage unit that stores a home visit schedule of each of a plurality of medical staffs who perform medical support for the home-care patient; and a medical staff calculation unit that calculates, from among the plurality of medical staffs who perform medical support for the home-care patient, qualified staffs who can perform the support based on route information included in the home visit schedule information and the alarm level. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032239 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ONGOING EVALUATION REPORTING AND ANALYSIS - A research and development system that gathers feedback from patients and healthcare providers with respect to the their experience with various aspects of a supplier's products in order to tabulate, consolidate, compare and analyze the data received rapidly and efficiently, and which can be used on successive iterations to determine future products and services. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140039904 | DATA EDITING AND APPROVAL FUNCTION IN CLINICAL SUPPLIES IVRS SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with data editing in a web-based interactive web response system are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to perform an edit on a data field over a web-based protocol. The request is sent to an approval function that accesses stored authorization data to select an approval level associated with the data field. The approval function also determines an authorized approver mapped to the approval level to generate a notification over the web-based protocol. The notification is transmitted to at least one authorized approver over the web-based protocol. Approval to perform the edit is received from the at least one authorized approver over the web-based protocol. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039905 | Patient/Member Reconciled Billing and Explanation of Benefit Statements with Provider Prompt Pay - A healthcare payment management system comprising a payment consolidation server configured to receive billing information from a provider for an episode of care for a member, receive benefit information from a payer for the episode of care, consolidate the billing information and the benefit information into a payment reconciliation statement, and send the payment reconciliation statement to a member. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039906 | OPTIMIZED SURGERY SCHEDULING - Techniques for generating optimized surgery schedules are described in various implementations. In one example implementation, a method that implements the techniques includes receiving a plurality of surgery scheduling requests for surgical procedures to be performed at a surgical facility having a plurality of operating rooms. The method also includes identifying resource constraints associated with the surgery scheduling requests, and identifying an optimization goal for the surgical facility, the optimization goal being defined using weighted optimization parameters. The method also includes generating a proposed surgery schedule for the surgical facility that includes sequencing and operating room assignments for each of the surgical procedures to be performed, the proposed surgery schedule satisfying the resource constraints and being optimized based on the optimization goal for the surgical facility. The method also includes simulating the proposed surgery schedule to determine expected operational metrics associated with the proposed surgery schedule. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039907 | COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING PATIENT DATA WITH A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A computer program for directing operation of a tablet computer or other portable electronic device operated by a caregiver while administering an in-home or outpatient treatment to a patient. The computer program comprises a code segment for receiving pre-treatment patient data representative of a condition of a patient before the patient receives a treatment; a code segment for receiving treatment patient data representative of a condition of the patient while or shortly after the patient receives the treatment; a code segment for transmitting at least some of the pre-treatment patient data and the treatment patient data from the portable electronic device to a remote computer while or shortly after the patient receives the treatment; and a code segment for receiving and displaying instructions from a doctor that are provided in response to the transmitted data. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039908 | COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICAL TESTS TO PATIENTS WITH A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A computer program comprises a code segment for prompting a caregiver to administer a test to the patient before beginning a treatment; a code segment for receiving with a portable electronic device pre-treatment patient data representative of a result of the test; a code segment for prompting the caregiver to initiate the treatment; a code segment for prompting the caregiver to re-administer the test after beginning the treatment; a code segment for receiving with the portable electronic device treatment patient data representative of a result of the test after the patient begins receiving the treatment; and a code segment for transmitting at least some of the pre-treatment patient data and the treatment patient data from the portable electronic device to a remote computer. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039909 | Clinical Laboratory-Based Disease Management Program, With Automated Patient-Specific Treatment Advice - A method is provided, the method including receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form. A system including a processor is provided, a software adapted to be executed on said processor, said software comprising instructions for receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039910 | Controlled Communications System for Physician-Hospital System Integration - An integrated digital communications system having HIPAA compliant text and email capability that complies with medical record maintenance requirements and facilitates physician/provider utilization of a healthcare system's resources is presented. The mobile platform capabilities include selection of physician/providers based on specialty and medical insurance plan participation, the scheduling of physician/provider referrals and medical procedures, healthcare provider to healthcare provider communications, medical billing, pharmacy formulary inquiry and ordering, reporting of physician/provider location, and provision of medical information and delivering news and alerts. The system includes a smart-device App that verifies users, encrypts and decrypts electronic messages, and transmits and receives electronic messages. Encrypted messages are securely stored, and automatically incorporated into patient healthcare records. The App provides a digital communication platform that integrates messaging capabilities with a hospital scheduling system to facilitate quick and easy scheduling of medical procedures and physician/provider consultations. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039911 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMPARING HEALTHCARE COSTS, FINDING PROVIDERS, AND MANAGING PRESCRIBED TREATMENTS - A medical savings management system, device, and method includes a computing device configured to manage medical savings, including drug therapies, to reduce healthcare costs. Users identify medications and other treatments, determine acceptable alternatives, and identify local health care providers. Users compare costs of the identified treatments from particular local providers based upon contracted discounts, manufacturer rebates, and the availability of lower cost clinical alternatives. Based on the identified treatments, health care providers, and costs, users select a preferred treatment and provider and reduce the cost of the treatment. Additional savings are realized by.by searching a larger radius for lower cost providers and by sharing discount cards using email, text messaging, and social media outlets. Users benefit from the savings and generate revenue for sponsors of the discount programs. The system is integrated with credit, debit and Health Flex cards to facilitate payment and reimbursement for eligible health expenses. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039912 | Controlled Communications Mobile Digital System for Physician-Healthcare System Integration - An integrated digital mobile communications management system having HIPAA compliant text, email, and image capability that complies with medical record maintenance requirements and facilitates physician/provider utilization of a healthcare system's resources is presented. The mobile platform capabilities include selection of physician/providers based on specialty, practice interests and medical insurance plan participation, the scheduling of physician/provider referrals and medical procedures, various bilateral communications between healthcare providers and healthcare systems, reporting of physician/provider location, and provision of medical information and delivering news and alerts. The management system includes a mobile digital smart-device App that verifies users, encrypts and decrypts electronic messages, and transmits and receives electronic messages. Encrypted messages are securely stored, and automatically incorporated into patients' healthcare records. The App provides a mobile digital communication management platform that integrates messaging capabilities with a hospital scheduling system to facilitate quick and easy scheduling of medical procedures and physician/provider consultations. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039913 | MEDICAL TREATMENT PLANNING VIA SEQUENTIAL GAMES - A method and system for identifying a treatment plan identifies a description of a sequential game. The game is associated with treatment of a medical condition by a course of treatment or drug design. The description may include one or more possible treatment actions that a treater can take to treat the medical condition, and one or more possible medical condition actions that the medical condition can take. The system may develop a model for the sequential game, wherein the model represents implementation of the possible treatment actions and the possible medical condition actions in one or more sequences. The system may solve the model to generate a treatment plan for the medical condition, wherein the treatment plan includes a set of possible treatment actions. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING WELLNESS - A system can administer a new medical therapy combining whole body vibration and targeted laser treatment. The system can include one or more modules to analyze a client and, based on the analysis of the client, generate a care program. The analysis can determine the client's suitability for the combined laser treatment and vibration therapy. If the client is suitable, the system provides vibration therapy with the laser treatment. Then, the system can generate a follow-up program, including reassessing the client's suitability for combined laser treatment and vibration therapy. The follow-up program can adjust the care program based on the reassessment of the client to maximize the effectiveness of the care program. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039915 | System and Method For Selecting Healthcare Management - The present invention is directed to a system and method which allows a prospective insured to make an informed decision on healthcare insurance or a specific health care management decision by using a current medical profile to assist in their selection. Based on past medical care, as obtained from payor data, a number of different plans, each having different providers, different deductibles, different maximums, different reimbursement policies, etc., a person can make an informed decision. When a family has different payors for different family members, a proper blend of payors can be more easily selected since the payors (or a single payor) has a medical profile of each family member and also has information on providers in the network, prescription policies, deductibles, maximums, etc. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039916 | SYSTEM TO DYNAMICALLY COLLECT AND SYNCHRONIZE DATA WITH MOBILE DEVICES - The invention enables bi-directional mobile communication by researchers, clinicians or counselors with their patients and study participants. An exemplary application is ecological momentary assessment of psychological and physical status related to weight management. The system may be combined with objective information to trigger a communication and enhance responses assessed on food choices, dietary intake, physical activity, exertion, mood and companions. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039917 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UTILIZING PREDICTION MODELS IN HEALTHCARE - A method for providing decision support includes using a programmed computer to input a regression model specification, and to repeat the input a plurality of times to obtain and store a plurality of regression model specifications. The method further includes using the programmed computer to analyze selected regression model specifications to determine at least one of common variables and functions of common variables, to thereby determine a reduced-redundancy request for input of variables, when a plurality of the stored regression model specifications are selected for use. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039918 | System and Method For Implementing Program Compliance For Health-Based Rewards - A compliance process provides the ability to identify members that have completed a required activity for a Health Incentive Program (HIP) by comparing standard data such as claims, pharmacy, laboratory, biometric, health risk assessment and other pertinent internal and external data (hereafter “source data”) against established compliance criteria for that type of data for the specific HIP. If the member meets all compliance criteria within the designated timeframe, the member's achievement is recorded, resulting in the appropriate reward being granted as defined by the HIP. The compliance process solution provides an automated way for a payer to evaluate internal and/or external data including claims, pharmacy and/or biometric data to identify instances of a member completing required activities. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039919 | System and Method For Implementing Program Compliance For Health-Based Rewards - A compliance process provides the ability to identify members that have completed a required activity for a Health Incentive Program (HIP) by comparing standard data such as claims, pharmacy, laboratory, biometric, health risk assessment and other pertinent internal and external data (hereafter “source data”) against established compliance criteria for that type of data for the specific HIP. If the member meets all compliance criteria within the designated timeframe, the member's achievement is recorded, resulting in the appropriate reward being granted as defined by the HIP. The compliance process solution provides an automated way for a payer to evaluate internal and/or external data including claims, pharmacy and/or biometric data to identify instances of a member completing required activities. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039920 | METHODOLOGY, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING ELECTRONIC INSURANCE CLAIMS OR BILLS, HAVING OPTIMIZED INSURANCE CLAIM ITEMS IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE REIMBURSEMENT AND TO FACILITATE APPROVAL OF THE CLAIM(S) UPON FIRST SUBMISSION TO THE INSURANCE CARRIER - A methodology, system and computer program product for generating electronic insurance claims or bills, having optimized insurance claim items based on the insurance carrier(s) of a patient are provided. The method includes receiving insurance carrier data which identifies the patient in order to facilitate payment upon first submission to the carrier. The method includes receiving carrier data, which identifies the patient's insurance carrier(s) and patient data, which identifies the patient. The method also includes receiving treatment data, which identifies drugs administered to the patient and procedures performed on the patient on a given date of service. The treatment data is processed to generate nurse documentation, such as treatment and/or flow sheets. Electronic insurance claims or bill are automatically generated having optimized reimbursable insurance claim items, including predetermined codes based on the treatment data and the insurance carrier data to facilitate approval of the bill by the at least one insurance carrier. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039921 | DESIGN ASSISTANCE FOR CLINICAL TRIAL PROTOCOLS - Roughly described, a user instantiates protocol elements in a structured clinical trial protocol database and then draws from them in the development of one or more protocol related documents. The system helps the user select tasks to be performed during the study by reference to a historical database of tasks previously associated with similar protocols. The system automatically generates complex content from protocol elements in the database, and can render overlapping sets of protocol elements differently at different locations in the document. The system can automatically provide advisories indicating aspects of the document that still require completion or highlighting other issues that a sponsoring authority deems important for the document type. After all protocol elements are instantiated in the protocol database, it can then be used to drive the operation of most downstream aspects of the study. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140046674 | REMOTE COMMAND CENTER FOR PATIENT MONITORING - A remote command center for providing services to geographically dispersed hospitalized patients. A datastore accessible to the remote command center receives patient data from geographically dispersed hospitalized patients. Monitored data elements of geographically dispersed hospitalized patients are also received at the remote command center and stored in the datastore. A smart alert module generates and applies patient specific rules to data elements. If a patient-specific rule for a hospitalized patient has been contravened, an alert is issued from the remote command center. A patient care module displays selected data elements of the hospitalized patients. A decision support module applies decision support algorithms to selected data elements of a hospitalized patient and to user input to provide patient care advice. Patient care advice comprises a diagnosis, a method of treatment, and a laboratory protocol. The decision support module also writes orders for medication, laboratory protocols and surgical procedures. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046675 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND DISPLAYING MEDICAL PROVIDER INFORMATION - Systems and methods for displaying medical provider information to patients are provided herein. A system is provided that allows patients to select preference criteria for a medical provider and to receive a list of medical providers matching the preference criteria. Cost information relating to each medical provider may also be provided. A system is also provided that allows a medical provider to enter information into the system for a patient to access, wherein the system presents a fixed cost structure that the medical provider uses in determining medical procedure costs, which are in turn provided to a patient. A method is provided for a patient to access the system and obtain information relating to medical providers, including cost information. A method is also provided for a medical provider to enter information that is accessible to patients and to commit to a fixed cost structure for medical procedures. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046676 | IMAGE-BASED VALIDATION SYSTEM FOR PRESCRIPTION FULFILLMENT - A method of verifying fulfillment of a prescription may include receiving an image of a personalized medication package associated with a patient, receiving a patient identifier associated with the patient, and using the patient identifier to identify a medication regimen for the patient. The method may include analyzing the image to identify at least one pill, and for each identified pill, determining one or more physical features of the pill, determining a location of the pill with respect to the personalized medication package, determining whether the determined location of the pill is correct based on the determined physical features and the medication regimen, and in response to determining that the determined location of the pill is not accurate, generating an alert. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046677 | STREAMLINING INPUT OF EXERCISE AND NUTRITION LOGIC USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Streamlining input of exercise and nutrition logic. Identifying, for a user location, likely activities by the user, and nutrition or exercise information for those activities. Presenting most likely activities to the user, soliciting user input regarding activities. Updating probable future user activities in response to user input and menus of possible activities. Initially, presenting most likely activities when: most likely to occur at that location, most recently occurring at that location, most likely occurring for similar users, most likely occurring for users having similar preferences in other contexts. On a timeout, selecting activities on behalf of the user, deselecting activities, or adjusting the user's reliability. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046678 | System and Method for Securing the Remuneration of Patient Responsibilities for Healthcare Services in a Revenue Management Cycle - A method is provided for obtaining payment for services provided to a patient by a healthcare service provider. The method includes receiving a description ( | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046679 | Online Health Assessment for Identifying Risk Areas - The present invention is directed to providing an online health assessment. The online health assessment collects information from an individual and uses the information to identify areas of a person's lifestyle, nutrition, and/or products that pose the greatest risk to future health. The online health assessment can also make recommendations for addressing the areas of greatest risk, as well as make lifestyle, nutrition, and/or product recommendations for assisting the person in improving his lifestyle to improve the areas of risk. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046680 | Online Health Assessment Providing Lifestyle Recommendations - The present invention provides an online health assessment that collects information from an individual and uses the information to recommend changes to the individual's lifestyle, nutrition, and/or products that will assist the individual to maintain or improve a current level of health. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046681 | Response Message Normalization System - A method for normalizing messages received in response to transaction submissions is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of messages regarding the outcome of transaction submissions; normalizing each received message; linking the normalized message to an internal message that reflects the meaning of the received message; and retaining the transaction-specific elements of the received message in a separate, distinct location. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046682 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING HEALTH PREDICTOR MODELS - A statistical processing system includes a server operably configured with program instructions implementing a plurality of statistical models to at least one of (a) predict a health outcome based on questionnaire responses, (b) assist a patient's choice of therapeutic modality based on questionnaire responses, and (c) assess a health risk or status based on questionnaire responses. Also provided is a research agency communicating with the server and contracted to provide the statistical models using a visual interface communicated by the server. The server is configured to analyze requests received from users relating to a plurality of said statistical models to reduce redundancy in requests for patient data. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046683 | Methods and Systems for Assessing Clinical Outcomes - Described herein are methods and systems useful for characterizing clinical outcomes of a subject. Provided herein includes computer-assessed methods, medical information systems, and computer-readable instructions that can aid an end-user in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of a clinical outcome. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046684 | OPTIMIZATION AND INDIVIDUALIZATION OF MEDICATION SELECTION AND DOSING - The invention provides systems and methods for producing a ranked list of drugs for administration to a patient in need thereof, the ranked list produced by calculating for each drug a score that is the product of a patient vector, a weighting vector, and the drug's column value in a disease matrix. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046685 | AUTOMATIC ALERTS BASED ON USER RESPONSE-DOWN TREND LEVELS - A response down-trend level applicable to a user may be determined based on the user's responses to one or more medication reminders. Different levels of the response down-trend may be associated one or more different parties to alert. The particular parties to alert may be determined based upon the current response down-trend level associated with the user. The response-down trend level associated with a user may be determined by calculating a response-down trend value based on the user's responses to one or more medication reminders and comparing the response-down trend value to one or more threshold value of one or more response-down trend levels. In response to determining that a user has reached a particular response-down-trend level, a party associated with the particular response-down-trend level is contacted. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046686 | Second Opinion Network - Systems and methods are provided to facilitate consultations between a referral source (e.g., labs, pathologists and patients) and a consultant (e.g., pathologist, radiologist, or other digital image analyst). Links between the various referral sources and consultants are established through a scanning center via a data communication network such as the Internet. The referral source sends a slide to the scanning center where the corresponding digital slide is posted for review and analysis by the consultant. Upon completion of the analysis and report, a digital slide conference is conducted through the scanning center that provides a venue for direct communication regarding the consultation. The scanning center may also facilitate payment from the referral source to the consultant. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140052456 | System for Optimizing a Health Care Delivery Infrastructure by Reducing Barriers through a Comparison of an Ideal Infrastructure to a Current Infrastructure and Identifying Recommended Interventions - Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating geography-based health care systems and recommending infrastructure changes to the geography-based health care systems. The geography-based health care system is determined based upon data input relating to variables for which there is corresponding data in a record for a predetermined comparison health care system. Recommended infrastructure changes are based on comparison of the data of the geography-based health care system to the data of predetermined comparison health care system. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052457 | Method for Treatment Billing - A method of billing is disclosed comprising the steps of the server billing at least one treatment for a client by a device by means of a billing unit, a treatment computer in communication with the device requesting access of the device using an access code, the device granting access for a treatment if the access code is valid and blocking access if the access code is not valid, and treating the client using the device when access to the device is granted. Further disclosed is a method of billing comprising the steps of a service provider locating a device at a clinic, the clinic providing a treatment to a client, the clinic billing a payer, the payer paying a treatment fee to the clinic, and the clinic paying a subset of the treatment fee to the service provider. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052458 | TECHNIQUES FOR CUSTOMIZING AND DELIVERING WELLNESS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES - Techniques for customizing and delivering wellness products and services are provided. A consumer is presented with wellness questions and supplies answers to those questions. Wellness products and services are resolved based on the answers. The consumer makes selections for the products and services and if the consumer is at a kiosk when making the selections the products and services are directly dispensed to the consumer. When the consumer is not at a kiosk, a key is delivered to the consumer and when the key is subsequently presented at the kiosk, the products and services are automatically dispensed from the kiosk. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052459 | READABLE INDICIA FOR HEALTHCARE PAYMENT CODES - Embodiments of the invention include systems, methods, and computer-program products for providing readable indicia for healthcare codes. As such, a readable indicia may be presented at a point-of-transaction (POT) for a user to select. The system may dynamically present the readable indicia based on the user, the merchant, and the products of the transaction. The user may select the readable indicia with his/her user device. Upon selection, the system may provide the user with private viewing and selecting of alternative payment methods available to the user for that transaction. Alternative payment methods may include insurance or government programs. The system may receive authorization to apply one of the alternative payment methods to the transaction. As such, the invention provides private, yet expedited transaction capabilities using alternative payment methods at a merchant POT. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052460 | READABLE INDICIA FOR MEDICAL OFFICE PAYMENT - Embodiments of the invention include systems, methods, and computer-program products for providing readable indicia for medical office payments. As such, a readable indicia may be presented at a point-of-transaction (POT) at a medical treatment providers for a user to select. The system may dynamically present the readable indicia based on the user, the treatments provided, and the user's insurance coverage. The user may select the readable indicia with his/her user device. Upon selection, the system may provide the user with expedited viewing of itemized treatments, insurance coverage for each treatment, and amount due for each treatment, co-pay amount, an amount to be paid by the insurance company, detectable information, and a total amount the user will owe the medical treatment provider. The system may receive authorization to accept the treatment and apply a payment means to the treatment. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052461 | READABLE INDICIA FOR INSURANCE PAYMENT - Embodiments of the invention include systems, methods, and computer-program products for providing a readable indicia for insurance payments. The system may provide a readable indicia on a statement from a treatment provider, such as a medical treatment provider, where the user's insurance may have covered a portion of the treatment price. The readable indicia may provide the user with itemized treatments received and payment methods for each. Furthermore, the system may provide the user with information associated with his/her insurance policy. The itemized treatments received may indicate the treatments that the user received from the medical provider during the visit, such as exams, tests, and the like. Payment methods for each include an amount, if any, that an insurance company may have contributed and/or the amount due from the user for the treatment. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052462 | OUTCOMES DATA COLLECTION AUTOMATION AND HAND-OFF DISPLAY TECHNIQUES - Methods and systems are described for creating health status surveys using questions automatically derived from codes of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), promulgated by the World Health Organization, and then automatically scheduling the surveys to be provided to patients and their clinicians. Results from the surveys can be compared against results from patients with similar medical diagnoses or surgical procedures. Survey results from patients with different medical diagnoses or surgical procedures can also be compared for questions derived from the same ICF code, resulting in greater pools of data from which to extract statistics. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052463 | VETERINARY KIOSK WITH INTEGRATED VETERINARY MEDICAL DEVICES - A veterinary kiosk designed to provide tele-med services, check-in services, and/or prescription services for a user and an animal. The veterinary kiosk can include a user video conferencing system that is designed to enable the user to have a real-time or near real-time tele-conference with a veterinary provider located remotely from the veterinary kiosk. A method of providing veterinary services via a modular veterinary kiosk with one or more integrated veterinary medical devices. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052464 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING - A system for remotely monitoring a patient, the system comprises a plurality of input sources operable to acquire information corresponding to a well-being condition of a patient, an external database for storing analytical models and medical data, and a central controller being operable to receive the signal from the input sources, perform an algorithm to select an analytical model from the database based on the information and the data, perform an algorithm on the information and the data with the model to determine a state of the patient and formulate a health prediction, determine a recommendation as a result of the state and the health prediction, and transmit the recommendation to at least one external entity for providing support and assistance to the patient or to a caregiver of the patient. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052465 | METHOD FOR MODELING BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH CHANGES - One method includes: selecting a subgroup of patients associated with a health condition from a population of patients, patients in the subgroup exhibiting similar behavioral characteristics; for patients within the subgroup, characterizing communication behavior of a patient based on use of a native communication application executing on a corresponding mobile computing device by the patient during the period of time; extracting characteristics of medical symptoms of patients within the subgroup from surveys submitted by patients within the subgroup; identifying a relationship between communication behaviors of patients within the subgroup, characteristics of medical symptoms of patients within the subgroup, and a treatment regimen administered to patients within the subgroup; generating a treatment efficacy model for the subgroup based on the relationship, the treatment efficacy model defining a correlation between a change in communication behavior and efficacy of the treatment regimen in alleviating medical symptoms of patients within the subgroup. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING COMPLIANCE WITH RULES TO REDUCE FRAUDULENT REIMBURSEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT PRESCRIPTIONS - A method of complying with rules to reduce fraudulent reimbursement associated with durable medical equipment prescriptions includes obtaining, using a processing device, information associated with at least one of a patient, the durable medical equipment, a physician, and an ancillary provider; and providing, using the processing device, selective access to the information. The access is selectively provided to at least one of the physician, ancillary provider, a payor, and an auditor, whereby the selective access enables compliance with the rules to reduce fraudulent reimbursement associated with the durable medical equipment prescriptions. A corresponding computer-readable medium and system are also disclosed. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052467 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SMART PACKAGE CONTENT USE - A monitoring system for monitoring smart package content use, wherein the system comprises a smart package. The smart package in turn comprises removable content units, such as pill type or tablet type or other singly packed objects, as well as most preferably wireless communication elements. The system comprises also database elements with which the smart package can be in communication. In addition, the smart package is adapted to detect said removal of a content unit and to deliver information to said database elements by way of said communication elements, regarding a removal of said content unit. The smart package is identifiable by the database elements on the basis of information delivered by way of said communication elements. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052468 | Medication Adherence System for and Method of Monitoring a Patient Medication Adherence and Facilitating Dose Reminders - A medication adherence system for and method of monitoring a patient's medication adherence and facilitating dose reminder notifications is disclosed. The medication adherence system includes data-enabled pharmaceutical containers, wherein the data-enabled pharmaceutical containers provide mechanisms for reminding at dose time, then tracking and communicating valid dose events, as well as missed, extra, early, and/or late dose events. The medication adherence system includes a centralized server for collecting and processing the patient-specific information from the data-enabled pharmaceutical containers. Information may be exchanged between the centralized server and the data-enabled pharmaceutical containers via a cellular network and/or the Internet. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052469 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND TRANSFER - A method for providing medical insurance information corresponding to a consumer of medical services can include receiving consumer medical insurance information from a consumer. This information includes one or more identity fields. A request is sent to network sources of identity information for the consumer, the requests including one or more of the identity fields. The identity information that is received is compared to the consumer medical insurance information using matching rules to store data which satisfies the rules. The identity data which satisfies the matching rules is used to generate requests for insurer medical insurance information. The insurer information is compared to the consumer medical insurance information using matching rules to store only data which satisfies the matching rules. A processor can be used to generate different permutations and combinations of the data for the identity requests and for the insurer requests until a satisfactory response has been received. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052470 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO PHYSICIANS UNDER ACCOUNTABLE CARE MODELS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE DELIVERY MODELS - Embodiments are directed to a method of providing a monetary incentive to a health care provider, typically a physician, responsible for treatment decisions of a patient with a condition during an episode of care. Once the patient identity and condition are obtained, a baseline value related to treatment of the condition can be associated. Thereafter, all the claims processed during the episode of care of the patient for the condition can be summed to obtain a total treatment cost. If the total treatment is less than the baseline value, then a monetary incentive can be provided to the provider based upon that episode of care. The healthcare provider may be a member of a managed care organization, such as an accountable care organization, and the monetary incentive may be modified based on time interval for the episode of care. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140058738 | PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS FOR A MEDICAL TREATMENT PATHWAY - Embodiments disclosed herein provide predictive analysis of medical treatment pathways to assist healthcare providers and/or patients determine the statistical probability of a treatment outcome, among the experience of a large patient and provider population, of a particular treatment step along a defined treatment pathway for a specific patient of interest. Specifically, a plurality of predictive models, based on data from a large and demographically similar patient population, are created for a plurality of treatment paths stemming from a selected treatment node within a medical treatment pathway of a clinical guideline. Medical data for the patient of interest is input to the plurality of predictive models, and model generated treatment outcome probabilities for the patient of interest are generated and compared for each of the plurality of treatment paths stemming from the selected treatment node. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058739 | METHOD FOR MANAGING HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS - Method and apparatus for the management of healthcare patient and practitioner profile information prior to visit a practitioner's office. The method provides online booking of available appointment times for registered physicians. The online booking process can simultaneously be used to manage and schedule appointments for family members. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058740 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRE-OPERATIVE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT - An electronic method and system for managing scheduling of surgical procedures and corresponding pre-operative documentation. A rescheduling request is sent from a first client computer to a server to reschedule a medical procedure. The server forwards the rescheduling request to a second client computer, where the request is approved or rejected. If approved, a list of documents required for the procedure is generated and posted on the server. The required documents are then uploaded to the server. The required documents are reviewed and approved or rejected based on criteria associated with each document. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058741 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL CARE SELECTION - Provided herein is a computerized method of managing medical care through communication between a Digital Board of Medical Experts (DBME), a physician, a health insurance carrier, one or more medical facilities, and a patient and providing a diagnostic and/or therapeutic recommendation, the method comprising the following steps: i) providing a DBME core comprised of modules and algorithms for processing medical data and providing diagnostic and/or therapeutic recommendations; ii) providing a Physician Action Module (PAM) whereby a physician provides a clinical index of suspicion (CIS) through a clinical index of suspicion selection algorithm (CISSA) of the PAM to the DBME—for obtaining a recommendation for hi tech diagnostic studies and/or treatment; and iii) processing through the DBME information from the CISSA and providing a diagnostic recommendation from the diagnostic recommendation algorithm (DRA) of the Diagnostic Module (DM) of the DBME for hi tech diagnostic studies and/or a therapeutic recommendation from the therapeutic recommendation algorithm (TRA) of the Therapeutic Module (TM) of the DBME for treatment. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058742 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERACTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEDICAL GUIDELINES - Methods and systems for interactive implementation of medical guidelines. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058743 | Multimarker Risk Stratification - Measurement of circulating ST2 and natriuretic peptide (e.g., NT-proBNP) concentrations is useful for the prognostic evaluation of subjects, in particular for the prediction of adverse clinical outcomes, e.g., mortality, transplantation, and heart failure. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058744 | System and Method for Detecting Drug Adverse Effects in Social Media and Mobile Applications Data - Some implementations provide a computer-implemented method for identifying, from on-line postings, reports of potential adverse effects resulting from consuming a healthcare product, the method including: receiving a log of on-line postings regarding consuming the healthcare product; receiving a database comprising a healthcare taxonomy and a set of linguistic rules; analyzing, based on the healthcare taxonomy, the log of on-line postings to identify a report of at least one adverse effect resulting from consuming the healthcare product; generating a score for the identified report according to the healthcare taxonomy and the set of linguistic rules; comparing the generated score with a threshold; and in response to determining that the generated score is above the threshold, flagging the identified report as a report of a potential adverse effect. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058745 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Measuring Health - Methods, systems, and products measure health data related to a user. Often times a weight scale, blood pressure monitor, or other medical measurement device is shared among a group of users. A time-stamped physiological measurement is compared to a time-stamped message from a mobile device. If the timestamps are contemporaneous, then the physiological measurement is bound to the mobile device. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058746 | MEDICAL BILL ANALYSIS AND REVIEW - A method and business technique for reviewing medical service provider bills, recalculating and providing payment recommendation to a paying party for the bills. The method includes analyzing medical bills and determining erroneous and inappropriate charges on bills. The method provides a payment recommendation using multiple databases and sophisticated mathematical modeling that includes one or more of the following: a medical service provider's actual cost of delivering the medical services provided; the average profit-margin of that provider, an average profit margin of comparable medical providers in an area, other industry-specific profit-margin benchmarks; an average acceptable payment by medical service providers in the area for comparable services; payment rates negotiated by large health insurers and managed care organizations; and other industry benchmarks for reasonable payment for comparable services. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058747 | METHOD FOR OPTIMISING LOCAL DRUG DELIVERY - The present invention relates to a data processing method for determining an infusion location in an anatomical region of interest of a patient's body for infusing a medical substance, the method being executed by a computer and comprising steps of: a) acquiring permeability data comprising information about the permeability of anatomical vessels in the body; b) acquiring body vessels set data comprising information about a body vessel set, wherein the body vessel set represents a set of at least one anatomical body vessel in the patient's body and wherein the body vessel set data comprises information about the spatial structure of the at least one body vessel; c) acquiring coverage condition data comprising information about a predetermined coverage of a target region with the medical substance; d) determining, for a plurality of candidate infusion locations, candidate coverage data comprising information about a candidate coverage of a target region with the medical substance based on the permeability data, the body vessel set data and the coverage condition data; e) determining infusion location data comprising information about the infusion location based on the permeability data, the body vessel set data and the coverage condition data. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140067406 | FACILITATING A TRANSACTION AMONG A SURGICAL PROVIDER, AN ITEM PROVIDER, AND A PAYOR - Methods and systems using a computer system for facilitating a transaction among a surgical provider, a medical device provider, and a payor are disclosed. A cost to provide medical devices needed for an identified procedure is estimated. Revenue to an entity that controls the computer system may also be estimated. Medical devices actually used in the surgical procedure are identified. A request may be submitted to the payor for reimbursement of costs associated with the devices actually used. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067407 | PERSONAL USER DASHBOARD - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a personal user dashboard are described. In one embodiment, a method includes extracting, from one or more databases, case processing information about adverse events processed by a group of users. The one or more databases store data about a plurality of adverse events processed by the group of users. The example method may also include calculating metrics using the case processing information. The metrics are performance indicators about processing of the plurality of adverse events by the group of users. The method includes displaying, on a graphical user interface (GUI), user metrics for a user of the group of users. The user metrics are displayed by filtering confidential data from the metrics. The access privileges of the user are limited to a user level access to prevent access to group level data. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067408 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN TRAINING MEDICAL TREATMENTS TO HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS - A medical event information system includes at least one client computer, a memory area configured to store at least one property of an object, and a server system communicatively coupled to the client computer and the memory area. The memory area is configured to store data associated with a plurality of medical events, wherein each medical event resulted in a legal assertion being made by a patient following a surgical procedure. The server system is communicatively coupled to the at least one client computer and to the memory area. The server receives data including at least information relating to each patient associated with each medical event, information associated with errors relating to the medical event, and information relating to the outcomes of each medical event. The server identifies at least one action, that if corrected would have changed the outcome of each of the medical events identified. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067409 | Apparatus and method for providing medical support - A decline notification receiving section of a management server of a medical support apparatus receives a decline notification from an external support terminal of a medical support staff (decliner) who declines or stops participating in medical support. A substitute medical staff requesting section accesses a medical support staff database in which data of medical support staffs is stored, creates a candidate list of substitute medical staffs capable of providing the medical support in place of the decliner, and transmits the candidate list to the decliner's external support terminal. The decliner selects a substitute medical staff from the candidate list and transmits data of the selected substitute medical staff to a substitute medical staff data receiving section. A terminal management section starts managing an external substitute terminal of the selected substitute medical staff as a terminal for providing the medical support to an in-hospital terminal. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067410 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL SUPPORT - When a support request comment is transmitted from an in-hospital terminal of a primary care physician, a distribution server transmits a support request including initial data to each support terminal which a support medical staff uses. A time limit is set on the initial data. After the transmission of the support request, remarks of participants in a medical support consultation and examination images are distributed only to the participants' support terminals. The time limit for the initial data transmitted to the each participant's support terminal is extended. The time limit for the initial data transmitted to the support terminal of a nonparticipant is not extended. Access to the initial data on the support terminal is disabled when the time limit is reached. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067411 | Predefined Input for Clinician Programmer Data Entry - The present disclosure involves a method of entering data in a portable electronic device. A request is received from a healthcare professional to perform data entry in an input field. The request is received via a touch-sensitive user interface of the portable electronic device. In response to the request, a plurality of predefined suggestions is displayed as candidates for the data entry. A selection of one of the plurality of predefined suggestions by the healthcare professional is then detected. Thereafter, the selected predefined suggestion is automatically entered as the data entry in the input field. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067412 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT DEVICE, MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provides a diagnosis support system for presenting medical support information on a case. The system includes an inference unit, an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a display control unit. The inference unit identifies a diagnostic name of the case and obtains its inferred probability in accordance with medical information including a set having a plurality of elements. The acquisition unit acquires an influence of each of first subsets contained in the set and an influence of each of second subsets contained in each of the first subsets upon the inferred probability. The determination unit determines, in accordance with the influence of each of the first subsets and the influence of each of the second subsets, a subset of the plurality of elements that is to be displayed. The display control unit allows a display unit to display the identified diagnostic name and the determined subset. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067413 | OPERATING ROOM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - An operating room management system is for monitoring operating rooms. The operating room management system may include a server, and access devices, each access device being associated with a respective operating room. Each access device may communicate with the server, receive input regarding a current status for a procedure associated with the respective operating room, and display a local status interface including a performance characteristic for the procedure associated with the respective operating room. The operating room management system may include a display communicating with the server and displaying a global status interface including the current status and the performance characteristic of the operating rooms. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067414 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL INFORMATION - Provided is a system for processing medical information. The system for processing medical information includes a spatial affected-part information generator configured to generate spatial affected-part information on a region designated by a user in a patient body map, and a medical patient information generator configured to generate medical patient information including the spatial affected-part information. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067415 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEALTHCARE OPTION SELECTION - The present invention is adapted to provide real health-care decision analysis, risk analysis, and option analytics to individual participants, the need for which has arisen from the passage of the Affordable Care Act. The system and process simulate, optimize and visualize individual health plan options. The optimization utility uses the carrier component pricing, actuarial value calculations and phantom rate development as the basis of valuation for each of the medical and pharmacy benefit plan design permutations. Employer sponsored insurance funding, legislated premium tax credits and cost sharing reductions and individual account based funding are all factored into the process. A detailed preference analytics algorithm is used to formulate the appropriate individual risk profile in order to map the options. The individual has the ability to simulate customized scenarios as part of the tier paths defined in the Affordable Care Act. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067416 | APPARATUS FOR QUANTIFYING AND DISPLAYING A PATIENT'S TIME BUFFER, BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus configured to quantify and display a time buffer for at least one patient during a blood treatment session is described. A blood treatment apparatus which includes such an apparatus or is in signal communication therewith, and a method for quantifying and presenting the time buffer for at least one patient at a blood treatment session are also described, as well as a computer program, a computer program product and a digital storage medium. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067417 | Novel Method and Apparatus For Repricing a Reimbursement Claim Against a Contract6 - A method for repricing a reimbursement claim under at least one contract is provided herein. The method may include a combination of steps such as: converting each contract into a series of contractual terms; converting a claim into a series of claim lines, containing claim codes, unit numbers and corresponding charges for the claim codes; comparing claim codes and contractual terms and identifying matches therebetween; determining any priority conditions associated to the matching contractual terms, and eliminate any matching contractual terms that are excluded by the priority conditions; calculating the reimbursement amount for the claim by determining the reimbursement charges for the non-excluded matching contractual terms; and determining and making any adjustments depending upon any discount terms for the entire reimbursement amount. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140074491 | OPTIMIZATION OF CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method for facilitating treatment of patients, wherein the server is communicatively coupled to a communications network, is provided that solves the above-described problems. The method includes receiving, via the communications network, an exercise regimen for a patient, wherein the exercise regimen includes a normalized model of at least one exercise activity, transmitting, via the communications network, the exercise regimen to a computing device of the patient, receiving, via the communications network, patient observation data, including a log of the patient performing the least one exercise activity, and generating a report including data from the exercise regimen and the patient observation data. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074492 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND MANAGING A HYBRID FORMULARY - Systems and methods for generating and managing a hybrid formulary for claims adjudication. In an embodiment, a plurality of source formulary components are received. Each of the plurality of source formulary components comprises one or more drug entries and/or one or more utilization management rules. A configuration is also received. The configuration comprises a plurality of component identifiers and one or more hierarchy rules. Each of the plurality of component identifiers identifies one of the plurality of source formulary components. The one or more hierarchy rules are applied to the identified source formulary components to generate a hybrid formulary. The hybrid formulary comprises a plurality of drug entries and/or one or more utilization management rules, which can be used for claims adjudications, reporting, or any other downstream formulary application. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074493 | MEDICAL PROTECTION LOCKOUT SYSTEM FOR PROCEDURES AND DEVICES - A medical protection safety lockout system for procedures and devices which can be integrated internally or retrofitted externally to any electronic medical equipment providing treatment or diagnostic medical care to a patient. Methods include both Patient acceptance process, verifying patient acknowledgement and medical procedure consent, and Clinician acceptance process, acknowledging patient identity and appropriate clinical procedure sign-offs. The apparatus and methods deliver reliable and trustworthy patient safeguards to electronic medical equipment. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074494 | Method of Delivering Goods and Services Via Media - A method of delivering goods or services via an encoded medium to a holder includes generating data in a database associated with a central computing station in response to an assignee of the medium and a provider of goods or services separately communicatively linking the medium to a central computing station. The data generated in the database includes the identity of the assignee, the identity of the goods or services associated with the medium, and the identity of the goods or services provided by the provider. A value of the medium is established, wherein the medium assumes different values based on various conditions. After the provider of goods or services provides the goods or services to the holder, the value of the medium is updated and recorded in the database. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074495 | AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS - Provided are mobile and electronics powered healthcare facilities and systems for providing improved healthcare services to patients. In particular, a healthcare facility is provided comprising a waiting area, a pre-operative area, an operating area, a recovery area and a central processing area, each area comprising an electronic screen for displaying information about patients, healthcare professionals, and related facilities and equipments | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074496 | ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAKING MEDICINE - An assistance system for taking medicine includes at least a pill container, a processing module and an image capturing module. The pill container is for containing a first medicine and has a first barcode corresponding to the first medicine. The image capturing module is coupled to the processing module and for capturing an image having the first barcode. The processing module assists a person (patient) to take medicine according to information of the first barcode. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074497 | SELF-RECONCILED MULTI-PART TRANSACTION - A method for payment reconciliation in an electronic funds settlement transaction network includes receiving a first communication generated by a payer in response to a claim of a provider, the first communication including an explanation of benefits associated with the claim and including personal health information, and instructions to initiate an electronic funds transfer with the ODFI, generating a second communication including a transaction for settling the electronic funds transfer, communicating the second communication to a receiving depository financial institution associated with the provider, generating a third communication including an indication of payment transaction information and the personal health information, wherein the personal health information is encrypted, and communicating the third communication to the provider via an electronic bill payment system. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074498 | System for Encouraging Health Support Program Participation - A value icon for a web-based health or health support program packages access information for a website in a value icon physically embodying the abstract benefits of the welfare program in order to encourage initial access of the health support website. The value icon may be a compact container holding a three-dimensional article having a health support-related utility, at least one printed coupon representing a healthcare program credit and may provide the address to a health support website which offers additional programs based on information from an individual in a questionnaire on the health support website. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074499 | Behavior Monitoring and Reinforcement System and Method - A system, method and computer software that provides for a computer implemented system and method for comprehensive reinforcement of human behavior by capturing environmental information for participants and reinforcing their daily choices in their environments. Unique applications of technology are used to record, reinforce and document the desired behavior activities of participants in order to track, promote, encourage and further reward the desired behavior. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074500 | PROCESS FOR LINKED HEALTHCARE AND FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INITIATION - Methods and systems for acquiring a pre-approval from a responsible party and receiving funds from a financial account related to the pre-approval in the healthcare field are described herein. A method for collecting payment from an individual for services rendered by a provider is disclosed. The method includes verifying an individual's eligibility for benefits, estimating an individual responsibility amount, acquiring authority from the individual for up to the individual responsibility amount on at least one financial account held by the individual, submitting one or more claims to one or more payer entities requesting compensation for the services rendered by the provider, deducting an amount from the at least one financial account held by the individual, and transferring the deducted amount to the provider. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074501 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSURING COMPLIANCE - Systems and methods for collecting information, verifying authenticity of such information, processing, maintaining, and managing such information are described. The system can be a standalone unit or can comprise a combination of various units configured to function together. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074502 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - Methods and systems for analyzing medical image data can include use of a database having normal data thereon, each item of normal data having one or more first criteria associated therewith. Raw medical image data having one more second criteria associated therewith can be received. The normal data in the database can be filtered by comparing the first and second criteria to form a set of patient-specific normal data, while values can be extracted from the raw medical image data. The extracted information can be analyzed to determine patient-specific medical data that can be compared with the patient-specific normal data to generate an outcome. If the outcome indicates that the patient-specific medical data is normal, the patient-specific medical data can be added to the database of normal data. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074503 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXCHANGING HEALTH CARE CREDITS - Systems and methods for exchanging health care credits are described. Health care credits are transferable units of value representing good health, an improvement in health, or maintenance of health by an individual. The health care credits may be bought, sold, exchanged for goods and services, gifted or otherwise conveyed from one owner to another. Also disclosed are exchanges and markets for buying, selling, and trading health care credits, as well as derivative securities. The derivative securities or products are based on either the flow of health care credits through the system, or on health care information, which may have been generated to implement health care credit awards. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074504 | ACTIVITY MONITORING - Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, devices, and systems to monitor activity. One method to monitor activity includes monitoring a sensor activated by an individual. The method also includes recording activation of the sensor, determining a behavior routine of the individual based on recorded activations of the sensor and analyzing the recorded sensor activations to determine a behavior routine. The method also includes identifying a change in the behavior routine based on the analysis of the recorded sensor activations. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140081647 | System and method for benchmarking hospital supply expenses - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for determining a supply intensity metric (“SIM”) for benchmarking hospital supply expenses and for determining a supply expense target for opportunity identification based on the types and proportions of patients treated at a hospital. The SIM is a metric that may be used by hospitals to evaluate their supply chain or overall supply expenditures, and set goals for supply expense reduction. The SIM can be based on the number of patients in each DRG and an average supply expense for each DRG determined from a plurality of hospitals. A supply expense target may be based on, at least in part, a hospital's predicted inpatient supply expense, a non-chargeable expense, and a total outpatient supply expense. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140081648 | Method for Managing Long-Term Care Facilities - A system and method for assisting in the management of a long-term care (LTC) facility is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving rules information about rules dealing with operating a LTC facility. The method also includes receiving resident data about the therapy and care needs of each resident of the LTC facility. Lastly, the method involves analyzing the resident data in light of the rules data and displaying on a user interface one or more notifications or alerts that identify one or more of the rules that may be triggered based on the resident data. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140081649 | Talking Medicine Bottle and Label and System for Manufacturing the Same - A talking medicine label, bottle, system and method for their manufacture are described. The system and method include use of a recording device by speaking into a microphone and then affixing the talking label to the side of a conventional pill bottle to transform it into a talking pill bottle. The system and method alternatively may include a point of sale (POS) terminal and a speech synthesis device for programming the label with a synthetic-speech recording. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140081650 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING ANALYSIS TOOLS IN A CLINICAL PRACTICE - Provided are systems and methods for capturing and analyzing medical information. In one embodiment, the system includes an interface component configured to accept user responses to medical survey questions, a transformation component configured to transform survey responses associated with a plurality of analysis metrics into a common scale, an evaluation component configured to evaluate the survey responses from the plurality of analysis metrics against a predefined diagnostic threshold, and a display component configured to generate a summary view. Further provided are evidence-based systems and methods that facilitate collection and appreciation of patient information. The systems and methods include any one or more of: (1) shifting routine information collection outside the visit; (2) providing an intuitive system with minimal training requirements; (3) delivering high quality inputs to prepare and inform clinical decision makers; and (4) minimizing information overload, for example, by automatically identifying clinical indicators most relevant to potential issues. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140081651 | HEALTHCARE PAYMENT AND PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and process for providing a flexible and automated ACH-payment processing service to hospital organizations and health care providers with respect to the payment of patient self-pay accounts under payment plans in compliance with the requirements of 26 U.S.C. §501(r), for automating the system service charge calculations paid by the hospital organizations and health care providers, and for providing automated reports to comply with requirements of 26 U.S.C. §501(r) and proposed regulations at 26 C.F.R. §1.501(r). | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140081652 | Automated Healthcare Risk Management System Utilizing Real-time Predictive Models, Risk Adjusted Provider Cost Index, Edit Analytics, Strategy Management, Managed Learning Environment, Contact Management, Forensic GUI, Case Management And Reporting System For Preventing And Detecting Healthcare Fraud, Abuse, Waste And Errors - The Automated Healthcare Risk Management System is a real-time Software as a Service application which interfaces and assists investigators, law enforcement and risk management analysts by focusing their efforts on the highest risk and highest value healthcare payments. The system's Risk Management design utilizes real-time Predictive Models, a Provider Cost Index, Edit Analytics, Strategy Management, a Managed Learning Environment, Contact Management, Forensic GUI, Case Management and Reporting System for individually targeting, identifying and preventing fraud, abuse, waste and errors prior to payment. The Automated Healthcare Risk Management System analyzes hundreds of millions of transactions and automatically takes actions such as declining or queuing a suspect payment. Claim payment risk is optimally prioritized through a Managed Learning environment, from high risk to low risk for efficient resolution by investigators. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140081653 | METHODS FOR ENSURING AND TRACKING HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE - A method for ensuring hand hygiene compliance may include tracking dispensing of a plurality hand hygiene dispensers having hand sanitizer. Each hand hygiene dispenser can be associated with an individual user. A processor may determine dispensing rates of the plurality of hand hygiene dispensers for a plurality of predetermined time periods and each of the plurality of the hand hygiene dispensers is identified with an individual user. The average dispensing rate can be calculated taking a predetermined number of highest dispensing rates out of the plurality of predetermined time periods. The rates can be displayed to the users, and the users can be notified of proper hand hygiene compliance or if the average dispensing rate falls below a target threshold rate. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140081654 | SMART CLINICAL CARE ROOM - Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for transitioning a clinical care room from a first scene to a second scene in order to facilitate completion of a real-world activity are provided. The first scene in the clinical care room is presented where the clinical care room has one or more zones. The first scene is associated with a first group of setting for components within the one or more zones. An input corresponding to the real-world activity is received. Incident to receiving the input, the second scene is provided. The second scene is associated with a second group of settings for the components. The second group of setting is optimized to facilitate completion of the real-world activity. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140081655 | Monitoring Patient Conditions - Among other things, a computer implemented method for monitoring patients released from an intensive care unit in a healthcare environment is described. The method comprises receiving medical information of a patient located at a location different from the intensive care unit, evaluating conditions of the patient by applying one or more rules to the medical information of the patient, and sending a message to the intensive care unit when the conditions of the patient match the one or more rules. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140088980 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A PROMOTIONAL EVENT - In a method for facilitating a healthcare promotional event, a computer transmits data representative of an invitation for a healthcare professional, selected from a plurality of healthcare professionals, to participate in a healthcare promotional event, selected from a plurality of predefined healthcare promotional events, wherein participating in a healthcare promotional event comprises watching a pre-recorded healthcare promotional video and participating in a live communication with a healthcare promotional event host; receives confirmation of the healthcare professional's intent to participate in the healthcare promotional event; launches the healthcare promotional event by initiating playback of the pre-recorded healthcare promotional video responsive to the computer receiving notification that the healthcare professional has received a communication comprising pre-defined information associated with the pre-recorded healthcare promotional video; and establishes live communication with the healthcare promotional event host responsive to the computer receiving notification that the healthcare professional has completed watching the pre-recorded healthcare promotional video. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088981 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROACTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF FORMULARY CHANGE IMPACTS - Systems and methods for proactively identifying impacts and making recommendations regarding modifications to a drug formulary are provided. In an embodiment, a proposed modification to a formulary is received. One or more data sources are accessed, and an impact of the proposed modification to the formulary is determined based on the one or more data sources. The impact of the proposed modification is then provided to a user prior to implementation of the proposed modification. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088982 | MEDICATION-CONFLICT-DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for using receipt data to identify medication conflicts is disclosed. The method may begin with linking, by a computer system, a human customer to a first substance. Subsequently, the computer system may initiate a purchase transaction involving the human customer. During the transaction, the computer system may identify a second substance forming part of the purchase transaction. Accordingly, the computer system may find, within a conflicts database, a conflict between the first and second substances. The conflict may correspond to an undesirable effect produced by simultaneous use of the first and second substances. The computer system may then alert the human customer to the conflict. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088983 | A Healthcare Information Operation Session and Data Transfer System - A system transfers healthcare session operation data between a portable device and a first computer. The portable device includes, an imaging device for acquiring image data including a readable code from a displayed image associated with a current operating session of a first application and presented by the first computer. A code interpreter for image to text conversion converts the readable code to text comprising a URL (universal resource locator) and context data associated with the current operating session. An executable application automatically initiates a session of operation of a second application corresponding to the current operating session of the first application, on the portable device in response to the text. A display processor generates data representing at least one display image associated with the session of operation of the second application. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088984 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A medical imaging apparatus operates to automatically recommend protocols suitable for image capture of a subject based on information related to the subject, and a control method operates the medical imaging apparatus. The medical imaging apparatus includes a controller which determines one or more protocols to scan a subject, classifies the protocols based on plural predefined criteria, and aligns and recommends the protocols classified according to a selected criterion if any one of the plural criteria is selected, and a display unit which displays an array of the protocols recommended by the controller. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088985 | PROVIDING HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT - One aspect provides a method, including: operating a computing device to, in response to an input physician identifier and an input diagnosis identifier, select a musculoskeletal treatment protocol, the musculoskeletal treatment protocol including at least one of the following: a predetermined musculoskeletal medical product and a predetermined musculoskeletal treatment service; operating the computing device to, responsive to selecting a musculoskeletal treatment protocol, produce an order corresponding to the musculoskeletal treatment protocol on behalf of a patient, wherein the order corresponding to a musculoskeletal treatment protocol includes at least one of a request for a predetermined musculoskeletal medical product and a request for a predetermined musculoskeletal treatment service; and operating the computing device to fill at least a portion of the order corresponding to the musculoskeletal treatment protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088986 | Providing Transparent Health Care Information to Consumers - Systems and methods are described for providing consumers with access to the discounted rates for health care procedures provided by primary care physicians, specialist physicians and facilities. Fee information for contracted providers is stored in a database and is accessible to consumers via an online interface. Consumers select query criteria for providers and are presented with actual cost information pertaining to procedures prospectively rendered by providers. Additional information, such as quality or efficiency of providers, can also be presented. Information on multiple providers can be obtained and presented in a comparative arrangement. The presented information can be limited to providers within a geographic region, within a cost range, within a quality range, or other criteria. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088987 | TELERADIOLOGY IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A teleradiology image processing system configured to receive, process, and transmit radiology read requests and digital radiology image data is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a radiology processing system includes a series of processing components configured to receive digital radiology data from a medical provider, extract relevant information and radiology scan images from the digital radiology data, and initiate and control a workflow with a qualified remote radiologist who ultimately performs a read of the radiology scan images. Further embodiments also facilitate data processing within the image processing system in response to medical facility rules and preferences; translation or conversion of digital images to other formats; compilation of patient and medical facility data obtained from the digital radiology data into medical records or data stores; assignment of radiology studies within a teleradiology workflow in response to licensing and credentialing rules; and billing functions in response to completed reads by the remote radiologist. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088988 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND DISCOVERY OF WEB-BASED CLINICAL PATHWAYS - A method and system to facilitate the collaborative development and discovery of evidence-based, clinical pathways. Clinicians, medical professionals or researchers, may use the Platform to build and find clinical pathways through a graphical interface, creating relational data records between steps in pathways. Further, users of the Platform may be able to associate relevant content such as published evidence, supplemental content items (e.g., videos, images, documents, ICD-11, CPT, SNOMED Clinical Terms, and external web pages), and other associated pathways which reside in the system's database. Users of the Platform may be able organize themselves into groups and networks to develop single pathways collaboratively. Users may be able to find specific pathways in the Platform through semantic search, querying for relationships which exist inside of individual pathways. Search results may be generated for a variety of user driven data, both explicit and implicit. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088989 | Rapid Learning Community for Predictive Models of Medical Knowledge - A predictive model of medical knowledge is trained from patient data of multiple different medical centers. The predictive model is machine learnt from routine patient data from multiple medical centers. Distributed learning avoids transfer of the patient data from any of the medical centers. Each medical center trains the predictive model from the local patient data. The learned statistics, and not patient data, are transmitted to a central server. The central server reconciles the statistics and proposes new statistics to each of the local medical centers. In an iterative approach, the predictive model is developed without transfer of patient data but with statistics responsive to patient data available from multiple medical centers. To assure comfort with the process, the transmitted statistics may be in a human readable format. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088990 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL AND INTERVENTIONAL PLANNING, SUPPORT, POST-OPERATIVE FOLLOW-UP, AND, FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY TRACKING - Various systems and methods are provided for surgical and interventional planning, support, post-operative follow-up, and functional recovery tracking. In general, a patient can be tracked throughout medical treatment including through initial onset of symptoms, diagnosis, non-surgical treatment, surgical treatment, and recovery from the surgical treatment. In one embodiment, a patient and one or more medical professionals involved with treating the patient can electronically access a comprehensive treatment planning, support, and review system. The system can provide recommendations regarding diagnosis, non-surgical treatment, surgical treatment, and recovery from the surgical treatment based on data gathered from the patient and the medical professional(s). The system can manage the tracking of multiple patients, thereby allowing for data comparison between similar aspects of medical treatments and for learning over time through continual data gathering, analysis, and assimilation to decision-making algorithms. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088991 | HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A healthcare communication system disclosed herein facilitates communications with patients in healthcare setting using a web-based application using one or more desktop and/or mobile devices. Specifically, an implementation of the system provides a web-based application that delivers patient communication content to a patient mobile device within healthcare settings, such as patient waiting rooms at hospital emergency departments, clinics, inpatient facilities, etc. The system also coordinates the communication with the patients, nurses, friends and relatives of the patient, etc. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088992 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND CATEGORIZING DISEASE - The presently disclosed subject matter relates to the diagnosis of diseases, and more particularly to the diagnosis of diseases using information contained within an electronic medical record. In particular, the presently disclosed subject matter provides for systems and methods for monitoring, detecting and categorizing disease states. In one embodiment, the system and method can include determining the present or indication of one or more disease state criteria and alerting the hospital information system and at least one clinician if at least one or more disease state criteria are present or indicated. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088993 | GRAPH GENERATION DEVICE, GRAPH GENERATION METHOD AND GRAPH GENERATION PROGRAM - Test intervals respectively corresponding to a plurality of medical tests for diagnosis or treatment are obtained, and a period to be displayed on a time series graph showing test results of the medical tests is determined such that the period to be displayed is not shorter than the longest test interval of the obtained test intervals. Then, the time series graph is generated based on the determined period to be displayed and test results of the medical tests performed on a given subject. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088994 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREND-BASED PATIENT MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure is directed to a system having a database operable to receive at least one physiological parameter data from at least one of an electronic medical record (EMR) portal configured for receiving EMR data from an electronic medical record; a healthcare provider (HCP) portal configured for receiving HCP data; a patient portal configured for receiving patient data; and a medical device portal configured for receiving medical device data; for calculating secondary parameters from scoring algorithms, trend algorithms, parameter algorithms and treatment algorithms; then displaying the data and secondary parameters in a graphical format in order to for detect, diagnose and treat chronic disease in patients. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088995 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENTS FOR PERSONALIZED HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS - User-specific medical, genetic, fitness, environmental and nutritional data is collected to develop personalized health and wellness programs for improving a user's health and wellness. The user-specific data may be collected from medical or genetic tests, mobile health devices worn by the user and applications through which the user manually inputs information. The user-specific data is then collected and analyzed together based on knowledge of the interrelationships between medical, genetic, fitness, environmental and nutrition data to develop a comprehensive user profile and personalized health and wellness programs that are targeted to improving specific areas of the user's health by implementing changes in fitness, nutrition, medical treatment, environment, etc. The parameters of the programs may be dynamically adjusted based on the user's progress in implementing the program, as measured by the user's activity and follow-up health evaluations. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088996 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING PERSONALIZED HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS - User-specific medical, genetic, fitness, environmental and nutritional data is collected to develop personalized health and wellness programs for improving a user's health and wellness. The user-specific data may be collected from medical or genetic tests, mobile health devices worn by the user and applications through which the user manually inputs information. The user-specific data is then collected and analyzed together based on knowledge of the interrelationships between medical, genetic, fitness, environmental and nutrition data to develop a comprehensive user profile and personalized health and wellness programs that are targeted to improving specific areas of the user's health by implementing changes in fitness, nutrition, medical treatment, environment, etc. The user is provided with a customizable, interactive dashboard graphical user interface of their current health and wellness data, which, along with notifications, incentives and rewards, helps the user improve their overall health and wellness and significantly reduce their risk of morbidity. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088997 | CENTRALLY CONTROLLED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AND MONITORING TRANSACTIONS OF SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS - A centrally controlled healthcare environment interconnects manufacturers of medical products, healthcare providers, and patients in a manner that provides a variety of functionalities. A particularly advantageous application of the system provides a mechanism for regulating and recording the flow of free drug samples from manufacturers to healthcare providers and thence to patients. This involves a method by which a unique record is created each time it changes hands on the way from the manufacturer to the patient. A machine-readable unique code assigned to the sample is scanned automatically when the sample it is withdrawn from inventory at the manufacturer. The code and a unique identity of the individual withdrawing the sample are stored as a first record. This process is repeated at each location and for each individual handling the sample, including when it reaches the healthcare provider. Thus, a series of unique records is created that track the sample. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088998 | POINT OF SERVICE THIRD PARTY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT VEHICLE FOR THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY - A point of service third party adjudicated payment system is provided, wherein the system includes a point of service terminal which accepts payment system access information for payment for a purchase of at least one of a service and product by a customer. A settlement engine processes said purchase transaction so as to determine a portion of said purchase which is to be paid by the customer and returns a settlement transaction to said point of service terminal designating obligations for payment by the customer. A payment system accesses a payment account so that the customer is charged said portion of said purchase which is to be paid by the customer. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140088999 | MEDICAL CLAIMS PAYMENT SYSTEM WITH PAYMENT CONSOLIDATION FROM MULTIPLE EMPLOYER ACCOUNTS - Segregated employer group settlement accounts ( | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140089000 | SIMILAR CASE SEARCHING APPARATUS, RELEVANCE DATABASE GENERATING APPARATUS, SIMILAR CASE SEARCHING METHOD, AND RELEVANCE DATABASE GENERATING METHOD - A similar case searching apparatus includes: a search vector generating unit which: with reference to a relevance database storing the degrees of relevance between (i) a combination of the keyword extracted by the keyword extracting unit and the attribute value of the keyword obtained by the keyword attribute obtaining unit and (ii) the respective image feature quantities extracted by the image feature extracting unit, performs weighting on (i) the image feature quantities extracted by the image feature extracting unit and (ii) image feature quantities extracted from a second medical image group of medical images included in a second case data item stored in the case database, using the degrees of relevance as weights; and a similar case searching unit which searches out, from the case database, the second case data item similar to a first case data item by comparing the weighed image feature quantities (i) and (ii). | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140089001 | REMOTELY-EXECUTED MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY INCLUDING EMERGENCY AUTOMATION - Devices, systems, methods, and software for providing remote medical diagnosis and therapy to a subject comprising: a module for conducting telecommunications with a telemedicalist; a module for applying a diagnostic or a therapeutic analysis; an apparatus for dispensing one or more medical items from an inventory of medical items, the inventory of medical items risk profiled to a subject, a population, a venue, or a situation; and optionally, a biosensor apparatus. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140095180 | AUTOMATED WORKFLOW ACCESS BASED ON CLINICAL USER ROLE AND LOCATION - Systems, methods, computer-readable media for automating displays based on admissions, transfers, and discharges are provided. In embodiments, a location associated with a clinician is detected. A role associated with the clinician authenticated to a first device is determined. One or more applications associated with the clinician based on the location and the role is automatically launched on the first device. In embodiments, authentication requests from the clinician are received for a second device. A session associated with the one or more applications is suspended on the first device and resumed on the second device. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095181 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING PERFORMANCE BASED SLEEP PATIENT CARE PROTOCOLS - Methods, systems and non-transitory computer readable media for automated workflow management for sleep quality are presented. A subject in a resting state is monitored using one or more sensors for acquiring one or more physiological parameters. A phase of sleep of the subject at a specific time using the physiological parameters is detected and inferred. Further, a recuperative benefit of the detected sleep phase is estimated. Additionally, it is determined is if an activity in a patient care workflow scheduled proximate to the specific time hinders sleep of the subject. The patient care workflow is then automatically reconfigured if scheduled activity hinders patient sleep, if the determined recuperative benefits exceed a designated threshold and/or if a proposed reconfiguration satisfies one or more designated criteria accounting for both restorative benefits to the patient and objectives of competing care delivery activities for both a given patient and a department. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095182 | SYSTEM MANAGEMENT OF CLINICAL PROCEDURES SCHEDULING BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLDS - An approach for scheduling clinical procedures based on defined environmental thresholds of medical units in healthcare facilities. In one embodiment, a computer system monitors environmental conditions of the medical unit in which clinical procedures will be performed utilizing a measurement system that includes an environmental device for monitoring the environmental conditions. The computer system further receives a schedule of the clinical procedures of the medical unit. The computer system further identifies environmental thresholds for the medical unit to be used for comparison against the environmental conditions of the medical unit. The computer system further compares environmental conditions to the environmental threshold to determine if the environmental thresholds are violated. In another embodiment, the computer system modifies the schedule of clinical procedures of the medical unit responsive to the determination. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONAL PAYMENT PROCESSING - According to some embodiments, governmental information associated with an insurance claim may be received. Moreover, a computer processor may automatically populate a lien tracking tool with information based on the received governmental information and the associated insurance claim. Similarly, a conditional payment tool may also be populated with information based on the received governmental information and the associated insurance claim. It may then be automatically arranged for a clinical assessment to be performed in connection with the insurance claim. In accordance with a result of the clinical assessment received by the payment processing system, it may be automatically determined whether an official response letter will be generated or a governmental payment will be issued in connection with the insurance claim. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095184 | IDENTIFYING GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL RISK FACTORS VIA RISK-DRIVEN PATIENT STRATIFICATION - Systems and methods for individual risk factor identification include identifying common risk factors for one or more risk targets from population data. Individuals are stratified into clusters based upon the common risk factors. A discriminability of each of the common risk factors is determined, using a processor, for a target cluster using individual data of the target cluster to provide re-ranked common risk factors as individual risk factors for the target cluster, such that the discriminability is a measure of how a risk factor discriminates its cluster from other clusters. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095185 | Diagnostic Systems And Methods For Visualizing And Analyzing Factors Contributing To Skin Conditions - Diagnostic systems and methods for visualizing and analyzing factors contributing to a health and/or wellness concern of a specific subject are provided. The systems and methods employ a set of multiple choice questions and a graphical representation of graphical elements corresponding to the subject's responses, the graphical representation permitting a user of the diagnostic systems and methods to utilize the relative positioning of graphical elements on the graphical representation to draw inferences relative to the health and/or wellness concern of the subject. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095186 | IDENTIFYING GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL RISK FACTORS VIA RISK-DRIVEN PATIENT STRATIFICATION - Systems and methods for individual risk factor identification include identifying common risk factors for one or more risk targets from population data. Individuals are stratified into clusters based upon the common risk factors. A discriminability of each of the common risk factors is determined, using a processor, for a target cluster using individual data of the target cluster to provide re-ranked common risk factors as individual risk factors for the target cluster, such that the discriminability is a measure of how a risk factor discriminates its cluster from other clusters. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095187 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING GOODS - A method and system for tracking goods is provided wherein the system is a transnomic code system. The transnomic code system includes a prescriber interface, a pharmaceutical interface, a pharmacy interface and a management server that communicate via communication mediums, such as an electronic prescribing switch and the Internet. The transnomic code is a dynamic code that includes a tracking code and one or more information sets, wherein each information set includes a read header and extensible content. The transnomic code is assigned to a product, such as a pharmaceutical product. The system allows for adding information sets to the transnomic code at any point during the life-cycle of a product. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095188 | Estimate Analysis and Validation - Validating patient payment estimates is provided. Validating patient payment estimates may comprise matching patient payment estimates with claims, payments and insurance contracts and providing tools to analyze the results of the matching process. Discrepancies may be determined, for example discrepancies between procedures and patient portions from the estimate with procedures actually billed and paid and a patient portion determined by the insurance company. Results may be stored in a dashboard user interface, which may then be available via a user interface for drill-down analysis. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095189 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONSE CALIBRATION - The disclosure provides methods, systems, and computer readable media for calibrating user responses to questions. The method may comprise presenting, with the aid of a computer system and an interactive display operatively coupled to the computer system, a query to a user. The query may relate to the user's dietary consumption, exercise, health condition or mental condition. The system may receive from the user a response to the query. The system may interpret a user's response to a query based on a set of reference information. The set of reference information may comprise a pictorial depiction of portion size of the dietary consumption, exertion level of the exercise, existing state of the health condition or existing state of the mental condition. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095190 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF PHARMACY WORKFLOW - A system and method for optimized management of pharmacy workflow, specifically, workflow associated with fulfillment of prescription orders for medications and health-related products in a pharmacy environment. A computer-controlled system coordinates and controls pharmacy workflow to sequence prescriptions for fulfillment in a most efficient path thereby minimizing a cost function associated with fulfillment of the prescription order. The system coordinates and controls prescription order fulfillment from automated and non-automated storage locations and can be easily adapted to the specific layout and level of automation desired by the operator. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095191 | INTEGRATED LAB MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention provides an online virtual laboratory manager that allows for electronic documentation and management of all aspects of the laboratory. The system receives data from one or more instruments in a laboratory and stores the data in a central library. The data is compared against compliance target values to determine if the one or more instruments are in compliance, and if the data is out of the compliance target values, notifying a laboratory manager. In notifying the laboratory manager, the laboratory manager is provided with corrective actions that are required, and thereafter, the system documents any data changes that occur. Additionally, the data from a plurality of laboratories is stored in the central laboratory to allow for peer review across laboratories. The system allows for monitoring the laboratory, identifying and fixing issues, and document all aspects for regulatory compliance, including allowing instant regulatory access to laboratory logs. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095192 | Product Purchase Multiplier - A method includes determining a food product price multiplier for a food product identified for purchase by an individual based on a health status for the individual and a product health value for the food product and generating an electronic signal indicative thereof. A system includes a multiplier determiner ( | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095193 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A HISTORICAL HEALTH TREND GRAPH FOR A PATIENT - An application module configured to provide a historical graph report which plots a patient's diagnostic test result values over time, in which the historical graph is included in a customizable laboratory report. The historical graph is configured to show a patient or physician of any identifiable changes or trends that the patient has experienced with regard to his/her diagnostic test result values for one or more identified biomarkers. The application module may utilize unique graphical objects within the graph itself or with respect to individual cells in the chart to indicate the particular risk level that a corresponding test result value may be assigned to. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095194 | Method and Apparatus For Payment of HealthCare Costs and Associated Health Care Credit Card - A method by which a consumer pays for services provided by a service provider with a payment card issued by a payment card provider. The method comprises: using the payment card, the consumer paying the amount due for the services less a discount amount, wherein a discount table agreed to by the payment card provider and the service provider indicates for each one of a plurality of discount amounts an incentive fee payable to the payment card provider; the payment card provider paying the healthcare provider the amount due less the discount and less the incentive fee; and the payment card provider debiting a payment account of the consumer with the amount due less the discount. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095195 | INTELLIGENT ROUTER FOR MEDICAL PAYMENTS - One or more servers ( | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095196 | System and Method for Remote Tele-Health Services - A tele-health services cabin includes a plurality of vital signs monitoring devices, a cabin management unit, and videoconferencing hardware via which a remote practitioner in a remote medical call center videoconferences with a patient in the cabin to diagnose symptoms of the patient. The cabin management unit includes a processor that controls the cabin, a data input at which patient data is provided from the vital signs monitoring devices, and a transmitter connectable to a communication link for bi-directional communication between the cabin management unit and the medical call center, where the transmitter transmits the patient data to the medical call center. The tele-health services cabin may include a patient chair including a motorized seat back and at least one sensor encapsulated in the seat back. The tele-health services cabin may include a hands-free medical device station. The tele-health services cabin may include an automatic cleaning system. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095197 | ASSOCIATION OF SUPPORT SURFACES AND BEDS - Systems, methods, beds, supports surfaces and machine readable medium for associating beds and support surface of a healthcare facility are disclosed. A surface association system for a healthcare facility may comprise a plurality of beds. The system may further comprise a computing device and a plurality of support surfaces to be placed upon beds of the plurality of beds. The computing device may associate a support surface of the plurality of support surfaces with a bed of the plurality of beds. The computing device may make the association based upon status data received from the plurality of beds and the plurality of support surfaces. The support surface and/or bed to be associated may initiate a surface association request. The computing device, in response to the surface association request, may request performance of one or more actions on the bed and/or support surface to be associated to identify the bed and/or support surface from the beds and support surfaces of the healthcare facility. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140100857 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR PREAUTHORIZATION FOR PAYMENT FROM PATIENT - Systems and methods for collecting preauthorization payments from a patient are disclosed. One example system includes a kiosk, a server and a real time healthcare preauthorization management tool for computing or estimating the patient portion for a healthcare service at a time of a patient encounter based on one or more of eligibility, services, plan, payer or some combination of these. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100858 | System and Method for Identification of Risk Indicators Based on Delays in Answering Survey Questions - In a telehealth system, a telehealth terminal presents a survey question to a patient. The patient enters a response to the survey question with the telehealth terminal. The telehealth terminal identifies an elapsed time between the presentation of the survey question and the entry of the response. A telehealth analysis system identifies a deviation between the elapsed time and a history of elapsed times taken to answer the survey question. The telehealth analysis system identifies a risk factor associated with the patient when the elapsed time deviates from the history of elapsed times. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100859 | Diet planning system and method - A diet planning system and method that provide a user an electronic device for inputting food items that represent a partial diet menu for a time period. The system computes the difference between the nutritional values of the user specified food items and a pre-established user-specifiable set of target intake nutritional values. The system suggests food items, of which nutritional values match or are close to the difference computed above to complete the diet menu for the specified time period. The system then displays on the electronic device the complete diet menu comprising of the user specified and the system suggested food items for the time period. The system optionally displays the total nutritional values of the food items in the diet menu and the target intake nutritional values. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100860 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WELLNESS PROGRAMS - One example embodiment relates to a method that comprises presenting a listing of wellness providers to an employer, the listing identifying wellness providers each offering a wellness service and being located within a region geographically proximate to a geo-location of the employer or an employee of the employer. The method further comprises receiving a subset of the wellness providers authorized by the employer to form part of an employer wellness program, and presenting the subset of authorized wellness providers to the employee and to at least one authorized wellness provider. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100861 | MEDICAL ANALYSIS APPLICATION AND RESPONSE SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus and method of communicating with a user of a wireless device for medical analysis purposes. One example method of operation may include identifying a group of participants to receive a broadcast message transmitted from a wireless device. The method may also include automatically establishing a first tier of participants among the group of participants, and at least one additional tier of participants among the group of participants. The example method may also provide transmitting at least one broadcast message from the wireless device to the group of participants, and transmitting additional data to at least one member of the group of participants based on a predefined relationship between the at least one member of the group of participants and a user of the wireless device. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100862 | System and method for real time adjudication and payment of health care claims - A method of claims adjudication which includes the steps of a service provider submitting a claim online at an adjudicators website. The service provider inputting data required by online prompts. Real time online analysis and adjudication of input data and claim to determine if claim meets the adjudicator's preselected criteria. If the claim is accepted, a payment will issue, otherwise if the claim is denied the user is notified of the denial. The method further includes the step of issuing a credit/insurance card to a user wherein the credit/insurance card is adapted to receive payment at a point of sale terminal. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100863 | Medical Benefits Determination System and Related Methods - A computer-based system and method for determining clinical appropriateness and medical benefits for one or more proposed specific medical management of a medical condition, and the reporting of procedural and cost-related information for the same. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100864 | PATIENT REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEMS - Validating services received and prices paid by a patient. A patient user interface is presented, which is configured to enable a patient to enter patient information relative to medical services received by the patient in connection with one or more visits by the patient to a medical provider. Patient information is received at the patient user interface. The patient information includes an identity of at least one service provided to the patient by the medical provider, and a price paid by the patient to the medical provider in connection with the medical provider providing the at least one service to the patient. It is determined whether or not the price paid by the patient is applicable toward a deductible for the patient's insurance plan, and/or whether or not all or part of the price paid by the patient is applicable toward a patient reimbursement based on the patient's insurance plan. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100865 | INTELLIGENT ELIGIBILITY REQUEST AND RESPONSE - Eligibility benefit information associated with a subscriber or dependent may be requested by a provider in an eligibility request, for example, a 270 request. Embodiments may intelligently determine a most appropriate service type code (STC) for a provider's eligibility request based on their location (“where”) and on the provider type (“who”). Utilizing precision STC tables for a payer (“what”) and the identity of the “who” and “where” associated with the provider sending the request, appropriate component level (and if needed, explicit level) STCs may be submitted in an intelligent eligibility request. Accordingly, an appropriately detailed yet focused response to the request may be received. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100866 | SCORE CARDS - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for building a score plan for a healthcare organization, its providers, its payers, and/or its patients and presenting the results of the score plan on one or more score card user interfaces. Score cards graphically display an entity's progress towards meeting quality measure objectives. The score cards provide information on percentage completion of one or more quality measure objectives by the entity and/or quality measure objectives that may be difficult for the entity to achieve. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100867 | TEAM-BASED HEALTH MANAGEMENT - An application offers personalized content, such as health care plans, health actions, and interactive games, to a user. Based on such health data provided by a user, the health management application may provide content, such as health information or health care plans, that is tailored to the current health status or condition of the user. In some instances, a user may request to participate in a particular health action or task. The health management application may recommend personalized tasks or actions for the user to complete to promote and improve health. Following partial or successful completion of a chosen health action, a user may earn points or rewards that may be redeemable for various prizes. A user may also earn points by completing an educational or informational task such as quizzes, questionnaires, or surveys. Points may also be earned by participating in or playing a game. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100868 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING PATIENT THERAPY - A system and method of managing therapy provided to patients in an institution. The system monitors all aspects of the medication delivery to a patient, as well as other information related to the patient, such as values at vital signs, laboratory results and patient factors such as history, diagnosis, allergies and the like. The system includes one or more databases of information, including institutionally developed rules, guidelines and protocol representing the best medical practices of the institution. The system provides alerts and/or recommendations based on the application of the rules to the information being monitored, and alerts care givers accordingly, providing for dynamic adjustment of the patient's therapy. The system also monitors the status of the alerts, and if no action is taken in a selected period of time, may escalate the priority of the alert and/or halt the delivery of medication to the patient until the alert is resolved. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100869 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS - Systems, methods, and computer program media for creating, managing, backing, and transferring health care credits are described. Health care credits may be implemented as freely transferrable financial instruments whose initial value can be based on costs or savings generated by an individual, or by a health care provider, that are associated with a health-related metric or a health benefitting behavior(s). | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100870 | Clinical Guidelines Engine - A medical guideline integration engine is presented. The engine imports medical guideline information from disparate sources based on various guideline standards into a knowledge base. The knowledge base houses the information in a database. Upon request, the engine retrieves the information from the knowledge base and converts the information into a desired guideline format. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140108022 | Brokerage System Employing Minimal Criteria Matching and Availability Queuing - Techniques are disclosed for connecting consumers of services with providers of services. The techniques include receiving from a device used by a consumer a request to engage in a consultation with a service provider, retrieving current availability information for a plurality of service providers that indicate the service providers' current availability to engage a consumer, analyzing by the one or more computers the current availability of the service providers and causing the one or more computers to select one of the service providers that according to the analysis has the least number of consumers currently in that service provider's virtual waiting room. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108023 | OPERATING ROOM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH MOBILE APP - An Operating Room Management System (ORMS) for facilitating the efficient and optimal organization of hospital medical personnel and resources runs on local and remote servers and comprises a real-time updated daily schedule which is displayed on digital whiteboards and other displays throughout the hospital. The schedule display simplifies the crucial information concerning common hospital concerns and permits quick, accurate decision making on the part of the hospital medical personnel and administrators. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108024 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT PLAN VERIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION COMPLIANCE - Embodiments include systems and methods for verifying treatment plans comply with treatment guidelines established by a healthcare organization. The treatment guidelines may be based, at least in part, on care guidelines generated by independent medical standards bodies. The implementation of the treatment plans may also be verified by the healthcare organization and may implement corrective actions when the treatment plan implementation is not in compliance with the approved treatment plan. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108025 | COLLECTING AND TRANSFERRING PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for collecting and transferring physiological data. Different physiological monitoring appliances can be attached to a portable physiological data collection device. Each physiological monitoring appliance can collect a different physiological data (blood glucose data, heart rate data, etc.) from an individual. Different physiological data can be collected and stored at the portable physiological data collection device. In response to a triggering event, a connection can be established to an external computer system. The stored physiological data can be transferred over the established connection to the external computer system. In some embodiments, the external computer system is a healthcare server that shares collected physiological data as well as other healthcare information with designated entities (e.g., family, doctors, etc.). The healthcare server can share healthcare information in accordance with patient configured rules so that patients have control over dissemination their healthcare information. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108026 | AUTOMATIC CLINICAL TREATMENT DEVICE USAGE MONITORING - The invention is designed to prevent mis-administrations of radiation in therapy sessions. Because of the complexity of machine configurations and settings required for every radiation therapy protocol, the invention is also designed to confirm that the settings of radiation oncology treatment systems and devices accurately reflect the dose protocol as determined by the radiation oncologists. In the event of a discrepancy, the system is designed to prevent the operator from starting the treatment session. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108027 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING MEDICATIONS FROM A CENTRAL PHARMACY TO A PATIENT IN A HEALTHCARE FACILITY - Provided herein are various apparatuses, systems, and methods for improving the efficiency of medication distribution within a healthcare facility. In particular, embodiments may provide for dispensing medications needed and medications anticipated to be needed to an authorized medical person for administration to a patient in a healthcare facility. Medications that are anticipated to be needed may be predicted based on a number of factors. The medications may be gathered, transported, stored, staged, and dispensed using one or more of the components described herein. Combinations of the components may be implemented for a system to automate or partially automate the dispensing of medications from a central pharmacy of a healthcare facility to a patient. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108028 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ANTICIPATING AND DELIVERING MEDICATIONS FROM A CENTRAL PHARMACY TO A PATIENT IN A HEALTHCARE FACILITY - Provided herein are various apparatuses, systems, and methods for improving the efficiency of medication distribution within a healthcare facility. In particular, embodiments may provide for dispensing medications needed and medications anticipated to be needed to an authorized medical person for administration to a patient in a healthcare facility. A method may include anticipating, by a processor, the need for one or more unit dose medications for a patient; directing the one or more unit dose medications to be placed into a patient specific overpack; directing the patient-specific overpack to be staged at a first location; receiving a request for the one or more unit dose medications; and causing the one or more unit dose medications to be dispensed to an authorized medical person in response to receiving the request. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108029 | Matching Mobile Device Enabled Electronic Medical Consultations with Relevant Advertisements and Messages - A mobile device implemented method where an electronic medical consultation is matched to advertisements and messages from third parties based on data uploaded by the patient, the patient's mobile device and data from third party applications and hardware running on the patient's mobile device. The level of interactivity from both the patient and the healthcare provider during the and after the electronic medical consultation is recorded in order to improve the relevancy of future advertisements or messages displayed to both patients and healthcare providers. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108030 | PHYSICIAN REFERRAL NETWORK - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for using a physician referral network to refer a patient from a physician to another healthcare provider. According to the method, there is received, via the physician referral network, a request from the physician for an appointment calendar of the other healthcare provider. The appointment calendar of the other healthcare provider is sent via the physician referral network to the physician. The appointment calendar includes information indicating days and times of open appointments. An appointment request is received via the physician referral network from the physician for an appointment for the patient with the other healthcare provider. The appointment request indicates the day and time of one of the open appointments from the appointment calendar of the other healthcare provider. After receiving the appointment request, a notification of the appointment with the other healthcare provider is sent to the patient. Both the physician and the other healthcare provider are registered members of the physician referral network. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108031 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING MEDICATION ADHERENCE RATES - Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a system and method for increasing medication adherence rates. In embodiments, a method of increasing medication adherence rates may comprise enabling a user to download an application to a mobile device via a network, the application comprising a set of instructions for permitting a user to access a medication reminder means for providing a reminder to the user to follow prescribed instructions regarding medication; an adherence tracking means for tracking the user's compliance with the prescribed instructions; a prescription price compare means adapted to provide the user a list of prices for a medication prescribed to the user; and receiving data from the mobile device at a remote server via the network, the data comprising information from the medication reminder means and the adherence tracking means. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108032 | CLINICAL MONITORING DEVICE WITH TIME SHIFTING CAPABILITY - The present invention is designed to develop research protocols for clinical trials. The invention can track and enhance subject compliance with a research protocol. The invention further provides evaluability data related to subject performance in the clinical trial. According to an alternative embodiment of the invention, a portable electronic device is used to query and collect data from the subject. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108033 | HEALTHCARE ENTERPRISE SIMULATION MODEL INITIALIZED WITH SNAPSHOT DATA - Snapshot data may be received indicative of a current state of resources that deliver healthcare to a plurality of patients associated with a healthcare enterprise. The received snapshot data may be automatically used to initialize a healthcare enterprise simulation model. The healthcare enterprise simulation model may then be executed to automatically generate a predicted future state of the resources at a predetermined point in time. Some embodiments may automatically suggest mitigation strategies based on simulated scenarios reflecting potential bottlenecks and appropriate actions that may be taken by the enterprise. The system may continuously and automatically monitor forecast accuracy to detect potential anomalies. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108034 | CONTINUOUS AUTOMATED HEALTHCARE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Current resource data may be continuously and automatically received indicative of a current state of resources that are used to deliver healthcare to a plurality of patients associated with a healthcare enterprise. The current resource data may be automatically used to update a healthcare enterprise simulation model. The healthcare enterprise simulation model may be executed to automatically generate a predicted future state of the resources. A resource request may then be received, and a resource assignment engine may automatically assign a particular resource to the resource request based at least in part on the predicted future state of the resources. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGN RESOURCES IN A NETWORK OF HEALTHCARE ENTERPRISES - According to some embodiments, first current resource data indicative of a current state of first resources that are used to deliver healthcare to a plurality of patients associated with a first healthcare enterprise is continuously and automatically received. The first current resource data may be automatically used to update a healthcare enterprise simulation model. The healthcare enterprise simulation model may automatically generate a predicted future state of the first resources, wherein the predicted future state of the first resources is based at least in part on second resource data indicative of a state of second resources that are used to deliver healthcare to a plurality of patients associated with a second healthcare enterprise remote from and networked with the first healthcare enterprise. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108036 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING PATIENT REFERRALS - Practitioners are certified to perform a medical procedure, such as an orthodontic procedure. Certified practitioners are maintained in a referral directory and classified within tiers based on criteria such as the number of procedures that they have performed. Inquiries are solicited from prospective patients, and referral lists are provided to those patients who request them. The referral lists are obtained from the referral directory with doctors from higher tiers who have performed more procedures receiving preferential inclusion on the referral lists. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108037 | Generation and Data Management of a Medical Study Using Instruments in an Integrated Media and Medical System - In general, a computer-implemented method is described for receiving one or more requests to generate a medical study, retrieving from one or more data repositories one or more medical study instruments, receiving a selection of a particular medical study instrument to use in the medical study, generating by one or more computers a list of one or more research collaborators invited to review the medical study, and generating by one or more computers a list of one of more participants invited to join the medical study. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108038 | Universal Charge Routing System for Medical Billing - A medical charge router receives charge information from a variety of sources and converts it to a standard charge format for automated processing and routing to one of multiple billing programs.) | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108039 | VALIDATED HOSPITAL CLEANING AND SANITATION PRACTICES - A validated healthcare facility cleaning and sanitizing system provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to cleaning and sanitizing practices at a hospital or other healthcare facility. The validated hospital cleaning system identifies hospital vectors of contamination; that is, sources through which hospital acquired infections (HAIs) may be spread. The validated system defines a plurality of modules within a healthcare facility, each having an associated cleaning process map designed to meet the particular cleaning and/or sanitizing needs and challenges faced by that module. Various stages of the cleaning process map include validation points, at which certain parameters designed to ensure proper cleaning and/or sanitizing of the module are verified. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108040 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALUE-BASED DECISION SUPPORT - Systems and methods for multi-dimensional, value-based clinical care path decision support are provided. A system includes a care decision subsystem to receive a patient problem and at least one clinical patient attribute, to identify a plurality of patient care path options for evaluation by the patient and a provider, and to generate a mashup of patient-specific criteria including clinical efficacy, cost, and access associated with each of the plurality of patient care path options. Each of the plurality of patient care path options can be utilized in an evaluation with respect to an objective associated with the patient problem. A user interface displays the plurality of patient care path options and associated mashup of patient-specific criteria to facilitate a data-driven selection of at least one of the plurality of patient care path options based on comparative efficacy, cost, and access tailored to the patient. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108041 | REDUCING DISRUPTION DURING MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION - Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for transitioning a clinical care room from a first scene to a second scene in order to facilitate completion of a medication-administration process. The first scene in the clinical care room is presented where the clinical care room has one or more zones. The first scene is associated with a first group of setting for components within the one or more zones. An input indicating that the medication-administration process has been initiated is received. Incident to receiving the input, the second scene is provided. The second scene is associated with a second group of settings for the components. The second group of settings is optimized to facilitate completion medication-administration process. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140114671 | MAPPING A CARE PLAN TEMPLATE TO A CASE MODEL - A method of mapping a care plan template to a case model includes receiving a care plan template, extracting elements from the care plan template, wherein the elements correspond to a phase comprising at least one task and data attributes corresponding to the task, mapping the task of the care plan template to a task of the case model, mapping a precedence relationship of the task of the care plan template to preconditions of the task of the case model, mapping the data attributes of the care plan template to properties of the case model, wherein the properties are associated with the task of the case model, mapping the task of the care plan template to a role of the case model, and generating the case model including the mapped task, the mapped precedence relationship, the mapped data attributes, and the mapped role. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114672 | CLOUD BASED VIEWING, TRANSFER AND STORAGE OF MEDICAL DATA - Features are disclosed for remote storage of medical information in a cloud service, and the systems and methods for sending, receiving, and accessing the data into and from the cloud server. A user may identify DICOM studies stored in a database at a medical data repository to be exported. The cloud service or an on-site unit at the medical data repository may search databases at the medical data repository for related medical information to identified DICOM studies. The identified DICOM studies and the related medical information may be burned into portable storage or combined into a virtual package to be uploaded to the cloud service. The cloud service may receive one ore more recipients to grant access to the uploaded virtual package, and may send an email to the one or more recipients indicating that virtual package may now be accessed. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114673 | MAPPING A CARE PLAN TEMPLATE TO A CASE MODEL - A method of mapping a care plan template to a case model includes receiving a care plan template, extracting elements from the care plan template, wherein the elements correspond to a phase comprising at least one task and data attributes corresponding to the task, mapping the task of the care plan template to a task of the case model, mapping a precedence relationship of the task of the care plan template to preconditions of the task of the case model, mapping the data attributes of the care plan template to properties of the case model, wherein the properties are associated with the task of the case model, mapping the task of the care plan template to a role of the case model, and generating the case model including the mapped task, the mapped precedence relationship, the mapped data attributes, and the mapped role. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114674 | Health Insurance Plan Comparison Tool - A tool comparing different health insurance plans. A User can review a plurality of health plans for likely cost, quality, and provider availability. The results are arranged in a table according to selectable criteria, such as actuarially estimated total costs (premiums plus actuarial estimate of out-of-pocket). Actuarial cost estimates are used with one or more of the following: personalized summary quality measures produced by the User's applying personal weights to different aspects of quality; availability of User-selected health care providers indicating if these providers participate in each listed plan; information on the costs and quality of available health care providers; ability for User to adjust actuarial estimates based on User-predicted health care conditions, procedures, and products; and ability for User to adjust premiums based on User preference as to whether to accept the full available subsidy. User can sort, filter, and select plans based on displayed features. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114675 | Healthcare Management Objects - Healthcare object management systems and methods are presented. Health Object Identifiers (HOI) representative of healthcare object (e.g., medical records, data, etc.) can be derived from biometric data associated with a patient. HOIs can resolve to a network location where the healthcare object can be accessed. Biometric data, or other types of object data, can be exchanged among computing devices and the healthcare object. On exemplary use of HOIs includes self assembling personal data records as sensor data is obtained. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114676 | Drug Monitoring and Regulation Systems and Methods - Systems and methods for monitoring and regulating the concentration of a drug in a subject are provided. A method may include administering to a subject a first dose of a pharmaceutical composition at a first time point. Next, a concentration of an active ingredient of the pharmaceutical composition or a metabolite thereof, or a biological marker indicative of the concentration of the pharmaceutical composition in the subject, may be determined from a biological sample of the subject with the aid of a point of care system. A second dose of the pharmaceutical composition may be administered to the subject at a second time point. The second dose and/or the interval between the first and second time points may be determined based on the concentration of the pharmaceutical composition in the subject. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114677 | Assisted Medical and Associated Lifestyle Decision Making - Methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for generating a location-based physiological history of a subject are provided. Methods may include generating, with the aid of a processor, a location-based physiological history of the subject by correlating geolocation data of the subject with physiological data and exogenous data. The geolocation data may be obtained with the aid of a geolocation system on or associated with the subject. The exogenous data may be of or related to environmental conditions at a geographic location of the subject. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114678 | SECURE DELIVERY OF PERSONALIZED NEUROMODULATION TREATMENT PROTOCOLS ACROSS THE INTERNET TO A STIMULATOR DEVICE - This invention manages the variation of neuromodulation sequences inherent in effective treatment for poly-substance abuse and dependence through downloadable neuromodulation protocols for common poly-substance combinations. The substance abuse profiles and the poly-substance neuromodulation protocols are placed on an Internet connected server, allowing effective management of complex treatments via network-attached client software to addiction clinics in most of the geographic areas in the world. Such downloadable protocols may be selected based on the addict's presenting drugs, drug history (from the addict and from appropriate medical personnel), health deficits (e.g. compromised liver) and other factors. Modifications to the downloaded protocol may become desirable as acute withdrawal symptoms emerge or other new information regarding the patient's condition becomes available. The treatment protocol may be changed during the patient's treatment through the download of different protocols dynamically adjustable treatment parameters under control of the treatment provider. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114679 | METHOD OF ANATOMICAL TAGGING OF FINDINGS IN IMAGE DATA - A clinical findings management system enables a clinician to review medical diagnostic images and mark or “tag” locations of suspect anatomy in the images. The tagged findings of a review are stored in association with a particular patient, particular anatomy, and location in the anatomy as marked by the placement of the tag. Serial studies performed of the particular anatomy over time are compared and the evolving diagnostic data of a particular finding is accumulated and saved. The clinician is thus able to recall the diagnostic history of a particular finding resulting from studies of the anatomy performed over time. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114680 | INTERACTIVE HEALTH ASSESSMENT - An interactive health assessment system and method is disclosed. A computer implemented system displays a plurality of health assessment questions to a user; receives an answer from the user for each respective question of the plurality of health assessment questions asked; generates a health score based on the answers received from the user; and provides the user with feedback information regarding the health score. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114681 | LOCATION-BASED MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing healthcare environments are provided. In embodiments, a real-time status of a clinical device, along with a location, is received. The location of the clinical device is obtained via a clinical device identifier that is tracked by a plurality of sensors in a healthcare environment. A clinical device may be identified as inappropriate for use and an alert presented to a clinician including the problem of the clinical device and the location thereof. A replacement clinical device may be located, using clinical identifiers, and presented to the clinician. Such monitoring and location awareness facilitates efficient responses to healthcare situations. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114682 | Prescription Dispensing System - A prescription dispensing system having a dispensing station for holding an inventory of prescription medications, a secure internet connection to the dispensing station for access by a potential prescription medication recipient, by healthcare personnel in a physician office and by pharmacy personnel at the pharmacy distribution center in a remote location, at least two webcams for visual and auditory communication between the location of the dispensing station and the pharmacy personnel via the internet to allow identification of the correct medication, identification and communication with the correct potential prescription medication recipient, and visual validation and recording of all documentation from the physician's office or potential prescription medication recipient, and a biometric reader disposed at the dispensing station for identifying a potential prescription medication recipient. The system may include various enhancements to allow accurate dispensing of the proper medication and direct secure internet communication between the pharmacist and the authorized recipient of the medication. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING MEDIA CONTENT AND IMPROVING DIAGNOSTIC READING EFFICIENCY - Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for image delivery in a picture archiving and communication system. Certain embodiments provide a method for transferring image data via a delivery chain for display at a client workstation. The method includes creating a data list describing image data to be delivered to implement an imaging workflow. The method includes establishing a general loading plan to specify a recommended priority for delivery of the image data in the data list. The method includes generating a node loading plan for each node in the delivery chain based on the general loading plan. The method includes reconciling at least one of the general loading plan and the node loading plan. The method includes delivering the image data via the nodes of the delivery chain based on the general loading plan, the node loading plan for each node in the delivery chain, and the data list. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114684 | HEALTHCARE ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT - Technologies are described herein for coordinating scheduling and communications. Through an implementation of the concepts and technologies presented herein, functionality can be provided for aggregating scheduling and communication information indicating one or more contact modalities, schedules, and responsibilities. The scheduling information can be edited to establish and adjust shifts and duties. The aggregated information can be communicated among various users. Communicating the aggregated information can support the use of various communication modalities to significantly improve accuracy, timeliness, and appropriateness of coordination and communication amongst the users. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114685 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MANAGE A WORKFLOW IN DELIVERING HEALTHCARE - An example system to allocate a resource to a plurality of patients includes a first agent to track a first property associated with a first patient to obtain first tracking data and a second agent to track a second property associated with a second patient to obtain second tracking data. The example system includes a bidding engine to receive the first tracking data from the first agent and the second tracking data the second agent. In the example system, the bidding agent to dynamically generate a first bid associated with the first patient based on the first tracking data and a second bid associated with the second patient based on the second tracking data. The example system includes a broker to assign the resource to one of the first patient or the second patient. In the example system, the broker is to dynamically communicate with the bidding engine to assign the resource based on at least one of the first bid, the second bid, or a property associated with the resource. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114686 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MANAGE A WORKFLOW IN DELIVERING HEALTHCARE - An example method to assign a plurality of resources to patient progressing through a workflow of events includes tracking a first property of a first resource, tracking a second property of a second resource, calculating a first set of bids for the first and second resources based on the respective first and second properties, assigning one of the first resource or the second resource to the slot in the workflow of events based on the first set of bids, introducing a third resource and tracking a third property of the third resource and calculating a second set of bids for the first, second and third resources based on the respective first, second and third properties, and reassigning one of the first resource, the second resource or the third resource to the slot in the workflow of events based on the second set of bids. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140122094 | INTRAVENOUS FLUID AND MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for determining billing codes and numbers of billing units for time-based medical services. Each medical service is associated with a service type, a start time, and an end time. Embodiments identify medical services associated with the same service type that overlapped and modifying the start time and/or the end time of at least one of the overlapping medical services so that they no longer overlap. A hierarchy is used to rank the service types. Medical services that overlapped and have different service types are identified and overlapping time is subtracted from the duration of a lower ranked one of the medical services. One or more of the medical services are identified as being billable based on a set of billing rules, and a billing code and a number of billable units are identified for each of the billable medical services. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122095 | TAX SAVINGS TECHNIQUES FOR HEALTHCARE PLANS - A computer-implemented method for providing tax savings for a healthcare plan is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes receiving an employee out of pocket (OOP) responsibility amount; subtracting from the OOP amount any amounts that are not qualified medical expenses; instructing an employer payroll computer system to split a payroll amount due the employee into a first file with an amount equal to the OOP amount and a second file with an amount equal to the normal amount due the employee less the OOP amount; send the first file to a Health Savings Account (HSA) custodian computer system; and send the second file to a Direct Deposit Account (DDA) of the employee; crediting the employee's HSA; debiting the employee's HSA; and sending the debited funds to the employee's DDA. Also disclosed are a computer system and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for performing the computer-implemented method. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122096 | COMPUTER INTERFACING FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND ANALYTIC SOLUTIONS FOR MEDICAL NETWORKS - Interfaces and systems are provided to help identify matches between consumer, service and product data and to help notify patients, specialists, product suppliers and other parties about relevant information corresponding to the identified matches. These interfaces and systems can also be used to help track and assist patient progression through various medical treatment cycles. One interface, comprising a smart health card interface, is used to provide updated information to consumers and medical professionals regarding patient data and relevant products and services. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122097 | Transaction Connection Mediator Method and Apparatus - An approach is provided for logically connecting customer endpoint devices to transaction services. The customer endpoint devices perform a customer purchase transaction and require access to transaction services to process payments and benefits that may be available for certain items. The customer endpoint devices use a transaction connection mediator to isolate communications with the transaction services. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122098 | STATISTICAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND METHOD TO VALUE PATIENT VISITS TO HEALTHCARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS FOR FOLLOW UP PRIORITIZATION - A Statistical financial system to value patient visits to healthcare providers allows healthcare providers to optimize their financial outcomes when billing insurance payers for services rendered in the course of patient visits. Commercial healthcare information systems today lack the ability to value these services in advance. Given the complexity of valuing services based on many variables and resource limitations, a predictive valuation provides the user with the information for accurate and timely decision making Using the historical data, the system creates a predictive model of future claims by creating attribute patterns from the data. As new information comes into the system, these attribute patterns are compared to the real-time data in order to create a value for a service and an overall visit. Using the valuation, the system will now be able to prioritize all follow-up tasks. The overall result is a better financial performance for the healthcare provider. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122099 | COHORT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A system is provided that identifies a cohort. The system retrieves metadata that includes information about one or more data fields of a data source. The system further creates a query for the data source based on the retrieved metadata. The system further compiles the query and executes the query on the data source. By executing the query on the data source, the system creates a case series. The system further generates a report based on the case series. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122100 | HEALTH PROVIDER QUALITY SCORING ACROSS MULTIPLE HEALTH CARE QUALITY DOMAINS - Evaluation of health care provider quality is described. Data is obtained, the data including claims data and member data of a member panel of a health care provider, the member panel including patients to which the provider provides health care services. Based on the obtained data, quality scores are determined for the provider across the member panel and across health care quality domains. A composite health provider quality score of the health provider is then determined, where the composite health provider quality score is a composite of the determined quality scores across the member panel and across the multiple health care quality domains. In some embodiments, risk-adjustment is performed for the quality scores, such as risk-adjustment against a peer reference base based on disease categories, patient age, and patient gender. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122101 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, HEALTH MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A health care apparatus includes a storage unit to store first, second and third information groups which are respectively sets of a plurality of schedule information pieces, biological system information pieces, and comment information pieces, and a controller to associate individual information pieces respectively included in the first, second, and third information groups with each other on the basis of coincidence or resemblance among words included in the individual information pieces, The controller displays the first, second, and third information groups respectively in first, second, and third areas of a screen on an output device connected to the controller. The controller accepts arbitrary one selected out of the individual information pieces included in the first, the second, or the third information group. The controller displays other individual information pieces associated with the selected individual information piece with emphasis. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122102 | GENERAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WELLNESS APPLICATION USING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH DATA-CAPABLE BAND - General health and wellness management techniques and devices are configured for use with a data-capable personal worn or carried device. In one embodiment, a method receiving data representing a profile upon which a target score is established based on one or more health-related activities, and acquiring data representing one or more subsets of acquired parameters based on, for example, one or more sensors disposed in a wearable computing device. The method can include determining data representing values for the one or more subsets of the acquired parameters based on reference values for the parameters set forth in the profile and calculating at a first processor a score based on data representing the values. The score represents an attained portion of the one or more health-related activities. In some cases, the method includes causing presentation of a representation of the score relative to the target score. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122103 | DIAGNOSTIC REPORT GENERATION SUPPORT APPARATUS - To provide a diagnostic report generation support apparatus that can shorten the time required for selecting a form. The diagnostic report generation support apparatus according to the embodiment comprises a first controller, an extraction unit, and a second controller. The first controller stores one or more pieces of the specific information to be referred to when the form is used in relation to the form types used in the past in a first storage in advance. The extraction unit extracts the specific information to be referred to common to respective forms from among the specific information stored in the first storage in advance for each form type and generates a common combination. The second controller stores a common combination of the specific information in a second storage in advance for each form type. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122104 | COACHING SYSTEM THAT BUILDS COACHING MESSAGES FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROMOTION - The invention concerns a system, method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for promoting a healthier life style of a subject. The method includes the steps of detecting a triggering event relating to a subject, reviewing a user profile associated with the subject which includes information relating to the subject, searching a text fragment database including a collection of text fragments and selecting appropriate text fragments based in part on the specific user profile of the particular subject, and sending the text fragments selected to a coach for forwarding to the subject, review, or amendment. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122105 | Methods And Systems For Managing Healthcare Programs - A method and system for the management of the planning and implementation of a target program, directed to a target entity, across multiple jurisdictions. In healthcare implementations, metrics associated with a particular health program for jurisdictions being considered, and for target groups within those jurisdictions, can be gathered and analyzed to generate a jurisdiction score for each jurisdiction. Recommendations regarding where to implement a health program and in what capacity can be made based on the generated jurisdiction scores. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122106 | System and Method for Coordinating Administration of a Medical Test to a User - A computer-implemented system and method are provided for coordinating administration of a medical test to a user in which a request from a user for a recommendation in connection with a medical condition is received from a first computing device. A plurality of diagnostic questions associated with the medical condition are transmitted for display on the first computing device, and a plurality of responses to the plurality of diagnostic questions are received from the first computing device. The responses are analyzed to develop a test plan, which includes a test panel. A prescription for the test plan is developed and transmitted to a second computing device associated with an entity that executes the test panel. Results of tests conducted in accordance with the prescription are received from the second computing device. Medical advice a physician will communicate to the user is determined in accordance with at least one of the demographic information, the plurality of responses, and the test results. A summary report of the medical advice is developed, and transmitted to one or both of a third computing device associated with the physician and the first computing device. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122107 | System and Method for Reporting of Medical Advice - A computer-implemented system and method for reporting of medical advice are provided. Demographic information associated with a patient user, and a request from the patient user for a recommendation in connection with a medical condition are received from a first computing device. A prescription is created for a test plan associated with the medical condition and the prescription is transmitted to a second computing device associated with an entity that executes the test plan. Test results associated with execution of the test plan for the patient user are received from the second computing device. A regulations database is used to determine a delivery method for communicating the test results to the patient user. A medical report in accordance with the delivery method is generated and the medical report is transmitted to the patient user. The regulations database includes regulations associated with different jurisdictions. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122108 | System and Method for Coordinating Payment for Healthcare Services - A computer-implemented system and method for coordinating payment for healthcare services are provided. Demographic and insurance information associated with a patient user, a request for medical advice, and a responses to queries provided by the patient user are received from a first computer device. A test plan is developed for the patient user. A prescription for the test plan is created and transmitted to a second computing device associated with an entity that executes the prescription, and test results are received from the second computing device. Medical advice is determined in accordance with at least one of the demographic information associated, the responses, and the test results. A claim is generated and transmitted to an insurance claim adjudication system. Payment for charges paid by an insurance provider is received and an invoice for charges paid by the patient user is sent to a payment system associated with the patient user. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122109 | CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OBJECTS INTERACTION - A method for diagnosing a patient using a computer system includes, on the computer system: receiving information from the patient, the information including symptoms and symptom history; identifying a first set of diagnoses using the information; presenting the first set of diagnoses and a first set of questions to the patient in accordance with the information; receiving a first set of answers to the first set of questions; and identifying a second set of diagnoses and a second set of questions in accordance with the first set of answers. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122110 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROBLEM-ORIENTED PATIENT-CONTEXTUALIZED MEDICAL SEARCH AND CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSTIC, MANAGEMENT, AND THERAPEUTIC DECISIONS - Disclosed is a system and method to transform a complex diagnostic and management decision-making process found in western medicine into a novel and unique medical tool comprising a novel diagnostic decision support system and therapeutic optimization. The technologies result in more accurate diagnoses and more effective and appropriate therapeutic plans for individual patients. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122111 | DISTANCE FUND RAISING - A distance fund raising method, including using a distance or distance unit. The method can be used for calculating a donation based upon the completion of one or more distance units by a participant or a group of participants. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122112 | HYBRID POINT-BASED REGISTRATION | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122113 | PROVIDING INDICATIONS OF CLINICAL-TRIAL CRITERIA MODIFICATIONS - Systems and method for providing indications of trial-related attributes are provided. In embodiments, the method includes providing an indication to view a suggested clinical-trial criteria modification(s) that, if implemented, is expected to increase a number of patients eligible for a clinical trial. Thereafter, a suggested criterion modification for a clinical-trial criterion is received. The suggested criterion modification is based on a comparison of aggregated patient data associated with the clinical-trial criterion to the clinical-trial criterion. The indication of the suggested criterion modification for the clinical-trial criterion can be displayed. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122114 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER CONTROLLED LOG-IN; INTERACTING AND LOG-OUT - A system in which a user controls the log-in, transaction, and log-out process with respect to a merchant. The user's presence at the merchant's facility triggers the log-in process, such that the merchant's systems become aware of the user's presence. Once the user is registered with the merchant, information and services become available to the user without further action required by the user. Transactions are facilitated, specials are brought to the user's attention, personal shopping becomes available while the user remains in the facility. Upon leaving the facility, or after a certain elapsed time with a transaction being consummated, the user is logged-out of the system. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122115 | TRIPLE TEST KIT - Embodiments of the invention pertain to kits capable of providing authenticated health information for purposes of privacy, rewards, or incentives. In an embodiment of the invention, biometric measurement devices coupled with a communications infrastructure implement a system of secure information exchange and enhanced data security. In an embodiment of the invention, a security/verification system is built into the kit, so as to be able to provide verification of a user's identity. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140129237 | ESTIMATING MARKET-DRIVEN MEDICAL FACILITY RATES AND/OR CHARGES - Embodiments of methods or apparatus to estimate market-driven medical facility rates and/or charges are provided. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129238 | Remote Health Care Transaction Management System - A server facilitates and tracks a request for a change in patient care from a nurse and a responsive directive regarding that care from a physician as a transaction. Upon completion of the transaction by the physician in providing the responsive directive, the server automatically compensates the physician for processing the request. The server can require acknowledgment from the nurse that the responsive message was substantively responsive before declaring a transaction complete and therefore before compensating the physician for the response. Each user, whether a nurse or physician, can specify both (i) a schedule of days and times the user is scheduled to be available and (ii) one or more alternate users to which matter should be referred in times at which the user is not scheduled to be available. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129239 | GENERAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WELLNESS APPLICATION USING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A DATA-CAPABLE BAND - General health and wellness management techniques and devices are described including receiving data representing an activity profile defining parameters upon which a target activity score is established, acquiring sensor data representing acquired parameters based on sensors in a wearable computing device, determining values for the subsets of the acquired parameters based on reference values for the parameters set forth in the activity profile, establishing an ability profile using the values, the ability profile associated with a classification, calculating an activity score based on the values, detecting a difference between the activity score and the target activity score, modifying a rate at which the activity score accrues as a function of the difference, and presenting a representation of the activity score relative to the target activity score. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129240 | Health and Exercise Monitoring System and Method Thereof - An exercise monitoring system that includes a data obtaining unit arranged for gathering a set of health data of a user, a health management unit that communicates with the data obtaining unit, wherein health instruction is provided based on the set of health data provided from the health management unit with the goal of improving the user's health. The health instruction is automatically generated in response to an input from the set of health data. The health management unit includes an interaction unit, wherein a personal trainer of the user interacts with the user to provide the health instruction on a real-time basis. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129241 | Systems and Methods for Generating Healthcare Intelligence - A method includes a first healthcare provider purchasing a first offering for a first offering first price and a second offering for a second offering first price, a second healthcare provider purchasing the first offering for a first offering second price and the second offering for a second offering second price, and presenting at least one of (1) an indication configured to allow a comparison of a first sum of the first offering first price and the second offering first price versus a second sum of the first offering second price and the second offering second price and (2) an indication presented as a result of a comparison of the first sum versus the second sum. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129242 | GENERAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WELLNESS APPLICATION USING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A DATA-CAPABLE BAND - Health and wellness management techniques and devices are described including receiving data representing an activity profile defining parameters upon which a target activity score is established based on one or more health-related activities, acquiring sensor data representing subsets of acquired parameters based on sensors disposed in a wearable computing device, determining values for the subsets of the acquired parameters based on reference values for the parameters set forth in the activity profile, calculating an activity score based on the values, determining a context score based on at least one of an environmental parameter and a social parameter, forming an adjusted score using the context score, determining an time for a performance of an activity, and generating a representation of a recommendation to perform the activity at the time, the representation generated prior to the time. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129243 | GENERAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WELLNESS APPLICATION USING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A DATA-CAPABLE BAND - Health and wellness management techniques and devices are described including receiving data representing a nutrition profile defining parameters upon which a target score is established based on nutrition consumption, acquiring other data representing subsets of acquired parameters, each of the subsets of acquired parameters comprising a type of parameter and a unit of the acquired parameter, determining values for the subsets of the acquired parameters based on reference values for the parameters set forth in the nutrition profile, calculating a nutrition score based on the values, causing presentation of a representation of an overall score comprising the nutrition score relative to the target score, associating a classification with the nutrition score, determining a difference between the nutrition score and the target score, and changing the classification based upon the difference. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129244 | MODIFYING TIME DATA VALUES BASED ON SEGMENT RULES - In an embodiment, a method comprises: creating and storing laboratory test turnaround time (TAT) measurement data comprising one or more TAT values for one or more time segments associated with one or more laboratory sample processing stages in a testing laboratory; wherein, for a particular laboratory sample processing stage, a particular TAT value, from the one or more TAT values, is associated with a particular time segment, from the one or more time segments; applying one or more segment specific rules to the particular TAT value associated with the particular time segment to determine whether the particular TAT value is invalid; in response to determining that the particular TAT value is invalid, modifying the TAT measurement data for the particular time segment for the particular stage by removing the particular TAT value; repeating the applying and the modifying for all the TAT measurement data. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129245 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A document processing apparatus includes a document acquiring unit that acquires image information representing an electronic document, a unit that determines whether the electronic document represented by the image information is an electronic document scanned from a document created by a specific hospital, and a storing unit that stores the image information in a memory if the electronic document represented by the image information is not an electronic document that is scanned from a document created by the specific hospital, and stores compressed image information, which is obtained by compressing the image information, in the memory in place of the image information if the electronic document represented by the image information is an electronic document scanned from a document created by the specific hospital. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129246 | Extension of clinical guidelines based on clinical expert recommendations - A clinical decision support system comprises a clinical guideline ( | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129247 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING PATIENT-SPECIFIC COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSES FOR MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS - A method for performing patient-specific cost-effectiveness analysis for medical interventions includes retrieving patient data associated with a patient, selecting one or more interventions based on the patient data, estimating at least one of health effects, resource consumption, and intervention costs for each of the selected interventions, calculating the net health benefit for each intervention, and displaying the net health benefit for each intervention. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129248 | USAGE BASED SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE - A system for profiling operational usage associated with a plurality of medical imaging devices includes an information container processor, a database, a data analyzer module, and an output processor. The information container processor is configured to acquire operational data from each of a plurality of customer entities. The operational data acquired from each respective customer entity may include, for example, an identification of a imaging device used by a respective customer entity; a configuration setting associated with the imaging device; and an identification of one or more of an imaging scanning method utilized by the imaging device, an anatomical region imaged by the imaging device, and a medical condition investigated using the imaging device. The database is configured to store the operational data acquired from each respective customer entity. The data analyzer module is configured to generate one or more usage inquiries; using the database and the usage inquiries, derive one or more findings regarding the operational data acquired from each respective customer entity; and identify a significant finding included in the one or more findings. The output processor is configured to communicate data indicating the significant finding to a destination. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129249 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND FEEDBACK OF CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS - A system and method for improving asthma management is disclosed. A server receives periodic asthma control test (ACT) results from a patient. The server is in communication with a care coordinator such as a health care clinic. The server identifies an ACT score for each ACT. The server sends at least one of the ACT results and the ACT score to the care coordinator to enable the care coordinator to monitor the asthma management of the patient. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129250 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE TREATMENT OF A PATIENT - A method for monitoring the treatment of a patient in his home environment comprising the following steps is disclosed:
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| 20140129251 | CONTACT LENS DELIVERY SYSTEM AND AN EYE EXAMINATION GUIDING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF THE SAME - The present invention is a system for determining the permission of the home delivery service when a user demands the home delivery contact lens renewal. The system comprises a server terminal | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129252 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A biological information measurement system measures a plurality of types of biological information of a specific patient, selects recording biological information that is to be kept as a record of each type of biological information from the plurality of types of measured biological information based on a predetermined selection standard, and records the selected recording biological information so that the recording biological information can be confirmed later. As a result, highly-reliable biological information can be recorded efficiently and with certainty. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129253 | Apparatus and Method for Managing Medication Adherence - A system and method of a clinical trial is provided. The system comprises a summary page providing an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier and one or more clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant identifier to which it is applied. A zoom selector is provided for zooming in on a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page. Upon selection of a particular level of zoom, a corresponding amount of detailed information related to the subset of the clinical trial identifiers is provided; the detailed information including at least an indication of the level of compliance of a clinical trial participant to a prescribed clinical trial protocol represented by a corresponding clinical trial participant identifier, and further information related to any particular clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applied to any one of the clinical trial participant identifiers included within the subset. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129254 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER CONTROLLED AUTOMATED MEDICAL HISTORY - The system and method according to certain embodiments of the present invention substantially overcome the deficiencies of known systems and methods by including the health care provider's participation in the computer generation of the medical history. A preferred embodiment comprises utilizing the computer system requesting and/or allowing the health care provider's participation with the computer system at certain points in the otherwise automated medical history by the computer system. A single health care provider can simultaneously allow a plurality of patients to use the system to automatically generate medical histories for these patients. Alternative embodiments of the present invention can be used in fields outside of health care to allow a single computer operator to participate in the computer generation of histories for a plurality of users. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140136216 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA RELATED TO CASE MANAGEMENT FOR INJURED INDIVIDUALS - A computer system for processing data relating to medical claim management includes data storage devices storing data relating to medical claims, system users having multiple levels of experience, and rules data; and a claim management hardware server in communication with the data storage devices and with devices accessible to the system users. The server is configured to: determine whether a claim is to be assigned from one system user to another one of the system users based on one or more of time-based and event-based triggers, responsive to determining that the claim is to be assigned to another one of the users for short-term review, assign the claim to another one of the system users at the determined level of experience; and notify the another one of the system users via one of the devices accessible to the system users of the assignment. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136217 | BIDDING PROCESS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES - An internet based bidding system for health care services may include an interactive website in communication with a database of health services offered by participating providers. A physician may provide a script bearing a code to a patient so that the patient may request a health care service. The patient may use the code to bid for one of the health care services on the interactive website. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136218 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods are directed to supply chain management. In particular, the tracking, tracing, authenticating, and reporting of supply chain events for products, is disclosed. Various embodiments can store, analyze, and track supply chain events and help to coordinate and maintain trading partner connections. Various embodiments also help to enhance patient safety, secure the supply chains for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other healthcare products, and help users to follow regulatory requirements. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136219 | PATIENT AND PHYSICIAN GATEWAY TO CLINICAL DATA - In a system for remote storage of clinical data, the system includes a server, a database in communication with the server, wherein clinical data is stored on the database. The system includes a communication link between the server and a network. The server executes software to securely generate, receive, store, update, provide access to and/or transmit the clinical data between and among patients, healthcare providers and other authorized parties including members and administrators of the system. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136220 | Interactive Patient and Physician Systems and Their Methods of Use - Methods of identifying a patient with an increased propensity for a medical condition and implementing a responsive treatment are disclosed herein and include: conducting at least one screening test, patient questionnaire or a combination thereof on a patient to detect at least one symptom, historical patient event or a combination thereof for the detection of the medical condition, determining whether the at least one symptom, historical patient event or a combination thereof is the cause or related to the medical condition, determining whether the patient has or is at higher risk for the medical condition, producing a medical condition wellness regimen or schedule for the patient as a responsive treatment, and implementing the wellness regimen or schedule. Systems of identifying a patient with an increased propensity for a medical condition are also disclosed herein. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136221 | ONLINE MATCHING SYSTEM BETWEEN PATIENT AND CURER - Disclosed is an online matching system between a patient and curer which provides an effective medical service by matching the patient and curer using an online social network with the advent of a personalized medical treatment age. The online matching system between a patient and curer includes a patient terminal and a curer terminal which are configured for a user to join as a member to a matching service server connected through a data communication network, and log in to perform registration and inquiry, and the matching service server which manages by matching a first group data in which the patient's disease-related information registered is grouped by type of disease and a second group data in which the curer's research-and-treatment-related information registered is grouped by area of research. The matching service server connects the patient and curer terminals through the data communication network. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136222 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INDEXING AND CATALOGUING OF ORTHODONTIC RELATED TREATMENT PROFILES AND OPTIONS - Method and system for providing an orthodontic profile indexing and treatment plan including comparing an initial patient condition in each of a plurality of dentition categories with one or more reference conditions in each of the plurality of dentition categories, wherein each of the one or more reference conditions has a corresponding representation, selecting at least one reference condition in one or more of the plurality of dentition categories, where each selected reference condition is similar to the initial patient condition in a same dentition category, and generating a patient identifier based on the corresponding representations of each selected reference condition is provided. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136223 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED REPATRIATION OF A PATIENT FROM AN OUT-OF-NETWORK ADMITTING HOSPITAL TO AN IN-NETWORK DESTINATION HOSPITAL - A system server stores and allows access to patient data, and can include a repatriation management system and/or a discharge management system. The repatriation management system provides for transfer of a patient from an admitting out-of-network hospital to a destination in-network hospital. The repatriation management system includes a computer program for analyzing the patient data, analyzing candidate destination hospital data, and calculating matches between the two. The discharge management system provides for transfer of a patient from an acute care hospital environment to a remote care facility. The discharge management system includes a computer program for analyzing the patient data, identifying and formulating resolutions to placement problems, and determining if the patient will be discharged. The system server is networked to allow remote access to the stored data and communication between the admitting hospital, destination hospitals, remote care facilities, and medical transport providers. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136224 | Educational Media Evidence Rating and Technology Analysis Solution - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a comment to a medical study; prior to enabling storage of the comment in a data repository, transmitting, to a device used by a user who submitted the comment, a graphical user interface that prompts the user to enter an identifier that uniquely references a data repository record to a medical resource; receiving information indicative of the identifier that uniquely references the data repository record to the medical resource; verifying that the identifier references a data repository record to a medical resource; in response to verification of the identifier, storing the comment in association with the medical study in the data repository; and storing the identifier in association with the comment that is stored in the data repository, wherein the identifier provides evidence to support the comment. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136225 | DISCHARGE READINESS INDEX | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136226 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STATUS | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136227 | READMISSION RISK ASSESSMENT - A readmission risk prediction model is generated and used for identifying patients having elevated risk of readmission and determining inpatient treatment and outpatient activities based on readmission risk. Readmission risk prediction models may be generated for a variety of different clinical conditions using logistic regression techniques. When a patient is admitted to a hospital, the patient's condition is identified and a corresponding readmission risk prediction model is employed to identify the patient's risk of readmission. The readmission risk may be presented to a clinician and employed to recommend interventions intended to treat the patient and reduce the probability of readmission for the patient. The patient's readmission risk may also be calculated after the patient has been discharged and used for planning outpatient activities for the patient. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136228 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPOSING PROFILES OF CLINICAL TRIAL CAPACITY FOR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS - The invention generally relates to systems and methods for composing location profiles for use in planning clinical trials. Location profiles may depict the aggregate clinical research capacity of geographic locations based on research centers within those locations among other factors. In certain aspects, the invention provides systems and methods for providing disease-specific information about clinical trial capacity by location. The information can be aggregated from several sources. A user can change a geographical scope and the system can alter the display to include data specific to the changed geographical scope. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136229 | Drug Labeling - Disclosed are systems and methods for enabling transfer of a drug from a first drug container to a second drug container including a drug identification component that recognizes a first drug container to retrieve drug identifying data for the drug, a storage medium that stores a site-specific database comprising attributes and associated values for a set of drugs including the drug in the first drug container, a processor that obtains the drug identifying data and the attributes and associated values for the drug and produces information about the drug using the drug identifying data and the attributes and associated values, a rules engine that applies one or more rules to the information about the drug to generate drug handling information, and an output unit that outputs markings comprising the drug handling information in human-readable or machine-readable form, or both, to be associated with the second container. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136230 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AN INTELLIGENT MEDICAL PRACTICE SYSTEM EMPLOYING A LEARNING KNOWLEDGE BASE - An intelligent care provider medical practice system which learns the care provider's preferences and historical diagnosis for predicting and treating patients based on provided information. The system makes use of one or more medical knowledge bases and utilizes artificial intelligence and reasoning to learn the provider's preferences and tendencies. The system also automatically generates the provider's notes, treatment plans, and other medical practice actions for treating, billing, and processing the patient after an exam or visit. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136231 | INTEGRATED PHARMACY ERROR TRACKING AND REPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The disclosure presents a system and method for efficiently capturing, tracking, analyzing, and providing continuous quality improvement in an integrated manner in relation to errors which occur in the distribution of medication to patients through a multi-store pharmacy operation. The system and method include receiving error event data for a pharmacy error event through a first input device at a pharmacy through an input interface, transmitting the error event data to a pharmacy error event database associated with a pharmacy error event computer and storing the error event data in the pharmacy error event database. The system and method may also determine whether the first error event information requires escalation, and transmit an error event escalation message through a communication device to supervisory personnel, as well as tabulate the error event data with the pharmacy error event computer based on a criteria for communicating insight information to supervisory personnel through a communication device. The system and method provide further structural, functional and operational features for implementing these and other features in a multi-store and multi-district pharmacy operation. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BENCHMARKING HOSPITAL SUPPLY EXPENSES - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for determining a supply intensity metric (“SIM”) for benchmarking hospital supply expenses and for determining a supply expense target for opportunity identification based on the types and proportions of patients treated at a hospital. The SIM is a metric that may be used by hospitals to evaluate their supply chain or overall supply expenditures, and set goals for supply expense reduction. The SIM can be based on the number of patients in each DRG and an average supply expense for each DRG determined from a plurality of hospitals. A supply expense target may be based on, at least in part, a hospital's predicted inpatient supply expense, a non-chargeable expense, and a total outpatient supply expense. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140142960 | GENERATION OF MEDICAL INFORMATION USING TEXT ANALYTICS - A computer generates medical information that can include one or more of a patient awareness report and a follow-up question, utilizing at least one computing processor. The computer identifies a medical document, and annotates the medical document using a plurality of annotators to produce annotations associated with the medical document. The computer determines a medical condition based, at least in part, on the annotations, and generates medical information related to the medical condition based, at least in part, on the annotations. The computer can identify a knowledge domain of the medical document, and the computer can identify at least one of the annotators based on the knowledge domain of the medical document. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142961 | MANAGING RESEARCH DATA FOR CLINICAL DRUG TRIALS - A machine, computer program product, and computer-implemented method for performing a process of managing clinical research data by collating a plurality of clinical patient records into a database system and a process of allowing particular clinical users to access the clinical research records. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142962 | GENERATION OF MEDICAL INFORMATION USING TEXT ANALYTICS - A computer generates medical information that can include one or more of a patient awareness report and a follow-up question. The computer identifies a medical document, and annotates the medical document using a plurality of annotators to produce annotations associated with the medical document. The computer determines a medical condition based, at least in part, on the annotations, and generates medical information related to the medical condition based, at least in part, on the annotations. The computer can identify a knowledge domain of the medical document, and the computer can identify at least one of the annotators based on the knowledge domain of the medical document. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142963 | System and Method for Providing Patient Care - A system for providing patient care includes acquiring, consolidating, distributing, storing and displaying medical data using cell phone platforms and non-proprietary hardware and software modules. The system includes sensing devices, acquisition devices, network appliances, cloud computing and storage, and presentation devices. Sensing devices are connected to acquisition devices via wired or wireless connections. Sensing acquisition devices can be used in a caregiver facility and in an outpatient environment and can connect to the cloud via cell phone (3G/4G) networks. Clinical data is sent in encrypted messages having only the header encoded using a standard scripting language, such as Lua. Presentation devices include computers, tablets, cell phones, and wall-mounted displays and can be located anywhere, enabling greater accessibility of patient data by caregivers. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142964 | Providing Price Transparency and Contracted Rates to Dental Care Customers - Systems and methods are described for providing consumers with access to the discounted rates for health care procedures provided by dentists, primary care physicians, specialist physicians and facilities. Fee information for contracted providers is stored in a database and is accessible to consumers via an online interface. Dentists or health care providers can receive payment from a customer's pre-funded account in exchange for health/dental services provided to a customer, through the use of a health/dental care card. The card is issued to the customer by a health plan organization and is linked to a pre-funded account for that customer. The health care provider is under contract with the organization to offer a predetermined fee structure for covered services. Customers can obtain contracted rates for services via the card, regardless of any limitations that might apply under a health insurance policy or other program | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142965 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING CLINICAL SYSTEMS WITH BEHAVIOR SUPPORT AND TRACKING - A web-based system and method for implementing a smoking cessation support therapy promotes individual, proactive participation by obtaining an initial consent, indicating motivation, from a patient, and linking the patient with a clinician for monitoring, feedback, and direction of subsequent support media based on clinician oversight and the reported motivation of the patient. The disclosed system encompassing self-motivation assessment, reinforcement feedback, and communication linkages to both clinicians and peers provides for a proactive response by a patient to a clinician invitation, thus establishing a minimal motivational level, and gathers statistical and motivational information from the patient for subsequent monitoring by the clinician | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142966 | Healthcare Communication and Workflow Management System and Method - A communication and workflow management system and method is provided for integrating a wide range of health care organization workflow management functions, generated by automated systems, manual and automated events associated with patients and staff interactions, through input-output devices such that requests and dispatch requests can be handled locally or over a widely distributed network, and can be tracked and escalated as required. The invention features a rules engine and database that identifies and defines resources, patients, tasks, and task handling. The invention uses extensive logic for the assignment of tasks and communication with resources that can execute tasks, tracking, completion of task, and escalation of tasks. The communication system can be integrated with staff and equipment tracking for automated closure of tasks. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142967 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING USER ENGAGEMENT DURING WELLNESS PROGRAM INTERACTION - A method and system for assessing user engagement during wellness program interaction are disclosed. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142968 | ONLINE, INTERACTIVE EVALUATION OF RESEARCH PERFORMANCE - Medical and other research organizations, sites within those organizations, and physicians practicing at those sites register in an online database. The company providing the database posts a description of a clinical trial opportunity or other research opportunity. The company can search and match for physicians with research opportunities, or the physicians can browse the list of opportunities. Once it is determined who will perform the research and awarded a contract, performance data are collected at 30-day intervals over the life of the trial for computation of benchmarks. The benchmarks from one physician are compared anonymously to those from other physicians participating in the same opportunity. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142969 | MULTIPLE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM - A system for managing remote doctor medical request workflow may include a workflow module that optimizes assignments of medical requests to remote doctors based on parameterized doctor and scheduling information and may further include a forecasting module that predicts the hospital credentials, state licenses or doctors needed to fulfill a projected volume of future medical requests. In one embodiment, radiologists are parameterized and then matched with requests for radiological readings based on information extracted from DICOM image headers and merged with associated information contained in a medical work order. In this embodiment, the radiologists are parameterized based on their locations, schedules, hospital credentials, state licensing, compensation metrics, and performance metrics and incoming requests for review of CT scans and the like are filtered based on the parameterized radiologist information to identify one or more radiologists who are to fulfill the medical request. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142970 | User Interface for Patient Risk Analysis System - A graphical user interface provides a system and method for representing patient risks and other clinical information. The risks correspond to the probabilities that the patient exhibits particular conditions and respective etiologies. In addition the graphical user interface provides a method for representing the utility of different possibly harmful modes of physiologic monitoring in estimating these risks. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142971 | Automated Prescription Renewal System, Process, Method, Computer and Communications Device - An efficient solution for the renewal of prescriptions for pharmacies, pharmacists, doctors and patients that automatically requests a prescription renewal from a prescribing doctor when a patient requests medications that have expired, are lost, or for which there are no more refills left. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142972 | RELATIVE VALUE UNIT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A Relative Value Unit (RVU) monitoring method and system is disclosed that includes passively monitoring network traffic; examining the monitored traffic for recognized patterns in a matching database; deriving detected RVU values from the matching recognized patterns; and updating an RVU tracking database with the detected RVU values. The matching database stores a plurality of recognized patterns and RVU values, and associates the recognized patterns and RVU values. The method can also include notifying the user of detected CPT codes and RVU values. The method can also include determining procedures requested by received medical orders; tracking fulfillment of the requested procedures; and notifying the user when requested procedures remain to be fulfilled. The method can include analyzing data associated with detected patterns to determine if it's a new or previously observed procedure. The method can simultaneously run on multiple computers; and update a common RVU tracking database. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142973 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN ON-LINE HEALTHCARE OPEN MARKET EXCHANGE - An Internet-based competitive pricing and bidding transaction system includes one or more transaction processing servers that interface and communicate over the Internet with client computer systems of prospective online consumers, medical and professional/licensed services providers and a plurality of related information databases. The transaction processing system handles online communications and procedures for conducting auctions for delivery of proffered medical and professional/licensed services and maintains a registration database of service providers and online prospective consumers/bidders. Medical and professional/licensed services providers may include licensed doctors/nurses, licensed veterinary doctors/technicians as well as conventional homecare/hospice providers, physical therapy providers, babysitting and other professional caretaker services that can provided to/for man or animal. The online proffered services may include conventional medical treatment and/or veterinary services provided for animals, pets or other creatures. A professional license authentication/qualifier engine is provided which transparently and automatically researches, verifies and updates professional credentials, accreditations and background information of each professional service provider upon registration of that service provider with the transaction system, and makes that information available to prospective registered bidders online. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142974 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMPLE PAIRING OF WIRED AND WIRELESS HEALTHCARE DEVICES TO A GATEWAY - A system and method for effecting communication between a plurality of healthcare measurement devices and a remote patient monitoring server is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of effecting communication between the healthcare measurement devices and the remote patient monitoring server, includes communicating with an healthcare gateway device using a common gateway protocol to receive translated data via a plurality of translation units associated with a plurality of device communication modules residing in wired and wireless healthcare measurement devices, and communicating with the remote patient monitoring server using a plurality of remote protocols residing in a plurality of remote communication modules to transmit the received translated data. In some embodiments, the healthcare gateway device is communicatively coupled between the healthcare management devices and the remote patient monitoring server. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142975 | FIRST TIME CONFIRMATION OF DATABASE ENTRY - Provided is an apparatus that stores a formulary. The apparatus includes a memory device that stores the formulary, the formulary comprising a plurality of drug entries. A user input device allows a user to verify a drug of the plurality of drug entries of the formulary. A code reader interprets computer-readable codes. After a computer-readable code that is associated with the drug is read by the code reader, the drug is verified using the user input device. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142976 | SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION OF HEALTH CARE DATA - A system for transmitting healthcare data from a provider to one of a plurality of healthcare payors is provided. The system includes a routing system, and routing engine. The routing engine is in communication with at least one provider computer system and a plurality of healthcare payor computer systems. The routing engine is configured to receive uploaded healthcare data from the provider computer system send the data to one of the plurality of healthcare payor computers. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140149128 | HEALTHCARE FRAUD DETECTION WITH MACHINE LEARNING - A system receives healthcare information, calculates a geographic density of healthcare fraud based on the healthcare information, and determines anomalous distributions of healthcare fraud based on the healthcare information. The system derives empirical estimates of procedure and treatment durations based on the healthcare information, utilizes classifiers to determine first inconsistencies in the healthcare information, and utilizes language models and co-morbidity analysis to determine second inconsistencies in the healthcare information. The system utilizes link analysis to determine third inconsistencies in the healthcare information, calculates parameters for a healthcare fraud detection system based on the geographic density, the anomalous distributions, the empirical estimates, and the first, second, and third inconsistencies, and provides the parameters to the healthcare fraud detection system. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149129 | HEALTHCARE FRAUD DETECTION USING LANGUAGE MODELING AND CO-MORBIDITY ANALYSIS - A system receives healthcare information, and utilizes a language model to create, based on the healthcare information, a flow of procedures as a conditional probability distribution. The system predicts most likely procedures based on the flow of procedures, estimates a standard of care based on the conditional probability distribution, and calculates a probability of a sequence of procedures based on the flow of procedures. The system determines inconsistencies in the healthcare information based on the most likely next procedures, the standard of care, and the probability of the sequence of procedures. The system generates parameters for a healthcare fraud detection system based on the inconsistencies, and provides the parameters to the healthcare fraud detection system. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149130 | HEALTHCARE FRAUD DETECTION BASED ON STATISTICS, LEARNING, AND PARAMETERS - A system receives healthcare information, and calculates a geographic density of healthcare fraud based on the healthcare information. The system derives empirical estimates of procedure and treatment durations based on the healthcare information, and utilizes classifiers to determine inconsistencies in the healthcare information. The system calculates parameters for a healthcare fraud detection system based on the geographic density, the empirical estimates, and the inconsistencies, and provides the parameters to the healthcare fraud detection system. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149131 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DRUG DIVERSION TRACKING - Methods and systems of patient compliance monitoring. Patient compliance monitoring includes receiving, from a user, a specification of a patient and retrieving prescription data associated with the specification. Compliance monitoring further includes receiving one or more codes associated with a dispensed prescription and determining whether the patient is compliant with the prescription data as a function of the prescription data and the one or more codes. Compliance monitoring also includes communicating an indication of whether the patient is compliant to the user. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149132 | ADAPTIVE MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT - Managing clinical data documents may involve receiving hierarchically organized clinical document text of a plurality of different clinical documents comprised of text elements, text element qualifiers, and text element values. An analysis of the text elements, the text element qualifiers and the text element values of the received clinical documents may be performed. Clinical concepts in the received documents based on the analysis may be identified. An inventory of identified concepts may be generated. Clinical concepts may be combined to provide concept combinations, and a data structure model using the inventory and the concept combinations may be generated. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149133 | Productivity Monitoring - A method for monitoring productivity may include monitoring performance of a medical procedure at a local device. Medical procedure data may be received at the local device from a management device. The medical procedure data may include relative value units (RVUs) associated with the medical procedure. Medical professional productivity data related to the medical procedure may be provided for display at the local device based on the monitoring of the performance of the medical procedure and the medical procedure data. A procedure completion notification may be transmitted from the local device to the management device when the medical procedure is completed. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149134 | Pharmaceutical Representative Expense Report Management Software, Systems, And Methodologies - Electronic assigning of expense data related to sales calls to customers such as health care professionals (HCPs) aids in complying with local, state, federal, or other regulatory reporting requirements and guidelines. The method includes providing expense report data and presenting a line-item entry of the report on a display. Through a user interface, one or more customers included within a database are selected. An expense amount associated with the line-item entry is automatically allocated into dollar amounts among the selected customer(s) and entries in the database are updated for each selected customer to now include the allocated dollar amounts. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149135 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING THE FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF A PATIENT FOR A MEDICAL SERVICE - A computer implemented method involving a medical service for a patient includes estimating an expected payment associated with the medical service for the patient based on a set of data including payments for similar medical services provided to a population of individuals. The method also includes estimating a cost expected to be borne by the patient for incurring the medical service based on the estimated expected payment and based on a set of parameters associated with a healthcare coverage plan of the patient. The method further includes presenting financial information that communicates the cost expected to be borne by the patient for incurring the medical service. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149136 | GENE AND GENE EXPRESSED PROTEIN TARGETS DEPICTING BIOMARKER PATTERNS AND SIGNATURE SETS BY TUMOR TYPE - Provided herein are methods and systems for identifying a therapeutic for an individual, such as a therapeutic not previously identified for treating the individual. The therapeutic can be identified by molecular profiling, such as determining the biomarker patterns or signature sets of a biological sample of an individual. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149137 | GENE AND GENE EXPRESSED PROTEIN TARGETS DEPICTING BIOMARKER PATTERNS AND SIGNATURE SETS BY TUMOR TYPE - Provided herein are methods and systems for identifying a therapeutic for an individual, such as a therapeutic not previously identified for treating the individual. The therapeutic can be identified by molecular profiling, such as determining the biomarker patterns or signature sets of a biological sample of an individual. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149138 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICAL INTERVENTION FOR A DISEASE STATE - A system and method for determining individualized medical intervention for a particular disease state, and especially for cancers, that includes the molecular profiling of a biological sample from the patient, determining whether any molecular findings including one or more genes, one or more gene expressed proteins, one or more molecular mechanisms, and/or combinations of such exhibit a change in expression compared to a reference, and identifying a non-specific disease therapy or agent capable of interacting with the genes, gene expressed proteins, molecular mechanisms, or combinations of such molecular findings that exhibited a change in expression. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140156290 | Methods and Systems for Facilitating a Virtual Consultation Between a User and a Health Care Practitioner - An exemplary method includes a virtual health care solutions provider system 1) detecting an initiation of a virtual health care session by a user by way of a user portal, 2) presenting, in response to the initiation of the virtual health care session, an interactive health care questionnaire by way of the user portal, 3) detecting a completion by the user of the health care questionnaire by way of the user portal, 4) identifying, based on the completed health care questionnaire, a pool of one or more health care practitioners qualified to treat the user and open for virtual consultations, and 5) placing the user in a virtual queue associated with the pool of one or more health care practitioners for a virtual consultation with any one of the identified one or more health care practitioners by way of the user portal. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156291 | Methods and Systems for Facilitating Chronic Care of a Patient with a Chronic Medical Condition - An exemplary method includes a chronic care solutions provider system 1) maintaining data representative of a chronic care plan for a patient with a chronic medical condition, 2) providing a notification by way of a patient portal for the patient to use a biometric device to acquire a biometric reading, 3) receiving data representative of the biometric reading acquired by the biometric device, 4) determining that the biometric reading is outside an acceptable range specified in the chronic care plan, 5) generating, in response to the determination that the biometric reading is outside the acceptable range specified in the chronic care plan, an actionable task based on the biometric reading and in accordance with the chronic care plan, and 6) presenting, by way of the patient portal, an interactive task interface configured to facilitate completion by the patient of the actionable task. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156292 | Methods and Systems for Facilitating Access by a Patient to Actionable Tasks Associated with a Chronic Care Plan - An exemplary method includes a chronic care solutions provider system 1) maintaining data representative of a chronic care plan for a patient with a chronic medical condition, 2) receiving data representative of a biometric reading acquired by a biometric device associated with the patient, 3) generating a plurality of actionable tasks based on the biometric reading and in accordance with the chronic care plan, and 4) concurrently presenting, within a patient portal accessible by the patient, a plurality of graphical task cards each representative of a distinct actionable task included in the plurality of actionable tasks. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156293 | Methods and Systems for Providing a Customized Virtual Health Care Solution for a User - An exemplary method includes a virtual health care solutions provider system 1) presenting, within a user portal, an interactive health care questionnaire to a user, 2) detecting a completion by the user of the health care questionnaire by way of the user portal, 3) placing, in response to the completion of the health care questionnaire, the user in a virtual queue for a virtual consultation with a health care practitioner, 4) presenting, within the user portal, a virtual lobby interface for experiencing by the user while the user is in the virtual queue, and 5) personalizing the virtual lobby interface to the user in accordance with the completed health care questionnaire. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156294 | MANAGEMENT, REPORTING AND BENCHMARKING OF MEDICATION PREPARATION - A system for preparing and managing patient-specific dose orders includes an order processing server configured to receive the patient-specific dose orders, define a queue of dose orders and distribute the dose orders to at least one dose preparation station. The dose preparation station is in bi-directional communication with the order processing server and has an interface for providing an operator with a protocol associated with each received drug order and specifying a set of steps to fill the drug order. Steps to fill the drug order are captured at the station and a display, positionable independent of the station outputs the dose order queue and metrics concerning activity at the dose preparation station. Systems for preparing patient-specific doses and a method for telepharmacy in which data captured while following the protocol are provided to a remote site for review and approval by a pharmacist. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156295 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMING A SUITABLE CONSUMABLE PRODUCT - The present invention is directed to a system for determining a suitable consumable product for a user. The system includes a receiver for receiving product information in relation to a consumable product, and a determiner for determining whether the consumable product is suitable for consumption by the user based on the product information and a user profile of the user. The system is configured to provide a recommendation to the user in response to determining that the consumable product is not suitable. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156296 | Medication Adherence Scoring System and Method - A method of measuring a user's adherence to a medication schedule is described. The method includes the steps of tracking the time between medication doses, alerting the user when it is time to take a medication dose, tracking the elapsed time between the alert and when the user takes the medication dose, and comparing the elapsed time to a scoring metric to calculate a score, wherein the score is representative of the user's adherence to the medication schedule. An automated system for measuring a user's adherence to a medication schedule is also described. The system includes a computing device that executes a software application that includes a tracking mechanism that alerts the user when a next medication dose is to be taken and tracks the amount of elapsed time from the alert to the time that the user takes the medication dose, and a scoring mechanism that compares the amount of elapsed time to a scoring metric to determine a medication adherence score. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156297 | COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PHARMACIST-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF PATIENTS - A computer program for directing operation of a tablet computer or other portable electronic device operated by a caregiver while administering an in-home or outpatient treatment to a patient. The computer program comprises a code segment for receiving pre-treatment patient data representative of a condition of a patient before the patient receives a treatment; a code segment for receiving treatment patient data representative of a condition of the patient while or shortly after the patient receives the treatment; a code segment for transmitting at least some of the pre-treatment patient data and the treatment patient data from the portable electronic device to a remote computer while or shortly after the patient receives the treatment; and a code segment for receiving and displaying instructions from a doctor and instructions from a pharmacist that are provided in response to the transmitted data. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156298 | MODULARIZATION FOR PRESCRIPTION FULFILLMENT AND ADHERENCE - A modular system for facilitating fulfillment and patient adherence for multiple prescriptions. Each module is an independently executing software widget configured to perform complementary tasks in a coordinated manner to achieve specific functions as described below. Including a system module to determine a patient customize drug regimen schedule, a module to identify potential side effects and drug interactions, and other modules useful to fulfill a patient order for multiple-medications. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156299 | System for Coordinating Healthcare Services - A system for coordinating healthcare services includes a patient communication engine in which information associated with a patient user is received from a first computing device. Queries are transmitted to the first computing device for display and responses to the queries are received from the first computing device. A test plan is developed for the patient user in accordance information from the patient user and the responses. A prescription is created for the test plan and transmitted to a second computing device associated with an entity that executes the prescription for the test plan. Test results of the patient user associated with the prescription are received. Medical advice that the physician will communicate to the patient user is determined and a summary report of the medical advice is developed and transmitted to at least one of a third computing device associated with the physician and the first computing device. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156300 | ANALYTE-TESTING DEVICE - A device adapted to determine an analyte concentration of a fluid sample using a test sensor. The device comprises a display adapted to display information to a user. The device further comprises at least one user-interface mechanism adapted to allow the user to interact with the device. The device further comprises a body portion including at least one opening formed therein, the at least one opening being of sufficient size to receive the test sensor. The device further comprises a memory adapted to store a plurality of stored analyte concentrations. The device further comprises a processing feature adapted to inhibit the stored analyte concentrations from being displayed on the display. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156301 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AGGREGATING MEDICAL INFORMATION - A method of aggregating medical information can include receiving, at a remote aggregation system, individual syndromes collected by mobile personal medical devices associated with respective bodies as the mobile personal medical devices move within an environment, aggregating the individual syndromes at the remote aggregation system, and determining whether an environmental syndrome exists for at least some of the individual syndromes. Related systems and computer program products are also disclosed. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156302 | PATIENT CHECK-IN/SCHEDULING KIOSK - A method and system for facilitating activity scheduling for a patient including the steps of providing an interface device for checking a patient in at the facility, receiving identifying information for the patient, identifying currently scheduled appointments for the patient where the currently scheduled appointments are associated with currently scheduled appointment activities, identifying at least one additional unscheduled activity for the patient in addition to the currently scheduled appointment activities, identifying at least one suggested appointment schedule including at least one open time slot during which the patient may complete the additional unscheduled activity and the currently scheduled appointment activities and presenting the at least one suggested appointment schedule to the patient. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140164003 | METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MANAGED HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION AND ACHIEVING OBJECTIVE QUALITY STANDARDS - Healthcare is administered to members/enrollees of a healthcare plan according to objective quality standards. A patient population of eligible members/enrollees is identified and for each member/enrollee, medical information is aggregated via a web-based compilation of medical data from multiple sources that is continuously updated so as to provide an accurate, up-to-date and readily accessible compilation of a member/enrollee past diagnoses, healthcare history, medical procedures, medications and the like. Such member/enrollees are continuously tracked, on an individual basis, and monitored to ensure healthcare is delivered for a variety of specific medical conditions pursuant to objective health program quality criteria. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164004 | METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MANAGED HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION AND ACHIEVING OBJECTIVE QUALITY STANDARDS - Healthcare is administered to members/enrollees of a healthcare plan according to objective quality standards. A patient population of eligible members/enrollees is identified and for each member/enrollee, medical information is aggregated via a web-based compilation of medical data from multiple sources that is continuously updated so as to provide an accurate, up-to-date and readily accessible compilation of a member/enrollee past diagnoses, healthcare history, medical procedures, medications and the like. Such member/enrollees are continuously tracked, on an individual basis, and monitored to ensure healthcare is delivered for a variety of specific medical conditions pursuant to objective health program quality criteria. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164005 | HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION METHOD FOR COMPLEX CASE AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT - The present invention discloses substantially more efficient and effective methods for delivering healthcare whereby patient care can be coordinated effectively and efficiently through changes in different physical settings and levels of care. Coordinated care helps ensure that patients seeking healthcare, and in particular chronically ill patients, with comorbidities get timely care to avoid unnecessary ER visits and admissions. Through risk and disease stratification, member profiling, inter disciplinary team follow-up and patient education, the methods of the present invention are operative to effectively allocate available resources, formulate and execute individualized care plans and successfully manage high risk members. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164006 | HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION METHOD FOR COMPLEX CASE AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT - The present invention discloses substantially more efficient and effective methods for delivering healthcare whereby patient care can be coordinated effectively and efficiently through changes in different physical settings and levels of care. Coordinated care helps ensure that patients seeking healthcare, and in particular chronically ill patients, with comorbidities get timely care to avoid unnecessary ER visits and admissions. Through risk and disease stratification, member profiling, inter disciplinary team follow-up and patient education, the methods of the present invention are operative to effectively allocate available resources, formulate and execute individualized care plans and successfully manage high risk members. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164007 | METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE TO A PATIENT POPULATION - Methods for administering preventative healthcare measures to a patient population are disclosed. A patient population eligible to receive certain healthcare benefits is defined and thereafter multiple sources of healthcare data are compiled and analyzed to create health profiles for each individual. An objective set of criteria for providing preventative care is provided to eligible members within the patient population and appropriate healthcare is administered to the degree necessary to make sure a sufficient percentage of the population receives adequate healthcare treatment consistent with the recognized, objective healthcare standards. Patients remaining non-compliant are sought for further administration of healthcare until requisite compliance standards are met. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164008 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND LICENSING AND COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE - Systems and method for making intelligent business development and licensing decisions are disclosed. The present invention generally relates to an analytical tool that combines multiple data and content sets based on user selected factors and presents the data in the form of manipulatable visualizations to facilitate decision making to address a specific business problem. More specifically, this invention relates to providing a single portal for access to a decision support system that enables the visualization of data from multiple content and data sets to facilitate decision making related to opportunities analysis, asset acquisition, and intellectual property licensing. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164009 | System and Method for Patient Attribution in a Healthcare Setting - Disclosed herein is a method and system for attributing patients to a physician panel in a healthcare setting. Attribution can occur either implicitly, through the use of claims data or an inference based on clinical encounters, or explicitly by way of manual entry of supplemental data into a system. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164010 | System and Method for Displaying and Analyzing Data - Disclosed is a system and method for analyzing and displaying quantitative information in a healthcare setting. Specifically, the present disclosure teaches a method of assessing provider performance and patient compliance, both prospectively and retrospectively. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164011 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION, DATA ACCESS AND WORKFLOW IN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT/FACILITY - A method and system of facilitating communication within a healthcare environment is disclosed. The healthcare environment has a directory of providers and a patient census system having patients and patient events. The method and system include a database server configured and arranged to receive and store patients and patient events from the patient census system and providers from the directory, the providers automatically mapped to patients based on predetermined criteria. Patient events are recorded in the patient census system and automatically pushed to the providers mapped to the respective patient in real-time. Preferably, the patient events are pushed to mobile device carried by providers, wirelessly and in real-time. Providers may manage, create and assign patient events via the mobile device, which assigned providers receive and may act on or complete. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164012 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING FUTURE MEDICAL EPISODES - Computer-based systems and methods for managing individuals with respect to medical episodes are provided. In the systems and methods, affinity groups for a population and the connections between such affinity groups are identified. Based on the groups associated with a medical episode, recommendations can be provided to individuals in order to avoid or spread the effect of medical episodes to other individuals. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164013 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REWARDING USERS FOR CHANGES IN HEALTH BEHAVIORS - A system and method for generating and sending reward messages to users accomplishing goals related to a personalized health behavior plan. Rewards may be issued for reasons such as achieving an ultimate goal, reaching an intermediate goal, or completing a suggested activity such as eating a suggested meal or performing a suggested physical activity. A reward may be a coupon for use at an establishment such as a restaurant, a clothing store, or a fitness center. Rewards may also be checks sent through postal mail or coupons for printing on a personal printer. Reward messages are generated by an expert system based on a user's personalized diet, exercise, or other health plan, goals associated with the plan, and specified preferences. Reward messages are sent to user's portable devices. Current location information may be used to send a user a reward for use at a nearby establishment. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164014 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICE FOR PROVIDING SELF-AWARE REMINDER FOR HEALTH CARE MOTIVATION - The present specification provides a health care service or system for enabling a user of the health care service to receive efficient health care motivation by displaying, on the screen of a terminal, a self-aware reminder (or indicator) even if an application related to the health care service is not activated. To this end, a method for providing the health care service by means of a terminal, according to one embodiment of the present application, comprises the steps of: obtaining information related to the health care of the user from an application related to the health care service from among a plurality of applications stored in a memory unit of the terminal; on the basis of the information, determining whether or not the health care of the user is carried out correctly; and displaying an indicator illustrating instructions for the health care of the user on the screen of the terminal when the health care of the user is not carried out correctly, wherein the indicator can be displayed on the screen of the terminal when the application related to the health care service is not activated. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140172437 | VISUALIZATION FOR HEALTH EDUCATION TO FACILITATE PLANNING FOR INTERVENTION, ADAPTATION AND ADHERENCE - A method for providing a health visualization model includes receiving user data comprising characteristics corresponding to a user, and adherence data comprising adherence history corresponding to the user, determining a relationship between an adherence level of the user and an expected health outcome based on the user data and the adherence data, generating the health vise alization model based on the determined relationship, and outputting the health visualization model. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172438 | MOBILE APPLICATION PLATFORM ALLOWING DOCTORS TO SIGN OUT TO EACH OTHER REGARDING THEIR PATIENTS - A mobile application platform allows physicians to access their patient census so that they can keep track of their patients during rounds, all on a mobile device via a mobile application. The application also allows physicians to keep track of their schedules, text one another, and allow cross coverage between multiple groups. The platform allows for seamless patient hand off between medical providers, enhancing safety of patient care. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172439 | ORGANIZED HEALTHCARE FRAUD DETECTION - A fraud detection system receives information that identifies healthcare claims associated with providers and beneficiaries, and determines, based on the healthcare claims, first fraud sets associated with postulated classes of fraud. The fraud detection system determines, based on the healthcare claims, second fraud sets using one or more data mining techniques, and calculates probabilities that the first fraud sets and the second fraud sets are similar to no fraud observations. The fraud detection system ranks the first fraud sets and the second fraud sets based on the calculated probabilities, and outputs a ranked list of suspected fraud cases, associated with the healthcare claims, based on the ranking of the first fraud sets and the second fraud sets. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172440 | HEALTH CARE FINANCING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and related computer program product for determining eligibility of a patient to receive health care financial assistance. An embodiment discloses receiving patient data comprising data suitable for applying for health care financial assistance; receiving credit information derived from a credit report of the patient; comparing at least a portion of the patient data and at least a portion of the credit information to respective portions of qualification criteria for each of a plurality of health care financial assistance plans stored in a database within a computer memory; determining if the comparison satisfies the qualification criteria for at least one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans; and providing notification of eligibility for every one of the plurality of health care financial assistance plans in which the comparison satisfied the qualification criteria. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172441 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING GENERATION AND PERFORMANCE OF ON-LINE EVALUATIONS - A system and method for facilitating on-line generation and assignment of evaluations for entities of a particular organization. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172442 | Systems and Methods to Assess Clinical Status and Response to Drug Therapy and Exercise - New methods and machine implemented systems measure patient health symptoms and clinical endpoints, communicate prescribed exercise programs to patients, coach or encourage patients to exert themselves within a predetermined protocol or beyond accustomed levels (in treatment of Parkinson's disease), or below accustomed levels (in treatment of cardiac rehabilitation), track patient compliance to exercise instructions, record and commutate data for physician review and for system optimization wherein databases of exercise programs may be modified to comport with measured patient success. Measurements of patient exercises and health changes are also used to provide refined diagnosis and status of disease. Individual exercise programs may be modified in response to physician input and/or patient progress. The continues loop feedback between a patient and the system optimizes the use of exercise as a treatment for disease. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172443 | Method and Apparatus for Preventing Fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Industries - Methods and systems for preventing fraud in a remote workforce environment are disclosed, including an apparatus, comprising processor(s), system memory, non-transitory memory unit(s), and verification code; verifying if ECV is permitted to deliver a product and/or perform a service; if not, then notifying a supervisor; verifying if recipient of the product and/or service is correct; if not, then notifying the supervisor; and verifying if location and/or time of delivery of the product and/or performance of the service is correct; if not, then notifying the supervisor; and if determined that: the ECV is permitted to deliver the product and/or perform the service, the recipient of the product and/or service is correct, and the location and/or time of delivery of the product and/or performance of the service is correct, then notifying the ECV to proceed with the delivery of the product and/or performance of the service. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172444 | Methods and Systems for Personalized Action Plans - The present disclosure provides methods and systems for personal action plans based on an individual's genomic profile. Methods include assessing the association between an individual's genotype and at least one disease or condition and providing rating systems for an individual's action plan. Incentives to motivate and encourage people to improve their health and well-being are also disclosed herein. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172445 | Bill Payment Risk Level Determination - Transaction histories of payers responsible for paying past due bills of respective patients are centrally logged and reported among a plurality of healthcare providers. The healthcare providers use the transaction history and/or respective risk level of a particular payer to screen a corresponding patient prior to providing the patient healthcare service. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172446 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE TRACEABILITY OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM - A surgical instrumentation system has a single-use instrument kit for fitting implants and at least one sterile implant kit, each of the kits comprising an identifier, at least one of the kits contains a unique identifier, as well as a medium for recording additional identifiers, one of the additional identifiers being a patient code, collected when the kit is used, and at least one other additional identifier being the identifier of at least one complementary kit comprising an identifier transferable to the additional-identifier recording medium, when the complementary kit is used. A method for implementing such a system is also described. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172447 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME CONTROL OF PHARMACEUTICALS - Disclosed herein is a system for providing a user with remote real time access to pharmaceuticals, the system comprising a plurality of carts which accept cassettes that contain pharmaceuticals. The carts preferably contain a CPU which can communicate with a database. A remote CPU is also in electrical communication with the database and may be placed at a pharmacy. When a specific pharmaceutical is required for a specific patient, a user can electronically request a one time access code (OTAC) from the remote CPU. If the request is valid, an OTAC can be sent both electronically to the database in addition to being sent to the user. If the user inputs an OTAC that matches the one stored on the database, the cart is unlocked to provide access to the requested pharmaceutical. Pharmaceuticals that are currently found in the cart can be checked remotely by communicating with the database. A new cassette can then be stocked and sealed by a pharmacist, while another person can transmit the sealed cassette and replace the old cassette within the cart. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172448 | METHOD FOR MEASURING THE INCIDENCE OF HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS - Disclosed is a method and system for analyzing patient hospitalization data to determine a Nosocomial Infection Marker (NIM), the method comprising receiving from a database hospitalization data associated with at least one patient, calculating from the hospitalization data the number of specimens with non-duplicate hospital isolates (SNDHI) markers, calculating from the hospitalization data antibiotic utilization criteria (AUC) markers, and determining the nosocomial infection marker (NIM) for each patient, based upon the calculated. SNDHI and AUC markers. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172449 | METADATA TAGGING SYSTEM FOR A DIABETES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF DEVICES - A diabetes management system having a reliable data management scheme is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of devices, each device performing a different function relating to treatment of diabetes. Each device has a device identifier and each device generates data records relating to the function of the device. Each device includes a metadata generator configured to generate a metadata tag for a data record generated by the device. A metadata tag includes the device identifier of the corresponding device, a record identifier, and a source identifier indicating whether the record was originated by a human or the device. The system further includes a diabetes management device in communication with the plurality of devices and configured to manage records received from the plurality of devices. When a first device of the plurality of devices generates a new record to be communicated to the diabetes management device, the metadata generator of the first device generates a new unique record identifier and a new metadata tag based on the new unique record identifier and the device identifier of the first device, and the first device propagates the new record and the new metadata tag to the second device. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172450 | AUTO CONFIGURATION OF A PERSONAL HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to the field of personal health data tracking, and in particular to an automated system and method for configuring and managing a patient's account by a health care provider. One disclosed embodiment of the system includes a server and a remote interface for accessing the server through a network. The server may be a web server, and the remote interface may be a personal computer or smartphone device connected to the server via the Internet. The patient and the healthcare provider each connect to the server through their own remote interface. The healthcare provider completes an electronic form to identify the patient and select data elements for the patient to track. Upon completion of this form, a code is generated that the patient can use to automatically create a new patient account and configure its remote interface according to the healthcare provider's selections. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140180699 | ADVANCED RISK STRATIFICATION FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT - Systems, methods, and user interfaces for providing dynamic risk stratification for clinical decision support are provided. Selections of patient types are received for patients. Assessments to utilize are determined in accordance with the patient types. The assessments are displayed to facilitate first clinicians assessing risk factors and contraindications for the patients. Information associated with the patients is received. Second clinicians may be alerted if risk factors for the patients are identified and the assessments have not been completed. Pharmacologic and/or mechanical prophylaxis is recommended and overall risk levels associated with the patients are indicated. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180700 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING COMPLIANCE WITH A HEALTH PLAN - System and method to determine user compliance with personalized diet and exercise plans by analyzing responses to messages about the plans. An expert system has a number of stored messages and display characteristics from which it chooses. The expert system generates message relating to the user's diet or physical activity that are sent to a user's mobile device and analyzes responses. Display characteristics change periodically and compliance data relating to the user's adherence to the plan when certain display characteristics are used is stored (e.g., meal plan adherence, acceptance of specific food selections, and adherence to instructions and advice in messages). The expert system then determines which messages and display characteristics achieve the greatest compliance to the dietary and physical activity schedule and goals. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180701 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE HEALTHCARE MESSAGING - Various implementations of a message system may provide secure means of messaging between healthcare professionals in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180702 | Resource Management in a Multi-Modality Medical System - Generally, the present disclosure is directed to managing shared resources in a multi-modality medical system. A multi-modality medical system acquires, stores, processes, and displays data associated with a plurality of different medical modalities. Although different, independent modules within the medical system handle different modality workflows, such modules rely on common resources in the system. The method and systems described herein coordinate usage of the common resources, such as a display viewport, among the independent modality modules. For example, a token-based, locking scheme is utilized to exclusively assign a shared resource to a single modality component. This locking scheme prevents, for example, resource deadlocks from occurring during a patient procedure, thus enhancing patient safety. This scheme also ensures, for example, that one diagnostic step in a patient procedure is completed before a second diagnostic step is started, and that all workflow operations halt in the event of an error. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180703 | System and Method for Multi-Modality Workflow Management Using Hierarchical State Machines - A multi-modality medical system having a computing system communicatively coupled to a medical instrument is provided. An acquisition control activity module is configured to control acquisition of medical data from a patient with the medical instrument and a business logic state machine having a first data acquisition state and a first data review state and being operable to utilize the acquisition control activity module to control acquisition of medical data from the patient with the medical instrument while in the first data acquisition state, and being configured to convert the medical data into images representative of portions of the patient while in the first data acquisition state. The computing system includes also includes a user interface state machine having a second data acquisition state and a second data review state and being configured to present the images within a user interface while in the second data review state. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180704 | AUTOMATED PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system for making the process of registering at and receiving treatment in a healthcare facility more efficient and safe has been developed. The system utilizes computer communications network-based systems, software, various input and output stations, and a patient identification card (e.g., Loyalty Card) that work together to allow (a) providers to direct, track, and optimize the efficiency of patient activity and (b) patients to have ready access to their status and, in some cases, control of the healthcare process. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180705 | MANAGING HEALTHCARE SERVICES - System and method for facilitating a medical order/prescription of a prescription product, including a memory device to store predefined forms for the prescription product corresponding to a plurality of providers. A receiver receives prescription product information for the prescription product, patient intake information for the patient, including provider information for the patient, and a benefits summary related to the patient. A transmitter transmits the benefits verification request. A processor can be configured to generate the benefits verification request for the patient based on the patient intake information, select one of the predefined forms based on at least the patient provider information, populate at least one field of the selected predefined form based on the user intake information, and release the populated predefined form to facilitate a medical order/prescription of the prescription product to the patient. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180706 | HUMAN SERVICES STRATEGIES OUTCOME GENERATOR - A human services strategies outcomes generator. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180707 | PHARMACEUTICAL INTERACTION CHECKER - A smartphone or tablet or in store kiosk application allows a user to input information related to a pharmaceutical product and, in response, displays a list of interactions related to the pharmaceutical product and at least one other product. The application may also check for interactions based on medical conditions. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180708 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR HEALTH RELATED INFORMATION - Embodiments provide for health related inquires, such as inquiries for information about a drug, disease, or other condition, to be received and responses to the inquiries to be delivered to the requester. The inquiries may be submitted electronically and the response may likewise be returned electronically. It may be determined whether the requester is a healthcare provider or a patient and the formulation of the response proceeds based on which type of requester submitted the inquiry. Delivery characteristics may be specified for the inquiry such as the delivery type and a timeframe for delivery. An account may be provided for requesters to provide information including a default delivery type and credentials to establish the requester type. Additional features may be provided including newsfeed subscriptions related to the inquiry to provide ongoing information subsequent to the submission of the inquiry. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180709 | METHODS FOR DRUG DELIVERY - Methods for delivering a drug to an animal while preventing or reducing the risk of exposure of a human to the drug are provided in which the involved prescribers, pharmacies, veterinarians, and/or owners are registered in one or more computer databases. Embodiments are also provided in which registered owners or other registrants receive counseling information concerning the risks attendant to human exposure to the drug. Embodiments are also provided in which a global positioning system, mobile device, Internet, radio frequency identification chips, and/or other electronic devices and systems are utilized. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180710 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE ATTENDANCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL AT A LOCATION AND A SYSTEM THEREFOR - A computer and mobile computing devices are used to determine participation in a health improvement plan. Data is stored pertaining to the identification of a members of the health improvement plan, as well as data pertaining to the identification of a mobile computing devices associated with the members. Additionally, data is stored pertaining to a set of locations each pertaining to a predetermined health improvement facility. As members use the health related facilities, information is received from a member's mobile computing device pertaining to a location of the mobile computing device within a predetermined distance with respect to a location within the set of locations. The time at which a location of the mobile computing device is within the predetermined distance, at a plurality of different times is stored, and then the stored time is analyzed to determine a level of participation of the member with the wellness program. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180711 | Computer-Implemented Method, System, and Apparatus for Electronic Patient Care - A medical error reduction system may include a medical error reduction software for use in creating and revising at least one drug library. The software configured to provide one of a plurality of sets of privileges to each of a plurality of sets of users. Each of the plurality of sets of privileges arranged to allocate a degree of software functionality to one of the plurality of sets of users. The degree of software functionality configured to define the ability of a user to alter the at least one drug library. The medical error reduction system may include at least one server. The medical error reduction system may include at least one editor computer each of the at least one editor computer comprising a processor in communication with a display. The at least one editor computer and at least one server may be configured to communicate via a network in a client-server based model. Each of the at least one drug library may be for use in at least one medical device. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180712 | DELPHI METHOD FOR MEDICAL CODING - Systems and methods provide confirmation of accuracy of determining medical codes for medical records. The technology may include processor control instructions or steps for establishing a collection of medical documents as a test sample and for determining a convergence of assigned medical codes for the sample that have been assigned by a plurality of coders to establish a standard of one or more accepted medical codes for the sample. The technology may include instructions for applying the sample to a coding system to obtain a determined medical code for the sample; and for comparing the determined code to the accepted medical codes to rate the coding system's accuracy. In some embodiments, the determined medical codes may be obtained by a software coding algorithm that automatically assigns medical codes to medical records. Moreover, the comparing step may be performed by an algorithm that automatically calculates a rate of the coding system. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180713 | REAL-TIME METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING HYGIENE COMPLIANCE WITHIN A TRACKING ENVIRONMENT UTILIZING VARIOUS TIMERS - A real-time method and system are provided for monitoring hygiene compliance within a tracking environment. Auto-ID personnel tags are associated with personnel whose hygiene compliance is desired to track locations of the personnel within the environment. A first transceiver is associated with a handwashing dispenser unit. A second transceiver is associated with an entrance/exit of a patient location area. The method includes associating a first timer with the first transceiver that starts in response to activation of the dispenser. A second timer is associated with the second transceiver and starts in response to detection of personnel entering/exiting the patient location area. Hygiene-compliance is monitored based on these transceivers monitoring handwashing activity and entering/exiting the patient location area by the personnel. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180714 | HEALTH QUANT DATA MODELER WITH HEALTH CARE REAL OPTIONS ANALYTICS, RAPID ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION, AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ENABLED OPTIONS - The present invention is applicable in the fields of finance, health care, employee benefits, math, and business statistics and was originated to provide real health-care decision analysis, risk analysis, and option analytics to corporate entities and individual participants, the need for which has arisen from what is collectively known as the Affordable Care Act (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010). The present version of the Health Quant Data Modeler (HQDM) accounts for updates made necessary by the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, including additional applications for modeling, simulating, and analyzing the financial impact of the health-care real options for corporate entities with a minimal set of input assumptions for the purposes of a rapid economic justification and analysis. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180715 | VIRTUAL PROFESSIONALS COMMUNITY FOR CONDUCTING VIRTUAL CONSULTATIONS WITH SUGGESTED PROFESSIONALS - Systems and methods for providing a virtual professionals community for conducting virtual consultations with suggested professionals includes receiving, at an electronic device, a request for data associated with a professional. A list of professionals can be transmitted to a client in response to the request. The client can select one of the professionals from the list of professionals. At a scheduled time for a virtual consultation, an appointment interface can be established between the client and professional. Prior to the virtual consultation, including immediately before the virtual consultation, a notification can be transmitted to the professional. The notification can include access to the appointment interface, and a selectable option corresponding to a professional insurance coverage for the virtual appointment. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180716 | MEDICATION ORDER PROCESSING AND RECONCILIATION - A system and method for managing medication orders, including verbal orders and changes to those orders, is described. A server receives mediation orders from a pharmacy and communicates those orders to an infusion pump. The infusion pump communicates status messages to the server and the server compares the status messages to the medication orders to determine if the there were any changes to the order, or if a medication was administered absent a medication order. The server assigns a new order identification number to the status message if needed. The system may also reconcile original medication orders with information associated with a new order identification number and stores the information in the eMAR of a patient. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140188491 | ESTIMATING FEES AND COSTS INCURRED BY A PATIENT RECEIVING A HEALTHCARE SERVICE - Described embodiments include a computer-implemented method, device, and computer program product. A computer-implemented method includes electronically receiving a previously prepared estimate of fees and costs to deliver a diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a particular disease, illness, injury, or other physical or mental impairment (hereafter “healthcare service”) to a particular patient. The computer-implemented method includes electronically receiving data at least partially indicative of the healthcare service provided to the patient to date. The computer-implemented method includes estimating probable fees and costs incurred to date in providing the healthcare service to the particular patient. The estimating is responsive to the received data indicative of at least part of the healthcare service provided to date. The computer-implemented method includes outputting in substantially real time information indicative of the probable fees and costs incurred to date in view of the previous estimate of the fees and costs for providing the healthcare service. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188492 | FORECASTING FEES AND COSTS TO COMPLETE DELIVERY OF A HEALTHCARE SERVICE TO A PATIENT - Described embodiments include a computer-implemented method, device, and computer program product. A computer-implemented method includes electronically receiving a request for information indicative of future fees and costs to be incurred by a particular patient presently undergoing a diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a particular disease, illness, injury, or other physical or mental impairment (hereafter “healthcare service”). The computer-implemented method includes electronically receiving data at least partially indicative of the healthcare service provided to the patient as of receipt of the request for information. The computer-implemented method includes forecasting probable fees and costs to complete delivery of the healthcare service to the patient. The forecasting is responsive to the received data and on a characteristic of the healthcare service. The computer-implemented method includes outputting in substantially real time information indicative of the probable future fees and costs to complete delivery of the healthcare service to the patient. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188493 | INFORMATION INDICATING FEES AND COSTS TO COMPLETE DELIVERY OF A HEALTHCARE SERVICE TO A PATIENT AND AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE HEALTHCARE SERVICE - For example, and without limitation, an embodiment of the subject matter described herein includes a computer-implemented method. The computer-implemented method includes electronically receiving a request for information indicative of future fees and costs to be incurred by a particular patient presently undergoing a healthcare service. The computer-implemented method includes electronically receiving data at least partially indicative of the healthcare service provided to the patient. The computer-implemented method includes forecasting probable future fees and costs to complete delivery of the healthcare service. The forecasting is responsive to the received data and a characteristic of the healthcare service. The computer-implemented method includes identifying an efficacious alternative healthcare service option. The computer-implemented method includes outputting in substantially real time information indicative of the forecasted probable future fees and costs to complete delivery of the healthcare service to the patient and the efficacious alternative healthcare service option. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188494 | ESTIMATING FEES AND COSTS INCURRED BY PATIENT BASED ON INDIRECTLY ACQUIRED DATA OR PATIENT ENTERED DATA - For example, and without limitation, an embodiment of the subject matter described herein includes a computer-implemented method. The computer-implemented method includes electronically receiving data indicative of a healthcare service provided to a particular patient. The received data includes at least one of data indicative of an activity within a proximity of the patient, or data inputted by the patient and relevant to determining an aspect of the healthcare service. The computer-implemented method includes converting the received data into information indicative of one or more units of service. The computer-implemented method includes estimating probable fees and costs incurred to date in providing the healthcare service. The estimating is responsive to the information indicative of units of healthcare service provided to the patient. The computer-implemented method includes outputting information indicative of the probable fees and costs incurred to date providing the healthcare service. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188495 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING AND MANAGING HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY METAL POLLUTION - A method for assessing and managing health risks of heavy metal pollution. The method includes: 1) investigation and analysis of environmental pollution; 2) population exposure analysis; 3) risk assessment and representation; 4) risk perception and estimate of acceptable level of risk; 5) identification of an overall boundary of risk management; 6) identification of priority pollutants; and 7) identification of a key population and a key managing point. The method panoramically analyzes the health risk taking into account multiple sources, multiple environmental media, multiple exposure routes, and multiple receptors. The method also integrates the risk assessment, public risk perception, public acceptable risk level, and risk management to establish a comprehensive risk management strategy. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188496 | KNOWLEDGE AWARE CASE CART MANAGER SYSTEM - Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for managing one or more case carts in a healthcare setting. Information associated with a case cart is received at a case cart manager system. Based on the information, at least one action is determined for the case cart, and the action is communicated to the case cart. The case cart or a user of the case cart is directed to perform the at least one action. Additionally, the case cart can detect its own status and generate status information that is communicated to and received at the case cart manager system. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188497 | INTELLIGENT MESSAGING SYSTEM FOR STATION - A method and apparatus is provided for content influencing according to real time and/or dynamic computed profile of a user visiting the apparatus on basis of information obtained about the user by the apparatus at a geographic location. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188498 | Rating and Ranking Controlled Substance Distribution Stakeholders - The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for rating and ranking stakeholders in the distribution of controlled substances. One computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer system, retail prescription data, encrypted patient data, reference prescriber data, and pharmaceutical purchase data. For a retail outlet included in the received data, the method includes aggregating the received data and determining information about sales of a pharmaceutical product associated with the retail outlet. The method further includes rating the retail outlet based on the aggregated information. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188499 | HUMAN ACTION MONITOR - Systems and corresponding methodologies that enable continuous, real-time or near real-time monitoring of joint activity of patients who are undergoing physical therapy is provided. A joint's motion patterns can be measured using a six degree of freedom combine accelerometer, magnometer and gyroscope sensors that are placed above and below (or in proximity of) the joint. The data is stored on a data logger that is carried by a patient, e.g., clipped to the patient's belt and can be uploaded onto a website when attached to a computer, e.g., via a USB cord. While portable sensors are available in the market for research or gaming purposes, one key feature of the device is to provide continuous monitoring of the injured joint and electronically relay this information to the therapist, for example, via the designated website. Thus, the therapist is always informed about the patient's joint and could recommend alterations to their treatment plan. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188500 | CONTEXT-SENSITIVE CHEST COMPRESSION FRACTION MEASUREMENT FOR CPR QUALITY ASSESSMENT - Devices, systems, software and methods for CPR quality assessment. Patient data is received that may be derived from a session of administering sets of CPR chest compressions to a patient. The sets can be separated by pauses. Then a figure of merit (FOM) can be computed from the data in the computation, at least one pause can contribute a penalty to the FOM. The penalty has a value determined from at least one control factor, other than a constant linear dependence on the duration of the pause. This way, pauses can incur penalties to the FOM computation depending on their context, instead of merely their duration. For example, a penalty can escalate non-linearly if its pause becomes unduly long, or if it follows a set of chest compressions that was unduly short. As such, a better CPR quality assessment is achieved. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188501 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING TASKS - An apparatus for executing a task includes an authenticator to identify a user, a controller that can receive data from the user, and an authorizer to ensure that the user has access to applications used to execute the task. The controller is able to register or de-register the applications and then determine which if the registered applications should be used to execute the task. The controller then converts the data from the user so that it can be used by the application to execute the task. If the user selects a second task to be executed, the controller can determine which of the registered applications is to be used to execute the second task. Methods for executing multiple tasks are also described. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188502 | PRESCRIPTION SMART LABEL SYSTEM - The embodiments disclose a prescription smart label system for tracking patient use of prescription medications to assist in medication treatment to monitor their progress toward recovery or health maintenance including a prescription smart label including a text section with prescription information, a smart label programmable memory device, one or more rechargeable battery systems, other digital devices and Wi-Fi direct near field communication transmitter used to transmit patient prescription use, a prescription smart label cap including one or more systems to remind patients of prescription use times and dosages, a prescription smart label bottle including one or more systems used to monitor the physical use of the patient prescription medication and monitor the contents of the prescription smart label bottle and a prescription smart label mobile application used to gather, record, store and transmit patient patient prescription use data. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188503 | Multi-Modality Case Explorer System and Method - Generally, the present disclosure is directed to displaying patient medical data in a multi-modality medical processing system. The method and system described herein present medical data in multiple different modalities on a single user interface screen, allowing a practitioner viewing the user interface to manage all acquired data sets associated with a patient regardless of modality. As such, the amount of time a practitioner must spend reviewing patient medical data is reduced, leading to more efficient diagnosis and treatment. Further, multiple patient cases corresponding to different patients may be presented on a single user interface screen to simplify multi-patient case management. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188504 | SENSITIVE DRUG DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A drug distribution system and method utilizes a central pharmacy and database to track all prescriptions for a sensitive drug. Information is kept in the database regarding all physicians allowed to prescribe the sensitive drug, and all patients receiving the drug. Abuses are identified by monitoring data in the database for prescription patterns by physicians and prescriptions obtained by patients. Further verification is made that the physician is eligible to prescribe the drug by consulting a separate database, and optionally whether any actions are taken against the physician. Multiple controls beyond those for normal drugs are imposed on the distribution depending on the sensitivity of the drug. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188505 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PHARMACY LOCATION - Methods and systems for pharmacy location are described. In one embodiment, a plurality of pharmacy network associations of a member is determined. The pharmacy network associations are associated with a drug benefit plan of the member. A pharmacy within a pharmacy network association of the plurality of pharmacy network associations is capable of fulfilling a prescription for a prescription drug. A location associated with the member is accessed. A display is generated based on the determination of the pharmacy network associations and the location of the member. The display includes a first indicator and a second indicator. A first network pharmacy of a first pharmacy network association is associated with the first indicator on the display. A second network pharmacy of a second pharmacy network association is associated with the second indicator on the display. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188506 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATMENT REGIMEN MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for treatment regimen management are described. In one embodiment, a treatment regimen associated with a user is determined. The treatment regimen includes treatment first treatment component and a second treatment component. The treatment regimen also includes a first treatment schedule associated with the first treatment component and a second treatment schedule associated with the second treatment component. Multiple treatment events are scheduled in an electronic calendar. The treatment events are based upon the first treatment schedule and the second treatment schedule. A treatment alert associated with each of the treatment events is generated. Other methods and systems are also described. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140195254 | Demand-driven blood bank enterprise planning and management system - A method for optimizing collection and usage of a necessary bodily fluid comprises determining an historical demand of the bodily fluid, measuring a first external contingent factor, creating a donor recruitment plan based at least in part on the historical demand and the external contingent factor, implementing the donor recruitment plan to recruit a number of donors, determining estimated units based at least in part on the number of donors and a second external contingent factor, collecting total units of the necessary bodily fluid, and calculating a variance between the total units and the estimated units to produce a real-time demand driven adjustment. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195255 | System And Method For Assessment Of Patient Health Using Patient Generated Data - A method for evaluating a patient in telehealth treatment includes receiving non-medical data corresponding to a patient from a social network service through a data network, identifying a health characteristic of the patient in the non-medical data, generating a message including health advice associated with the identified health characteristic of the patient, and sending the message to an electronic device associated with the patient through the data network. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195256 | Workflow Context Aware Location Tracking System And Method - A system and method for improving tracking indoor or outdoor object movement using workflow context information. The system comprises a location tracking sub-system, communication devices and a context-aware location engine. The context-aware location engine is configured to receive from the location tracking sub-system a plurality of initial location estimations for the communication devices and generate a plurality of filtered location estimates for the communication devices. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195257 | Method And System For Workflow Modification - A system and method for workflow modification in a facility is disclosed herein. The system comprises a sensors, communication devices and a location engine. The location engine is configured to determine a location of at least one object or person, determine a first workflow from at least one location of the object or the person, and determine a departure from the first workflow. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195258 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ENTERPRISE WORKFLOW AND INFORMATION - A system for enterprise workflow management includes software and hardware for gathering information regarding the current state of workflows within the enterprise, examining the operational relationships among the systems and entities relating to the workflows, and facilitating improvement of the workflows throughout their respective lifecycles. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195259 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING AND UTILIZING A METADATA APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS - A method and system used to create a metadata apparatus that functions as a standard electronic language to both describe a complex item in precise detail and define data, objects, people and locations related to the item so as to provide a common secure platform and unlimited secondary meaningful use for products and systems that manage the item and related elements. The physical components of the apparatus include data centers, servers, desktop computers, mobile computing devices such as laptop computers, smart phones and computer tablets, and electronic devices in the field. For health care, the item is the human body. Examples of a device are machines used for medical imaging, laboratory analysis and patient surveillance such as EKGs, oximeters, respirators, etc. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195260 | ASSESSING PRACTITIONER VALUE IN MULTI-PRACTITIONER SETTINGS - A plurality of actual outcome data points, including actual outcomes for a plurality of episodes of a process, are obtained for the process. A practitioner-independent baseline outcome is also obtained for the process. For each given one of the actual outcome data points, the given one of the actual outcome data points is equated to the practitioner entity-independent baseline outcome multiplied by a plurality of unknown participating practitioner entity outcome indices for each of a plurality of participating practitioner entities. Each of the participating practitioner entity outcome indices is raised to an exponent including a corresponding one of a plurality of unknown participating practitioner entity type indices, to obtain a plurality of equations. The plurality of equations are solved to obtain estimated values of the unknown participating practitioner entity outcome indices and estimated values of the unknown participating practitioner entity type indices. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195261 | HEALTH CARE QUALITY PATIENT SATISFACTION SYSTEM - A method and a system are provided for assessing patient satisfaction at each of a plurality of locations in a healthcare facility. The method includes providing patients with access to data input devices at each of the locations in the healthcare facility. Patient input data via the data input devices at each of those locations while the patient is at the respective location. The data is indicative of patient satisfaction of services performed at the respective locations. The data is stored and analyzed to produce reports indicative of patient satisfaction. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195262 | DRUG REGISTRATION APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A drug registration apparatus includes a registration module configured to store a name of drug. The drug may have been administered to a patient during a medical procedure, such as an operation or surgery. A display control module is configured to display, on a display unit, the drug name stored by the registration module, drug information (e.g., dose level) associated with the drug name, and other information related to the context of the usage of the drug corresponding to the name. For example, a list of drug names and drug information corresponding to drugs administered to a patient during a surgical operation can be established and displayed on a display unit along with additional information related to patient identity and/or the medical procedure performed. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195263 | PERSONAL HEALTH DATA HUB - In various embodiments, a personal health data hub (“PHDH”) may include a device that receives health data from personal health devices (“PHDs”), stores the health data, and sends them to personal health records. Health data may be received by PHDH using multiple communication technologies, such as Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, ANT+, USB, etc. The PHDH may be used by different users such as multiple user sessions. Users may access and control the PHDH through different UI mechanisms. The PHDH may interact with users, such as by indicating states and/or events using light and/or sound indicators. The PHDH may use a wireless collector accessory enabled peripheral device to receive health data from a PHD. The WCA-enabled device may communicate personal health data to the PHDH on behalf of the PHD. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195264 | Chronic Population Based Cost Model to Compare Effectiveness of Preventive Care Programs - Our invention is a cost model for healthcare, based not on “age”, as it is done currently, but on “chronic illness” as a risk factor. Using the model it is possible to derive two burden numbers, “Primary” and “Secondary” that is an inverse measure of the success of primary and secondary preventive care programs. Using this new metric, a better explanation for cost increases is possible. It can help estimate increases more accurately and make explicit suggestions on where the focus of attention should be to lowering costs. Trendlines of the metric can measure performance of care programs month by month and not have to wait a decade to yield perceptible results. A particular embodiment of this model is the software program described in this application, called Health Keys, which serves as a decision support system for CFOs of companies and healthplans to help institute relevant preventive care programs and measure the success of them. Health Keys is one example of a “useful, concrete and tangible result” that is based on our invention of a new cost model. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195265 | METHOD FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES - Embodiments of the invention relate to methods for gaining reimbursement for provided healthcare services. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140200902 | CUSTOMIZED PATIENT-SPECIFIC BONE CUTTING BLOCKS - A number of orthopaedic surgical instruments are disclosed. A method, apparatus, and system for fabricating such instruments are also disclosed. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200903 | Systems and Methods for Providing Emergency Alerts on a Geospatial Display - Embodiments include systems and methods for providing emergency alerts on a geospatial display. In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method can include receiving event data from one or more data management systems. The method can include determining at least one emergency event exists based at least in part on the received event data. Furthermore, the method can include outputting, via a display device, a scaled geospatial arrangement corresponding with a physical location, a grid, or a list. Moreover, the method can include outputting, via a display device, at least one color corresponding to the at least one emergency event, wherein the at least one color is one of a set of pre-assigned colors. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200904 | PRESCRIPTION BASED SHOPPING ASSISTANCE - A method, a system and a computer program product for generating a personalized shopping recommendation includes steps and structure for for creating a shopping plan, for one or more persons, on a computing device of a user, and using corresponding prescription data advised for the one or more persons by a doctor to identifying recommended products that best fit each person's requirements. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200905 | Method and System for Template Proposals - A method and system comprise communicating with a host computer system via a network connection. The host computer system is configured to present a list of healthcare customers agreeing to receive a proposal for healthcare products or services, accept and review the proposal, and schedule an appointment with a vendor sending the proposal. The vender receives the list from the host computer system and communicates, to the host computer, a selection, from the list to purchase a template proposal for. The host computer system communicates the purchase to the selected healthcare customer. The vender receives the template proposal where the vender completes the template proposal and transfers the completed proposal to the healthcare customer for accepting and reviewing and scheduling of an appointment. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200906 | DISPLAYING A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT RELATION - The present disclosure teaches techniques for aggregating observations across multiple sensor-data streams and for presenting the results to users in meaningful ways. Available data are analyzed using a variety of statistical techniques. Significant correlations are presented to users to help them to identify any underlying informative patterns. The presented results help people gain insight into their habits as those habits affect their health and wellness. Users can then make informed decisions about their health, wellness, and environment. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200907 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING HEALTHCARE SERVICES CONSUMPTION - A method of optimizing healthcare services consumption according to the invention includes the steps of assessing the healthcare situation of an employer providing healthcare benefits to a population, identifying a first group of patients from the population likely to generate expensive healthcare claims based on data representing past claims, periodically determining whether patients in the first group have satisfied certain predetermined healthcare requirements, identifying a first group of providers who provide high quality, cost efficient healthcare services based on the practice patterns of the providers, prompting patients who have not satisfied the predetermined healthcare requirements to obtain services from providers in the first group, and responding to healthcare requests from patients by determining whether the requesting patient is seeking services from a provider in the first group, and, if not, urging the patient to obtain such services from a provider in the first group. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200908 | INTEGRATION INTO MOBILE APPLICATIONS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE MEDICATION ADHERENCE OF A HEALTHCARE SURVEY THAT COMPENSATES USERS FOR PARTICIPATION - Embodiments relate to a method, system and program product, wherein in one aspect of the embodiment the method establishing communication by sending data about a user through a digital device to a source associated with a survey sponsor and providing information pertaining to an action to be completed by the user. The user is then invited user to participate in a survey once the action is completed. The user has the option to not participate in the survey. The survey provides incentives for information provided by the user and the incentives are varied in amount based on sensitivity of the information being provided, size and nature of the cohort of respondents, or value of response to survey sponsor. Analysis and results are then generated based on information provided by the user regarding the survey to the source associated with said survey sponsor. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200909 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRONICALLY MANAGING HEALTHCARE EXPENSES AND PAYMENTS - Methods and systems for electronically managing healthcare expenses and payments involve, for example, receiving information from a health plan processor consisting at least in part of an adjudicated balance owed by a user to a healthcare provider, optionally receiving an adjustment of the adjudicated balance from the healthcare provider, and presenting the adjudicated balance and the optional adjustment, if any, to the user. Thereafter, a payment of the user for the adjudicated balance, as optionally adjusted, may be received, and the user's payment, or information therefor, for the adjudicated balance, as optionally adjusted, may be sent to the healthcare provider. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200910 | MODALITIES FOR BROKERED ENGAGEMENTS - Described are techniques for providing broker services to consumers with service providers according to a user selected modality type including an anonymous user modality type. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200911 | Next Consumer Processing for Brokered Engagements - Described are techniques for providing broker services between consumers and service providers. A system receives requests from consumers to consult with a service provider and provides a control that when rendered on at least one graphical user interface that the service provider accesses causes the system to determine a next consumer to engage with the service provider, with the next consumer determining based on executing a priority algorithm for selecting a next consumer from the queue for the service provider when that service provider becomes currently available to engage in a real-time consultation with consumers. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200912 | Rapid Medical Connection (RMC) related to Real Time Health Care service VIA an INTELLIGENT Short Message System (SMS) based platform - The present invention is a system and method of facilitating medical treatment comprising: providing a first health care provider access to a system stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, said program configured for facilitating medical treatment of a patient; accessing said system by said first health care provider; inputting information of a patient in need of a second healthcare provider into said system; transmitting said input information to a system controlled transmission-receiving device; and directing said transmitted input to a second health care provider, wherein said directing is based on selectable criteria by said accessing health care provider. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200913 | Method, System, And Apparatus For Providing Remote Healthcare - A method, system and apparatus for delivering remote healthcare via a communication network. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200914 | DATA COLLECTION - Computer implemented methods of collecting data relating to an adverse event relating to use of a substance is provided. One method comprises detecting a user input relating to an identity of the substance or to an identity of the adverse event; determining the identity of the substance or of the adverse event based on the user input; and selectively displaying to the user at least one further request for information, wherein the content of the request displayed to the user is dependent on the identity of the substance or of the adverse event. Another comprises detecting a user input relating to an identity of a substance; determining the identity of the substance based on the user input; selectively displaying to the user at least one potential medical indication of the identified substance based on the identity of the substance; and detecting a second user input to select the indication of the substance from the at least one displayed potential indication. A third comprises displaying an interactive map representing a human body comprising a plurality of selectable elements; detecting a user selection of one of the selectable elements; in response to the user selection, displaying at least one potential adverse effect associated with the selected element; and detecting a user selection of the or one of the displayed potential adverse effects. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200915 | READMISSION RISK ASSESSMENT - Readmission risks of patients admitted to a healthcare facility are determined using a generic readmission risk algorithm. The readmission risk assessment of patients may be based on portions of a patient's profile and may be performed before, during, and after their index admission. Based on the readmission risk assessment of patients, those patients that are at a greater risk for readmission may be identified. A readmission prevention worklist may be provided that identifies those patients and facilitates managing the risk of readmission for those patients. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200916 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AND ROUTING HEALTH INFORMATION - A method is disclosed to receive health information request (HIR), including health information request query (HIRQ) and health information request data (HIRD), and to metatag the received HIR. The metatagged HIR is reconciled based on a semantic concept and HIRS is returned. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200917 | Device and Method for Automatic Data Acquisition and/or Detection - Methods and devices for providing diabetes management including automatic time acquisition protocol is provided. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140207475 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ORDERS FOLLOW-UP - Methods and apparatus for using a practice management system to track patient compliance with orders issued to a patient by a medical provider. The method comprises determining whether the patient has filled the orders and sending, in response to determining that the patient has not filled the orders, a notification to the patient, wherein the notification includes information instructing the patient to access a user interface to retrieve information about the orders. The method further comprises receiving input via the user interface, wherein the input indicates a status related to filling the orders and updating the practice management system based on the input received via the user interface, wherein the updating is performed in response to receiving the input via the user interface. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207476 | DATA CAPTURE AND ROUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer system for routing breathing apparatus compliance data that includes a processor and network interface configured to receive input data including breathing apparatus compliance data via a network, format the compliance data into a destination format in accordance with formatting data and transmit the formatted compliance data via a network to a recipient system in accordance with routing information. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207477 | HOSPITAL COMPOSITE QUALITY SCORING AND RATING METHODOLOGY - Methodology for user-friendly scoring and rating relative composite quality performance of hospital inpatient care uses various statistical methods. Hospitals are respectively assigned multiple z-values to identify relative statistical significance associated with a plurality of quality indicators for various clinical categories using available databases. Once so assigned, each z-value is converted to a z-score to rescale to a standard normal distribution. Such z-scores are converted to a percentile value which serves as the hospital's relative quality score for each quality indicator. Percentiles are then averaged across quality indicators to produce a raw composite percentile score, which is then rescaled to a standard normal distribution using a z-score transformation for appropriate statistical distribution and equal weighting. Such z-score is then converted to a final percentile value which serves as the hospital's terminal composite quality score, and which is assigned to a percentile-based reference range to determine a hospital's composite quality rating. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207478 | PHYSICIAN COMPOSITE QUALITY SCORING AND RATING METHODOLOGY - Methodology for user-friendly scoring and rating relative composite quality performance of physician inpatient care uses various statistical methods. Physicians are respectively assigned multiple z-values to identify relative statistical significance associated with a plurality of quality indicators for various clinical categories using available databases. Once so assigned, each z-value is converted to a z-score to rescale to a standard normal distribution. Such z-scores are converted to a percentile value which serves as the physician's relative quality score for each quality indicator. Percentiles are then averaged across quality indicators to produce a raw composite percentile score, which is then resealed to a standard normal distribution using a z-score transformation for appropriate statistical distribution and equal weighting. Such z-score is then converted to a final percentile value which serves as the physician's terminal composite quality score, and which is assigned to a percentile-based reference range to determine a physician's composite quality rating. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207479 | System of Generating a Letter of Medical Necessity from a Specification Sheet - A system is provided for generating a letter of medical necessity based upon a specification sheet. The system receives a specification sheet creation request from a vendor that includes information regarding a client, a clinician, a vendor, a physician, a primary equipment item, equipment accessories, a client assessment, client photos, customized comment fields, and client measurements. The specification sheet requires a final review for vendor verification and modification. Upon completion, the vendor submits the specification sheet, with a completion deadline, to the specified clinician. After the clinician is alerted to, and approves, the specification sheet, data from the specification sheet is imported to assist the clinician in drafting a letter of medical necessity. The clinician is required to modify template letter text, and upon completion, downloads the letter of medical necessity, whereupon the vendor is notified of the completion of the letter of medical necessity. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207480 | SENSITIVE DRUG DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A drug distribution system and method utilizes a central pharmacy and database to track all prescriptions for a sensitive drug. Information is kept in the database regarding all physicians allowed to prescribe the sensitive drug, and all patients receiving the drug. Abuses are identified by monitoring data in the database for prescription patterns by physicians and prescriptions obtained by patients. Further verification is made that the physician is eligible to prescribe the drug by consulting a separate database, and optionally whether any actions are taken against the physician. Multiple controls beyond those for normal drugs are imposed on the distribution depending on the sensitivity of the drug. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207481 | SENSITIVE DRUG DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A drug distribution system and method utilizes a central pharmacy and database to track all prescriptions for a sensitive drug. Information is kept in the database regarding all physicians allowed to prescribe the sensitive drug, and all patients receiving the drug. Abuses are identified by monitoring data in the database for prescription patterns by physicians and prescriptions obtained by patients. Further verification is made that the physician is eligible to prescribe the drug by consulting a separate database, and optionally whether any actions are taken against the physician. Multiple controls beyond those for normal drugs are imposed on the distribution depending on the sensitivity of the drug. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207482 | Case Management System and Method for Mediating Anomaly Notifications in Health Data to Health Alerts - A system and method for mediating anomaly notifications in health data to health alerts using data structures and logic to organize, contain, and disposition identified health anomalies. Multiple generators of anomaly notifications operating asynchronously and independently can be processed. The case manager organizes anomaly notifications and supports collaborative decision making among users with diverse areas of expertise. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207483 | Health Plan Management Method and Apparatus - Techniques and apparatus for managing contributions to an accruable health spending account in an employer-sponsored plan offering a member an employer-funded defined contribution, at least one insurance premium option and the ability to specify an allocation of the defined contribution for payment of option premiums and in turn, a directed contribution amount designated to such accruable account are disclosed. The accruable account may be used to reimburse the member for qualified medical expenses, and the member may pay any premium shortfall using a tax-advantaged process such as a premium only payment plan. Also disclosed are techniques and apparatus directed to presenting member-specific out-of-pocket expenses for a selected procedure offered by at least one health-care provider. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207484 | DRUG INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND DRUG INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A medicine information management device and a medicine information management device are disclosed, which can enable CQI of information on a use limitation of a medicine used in medical equipment. The medicine information management device can include a medicine limitation information storage unit configured to: generate and store administration-level-information-associated information on a number of doses of a medicine with respect to a subject of the medicine used in medical equipment; store medicine limitation information that is limitation information for limiting a use of the medicine information of the medicine; store trouble information generated in a case where the medicine is used in the administration level information; generate and store number-of-doses-and-level-associated information on the number and level of troubles; and generate medicine analysis information; and a display unit of a subject side terminal configured to display the medicine analysis information. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207485 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR TRACKING, MANAGING AND ANALYZING HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES THROUGH THE USE OF SPECIFICALLY RESEARCHED CONTENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ICD, CPT OR OTHER CODES - A computerized system to manage privileges and billing codes individually and in concert. Including tracking, managing and analyzing hospital privileges through the use of specifically researched content in conjunction with ICD, CPT or other codes. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207486 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A decentralized system with at least a server ( | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140214435 | Universal Prescription Co-Pay Offset System and Methods for Using Same - A method for submitting a claim to a plurality of incentive programs to off-set a patient's financial responsibility for a pharmaceutical prescription, comprising: commencing the filling of a patient prescription; submitting at least a claim for the prescription, using a pre-programmed claim submission system, to a Universal Plan comprised of a plurality of incentive programs using a single Universal BIN associated to the Universal Plan by the claim submission system; receiving a claim response from the Universal Plan; and, charging the patient based on information received in the claim response from the Universal Plan. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214436 | COMPONENT BASED AGGREGATION OF MEDICATION ORDERS - A system for component based aggregation of medication orders may include a processor and memory. The processor may receive display a queue that lists medication orders to be prepared by a healthcare professional, the medication orders indicating component medications that will be used to prepare the ordered medications. The processor may receive a selection of a first medication order listed in the queue, where the first medication order indicates a first component medication. The processor may determine a second medication order listed in the queue that indicates the first component medication. The processor may reorder the displayed queue such that the second medication order is listed adjacent to the first medication order. The processor may notify the healthcare professional of the second medication order, such as by displaying an indication of the second medication order separately from the queue. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214437 | MEDICAL ADVISORY SYSTEM - A method and computer program product is provided for a medical advisory system. The method may include receiving an anonymous request for a medical opinion by a user. The method may also include providing the anonymous request for the medical opinion to at least one anonymous medical professional. The method may further include receiving an anonymous response associated with the anonymous request for the medical opinion based upon, at least in part, review of the anonymous request for the medical opinion by the at least one anonymous medical professional. The method may also include providing the anonymous response associated with the anonymous request for the medical opinion to the user. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214438 | System and Processes for Automating and Verifying Medication Order Fulfillment Compliance and Medication Administration Compliance - A system and processes for automating and verifying medication order fulfillment and medication administration compliance. A medication package is formed from a package back pane and blister housing, and filled in accordance to a prescription order. The package back pane has a medication housing color pattern that contrasts medication colorings of a prescribed medication, such that a number of empty medication blisters can be determined from a package image matrix generated by analyzing the medication housing color pattern, the medication colorings, and a plurality of reference marks on the package back pane from a captured image of the medication package. The package image matrix is compared to a previous package image matrix in order to determine if the prescribed medication has been administered properly. A unique prescription code of the medication package can program a processor with a scheduling profile, medication order information, and the package image matrix. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214439 | MANAGING THE CARE OF A CLIENT IN A CARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A care management system for improving the care of a client who is supported by a caregiver is described. The caregiver may participate in regular activities with the client and record these activities in the care management system. The care management system may present the caregiver with questions on a regular basis. Information may also be input into the system by a care management team made up of professionals responsible for the client's overall care. A risk analyzer may determine the client's risk for different risk conditions, and may calculate domain-specific and overall risk scores for the client. Furthermore, the risk analyzer may make recommendations for actions to be taken by the client, the caregiver, or the care management team in order to improve the client's care. The information in the care management system may be used by the care management team to direct aspects of the client's care. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214440 | RISK MODEL FOR A CARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A care management system for improving the care of a client who is supported by a caregiver is described. The caregiver may participate in regular activities with the client and record these activities in the care management system. The care management system may present the caregiver with questions on a regular basis. Information may also be input into the system by a care management team made up of professionals responsible for the client's overall care. A risk analyzer may determine the client's risk for different risk conditions, and may calculate domain-specific and overall risk scores for the client. Furthermore, the risk analyzer may make recommendations for actions to be taken by the client, the caregiver, or the care management team in order to improve the client's care. The information in the care management system may be used by the care management team to direct aspects of the client's care. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214441 | RULES-BASED SYSTEM FOR CARE MANAGEMENT - A care management system for improving the care of a client who is supported by a caregiver is described. The caregiver may participate in regular activities with the client and record these activities in the care management system. The care management system may present the caregiver with questions on a regular basis. Information may also be input into the system by a care management team made up of professionals responsible for the client's overall care. A risk analyzer may determine the client's risk for different risk conditions, and may calculate domain-specific and overall risk scores for the client. Furthermore, the risk analyzer may make recommendations for actions to be taken by the client, the caregiver, or the care management team in order to improve the client's care. The information in the care management system may be used by the care management team to direct aspects of the client's care. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214442 | Systems and Methods for Tracking Participants in a Health Improvement Program - System and methods for tracking participants in a health improvement program are provided herein. A method includes receiving a plurality of requests to participate in a health program from a plurality of participants, each of the plurality of participants being associated with a health condition requiring improvement, matching participants into a participant group, defining a group program, the group program having an overall program time frame, the group program further having a series of sub-programs that when executed by the participants in the participant group aid the participants in achieving the common heath goal, initiating a first sub-program of the series of sub-programs for all participants at a specified start time, and tracking performance of the participants in the participant group during the series of sub-programs until completion of the group program. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214443 | Systems and Methods for Displaying Metrics Associated With a Health Improvement Program - System and methods for tracking participants in a health improvement program are provided herein. A method includes tracking performance of participants in a group program, the group program having an overall program time frame, the group program having one or more sub-programs that when executed by the participants in the participant group aid the participants in achieving the common heath goal, each of the sub-programs comprising a task to be completed by the participant; and generating, for each participant in the group program, a first visual display that represents a current completion percentage for at least one of a sub-program and the group program, the current completion percentage being calculated from a completion percentage of each of the one or more sub-programs, and a second visual display that represents a current completion percentage of the group program. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214444 | HEALTH PLAN RATING SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM - Methods and training programs for improving the level of quality of care within a healthcare plan. The methods include obtaining medical data from a population of patients within the plan, storing such data in electronic medical records embodied on a computer readable medium, evaluating at least one metric within the data via a computer capable of interpreting said electronic medical records, and presenting a notification if the metric is found to be below a standard for the metric. The training includes evaluating the healthcare plan's current practices, training the healthcare provider in improved practices, providing a system for recording medical documents, and training the healthcare provider in use of the system. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214445 | Medical Practitioner Peer Review System and Method - Systems and methods for evaluating the performance of at least one medical practitioner are provided. In one example, the method includes generating a specialty specific review form based on medical data collected from the client. The example method may further include selecting a peer review board based on the specialty of the at least one medical practitioner under review. Following selection of the peer review board, the method includes subsequently transferring the specialty specific review form to the peer review board. The method may further include receiving a peer analysis of the at least one medical practitioner from the peer review board where the peer analysis may include a completed specialty specific review form. A standardized report may be generated evaluating a level of performance of the at least one medical practitioner based upon data included in the peer analysis. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214446 | MOBILE COMPUTING WEIGHT, DIET, NUTRITION, AND EXERCISE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED FEEDBACK AND GOAL ACHIEVING FUNCTIONALITY - An illustrative mobile computing device executing weight, nutrition, health, behavior and exercise application software serves as a simulated combination personal trainer and dietician/nutritionist for the user using comprehensive databases storing personalized health, nutrition and exercise information. A mobile computing device, such as a smartphone, executing such software monitors, tracks and/or adjusts caloric intake, energy expenditure taking into account nutritional information and behavioral factors. The mobile computing device receives food consumption, exercise-related, behavior and other input using speech input and the device's GPS subsystem to ease data entry burden on users and to promote continued long-term usage. The system rewards user goal achievement in an automatic, seamless manner, through, for example, downloading music, books, or other media. In illustrative implementations, the system assists users to make healthy food and exercise choices by using a comprehensive color code system to identify good choices, bad choices and those in between. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214447 | SERVER-SIDE, VARIABLE DRIVE HEALTH DETERMINATION - The relative health of data storage drives may be determined based, at least in some aspects, on data access information and/or other drive operation information. In some examples, upon receiving the operation information from a computing device, a health level of a drive may be determined. The health level determination may be based at least in part on operating information received from a client entity. Additionally, a storage space allocation instruction or operation may be determined for execution. The allocation instruction or operation determined to be performed may be based at least in part on the determined health level. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214448 | Method and Apparatus for Verification of Medication Adherence - A system and method of confirming administration of medication in a clinical trial is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen in accordance with the clinical trial, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWERING, COMMUNICATING, AND STORING DATA FOR ACCESSORY DEVICES USING A DEVICE UTILIZATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a system and method for providing a power source, a communications link, and data storage for accessory devices. In a preferred embodiment, a control unit of a hand hygiene compliance system provides a power source, a communications link, and data storage for accessory devices in a room or area of a healthcare facility. In this particular embodiment, the control unit receives power from an offline power source and has a communications module to communicate with a server over a communications network associated with the hand hygiene compliance system. Also, the control unit is further comprised of a port for DC power and data communications that is accessible to accessory devices. As follows, upon receiving data from an accessory device via the port, the control unit is operable to communicate data to the server for storage on a database. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140222443 | MOLECULAR PROFILING FOR CANCER - Provided herein are methods and systems of molecular profiling of diseases, such as cancer. In some embodiments, the molecular profiling can be used to identify treatments for a disease, such as treatments that were not initially identified as a treatment for the disease or not expected to be a treatment for a particular disease. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222444 | Method And System For Clinical Trial Management - A method of managing a clinical trial includes verifying compliance with pre-determined data collection protocols in real time of medical data collected by peripheral clinical trial centers participating in the clinical trial, sending compliance verifications, collecting review reports submitted by the reviewers on the medical data, such as medical imaging data, according to a predetermined question-and-answer format, evaluating the answers in the review reports, for concordance, and transmitting at least one electronic notification pertaining to a result obtained from the evaluating, wherein at least one of the verifying, sending, collecting, evaluating, and transmitting is performed using at least one processor. A system for implementing the method also is provided. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222445 | HEALTH RELATED SOCIAL NETWORKING - The present disclosure includes method, system, and computer readable medium embodiments to implement a health related social network. One or more embodiments include receiving health information relating to a first user in a health related social network, publishing the received health information to a health page of the first user, and allowing access to the health page of the first user to a second user in the health related social network | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222446 | REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM - Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for remotely monitoring health metrics for a patient. An indication of health metrics to monitor for the patient and information related to the health metrics is received. The criticality of each health metric is determined based on recognizing that the information associated with each health metric falls into a predetermined range of values that are associated with a defined criticality for the health metric. A health alert status is assigned to each of the health metrics based on the determined criticalities. If the information related to the health metric indicates that the health metric has reached a predefined level of criticality, an alert is provided to a healthcare provider associated with the patient. The health alert status is presented on a graphical user interface. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222447 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MEDICAL TREATMENTS - This invention is in the field of medical devices. Specifically, the present invention provides portable medical devices that allow real-time detection of analytes from a biological fluid. The methods and devices are particularly useful for providing point-of-care testing for a variety of medical applications. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222448 | DRUG LABELING TOOL - A tool for aiding a user author labels for drugs. The tool receives inputs that define requirements for a label, or aggregated requirements for a set of related labels. The requirements may be derived from inputs specifying values of label attributes and then be used to identify fields to appear in each of one or more labels to be generated. Information on fields may be used to dynamically render an interface through which a user may specify text strings to appear in each field when label text is generated. Input elements of the interface may be populated with lists of options identified based on the requirements. The requirements may also be used in generating similar labels and assessing the impact of changes, such as to regulatory requirements. The tool may be particularly useful for authoring labels for clinical trials in which multiple label formats for multiple countries may be generated. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222449 | GUARANTEED COST HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Automated systems and methods for implementing and managing the submission, quote, proposal and binding stages (i.e., placement process) for securing insurance coverage. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222450 | MEDICAL DEVICE MANAGEMENT USING ASSOCIATIONS - Via communications with an association management resource, an operator of a respective fluid delivery system can associate a medical device (fluid pump) with a particular entity such as a patient, location, one or more other medical devices, the caregiver, etc. Thereafter, the operator of the fluid delivery system is able to better manage use of the fluid delivery system based on relevant medical information, which is accessible as a result of creating the association. For example, the association management resource gathers and stores information associated with the entity prior to the operator providing the input associating the fluid delivery system with the entity. After the operator of the fluid delivery system creates the association, the medical information associated with the entity is immediately available to the fluid delivery system and/or corresponding operator of the fluid delivery system. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222451 | PROGRAM OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM - Program optimization systems are provided herein. The program optimization system can include a plurality of data sources that can be mined for information relating to one or several patients. The format and content of the information from the data sources can be evaluated and can be conformed to formats and content types used by the program optimization system. The information retrieved from the data sources can be evaluated for one or several trigger events. If a trigger event is identified in the retrieved data, a treatment protocol can be selected. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222452 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPILING AND DESIGNING CARE SUPPORT INFORMATION - Methods and systems to enable users to select and compile personal care information filtered by the selection of a specific care concern or diagnosis, filtered by the user's geographic location, and filtered by available health care benefits. The method and system may provide information concerning home care assistance, transportation options, respite care, child care, home maintenance, shopping, pet care, technology, meal preparation, case management and advocacy services. Users may store information and post saved information to multiple planning boards for future reference or to share with others. The system and method may provide the total costs of services listed within the filtered information. Information concerning volunteer or barter opportunities may be provided to the user. The health care information may include links to various community, non-profit and governmental assistance entities. Users may purchase or be awarded credits to assist themselves or fellow users to access and utilize services contained within the system. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222453 | System and Methods for Dynamically Matching Sponsors with Vendors - A system and methods for dynamically matching sponsors with vendors in connection with a request for proposal (“RFP”) are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the system provides a central computing system and a database server containing data related to each of the sponsor, the vendors, and the RFP. The sponsor is able to create the RFP and provide an associated confidential disclosure agreement (“CDA”). The database server is searched for vendors that the sponsor would potentially find suitable and compiles said vendors in a matched vendors list. The sponsor is able to review the matched vendors list and decide which should receive the RFP. Each contacted vendor must accept the CDA before gaining access to the RFP. If interested, each contacted vendor must complete an electronic proposal form, at which point the sponsor is able to review the completed forms and select one of the matched vendors. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222454 | Systems and Methods That Administer a Health Improvement Program and an Adjunct Medical Treatment - Systems and methods that administer a health improvement program and an adjunct medical treatment are provided herein. A method includes tracking performance of a participant in a health improvement program, the health improvement program designed to improve the health condition of the participant, comparing the performance of the participant to a minimum threshold requirement that signals that the participant is not adequately improving under the health improvement program, identifying when the performance of the participant falls below the minimum threshold level, and when the performance of the participant falls below the minimum threshold level, outputting a message to at least one of the participant or a third party that the participant is a potential candidate for an adjunct medical treatment. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222455 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING HEALTHCARE INFORMATION - Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method that can comprise, for a predetermined user, automatically determining a score for each resource from a plurality of predetermined resources based on the user's weighting of predetermined factors associated with the resources and an objective score for each factor for each resource, ranking the scored resources, and/or providing an identity of a best matched resource for the user. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222456 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DRUG PURCHASE VALIDATION - Methods and systems for drug purchase validation are described. In an example embodiment, drug sale data is accessed from a prescription drug wholesaler regarding prescription drugs sold to the pharmacy by the prescription drug wholesaler during a period of time. A number of units of a prescription drug sold to the pharmacy are determined based on the drug sale data during the period of time. Pharmacy claims data over the period of time is accessed, where the pharmacy claims data reflects a plurality of adjudicated claims, and the plurality of adjudicated claims are a plurality of claims that were submitted for adjudication by the pharmacy during the period of time. A number of units of a prescription drug associated with the plurality of claims submitted during the period of time by the pharmacy for adjudication are determined based on the pharmacy claims data. The number of units of the prescription drug associated with the plurality of adjudicated claims that were submitted for adjudication by the pharmacy is compared with the number of units of the prescription drug sold to the pharmacy. A determination is then made as to whether a discrepancy exists based on the results of the comparison. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222457 | RISK FACTOR ENGINE THAT DETERMINES A USER HEALTH SCORE - A method for processing risk factors for a user is disclosed. The method may include receiving protocol data for creating a risk factor engine by an application stored and executed at a computing device. The risk factor engine may be stored in memory and executable by a processor to process a first set of stored user health data for a user. The protocol data may include a rule and one or more health attribute values. The rule and the one or more health attribute values may each include a computer programming expression editable by an administrator. The method may further include determining a user health score through execution of the risk factor engine by the processor and based on the user health data. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222458 | METHOD AND APPRATUS FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING SURFACE WOUND DATA - A computer-implemented method of analyzing damage to personal protective equipment (PPE) uses a processor connected to a memory device. A plurality of location informations are stored in the memory device. Each location information relates to a respective damage sustained by a respective PPE and comprises a size, shape, and location of the respective damage on the respective PPE. The method includes aggregating and analyzing the location informations from a plurality of the plurality of location informations. At least two of said plurality of the plurality of location informations relate to respective damages sustained by different respective personal protective equipment. The analysis may include displaying the damage from a plurality of the location informations as a function of location on a personal protective equipment model. The analysis may involve filtering the information to isolate criteria of interest. The analysis may be used to improve PPE design and/or tactical training. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222459 | AUTOBOX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Disclosed is an autobox management system to register intrinsic ID information in an autobox, which stores drugs therein, thereby determining if the autobox is original when the autobox is mounted in a cabinet of a hospital, and to manage information of drug consumption through the communication with a cabinet, a hospital server, and a producer server. The autobox management system including a production management unit to produce an autobox, individually register autobox ID information in the autobox, and authenticate that the autobox is original, and a hospital management unit to request determination on if the autobox is original and to transmit information of drug consumption to the production management unit through communication with the production management unit. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140236606 | MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The medication management system is divided into hospital server, pharmacy server, and patient mobile device. The hospital server and pharmacy server contain all patient active and inactive medication profiles. The hospital software runs on the hospital server, which is an intermediary between the pharmacy software (PMR—Pharmacy Medication Records) and the patient software. The platform can communicate with different types of pharmacy data bases and software, and at the same time can be used as a type of an encoding and decoding platform to convert from one pharmacy database to anther automatically and eliminate the long tedious effort done by humans to do it manually. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236607 | GENETIC DATABASE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for performing an analysis of a subject's genome, transcriptome and/or epigenome is described. The identities of a predetermined number of, such as ten or more, characteristics in the subject's genome, transcriptome and/or epigenome which are associated with one or more particular phenotype(s) or an increased risk of a particular phenotype are determined by performing an analytical technique upon a biological sample obtained from the subject. The amounts of any royalties or fees required for determination of the identities of one or more of the ten or more characteristics in the subject's genome, transcriptome and/or epigenome are determined via a computer. The amount of a fee charged for a determination of the identities of the ten or more characteristics in the subject's genome, transcriptome and/or epigenome are adjusted via a computer to reflect the amount of the determined royalties or fees and/or the amount of a fee for a future treatment of the subject. A database accessed during the method is also described. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236608 | SAMPLING OF MEDICAL DEVICES, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - Systems, methods, and computer storage mediums provide a medical device sample to a medical service provider. Embodiments of the present invention relate to equipping a computing device with the ability to automatically identify a need by a medical professional to use a medical device sample in a medical procedure. The computing device identifies the need of the medical professional for the medical device sample based on a medical procedure code that informs the computing device of the scheduled medical procedure and the requirements for executing the medical procedure. The computing device automatically searches medical device sample inventories that are supplied by medical device sample providers for a medical device sample that is available and satisfies the requirements for use in the medical procedure. The computing device automatically causes the medical device sample to be distributed to the medical professional for evaluation and use in the medical procedure. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236609 | PHARMACY TRACKING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATICALLY-ENTERED CUSTOMER TRANSACTION INFORMATION - A method of conducting a transaction involving transfer of a filled prescription order from a pharmacy to a customer. The method includes detecting that the filled prescription order is available for transfer from the pharmacy to the customer. Upon detecting that the filled prescription order is available for transfer from the pharmacy to the customer, the method automatically completes at least one process for facilitating the transfer of the filled prescription order to the customer. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236610 | METHOD FOR REDUCING ILLNESS IN CARE FACILITIES - There is provided a method for promoting hygiene and reducing illness in a resident care location. The method collects data from a resident care location by testing common areas and personal areas within the resident care location, uses data specific to each resident, uses this data to develop tasks for the caregiver(s), measures and scores compliance with the tasks, and provides feedback for improved compliance with the tasks. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236611 | PROXIMITY TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHOD - Systems and methods to track proximity of articles, locations and people are disclosed herein. Radio frequency tags are configured to communicate proximity of articles, locations and people over time. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236612 | MULTI-ACCESS HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PORTAL - Embodiments are directed to targeting specific items to health care users based on determined health concerns. In one scenario, a computer system determines that a user is subscribed to a health care service, where the health care service is configured to facilitate secure communication between the user and other health care entities. The computer system accesses health care information associated with the user. The health care information is stored as part of the health care service. The computer system determines, from the accessed health care information, various health care concerns associated with the user and, based on this determination, provides the user targeted items according to the determined health care concern. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236613 | USE OF WEB-BASED SYMPTOM CHECKER DATA TO PREDICT INCIDENCE OF A DISEASE OR DISORDER - Symptoms and methods for predicting the incidence of a disease or disorder are disclosed. A system for predicting the incidence of a disease or disorder includes a web-based symptom checker for producing a structured dataset, a data analysis component for producing a multivariate dataset from the structured dataset, and a feature construction component for producing a linear combination of orthogonal symbols representative of a disease or disorder. A method for predicting the incidence of a disease or disorder includes producing a multivariate dataset representing patient symptom counts, performing feature construction analysis on the multivariate dataset, creating a time series model using weekly illness incidence data, and applying the time series model to new illness incidence data to predict the incidence of a disease or disorder in the future. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236614 | Financial Triage - Front-end patient financial triage is provided, wherein various financial clearance checks may be processed prior to proceeding with a non-emergent patient encounter. A patient's credit history, historic payment information, and symptoms of his/her financial health, such as employment and income, family size, etc., as well as address and social security number verification may be utilized to help a health care provider determine if a patient may pay for health care services. A web-based configuration tool may be provided for allowing the health care provider to dynamically change rules that define cascading processes of a financial clearance transaction. A health care provider may be able to use this actionable financial information to make better up-front decisions about which financial category may be most appropriate for a patient. Embodiments may help to protect a health care provider's financial liability, reduce bad debt and preventable write-offs. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236615 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING EQUIPMENT - Present invention embodiments include a tool to track manufactured and other products from cradle to grave. This includes tracking the history of locations where equipment has been placed, loaned, evaluated, stored, and sold. The system includes Return Authorization (RA) and Complaints for equipment and parts. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236616 | Method for Managing a Therapeutic Substance Regimen - A method and system for managing a therapeutic substance regimen including: receiving therapeutic substance information from a user; receiving information regarding a regimen; providing interaction information based on the therapeutic substance information; receiving an ascertainment of adherence to the regimen at a set of time points; generating an adherence metric based upon the ascertainment and the set of time points; providing a reward to the user based on the adherence metric; and providing an automated notification to the user based upon at least one of the ascertainment, the adherence metric, and the reward. The method can further comprise providing an advertisement to the user based on one of the therapeutic substance information and the regimen, generating a comparison of the adherence metric for the user to the adherence metric for a second user, and generating an automated refill or renewal request based upon the therapeutic substance information and the regimen. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236617 | Method for Managing a Therapeutic Substance Regimen - A method and system for managing a therapeutic substance regimen including: receiving therapeutic substance information from a user; receiving information regarding a regimen; providing interaction information based on the therapeutic substance information; receiving an ascertainment of adherence to the regimen at a set of time points; generating an adherence metric based upon the ascertainment and the set of time points; providing a reward to the user based on the adherence metric; and providing an automated notification to the user based upon at least one of the ascertainment, the adherence metric, and the reward. The method can further comprise providing an advertisement to the user based on one of the therapeutic substance information and the regimen, generating a comparison of the adherence metric for the user to the adherence metric for a second user, and generating an automated refill or renewal request based upon the therapeutic substance information and the regimen. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236618 | ANALYZING ADMINISTRATIVE HEALTHCARE CLAIMS DATA AND OTHER DATA SOURCES - Techniques suitable for identifying potential subjects for a clinical trial and other applications are disclosed. One or more exclusion or inclusion criteria are defined for the clinical trial. One or more specialized searching tables are pre-generated using administrative healthcare claims data and the one or more exclusion or inclusion criteria. The specialized searching tables are searched. Through the searching step, subjects are identified within the administrative healthcare claims data who match the one or more exclusion or inclusion criteria. Through the searching step, a geographical area is identified corresponding to the subjects who match the one or more exclusion or inclusion criteria. A customized report is generated using the identified subjects and geographical area. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236619 | Automated reporting of payments made to patients for their participation in a clinical study in a blinded manner to the sponsor of the clinical study - An automated method and computer program product are provided for reporting payments made to patients for their participation in a clinical study in a blinded manner to the sponsor of the clinical study. The clinical study has a plurality of investigative sites which perform activities in accordance with the protocol of the clinical study. Each patient has patient ID information and is assigned a subject ID that de-identifies the patient. Payment requests are received at a software application from the investigative sites associated with patient activity. The software application includes for each patient that is participating in the clinical study, the patient ID information, and the de-identified subject ID. The payment requests are associated with the patient ID information. The payment requests are processed at the software application, and payments that conform to predefined compensation guidelines for the clinical study are approved. The software application generates blinded payment reports for electronic delivery to the sponsor. The payment reports show at least the de-identified subject ID for each approved payment, the payment amounts for each approved payment, and a date associated with the payment. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236620 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING PATIENT DATA - Data concerning patients that have received treatment by a drug is stored and accessed to it is provided. One or more storage elements are provided that contain data concerning patients that have received the drug. The data includes data from clinical trials and data from patients prescribed the drug by a physician. A processor is programmed to search the storage elements for data on patients meeting a specified profile and to create a dataset. The dataset includes information on the patients having the specified profile, including a response of the patients to treatment using the drug. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236621 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PREDICTIVE FUNCTION FOR DISCRIMINATING PATIENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR DISEASE ACTIVITY STATUS - The invention relates to a method for determining a predictive function for discriminating patients according to their disease activity status, comprising steps of: a—measuring values of biological markers for each patient of a first group of patients having a first known disease activity status, and for each patient of a second group of patients having a second known disease activity status, the measured values forming a dataset b—analyzing the dataset for identifying biological markers which are differentially expressed between the first group of patients and the second group of patients, c—among the biological markers identified at step b, determining correlated markers as markers which are correlated with other markers above a predetermined significance level, d—removing from the dataset, values measured for a biological marker identified as correlated marker, e—analyzing the dataset obtained at step d for determining a predictive function that predicts a disease activity status of a patient as a combination of values of biological markers, f—evaluating an accuracy index associated with the predictive function determined at step e, g—repeating steps d to f by selectively removing from the dataset, values measured for one or several biological marker(s) identified as correlated marker(s), so as to gradually decrease the number of biological markers in the combination of value until the accuracy index reaches an expected level. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236622 | RECOMMENDING CONSUMER PRODUCTS USING PRODUCT-INGREDIENT EFFICACY AND/OR USER-PROFILE - To help consumers around the world reduce the confusion and complexity of choosing among thousands of wellness products that are effective for their particular medical conditions and/or wellness goals, the present inventor, devised one or more exemplary systems, methods, software, and data structures for recommending products, such as health, fitness, and nutritional products, to consumers. One exemplary system receives user profile information, such as gender, age, medical condition(s), wellness goal(s), biometric data, allergies and sensitivities, and/or nutrition information, and recommends products based on the consumer profiles and product ingredient efficacy and/or contraindications for the medical conditions and/or wellness goals. The system recommends the most scientifically effective products for a particular consumer, while accounting for contraindications thereby reducing risk potentially harmful products. The system ultimately empowers consumers around the world to make safer and more knowledgeable decisions regarding their own wellness. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING CLINICAL TRIAL PARTICIPATION - A system and method for determining whether an individual is eligible to participate in a clinical trial by comparing partially identifying personal information of the subject to a database of partially identifying personal information of participants in other clinical trials and calculating the frequency of occurrence of the partially identifying personal information. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140244275 | HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE - Data is obtained from medical service providers. The data includes at least a plurality of available medical service appointments and pricing information. An inquiry for a medical service appointment is received from a user. A number of available medical service appointments are selected based on the inquiry and are then presented to the user. Prices for the available medical service appointments may be included and may be calculated based on current healthcare benefit plan information for the user. In response to a received purchase indication, one of the presented medical service appointments are purchased for the user. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244276 | Systems and Methods for Classifying Healthcare Management Operation - Embodiments include systems and methods for ranking the operations or job functions performed by a healthcare provider. The system may determine the job functions that may be analyzed for the ranking process. The system may analyze how the healthcare provider implements the job functions and determine a ranking of the healthcare provider based, at least in part, on the job function analysis. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS FROM A REMOTE LOCATION - A system and computer-implemented method for real-time monitoring and management of patients from a remote location is provided. The system comprises one or more patient's communication devices configured to facilitate users to enter patient related data via a healthcare application. The system further comprises an analyzing and processing module, residing in a cloud based environment, configured to receive and process the patient related data. The analyzing and processing module is further configured to send alerts to physicians based on at least one of: the received and the processed patient related data. Furthermore, the analyzing and processing module is configured to facilitate the physicians to access the received and the processed patient related data and provide responses via the healthcare application. Also, the analyzing and processing module is configured to send alerts to the users and facilitate the users to access the responses. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244278 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING HEALTH INFORMATION BY USING THE SYSTEM - Provided are a health management system of estimating a disease probability of a user based on information collected from the user and a method of providing health information by using the health management system. The health management system includes a user device collecting and providing health data and living data of a user and a health information processing device calculating a disease probability of the user by performing statistic analysis based on an electric medical record and the health data and correcting the calculated disease probability according to the living data. The living data includes one of location information of the user and social information of the user, which designates a human connection. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244279 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DRUG PRICING INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS (PBMS) - A system according to certain aspects of the disclosure provides drug pricing information from multiple PBMs to users. For example, the system may obtain, calculate, and/or estimate drug prices that are available under contracts or agreements between PBMs and various pharmacies. These prices may be prices of drugs for purchase at the various pharmacies. In response to requests for prices of particular drugs, the system can display relevant prices. For example, the system displays a price for each pharmacy chain and/or displays prices for a particular geographical area. The users can compare the prices for a particular drug and determine which pharmacy they would like to purchase the drug from. The system can provide a discount coupon that allows the users to purchase the drug at the price listed by the system at the selected pharmacy. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244280 | WEBSITE PROVIDING MEDICAL, DENTAL, VETERINARIAN PROCEDURE COST AND SCHEDULING OPTIONS - A system and method of providing users with pricing and availability options associated with medical, dental and/or veterinary procedures through an Internet website. Upon entering information regarding a desired service and a desired traveling distance associated with a plurality of care providers offering the desired service, a user is provided with a list of options associated with the desired service, including the name of the care provider, the distance to care provider, the cost of the service and scheduling information. Upon selecting one of the options, the selected care provider is informed that the user desires to schedule the desired service based upon the scheduling information. If the selection is approved, the service is scheduled; if not, the user is informed that their selection is unavailable. The method may additionally include the step of asking the user a series of questions associated with the procedure. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244281 | PHYSICIAN PRESCRIPTION PROCESSING - Physicians providing education about prescriptions, storing this information for patient access, and adjudicating prescriptions can be compensated by patients for their efforts avoiding Stark and anti-kickback laws if the compensation is paid separately from a prescription. Additional compensation can be paid to physicians from pharmacies for patient education and adjudication. Adjudication in a physician's exam room increases efficiency, decreases patient sticker shock at pharmacies, assures patients are given the best price on a medical prescription and assures patients that all coupons or discount cards are used. In-office adjudication also allows physician/patient discussion of cost. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244282 | HEALTHCARE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods for hospital, healthcare, and physician data management, and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes collecting provider data from a plurality of data sources and creating a plurality of universal provider profiles (UPPs) from the collected provider data. Each UPP corresponds to a medical provider and includes contact information for the corresponding medical provider. The method includes storing the UPPs, receiving a query, and transmitting a query response in response to the query, the query response including provider contact information from a UPP identified according to the query. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244283 | PATHOLOGY, RADIOLOGY AND OTHER MEDICAL OR SURGICAL SPECIALTIES QUALITY ASSURANCE - Current Electronic Health Systems and Government sponsored International Classification of Diseases (IDC-10) do not have the flexibility to describe diagnoses that are not clearly benign or cancerous and cannot relay recommendations from pathologist, radiologist, or other specialist. Software codes enable any specialty to efficiently communicate additional recommendations with time metrics to their referring sources. A Quality Assurance Module interface provides for communication with patients, physicians, referring specialist, etc. Default time metrics may be used with the QAM. Enhancing communication of recommendations and assuring all parties involved with patient care, improves safety and patients outcomes. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244284 | COMMUNICATION OF MEDICAL CLAIMS - A system provides for documenting and sharing health insurance policy benefits that policy owners are actually receiving to assist patients and care providers in understanding policy coverages and costs. Health Benefits and prescription claims adjudicated by health insurance companies are documented, and adjudication results of the claims are recorded and stored. The adjudication results are organized by specific health insurance companies, and results are published for public access over a global network. Specific health insurance company benefits are continually updated with actual claim results providing real time benefit summaries for physicians to use when treating patients and for patients to compare insurance companies. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244285 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT AND DETECTION OF CLIENT COMPLICATIONS - A system and method are presented for relationship management workflow processes. At least one embodiment may apply to process automation to health care. More specifically, the system and method may be applied to patient management of healthcare, such as the management of Diabetes or other medical conditions. Other embodiments may apply to process automation in other areas utilizing management workflow software. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244286 | INSURANCE COMPANY, PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS, PHARMACIES, STATE AGENCIES, FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORTING - Quality assurance reporting enables efficient and concise reports of errors, omissions or deficiencies relating to medical claims and procedures. The system maintains a public record, establishes a communication platform for interested parties, and establishes time metrics for corrective action. A web page standardizes a format for parties to report the errors, omissions or deficiencies. A deficiency report is generated and delivered to a deficient party. The web page publicizes the deficiency report and notifies a controlling authority, and time metrics are defined for follow-up resolution by the deficient party. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244287 | FRONT END REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT MULTI-INTERFACE SOFTWARE AND METHOD - A system for informing a healthcare provider a patient's insurance claim information prior to the patient receiving health services. The system may include the patient entering in pertinent information regarding an insurance claim into a portable computer. The pertinent information is sent to a secure server. The secure server sends the information to an eligibility vendor which either confirms or denies a match of patient information. The match information may be provided to the healthcare provider to determine whether it is proper for the healthcare provider to provide services to the patient. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244288 | Method Of Providing Affordable Prescription-Drug Options Through A Point Of Care System - A software application that analyzes different formularies provides a patient with affordable prescription-drug options through a point of care system. The software application uses a database to store healthcare plan formularies, cash-payment formulary, drug manufacturer copayment-assistance formularies, and drug manufacturer cash-discount formularies. All of the formularies on the database are provided in an interoperable format. The software application will compare and analyze the costs, the exclusion factors, and the discounts from the various applicable formularies for a specific drug and alternative drugs. This analysis will be presented as a certified screen to the prescriber or the patient in order to find the drug option that is both clinically relevant and affordable. The prescription and the certified screen details, less patient identifying information, will be sent as feedback to the benefit providers of those formularies. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244289 | COLD STORAGE SYSTEM FOR STORING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT CONTAINERS - Intelligent cold storage system for storing pharmaceutical product containers, such as vials, ampules, syringes, bottles, medication tubes, blister packs and cartons, at the point of dispensing. Embodiments of the invention use product identification technology, such as radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and barcode readers, to uniquely identify containers as they are added to or removed from the cold storage compartment, and automatically retrieve from a local or remote database a variety of details associated with the containers and their contents, such as manufacturing data, expiration dates, time out of refrigeration, inventory levels, safety information, usage statistics, known contraindications and warnings, etc. If the details indicate that there is a problem with a particular pharmaceutical (e.g., that it is counterfeit, expired, suspect, spoiled, recalled or almost depleted), then a message or warning is automatically delivered to a human operator via an attached output device, such as a display screen, speaker or printer. Embodiments of the invention may also be configured to monitor and report temperature faults, power failures and other anomalies associated with the cold storage system or cold storage compartment. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244290 | System and Method For Selecting Healthcare Management - The present invention is directed to a system and method which allows a prospective insured to make an informed decision on healthcare insurance or a specific health care management decision by using a current medical profile to assist in their selection. Based on past medical care, as obtained from payor data, a number of different plans, each having different providers, different deductibles, different maximums, different reimbursement policies, etc., a person can make an informed decision. When a family has different payors for different family members, a proper blend of payors can be more easily selected since the payors (or a single payor) has a medical profile of each family member and also has information on providers in the network, prescription policies, deductibles, maximums, etc. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244291 | OUTCOMES BASED SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKS - A system and method are provided for determining a composition of a service provider network for providing services according to a workers' compensation insurance plan. The system and method acquires claim information, which describes workers' compensation claims and medical service providers, and determines a metric value for each of the medical service providers, adjusts the metric values, assigns scores based on the adjusted metric values, determines an average of the assigned scores, and generates results data based on the assigned scores. The results data indicates, for each of the medical service providers, whether the medical service provider should be included in the service provider network. The service provider metrics include a metric that relates to an amount paid per claim and a percentage of claims that involved lost time. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244292 | Method for Helping Patients Find Treatments Based on Similar Patients' Experiences - This disclosure describes, among other things, a method for recommending treatments for a condition (e.g., a medical condition). The method may include generating ranking treatments for a condition based on patient information. The patient information may identify one or more characteristics of a patient. The patient information may include clinical and/or non-clinical information. The treatments may be ranked based on a prediction of the degree to which the patient will be satisfied with the treatment. The prediction may be based on the degree to which other patients were satisfied with the treatment. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140249829 | CONFIGURABLE RESOURCE UTILIZATION DETERMINATOR AND ESTIMATOR - In one example, this disclosure describes a method determining a resource utilization value, via one or more computers. The method may comprise receive dated patient healthcare data comprising information about one or more of diagnosed conditions, delivered services or procedures, severity indicators, or resource utilization data associated with any delivered services or procedures. The method may further comprise receiving selection input comprising one or more resource type parameters. After receiving selection input, the method may further comprise determining a resource utilization value based at least in part on the patient healthcare data and the selection input. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249830 | VIRTUAL MEDICAL ASSISTANT METHODS AND APPARATUS - In some aspects, a method of using a virtual medical assistant to assist a medical professional, the virtual medical assistant implemented, at least in part, by at least one processor of a host device capable of connecting to at least one network is provided. The method comprises receiving free-form instruction from the medical professional; providing the free-form instruction for processing to assist in identifying from the free-form instruction at least one medical task to be performed, providing at least one first response to the medical professional regarding the free-form instruction prior to the at least one medical task being performed, and receiving first information from the medical professional responsive to the at least one first response. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249831 | VIRTUAL MEDICAL ASSISTANT METHODS AND APPARATUS - In some aspects, a method of using a virtual medical assistant to assist a medical professional, the virtual medical assistant implemented, at least in part, by at least one processor of a host device capable of connecting to at least one network is provided. The method comprises receiving free-form instruction from the medical professional, providing the free-form instruction for processing to assist in identifying from the free-form instruction at least one medical task to be performed, obtaining identification of at least one impediment to performing the at least one medical task, and inferring at least some information needed to overcome the at least one impediment. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249832 | REMS MANAGEMENT TOOL - The various technologies presented herein relate to assisting a prescriber in obtaining and maintaining Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) compliance. A centralized approach is presented for obtaining REMS compliance data from a drug manufacturer, federal regulator, etc., and based on identifying one or more REMS medications associated with a prescriber, compliance of the prescriber with regard to the REMS compliance data for the one or more REMS medications can be determined. Interaction and notifications, etc., can be performed utilizing internet access. In the event of a prescriber failing a compliance requirement, one or more actions can be identified to facilitate bringing the prescriber into REMS compliance. REMS compliance data can be shared with the drug manufacturer, regulatory body, etc., to facilitate understanding of success of REMS compliance. Stored REMS compliance data can be forwarded to a third party. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249833 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING HEALTH CARE WORKFLOW INTERACTIONS WITH A SAVED STATE - An apparatus is provided for managing health care tasks. The apparatus may include at least one memory and at least one processor configured to display a user interface including a workspace area including visible indicia indicating steps of a health care task(s) to be performed on behalf of a patient(s) and a context area arranged adjacent to the workspace area. The context area includes visible information indicating health care data of the patient associated with visible indicia of the workspace area. The processor is also configured to update display of the visible indicia of the workspace area to include different health care data responsive to detecting a change in data of the visible indicia or updating display of the visible information of the context area to include different health care information responsive to detecting changes in information of the visible information. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249834 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING TECHNIQUES FOR USERS TO CREATE HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS - An apparatus is provided for identifying patients of a cohort. The apparatus may include at least one memory and at least one processor configured to generate at least one user interface defining items of predefined criteria to identify a plurality of patients, among a candidate set of patients, of a cohort. The patients have at least one common characteristic associated with a designated medical condition or a designated health plan. The processor is also configured to identify the plurality of patients of the cohort in response to receiving indications of selections of one or more of the items of the predefined criteria. The processor is also configured to monitor and manage care of the identified patients of the cohort on an ongoing basis to provide interventions and track outcomes. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249835 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DATA-DRIVEN MONITORING - Methods and apparatus for facilitating monitoring in a clinical trial. The method includes acts of receiving data from at least one information technology system configured to process clinical trial data, and assigning a site prioritization to each of a plurality of sites for at least one clinical trial associated with the at least one information technology system. Assigning a site prioritization is based, at least in part, on the received data. The method further includes an act of outputting an indication of the site prioritization. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249836 | CLAIM DRIVEN MEDICAL EVENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A computer-implemented method, a system, and software include receiving information for a healthcare services event for a patient and creating a note based therein; performing an insurance Eligibility Request/Eligibility Verification by with an insurance company utilizing patient information converted into a format readable by the insurance company; receiving information as the healthcare services event is performed to complete the note, wherein the note comprises doctor supplied procedure and diagnostic content needed to create a valid insurance claim; and converting the note into an insurance claim and providing the insurance claim to the insurance company in a format readable by the insurance company; wherein the note is setup to automatically convert to the insurance claim without back-end user input or coding. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249837 | Methods And Systems For Facilitating Use Of Healthcare And Social Service Resources In A Community - Methods and systems are provided to facilitate the identification and connection of unique, relevant, and personalized healthcare and social service resources in a distributed user community in an automated manner to support and improve the health of communities. A method is provided that at least includes aggregating data about a plurality of community healthcare and social service resources, wherein resource profiles are generated for each of the plurality of community resources; generating user profiles for one or more community users, wherein the user profiles comprise indications of needs and preferences for the one or more community users in regard to healthcare and social services; receiving a query from one of the community users regarding a need for healthcare or social services; and generating a list of recommendations from the community resources based on the query and the user profile of the one of the community users. A corresponding system is also provided. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249838 | MEDICAL IMPLANT MANAGEMENT - Embodiments relate to medical implant management. An aspect includes calculating an efficacy of a medical device based on a plurality of outcomes of medical procedures that utilized the medical device. It is determined that the efficacy of the medical device meets a threshold. Information about the efficacy of the medical device is transmitted to at least one recipient based on the efficacy of the medical device meeting the threshold. The information identifies the medical device. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249839 | METHOD AND SYSTEM RELATING TO A LABORATORY PRODUCT - A method of providing data indicative of options for supply of a dental laboratory product is disclosed. The method may include receiving data indicative of the dental laboratory product and based on the received data, retrieving data indicative of a first value of a parameter of the dental laboratory product and a second value of the parameter of the dental laboratory product. Based on a comparison of the generated values, data is generated to allow for selection of one of the products. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249840 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING ON-CALL DATA FOR HEALTH CARE LOCATIONS AND PHYSICIANS - A system which contains real-time specialist on-call data is disclosed. The system allows for the input and searching of specialist on-call data for various health care locations. The system is configured to allow a patient in need of the medical care of a specialist not currently available at the patient's location to search for the nearest health care location(s) with a physician of the desired specialization presently or soon to be on call. Methods of the same are also disclosed. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249841 | ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICINE - A medical general intelligence computer system and computer-implemented methods analyze morpho-physiological numbers for determining a risk of an emergent disease state, determining an emergent disease state, predicting a pre-emergent disease state, determining a pre-emergent disease state, and/or predicting a risk of a pre-emergent disease state. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249842 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING HEALTHCARE SERVICES CONSUMPTION - A method of optimizing healthcare services consumption according to the invention includes the steps of assessing the healthcare situation of an employer providing healthcare benefits to a population, identifying a first group of patients from the population likely to generate expensive healthcare claims based on data representing past claims, periodically determining whether patients in the first group have satisfied certain predetermined healthcare requirements, identifying a first group of providers who provide high quality, cost efficient healthcare services based on the practice patterns of the providers, prompting patients who have not satisfied the predetermined healthcare requirements to obtain services from providers in the first group, and responding to healthcare requests from patients by determining whether the requesting patient is seeking services from a provider in the first group, and, if not, urging the patient to obtain such services from a provider in the first group. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249843 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING HEALTHCARE SERVICES CONSUMPTION - A method of optimizing healthcare services consumption according to the invention includes the steps of assessing the healthcare situation of an employer providing healthcare benefits to a population, identifying a first group of patients from the population likely to generate expensive healthcare claims based on data representing past claims, periodically determining whether patients in the first group have satisfied certain predetermined healthcare requirements, identifying a first group of providers who provide high quality, cost efficient healthcare services based on the practice patterns of the providers, prompting patients who have not satisfied the predetermined healthcare requirements to obtain services from providers in the first group, and responding to healthcare requests from patients by determining whether the requesting patient is seeking services from a provider in the first group, and, if not, urging the patient to obtain such services from a provider in the first group. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249844 | REMOTELY DIAGNOSING CONDITIONS AND PROVIDING PRESCRIPTIONS USING A MULTI-ACCESS HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PORTAL - Embodiments are directed to providing remote healthcare services including remote diagnostics, and facilitating third-party healthcare payments. In one embodiment, a computer system receives an input including authentication credentials from a healthcare entity, and also requests assistance from another healthcare entity. The computer system authenticates the first healthcare entity using the authentication credentials, receives an input including authentication credentials from the other healthcare entity, and authenticates the other healthcare entity using these authentication credentials. The computer system further receives real-time information related to a health condition of a patient, where the real-time health condition information is provided to the second healthcare entity. The computer system also receives, from the other healthcare entity, diagnostic information related to the patient's health condition, and provides the received diagnostic information to the first healthcare entity, the patient and/or a payment entity. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249845 | CLINICAL TRIALS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - System and method of managing a clinical trial in accordance with a protocol are provided. In accordance therewith, a workflow associated with the protocol is accessed from a first data structure. The workflow includes a plurality of workflow tasks to be performed in connection with treatment of a plurality of patients according to the protocol. Instruction is provided to clinical personnel to perform one or more workflow tasks according to the workflow in connection with a visit of a patient out of a plurality of visits. Progress of the patient through the workflow is recorded to a second data structure as performance or non-performance of the one or more workflow tasks in connection with the visit on a per-visit basis. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249846 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REWARDING CONSUMERS - The present invention relates to a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing program code for funding a deposit account associated with a unique identifier encoded on a machine readable card, with an insurance company payment processing system, accessible by a pharmacy for obtaining payment for drugs dispensed to customers insured by an insurance company, wherein the deposit account is only funded upon successful completion of a test or questionnaire by a patient, wherein patient instructions for participating in the test or questionnaire was distributed to the patient by a drug prescriber with a prescription for the drug sample and the machine readable card; and program code for reimbursing the pharmacy from the funded deposit account for the charge for the drug sample in response to the card being read by a card reader linked to the insurance company payment processing system. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249847 | Healthcare Object Recognition Systems And Methods - Healthcare object (HCO) discriminator systems and methods are presented. Systems can obtain a digital representation of a scene via a sensor interface. An HCO discriminator platform analyzes the digital representation to discriminate objects within the scene as being associated with a type of HCO or as being unrelated to a type of HCO. Once the HCO recognition platform determines that a type of HCO is relevant, it instantiates an actual HCO. The HCO can be routed to one or more destinations based on routing rules generated from a template or based on the manner in which the objects in the scene were discriminated. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140257828 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-SERVICE DIAGNOSTICS BASED ON HEALTH SIGNATURES - In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method are herein disclosed for providing in-service diagnostics based on health signatures of an information handling system. In one embodiment, the health of an information handling system is periodically probed by a software agent running as a service. The service polls a set of probes from interfaces on the host system and tracks parameters indicative of system and component health and performance. An analytics engine processes the data to identify anomalies and outliers, and to detect signatures that are precursors to potential service incidents. A rule set matches signatures to potential actions. Based on the detected signatures and rule sets, the service is operable to select, schedule, and execute one or more diagnostic tests. If an information handling system or component thereof fails a diagnostic test, the results are archived to persistent storage and communicated to an administrator. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257829 | INTERACTIVE HEALTHCARE MODELING - A method comprises receiving a prediction request that comprises a population definition and one or more healthcare treatment criteria specifying a treatment scenario; in response to receiving the prediction request, performing in a real-time: parsing the prediction request to identify the population definition and the one or more healthcare treatment criteria; mapping the one or more healthcare treatment criteria to a function of one or more input variables to determine a particular dataset, from a plurality of datasets; based, at least in part, on the population definition and the particular dataset, determining a response surface; determining prediction data by estimating, using the response surface which approximates the healthcare simulation model, simulation results that using the healthcare simulation model would yield; returning the prediction data. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257830 | VERIFICATION PROCESSING FOR BROKERED ENGAGEMENTS - Described are techniques for providing broker services to consumers and service providers. The techniques include verification of consumer eligibility to consult with a service provider and techniques for determining a consumer's level of access and co-pays. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257831 | Method And Apparatus For Generating Proxy Eligibility Data - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are described herein for generating proxy eligibility data. Input data may be received, such as claim data from a health plan and/or provider organization, or attributed patient lists including patient identifiers of patients currently eligible for coverage in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Patient eligibility data may be determined based on the input data, and may be used in generating cost, quality, and/or utilization, metrics, and assessing risk for provider organizations. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257832 | IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL AUDIT TARGETS IN FRAUD AND ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS - Detecting fraud in the health care industry includes selecting a given focus scenario (e.g., prescription rate in a certain drug therapeutic class) for audit analysis, and constructing baseline models with the appropriate normalizations to describe the expected behavior within the focus area. These baseline models are then used, in conjunction with statistical hypothesis testing, to identify entities whose behavior diverges significantly from their expected behavior according to the baseline models. A Likelihood Ratio (LR) score over the relevant claims with respect to the baseline model is obtained for each entity, and the p-value significance of this score is evaluated to ensure that the abnormal behavior can be identified at the specified level of statistical significance. The approach may be used as part of a preliminary computer-aided audit process in which the relevant entities with the abnormal behavior are identified with high selectivity for a subsequent human-intensive audit investigation. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257833 | Cloud Based System For Remote Medical Checkup And Physician Managed Biometric Data - In a remote medical checkup system, a patient's symptoms are transmitted for review to a medical service provider, the medical service provider prescribes diagnostic tests using an identified biometric sensor, the tests are performed by the patient, and the results of the tests are transmitted back to the medical service provider, all using a cloud-based server or other storage device. With this system, the tests are performed and the results reported promptly, without the patient having to schedule a visit to the office of the medical service provider. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257834 | Method and System for Health Benefits Management - A method of settling a health services transaction includes receiving input from a point-of-sale, including customer health benefits information. Payment is effected to a provider rendering the health services. A cost of the health services can then be recovered from one or more payment accounts, such as health savings accounts, checking and/or savings accounts, employer loan funds, and the like, in accordance with one or more payment recovery rules established by the customer. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257835 | Framework for Providing Workflow Guidance - Disclosed herein is a framework for providing workflow guidance. In accordance with one aspect, a workflow graph is retrieved from a pre-built knowledge base. An end node of the workflow graph may represent a user's desired workflow point-state associated with a workflow system. The workflow graph may be used to determine the most efficient path from a current workflow point-state to the desired workflow point-state. A suggestion of the next task to be performed by the user may then be provided in accordance with the most efficient path. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257836 | AUTOMATED INTERACTIVE HEALTH CARE APPLICATION FOR PATIENT CARE - Various health care services may be provided to a patient via a virtual nurse or interactive user application operating on a user computing device. One example method may include receiving user input selections from inquiries generated to receive user input, generating a numerical score corresponding to each user input selection and incorporating the numerical scores with a user's primary health score. The method may also include determining whether the user's primary health score is above or below a predetermined health threshold, and creating a notification alert invoking a health care action if the user's primary health score exceeds or undercuts the health threshold. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257837 | AUTOMATED INTERACTIVE HEALTH CARE APPLICATION FOR PATIENT CARE - Various health care services may be provided to a patient via a virtual nurse or interactive user application operating on a user computing device. One example method may include identifying a medical prescription currently associated with a user's health care management record and identifying an initial dosage requirement of the medical prescription. The method may also include generating a series of recurring inquiries in the user's health care management record and receiving responses to the recurring inquires, and determining whether to create a dosage modification based on the responses. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257838 | Patient Care plan determination - Patient characteristics as well as cost and quality measures may be used to determine a suitable care plan for a patient having a particular medical condition from a collection of care plans. The patient characteristics may be used to initially filter the care plans to meet basic topical characteristics of the patient such as gender or age. Care plans may be further filtered based on other characteristics such as insurance applicability, performance measures, and cost characteristics of specific care plans. Care plans passing through the various filters may be provided to a user such that pertinent information such as cost, frequency, and effectiveness of care for each filtered plan may be displayed. A user then may have sufficient information available to select an appropriate care plan for the specific patient. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257839 | Online Lens Ordering System for Vision Care Professionals or Direct to Customers - A computerized online lens ordering system is provided. A patient portal allows a user to enter identifying information and/or healthcare plan information and a purchase selection for eyeglasses and/or contact lenses. A vision plan eligibility module submits claims to an insurer based upon the healthcare plan information, determines an amount due by the patient, if any, based upon the purchase selection, receives any payment due and authorizes an order. An fulfillment module, for eyeglasses, obtains the patient's prescription and frame biometric measurements, produces a lens fabrication pattern for the lenses, automatically orders the selected frame and fabrication of the lenses based upon the fabrication pattern, and delivers a fabricated pair either directly to the patient or to an eye care professional business. For contact lenses, the fulfillment module automatically orders delivery of the contact lenses either directly to the patient or to an eye care professional business. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257840 | PRECISE ENGAGMENT IN A MEDICAL INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - A medical information handling system executes a medical application with which a client device is communicatively coupled to support presentation of a graphical user interface for the medical application in a display of the client device. The medical information handling system also executes an injection engine. The injection engine retrieves data from a remote data source among a set of data sources including a pharmaceutical database, an insurance database, and a public health database and correlates the retrieved data with at least one medical input entered via the graphical user interface. The injection engine selects a message content from among a positive message, negative message and neutral message based upon the at least one medical input and the retrieved data and injects into the graphical user interface a message containing the selected message content. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257841 | EX VIVO MODIFIABLE MULTIPLE MEDICAMENT FINAL DOSAGE FORM - Described embodiments include a final dosage form for administering a medicament to an animal, an article of manufacture, and method. A described final dosage form includes a dosage portion having a medicament and a release element in a first medicament-release state. The medicament has a first bioavailability to the animal. The release element is modifiable ex vivo to a second medicament-release state by an exposure to a stimulus, wherein the medicament has a second bioavailability to the animal. The final dosage form includes another dosage portion having another medicament and another release element in another first medicament-release state. In the another first medicament-release state, the another medicament has another first bioavailability to the animal. The another release element is modifiable ex vivo to another second medicament-release state by an exposure to another stimulus, wherein the another medicament has another second bioavailability to the animal. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257842 | AUDITING THE CODING AND ABSTRACTING OF DOCUMENTS - Techniques for implementing Quality Assurance of the process of coding medical documents are disclosed. An audit of a coding process for a medical document is initiated by selecting and setting audit parameters. Using the selected parameters, a sample batch of coded documents is obtained from a universe of coded documents. The sample batch of coded documents is presented to auditor(s), and the auditor(s) provide corrections, which are recorded, and a score for each correction is calculated. A sample score, based on the corrections, is calculated in a manner that tracks to subjective auditor assessments of the process quality as being acceptable, marginally acceptable, or unacceptable, and which sample score accounts for the individual auditor subjectivity and an error. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257843 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE - The present invention relates to systems, methods, and apparatuses for the management, distribution, dispensing, and administration of consumer products, including over-the-counter and prescription medications through use of a product container labeling system and an optional integrated computer-based or online management system. In certain aspects, the invention relates to a product container comprising a hollow body, a child-resistant cap, and a specialized information label affixed to the hollow body. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHARMACOVIGILANCE - A method, computer-readable storage medium, and system for analyzing a relationship between one or more agents and one or more clinical outcomes. The method includes: receiving a selection of one or more agents; receiving a selection of one or more clinical outcomes; for each of the one or more agents, analyzing clinical data stored in a database to determine a number of occurrences of each of the one or more clinical outcomes when the agent is administered; for each of the one or more agents, calculating a risk score for each clinical outcome corresponding to the number of occurrences of the clinical outcome; and outputting the risk scores to a graphical display. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140278448 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ERRORS AND/OR CRITICAL RESULTS IN MEDICAL REPORTS - Systems and methods for analyzing a medical report to determine whether the medical report includes at least one instance of at least one category selected from a group consisting of: gender error, laterality error, and critical finding. In some embodiments, one or more portions of text are identified from the medical report. Contextual information associated with the medical report is used to determine whether the identified one or more portions of text comprise at least one instance of at least one category selected from the group. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDING PATIENTS TOWARD HEALTHCARE GOALS - System and method for guiding patients toward completion of recommended healthcare actions based on the individual patient's profile, as well as incorporating aggregate patient population data (e.g., generally accepted or current best practices) in one or more healthcare fields for driving the recommendations to the patient population most likely to benefit from such practices. In addition, the system/method allows different providers (e.g., healthcare providers, insurance providers, and other providers) to establish their own rules for their own subsets of patients. The system/method may include monitoring and tracking patient completion of the recommended actions. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278450 | Searching for Service Providers based on Consumer Symptoms - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to consult with a medical service provider; accessing a data repository that stores information pertaining to medical service providers, including present availability of the medical service providers for participating in a consultation and qualifications of the medical service providers; determining which of the medical service providers are presently available; identifying from the qualifications of the presently available medical service providers and the one or more terms included in the request, one or more medical service providers appropriate to consult with the consumer; transmitting information indicative of the identified one or more medical service providers appropriate to consult with the consumer regarding the consumer's one or more symptoms; receiving a selection of one of the identified one or more medical service providers; and establishing a communication channel between the device used by the consumer and a device used by the selected medical service provider. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278451 | Integration of Diagnostic Devices into a Brokerage System - An apparatus comprises a diagnostic device configured to be operated by a first medical service provider to collect diagnostic data indicative of a physiological condition of a patient; and a processing device configured for communication with the diagnostic device and a brokerage system during a real-time consultation between the patient and a second medical service provider, over a real-time communication channel established by the brokerage system, with the processing device being further configured to cause the diagnostic data to be transmitted to a device used by the service provider during the real-time consultation to promote diagnosis of the physiological condition of the patient. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278452 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMS FOR CONNECTING APPLICATIONS AND TOOLS WITHIN MEDICAL TASKFLOWS - A medical image evaluation and diagnosis system to dynamically connect clinical tools, clinical applications and clinical findings includes a work context auto alignment manager (WAALM). The WAALM extracts, from a clinical application and tool initiation request, clinical application and tool information for a first clinical taskflow, and connects, with at least a first clinical application initiated in response to the clinical application and tool initiation request, at least a first clinical tool based on the extracted clinical application and tool information, the first clinical tool being independent of the first clinical application. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278453 | Medical Treatment Management - A medical treatment management system disclosed herein collects psychological data for a patient and a sequence of functional data about the functional status of the patient. The system generates a modified patient profile, such as a biopsychosocial profile, using the sequence of functional data and the psychological data. Subsequently, the modified patient profile is compared with a normative patient profile to generate a patient treatment regimen that may be prescribed for the patient. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278454 | DYNAMIC PRICING OF HEALTHCARE RESOURCES - A dynamic pricing system for scheduling healthcare resources to deliver healthcare services during optimal time periods is disclosed. In some embodiments, a system and method for scheduling appointment slots for use in allocating utilization of a healthcare resource based on dynamic pricing constraints is disclosed. In some embodiments, a system and method for computing prices corresponding to appointment slots associated with a healthcare resource using dynamic pricing constraints is disclosed. The dynamic pricing constraints are derived from resource data including real-time data, historical data, and provider data. The dynamically computed price for each appointment slot associated with the healthcare resource reflects the flow in supply and demand associated with the resource. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278455 | Providing Feedback Pertaining to Communication Style - An approach is described herein for providing feedback to the participants of a communication session. The approach entails automatically collecting cue information that characterizes, at least in part, the communication behavior that is exhibited during the communication session. The approach then generates signal information based on the cue information. In one case, the signal information conveys the empathy that is exhibited during the communication session. In one case, the signal information may have an affiliation dimension and a control dimension. Any participant can use the signal information during and/or after the communication session to gain awareness of his or her communication style, and to potentially modify his or behavior in response thereto. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278456 | DETERMINING INCREASED REIMBURSEMENTS RESULTING FROM AN INCREASE IN A REIMBURSEMENT PARAMETER ASSOCIATED WITH A HEALTHCARE PRODUCT - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for performing filtering and selection processing to identify, from among healthcare products associated with increases in reimbursement rates for a reimbursement parameter, those products that are candidates for valuation processing, and for performing valuation processing for the candidate healthcare products. The valuation processing may include determining a value indicative of total increased reimbursements associated with a candidate healthcare product. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278457 | Tracking Changes Between Versions Of Medical Device Data Sets - The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for comparing two data sets and generating a report based on the comparing. In one aspect, the method can include accessing an original data set having one or more fields and accessing a revised data having one or more corresponding fields. The original and revised data sets can include original and revised configuration setting, respectively, for one or more medical devices. The method can further include comparing the fields in the revised data set with the fields in the original data set and generating a report based on the comparing. This report can characterize the differences between the fields in the original data set and the revised data set and identify these differences with formatting representative of the difference. The method can further include providing data characterizing the report. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278458 | MANAGEMENT OF CARE AREA TRANSITIONS OF INTRAVENOUS INFUSIONS - An infusion device providing an in-progress infusion of at least one of a drug or a fluid consistent with one or more parameters of a first care area in a hospital can be transitioned to a second care area of the hospital. Details of the in-progress infusion can be compared against one or more second parameters defined for the second care area, and a compatibility determination can be made between the in-progress infusion and the one or more second parameters defined for the seconds care area. A handling mode of the in-progress infusion in the second care area can be selected based on the compatibility determination, and the in-progress infusion can be resolved consistent with the selected handling mode. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278459 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACTION PLANS TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PERFORMANCE - Apparatuses and methods are provided that can acquire benchmarking data regarding a particular performance metric, compare a pharmacy's performance with the performance of other pharmacies using the benchmarking data, and recommend action plans aimed at improving the pharmacy's performance. The action plans may be customized for the particular pharmacy, so as to provide the pharmacy with a detailed, pharmacy-specific recommendation for improving performance in one or more targeted areas. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278460 | Mobile Physician Charge Capture Application - A system and method for allowing a user to create and edit a charge capture slip on an electronic device. The disclosure is suited for use on mobile, touch-sensitive electronic devices. A template screen is presented to a user with medical procedure codes, diagnosis codes, and a summary viewable simultaneously. The user can select codes to add to the summary and can also create customized templates. The user is presented with a multitude of options when viewing a created charge capture slip. The user can delete, modify, and multiply codes. The user can reposition a procedure code on the charge capture slip, while diagnosis codes associated with that procedure code are automatically also repositioned so as to maintain their relationship with the procedure code. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING A MEDICAL SEQUENCING APPARATUS AND LABORATORY SYSTEM INTO A MEDICAL FACILITY - A method may include accessing an order including a request for analysis by high throughput sequencer apparatus, where the order is associated with a biological sample identifier and a patient identifier, and scheduling, for processing with the sequencer apparatus, the request. The method may include determining availability of result information, including raw data generated by the sequencer apparatus, and assembling the raw data into aligned data, where assembling includes aligning the raw data against one or more references. The method may include analyzing the aligned data with respect to information identified by the request, and providing the raw data and/or the aligned data for long term storage. The method may include formatting a report for review by a medical professional, including information derived through analyzing the aligned data, and providing information associated with the report to a separate medical facility computing device for association with the patient identifier. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278462 | INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An information system may include a server with a computer processor. Medical provider availability data, payment data, medical provider expertise data, patient clinical data, medical provider physical location data, patient data, and patient status data may be supplied by each of a plurality of medical providers to the server. A referral module may be accessible by a user to communicate with the plurality of medical providers and to provide from the server the medical provider availability data, payment data, medical provider expertise data, patient clinical data, medical provider physical location data, patient data, and/or patient status data to the user. A scheduling module in communication with the server may schedule any of the plurality of medical providers based upon the medical provider availability data, payment data, medical provider expertise data, patient clinical data, medical provider physical location data, patient data, and/or patient status data. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278463 | CLINICAL DASHBOARD FOR MEDICAL DEVICE - A clinical dashboard device, system, method for providing clinical data for clinical dashboard display on a device is disclosed. The system includes a server for providing clinical dashboard data, which may include data from one or more defibrillators, and further includes a clinical dashboard device. The clinical dashboard device includes a processor, a communication module configured for enabling communication between the processor and the server for receiving the clinical dashboard data from the server, and a clinical dashboard client. The clinical dashboard client includes a clinical dashboard data manager module including an instance of a clinical dashboard data manager service that provides managed clinical dashboard data between one or more clinical dashboard applications and the server. The instance of the clinical dashboard data manager service further provides managed display of managed clinical dashboard data on the display of the clinical dashboard device. The processor is configured to execute the instance. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278464 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ONLINE MULTI-SESSION INTERVIEWS - A method for managing a plurality of scheduled online interviews between a user and a plurality of professionals is provided. The method includes initiating a first online interview between the user and a first professional at a first predefined time, and once a first predetermined period of time has elapsed from the first predefined time, terminating the first online interview. The method further includes determining if a second professional is available to conduct a second online interview with the user, and based on the determining that the second professional is not available to conduct the second online interview with the user, replacing the second professional with a third professional that is available to conduct the second online interview with the user at a second predefined time, and initiating the second online interview between the user and the third professional at the second predefined time. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278465 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HEALTH MONITORING EVENT ANTICIPATION AND RESPONSE - A contact center is described along with various methods and mechanisms for administering the same. In particular, the contact center may be configured to execute a work assignment engine and the contact center may also contain a health monitoring module that is configured to monitor events in the work assignment engine, compare the monitored events with a grammar defining expected events and an expected sequence of the expected events, and determine whether the work assignment engine is behaving appropriately based on the comparison. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278466 | PHARMACY WORKFLOW - A method for managing workflow in a pharmacy includes receiving a pharmaceutical prescription and assigning to it a priority and a time at which the prescription is to be filled. The prescription and assigned information are entered into a first “triage queue”; high-priority prescriptions are selected from this queue for filling. These prescriptions may then be entered into a second “production queue.” | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278467 | HOME PATIENT HOSPITAL CARE COMMUNICATION BRIDGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention is a data bridge system for coordinating digital data from multiple sources and delivering them on a single data server from a patient to a healthcare provider. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278468 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING TREATMENT USING MEDICATION COMPLIANCE PATTERNS AND GLUCOSE SENSOR - Methods and apparatus monitor medication usage data for one patient or a population of patients, which can be processed to determine compliance patterns. Such methods and systems can associate, analyze, organize and present medication usage data, compliance patterns, and correlations between compliance patterns and outcomes data for electronic analysis or analysis by a caretaker. Such methods and apparatus permit analysis of compliance patterns to enable, for example, establishment or adjustment of safe and effective treatment regimens, and may include feedback systems for ensuring authenticity of medication and/or effects of medication on a patient. Such methods and apparatus also permit detection of medication in a biological sample of the patient through a medication monitor having a detection device, such as a skin-prick device, and a glucose sensor that can detect a target agent in the biological sample. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING AND DESIGNING CLINICAL TRIALS - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for planning, activating, analyzing, and monitoring clinical trials. A planning process gathers clinical trial initiation parameters and produces a clinical trial plan. An activation process prepares and activates clinical sites in various countries to screen, enroll, and provide clinical trial drugs or devices to subjects. An analysis process tracks the rate at which trial completion objectives are completed and models progress scenarios (e.g., best case, worst case, base, etc.) and potential outcomes. Finally, a monitoring process allows a clinical trial manager to monitor the progress of the clinical trial and modify the clinical trial plan as needed to meet trial completion objectives. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278470 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A WELLNESS RATING FOR AN ORGANIZATION - A computer program product for determining a wellness rating for an organization. The computer program product records measurements of a plurality of wellness factors for a plurality of individuals related to an organization, determines a raw score of each wellness factor for the organization, generates a relative score of each wellness factor for the organization based upon the raw score and a baseline score for each wellness factor, and calculates a wellness rating for the organization based upon the relative scores of each wellness factor. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278471 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME BI-DIRECTIONAL CHARGE CAPTURE-CENTRALIZED CONVERSATION BETWEEN BILLING AND PROVIDER ENTITIES - A system for providing real-time bi-directional charge capture-centralized conversation between Billing and Provider entities, comprising a first computer apparatus with a computer apparatus charge capture module installed and a second computer apparatus with a computer apparatus billing module installed that are used to transmit and/or receive real-time charge capture centralized conversation data. Real-time charge capture-centralized conversation data is comprised of real-time charge capture data, which can be combined to create real-time claim data. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278472 | INTERACTIVE HEALTHCARE MODELING WITH CONTINUOUS CONVERGENCE - A method comprises receiving a prediction request that comprises a target patient population definition; in response to receiving the prediction request, performing in real-time: parsing the prediction request to identify the target patient population definition; mapping the one or more target patient population characteristics to a function of one or more input variables of a particular dataset, from a plurality of datasets; computing a weighted subset of patients; based, at least in part, on the target patient population definition and the particular dataset; computing the prediction data based on the weighted subset of patients; returning the prediction data. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A GENERICIZED MEDICAL DEVICE ARCHITECTURE - Systems, methods, and computer readable storage medium for providing a genericized medical device architecture common to a plurality of medical devices are disclosed. The architecture may comprise at least one diagnostics module associated with at least one of the plurality of medical devices, wherein the at least one diagnostics module is configured to monitor an operational status of the at least one medical device. At least one hardware abstraction layer may be associated with at least one of the plurality of medical devices, and may be configured to provide abstracted access to hardware of the at least one medical device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278474 | Helping People with Their Health - Among other things, a computer-implemented method includes, on successive occasions over a period of time, gathering measured data and self-reported data that represent health states of participants in a health goal system, based on at least some of the gathered data, determining, by machine learning, data representing a relationship between sequences of self-applied interventions and health states of participants who belong to respective groups that share similar characteristics, calculating scores representing characteristics of interactions between participants and the health goal system, and based on the scores and the data determined by machine learning, choosing elements of conversations to be provided to the participants, elements of the conversations being chosen to affect (i) behaviors, (ii) health states, or (iii) health awareness, or a combination of any two or more of them, of the participants, the elements of the conversations comprising questions posed to the participants on user interfaces of electronic devices. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278475 | Tele-analytics based treatment recommendations - Systems and methods are disclosed to provide automatic messaging to a client on behalf of a healthcare treatment professional by: setting up one or more computer implemented agents with rules to respond to a client condition, wherein each agent communicates with another computer implemented agent, the client or the treatment professional; during run-time, receiving a communication from the client and in response selecting one or more computer implemented agents to respond to the communication; and automatically formatting a response to be rendered on a client mobile device to encourage healthy behavior. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278476 | IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL VARIABLES FOR APPRAISAL TABLES - A computerized method of identifying additional influential variables in multi-aspect adjudication frameworks comprising: acquiring an appraisal table having a set of variables affecting at least one adjudication aspect of a multi-aspect adjudication framework; identifying a set of additional variables affecting at least one adjudication aspect of a multi-aspect adjudication framework which fulfills an objective function, said objective function having a plurality of rules, said objective function assessing the compliance of at least one of said appraisal table and said set of additional variables with said plurality of rules; and outputting said set of additional variables. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278477 | ARCHITECTURE FOR ORCHESTRATING THE ELECTRONIC EXECUTION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CONTENT (AOC) - A system and method for orchestrating electronic execution of acknowledgment of content includes a service engine that generates at least a first type of data and a second type of data in response to at least one sample request order that is processed and validated. The system and method include a compliance engine that receives and stores the first type of data and the second type of data from the service engine. The system and method include an orchestration engine that verifies the first type of data and forwards an electronic proof of acknowledgement through an interface to the compliance engine such that the electronic proof is appended to both the first type of data and the second type of data. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278478 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTICS-BASED PATIENT MANAGEMENT - Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for managing one or more patients using non-linear analytics to monitor, respond to, and report patient conditions and/or to develop and optimize interventions or treatments. In one implementation, a clinical management strategy is generated based on cardiovascular function status of one or more patients. Clinical intelligence that is generated based on structured and unstructured data according to an operational mode is received, and the clinical management strategy is optimized based on the clinical intelligence. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278479 | FRAUD DETECTION IN HEALTHCARE - A system for, among other purposes, detecting health care fraud, comprises a data import component for importing health care data from data source(s) such health care providers, insurers, or pharmacies; data repositor(ies) in which the data import component creates health care objects such as provider objects that describe health care providers, patient objects that represent health care recipients, and health care event objects that describe one or more of: health care claims, prescriptions, medical procedures, or diagnoses; a correlation component that identifies correlations between the health care objects; a graph generator component that generates graphs of networks identified based at least on the correlations identified by the correlation component, the graphs comprising linked nodes that represent health care objects in the identified networks; and an interface generator that generates interfaces that display the graphs generated by the graph generator. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278480 | Method and System for Automated Healthcare Care Coordination and Care Transitions - A system and method configured for coordinating healthcare services is disclosed. The method can comprise selecting a patient for care coordination based in part on a patient diagnosis and data analytics, assigning a predetermined patient care flow plan to a patient based in part on the patient diagnosis, modifying the predetermined patient care flow plan in response to input from at least one of a healthcare provider and the patient, and generating a customized patient care flow plan for the patient, executing the customized care flow, and engaging the patient by providing to the patient at least one of patient scheduling, notifications, a personal health record, patient home monitoring, and patient education and medication information materials. The present disclosure further includes computer program product of a computer-readable medium usable with a programmable computer and having computer-readable code embodied therein for coordinating healthcare services. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278481 | LARGE SCALE IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF POPULATION HEALTH RISKS - Methods, systems, and computer-storage media are provided for facilitating the management of population health. A parallel processing architecture receives patient population health data from healthcare facilities along with one or more documents that are in human-readable form. From the human-readable document, computer-readable code is generated that includes high-level clinical logic is executed against the population health data to identify, among other things, patients in the population who qualify for health intervention programs. Using this information, healthcare facilities can implement management programs to help care for these patients. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278482 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED PHARMACEUTICAL ACCURACY AND UNDERSTANDING - The present disclosure in some embodiments relates to a computer-based method for improving the pharmaceutical understanding of a user. The method includes receiving medication data from a source, wherein the medication data is related to a user's prescribed, dispensed, or claimed medicines; associating a unique ID for each user with the medication data for the user; providing a user interface, whereby the data for a user is accessible to the user only after the user has provided an authentication, wherein the medication data accessible to the user via the user interface comprises the one or more medications the user is taking. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278483 | NETWORK-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING HEALTHCARE INFORMATION - Networks are input with instructions from various types of healthcare subscribers, including identification of patients of these subscribers. Networks observe updates generated for the listed patients by healthcare providers, such as hospital encounters. The updates are numerous and update input can be rushed treatment facilities prone to error in information, so networks comprehensively filter the updates against all available instructions and identification to filter out all qualifying updates to be passed on to subscribers. Networks can format, transmit, and otherwise provide the updates based on anything commended by the client instructions. Networks may also share patient information itself with the update source to improve information association and correct client information at these sources. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278484 | PATIENT CONSENT FORM WITH VOICE MODULE - A medical consent form includes a written consent portion having one or more form fields regarding consent of a patient to a medical procedure marked thereon. The written consent portion is marked on a material suitable for writing by a writing instrument. A voice recorder module is embedded in the material. An actuator is coupled to the voice recorder to cause the voice recorder module to record the patient's voice consent. Prior to a medical procedure, the patient records information regarding the medical procedure using the voice recorder module. The information in the recording is compared with other written information in the operating theater to confirm the proper medical procedure is being performed on a proper consenting patient. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278485 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MARKET PARTICIPANT-BASED AUTOMATED DECISIONING - One embodiment includes an environment and system for analyzing, including predictive analysis of, various data associated with industry participants, processing the data to generate one or more participant influence scores and/or to identify key opinion leaders, and for utilizing such data to assess or optimize a practice, company, product or service, and/or to automate decisions regarding a company's operations, product development, marketing and/or allocation of resources. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278486 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AND DISPLAYING PATIENT DATA - Implementations are directed to providing a user of a mobile device access to patient information and patient physiological data. Actions can include receiving user input, the user input indicating a user command to display a task screen, in response to the user input, processing user-specific data to determine one or more patient icons, each patient icon representing a time-sensitive, patient-associated task, and displaying the task screen on the mobile device, the task screen displaying one or more patient icon groups, each patient icon group including a patient icon of the one or more patient icons. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278487 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AND DISPLAYING PATIENT DATA - Implementations are directed to providing a user of a mobile device access to patient information and patient physiological data. Actions can include receiving user input, the user input indicating a user command to display a consults screen, in response to the user input, processing user-specific data to determine one or more user-specific patient icon groups, and displaying the consults screen on the mobile device, the consults screen including one or more display regions and one or more patient icon groups, each display region displaying a patient icon group, the patient icon groups including a pending patient icon group. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278488 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AND DISPLAYING PATIENT DATA - Implementations are directed to providing a user of a mobile device access to patient information and patient physiological data. Actions can include receiving user input, the user input indicating a user command to display a location screen, in response to the user input, processing user-specific data and facility-specific data to determine one or more graphical representations to be displayed, and displaying the location screen on the mobile device, the location screen including one or more display regions and the one or more graphical representations, each graphical representation depicting at least a portion of a facility. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278489 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BROADCASTING APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITIES - System and methods are disclosed for broadcasting notifications pertaining to appointment availabilities in schedules associated with medical practitioners. Medical practitioners are provided with access to a plurality of notification features. Selections may be received for activating the notification features and customizing settings for broadcasting notifications pertaining to the appointment availabilities. The settings can be used to identify a subset of patients that receive the notifications. The notifications are periodically transmitted to the subset of patients based on the selections provided by the medical practitioners. The notifications identify appointment availabilities in the schedules for the medical practitioners and permit the subset of patients to reserve the identified appointment availabilities. The subset of patients are provided with access to the notifications via the scheduling platform. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278490 | System and Method For Grouping Medical Codes For Clinical Predictive Analytics - A system and method for grouping medical codes for clinical predictive analytics is provided. The system for predictive modeling using medical information comprising a computer system for electronically receiving a data set of medical diagnosis codes and applying indicator variables to the data set, the computer system allowing a user to define a target and one or more thresholds conditions, a supervised variable grouping engine executed by the computer system, said engine calculating, for each indicator variable, a vector length and a distance to a target vector, wherein each indicator variable initially forms a group, automatically combining two groups of indicator variables that satisfy threshold conditions to create a combined group, recalculating the combined group's vector length, distance to the target vector, and distance to vectors of other remaining groups, iteratively combining and recalculating until there are no two groups that satisfy the threshold conditions or until a satisfactory number of groups is formed; and generating an altered data set of medical code groupings with reduced dimensionality and inputting the altered data set into a predictive model. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278491 | HEALTH CARE INCENTIVE APPARATUS AND METHOD - An embodiment of the invention provides, among other things, a method for providing a cost modification of a health care item for a subject. In an example method, a request is received for a health care item from a point of purchase of the health care item. Cost adjustment data is received from at least one source. The cost adjustment data is used to determine a cost modification for the health care item. The cost modification is communicated to a point of purchase of the health care item. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278492 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVING MEDICAL CARE ALGORITHMS TO A USER - The use of a medical care algorithm in clinical care reduces the number of mistakes made in treating a patient. The use of a medical care algorithm in clinical care also increases the confidence of a health care provider in providing care for a patient. The invention provides a system and a method for effectively, thoroughly, and easily granting a health care provider with real-time access to critical, semi-critical, and non-critical medical care algorithms. The invention also provides a system and a method for a health care provider to consult proactive guidelines commonly used in health care. The invention also allows the health care provider a method to utilize the algorithms as a refresher tool for review and continuing education. Furthermore, the invention provides a method for the documentation of algorithm based treatments as an electronic medical record. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278493 | Method and System for Determination of Value Units for Use in Physician Compensation Analysis - This invention relates to a software-based tool for enabling physicians, medical service providers and/or health care providers to accurately track RVUs associated individual service procedures performed during each patient visit/encounter and thereby facilitate recovery of fair reimbursement for such individual procedures. The invention also tracks other data and metrics to further refine the value of the service or procedure performed to further facilitate appropriate reimbursement and compensation. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278494 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE ACCOUNT PROCESSING - Systems and methods are described herein to provide a health care account processing solution that can (1) provide financial security when a participant experiences unexpected major medical expenses the participant may not otherwise be able to afford, (2) provide control of health care decisions to participants and providers, (3) reduce overhead and structural costs required to administer traditional health insurance plans, (4) reduce over-utilization and under-utilization of health care through a participant-controlled health care spending account that can be coupled with a health and wellness program (e.g., a rewards-based wellness program), and (5) encourage provider competition through the use of cash based, point-of-sale payments and transparent pricing. The systems and methods discussed herein describe, among other things, computer-implemented, rules-based systems for managing the health care accounting solution introduced above. In some examples, the rules-based systems are applicable for processing other types of transactions than health care-related transactions. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278495 | HEALTHCARE NEEDS FULFILLMENT SYSTEM - Systems for filling and managing a patient's healthcare needs are provided. Some systems and methods described herein relate to a total healthcare fulfillment system. The healthcare fulfillment system of various embodiments is a central portal which coordinates with physicians, retail pharmacies, mail-order pharmacies, specialty providers, and patients in order to address all of a patient's prescription drug needs or other healthcare needs. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278496 | System and Method for Medical Resource Scheduling - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a medical resource scheduling method. The method includes creating first and second virtual machines associated with respective first and second procedure rooms, the first and second virtual machines executing within a computing system, and the computing system having computing resources. The method also includes receiving a procedure request identifying a first procedure to be performed in the first procedure room during a first time slot and determining a first amount of the computing resources necessary to process medical data generated by the first procedure. Further, the method includes determining whether the first amount of the computing resources is less than an unreserved amount of the computing resources available during the first time slot and, if the first amount of the computing resources is less than the unreserved amount, reserving the first amount of the computing resources for the first time slot. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278497 | Accident Claims Management System - A method includes receiving a document indicating information and a charge, identifying a patient in response to a determination that a portion of the information matches a portion of information of a plurality of candidate patients, and determining an eligibility of the patient for a payor. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278498 | SOCIAL NETWORK FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS - A social network for medical professionals allows medical professionals a means for reviewing, sharing and organizing documents, images and communications, Information is made available and actions are conducted through a web portal. Actions available through the social network include finding and inviting other medical professionals, uploading images, videos, and documents, reading and sending secure messages, creating or participating on networks, posting or consuming targeted articles. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278499 | BLOOD SUPPLY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system and method for managing blood product inventory, acquisition, transport and tracking. Blood centers can collect blood and other biologics and place supply information on a virtual market where hospitals and other healthcare institutions can see available quantities and types, select the amount and type needed, and make a purchase. The system and method enables distribution of blood and other biologics to institutions like hospitals and other healthcare institutions to be more efficient and more consistent in terms of quality and cost. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278500 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING PATIENTS IN NAVIGATING A HEALTHCARE NETWORK FROM PRE-PROCEDURE THROUGH POST-ADMISSION - In an embodiment, a first communication that is an electronic hospital census and/or an outpatient authorization report is received by a control device operated by an entity that is a different entity than the hospital. The first communication identifies an individual admitted to a hospital and/or individual scheduled for an elective outpatient procedure. The control device stores a file for the patient identifying a service needed by the patient, and the service is a pre-procedure service, a post-procedure service, a pre-discharge service, and/or a post-discharge service. The entity that operates the control device performs a second communication that coordinates the service from a provider that is a different entity than the entity that operates the control device. The second communication is performed at a time that is at least one of before admission to the hospital, at admission to the hospital, before the procedure, after the procedure, or at discharge. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278501 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FACILITATING THE COORDINATION OF BENEFITS FOR A PLURALITY OF HEALTH PLANS - The disclosure relates to systems and methods of facilitating the coordination of benefits for a plurality of health plans that individually have at least some responsibility to pay for healthcare services received by members covered by more than one health plan. The coordination of benefits may be facilitated before payments are made, streamlining the payment process. The system may correlate health plan information received from various health plans and determine that a particular member is covered by more than one health plan based on the correlated health plan information. The system may generate, update, and provide a COB registry that includes coverage information related to other health plans that cover the particular member. The COB registry may include primacy information used to identify health plans having primary, secondary, and/or other responsibility to pay for a given healthcare service for a member covered by the identified health plans. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278502 | CLINIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A clinic management system may include a computing device including a clinic identifier, a list of location-based devices in the clinic, a list of role-based users affiliated with the clinic, and a user interface configuration with a one-touch interactive icon for each role-based user, a message generation area, a messaging display area, and an algorithm for facilitating communication between the location-based devices and the computing device where the computing device also includes a processor for processing downloads of user interfaces and the interfaces may be based on the stored user interface configuration, setup information provided by the clinic, a selected location-based device, and at least a portion of the role-based users and when a one-touch interactive icon is selected for a role-based user, a message is generated and displayed calling the role-based user to the location associated with the message. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278503 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ONE OR MORE SUBJECTS - System and methods configured to permit a user such as a health care provider to organize and manage patient information quickly and efficiently from a simplified representation. Such simplified representations may include a patient representation and a context representation. The representations may be updated to represent real-time patient conditions through the input of information directly from treatment or monitoring devices or from user input. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278504 | Medical Research Technology Information Consortium - Systems and methods for communicating an accumulation of medical and healthcare research within an electronic nationwide medical research technology information consortium (MRTIC) housed at a centralized location. The manipulable electronic databases associated with the system function to respond to queries from both professionals and private individuals (patients) in a particular medical or healthcare field. The system operates to disseminate information and to identify areas where duplication of effort may be replaced by collaborative efforts. The information disseminated is non-proprietary in nature and serves primarily to identify rather than quantify current and past research efforts. The system therefore benefits broad categories of researchers, institutes, government organizations, sponsors, and patients. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278505 | System for Processing and Settling Health Care Benefit Claims - An automated system for administering health care insurance claims utilizes a series of rules, including a hierarchal set of Super Rules, specific Client Rules and General Rules, to apply selected criteria to the parameters of each respective insurance claim. When the criteria of a rule filter is met by the specific insurance claim parameters, an action is applied to the claim, allowing the insurance claim to be resolved without manual negotiation of the claim. If the criteria of none of the rule filters are met, the default action is a manual negotiation of the insurance claim by the claims administrator who is provided with a monitor display containing the pertinent information needed to negotiate a settlement discount for the health care service provided. The automated system provides a filter template to facilitate the creates of new rules to be applied to the administration of an insurance claim. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278506 | AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER - Systems and methods for automatically evaluating and providing feedback on verbal communications of a healthcare provider in real-time or near real-time may involve a mobile device. A plurality of configured communication quality parameters may be stored in memory of the mobile device. Audio data produced by the healthcare provider during interaction with a patient may be received through a microphone of the mobile device. The systems and methods may involve executable instructions stored in memory that, when executed, may extract communication quality data from the audio data based on the communication quality parameters, generate feedback information based on the extracted communication quality data, and display the feedback information in real-time or near real-time via a graphical user interface. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278507 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GROWING AND RETAINING THE VALUE OF BRAND DRUGS BY COMPUTER PREDICTIVE MODEL - The present invention is directed to a brand value growth and retention system for brand drugs commercialized by brand drug advertisers through a brand drug's lifecycle during patent exclusivity and after loss of exclusivity. The brand value growth and retention system iteratively analyzes combined computational models of consumer, healthcare provider retailer and payor segment data to produce brand drug promotional campaigns that are predictive with modifying parameters that transform the promotional campaigns over time. As a result, the brand drug promotional campaign generates an increased number of brand drug purchases while predicting the point where incremental promotional campaign investments produce a diminishing number of incremental brand drug purchases. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278508 | NETWORKED MANAGEMENT OF DISPENSABLES - A system enables dispensing, tracking, storage, processing, analysis, management, fulfillment and/or commerce relating to dispensables, such as consumables. The system may include packages that hold consumables and function either independently or in concert with numerous smart configuration devices, such as table top machines or mobile machines, as well as remote servers, databases, and other cloud-based resources. A distributed software layer ties all devices and packages together and adds advanced interactivity, communication, analysis, and self-regulation functionality. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278509 | EDGE TESTS IN BARTER EXCHANGES - An embodiment provides a system including, but not necessarily limited to: a processor; a memory in communication with the processor; and computer readable program executable by the processor and configured to: receive, for one or more edges, testing data; store, for the one or more edges, testing data; create, by preferring successful edges over untested edges, an exchange plan, wherein, the exchange plan comprises one or more edges. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278510 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR SECURELY DISPENSING ONE OR MORE PRESCRIBED SUBSTANCES TO A SECURELY IDENTIFIED INTENDED USER - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for securely dispensing one or more prescribed substances at a given time and/or date are disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, a pill dispensing device may include a generally tamper-proof portable housing. A replaceable cartridge may be configured to be removably disposed within the portable housing. The replaceable cartridge also may be generally tamper-proof. The portable housing and/or the replaceable cartridge may be operable to dispense a predefined amount of a prescribed substance at a given time and/or date. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278511 | INFORMATION EXCHANGE FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS - A method is provided for exchanging healthcare information between a plurality of healthcare providers. The method includes providing a software platform which is prepopulated with the profiles of healthcare providers; assigning a prepopulated profile to a healthcare provider via an authentication process, thus establishing the healthcare provider as a member on the platform; establishing a communication means on the platform which allows a member healthcare provider to (a) communicate with other member healthcare providers via secure messages, and (b) exchange healthcare related documents with each other as attachments to the messages; and creating a network associated with a first healthcare provider on the platform by (a) transmitting an invitation initiated by the first healthcare provider to a second healthcare provider inviting the second healthcare provide to join the first healthcare provider's network, (b) receiving an acceptance of the invitation from the second healthcare provider, and (c) authenticating the second healthcare provider. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278512 | HEALTHCARE CLAIM EDITING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS - A medical claim processing system and method comprising generating default rules and custom rules for inspecting healthcare claims, the default rules having general application to every healthcare claim and the custom rules being created to inspect specific requirements imposed by an insurance company or imposed to a medical code; receiving claim information related to a medical service from a healthcare provider; generating healthcare claims based on the received claim information; and inspecting the medical claims according to the default rules and the custom rules. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278513 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating Integrated Behavioral Support - The present invention includes various embodiments of a BSA system that facilitates the collection of relevant health-related data on a continuous basis, integrates such data with pertinent personal and aggregate information, enables users to purchase (directly and indirectly) health-related goods and services, and provides credit, discounts and other economic benefits in connection with such purchases that are determined dynamically based upon the nature and extent of users' interaction with the system. The BSA system facilitates a dynamic feedback process by continually monitoring user interaction and medical and financial behavior, which results in dynamic adjustments to their credit levels and offers of discounts and other promotions, which in turn incentivizes users to continue participating in the process (thereby modifying their system interactions and behavior, and thus perpetuating this feedback loop). As a result, users are incentivized to actively participate in the process and thereby enhance their wellness while reducing healthcare costs. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278514 | Guided Cooperation for Medical Evaluation or Treatment - An electronic device, method, and computer-readable medium are configured to guide cooperation of a patient with a medical activity, such as evaluation and/or treatment of the patient. For example, an electronic device may comprise a processor that, in response to execution of instructions stored in a memory, causes an output to communicate one or more activities to a patient that encourage the patient to perform one or more actions that facilitate performance of a medical evaluation or treatment of the patient, such as by a medical professional. The electronic device may identify one or more actions by a patient that facilitates performance of the medical evaluation or treatment, communicate one or more activities that encourage the patient to perform the one or more actions, and while the patient is performing the one or more actions, provide time for a medical professional to perform the medical evaluation or treatment. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278515 | DATA SYNCHRONIZATION FOR BOOKING OF HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS ACROSS PRACTICE GROUPS - Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278516 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RAPID AND SECURE APPROVAL AND RELEASE OF IMPLANTABLE PRODUCTS - A system and method for ensuring compliance with National Coverage Determination Registry guidelines regarding the implantation of implantable medical devices which comprises: uploading source documentation through a computerized system to a third party evaluation; comparison of said source documentation with criteria established by the National Coverage Determination Registry (NCDR) to determine whether or not there has been compliance; and if there has been compliance, issuing approval documentation. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278517 | Software Application of Implementing Dynamic Graph Analysis to Organize Clinical Entities - A software application that displays clinical entities and the relationships between them allows a user to perform a dynamic graph analysis. A data repository contains information on different clinical entities and the relationships between those clinical entities. The user can select an initial set from those clinical entities and can select a comparison set from those clinical entities. The selected clinical entities are displayed as nodes on a graphic user interface (GUI), and their relationships are displayed as links amongst those nodes on the GUI. The user can graphically rearrange the nodes through the GUI in order to reveal patterns and optimizations amongst those nodes. The software application also graphically integrates organization features into the GUI, which allows the user to further analyze the nodes. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278518 | MEDICAL APPARATUS ADMINISTRATION DEVICE AND MEDICAL APPARATUS ADMINISTRATION METHOD - A medical equipment management apparatus and a medical equipment management method are disclosed, which obtains information for suitably out responding to an alarm from a medical equipment and can perform CQI based on the information related to the timing in which the responding operation is performed is disclosed. The medical equipment management apparatus can obtain responding time information related to the time until a medical equipment, arranged in a different region, which has output abnormal information is reset to a normal state, with region information related to a region in which the medical equipment is arranged and responding operation timing information, produces region and responding timing related responding time information for displaying responding time information in relation to the region information and the responding operation timing information of the medical equipment, and display the region and responding timing related responding time information on a display of a personnel side terminal. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278519 | Expression of Clinical Logic with Positive and Negative Explainability - Methods, systems, and computer-storage media are provided for providing explainability to an end-user on why a particular patient failed to qualify for a health-related measure. High-level clinical logic explainability rules are generated on top of high-level clinical logic used to identify members of a population who qualify and who do not qualify for the health-related measure. The explainability rules are designed to identify which components in the high-level clinical logic are not satisfied by the patient's health data, and, more specifically, which of the components' sub-criteria disqualified the patient from the health-related measure. The output of the explainability rules is structured into an easy-to-understand format that is presented on a user interface associated with an end-user such as a clinician. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278520 | Prescription Price Messenger - The transfer of prescription medication pricing requests from a patient is automated through the use of a clearinghouse function that interacts with the client. The patient may transmit from a downloaded mobile application or from a web browser on a mobile device a request for pricing information for one or more drugs or medications. The request will contain an authentication key or the names of drugs or medications and a physical location for the mobile device used by the patient. A drug pricing server then returns the pricing for both name brand and generic forms of all drugs or medications in the request and a location of a pharmacy or fulfillment center within a pre-set distance from the mobile device used by the patient. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278521 | LOCATION LIMITED CHECK-IN KIOSK METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and system for helping a patient check in for a scheduled activity wherein activities occur proximate corresponding locations, respectively, the method comprising the steps of providing a check in resource at the second location for checking clients in for the second subset of activities, associating at least a first electronic kiosk with the first subset activities, positioning the first kiosk at the first location for use by clients to check in for first subset activities, via the first kiosk, receiving identifying information from a first client, identifying at least a first currently scheduled activity for the first client, determining that the first currently scheduled activity is one of the second subset activities and via the first kiosk, indicating that the first client cannot check in for the first currently scheduled activity via the first kiosk. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140288941 | CASE SCHEDULING, LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT AND ASSOCIATED DATA MANAGEMENT - A method and system for the electronic scheduling of events are disclosed. Schedulers log into an electronically networked scheduling system to electronically submit event requests. Requests include entry of patient data together with at least one of: procedure date, procedure place, procedure time, required equipment, requested medical personnel, as part of the first medical procedure request. Once request is accepted by the scheduling system, electronic notifications about the request are automatically sent over a data network to parties associated with the medical procedure. System enables rescheduling or resolution where scheduling conflicts, incorrect data, and unavailable equipment are indicated. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288942 | Pill Dispensing System for Monitoring Compliant Receipt of Pills by a Patient - A pill dispensing system for monitoring compliant receipt of pills by a patient, comprising a base unit having an area adapted to receive a pill container, the base unit comprising a microprocessor and a power supply, the pill container comprising a plurality of breakable closures each sealing a respective one of the pill compartments, each breakable closure comprising a breakable conductor being adapted to break upon breaking of the breakable closure of a respective one of the pill compartments and to generate a first pill compartment opening signal on the microprocessor, said base unit further comprising a plurality of optical detectors, each optical detector being associated with a respective one of the pill compartments of the pill container and being adapted to generate a second pill compartment opening signal on the microprocessor upon the breaking of the breakable closure of a respective one of the pill compartments. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288943 | HEALTHCARE RECALL MANAGEMENT - Various technologies related to managing a medical device recall are implemented. Automated recall functions can facilitate an efficient and effective recall process. Full lifecycle of the recall process can be managed including communication with patients and replacement of devices, as well as auditing and regulatory compliance. Via the technologies described herein, healthcare providers can manage a successful medical device recall. Unique device identification, electronic health records, electronic medical records, and nationwide health information networks can be supported. A unique device identifier-centric approach can support a very high degree of automation and avoid errors during any of a variety of segments in the medical device recall life cycle. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288944 | METHODS OF REGULATING ACCESS TO QSYMIA TO MITIGATE POTENTIAL DRUG-ASSOCIATED RISKS - The present invention provides methods for dispensing or distributing a drug, particularly a potentially teratogenic drug, to a patient while minimizing the occurrence of an adverse side effect. In particular, the present invention provides methods for dispensing or distributing a drug containing topiramate to a patient in need of weight loss to minimize the occurrence of potential birth defects associated with the drug. Methods for providing training to prescribers on the potential risks associated with particular drugs are also disclosed. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288945 | INDIVIDUALIZED CURRICULUM OF ENGAGEMENT GENERATION BASED ON USER INFORMATION - System and method for user engagement are provided. The methods may include receiving at one or more computing devices information about a user obtained at a point of interaction; generating using the one or more computing devices, based at least in part on the information, an individualized curriculum of engagement for the user; and delivering using the one or more computing devices the individualized curriculum of engagement to the user. The system may include an input computing device receiving information about a user at a point of interaction and sending the information to one or more servers; the one or more servers generating, based at least in part on the information, an individualized curriculum of engagement for the user and sending the individualized curriculum of engagement to a user computing device; and the user computing device receiving the individualized curriculum of engagement from the one or more servers. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288946 | ADVERTISEMENT TRANSLATION DEVICE, ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATING AN ADVERTISEMENT - An advertisement translation device is a device for translating an advertisement text displayed in a display area of a predetermined size in advertisement content, and displaying the translated advertisement text in the display area. The advertisement translation device includes: an advertisement text obtainment unit which obtains the advertisement text; a linguistic information obtainment unit which obtains linguistic information indicating a target language into which the advertisement text is to be translated; a translation unit which create translated text candidates by translating the advertisement text into the target language indicated by the linguistic information; and a selection unit which selects and outputs as a translated text, at least one of the translated text candidates a full text of which is displayable in a predetermined character size in the display area. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288947 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A DIALYSIS MACHINE THROUGH A NETWORK - A system is disclosed having a server, a dialysis machine configured to connect to the server through a network and client device configured to connect to the server through the network. In one embodiment, the server is configured to maintain an access list to determine whether the client device is authorized to connect to the dialysis machine. The server is further configured to provide a connection for transfer of data between the dialysis machine and the client device. Various methods of accessing the network using the system components are further disclosed. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288948 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING THE TRANSFER OF VALUE BETWEEN A HEALTH CARE BUSINESS ENTITY AND A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL - A method includes performing operations as follows on at least one processor: associating a health care professional (HCP) with an event, the event comprising a transaction involving a transfer of value from an entity to the HCP, electronically generating a recordation of an acceptance of the transfer of value by the HCP during the transaction, and saving the recordation of the acceptance of the transfer of value in a data repository. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288949 | Telephonic Device Payment Processing - A solution for managing payment of a transaction, such as a medical transaction, is provided. Telephone identification information, such as a mobile telephone number, is used to initiate a partial payment for the transaction. Information regarding the transaction can be provided to the corresponding mobile device for confirmation. Once confirmed, the partial payment can be processed. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288950 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING HEALTH MANAGEMENT DEVICE USING MOBILE DEVICE CONNECTIVITY INFORMATION - A method for recommending a health management device using connectivity information of a client device includes: receiving the connectivity information of the client device; recommending the health management device, which is able to be connected to the client device, based on the received connectivity information and information about the health management device; and transmitting information of the recommended health management device to the client device. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288951 | INTERNET SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS - An example Internet-based system involves a database and search capabilities for connecting patients with healthcare providers, and further enables such providers to reach patients with whom they may not otherwise come into contact. A patient may access the healthcare provider information through a search conducted using a search engine. Alternatively, a patient may access the company website's predetermined web page that provides search capabilities on its database. A patient may research a healthcare provider based on criteria specified by the patient. Information provided to the patient may be in the form of a report or profile, including healthcare provider verified information, information verified by an independent third party, and patient provided information. The patient provided information may be in the form of endorsements from former patients that identify skill areas that are areas of strength for the healthcare providers. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288952 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AND MANAGING MEDICAL DEVICE INVENTORY - A system and method of managing the logistics of trays and lots of medical inventory, from the manufacturer's initial release until final discharge by the end user healthcare provider. The system is driven by one or more software applications running on a central, secure server accessible by remote handheld telecommunication devices. The system comprises software modules providing functionality for the management of specific medical cases, the billing process, warehouse reconciliation of used inventory, a loaner program for borrowing otherwise unavailable inventory, and many other processes. Additional features of the system include a geographic map, an inventory list of medical devices, an imaging assembly to read barcodes or other optic identifiers, an Food and Drug Administration news assembly incorporating a live RSS news feed for releases about product defects or recalls. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288953 | Sepsis Time Matrix Processor - A relational time pattern based real-time sepsis detection and tracking system is disclosed. The system comprises a processor programmed to receive an input of multiple data streams over time comprising a plurality of sequential physiologic and laboratory values, analyze the relational time patterns of the data streams, and output a warning of a possible sepsis condition based on the analysis. The processor may be programmed to generate a time matrix of the data and further an animated three dimensional matrix of sepsis which changes shape in relation to the severity of sepsis. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288954 | Method and Apparatus for Verification of Medication Administration Adherence - A system and method of confirming administration of medication is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288955 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING A FORM FOR RECEIVING DATA RELATING TO A HEALTH CARE INCIDENT - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for creating a form for receiving data relating to a health care incident. A dictionary of field objects is provided in a metabase, where a field object defines attributes, and an instance of a field object is a form field. A request to create a user-defined field object is received and it is determined that the user-defined field object is not in the dictionary of field objects in the metabase. The user-defined field object is generated by defining attributes for the user-defined field object, where at least one attribute is a presentation attribute for a form field within a form. The user-defined field object is added to the dictionary of field objects in the metabase and the user-defined field object is linked to a data location in a persistent store. The form is generated, where the form is an ordered collection of form fields, where at least one form field is an instance of the user-defined field object and is displayed according to the at least one presentation attribute. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288956 | Systems and Methods for Providing an Inducement of a Purchase in Conjunction with a Prescription - Systems and methods for providing targeted content to a patient who has received a prescription for medication. The systems and methods generally provide the content prior to the Point of Sale (POS) of the actual prescription to allow patients to review the content and possibly act on it prior to actually obtaining the medication. Depending on embodiment, the content may be provided by a pharmacy at or around the time of dispensing or by a physician at or around the time of prescribing. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288957 | PRICE TRANSPARENCY SEARCH AND BUNDLING FOR SURGERIES AND MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND SERVICES - A system or method for providing price transparency for surgeries, medical procedures, and medical services. The system or method allows a user to search by desired attributes (e.g., cost, procedure, location, etc.) to obtain previously unpublished pricing information for medical care. The user may choose medical care at a desired location based upon the provided data and schedule an appointment for such medical care. The system or method may be financed by revenue from advertisements displayed to the user, membership fees for participating health care facilities or professionals, or search fees or click-through fees when a patient schedules or obtains treatment at a facility participating in the system or method. Bundled packages of surgeries, medical procedures, and medical or ancillary services may be offered to the user. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288958 | HEALTHCARE POINT OF SERVICE ADJUDICATION AND PAYMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods are described that facilitate providing an online, automated payment architecture that aggregates funds from multiple health-related accounts (e.g., a member's HSA, an employer's advance account, etc.) and automatically transfers the aggregated funds to a healthcare provider's account to pay a bill or invoice. According to other aspects, healthcare fraud is prevented by storing electronic images of members and their dependents, wherein the images can be recalled by a healthcare provider at the point of service to verify that the member or dependent is actually a covered member. In other aspects, the described systems and methods permit members to negotiate reduced invoice payments in exchange for prompt delivery of payment funds. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288959 | PROVIDER SUPPLY & CONSUMER DEMAND MANAGEMENT - Amongst other things, one or more requests is received from at least one consumer of services to consult with a service provider associated with a brokerage system and having a service provider profile that satisfies at least some attributes in a set of attributes. The consumer demand is measured for consultations with one or more service providers associated with the brokerage system and having service provider profiles that satisfy at least some attributes in the set of attributes. A supply of active service providers associated with the system and having service provider profiles that satisfy at least some attributes in the set of attributes is also measured. It is determined whether an imbalance exists between the consumer demand for and the supply of active service providers having service provider profiles that satisfy at least some attributes in the set of attributes. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288960 | ROUTINE-BASED MANAGEMENT OF EXERCISE EQUIPMENT ACCESS - A solution for managing access to exercise equipment in a fitness facility is provided. A planned exercise routine for a user, which includes data corresponding to a plurality of exercises desired to be performed by the user at the fitness facility is used for providing location information for presentation to the user. Each exercise can require use of an exercise apparatus. The exercise can be mapped to at least one exercise apparatus located at the fitness facility. A target exercise apparatus can be identified from the mapped exercise apparatus(es). Location information for one or more of the target exercise apparatuses can be provided for presentation to the user. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288961 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS UTILIZING PORTABLE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - Mobile clinicians conduct in-home patient visits utilizing on-site diagnostic and treatment equipment, where service is enhanced by the use of portable computing and communications equipment. A mobile care entity provides mobile clinicians preprogrammed portable computers. Each portable computer updates patient data in the local storage utilizing a wireless communications device to download updates from a central storage facility. The entity selects a mobile clinician and dispatches him/her to the patient's premises. The clinician visits the patient's premises accompanied by an assortment of electronic diagnostic and treatment devices. The mobile clinician utilizes various diagnostic devices to prepare machine-readable reports of related aspects of the patient's condition. The clinician directs the portable computer to perform follow-up tasks including: (1) electronically collecting the prepared reports and graphically presenting them in human-readable form, (2) storing a machine-readable medical record, and (3) utilizing the wireless device to transmit the reports and records. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140297297 | GENERATING MODELS REPRESENTATIVE OF CLINICAL GUIDELINES AND PROVIDING TREATMENT/DIAGNOSTIC RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE GENERATED MODELS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for generating healthcare models based on clinical treatment or diagnostic guidelines and utilizing such models to identify recommended healthcare treatments and/or recommended diagnostics tests or procedures are disclosed. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING BENEFIT LEVELS FOR HEALTHCARE TRANSACTIONS PREVIOUSLY REJECTED FOR PRIOR AUTHORIZATION BY A PRIMARY PAYOR - Systems and methods are provided for adjusting secondary benefit levels for healthcare transactions for which primary benefits were previously rejected for lack of prior authorization by a primary payor. A healthcare transaction may be received from a primary payor computer. The transaction may include patient information, loyalty card information, a request for healthcare benefits, and a refill request for a prescribed medication or service. The administrator computer can determine the transaction is approved by the primary payor computer. The transaction can include a designation of a primary benefit from the primary payor. The administrator computer can determine that a prior authorization requirement for the primary payor has been satisfied based in part on the determination that the transaction is approved by the primary payor. The administrator computer can also change the healthcare benefits provided for the client from a second secondary benefits program to a first secondary benefits program. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297299 | MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT - Devices, systems, techniques, and computer-program products are provided for mobile healthcare management. In one aspect, a mobile device can acquire physiological information and/or situational information associated with a subject associated with the mobile device. The information that is acquired can be transmitted to a network platform and, based at least on the information that is acquired, a health profile associated with the subject can be generated and evaluated with respect to a reference health profile. Based at least on an outcome of the evaluation, in one aspect, a response to the health profile can be supplied to a healthcare provider. In scenarios in which the health profile is indicative of a medical emergency, the response can include an emergency communication with one or more first responder or a predetermined emergency contact for the subject. The reference health profile can be specific to the subject. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297300 | DISEASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A WIRED/WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A disease management system and method that use a wired and wireless communication network, in which motivation and consistent encouragement to change a behavior of a user or a patient may be given by close acquaintances or other people who have knowledge about a corresponding disease, instead of an expert. Thus, with regard to disease management that consistently needs normal and frequent communication, a role of an expert may be minimized to a necessary degree, and a more effective and efficient health care service, compared to a conventional health care service, may be provided. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297301 | HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method integrating healthcare delivery to patients using data bridges that connect healthcare providers, patients, patient medical education, and patient monitoring devices is disclosed. The system incorporates a mobile user interface device (MUD) allowing user inputs or detected events from a variety of medical instrumentation devices (MID) to be controlled by a healthcare web server computer (HWS) over a computer communication network (CCN). Information retrieved from the MID and transmitted by the MUD to the HWS is then used by a patient healthcare monitor (PHM) process to populate a medical records database (MRD). MRD contents are then matched to patient healthcare plan (PHP) event/time triggers (ETT) that drive information from a provider content database (PCD) to the MUD through the HWS over the CCN. Healthcare provider update/control of the PHP/ETT/PCD allow integration of patient educational materials with patient health status monitoring. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297302 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT FLOW - A system for integrating multiple databases, the system having at least one server, the at least one server maintaining a first database and a second database; a plurality of terminals, each of the plurality of terminals being configured to: request data from the at least one server; receive the requested data; correlate data from the first database with data from the second database; and display data from the first database with correlated data from the second database. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297303 | Method and Arrangement for the Optimized Setting of Medical Systems - A method and an associated arrangement for supporting a setting of a medical system are provided. The method includes entry of first requirement specification data relevant to a medical examination, transmission of the first requirement specification data to a central data analysis system, and acquisition of the first requirement specification data by the central data analysis system. The method also includes analysis of the first requirement specification data by a comparison with stored second requirement specification data. The method includes selection of best-fit first configuration data for setting the medical system based on the analysis, transmission of the first configuration data to the medical system, and display of the first configuration data on the medical system. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297304 | DETERMINATION OF HEALTHCARE COVERAGE USING A PAYMENT ACCOUNT - Healthcare insurance coverage is determined using an account within a payment processing system. A transmission addressed to the payment processing system is formed including an account number of an account associated with the payment processing system, a description of a healthcare related commodity rendered to a patient deriving healthcare insurance through an insured, and request for a specification of financial responsibility of the insured for the described said healthcare related commodity. A transmission is received from the payment processing system including the requested specification of financial responsibility. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXCHANGING HEALTH CARE CREDITS - Systems and methods for exchanging health care credits are described. In various embodiments, health care credits are freely transferable units of value representing good health, an improvement in health, or maintenance of health by an individual. The health care credits may be bought, sold, exchanged for goods and services, gifted or otherwise freely conveyed from one owner to another. Also disclosed are exchanges and markets for buying, selling, and trading health care credits, as well as derivative securities. The derivative securities or products are based on either the flow of health care credits through the system, or on health care information, which may have been generated to implement health care credit awards. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297307 | System and Method for Processing Qualified Healthcare Account Related Financial Transactions - This invention relates to a system and method for processing qualified healthcare account transactions (e.g., HFA, Health FSA, and HRA) and non-qualified credit card transactions within a transaction processing system. In particular, this invention relates to a multi-purse payment device associated with a transaction processing system for auto-substantiating qualified healthcare transactions. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297308 | REFERRAL AND RECORD SHARING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods described herein may utilize a server comprising a processor to receive a referral request associated with a patient. The server may identify a referred health care provider associated with the referral request. The server may send data included in the referral request to the referred health care provider, the data enabling the referred health care provider to contact the patient. The server may store data included in the referral request in a database. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297309 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING MEDICAL IMAGE - The present invention relates to a system and method for providing medical images. The system for providing medical images according to an example of the present invention includes: one or more software viewer modules; a software user-specified worklist management module; and a software display controller module. The one or more software viewer modules display medical images. The user-specific worklist management module provides a user-specific worklist corresponding to a logged-in user, based on the role of the logged-in user, via a worklist interface which provides varying functions. The display controller module controls one or displaying monitors to display detailed information and medical images for a list, selected from among user-specific worklist, via the one or more software viewer modules based on status information on the one or more software viewer modules. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297310 | System and Method for Association of Patient Care Devices to a Patient - A system and method for collecting, communicating, displaying, and/or analyzing data from multiple medical devices is disclosed. The system includes a local data collection module and a number of medical device adapters. The medical device adapters are coupled to respective medical devices via hardwired connections to receive data from the respective medical devices. The medical device adapters wirelessly transmit the data to the local data collection module. The local data collection module communicates the data received from the medical device adapters to an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system for automatic entry of at least some of the data in the electronic medical record of a patient associated with the medical devices. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297311 | HEALTH CARE RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY SYSTEM - A health care management and delivery system includes a hosted environment that provides health care treatment, diagnosis, and/or management. Health care providers are linked to one another and to a central network, which is linked to patient via the hosted environment. The patient interfaces with the hosted environment, which includes hosted algorithms approved by the provider network. The patient may also have medical devices that facilitate collection of vital sign data (e.g., digital thermometer) and administration of treatment (e.g., medicine dispensary). The health care provider can license the hosted environment to deliver health care services remotely based on globally standardized protocols. The hosted environment includes all patient health records and information which can be accessed globally. The hosted environment conducts data analytics to continuously improve and add new standardized protocols. Additionally, a virtual clinical research organization (CRO) is provided, such that treating physicians and patients can participate in clinical trials and registries and have access to new medical treatments and improved safety and outcomes. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297312 | COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING MEDICATION EVENTS - Computer-based systems and computer-implemented methods are described for monitoring medication events for an individual. Computer-based systems include systems for monitoring medication events relating to an individual, including: circuitry for analyzing data for an identifier of a first medication event for an individual; circuitry for analyzing the data for at least one attribute of an individual; circuitry for analyzing the data for at least one attribute relating to a medication during the first medication event; circuitry for analyzing the data for at least one feature of visual information and at least one feature of non-visual information relating to the individual during the first medication event; circuitry for analyzing the received data for a time associated with the first medication event; circuitry for determining a compliance likelihood for the first medication event based on the analyses of the received data; and circuitry for indicating the determined compliance likelihood. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297313 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING PATIENT THERAPY - A system and method of managing therapy provided to patients in an institution. The system monitors all aspects of the medication delivery to a patient, as well as other information related to the patient, such as values of vital signs, laboratory results and patient factors such as history, diagnosis, allergies and the like. The system includes one or more databases of information, including institutionally developed rules, guidelines and protocol representing the best medical practices of the institution. The system provides alerts and/or recommendations based on the application of the rules to the information being monitored, and alerts care givers accordingly, providing for dynamic adjustment of the patient's therapy. The system also monitors the status of the alerts, and if no action is taken in a selected period of time, may escalate the priority of the alert and/or halt the delivery of medication to the patient until the alert is resolved. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297314 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING PATIENT DOSAGE - Systems and methods for providing a dosage on a device comprising an electronic circuit, an input device, and a display screen. The method includes receiving an input signal of a user indicating an input directed to a patient sex and patient status selected from the group comprising new patient, returning patient and booster patient. If the patient sex is female, an effective estradiol dosage and an effective testosterone dosage are determined using dosage calculation methods selected based on the patient status and additional female input parameters. If the patient sex is male an effective testosterone dosage is determined using dosage calculation methods selected based on the patient status and additional male input parameters. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297315 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DOSAGE CALCULATION AND PATIENT TREATMENT LIFE CYCLE - A system and method for automatically calculating an accurate recommended dosage for hormone replacement therapy and automating the life cycle of a patient's treatment over time. The system and method can automatically acquire relevant patient parameters and apply a consistent formulaic approach to help reduce incorrect dosage determinations. A pellet insertion size may be determined and documented based on a calculated dosage, and an insertion side and lot numbers may be tracked and managed. In addition, corresponding revenues may be tracked and profitability may be reported for hormone replacement therapy practices. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140303986 | PREDICTION OF AN OPTIMAL MEDICAL TREATMENT - A method of determining an optimal treatment includes determining a frequency for each health care provider indicating how frequently each treats a selected disease, determining for each health care provider, their average patient outcome APO for treating the selected disease, determining a score for each health care provider based on the corresponding frequency and APO, determining which of the health care providers are experts from the scores that exceed a predefined threshold, and selecting a treatment proscribed by at least one of the identified experts as the optimal treatment. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303987 | PREDICTION OF AN OPTIMAL MEDICAL TREATMENT - A method of determining an optimal treatment includes determining a frequency for each health care provider indicating how frequently each treats a selected disease, determining for each health care provider, their average patient outcome APO for treating the selected disease, determining a score for each health care provider based on the corresponding frequency and APO, determining which of the health care providers are experts from the scores that exceed a predefined threshold, and selecting a treatment proscribed by at least one of the identified experts as the optimal treatment. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303988 | COLLABORATIVE HEALTHCARE - According to an example, collaborative healthcare may include retrieving healthcare data for a patient from at least one data source, and generating a plurality of distinct healthcare programs for the patient based on the healthcare data. Collaborative healthcare may further include reconciling the plurality of distinct healthcare programs to generate a universal patient healthcare plan for the patient. The universal patient healthcare plan may include a universal view of the overall healthcare for the patient and healthcare provider-specific views for the patient. The reconciling may include detecting conflicts for predetermined components of the healthcare programs, and in response to the detection of the conflicts, eliminating errors related to the detected conflicts. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303989 | AUTOMATED MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for tracking the status and use of packaged goods are provided. The systems of the invention coordinate various stakeholders, hardware devices, computer software systems, standards, methods, procedures, practices and their interconnection in ways that lead to greater efficiency, safety, and efficacy, along with potentially lower cost, and less waste in the delivery of packaged goods and their use. In one aspect a Medication Management System (“MMS”) that tracks the status of packaged medications and patient compliance is also provided. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303990 | INTEGRATED ORTHOPEDIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT PROCESS - A method can include receiving, at a server, preoperative image data of a patient's bone, and accessing, at the server, a database of three-dimensional model data. A patient specific three-dimensional model of the patient's bone can be generated, at the server. A preoperative surgical plan can be generated at the server, which can include comparing aspects of the preoperative surgical plan with predetermined reliability criteria. An interactive user interface for use by a surgeon to review the preoperative surgical plan can be provided, from the server, to a user device. Approval of the preoperative surgical plan can be received, at the server, via the interactive user interface. Postoperative image data of the patient's bone can be received at the server. A postoperative outcome study report can be generated, at the server, and can include a comparison of the preoperative surgical plan with the postoperative image data. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303991 | PERSONAL DEVICE-ENABLED LIFESTYLE, COMMERCE AND EXCHANGE TRACKING SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a system and method include receiving user information data from a personal electronic device. The user information data includes information about a user using the personal electronic device. The server stores user information data and receives action data from the personal electronic device. The action data includes information relating to an object captured through the personal electronic device. The object captured may include an embedded signal such as a bar code, QWERTY code, fingerprint, watermark, and/or Ribbon®. The server generates and sends coupon, promotion, and/or information with respect to the embedded signal. The server receives redemption information with respect to an item represented within embedded signal. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303992 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSISTING PRESCRIPTION TREATMENT FULFILLMENT - Provided is a method and system for facilitating limited fulfillment of a prescription for a drug. An indication that an authorizing party has rejected an insurance claim submitted by a pharmacy for insurance coverage of at least a portion of a purchase price of a prescription drug on behalf of a patient is received over a network, in addition to an indication that prior authorization is required. Before a decision whether to grant the prior authorization is issued by the authorizing party, initiating transmission of an offer to allow redemption of a quick start voucher to the pharmacy over the communication network that allows the limited fulfillment of the prescription for the prescription drug, but less than the complete fulfillment. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303993 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING FRAUD IN TRANSACTIONS COMMITTED BY A COHORT OF FRAUDSTERS - Disclosed are systems and methods for identifying potential fraud committed by a cohort of people using models for identifying relationships among people to build the cohort and using fraud models to identify indicators of frauds from attributes of people. Embodiments may predict a likelihood applicants seeking privileges to distribute governmental benefits by identifying members of a cohort associated with an applicant, assigning a value to the strengths of the relationships between people in the cohort, determining weights for identified indicators of fraud identified using fraud models, determining a risk score for the cohort using the values and data points, and then performing a clustering analysis for the risk score of the cohort to determine a risk factor for fraud committed by the applicant and the cohort. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303994 | INTERACTIVE MONITOR SYSTEM FOR A MEDICAL CAMPUS - An interactive systems and method for providing medical or emergency information across a medical campus including a master computer that receives, stores and selectively transmits medical or emergency information to a plurality of interactive monitors, which are accessible by a plurality of users. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303995 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Facilitating Accurate Glycemic Control By Modeling Blood Glucose Using Circadian Profiles - A computer-implemented system and method for facilitating accurate glycemic control by modeling blood glucose using circadian profiles is provided. Anti-hyperglycemic medications are categorized based on similar glucose lowering effects. A circadian profile for a diabetic patient is built by assembling meal period data including at least two recent typical measurements of pre-meal and post-meal self-measured blood glucose, identifying a dose of an anti-hyperglycemic medication, and identifying the class of the anti-hyperglycemic medication. A model of glucose management through the circadian profile is created by estimating expected blood glucose values and their predicted errors at each of the meal periods, visualizing the expected blood glucose values and their predicted errors over time for each meal period in a log-normal distribution, and selecting one of the meal periods and, for each anti-hyperglycemic medication in the identified class, and modeling a change in the dose of the anti-hyperglycemic medication. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MANAGE DELIVERY HEALTHCARE TO A PATIENT - A system and method to manage delivery of healthcare via a plurality of resources to a patient is provided. The system and method track and output a signal representative of a location of at least one of a series of resources relative to a control volume associated with the patient, acquire at least one signal representative of detecting ingress or egress of at least one of the plurality of resources relative to the control volume; and output a first signal representative of one of a series of milestones as defined in a predetermined protocol in response to detecting ingress or egress of at least one of the resources relative to the control volume. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303997 | MASS CUSTOMIZATION FOR MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHCARE - A healthcare mass customization infrastructure individualizes plan designs by incorporating demographics, income, drug history, medical history, lab values, and future genomic information for appropriate and affordable access to medications. The mass customization infrastructure results in quality outcomes for the patients, improved care and productivity for the providers, and lower medical costs for the payers. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303998 | METHOD FOR MANAGING A HEALTH CARD - A system includes an intermediate element, which is provided between a health file copy and at least one party with a strong authentication requiring, and for which a user is identified with some strong identification, and after which the intermediate element associates an intra-health card user identifier and a user identifying code with each other. From the database to the intermediate element is delivered information, which matches the user identifying code and requires strong authentication, whereby the intermediate element for its part delivers at least some of this particular information to such a health card with whose internal identifier the user identifying code has been associated by the intermediate element. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303999 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING REGISTRY OF CLINICAL TRIAL PARTICIPANTS - A method of screening participants for a clinical trial by obtaining a biometric sample from a prospective participant, generating a unique identifier code, populating a database with the unique identifier code and participant information and storing the database on computer readable media, and screening the participant for the clinical trial based on the unique identifier code and participant information. A method of screening participants for a clinical trial by obtaining personal information from a prospective participant, generating a unique identifier code, populating a database with the unique identifier code and participant information and storing the database on computer readable media, and screening the participant for the clinical trial based on the unique identifier code and participant information. A database stored on computer readable media populated by unique identifier codes of prospective participants of clinical trials obtained by the methods. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140310012 | CENTRALIZING PROTOCOL GUIDANCE AND DOCUMENTATION FOR A HEALTHCARE EVENT - Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and graphical user interfaces for centralizing protocol guidance and documentation for a healthcare event are provided. In embodiments, protocols corresponding to healthcare events are received. Upon determining a particular healthcare event has occurred for a patient, a clinician is prompted to perform an action in accordance with the protocol. Information associated with the patient is received and, based on the information, a next action is selected. The clinician is prompted to perform the next action. In embodiments, an inventory of items used for the protocol is maintained and compared against a stock of items to determine when the stock of items needs to be restocked. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310013 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HOSTED SERVICES BASED ON A GENERALIZED MODEL OF A HEALTH/WELLNESS PROGRAM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for creating a health/wellness program on a generic health/wellness platform. During operation, the system receives, at the generic health/wellness platform, a set of definitions for the health/wellness program, constructs a program model for the health/wellness program, generates a program instance to be executed on the generic health/wellness platform, and associates the program instance to a number of health/wellness modules provided by the health/wellness platform. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310014 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PATIENT HEALTH - A method, computer system, and computer program for improving communication between a patient and a provider are described. The method, computer system and computer program perform a method that includes: obtaining data related to the health state of a patient; associating a timestamp with the data, encrypting the data and writing the data to a computer readable medium, determining whether the data is in a pre-configured range, and responsive to determining that the data is not in the pre-configured range, sending an alert to a client. This method also includes obtaining a response from the client and writing the response to the computer readable medium, where the response includes a medical recommendation based on the data. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310015 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR MATCHING PATIENTS WITH AVAILABLE CLINICAL TRIALS - A system for matching patients to available clinical trials. The process includes a computer with a CPU having a processor, memory and an electronic database. The electronic database has a language equivalency database with a thesaurus of medical terminology and a regular language translator. Also, the regular language translator is operable to translate medical terms in the thesaurus of medical terminology into regular language terms such that a patient survey using regular language is generated and responded to by a patient. Also, the system identifies available clinical trials for the patient based on the responses by the patient. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310016 | Medical Treatment Methods - Medical treatment methods are described. According to one aspect, a medical treatment method includes obtaining data values for a plurality of patient characteristics of a subject patient to be treated for a medical condition, using the data values of the patient characteristics of the subject patient, searching treatment results of a plurality previous patients which were treated for the medical condition using a plurality of different treatment options, and using the searching, providing information to medical personnel regarding the treatment results of the previous patients which were treated for the medical condition for each of the treatment options, the information being usable to assist the medical personnel with treatment of the subject patient for the medical condition. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310017 | Methods and Systems for Providing an Interactive Discussion Platform for Scientific Research - Provided are computer implemented methods and systems for providing an interactive discussion platform for a scientific research article. According to an example method for providing an interactive discussion platform for a scientific research article, the scientific research article can be received and presented. At least one public medium associated with the scientific research article can be created. An entry related to the scientific research article can be received via the public medium. The entry can include an audio, a video, and a text. Data from the scientific research article and at least one entry can be extracted and analyzed. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310018 | Pharmaceutical Management System - A pharmaceutical management system including a housing having a closeable top cover. Within the housing, there is provided, in combination, a computer processor and a computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions being executed by the computer processor, a plurality of pharmaceutical containers within the housing; each of the plurality of pharmaceutical containers having an identification means, and scanning means in communication with the computer processor adapted to read information from the identification means. The computer executable instructions include instructions identifying a pharmaceutical in each of the containers based on information in the identification means. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310019 | Methods and Systems for Generation of Personalized Health Plans - Personalized, health and performance programs are generated for individuals based on various biomarkers and performance and lifestyle assessments. In one embodiment, a diagnostic test of blood or other biological specimen(s) is used to determine key biological marker levels. Information and assessments of the user's physical performance, life style and health and wellness goals is also collected and provided to an expert system that matches the biomarker levels and assessments to a knowledgebase of scientific knowledge about biomarker levels and health and fitness outcomes. Personal recommendations and advice on nutrition and exercise is then generated, which may be used to help individuals reach their diet, fitness, and wellness goals and improve their physical and mental performance and well being in measurable ways. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310020 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A PATIENT BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A method for diagnosing a patient based on analysis of multimedia content is provided. The method includes receiving at least one multimedia content element respective of the patient from a user device; generating at least one signature for the at least one multimedia content element; generating at least one identifier respective of the at least one multimedia content element using the at least one generated signature; searching a plurality of data sources for possible diagnoses respective of the one or more identifiers; and providing at least one possible diagnoses respective of the at least one multimedia content element to the user device. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310021 | CONCURRENT PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENTS - A data structure stored on a computer readable medium can include a person identifier associated with a person; a switch associated with the person identifier, a state of the switch having a possible first value indicating that there is not more than one personnel assignment associated with the person and a possible second value indicating that there are a plurality of personnel assignments associated with the person; and, if the state of the switch has the second value, a plurality of personnel assignment identifiers associated with the person identifier, each personnel assignment identifier identifying a respective personnel assignment associated with the person. The data structure can be operable to enable the performance of a business process related to the person, an organization, and at least one of the plurality of personnel assignments. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310022 | Monitoring of Health - A health monitoring system receives a health condition reading from a mobile device. The health condition reading is compared to ranges of data defining acceptable health conditions. If the health condition reading lies outside one of the ranges of data, then an alert may be generated and sent to the mobile device. The alert informs a user that the health condition reading is unacceptable, perhaps requiring medical attention. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140316790 | PRICING AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS - In one embodiment, a method of pricing a diagnostic test includes receiving data associated with the diagnostic test and setting a price of the diagnostic test. The data associated with the diagnostic test includes an indication of one of a first result of the diagnostic test and a second result of the diagnostic test. The price of the diagnostic test is set based on the indication included in the data associated with the diagnostic test. In another embodiment, a method of pricing a diagnostic test includes receiving data associated with the diagnostic test and charging a first price or a second price for the diagnostic test. The data associated with the diagnostic test includes an indication of one of a first result of the diagnostic test and a second result of the diagnostic test. The first price and/or the second price can be charged based on the indication. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316791 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CAPTURING AND REPORTING PHYSICIANS' TIME - A computerized system and method for capturing and reporting physician time in a manner that complies with reimbursement regulations. The system eases the difficulty of collecting physician time, thereby solidifying reimbursement revenue. The system has integrated rules to ensure compliance with time allocations. Moreover, a structured work flow for review of time entries is disclosed. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316792 | PROACTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM USING REMOTE MONITORING AND NOTIFICATIONS - A health status monitoring and reporting device, system and method, comprising an user-wearable armband, a power source coupled with the armband, either or both of a positional sensor and a movement sensor coupled with the armband, a vital signs measurement device coupled with the armband, and a transmitter operably coupled with the power source, the transmitter being configured to receive from either or both of the accelerometer and the vital signs measuring device a signal including an indicator of a condition of the user, and further including a gateway device to transmit data from a ULP network to a Wide Area Network. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316793 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECRUITING AND MATCHING PATIENTS FOR CLINICAL TRIALS - Systems and methods provide for recruiting and matching patients for clinical trials using a network-based software platform which publicizes clinical trials, recruits patients for participation in the clinical trials, and obtains patient profile information to match patients with appropriate clinical trials based on medical and behavioral compatibility. Patients may be recruited to join clinical trials through online networking and referrals using social media and other electronic communication managed by the software platform. The software platform provides a user interface where patients can input profile information, search for clinical trials and view interactive clinical trial information pages. Patient profile information and clinical trial information may be used to generate a match score which indicates a patient's compatibility with a particular clinical trial and a compliance score which indicates a patient's likelihood of success in participating in the clinical trial. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316794 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING SAFETY CHECKLISTS - When optimizing a medical workflow to balance throughput and safety, a customizable checklist is generated by identifying tasks adherent to the selected workflow, and populating a checklist template with tasks as a function of a user tendency to forget the task and a severity of potential harm to a patient if the task is omitted. Reminders are added to the checklist for tasks that can harm the patient if omitted, and evaluation prompts are added for tasks that will not harm the patient if omitted and therefor can be verified by the user after performance as opposed to before performance. Pause points are inserted into the populated checklist, at which points the user is presented with the reminders and evaluation tasks, and in a manner that does not disrupt the workflow so that throughput is maximized while safety is improved. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316795 | METHOD FOR MANAGING FIRST AND SECOND AUTHENTICATORS LOADED IN A DEVICE FOR INFORMING ABOUT AND MONITORING THE TAKING OF A SPECIALITY BY A PATIENT - Method for managing a first and second authenticator in a device for informing about and monitoring a taking of a speciality by a patient, the method comprising the steps of: using the first authenticator to verify the patient data, to take from a database the second authenticators linked to the first authenticator containing a list of specialities, adapting the speciality and the dosage thereof, sending a set of data containing the adapted list of second authenticators to the management unit, preparing a sequence of alerts on the basis of the second authenticators and by the management unit. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316796 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR LIMITED DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIALTY DRUG USING A COMPUTER HUB OPERATING AT A SINGLE ACCESS POINT - Embodiments of the present invention provides systems, methods, and computer-readable media for distributing a specialty drug, such as an omega conopeptide, using a computer hub that facilitates reimbursement assistance, higher expertise in handling, better care of the product, and reduced patient cost. For example, responsive to a prescription, if the patient is currently enrolled in a commercial insurance plan, a patient out-of-pocket requirement can be compared to a capped payment amount. If the patient out-of-pocket requirement exceeds the capped payment amount, a total invoice amount of the specialty drug can be divided by a total invoice amount of the prescription to obtain a percentage of the total invoice attributable to the specialty drug, that percentage multiplied by the patient out-of-pocket requirement to obtain an initial patient obligation for only the specialty drug, and the initial patient obligation for only the specialty drug reduced to the capped payment amount. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316797 | Methods and system for evaluating medication regimen using risk assessment and reconciliation - Computer-based and network-based methods and system that provide for evaluating medication regimen using medication-related risk assessment in an automated medication reconciliation process can comprise, without limitation, collecting comprehensive information with respect to a patient that can fill in gaps typical of claims, EHR, or HIE-based data sets, based on curated clinician review and annotation or tagging of data. Various embodiments introduce flexible use of a variety of accurate and efficient methods for capturing and characterizing medications in point-of-care settings, including structured interviews, bar code scanning, and image recognition. Embodiments of the invention can further provide for harmonizing and reconciling data from disparate sources, calculating risk based on a more comprehensive assessment and annotation of the data sets and comparing risk to create a risk offset or differential, with a subsequent tailoring of interventions based on the risk offset or differential. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316798 | HEALTH CARE ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Devices, systems, and methods for processing healthcare and financial transactions are provided. A point-of-care terminal for processing a healthcare transaction by a healthcare provider includes a reader configured to read information from a healthcare eligibility and settlement presentation instrument associated with a patient, and a processor configured to process a healthcare transaction based on the information, wherein the healthcare transaction includes at least one of a healthcare eligibility verification transaction and a healthcare settlement transaction. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316799 | CONTROLLED INVENTORY REFRIGERATED DISPENSING SYSTEM - A vending refrigerator for dispensing pharmaceutical products, such as vials, bottles, syringes, and the like, at a point of distribution, e.g., a doctor's office or pharmacy. The vending refrigerator comprises a first product dispenser for one type of packaging and a second product dispenser for a second type of packaging. The product can be removed from a dispenser drawer but cannot be placed back into the dispenser through the drawer. The product dispensers are filled through openings that are not accessible during normal operations, but that are accessible during refilling procedures. The refrigerator may include a shelf where products that are mistakenly pulled from the product dispenser or that contain multiple doses of their contents can be placed for temporary storage. In some embodiments, the refrigerator comprises a chilled compartment and a freezer compartment. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316800 | Physician Regional Access Networking Agent - A medical communication system provides efficient messaging and communications services with physicians. The medical communication system permits physicians to define contact preferences so that they may receive messages in an efficient way based on various criteria, such as urgency, type, and time of a message. The medical communication system provides status for each of its physicians so that requestors that wish to contact the physicians can immediately know if a physician is available and the best way to reach the physician at a particular time and for a particular circumstance. The medical communication system protects the privacy of physician's personal contact information and provides tracking of communications for the purpose of patient records. In addition, the medical communication system may be configured to meet various regulatory requirements, including HIPAA regulations. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316801 | Increasing User Engagement with Health - A health-program system and method provides health programs for users to select, receives data related to users' progress in a selected health program and determines users' status in the program which is provided for display to the users. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316802 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - A method for evaluating a healthcare information system includes first determining a first specification for the healthcare information system. The first specifications may include healthcare profile data for specifying a profile of a healthcare provider, technology profile data for specifying a profile of technology resources, and performance data for measuring the benefits associated with performance indicators of the healthcare information system. Then, an evaluation is determined from the first specification, which may include system performance values. Additionally, characteristic values for performance indicators may be presented to the user. Next, a second specification is then determined by specifying to the user that at least some values of the first specification may be changed. Then, an evaluation for the healthcare information system is determined for the second specification. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316803 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DRUG USAGE - Methods and systems for managing drug usage are provided. In an embodiment, reminder data associated with a drug treatment plan of a patient is accessed. The reminder data includes a reminder time indicia and a patient identifier associated with the patient. The drug treatment plan is associated with a drug to be taken by the patient. A determination of whether a reminder criterion of the prescription drug treatment plan has been met is made based on the reminder time indicia. A patient messaging configuration is accessed based on the patient identifier. A notification is generated based on a determination that the reminder criterion has been met and the patient messaging configuration. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316804 | MEDICAL STAFF MESSAGING - A method for communicating with relevant medical staff members about identified medical procedures in real time, comprising mapping at least one dataset of medical roles; monitoring a plurality of physiological measures of a patient; automatically identifying, according to an analysis of the plurality of physiological measures and according to the at least one dataset, when a first of the plurality of medical procedures is required in real time; generating a message containing data indicative of the first medical procedure and one or more physiological measures; acquiring scheduling data indicative which of a plurality of medical staff members currently man the plurality of medical roles; selecting at least one of the plurality of medical staff members for the medical procedure according to the scheduling data; and sending the message to the selected at least one medical staff member. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316805 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT METHOD - A health management method is used in a health management system that manages health of animals. The health management method includes the following steps. First, biological information of each of the animals is measured by a corresponding animal measurement terminal among measurement terminals to generate pieces of biological information of the animals. Then, the generated pieces of the biological information of the animals are obtained. Then, animal health information indicating a standard health condition of the animals is generated based on the obtained pieces of the biological information of the animals. Then, for each of the animals, the generated animal health information is compared to the biological information measured, thereby assessing a health condition of the animal. Then, a result of the assessing of the health condition of the animal is displayed on a display unit. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140324443 | Health Scoring Systems and Methods - A method for scoring an individual's overall health and wellness is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving one or more health measurements of an individual. The one or more health measurements can include the individual's resting heart rate, the individual's blood pressure, and the individual's body fat percentage. Next, a health score of the individual is calculated based on the receive health measurements. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324444 | REMOTE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WITH TREATMENT VERIFICATION - Disclosed are methods for remote health care treatment verification. The methods include determining a medical plan including at least a medical procedure that is self administered. The methods further include establishing a communications link, supporting the transmission of video information from the patient to a medical professional, between the medical professional and a patent remote to the medical professional. Furthermore, the methods include instructing the patient to initiate a self administered medical procedure in accordance with the medical plan and receiving video information from the patient indicative of compliance with the instruction. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324445 | DIABETES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MEDICAL DEVICE USAGE STATISTICS - A computer-implemented method for sharing information and managing diabetes diagnosis and treatment. The method comprises providing a web portal account accessible by both a patient and health care provider. The account may be associated with a portable medical device. The method includes receiving, at one or more servers, medical and usage data from the portable medical device. The medical data may be associated with the patient and the usage data may be associated with usage of the medical device by the patient. Statistics related to the medical or usage data are accumulated at one or more servers over a period of time, and may be accessible in the web portal account. The method includes evaluating the statistics in relation to a treatment criteria, and sending a treatment recommendation to the patient or the health care provider when at least one of the statistics meets or exceeds a predetermined treatment criteria. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324446 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A BARIATRIC SURGERY - This invention relates to the selection of an appropriate bariatric surgery for a patient based upon baseline patient parameters. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324447 | TARGETING ONLINE ADS BASED ON HEALTHCARE DEMOGRAPHICS - Systems and methods allow targeting messages to consumers using a plurality of records for a group of consumers, each record comprising healthcare demographic information (HDI) associated with individual consumers. HDI can include insured status information identifying whether a consumer likely has health insurance, which is received from at least one health services provider. A cookie can correlates a consumer's browser to healthcare demographic information. The cookie allows subsequent association of HDI with the browser, without exposing personally identifiable information of the first consumer to advertisers. Systems and methods can also associate an ID of a consumer's electronic device with the HDI, allowing mobile device and set top boxes to serve relate ads to the consumer. Consumers can be targeted based on selected HDI criteria. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324448 | BUSINESS ANALYTICS PACKAGE WITH KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS - A system for comparing parameters of the revenue cycle of a healthcare provider to benchmark values is provided. The system includes a revenue cycle management company which manages the revenue cycles of a plurality of healthcare providers, wherein each of said revenue cycles includes the submission of healthcare claims by one of said healthcare providers to a plurality of healthcare payers, and the receipt of healthcare claim payments and remittance advice from the plurality of healthcare payers in response to the submitted healthcare claims; a database associated with said revenue cycle management company, wherein said database contains data relating to a plurality of parameters of the revenue cycle of each of said plurality of healthcare providers; and a non-transitory, computer readable medium having recorded therein a software program that contains suitable programming instructions. When executed by a data processing apparatus, the programming instructions cause the data processing apparatus to perform a method for (a) deriving from the database a plurality of performance benchmarks, wherein each performance benchmark corresponds to one of said plurality of parameters, and (b) displaying on a display a graphical depiction of the comparison of the value of at least one of said plurality of parameters for the revenue cycle of one of said plurality of healthcare providers to the benchmark corresponding to said parameter. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324449 | MULTIPLE COMPUTER SERVER SYSTEM FOR ORGANIZING HEALTHCARE INFORMATION - A method of providing changes in healthcare policy information is provided, including: maintaining a first database, the first database containing records including copies of websites, the websites pertaining to policy information; a first server scanning current versions of the websites on the Internet and identifying which of the websites have been changed to a second server; and updating the records in the first database; a second server generating a report of the changes made to each of the identified websites; and the second server providing access to a user to generate reports relating to the websites. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324450 | INTERNET SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS - An Internet-based system involves a database and search capabilities for connecting patients with healthcare providers, e.g., physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, treatment facilities, etc., and further enables such providers to reach patients with whom they may not otherwise come into contact. A patient may access the healthcare provider information through a search conducted using a search engine, such as Google, Yahoo, etc. Alternatively, a patient may access the company Web site's predetermined Web page that provides search capabilities on its database. A patient may research a healthcare provider based on criteria specified by the patient. Information provided to the patient may be in the form of a report, profile, ratings, etc., including patient-provided information, physician-verified information, and information verified by an independent third party. The verified information and ratings provided by the Web site enable patients to differentiate among healthcare providers and thereby select the provider that best meets their individual needs. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324451 | Nurse Call System with Additional Status Board - A healthcare information system for use in a healthcare facility having patient beds in a plurality of patient rooms is provided. The healthcare information system has a nurse call computer which is located at a nurse's station and which is configured to receive nurse calls and/or safety alerts originating from the patient rooms. The healthcare information system has a status board computer which is also located at the nurse's station and which is operable to display, for more than one patient, information regarding the patient, staff location, bed data, and room status. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324452 | OUTPATIENT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for outpatient monitoring. In some examples, the outpatient monitoring technology includes a system for remote monitoring and consultations of patients' state associated with automated interpretation of vital signs signals. In other examples, the outpatient monitoring technology includes a system for remote monitoring of patients' state associated with analysis of full-disclosure vital signs digital signals with reduced bit data or channel data. In some examples, the outpatient monitoring technology includes a system for remote monitoring of patients' state associated with ongoing automated analysis and transmission of full-disclosure vital signs digital signals and automatically generated signals' interpretation results and manually marked patient symptoms. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324453 | Database for Pre-Screening Potentially Litigious Patients - A database system stores information about potential patients that allows medical professionals to gauge the legal risk presented by the potential patients, giving the medical professionals the opportunity to avoid medical involvement with those individuals most prone to engaging in unwarranted legal actions. The database may also be used by insurance companies, legal services and other professional service providers to screen for potentially litigious customers. Information in the database is processed to provide a risk assessment score for each patient that is used for screening purposes. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324454 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING HUMAN HEALTH USING TARGETED PROBIOTICS - Methods and systems enable healthcare providers to treat a medical condition of a patient using a processor that may receive assessment data of the patient, which may include a health history and results from at least one diagnostic test. Treatment of the medical condition may also include using the processor to evaluate the received assessment data for identifying a medical condition of the patient and a metabolite that affects the medical condition, to identify a probiotic that regulates the metabolite, to develop a formula for a personalized medication that includes the identified probiotic based on the identified probiotic and the patient's medical records, and to send the formula for the personalized medication to a manufacturing site server for use in manufacturing the personalized medication. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324455 | CENTRAL CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES - The invention relates to a control system for distributed organizational structures, comprising one or more organizations with one or more organizational units; users are assigned to at least one organization; and roles are assigned to the users, and the roles determine the available functionalities within the organization that is assigned to the user. The invention also relates to the use of the control system for identifying inventories from locally available database systems and remote database systems, preferably umbilical cord blood data. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140330571 | The personalized Genome report - The Personalized Genome Report (The PGR) is a unique business process that is a paper based method for reporting whole genome sequencing. The PGR is specifically designed for primary care-doctors/physicians to use risk values for diseases and genetic characteristics from the patient's genome to form a wellness plan with the patient to help the patient stay healthy as they age. The PGR is designed to have no mention of specific genetic alleles or mutations or cumbersome statistics to potentially confuse patients. Only information that pertains specifically to a patient's disease risk is contained in the PGR. The PGR also discusses environmental and drug allergies and Mendelian disorders and information on the mitochondrial genome. It is designed to be a comprehensive look at the patient's genetic risk. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330572 | Framework for Modeling a Clinical Trial Study Using a Cross-Over Treatment Design - The present disclosure provides for modeling a clinical trial study, which may implement a cross-over design. A plurality of treatments is generated for a clinical trial study, based on a first subset of operational parameters. A plurality of sequences is also generated for the clinical trial study, based on a second subset of the operational parameters. Each sequence of the plurality of sequences comprises a combination of ones of the plurality of treatments. A plurality of subject groups is assigned to the plurality of sequences, where one subject group of the plurality of subject groups is respectively assigned to one sequence of the plurality of sequences. The one sequence is administered to subjects of the one subject group during the clinical trial study. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330573 | Modifying Metadata Associated with Electronic Medical Images - A method of transferring an electronic medical image according to one example embodiment includes receiving the electronic medical image over the internet from an electronic database of a first picture archiving and communication system. Metadata of the received electronic medical image is dynamically modified. The electronic medical image and the modified metadata are sent over the internet to an electronic database of a second picture archiving and communication system. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330574 | PREVENTIVE CARE ENGINE - A preventative care recommendation engine to provide a preventative care recommendation corresponding to a patient is disclosed. Processor(s) may be coupled to network interface(s) accessible by healthcare provider(s) and/or patient(s), to execute instructions to access a set of confidential health information for an identified patient, where the set is derived from a first data source, and includes an indication of a health condition of the identified patient, a healthcare service provided to the identified patient, and/or a time when the health care service was provided to the identified patient. A second data source that includes a set of criteria specified by a third party indicating a preventative care service may be accessed. A recommendation corresponding to the identified patient may be sent, wherein the recommendation is a function of the set of confidential health information for the identified patient and the set of criteria. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330575 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER TRACKING - A health care provider tracking system and method are disclosed. Such a method may include customizing a healthcare device user interface by presenting a first user interface on the healthcare device; receiving tag data having a healthcare provider identifier; sending the tag data to an authentication server; receiving an access token; and presenting a second user interface on the healthcare device different from the first user interface. The second user interface is configured based on the access token and the healthcare provider identifier. A healthcare tracking system may include a plurality of user tags and a plurality of healthcare devices configured to present a first user interface; obtain the tag data from user tags; communicate tag data; receive an access token; and present a second user interface on the healthcare device different from the first user interface. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330576 | Mobile Platform Designed For Hosting Brain Rehabilitation Therapy And Cognitive Enhancement Sessions - A mobile platform allows trainers to host online brain rehabilitation and cognitive enhancement sessions with clients. The sessions can be individually tailored or chosen from a plethora of prepared sessions. The trainer/evaluator uses real time questionnaires to evaluate the status of the patient prior to preparing the training session. They can also view the results and performance of the patient in real time or at any time after the session has been completed. The mobile platform is designed to facilitate the creation and growth of a community of users by facilitating communication and interactivity between the users upon the satisfactory completion of a battery of tests and evaluations. The mobile platform serves as an information resource for trainers and clients by incorporating a set of algorithms, rules, and guidelines regarding the administration of brain rehabilitation and cognitive enhancement sessions. This aids both trainers and clients participating in the sessions. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330577 | Apparatus And Method For A Post-Treatment Patient Compliance System - A system and corresponding method for post-treatment patient compliance for a medical patient is performed by a system having a memory operable to retain a series of instructions, and a processor operable to retrieve and execute the instructions to perform a series of steps. One step includes receiving as a first input any one of: information from a patient management system regarding the patient; information from a patient interview conducted with the patient; and information from one or more manual inputs. A patient treatment plan is generated based on the first input. As a second input, any one of: a drug interaction based information; an evidence-based clinical decision information; and a custom clinical input information, are received. Also, a third input of a treatment recommendation process is received. A comparison based on any two of the above first, second and third inputs is performed. A post-treatment recommendation specific to the patient is determined for the patient based on the comparison. The post-treatment patient compliance is effected via a patient notification process. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330578 | ELECTRONIC MEDICAL HISTORY (EMH) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR STANDARD MEDICAL CARE, CLINICAL MEDICAL RESEARCH, AND ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM OUTCOMES - An information system and method which corroborates first data provided by data owners and second data provided by data controllers includes a computer and first and second databases. The first database stores the first data and the second database stores the second data. The second data is accessible to the data controllers but not to the data owners. The computer receives from a data owner device first data created using input from one of the data owners, stores the received first data in the first database, transmits the first data retrieved from the first database to an administrator device, receives from the administrator device additional regulated data input by one of the data controllers related to the one data owner, and stores the second data which combines the transmitted first data with additional regulated data in the second database. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330579 | Medical Kiosk and Method of Use - A medical kiosk designed to provide tele-medicine services, check-in services, and/or prescription services for a user. The medical kiosk can include a user video conferencing system that is designed to enable the user to have a real-time or near real-time tele-conference with a medical provider located remotely from the medical kiosk. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140337040 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL ITEM DISPENSING, BILLING, AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT - An inventory management system manages information regarding medical items that are stored in storage containers in a storage structure before being dispensed in conjunction with patient medical treatment. The inventory management system includes inventory sensors associated with the storage containers. Each inventory sensor senses removal or addition of medical items to or from the storage containers, and generates corresponding item inventory signals. Inventory indicia devices are disposed on the storage structure, each associated with a corresponding storage container, and each providing a visual indication that a medical item is to be added or removed. A customer computer, which is in communication with the inventory sensors and inventory indicial devices, runs an inventory application for processing item replenishment information to determine a number of medical items to be added to the storage containers, and activates the inventory indicia devices to visually indicate that medical items are to be added. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337041 | Mobile Application for Defining, Sharing and Rewarding Compliance with a Blood Glucose Level Monitoring Regimen - The invention provides a mobile application, system, interface and method for monitoring, encouraging and rewarding user compliance with a blood glucose level monitoring regimen. It combines a server-client based application enabling scheduling of tasks, input of data, reminders, notifications, permission based sharing of data, synchronous messaging, rewards based on compliance, and community support cross-language and cross-platform. The client application is a mobile web application (such as an iphone application) installed on a network connected mobile or desktop device. The client application may also be a web site that is stored on a server and accessed through a network such as the internet. The server and mobile applications exchange data with one another through the network using standard networking and wireless protocols. The application defines and exchanges information according to permission based rules which can be monitored and modified remotely by a parent or guardian. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337042 | Bus Stop Systems And Methods Of Scheduling - Demand data is used to modify a previously established cycle for use of a resource, at least in part by bypassing (skipping over) one, two, or perhaps three or more of the steps in the cycle. When done appropriately, the inventive subject matter can improve at least one measure of efficiency. The inventive subject matter has particular applicability to Kanban type schedules. The inventive subject matter also has particular applicability to manufacturing, although it can be used with respect to physical or non-physical products, including services. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337043 | CONTACT LENS CUTTING FILE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable program code embodied thereon, the computer executable program code configured to cause a computing device to: receive an order for cutting a contact lens from a contracted manufacturer at an exchange; uniquely identify and authorize the manufacturer and a user entering the order; pre-validate the order for consistency based on predetermined rules; place the order with an exchange engine and authenticate the order; determine whether a required parameter file is already generated and available via a cutting file database; if the required parameter file already exists, instruct the cutting file database to package the available data and deliver the appropriate encrypted package back to the engine for delivery to a lathe gateway computer; if the required parameter file does not exist, forward the order to a lathe file generator to create the parameter file and enter it into the cutting file database; and deliver the encrypted package to the lathe gateway computer. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337044 | Detecting and Identifying Erroneous Medical Abstracting and Coding and Clinical Documentation Omissions - A method and computer program product for implementing a clinical documentation, code and abstract errors and omissions detector and characterizer (the “code error detector”) are disclosed. Concepts represented in the linguistic surface forms of clinical text data source documents are mapped onto an ontology being indexed as component codes and reference codes where component codes index primitive concepts and reference codes index fully-defined concepts that are produced as linguistic cognitive grammar compositions of the primitive concepts that are indexed by the component codes. Fully-defined concepts indexed by some codes and representing either some standard for required clinical document content or an externally derived mapping of the document content to fully-defined concepts in the ontology are mapped to the ontology as source codes. The fully-defined concepts indexed by the source codes are decomposed, in the ontology, to their primitive concepts. Using measures of compositionality, semantic distance and entailment, the fitness of the concepts indexed by the source codes as proxies for the fully-defined concepts indexed by the reference codes is determined. Further, the distance between the concepts indexed by the source codes and the concepts indexed by the reference codes is characterized in terms of the distances of individual primitive concepts as indexed by component codes. In this manner a measure of fitness is further characterized in terms of particular primitive concepts. The method disclosed may be implemented using a variety of ontology specification and reasoning methods, but it is here described as an implementation using a novel modification to L-space ontology whereby concepts are represented in L-space as data types and the saliences of data types are represented as continuous real values greater than 0 and less than 1 such that the integral or summation of the saliences of all data types in a domain equals 1. Given the mapping of some data type indexed by reference code and the mapping of some data type indexed by source code on the same ontology, the code error detector determines the semantic distance between the reference code data type and any source code data type with respect to component code data types. The distance, as a measure of the fitness of the source code data type as a proxy for the reference code data type with respect to the component code data type(s), is stored and reported. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337045 | Remote Notification System - A wireless remote notification system for use by a medical practitioner having a wireless capable tablet personal computer, to monitor each one of a group of patients in an infusion treatment center, the tablet personal computer wirelessly connects to and displays each patient's intravenous fluid pump output of treatment session time, intravenous fluid type, intravenous fluid conditions of gas content, fluid pressure, and flow-rate, including an alarm for abnormal intravenous fluid conditions. The tablet personal computer giving the medical practitioner an instant notice of a particular patient's abnormal intravenous fluid condition facilitating the medical practitioner the ability to quickly take corrective action and potentially deactivate the alarm quickly, thus reducing patient aggravation from their intravenous fluid condition alarms and adjacent patient intravenous fluid condition alarms. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337046 | WAGE INDEX NAVIGATOR SYSTEM - A healthcare wage index reporting method and system providing questions and tasks to collect information for filling out a wage index and occupational mix report; receiving responses; processing the responses to complete the report; checking the responses to detect errors; generating error notices; tracking progress; and generating a completed report for submission. Electronic data files, including PUFs, can be imported to complete the report, or to pre-populate responses, and the system can generate notifications of differences between the report and the imported file. A dashboard can display progress, and current results. The system can save supporting documents, and supply templates for supporting information. The system can generate prompts based on responses, and determine future questions based on past responses. The system can generate various user-requested reports and can include bulletin board functionality. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337047 | SCORING, EVALUATION, AND FEEDBACK RELATED TO EMS CLINICAL AND OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE - A method for evaluating emergency medical service according to embodiments of the present invention includes receiving emergency medical service data from a database, filtering the emergency medical service data based on a selection criteria to form a filtered emergency medical service data set, determining a first score from the filtered emergency medical service data set, where the first score indicates objective clinical performance quality for the filtered emergency medical service data set, determining a second score from the filtered emergency medical service data set, where the second score indicates objective operational performance quality for the filtered emergency medical service data set, merging the first score and the second score to form a composite score; and visually displaying the composite score to a user. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337048 | Conversational Virtual Healthcare Assistant - A conversation user interface enables patients to better understand their healthcare by integrating diagnosis, treatment, medication management, and payment, through a system that uses a virtual assistant to engage in conversation with the patient. The conversation user interface conveys a visual representation of a conversation between the virtual assistant and the patient. An identity of the patient, including preferences and medical records, is maintained throughout all interactions so that each aspect of this integrated system has access to the same information. The conversation user interface presents allows the patient to interact with the virtual assistant using natural language commands to receive information and complete task related to his or her healthcare. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140343955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A PREDICTIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICE - An approach for providing a predictive healthcare service includes generating an ensemble model for predicting one or more health classifications based on one or more health variables, the ensemble model consisting of a plurality of predictive models. The approach also includes tuning the ensemble model based on a test data set and providing a predictive healthcare service based on the ensemble model. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140343956 | Linking the Role of Integrated Delivery Networks to Prescriber Behavior - The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for identifying the role of Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) in determining prescriber behavior. An IDN is a network of facilities and providers that work together to offer a continuum of care to a specific geographic area or market, and is a type of managed care organization. The disclosure relates to implementations that facilitate the accessing of information from actors within a health care system and processing the information by an analytical infrastructure. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140343957 | CLINICAL CONTENT ANALYTICS ENGINE - Clinical content analytics engines and associated processes are described. An engine receives a clinical decision support document, accesses corresponding reference content, identifies and extracts medical intervention content from the clinical decision support document, segments extracted medical intervention content into a first plurality of segments including at least a first segment comprising a first set of text, determines if the first segment corresponds to at least a first item included in the reference content, the first item comprising a second set of text comprising terminology different than that found in the first set of text, and in response to determining that the first segment corresponds to the first item included in the reference content, causing a report to include an indication that the first segment corresponds to the first item included in the reference content. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140343958 | PHARMACEUTICAL SAFETY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present application discloses a system and method for providing real-time supervision of adverse drug reactions in patients. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140343959 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND ANALYSIS METHOD - It is provided an analysis system comprising: an input unit to receive a medical cost of a insured person, intervention information on a provision of an intervention service and a start date of the intervention service; a propensity score calculation unit to analyze a relationship between the medical cost before the provision of the intervention service and the intervention information, and to calculate a propensity score of an intervention group and a propensity score of a nonintervention group; and an adjusted medical cost calculation unit to calculate adjusted medical costs of the intervention group before and after the provision of the intervention service by using the propensity score of the intervention group and medical costs of the intervention group before and after the provision of the intervention service, and to calculate adjusted medical costs of the nonintervention group before and after the provision of the intervention service. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140343960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PROCESSING OF PATIENT RESPONSIBILITY PAYMENTS - Secondary medical claims for medical charges to a consumer not paid by primary insurance are automatically submitted and paid, after adjudication by the primary insurance carrier, by a transaction processing entity/system that maintains accounts for consumers. Secondary medical claims are submitted through a partner/clearinghouse of the transaction processing entity. The partner/clearinghouse sends notification to the patient and pays amounts from a consumer payment account absent objection from the consumer. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140343961 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRIORITIZING AND ADMINISTERING HEALTHCARE TO PATIENTS HAVING MULTIPLE INTEGRAL DIAGNOSES - A method of administering healthcare to patients with multiple integral diagnoses such that the clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life of said patients are improved while medical costs are minimized. A patient population is first identified. The population is then stratified into specific levels of intervention. Each individual patient is then assigned a Priority Care Nurse Manager who serves to establish communication between the patient, the patient's Primary Care Physician, and any healthcare providers. The most appropriate treatment plan is cooperatively developed and the patient receives treatment according to the plan. The most appropriate treatment may include home care and palliative measures. The patient may appoint a Health Care Agent to make medical decisions for the patient should the patient be unable to make decisions. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140350945 | System and Method for Validation of Pharmaceutical Composition Formulations - The present disclosure relates to a method for validating formulations in pharmaceutical compositions. The method may include entering inventory into the system, formulating the batch, storing batch compounding data, manufacturing the batch, assigning and printing a barcode on the pharmaceutical compositions, scanning the barcode, checking if correct chemicals are used, and correcting the pharmaceutical compositions formulation if required. The present method may prevent a batch to be produced until the batch has been corrected in cases where incorrect chemicals are used in pharmaceutical compositions, and may additionally improve accuracy and efficiency of quality control because data, such as lot numbers, does not have to be hand-typed when barcodes are scanned. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350946 | Methods for Tracking Workflow in Pharmacies Involving Compound Operations - The present disclosure relates to a workflow method that may be utilized in pharmacies involving compounding operations. The method may classify prescriptions depending on the need to compound them, and may thereafter assign the location of the different pharmaceutical compositions for pharmacy personnel to retrieve them, or may locate the different chemicals needed to compound the required pharmaceutical compositions if the desired pharmaceutical compositions are not available in inventory. The present workflow method may manage an unlimited number of activities depending on the pharmacy workload, pharmacy layout, and types of pharmaceutical compositions. The present workflow method may increase accuracy and efficiency of pharmaceutical operations. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350947 | MEDICATION DELIVERY MANAGEMENT - Methods for managing a delivery of prepared medications are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving first information includes a delivery deadline for a first medication, and receiving second information includes a preparation status of a second medication. The method also includes comparing the first information includes the delivery deadline for the first medication with the second information includes the preparation status of the second medication to determine whether the first medication should be indicated for delivery prior to completing preparation of the second medication, and providing a notification indicating when to deliver the first medication based on the determination. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350948 | MANAGING RE-USE OF RETURNED MEDICATIONS - Methods for managing a return of a prepared medication are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an identification of at least one returned medication delivered to a first location, and receiving an order for another medication. The method also includes determining whether the at least one returned medication is usable for completing the order of the other medication, and when the determination indicates that the at least one returned medication is usable for completing the order of the other medication, providing a notification indicating that the at least one returned medication is usable for completing the order of the other medication. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350949 | MEDICATION RETRIEVAL OPTIMIZATION - Systems for managing a retrieval of a prepared medication are provided. In one aspect, a system includes a memory that includes instructions, and one or more processors. The one or more processors is configured to execute the instructions to receive an identification of a plurality of unused medications and a current location of each of the plurality of unused medications, and determine an order in which to retrieve at least two of the plurality of unused medications and return the at least two of the plurality of unused medications to a return location. The one or more processors is also configured to execute the instructions to provide, for display, a listing of the at least two of the plurality of unused medications based on the order for retrieving the at least two of the plurality of unused medications. Methods and machine-readable media are also provided. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350950 | MEDICATION PREPARATION QUEUE - Methods for managing preparation of a medication for a patient are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving information indicative of an order for medication for a patient from an electronic data feed, and determining whether the order for medication for the patient can be filled with a returned medication. The method also includes providing a notification to fill the order with the returned medication when the determination indicates the order can be filled with a returned medication, and providing a notification to fill the order by preparing the medication when the determination indicates a returned medication is not available to fill the order. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350951 | METHOD FOR INFUSION THERAPY MANAGEMENT AND MOBILE DEVICE READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION RECORDED THE METHOD - Disclosed is a method for infusion therapy management and recording medium which records the method in mobile device readable application, which controls fluid flow rate of the fluid set with acoustic output on a cycle of dropping rate corresponding to condition for injection of drug to be mixed in the fluid by inputting the condition as prescription for infusion therapy, registers management items by the patient, manages many patients under infusion therapy using one mobile device with knowledge of the present condition of infusion and infusion ending point, and controls the entire process of fluid infusion by modifying the condition of fluid infusion during the infusion | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350952 | AUTOMATED UTILIZATION DRIVEN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT - Methods for automated inventory management are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving storage capability data for an item in a dispensing unit, retrospective usage data for the item in the dispensing unit, and an indicator of a minimum time period for which to stock the item in the dispensing unit. The dispensing unit includes a compartment assigned for storing stock of the item. The method also includes determining, based on the minimum time period for which to stock the item, the storage capability data, and the retrospective usage data, a minimum number of stock of the item to store in the compartment, and providing a notification indicating the determined minimum number of stock of the item to store in the compartment. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350953 | METHOD FOR SHARING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA BASED ON CLOUD PLATFORM, CLOUD PLATFORM AND SYSTEM - A method for sharing medical image data based on a cloud platform, a cloud platform and a system are disclosed. The cloud platform is connected to at least one medical imaging device. The method includes: receiving a medical image and/or scan data transmitted from the at least one medical imaging device; and storing, on the cloud platform, the medical image and/or scan data from the at least one medical imaging device. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350954 | System and Methods for Personalized Clinical Decision Support Tools - The use of a medical software platform to collect, normalize, and aggregate clinical data. Supports clinical care and provides research and clinical tools for institutions, healthcare providers, researchers, and patients. The invention provides a graphical interface to customize searches in the database for specified subsets of conditions, treatments or outcomes. The invention also provides a system and method for searching through clinical databases for desired terms which may provide additional information to a physician regarding patient care. Furthermore, this invention facilitates personalized medicine-based practices as relationships between genetics, personal heath data from multiple sources, disease risk and drug response can be more easily visualized and utilized for patient care and research. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350955 | MEDICAL DATA TRANSMISSION AND COLLECTION SYSTEM AND PROCESS - A system for electronically transferring patient medical data from a medical diagnostic device at a non-medical location to a diagnostic facility for analysis, processing, and publishing for review is disclosed. In some embodiments, the system comprises a set of medical diagnostic devices, a mobile computing device that connects to and receives patient medical data from a medical diagnostic device, a server that receives encrypted patient medical data from the mobile computing device for data processing and publication, and a server for hosting a web site on which the published patient medical data is posted for review by the patient and professionals of the diagnostic facility. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350956 | MEDICAL DEVICE IMPLANT MONITORING - In a method of monitoring complications relating to a plurality of medical devices, which are each implanted in one of a plurality of patients, information for each of the implanted medical devices is entered in a computing device by displaying a plurality of candidate complications for the medical device on a display of the computing device, receiving a selection of one or more of the candidate complications using an input device of the computing device, and storing the one or more selected candidate complications a memory of the computing device or a remote data store. One or more reports identifying the selected complications for the medical devices are generated using the computing device, and the one or more reports are displayed on the display. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350957 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING EARLY READMISSION - The exemplary embodiments are related to systems and methods for reducing early readmission according to an exemplary embodiment described herein. One embodiment relates to a method comprising receiving patient data for a patient; creating a personalized risk model for the patient based on the patient data, the personalized risk model including an overall risk level based on a plurality of risk factors; selecting one of the risk factors; administering treatment relating to the selected risk factor; updating the personalized risk model after administering treatment, the updating including determining an updated risk level; determining whether the updated risk level is above a threshold level; and repeating the selecting, administering, updating and determining steps if the risk level is above the threshold level. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350958 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS - Systems, methods, and computer program media for creating, managing, backing, and transferring health care credits are described. Health care credits may be implemented as freely transferable financial instruments whose initial value can be based on costs or savings generated by an individual, or by a health care provider, that are associated with a health-related metric or a health benefiting behavior(s). | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350959 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING HEALTHCARE TRANSACTION COSTS - A centralized network can be established by contracting medical facilities and insurance providers, in which the medical facilities agree to waive all or a portion of a deductible amount owed as part of their contractual obligation with the network. The insurance providers agree to provide a credit of the premium to be paid by beneficiaries that use a contracted medical facility to receive a service for which the deductible amount is waived. Specific uses of the systems and methods disclosed can include management of a Medicare supplemental insurance network in which Part A deductibles are waived by hospitals or similar medical facilities, and premium credits are provided to beneficiaries of Medicare supplemental insurance policies who use contracted medical facilities. The cost savings and increased revenue recognized by both medical facilities and insurance providers can enable claims to be re-priced while reducing transactional costs for all parties. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350960 | INTERACTIVE TESTING SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - The invention relates to a system and a method for health monitoring service based on a central server. Measurements of biological samples (e.g. blood, saliva and urine) are carried out by a remote measurement system. The measurement data are sent to a central server, where the data are processed and analyzed, for example by expert knowledge systems, and a health profile generated is sent back to the remote measurement system. A health care provider may receive the results of the analysis carried out by the expert knowledge system, and the health care provider may further upload laboratory measurements, which can be included in the health analysis of the person. It is preferred that the system and method according to the invention is capable of providing an early warning of diseases that causes changes in chemical components in the biological sample. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140358568 | Healthcare Management - A computer system obtains data from at least one sensor monitoring for health risk conditions, wherein a list of health risk conditions are pre-defined and stored in a server. The computer system determines that a health risk condition exists within an area based on the obtained data. The computer system determines a sanitization procedure for the health risk condition. The computer system initiates sanitization operations for the area according to the determined sanitization procedure. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358569 | DISCOVERY OF CONTAMINATED PRODUCTS - Systems and methods, including computer program products, for facilitating and expediting discovery of contaminated products. Second personal identifiers associated with a first personal identifier are looked up. A list of merchant identifiers and transaction identifiers associated with the second personal identifiers are retrieved. From the merchant transaction database, a list of product identifiers associated with the second consumer identifiers is extracted. The list of product identifiers is compared to a potentially contaminated product list and the potentially contaminated product list is updated with product identifiers common to both the list of product identifiers and the potential contaminated product list. The number of product identifiers in the updated potentially contaminated product list is compared with a threshold and a product testing recommended message is issued for product identifiers in the updated potentially contaminated product list in response to determining the number is below the threshold. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358570 | HEALTHCARE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A healthcare support system for determining care for a patient and a corresponding healthcare support method are presented. The healthcare support system comprises a processor and a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium contains instructions for execution by the processor, wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform the steps of obtaining patient data, assessing a clinical need of the patient, proposing a clinical outcome, and determining a service to be provided to the patient for said clinical need and said proposed clinical outcome based on a service-outcome-need model. Further, the present invention relates to a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium and a computer program. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358571 | HEALTHCARE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING A CLINICAL VISIT - A healthcare support system and healthcare support method for scheduling a clinical visit of a patient are presented. The healthcare support system comprises a processor and a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium contains instructions for execution by the processor, wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform the steps of obtaining clinical patient data descriptive of a clinical condition of the patient, obtaining psycho-social-assessment data of the patient, and scheduling a clinical visit for the patient based on said clinical patient data and said psycho-social-assessment data. Further, the present invention relates to a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium and a computer program. The proposed system assists in determining the need of a clinical visit, the urgency of a clinical visit and the nature of this visit in terms of required procedures and tests, topics to be discussed and professionals to be seen. Instead of purely relying on data descriptive of a clinical condition of the patient, a psycho-social-assessment is also considered. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358572 | METHOD FOR ENSURING CORRECT DISPENSING OF PRESCRIPTION ORDERS - A method of distributing a filled prescription order from a worker of a to a customer includes providing a computer-readable memory device having saved thereon a first identifier of the customer and a second identifier of the customer. The method also includes requesting the first identifier from the customer and requesting the second identifier from the customer. Also, the method includes inputting the first and second identifiers into an input device by at least one of the worker and the customer. Moreover, the method includes confirming an identity of the customer by confirming that the first and second identifiers input correspond satisfactorily with the first and second identifiers saved on the memory device. Still further, the method includes limiting transfer of the filled prescription order from the worker to the customer until confirming the identity of the customer. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358573 | HEALTHCARE MANAGMENT - A computer system obtains data from at least one sensor monitoring for health risk conditions, wherein a list of health risk conditions are pre-defined and stored in a server. The computer system determines that a health risk condition exists within an area based on the obtained data. The computer system determines a sanitization procedure for the health risk condition. The computer system initiates sanitization operations for the area according to the determined sanitization procedure. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358574 | Method and Apparatus for Secure Messaging of Medical Information - A medical personal communication system provides efficient and secure communication between medical personal and other medical personal, and between medical personal and patients. In one method of operation a secure message system accepting a message having message text and associates a recipient identifier with the message to identify the message recipient and message. The system determines if the message recipient is a registered user and if so then the message text is sent to the registered user within the system. If the message recipient is not a registered user, then the system generates a code and a message notification, which is sent to the message recipient using the recipient identifier. Using the code, the message recipient can view access the secure message system, such as on the Internet or network, securely view the message. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358575 | VITALITY PROGRAM FOR PARTICIPANT WELLNESS - There is provided a method for maintaining, improving or reducing the decline of vitality among participants, having the steps of establishing a normal state for each participant using non-clinical baseline capacity measures, recommending non-clinical body, mind and spirit activities for the participant, practicing the activities by the participant, monitoring progress and providing regular feedback. This will result in vitality in at least one area being maintained, improved or reduced in decline. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358576 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURVEILLANCE AND EVALUATION OF SAFETY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS - Certain embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods used to estimate safety-related risks associated with the use of medical products, treatments, and interventions (e.g., drugs, vaccines, medications, dietary supplements, and medical devices). More particularly, the present description relates to a method and system for estimating the risk (e.g., using a safety risk score, ranking, designation, estimate, or the like) associated with the use of an individual medical intervention. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358577 | SOFTWARE FOR MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS - Applicant has disclosed a method to provide (via software) medical practitioners, medical directors, medical administrators and insurers continuously updated and digitally-generated statistical information, displayed as screen displays, related to the frequency of use and completeness of implementation of medical software. This auditing, in-turn, allows medical practitioners and other interested parties to ensure health care is provided in a complete, systematic, and effective manner that both maximizes provider revenue and minimizes insurance costs while resulting in healthier patients. In a preferred embodiment, this method comprises: continuously and automatically auditing the extent to which a medical practitioner utilizes or enters data in a digital Superbill, in the course of treating patients, by displaying digitally-generated, color-coded, audit results as screen displays to medical directors and medical practitioners, wherein different colors indicate different extents of Superbill usage. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPARING PHARMACEUTICAL PRICES AND MEDICATION UTILIZATION - A system and method for comparing pharmaceutical prices and mediation utilization that provides separate databases containing (i) client pharmaceutical wholesaler and non-wholesaler purchase data, (ii) pharmaceutical compendia information, (iii) client pharmaceutical contract information, (iv) client organizational profile information, and (v) client patient volume and acuity data; and a processor in communication with the databases that (i) uploads the data and information from the databases into an input module that standardizes, validates and merges the data and information, (ii) processes the data and information from the input module by performing pricing and utilization analyses on the information and generating savings opportunities information, and (iii) formats the savings opportunities information and generates and pricing and utilization reports. A database interface for customized reporting and research analytics is also provided. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358579 | CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR QUALITY EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF DISCHARGE PLANNING - A system and method for evaluating a discharge planning process. The system and method perform the steps of determining whether a current set of discharge criteria matches current clinical practices, generating a matched set of discharge criteria by adapting the current set of discharge criteria to reflect the current clinical practices, generating a matching quality indicator value indicating a level of matching between the current set of discharge criteria and the current clinical practices, determining whether a user adheres to the matched set of discharge criteria, generating an adherence quality indicator value indicating a level to which the user adheres to the matched set of discharge criteria, determining whether the matched set of discharge criteria satisfies a target outcome and generating a satisfaction quality indicator value indicating a level to which the matched set of discharge criteria satisfies the target outcome. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358580 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY PROCESSING TEST STRIP PURCHASE NOTICE INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a method of automatically processing test strip purchase notice information. When a test strip is inserted into a bio-data measuring device, the bio-data measuring device recognizes insertion of the test strip. The bio-data measuring device measures bio-data from a material absorbed by the test strip, and counts the test strip used to measure the bio-data as a validly used test strip. The bio-data measuring device stores a count value obtained by counting the test strip as a validly used test strip. If a resulting count value, obtained by repeating above operations and increasing the count value, reaches a predetermined number, the bio-data measuring device automatically transmits information about the resulting count value to a server. The server receives the information about the resulting count value, and automatically transmits test strip purchase notice information to the bio-data measuring device. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358581 | ADAPTIVE ANALYTICAL BEHAVIORAL AND HEALTH ASSISTANT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD OF USE - This present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing an Adaptive Analytical Behavioral and Health Assistant. These systems and methods may include collecting one or more of patient behavior information, clinical information, or personal information; learning one or more patterns that cause an event based on the collected information and one or more pattern recognition algorithms; identifying one or more interventions to prevent the event from occurring or to facilitate the event based on the learned patterns; preparing a plan based on the collected information and the identified interventions; and/or presenting the plan to a user or executing the plan. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140365232 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS - Method and apparatus for providing guidance to medical professionals. In some embodiments, at least one natural language understanding engine is used to analyze at least one narrative provided by a radiologist in connection with a study of one or more medical images. One or more decision rules are applied to one or more facts extracted by the at least one natural language understanding engine from the at least one narrative, and a result of applying the one or more decision rules to the one or more facts extracted from the at least one narrative is used to provide guidance to the radiologist. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365233 | INTERACTIVE HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An online weight management system and maintenance program for the comprehensive medical treatment of obesity and obesity related illnesses. In an online environment, prospective patients are invited to register for the program, and, if approved, are presented with interactive sessions, where, under the supervision of an assigned physician or health coach, the patient receives medical advice and step-by-step medical guidance in order to achieve the patient's desired medical goals. Sessions are completed, results obtained, and interactive feedback is presented to the patient on a periodic basis. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365234 | Computer Network-Interfaced Method for Health Care Provider Active Reach Into Diverse Sub-Population Communities - A computer network-interfaced method for public health and health care provider active reach into diverse sub-population communities for the purpose of reducing health care treatment gaps of the population-at-large; comprising a network of computing means for health care provider administrators, a network-interfaced web software registration process requiring member user characteristics and health insurance information to parse members into sub-population communities; provider secure remote access control of network-interfaced computing means of sub-population community members during scheduled consultations, and production, broadcast and storage of protocol-driven life-episodes for actively screening member health care needs and improving social inclusion of sub-population community members. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365235 | PERSONAL SURGICAL CENTER - A personal surgical center embodied as a general purpose computer (e.g. laptop) with wireless technology for monitoring the operation of an independent surgical center and/or handheld instruments. The computer tracks procedures in the operating room and instruments used during those procedures, and accounts for billing, supply management, and payment options. The monitoring of the instruments used during the surgery is conducted by the personal surgical center while actual control of the settings of those instruments is via the independent surgical center or via controls included in the instruments themselves. The monitored information is stored in a log file which is then transmitted to a hospital server for generating reports, inventory control, billing, and the like. Other information generated during the procedure (e.g. doctor notes) is also stored in the log file. The personal surgical center may also access the hospital server or local data storage device for retrieving a surgeon's specific surgery parameters, obtaining patient files, and the like. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365236 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A NETWORK ANALYZER TOOL - The present solution provides a new tool to assist clients and prospects in evaluating and optimizing their use of PPO networks. The interactive analysis tool of the present solution allows you to rapidly see the impact of different network configurations based on actual experience measured against a comprehensive bill review database. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365237 | Coordination of Payment of Patient Healthcare in Developing Countries by Family Members Living Abroad - Methods, systems, and computer program products for the coordination of payment of medical goods and/or services of patients in developing countries by relatives of those individuals living abroad, such as in the diaspora of particular cultures or nationalities. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365238 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SERVER, PROGRAM THEREOF, AND MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM USING THE SAME - To provide a medical information distribution server for providing a system for sharing a patient's biological information with a plurality of people having different roles, such as doctors and pharmacists, as well as a medical support system that uses such a server. The medical information distribution server is connected via network to a terminal including a card reader, including: a device for saving an identification symbol assigned to a card and read by the card reader, patient ID for identifying a patient, and biological information of the patient in association with each other; a device for generating display data from information included in the biological information of the patient in accordance with a condition set in advance by a user of the terminal; and a device for transmitting generated display data to a terminal that read the card including the identification symbol, in response to a request from the terminal. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140372132 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING DETAILS OF SEQUENCE NUMBERS IN QUEUES AS THEY OCCUR IN ONE OR MORE HEALTH CENTRES, TRANSMITTED BY RADIO DATA SYSTEM - This invention relates to a method and a portable electronic device that uses a (RDS) Radio Data System or (RDBS) Radio Broadcast Data System to show the sequence number of a waiting line in a health-care center, e.g. a hospital. Users use a portable RDS reception electronic device, which includes an RDS information receiver, to get information on the sequence number of the patient being treated at the moment and may be alerted that their turn is or is about to be imminent. In this way, users can better utilize their time and not needlessly crowd waiting rooms. The invention also allows the reception of customized information sent to a specific sequence number or to a specific portable RDS reception electronic device from one or many health centers. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372133 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCENTIVE-BASED HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES - The present disclosure relates to a system for healthcare services having a behavior-based financing framework. The system includes a computer for creating an incentive budget. The system also includes means for acquiring and understanding an individual's health status and an individualized health management map focusing on the individual's modifiable health conditions and lifestyle behaviors determined from the acquired health status and providing means for tracking the individual's progress toward improved health. An incentive program is provided that conforms to the incentive budget and provides incentives for the individual to engage in their health and well-being. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372134 | Online Health Care Marketplace - A health care marketplace is established that defines a set of medical service packages. Each medical service package includes information about one or more medical services, as well as pricing information about the medical services. Providers that offer one or more of the medical service packages are also established within the health care marketplace. The consumer inputs medical or personal information, which is used to recommend one or more of the medical service packages and providers to the consumer. Finally, a purchase of one of the recommended medical service packages from one of the recommended providers is facilitated. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372135 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNAL FINGERPRINTING GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF A PERSON OR OBJECT - A method for geographic fingerprinting for monitoring of home services Interactions between a provider of a home service and a patient. The method and system are directed to presence determination (who is at a specific location at a specific time) rather than GPS location services (pinpointing that location). This service will uses a multi-pass authentication system to verify the co-located presence of a patient and service provider along with verification of time and geographic location of the patient and provider against multiple pre-specified static and dynamic parameters. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372136 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL INFORMATION - Provided are a method and apparatus for providing medical information. The method includes obtaining diagnostic information related to an object, setting an information providing area on which the diagnostic information is to be displayed on a console room window, the console room window being a transparent display unit, and displaying the diagnostic information on the information providing area of the console room window. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372137 | MEDICAL DISPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DISPOSITION ANALYSIS - A medical disposition system and related method of determining a medical disposition based upon patient queries which will empower the patient to seek healthcare at the proper location and at the proper time, and prevent unnecessary expense and visits to emergency departments. The present invention does not attempt to diagnose a patient's ailment based upon a database of possible results based upon the localization of the ailment. Instead, the present invention seeks to determine the disposition of the patient and instruct the patient on the appropriate measures to address the ailment. The dialogue exchange occurs at a seventh-grade health literacy level. The software application seeks out additional information from the patient's healthcare provider(s), third party resources, and other sources containing relevant data that may affect the patient's disposition. The software application then returns to the patient a response instructing the patient the proper course of management. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372138 | INTERMEDIATE CHECK POINTS IN MEDICAL CARE LINES FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING CARE DEFICIENCIES - A quality of medical care can be estimated based on factors such as a mortality rate or complications rate. However, by this point, poor care may have already reached its consequence. In some embodiments, characteristics pertaining to a care experience are analyzed to identify those predictive of a health result. The identified characteristics may include ones that depend on care factors, such that they are not, alone, easy to manipulate. Those characteristics can then be monitored, and unsatisfactory characteristics can be addressed. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372139 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND TRACKING PATIENT OUTCOMES AFTER SURGICAL IMPLANTATION OF AN INTRACORNEAL LENS - A method and system are described for patient data and ordering of intraocular lens implants. One embodiment is implemented by receiving refraction data about an eye of a patient into which an intracorneal lens is to be implanted. This refraction data is received after being input through a first tab of a user interface that is displayed by a server or a client computer. The server or client computer then computes and displays a recommended specification for the intracorneal lens based on the refraction data. The server then receives an order for a lens based on the recommended specification. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372140 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VALIDATING MEDICAL CLAIM DATA - A system for validating medical claim data receives a first and second medical claim, each respectively associated with a first and a second healthcare classification system, receives claim edit criteria, stores the first and second medical claims in association with the first and the second classification systems, respectively, validates the stored medical claims by applying the received claim edit criteria to one of the stored medical claims and to the associated classification system, and graphically displays selected results of the validating. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372141 | DIVERSE METHODS OF FACILITATING A REQUEST FOR PRIOR AUTHORIZATION WITH A COMMON USER EXPERIENCE - Provided are a method and computer system for facilitating a request for prior authorization of insurance coverage for a prescribed drug. An appropriate submission protocol is identified from among a plurality of different submission protocols available based on user input received over a communication network. Content is served to be utilized by a user computer for generating a user interface comprising a plurality of data-entry fields in which a user is to enter the patient-related information that is to be submitted as part of the request for prior authorization. The content transmitted is to be used for generating the user interface to include common fields regardless of which of the plurality of different submission protocols is to be utilized, thereby providing users with a transparent, familiar experience to submit a request for prior authorization according to different submission protocols. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372142 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING MEDICAL BENEFIT CLAIM PAYMENT NEUTRALITY BETWEEN DIFFERENT DISEASE CLASSIFICATION CODES - A neutrality analysis system includes receives existing claim data including at least one existing healthcare code associated with a first classification system, receives new claim data including a plurality of new healthcare codes associated with a second classification system, wherein the at least one existing healthcare code is mapped to the at least one new healthcare code, receives a plurality of payment codes associated with the at least one existing healthcare code and the at least one new healthcare code, and based on the received plurality of payment codes, calculates payments of the received existing and new claim data, respectively, and based on the calculating, selects a financially neutral new healthcare code of the plurality of new healthcare codes. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372143 | HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RIGHT-TIME CLAIMS ADJUDICATION AND PAYMENT - A system and method for permitting real-time payment of healthcare charges from multiple sources of payment. A POS terminal is used to enter a patient ID and treatment code. A health insurance network receives the patient ID and treatment code and returns an estimated explanation of benefits (EOB) data packet that is used to display an EOB statement at the POS terminal, the display including information on a patient portion not covered by the health insurance plan. The EOB data packet is used to electronically process payment for the patient portion from a second payment source, such as an medical savings account (MSA), credit card account or banking account. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372144 | MEDICATION EVENT MONITORING SYSTEM - A medication and event monitoring system operates through the internet, interconnecting and accommodating the transfer of information and data between a patient center, a caregiver/researcher center, and a pharmacist. A control center is provided in intercommunication with the patient, caregiver and pharmacist for accommodating the exchange of information and data regarding medication usage between and among the persons of interest. The patient center also includes physical sensing devices, such as for blood pressure, temperature, and the like for obtaining and transmitting information. The patient communicates through a smartphone, and further communicates through pill dispensing devices housed in a docking system that is in intercommunication with the various centers. The pill dispensing devices accommodate pills of various sizes and shapes, are easily used by a patient, and have associated sensing and recording devices for ensuring that the medication is taken in the appropriate quantities and at the appropriate time. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372145 | MANAGEMENT OF PHARMACY KITS USING MULTIPLE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA FOR PHARMACY KIT SEGMENTS - A pharmacy kit is managed by defining multiple rules for determining whether a segment of a pharmacy kit is satisfactorily stocked, selecting at least one rule among the multiple rules according to a kit stocking contingency, an prompting a user to stock the segment of the pharmacy kit according to the selected at least one rule. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140379356 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PLANNING USING UNIFIED WORKSTATION - A method and workstation for orthodontic treatment planning of a patient. The workstation is based on a computing platform having a graphical user interface, a processor and a computer storage medium containing digitized records pertaining to a patient including image data (3D image data and/or 2D image data). The workstation further includes a set of software instructions providing graphical user interface tools which the user marks a midline and an aesthetic occlusal plane in a two- or three-dimensional virtual model of the patient, marks an occlusal plane in the virtual model; selects a reference tooth in the virtual model; aligns virtual teeth in the virtual model in a proposed arrangement to treat the patient; manages space between the virtual teeth in the proposed arrangement; and repeats one or more of these steps in an iterative fashion to make any further adjustments in the proposed arrangement. When the adjustments are complete, the user selects or identifies a finalized proposed treatment plan for treating the patient. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379357 | Staff Assignment and Sharing System - A system, method, and device are provided for sharing staff assignments between a nurse call system in a hospital and other hospital systems possessing assignments interfaces. Sharing is achieved by an assignment server working in conjunction with a nurse call system of the hospital. The assignment server contains an assignment interface that exchanges staff assignments with interface devices and the nurse call system. The assignment server is further capable of updating and synchronizing staff assignments between the interface devices and the nurse call system. Interface devices can be assigned to staff, staff can be assigned to locations within the hospital, and interface devices can be assigned to locations within the hospital by accessing a publishing system and updating staff assignments within the nurse call system. Accordingly, redundancy of a staff member updating each various interface device a staff member utilizes is reduced. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379358 | INSERTION-SITE DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A decision support system for a patient includes a storage device holding data of various insertion sites. Each site represents an area on a human body at which a medical device can be inserted into the body. Also stored are data indicative of sites that have been used by the patient. A processor determines whether various sites are recommended and indicates recommendations on a display. The processor receives a selection of a site and updates the stored data. The system can also determine recommendations for two different medical devices and update stored data indicative of the used sites for one of them with a selected site. A method of recommending an insertion site includes receiving an indication of a site that should not be used, determining whether each of the sites is recommended using the indication, displaying the recommendations and updating the stored data based on a received user selection. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379359 | UNIVERSAL CONTENT ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM - One or more systems, computer-storage media, and methods are described for receiving, storing, and distributing clinical information to clients subscribed to or granted access to the information. Initially, content packages containing clinical information are received and stored. Datasets are extracted from the content packages and stored. The datasets and content packages are made available to clients via an online marketplace which enables one or more clients to edit, update, or request to merge a plurality of datasets. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379360 | LOW GLUCOSE TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES - Described are methods and systems to allow persons with diabetes to determine the most optimal treatment for low blood glucose or hypoglycemia, which conditions affect each diabetic differently. Because each individual's body reacts differently to each of the treatment options proposed by the HCP, embodiments of this invention will allow the user to find the most effective treatment for hypoglycemia tailored to the particular user. This inventive solution helps them to remember the options that worked best, and over a period of time during operation of the invention learns to present only those options that work best. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379361 | Healthcare Prepaid Payment Platform Apparatuses, Methods And Systems - The healthcare prepaid payment platform apparatuses, methods and systems (hereinafter “HPP-Platform”) transforms patient insurance information, and healthcare procedure schedule information inputs via HPP-Platform components into medical claim settlement outputs. In one embodiment, a healthcare insurance pre-authorization request including healthcare procedure schedule information and user insurance information; receiving an indication of insurance approval of an insured amount from an insurance provider; loading an insurance approved amount into a prepaid account of the user prior to the healthcare procedure; receiving a payment request using the loaded prepaid account towards a medical bill after the healthcare procedure is performed; transferring the loaded insurance approved amount in the prepaid account to a healthcare provider in response to the payment request; and generating a transaction record including the pre-approved amount and the transferred amount. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379362 | CLINICAL TRIAL PARTICIPANT REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEM - A clinical trial participant reimbursement system relies on a separate a patient tracking system having a patient database with a participant record unique identification string for each patient of a plurality of patients configured in such a way that maintains patient anonymity and does not itself convey patient identifying information. The clinical trial participant reimbursement system creates an association between the participant record unique identification string and a reloadable payment card unique identification string for a payment card assigned to each participant for receiving reimbursement payments. The payment card itself can be issued without being coupled to the patient's bank account, and by loading a payment card there is no need to issue checks with the patient's name (i.e., patient identifying information) thereon. The payment card can be issued with a zero balance, a pre-determined balance, or a customized balance indicated by the system and set at the time of the card activation. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379363 | PATIENT READMISSION RISK ASSESSMENT - Patient risk assessment if provided. Admissions scenarios that may negatively affect a health care provider's quality metric may be identified, and a patient risk score may be calculated and used to determine a likelihood of readmission of a patient. One or a combination of weighted factors may be utilized in determining quality metric contribution and for calculating the patient risk score. According to the calculated risk score, a case management recommendation may be provided. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379364 | INTELLIGENT COMPUTER-GUIDED STRUCTURED REPORTING FOR EFFICIENCY AND CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT - A method includes receiving a signal indicative of an experience level of a clinician evaluating patient data, and, in response to determining whether the experience level satisfies a predetermined experience level threshold, prompting, via a graphical user interface, for an input indicating a first impression based on the evaluation of the patient data, automatically populating a first sub-set of the fields in the electronically formatted structured medical report based on the first impression, populating a second different sub-set of the fields in the electronically formatted structured medical report based on an input indicative of clinician selected entries, finalizing the electronically formatted structured medical report in response to clinician confirmation of the populated electronically formatted structured medical report, and storing the finalized electronically formatted structured medical report in a data repository. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379365 | MEANINGFUL PRESENTATION OF HEALTH RESULTS TO DETERMINE NECESSARY LIFESTYLE CHANGES - A medical system ( | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379366 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING EFFECTIVE TREATMENT PLANS - A treatment plan effectiveness system (TPES) allows for the receipt of information related to a patient's functional deficits and from that information provides one or more treatment plans meeting predetermined criteria. TPES can provide an outcome focused analysis of available treatment plans available for a given diagnosis and functional deficit set, with statistical support, thus allowing a medical service provider to provide better, more consistent, substantiated care. Outcomes, after or during treatment plan administration, are added to TPES thereby enhancing the useful knowledge available to medical service providers serving future patients. A TPES according to the present disclosure can also provide automated evidence based documentation in support of a given treatment plan, for treatment plan decision making or for reimbursement. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379367 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING COMPUTER INTERPRETABLE GUIDELINES USING A KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT TOOL - Described herein are systems and methods for transforming clinical guideline documents into computer interpretable guidelines (“CIGs”). One embodiment refers to a method comprising prompting a user, via a graphical user interface (“GUI”), for a plurality of clinical guideline entry steps, receiving, via the GUI, clinical guideline data, prompting the user, via the GUI, for a plurality of formal expression entry steps related to the clinical guideline data, receiving, via the GUI, a formal representation of the clinical guideline data and mapping the formal representation of the clinical data to a CIG. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379368 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PERSONAL HEALTH - A method and an apparatus for managing personal health are provided. A gateway capable of communicating with a health device and a non-health device sets up a communication link with a communication device according to a first communication protocol, and determines whether the health device. When the communication device is determined as a health device, the gateway executes a health security algorithm which provides a higher level of security than a security of a security algorithm applied to the first communication protocol, and communicates with the health device by using the health security algorithm. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379369 | Patient Identification and Monitoring System - In one aspect, disclosed is a system including a first data acquisition device configured to be coupled to the patient to acquire clinical data and a patient-assigned monitor coupled to the first data acquisition device that includes a first wireless communication module and a monitor identification code. The system also includes an ambulatory patient device having an identification code reader configured to capture the monitor identification code, a second data acquisition device configured to acquire clinical data from the patient and a second wireless communication module. Capture of the monitor identification code by the identification code reader automatically initiates wireless pairing between the patient-assigned monitor and the ambulatory patient device. Related apparatus, systems, methods and/or articles are described. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379370 | INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR TRACKING A SERIES OF ORDERED STEPS - A system for making safe the conduct of a succession of ordered steps. The succession of steps being applied to transform it to a mobile physical entity. The system comprises a database for inputting and storing the succession of steps, at least one step being associated with at least one prior step. An identification device identifies the physical entity in a zone of conduct of a step in progress. A terminal displays the successive steps. A server verifies that each prior step associated with the step in progress has been previously validated and manages discharge of the physical entity from the zone of the conduct of the step in progress. A sensor validates the realization of the step in progress by an operator associated with the step in progress. A storage device stores each validation. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPRESS REFILL - A system and method may provide a refill interface and service which allow a customer to order refills of one or more prescription medications in a quick and hassle-free manner from a mobile device. The customer provides prescription data from a barcode image that includes a number associated with an order. The prescription number is received by a server and a pickup store and a pickup time are determined. The refill system and method provide the service through a series of web pages and/or via an application running on a mobile device. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379372 | HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, ADMINISTRATOR AND METHOD FOR EFFECTUATING A MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT, ADHERENCE AND PHARMACOSURVEILLANCE PROGRAM - A method is provided that includes initiating adjudication of a primary claim in response to a purchase transaction at a primary payer for a client at a point of sale of a healthcare provider, and adjudicating one or more services of a program of the administrator to which the client is enrolled and/or one or more secondary benefits following the adjudication of the primary claim. The purchase transaction is applicable to the respective program and the respective secondary benefit, and the program includes one or more services. The method also includes providing the one or more services and/or secondary benefits to the client in response to adjudicating the one or more services and/or secondary benefits. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150012283 | Market Measures and Outcomes for App Prescribing - The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for receiving and aggregating anonymized data reports about when prescribers provide wireless device applications to patients. The disclosure discusses ways of analyzing the data reports in combination with other electronic medical information to generate useful conclusions about scenarios in the health care process. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012284 | COMPUTERIZED EXERCISE EQUIPMENT PRESCRIPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A computerized prescription process specifying exercise regimens for a patient's chronic condition aids a physician in formulating a prescription and referring the patient to a facility with suitable fitness and health professionals to implement the exercise regimen as medicine for the condition. The system requires minimal time and inputs to access records and process health data unique to a patient, beginning with identification and chronic health conditions to be treated. The system may integrate information, track compliance, collect and manage health metrics, and communicate to and from a patient through a smart phone, PDA, or other wireless, network-aware device | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012285 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING PHARMACY CLAIM PAYMENT CAPABILITIES - The present invention provides improved systems and methods for enhancing pharmacy claim payment capabilities. In one example aspect the invention provides a method for determining whether to process a claim for a drug for a member, comprising the steps of receiving the claim for the drug subject to specific clinical edits, accessing criteria specific to the drug, evaluating the claim for the drug with regard to the criteria specific to the drug, and determining based on one or more of the criteria whether to process the claim. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012286 | INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING INFORMED CONSENT TO GENETIC TESTS - This invention provides an instrument for obtaining consent for a genetic test that comprises three or more integrated elements including an information element for conveying information to an individual concerning a genetic test, and instruction element for use by a practitioner in instructing individuals on the genetic test and use of the instrument, a collection element for collecting an individual's medical and family history, a assessment element for assessing the individual's retention and understanding of information concerning a genetic test, a certification element for certifying the individual's consent to said tests, as well as housekeeping elements useful for recording a medical record, labeling a sample, and billing. Also provided is a method for obtaining informed consent for a genetic test using an integrated instrument. The instruments and methods disclosed have utility in obtaining informed consent for genetic tests. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012287 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RECORDS AND PROVIDING SECONDARY CONTENT ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - The present invention provides systems including at least one mobile computing device and methods of using the same for (1) in a secure first mode, collecting confidential information from a user and transmitting said information to a secured storage device and (2) in a second mode, providing the user with secondary content (such as entertainment, informational and/or educational content), where once the device transitions from the secure first mode to the second mode, all confidential information on the device is deleted. In some further embodiments, non-confidential data relating to the secondary content may be collected and transmitted to a storage device. The mobile computing system may have a software platform for laying on top of the native operating system of the mobile computing device. The present invention is designed to allow efficient collection of (i) secure, confidential data and (ii) data relating to the user's interaction with secondary content on the mobile computing device, where the two sets of data are sequestered from another. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012288 | System, Method and Apparatus for Processing Patient Information and Feedback - An apparatus system and method for processing patient data pursuant to a monitoring period, wherein received patient feedback data is processed and structured to provide a selectable keyword cloud to a display. The keyword cloud may include a plurality of at least one of symptoms, complications and patient conditions, wherein the keyword cloud is structured by a processor for display in accordance with previous patient feedback data during at least part of the monitoring period. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012289 | System and method for patient engagement - Described herein is a patient engagement hub comprising: memory, the memory comprising: application data; customer data; and user data. The patient engagement hub further comprising a processor configured to: analyze user data for a condition of a user; analyze the customer data and/or the application data for information module content related to the condition; and provide the information module content to the user. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012290 | ELECTRONIC HEALTH JOURNAL - A system for creating an electronic health journal comprising: at least one sensor configured to monitor an objective physiological parameter of a user and generate signals indicative of the monitored objective physiological parameter; a mobile electronic device comprising: input means for entering information relating to a subjective physiological condition of the user; an internal memory device configured to store the information relating to the subjective physiological condition of the user and the signals indicative of the monitored objective physiological parameter as a data log; and a transmitter; a local base station; and a remote data store, wherein the local base station is configured to automatically receive the data log from the mobile electronic device upon the mobile electronic device coming into communication proximity with the local base station and wherein the local base station is configured to transmit the data log to the remote data store. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012291 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORDERING SELF-CARE BEHAVIORS - The exemplary embodiments are related to systems and methods for ordering self-care behaviors according to an exemplary embodiment described herein. One embodiment relates to a method comprising receiving a desired outcome for a patient having a condition; retrieving information relating to a plurality of self-care behaviors; generating, from the information and the desired outcome, a population-specific ordered list of the self-care behaviors; receiving a self-care behavior assessment for the patient; and generating, from the self-care behavior assessment and the population-specific ordered list, a patient-specific ordered list of the self-care behaviors. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012292 | Warning System For Infectious Diseases And Method Therefor - A computer implemented method for predicting the local area impact of the spread of global infectious diseases including the steps of providing on a computer readable medium a global pathogen risk factors database having data stored therein related to local area vulnerability of a group of human pathogens across a plurality of areas, providing on a computer readable medium a global pathogen activity database having data stored therein related to the activity of the group of human pathogens in said plurality of geographies, providing on a computer readable medium a global transport database having data stored therein related to travel patterns in and/or between the plurality of areas, processing by a computer system data on each of the global pathogen risk factors database, the global pathogen activity database and the global transport database to generate a pathogen vulnerability index, a pathogen activity index and a transportability index, and processing by the computer system each of the pathogen vulnerability index, the pathogen activity index and the transportability index to generate a risk indicator indicative of the local area impact of individual global infectious diseases. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012293 | METHOD FOR DETECTING INCORRECT STORAGE OF MEDICATION PACKAGES - The invention relates to a method for detecting incorrect storage of medicament packages in a pharmacy order-picking device. Such incorrect storage can occur in the event that manual removal of medicament packages becomes necessary due to a malfunction. The pharmacy order-picking device comprises a series of shelves comprising a plurality of shelf compartments and at least one movable operating device in front of the row of shelves, wherein the operating device has a gripping device as well as a sensor. In order to detect incorrect storage, shelf compartments with potential incorrect storage of medicament packages are detected; the operating device is moved to a prescribed shelf position if a shelf compartment is detected; with the sensor switched on, the operating device moves across a detected shelf compartment in a horizontal direction, detects the storage depths at various X positions using the sensor and creates a virtual image of the actual situation on the basis of the detected storage depths; the image of the actual situation is then compared with a target image of the shelf compartment. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012294 | REAL-TIME RECALL INVENTORY MATCHING SYSTEM - A real-time process to automatically match medical device recall information to a healthcare provider's inventory and history to alert healthcare personnel of a recall associated with a medical device. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150019231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING MEDICAL INFORMATION - An apparatus and method is provided for treating a healthcare patient. The method includes the steps of establishing a audio/visual teleconference between a processor of the patient at a first location and a processor of a physician located at a second, remote location different from the first location and displaying a set of biometric parameters of the patient in real time to the physician at the remote location. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019232 | IDENTIFYING TARGET PATIENTS FOR NEW DRUGS BY MINING REAL-WORLD EVIDENCE - Systems and methods for patient identification include identifying a set of mature drugs similar to a target drug using a processor based on a drug similarity measure. A plurality of outcome models are constructed for each mature drug in the set based on real-world evidence, the plurality of outcome models representing a patient response to each mature drug. A patient response to the target drug is predicted based on the outcome models to identify patients for the target drug. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019233 | SITE-SPECIFIC CLINICAL TRIAL PERFORMANCE METRIC SYSTEM - A computing device can receive site data from a plurality of sites within an industry. The site data can relate to the performance of the sites in at least one measurable metric. The computing device can determine an industry metric based on the site data received from the plurality of sites. The computing device can send the determined industry metric the plurality of sites. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019234 | ELECTRONIC MEDICAL PROCESSING, ANALYSIS, AND STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF - A computer-implemented method and system for electronic medical processing, analysis, and storage is provided. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for collecting and analyzing medical data may include at a server having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors: receiving medical data related to a medical procedure from a data collection member; comparing the medical data with a range of best practices data; determining if the received medical data conforms to the range of best practices data; generating an alert if the medical data does not conform to the range of best practices data; and storing the medical data in a database. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019235 | PLATFORM FOR PROVIDING NEGOTIATED RATES ON HEALTHCARE - A method for providing negotiated rates or contracted rates on healthcare services for user(s) or patient(s) on request for services such as, detail of providers, cost of the service based on negotiated rates, emergency services, location, health record, claims processing alerts, walk-in-clinic integration, appointment alerts through a mobile based application. Where a user(s) or patient(s) may receive all the required information on the spot, which enables a user(s) or patient(s) to take personalized decision. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019236 | DATA AGE DISPLAY AND MANAGEMENT - A system and method for displaying patient data, the system includes a computing device having a processor and a data input for receiving measured values and measurement times of a plurality of factors related to the screening of a particular disease, and a display configured to display a user interface. The user interface includes the plurality of factors, the measured values for each of the plurality of factors, data ages of the measured values, and a score, calculated by the processor, of the measured value as a function of the particular disease based on the measured values and a data age for each of the plurality of factors. The user interface also displays a screening result of whether the patient has passed the screening of the disease. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019237 | HOLISTIC PATIENT ADVISORY SYSTEM, METHOD, AND SOFTWARE - A method for computer assisted holistic patient monitoring includes receiving patient parameters from at least one medical device monitoring a patient, receiving historical patient data from a database, receiving clinician-generated data from a remote device, generating advisory feedback based on the received patient parameters, the received historical data, and the received clinician-generated data, and outputting the advisory feedback for review by a clinician. The method may further include the step of receiving a clinician response to the advisory feedback and storing the clinician response in the database. Additionally, the advisory feedback may be delivered to a second remote device operated by a supervising clinician. In embodiments, the advisory feedback may include a differential analysis and modeling of a patient state, a request for additional examination, a status report on disease progress or disease improvements, and/or a status report indicating treatment incompatibilities and patient deteriorating conditions. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019238 | PRESCRIPTION/MEDICATION MONITORING AND FRAUD DETECTION SYSTEM - A device may receive information regarding a prescription for a patient from a device of a medical personnel member and generate prescription information using the information regarding the prescription. The device may transmit the prescription information to a device of a medication provider, and a user device of the patient. The device may transmit a notification indicating that the prescription information has been transmitted to the device of the medication provider and the user device. The notification may be transmitted to the device of the medical personnel member, the user device, and a device associated with an insurance company of the patient. The device may determine whether prescription fraud has been detected and may transmit another notification when the prescription fraud is detected. The other notification may indicate that the prescription fraud has been detected. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019239 | IDENTIFYING TARGET PATIENTS FOR NEW DRUGS BY MINING REAL-WORLD EVIDENCE - Systems and methods for patient identification include identifying a set of mature drugs similar to a target drug using a processor based on a drug similarity measure. A plurality of outcome models are constructed for each mature drug in the set based on real-world evidence, the plurality of outcome models representing a patient response to each mature drug. A patient response to the target drug is predicted based on the outcome models to identify patients for the target drug. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019240 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSLATING TARGET WORDS BY GESTURE AND METHOD THEREOF - A system for translating a target word by a gesture and a method thereof are provided. By inputting a gesture for text, selecting a target word from the text based on the gesture, and displaying a translation of the target word, the system and method can achieve an effect of obtaining a translation of words conveniently and fast for user of a touch device having the system and method employed therein. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019241 | CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OBJECT ORIENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention involves a system and method of providing decision support for assisting medical treatment decision-making. A patient agent software module processes information about a particular patient. A doctor agent software module processes information about a health status of a particular patient, beliefs relating to patient treatments, and the actual effects of treatment decisions. By filtering information over time from the patient agent into the doctor agent, a plurality of decision-outcome nodes are created and formed into a patient-specific outcome tree with the plurality of decision-outcome nodes. An optimal treatment is determined by evaluating the plurality of decision-outcome nodes with a cost per unit change function to output the optimal treatment. When additional information is available from at least one of the patient agent and the doctor agent, the filtering, creating, and determining steps are repeated thus allowing for the system to “reason over time”, continuously updating and learning as new information is received. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019242 | MEDICAMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAMENT BY THE SAME - The medicament information storage section stores a plurality of types of drug codes respectively assigned to each medicament. The slip information storage section stores, for each use of a slip for notifying information of the medicament used at a medical site, information of the type of drug codes required for the use of the slip. The specifying module specifies the medicament used at the medical site. The registration module registers information relating to the medicament specified by the specifying module. The creation module acquires the drug code of the medicament registered by the registration module for each slip having different use from the medicament information storage section to create slips for different uses based on the information stored in the slip information storage section. The output module outputs the slips created by the creation module for different uses. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019243 | MEDICAMENT REGISTRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING MEDICAMENT BY THE SAME - In accordance with an embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus comprises a storage section, a recognition module and an output control module. The storage section stores a first medicament master in which first medicament information relating to each medicament is held and a second medicament master in which second medicament information including determined output form of each medicament is held. The recognition module recognizes a medicament of a reading target. The output control module outputs the first medicament information corresponding to the medicament recognized by the recognition module according to the determined output form in the second medicament information. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019244 | MEDICAMENT REGISTRATION APPARATUS AND MEDICAMENT REGISRATION METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus comprises a registration module configured to register a medicament to be used in a storage section; a display control module configured to display each of the medicaments registered by the registration module in a list on a display section; and a reception module configured to receive a cancellation operation of cancelling the registration of the designated medicament in the medicaments registered by the registration module; wherein the registration module cancels the registration of the medicaments designated through the cancellation operation from the storage section; and the display control module displays the cancelled information indicating that the registration is cancelled corresponding to the medicament designated through the cancellation operation. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019245 | MEDICAMENT REGISTRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus for registering a used medicament in a storage section comprises a registration module configured to set a borrow resource for a used medicament borrowed from another place and register the borrow source in the storage section and a display control module configured to display a list of the registered medicaments on a display section and display the information indicating that the medicament is borrowed from another place corresponding to the medicament set with the borrow source. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019246 | MEDICAL CARE INFORMATION DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Among a plurality of medical care information sets, each correlating a plurality of medical care items, medical care data of a display target patient corresponding to each medical care item, and a registration reference time of the medical care data, obtaining a plurality of medical care information sets whose registration reference times fall within the target period as target medical care information. Among a plurality of medical care item groups, each correlating a plurality of medical care items to be displayed on a display screen, extracting a medical care item group that includes a medical care item of interest which is a predetermined medical care item included in the target medical care information as a display item group, and displaying medical care data of the display target patient corresponding to the plurality of medical care items included in the extracted display item group. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019247 | Doctor-Selection-Facilitating Method - A doctor-selection-facilitating system ( | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019248 | Gap in Care Determination Using a Generic Repository for Healthcare - By extracting clinical data of any format from respective different sources, a data repository normalized to a generic format is created. A medical domain specific language may be used to interact with the data repository for identifying cohorts and gaps in care for the respective cohorts. Any rules for finding gaps in care are converted into the medical domain specific language for determining gaps. This standardization in both the data repository and rule application may allow for a true cost and time to value solution accessible to many different medical practices. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019249 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR QUANTIFICATION OF PRACTITIONER MEDICAL SERVICES PRODUCTION INPUTS - This disclosure provides a methods and systems for quantification of medical services production that recognizes both Independent Production Inputs and Collaborative Production Inputs for multiple Practitioner efforts. Inputs are represented in terms of standardized Relative Value Units, with Practitioner production contributions determined by Enterprise-determined Production Allocation appropriate to Service, Location of Service, Practitioner, Collaborator, Payer or other factors. The results of these processes are represented in various Reports, Tables and Graphs | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019250 | MANAGER-CONTROLLABLE INTEGRATED USER CONTENT AND SERVICES SYSTEM - The present disclosure presents user content and service systems that are controllable by one or more remote system managers, which may include one or more primary system managers, and utilized by one or more users, and methods and apparatuses related thereto. For example, the present disclosure presents an example method for multimedia presentation to a user, which may include receiving, at a user terminal, content from a network entity, wherein at least a portion of the content is controllable by a remote manager. Furthermore, such an example method may include displaying the content to the user via a user interface and receiving one or more interactive inputs from the user at the user terminal. Moreover, the example method may include performing one or more functions associated with the content based on the one or more interactive inputs. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019251 | PRODUCT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN CLINICAL TRIALS - A product information management system includes at least one product cabinet in communication with a server. The at least one product cabinet is configured to store one or more product units each configured with a corresponding one or more RFID tags, and monitor an inventory of the one or more product units by wirelessly detecting the one or more RFID tags. The server is configured to receive product information associated with the one or more product units from the at least one product cabinet, store the product information, and transmit the product information to a network node associated with at least one vested entity associated with the one or more product units. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150025898 | Systems And Methods Relating To Control Of Third Party Payment For Healthcare Products - Preventing multiple payment for healthcare product by a third party payor includes receiving an electronic request for third party payment, receiving electronic data indicative of an expected remainder of healthcare product in a serialized allotment, and comparing an amount of the healthcare product to be dispensed with the expected remainder. A payment fault is generated responsive to the comparison, such that payment for healthcare product already depleted from the serialized allotment is prevented. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025899 | METHOD OF IMPROVING PATIENT ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES - In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided for improving patient recruitment by obtaining a lead that was exposed to at least one message through a referral channel, identifying the lead's contact information and the referral channel the lead was obtained through and storing it in a memory, and tracking the lead to determine if the lead becomes a patient. In one particular embodiment, the referral channel may comprise print, radio, television, or web-based advertising. In another embodiment, the referral channel may be a co-managing provider. In some embodiments, the present invention further comprises splitting a fee, which was incurred by the patient, with the co-managing provider based on the service performed by the co-managing provider; and establishing a relationship with a co-managing provider by referring a patient to the co-managing provider to have a healthcare service performed. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025900 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING DATA QUALITY DURING CLINICAL TRIALS - The present invention relates to a system and methods for facilitating the improvement of data quality generated during drug and medical device clinical trials. In one embodiment, the invention includes a system and method for generating an ideal subject suitability score for one or more interaction points of a clinical trial. One or more individual subject suitability scores may then be generated from actual subject interaction with the clinical trial for each of the interaction points of the clinical trial. For each interaction point for which an ideal subject suitability score is generated, the one or more individual subject suitability scores may be compared to the ideal subject suitability score to determine the deviation there between. The quality of data collected from actual subject interaction with the clinical trial may be a function of the difference between the individual and ideal subject suitability scores. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025901 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING HEALTHCARE - The instant disclosure provides methods and apparatus for prescribing drugs and obtaining and using outcome information associated with use of the prescribed drugs. Doctors and patients may be registered in a centralized system though which drugs may be prescribed and delivered directly to the patients together with outcome data collection apparatus. Outcome data associated with use of the prescription drug is entered into the system and used in a variety of ways. The instant invention also includes membership fee-based models and permits virtual office visits between doctors and patients. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025902 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDIRECT MEDICAL CONSULTATION - A method and apparatus is provided comprising a technology engine designed to facilitate indirect medical consultation with health care providers and create a medical record of this indirect consultation event. In one embodiment is provided a method and apparatus for capturing electronically one or more of the following: (a) patient complaints; (b) health care provider's impression/review; (c) health care provider/patient discussion of complaint symptoms following which a treatment plan is formulated regarding health care strategy; (d) any prescription issued by the health care provider; and/or (e) a set of follow-up visits by the patient. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025903 | "INDIMA APPARATUS" SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INDIVIDUALIZED AND COLLABORATIVE HEALTH CARE - A system and method for ‘Individualized Life Management’ focusing on individualized and collaborative health care involving a plurality of individuals, using groups of state parameters for defining a state of each individual, and using groups of action parameters for defining ‘treatment options’ and/or ‘behavior options’ targeted at an individual. The system includes a data processor for processing input data, which are based on the groups of state parameters, into output data, which are the basis for the groups of action parameters, using defined relationships/assignments between groups of state parameters and groups of action parameters. Data storage stores the groups of state parameters and action parameters and the defined relationships/assignments between groups of the state and action parameters. A data communication system/platform communicates state parameters and/or action parameters among the individuals. The data processor means can include an adaptive structure (e.g., neural networks) where the defined relationships/assignments between groups are redefined/updated using empirical pairs of action parameter groups and state parameter groups. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025904 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT AND HEALTHCARE-RELATED MESSAGING - A system and method for patient-related messaging is disclosed herein. The system provides a micro-blogging plat-form accessible by computer systems (via a web portal using a conventional web browser) or mobile phones operated by medical personnel. The system allows medical personnel to post and/or view messages related to patient care, which could include a status identifier to communicate information quickly and effectively. The messages are easily filtered and organized according to a user's preferences, such as by using role-based filters. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025905 | METHOD FOR MEDICAL INFORMATION MONITORING AND PROCESSING - A method of monitoring health parameters of subjects within a defined space and over a period of time includes collecting first data corresponding to a physiological parameter of an ambulatory subject, collecting second data corresponding to a behavioral and cognitive parameter of the ambulatory subject, collecting third data corresponding to an identity and a location of the one of the subjects, collecting fourth data corresponding to the one of the ambulatory subjects from third party sources, generating a data record for the one of the ambulatory subjects based upon the first, second, third, and fourth data, and outputting a modified data record, the modified data record containing portions of the data record, the portions selected based upon an access level of a person requesting the data record and a format of the modified data record selected based upon the access level and community needs. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025906 | Health Information System - A health information system related to the field of data management is disclosed. The system includes at least one medical institution server, a front end processor, two or more data gateways, and a data exchange platform, where the at least one medical institution server is configured to send medical data to the front end processor, the front end processor is configured to receive the medical data from the at least one medical institution server, acquire a destination data gateway from the two or more data gateways, and send the medical data to the destination data gateway, the two or more data gateways are configured to receive the medical data and send the medical data to the data exchange platform, and the data exchange platform is configured to process the received medical data. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025907 | TREATMENT ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A dental treatment planning system includes an input form to receive one or more dental patient inputs; and an engine adapted to receive the dental patient data from the input form and validating the dental patient data in a predetermined sequence. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150032462 | Computer-Based Method and System for Targeted Recruiting of Healthcare Professionals - The computer-based recruiting method and system has a server posting a cookie on the healthcare-worker's internet-enabled-device to track the device and browser history. A semi-custom internet ad is displayed to the worker when the device is detected in an ad network. An ad hyperlink points a healthcare professional webpage. By accepting further worker input-data the computer associates the earlier logged data with the input-data which enables tracking and a cost-based analysis of the sponsored ads, the ad network, the number of internet-acts by the worker, and the geographic data. An ad generator, with a processor, creates a custom ad unique to either the worker or professional field or geographic worker-inquiry. At the web-server-portal, an input module accepts input-data A matching module associates browser history, a worker-internet-id, and the input-data. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032463 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH PHARMACEUTICAL CONSUMERS AND MANAGING DATA RELATED THERETO - A system and method that includes communicating with a consumer, in response to receiving a request from the consumer to verify the authenticity of a product, to offer access to one or more services related to the product, receiving a selection by the consumer of at least one of the one or more services, sending a confirmation message to the consumer confirming the selection by the consumer of at least one of the one or more services and enabling the provision of the one or more service to the consumer. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032464 | INTEGRATING THERANOSTICS INTO A CONTINUUM OF CARE - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to integrate theranostics into a continuum of care are disclosed herein. An example method includes generating a diagnostic interpretation based on patient information and recommending a theranostic therapy approach based on the diagnostic interpretation, the patient information and theranostics information. The example method further includes generating a portion of a therapeutic plan for a patient based on the theranostic therapy approach and determining a parameter of the patient to monitor based on the therapeutic plan. The example method also includes recommending a biosensor specification based on the parameter. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032465 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEMBER MESSAGING - Methods and systems for improving therapy adherence are described. In an embodiment, a disease state associated with a member is identified. A member classification of the member is determined. The member classification may be based on past therapy the member received to treat a condition associated with the disease state. A diagnostic loop is selected based on the disease state associated with the member and the member classification. The diagnostic loop may include a plurality of operations. At least one of the plurality of operations of the diagnostic loop is performed. Other methods and systems are described. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032466 | System and Method for Patient Specific Customized Recommendations of Hospitals and ACOs - A system, method and computer readable storage medium for selecting a medical provider from a plurality of available medical providers. The selection being made by receiving medical data and one of geographical and financial data corresponding to a patient, comparing the medical data and the one of the geographical and financial data corresponding to the patient to corresponding data of a plurality of medical provider databases to determine a relationship therebetween and generating, via a recommendation generator, a recommendation of a first medical provider for the patient based on the medical data and the one of geographical and financial data and the comparison to the corresponding data of the medical provider databases. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032467 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING MULTIDIMENSIONAL QUERIES ON HEALTHCARE PROVIDER INSTITUTIONAL DATA - Systems and methods disclosed herein provide tools that provide institutions financial visibility in new and/or reformed initiatives by providing insight into the consistency and efficiency of relevant services. A multidimensional query may be performed on institutional data to generate a results set. A baseline model may be generated based off of the results set. One or more adjustments to the baseline model may then be applied to generate a predictive model. The predictive model may then be compared to the baseline model to generate a predicted change in the financial metrics. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032468 | DISCOVERY ROUTING SYSTEMS AND ENGINES - The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems, and methods that improve on the pace of discovering new practical information based on large amounts of datasets collected. In most cases, anomalies from the datasets are automatically identified, flagged, and validated by a cross-validation engine. Only validated anomalies are then associated with a subject matter expert who is qualified to take action on the anomaly. In other words, the inventive subject matter bridges the gap between the overwhelming amount of scientific data which can now be harvested and the comparatively limited amount analytical resources available to extract practical information from the data. Practical information can be in the form of trends, patterns, maps, hypotheses, or predictions, for example, and such practical information has implications in medicine, in environmental sciences, entertainment, travel, shopping, social interactions, or other areas. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032469 | System And Method For Cashless Transaction For Availing Hospitalization Benefits - A system and method for cashless transaction for availing hospitalization benefits has a point of service transaction terminal for receiving access card data and hospitalization data; a third party administrator or an insurance company desk for entering and transmitting hospitalization data and access card data to an administrator or an insurance company; a storage media for storing the hospitalization and access card data; the third party administrator or the insurance company having an adjudicating element to determine eligibility and accordingly authorizing a value of amount; and a health service provider network connecting the third party administrative or the insurance company and the storage medium; wherein, the access card is inserted into the point of service transaction terminal after availing the hospitalization benefits to read the stored amount, deduct the amount spent and retransmitting the unspent value to the third party administrator or the insurance company. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032470 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN THE HOME TREATMENT OF A MEDICAL CONDITION - An interactive home treatment system and method is disclosed. Patient data is collected via a handheld device and stored in a database. The data may be related to self-treatments, symptoms, or patient behavior. The data are analyzed with an analytic tool and the analysis is used to generate a message that is transmitted to a treating health care professional or to the patient, or both. A set of predetermined rules may be applied to the data. The rules may be modified by the treating health care professional, the patient, or both. The handheld device, the database, and the analytic tool may be web-enabled to facilitate communication from virtually anywhere. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150039324 | MANAGING A RISK OF A LIABILITY THAT IS INCURRED IF A SUBJECT TREATED FOR A CONDITION IS RETREATED WITHIN A SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD - An embodiment of a risk-management method includes determining a risk that a subject treated for a condition will be retreated within a time period, and calculating, in response to a determined risk, a fee for taking an action if the subject is retreated within the time period. For example, such an embodiment may aid in managing a risk of a liability that may be incurred if a subject treated for a condition is retreated for the condition, for a complication arising from the condition or from the treatment of the condition, or for another reason, within a specified retreatment time period. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039325 | Assessing Pharmaceuticals - Among other things, data is stored for each of several pharmaceuticals that are associated with a given indication. The data is representative of elements of value of the pharmaceutical including elements within the domains of clinical efficacy, safety and use, and economics. A computer is used to calculate a drug score for each of the pharmaceuticals based on the data that is representative of the elements of value. Through a user interface, the relative scores and the basis on which they were calculated are displayed to enable decisions about the pharmaceuticals. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039326 | Measure Calculations Based on a Structured Document - A method and system for calculating a measure result includes a specification loader that receives a measurement specification including a representation of a measure and identifies, based on a measure schema, one or more components in the measurement specification. The system also includes a specification compiler that generates, based on the identified one or more components, executable code. The system further includes an analytics engine that receives one or more parameters to apply to the measurement specification, executes the executable code using the one or more parameters to extract data from a data set, and stores a result set of the executed code in a database. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039327 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PATIENT RESEARCH DATA - The disclosure is directed to a process and system for managing the end-to-end process of obtaining research data from patients and/or participants in a Clinical Trial. The process enables collection of appropriate informed consent from patient/participants via electronic devices such as smart phones and tablets. Additionally, the system uses biometric information such as finger prints, face pictures, digital signature to provide additional information concerning a participant. This helps to make the whole informed consent process effortless, paperless and transparent. An aspect of the disclosure enables investigators to reach out to a wider patient/participant population irrespective of their physical location. Thus the platform enables investigators to collect and transfer real time data, seamlessly from across the world. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039328 | Dynamic Optimal Connectivity Path - Dynamically determining an optimum connectivity path is provided. Default paths to connectivity sources associated with a payer may be determined and ranked based on various metrics, such as availability, content, and cost. When a connection to a primary connectivity source is determined to be down or unresponsive, a request may automatically be routed to a next connectivity source, wherein the next connectivity source is determined to be a next highest ranking connectivity source based on the various metrics. Data associated with availability, content, cost, and other attributes may be collected, stored in a database, and utilized to rank connectivity sources. Accordingly, as new information about a payer or connectivity source is discovered, default paths and rankings of connectivity sources may change. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039329 | METHOD FOR TRIGGERING AN ACTION OF A DEVICE AUTHORIZED BY A PAPER DOCUMENT - The present disclosure relates to a method for triggering an action of a device authorized by a paper document. In the method, the paper document is placed in a receptacle, an application device applies a first unique identifier to the paper document and generates an electronic image of the paper document, wherein a second identifier is uniquely assigned to the first identifier, and an electronic document is generated from the electronic image and is linked to the second identifier. An image of the electronic document is then displayed to a second, remote location of a person authorized to sign and the electronic document is signed by the authorized. The electronic document, which is linked to the second identifier and signed, is then stored in a secure memory. Once this process is complete, the authorized action is executed by the device. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039330 | EPISODE OF CARE BUILDER METHOD AND SYSTEM - The Episode Builder according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention is a web-based computer application and its associated architecture that allows health care professionals to define and describe episodes of care. The Episode Builder provides a unique tool for these purposes. Using industry-standard code sets, the Episode Builder describes and defines an episode of care so that the health care professional can create and modify episodes for a variety of purposes. The three main components of the Episode Builder are a configurable and extensive code set management system, a suite of display panels that define the episodes themselves based upon the code sets, and a means to export the episode definition tables thus created to be used as inputs into an analytic program or a claims adjudication engine. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039331 | ASSESSING PHARMACEUTICALS - Among other things, data is stored for each of several pharmaceuticals that are associated with a given indication. The data is representative of elements of value of the pharmaceutical including elements within the domains of clinical efficacy, safety and use, and economics. A computer is used to calculate a drug score for each of the pharmaceuticals based on the data that is representative of the elements of value. Through a user interface, the relative scores and the basis on which they were calculated are displayed to enable decisions about the pharmaceuticals. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039332 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMS - The present invention includes techniques for providing multilevel simulations for healthcare delivery systems. Computational methods may be used to transform the healthcare delivery market to a more efficient model. Multilevel simulations may provide the means to explore a wide range of possibilities, enabling the early identification of good ideas and the discarding of bad ones. This enables simulating the behavior of, among other things, health care policies, strategies, plans, and management practices prior to roll out to avoid, for example, higher-order and unintended consequences. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039333 | CLAIM-CENTRIC GROUPER ANALYSIS - Computer implemented systems and methods of health care claim data analysis are provided by storing a claim data set in a computer database, including patient information and a DRG assignment based on at least primary and secondary diagnosis codes. A nominal DRG weight is determined for the claim data set, using a processor in communication with the computer database. An alternate DRG weight is determined for the claim data set by swapping the primary and secondary diagnosis codes. A claim rating is generated for the claim data set, based at least in part on a difference between the nominal and alternate DRG weights. The claim rating is output to a user interface in communication with the processor. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039334 | CLAIM-CENTRIC GROUPER ANALYSIS - Computer implemented systems and methods of health care claim analysis are provided by storing a claim data set in a computer database, including patient information and a DRG assignment based on at least a primary diagnosis code and one or more associated procedure codes. A nominal DRG weight is determined for the claim data set, using a processor in communication with the computer database. The processor looks up an alternate procedure code in the database, and determines an alternate DRG weight for the claim data set by swapping the associated procedure code with the alternate procedure code. A claim score is output to a user interface in communication with the processor, based at least in part on a difference between the nominal and alternate DRG weights. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039335 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL PATIENT INTERACTION - The present invention is a system and method communication dental information and selecting a dentist whereby said system has a program placed on a computing device, a central database whereby individual dentist offices are able to register their dental office and information; | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039336 | METHOD, PLANNING UNIT AND SYSTEM TO PLAN A MEDICAL EXAMINATION - A method to plan at least one examination of an examination subject with at least one medical imaging apparatus by means of a planning unit, includes the following steps. The planning unit is connected with the at least one medical imaging apparatus. At least one input parameter of a database of the planning unit and at least one input parameter of a database of a subset of the at least one medical imaging apparatus are detected. The database of the planning unit and the database of the subset of the at least one medical imaging apparatus are filtered depending on the at least one detected input parameter. At least one item of output information is determined that includes a selection from medical imaging apparatuses available for the examination of the examination subject. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150046173 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REQUESTING PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FOR MEDICAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES - A system and method for requesting prior authorization for a medical product and/or service includes a processor providing a user interface accessible over a network and via which to receive user input of information concerning the product and/or service, the intended recipient thereof, and the prescriber thereof. The user interface is accessible using each of a plurality of user profiles, including two or more of the prescriber, user, and provider. Login information is not required for the request generation, a recipient health plan identification being used instead. Different sequences are provided by the processor depending on the user profile used for generating the request. Request status is provided based on input of a code generated for the request and without requiring login information. The system is configured to generate and transmit to the prescriber a communication regarding the request where the request is initiated using a recipient profile. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046174 | COMPUTER-AIDED MEDICAL DIAGNOSING AND PRESCRIPTIONS - Embodiments herein are directed to user interfaces and methodologies for computer-aided medical diagnosing and prescriptions. In one embodiment, a user interface is presented, which includes a selectable menu option for each of a plurality of content types. Each selectable menu option is configured to present medical content relevant to the corresponding content type, when selected. Based on user input entered in connection with navigating the content types, one or more content items are identified as part of a prescription, and a selectable user interface element is presented for sending of the prescription to a patient computer system. Other embodiments include creating and modifying prescriptions based on evaluation questions. In one embodiment, medical content is added to a prescription based on the user's answer to an evaluation question. In another embodiment, a prescription is modified based on a user's answer to an evaluation question. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046175 | SINGLE USE AED - An automatic external defibrillator (AED) is described which is designed for use in a single cardiac emergency. If the AED is in standby for a year without being deployed, the AED is removed from service and replaced with another AED. The AED requires a rescuer only to deploy the electrodes on the torso of the victim; the AED turns itself on, performs rhythm analysis and delivers a shock if needed automatically. The AED thus requires no user controls. Preferably the AED requires no on-site maintenance, as the AED communicates its readiness for use to a remote monitoring site which responds to any problems detected by self-testing. In addition to its electro-resuscitation function, the AED can be used on the chest of the victim to administer CPR compressions. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046176 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING NEUROLOGIST'S WORKFLOW ON ALZEIMER'S DISEASE - A system for improving workflow including one or more clinical data sources which collect patient data from a patient. A patient information system stores the patient data. A clinical decision support system including one or more processors programmed to receive the patient data from the patient, generate quantified information based on a statistical model for each type of patient data, diagnose the patient based on the quantified information, generate a recommendation based on the diagnosis and the quantified information, and display the recommendation. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046177 | MEDICINE REGISTRATION APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A medicine registration apparatus includes a storage unit, a processor and a display unit. The storage unit stores a medicine master database including information regarding a required disposal method of a medicine. The processor reads identification information on a medicine, identifies a medicine based on the identification information, determines whether the identified medicine includes a corresponding required disposal method in the medicine master database, and provide a notification that the identified medicine includes the corresponding requited disposal method when it is determined that the identified medicine includes the corresponding required disposal method. The display unit displays the notification. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046178 | Method of Expediting Medical Diagnosis Code Selection by Executing Computer-Executable Instructions Stored On a Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium - A method of expediting medical diagnosis code selection by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium provides a means for healthcare providers to quickly and efficiently select appropriate medical diagnosis codes by providing electronic cheat sheets within a computer program environment. An electronic cheat sheet, or customized reference sheet, contains elements that function as pointers to elements in a database of medical diagnosis codes which has a branching hierarchal structure and can be graphically navigated. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046179 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HEALTH CONTENTS - The present disclosure relates to a terminal, and more particularly to a terminal and a method for providing health content. A method of providing health content using health information, includes receiving at least one piece of health information, comparing the received at least one piece of health information with a threshold value, and providing health content for a user to lessen a difference between the at least one piece of health information and the threshold value. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046180 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GENOMIC INFORMATION - Various embodiments provide interfaces to access genomic testing information and incorporate it into daily physician practice. According to one aspect, a graph-based data model is used that may be used to organizes and revise precision medicine knowledge. In one example structure, gene states are abstracted into alteration groups, where alteration groups are built using reverse engineering actionable information and storing that information within the graph-based data structure. Volumes of genomic alterations and associated information (e.g., journal articles, clinical trial information, therapies, etc.) are analyzed and synthesized into actionable information items viewable on an alteration system in a graph-based data format. According to one embodiment, the system can be configured to focus practitioners on discrete portions of the alteration information on which they can act. According to other aspects, curated information is provided on the system to enable practitioners to make informed decisions regarding the implications of the presence of specific genomic alterations. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046181 | HEALTHCARE FRAUD PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT - Real-time fraud prevention software-as-a-service (SaaS) products include computer instruction sets to enable a network server to receive medical histories, enrollments, diagnosis, prescription, treatment, follow up, billings, and other data as they occur. The SaaS includes software instruction sets to combine, correlate, categorize, track, normalize, and compare the data sorted by patient, healthcare provider, institution, seasonal, and regional norms. Fraud reveals itself in the ways data points deviate from norms in nonsensical or inexplicable conduct. The individual behaviors of each healthcare provider are independently monitored, characterized, and followed by self-spawning smart agents that can adapt and change their rules as the healthcare providers evolve. Such smart agents will issue flags when their particular surveillance target is acting out of character, outside normal parameters for them. Fraud controls can therefore be much tighter than those that have to accommodate those of a diverse group. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150051915 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALLOCATING PAYMENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE HEALTHCARE ACCOUNTS - Systems and methods are provided for facilitating account payment posting transactions. A computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a computer associated with a healthcare provider, a healthcare payment transaction for a patient, wherein the healthcare payment transaction comprises an identifier for a guarantor of the patient and a total payment amount. The method may also include determining, based at least in part on the guarantor identifier, one or more open medical accounts for the guarantor, the one or more open medical accounts having respective outstanding balances. Furthermore, the method may include comparing the total payment amount with the respective outstanding balances and generating, based at least in part on the comparison, an account payment posting transaction. The account payment posting transaction may indicate respective amounts, of the total payment amount, to be allocated to the one or more open medical accounts. Additionally, the method may include transmitting the account payment posting transaction to the computer associated with the healthcare provider | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150051916 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM TO DETERMINE AND INDICATE THE TIME FEASIBILITY OF A CLINICAL PATHWAY, ENABLING WORKFLOW ADJUSTMENTS - When scheduling a clinical procedure such as a surgery, a clinician enters a deadline (i.e., a date of surgery or other procedure) and desired clinical procedures to be performed in advance thereof (e.g., lab tests, pathology tests, medical record review, etc.). A feasibility algorithm is executed and analyzes median pathway step completion times for a clinical pathway or workflow that is executed to satisfy the clinician's work order. A probability of completion of the clinical pathway by the specified deadline is also provided to the clinician. If the probability of completion is low (e.g., if the requested test results are unlikely to be ready by the scheduled surgery), then the clinician is prompted to adjust one or more of the surgery date and the clinical pathway steps to be completed thereby. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150051917 | HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A PERSONALIZED CARE PLAN FOR A USER - A healthcare system for creating a personalized care plan for a user comprises a processor and a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium contains instructions for execution by the processor. The instructions cause the processor to perform the steps of receiving life goal information defined by a user, said life goal information indicating the user's life goals, mapping the received life goal information into care plan goals categories including two or more categories, and defining a care plan including a care plan schedule for the care plan goals categories onto which the received life goal information has been mapped, said schedule includes, per care plan goals category, one or more care plan content elements representing elements of the care plan. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150058026 | SECONDARY CARETAKER NOTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - Method and computer system is disclosed for notifying a secondary caretaker of the inability of a primary caretaker to tend to the health or welfare of a designated pet or person. A caretaker database table has fields for receiving primary caretaker identification data, secondary caretaker identification data and designated pet or person identification data. A check-in time is set by a user, the check-in time being received in a time set module correlated to a specific record in the caretaker database table. If the primary caretaker check-in value is true, a reset of the time set module is prompted to reset a new check-in time or terminate the computer program. While the check-in value is false the check-in time is compared to the actual time, and when the actual time is the same or later than the check-in time, a message is sent to the secondary caretaker. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058027 | Restricting Ratings of Medical Service Providers to Authenticated Users - A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a processing device and from a client device associated with a requesting user, a request to provide a health grade rating for a medical service provider who is associated with a health care entity; accessing, in response to the request, an authentication rules engine that restricts submission of health grade ratings to authenticated users of the health care entity; determining, based on execution of the authentication rules engine, that the requesting user is an authenticated user of the health care entity; and in response to determining that the requesting user is authenticated, transmitting, to the client device, information for a graphical user interface that enables the requesting user to submit the health grade rating for the medical service provider. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058028 | Identifying Performance Levels of a Product Within Integrated Delivery Networks - The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for identifying the role of Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) in determining prescriber behavior, using an analytical and reporting infrastructure. The disclosure also describes determining a model role for the prescribing behavior of the prescribers affiliated with an IDN to establish a performance level of a drug. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058029 | Identifying Performance Levels of a Product Within Integrated Delivery Networks - The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for modeling the possible outcomes of a negative event in the market place. A negative event may be any event that has a negative impact on the marketshare value for a product in a territory. The disclosure also describes, presenting marketing investments that will reduce impact on the marketshare based on the occurrence of a negative event, by an analytical infrastructure. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058030 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING AN ALTERNATIVE TO A PRESCRIPTION DRUG REQUIRING PRIOR AUTHORIZATION - Provided is a method of processing a request pertaining to a prescription drug. The method includes receiving, with a computer system after a claim requesting at least partial insurance coverage of a cost associated with the prescription drug has been submitted to an insurance benefits manager, a notification that prior authorization has been required. Before the request for prior authorization is submitted, it is determined that an alternate drug is a possible substitute for the prescription drug, and the alternate drug is believed to not require prior authorization under the insurance policy. The determination is made based on data contained in a database that is generally accepted in a pharmacy industry and is not unique to an insurer affiliated with the insurance policy. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058031 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MEDICAL CHECKLIST - Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems to automatically present a checklist element to be completed by the medical practitioner. In embodiments, the medical practitioner may indicate that the presented checklist element is completed without using their hands. Therefore, the medical practitioner may maintain a sterile environment while completing checklist elements reducing the amount of time that the medical practitioner uses to complete a medical procedure. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058032 | System for sharing data within an electrophysiology lab - A system for sharing data in an electrophysiology (EP) lab including a plurality of systems comprises a data server configured to be electrically coupled with a memory device and with the plurality of systems, the memory device being coupled with a medical device. The data server is configured to receive device data stored on the memory device, to transmit the received device data to at least one of the plurality of systems, to receive device use data from at least one of the plurality of systems, and to transmit the device use data to the memory device. The systems may comprise one or more of a mapping and navigation system, an ablation system, and an EP recording system. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058033 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRE-QUALIFYING CLINICAL TRIAL POPULATIONS - Provided are systems and methods for pre-qualification of candidate patient populations. The systems and methods can be are configured for inexpensive, selective, and lightweight procedures that identify patients against desired criteria. In some implementations, willing participants are enrolled in pre-treatment execution of a clinical trial. The participants are issued telemedicine monitoring devices for capturing and reporting health information. For example, non-invasive monitoring devices can be issued to track mobility, exertion, blood pressure, heart rate, brain activity, among other options. The participants can be monitored for time periods similar to actual trial execution phases (e.g., monitoring periods of years can be used) or monitored for any length of time to develop comparable clinical histories for the participants. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058034 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR SELECTING PATIENTS AND FILLING PRESCRIPTIONS AT AUTOMATIC PERIODIC FILL DATES - Methods, systems and computer program products for operating a pharmacy include scoring a patient with a processor in response to prescription and/or patient data associated with the patient to provide a prescription timing benefit score. The prescription timing benefit score includes an estimate of a degree to which the patient would increase prescription compliance when prescription fill dates of one or more prescriptions are periodically automatically refilled. When the prescription timing benefit score satisfies a predetermined threshold score, selecting periodic automatic refill dates with a processor for the one or more prescriptions. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058035 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMATIC PERIODIC PRESCRIPTION FILL DATES - Methods, systems and computer program products for periodically refilling one or more prescriptions for one or more patients is provided, each of the prescriptions having a days supply associated therewith. The method includes a) receiving one or more prescriptions to periodically refill, each of the one or more prescriptions having a next fill date associated therewith, wherein the next fill date is a date when the prescription was last filled incremented by a days supply for the prescription; b) receiving an alignment date selection on a processor for the one or more prescriptions; c) automatically triggering a refill of the one or more prescription on the alignment date; and d) triggering one or more action items on a processor before and/or after the alignment date. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058036 | PROTECTING PAYMENT INTERESTS OF MEDICARE - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for protecting payment interests of Medicare. A task module identifies one or more tasks associated with protecting a Medicare payment interest for a claim involving a Medicare beneficiary. An order module assigns a priority value to each of the one or more tasks and determines a completion order for the one or more tasks base on the priority values. An adjustment module determines a new completion order for one or more remaining tasks in response to receiving a status update during completion of the one or more tasks. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058037 | MEDICATION USAGE MONITORING AND REMINDING DEVICE AND METHOD - The medication usage monitoring and reminding device and method enables a user to easily monitor usage of medications by weighing the medications using a weighing component, a processing component and an I/O component. Additionally, the device is able to remind a user regarding the medications if the medication has not been timely taken. The device is also able to obtain information regarding medications such as possible conflicts, updates and other information. The device is able to be used for food/drink information or dietary information. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150066520 | Standardized Pet Health Decision Support System and Method - A method for standardizing pet health care decision support may include the steps of: displaying a portal to a user for input of a pet health care query; receiving the query; analyzing the query to determine which one of a plurality of decision trees to present to the user; presenting queries contained within the determined decision tree to the user; receiving responses for each query; storing the responses in the database; and analyzing the responses and presenting the user with a predetermined course of action. Each decision tree preferably is standardized for a plurality of users, i.e., each user that provides the same information at each node should be taken along the same branch and reach the same ultimate result. In addition to determining the next query to pose to a user, data provided by the user may be saved and used to generate a standardized, customized health record summary. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066521 | EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT STATUS DISPLAY - Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage medium are provided for providing an emergency department centralized interactive display. A segmentable summary of patients within an ED allows a clinician to view a specific area within the ED or a summary of patients assigned to the clinician including unassigned patients sorted by acuity and length of stay. A throughput summary for a patient indicates throughput and whether actions are pending for the patient. A patient summary for the patient that includes information collected at triage, links to documentation from previous visits, care plans, a do not resuscitate order, home medications, and/or history. A provider summary provides information regarding providers for the patient and allows the clinician to designate an attending physician to the patient. In various embodiments, additional summary information is provided giving the ED clinician an efficient one-stop shop for performing ED duties. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066522 | Systems and Methods of Generating Patient Notes with Inherited Preferences - In part, the invention relates to a computerized system and method of allowing a user to take medical notes for a second person. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: logging on to the computer medical records system using a user interface, as a user; accessing a user database by the computer medical records system to determine whether the user has sufficient permissions to inherit the preferences of the second person; if the user has sufficient permission to inherit the preferences of the second person, allowing, by the computer medical records system, the user to inherit the preferences of the second person; and if the user does not have sufficient permission, allowing, by the computer medical records system, the user to inherit the user's own preferences. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066523 | TELEMEDICINE INFORMATION SYSTEM - Disclosure herein is related to a telemedicine information system. The telemedicine information system includes a monitoring end which receives the physiological signals generated by one or more physiological sensors disposed at the client end over a network. The medical staff uses monitoring terminal device at the monitoring end. The monitoring terminal device is connected with a monitoring server for acquiring the physiological signals since the server periodically retrieves and records the signals generated by the client end's sensors. The signals will be converted to the meaningful information allowing the medical staff to monitor the remote client's physiological condition. The claimed system achieves an efficient remote medical process since the person at the monitoring end may anytime acknowledge the client's condition. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066524 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WEB BASED COLLABORATIVE CLINICAL PATHWAYS - Methods and systems to facilitate the collaborative development, discovery and implementation of evidence-based, clinical pathways are disclosed. Clinicians, medical professionals or researchers, may use the Platform | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066525 | SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGING MEDICAL INFORMATION - A server-based system enables exchange of medical messages between users, monitors for a probability of communications breakdown likely to result in medical error, and instigates corrective actions to prevent communications breakdown from occurring. Monitoring may include whether a user has read or acted upon a message received within a specified timeframe and whether a user has specified routing preferences for delivering a message to a user better suited to read or act on the message. Corrective actions include the determination of and routing of messages to an optimal recipient and the generation of alerts to subsequent users where a message has not been read or acted upon within a specified timeframe. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066526 | Exercise Management Service Method and System Thereof - A method of providing exercise management service for a sports center, wherein the sports center includes an exercise management service system, an exercise recording device and at least one exercise equipment. The method includes establishing a personal database by the exercise management service system, establishing an exercise record by the exercise recording device, transmitting the exercise record to the exercise management service system by the exercise recording device, and generating an exercise prescription according to the personal database and the exercise record by the exercise management service system. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066527 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARBITRAGED BASED MEDICAL SERVICES - A request for quote system and method are described. The system may allow a user to request a quote for healthcare in a geographic region from a practitioner that has a specialty and/or has the expertise to treat a particular disease or condition. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066528 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A REPORT - A report generating method and system with different modes to complete a report template such as insertion of a transcribed audio file originating from digital dictation, data base retrieval, text input, input of measurement results. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066529 | DYNAMIC HEALTH DATA TASK-BASED TRANSITION OF CARE - A workflow management system includes a processor and memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to identify an event received from an external system. The instructions further cause the processor to generate a work item corresponding to the event. The work item has a plurality of attributes. The instructions further cause the processor to assign the work item for distribution based on the attributes, and adjust at least one of a priority or a routing strategy for the work item according to a status of the work item. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066530 | MEDICAL CARE DATA DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A medical care data display control device for displaying medical care data of a plurality of items obtained in chronological order is disclosed. The device includes: a hidden time period determining length setting unit in which a hidden time period determining length used to determine whether or not to hide a part of a displayed time period of the medical care data is set; a determination unit that determines whether or not there is a time period which contains no medical care data and is equal to or longer than the hidden time period determining length; and a display control unit that hides, if it is determined by the determination on unit that there is a time period which contains no medical care data and is equal to or longer than the hidden time period determining length, all or a part of the time period which contains no medical care data. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND MANAGING A REMOTE INFUSION REGIMEN - A method and system for monitoring and managing a remote infusion regimen where a prescribed infusion regimen is provided and compared to subsequent infusion event data to determine if the data falls within predetermined parameters. If the data does not fall within predetermined parameters a monitoring technician, supportive caregiver, patient or some combination thereof are immediately notified so that corrective action may be taken. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066532 | MOBILE INFORMATION AND CONTROL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF - A mobile information and control device provides information about a patient and examinations to be conducted on this patient, as well as the ability to control medical apparatuses, for use by medical personnel. The mobile device at least has a data storage device to store and provide information, a coupling device to place the information and control device in communication with additional medical apparatuses, a display for need-specific display of information, and an attachment device to attach the information and control device to a wrist of the personnel. A method to provide information about a patient and examinations to be conducted on this patient, as well as for control of medical apparatuses by medical personnel, makes use of such a mobile information and control device. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066533 | Method for automatically detecting sepsis and displaying dynamic sepsis images in a hospital system - A system for automatically detecting and displaying sepsis images in a hospital system is described herein. In some examples, the system can include receiving data related to a plurality of physiological parameters from a patient over time, and identifying and organizing patterns of perturbations of the data. The system can also include analyzing the perturbations to identify known relational physiologic patterns and detecting a pattern of sepsis, the pattern being comprised of a plurality of perturbations and/or relational physiologic patterns. Furthermore, the system can include organizing and synthesizing the plurality of relational physiologic patterns into a set of sepsis images, which as an aggregate whole make up an image representation of the complex and dynamic state of sepsis, and displaying the sepsis images. The images can be color motion images of cascades which display the severities of individual perturbations and relational physiologic patterns along the cascade pattern. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066534 | Biometrics System, Biologic Information Storage, and Portable Device - In a biometrics system for a building entrance unlocking or a bank account authentication, reference information registered under administration by the system is transmitted to a room or mobile-phone for private storage, with the original reference information deleted from the system. Biologic information gotten upon authentication is transmitted through wireless system to the room or mobile-phone for comparison with the reference, the result being returned to the system. Or, the reference is tentatively sent back to the system for comparison with the gotten biologic information. The biologic information sent to mobile-phone also includes health control information for storage and display. Mobile-phone also can receive blood pressure information at a waiting lounge of medical institution though wireless local communication even if the main power shut down. The communication between the biometrics system and the mobile-phone is encrypted. The system includes sensor unit and protection unit, the abnormality thereof being separately checked. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150073813 | System and Method for Doctors to Dynamically Measure Physician Influence on Patient Consumerism to Optimize Profitability on Sales of Non Prescription Medically Unnecessary Products and Services - The present invention provides a system and method for determining, defining and quantifiably measuring the influence of a physician on patient consumerism, and converting each unit of physician influence into a measurable dollar amount per unit sales and consequently optimizing profitability on non-prescription non-medically necessary products and services. This is novel system and method, as well in the literature as in the patent database. The invention answers the question: “If a physician puts “x” amount of effort to sell products to their patients, then physician will increase per unit sales price by “y” amount and consequently optimize profitability. The system and method contained herein includes a database that utilizes a server and a mobile application to input real time market metrics to dynamically measure physician influence on their patients in terms of their patients' consumerism and purchasing behavior. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073814 | PHYSICAL THERAPY PATIENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMPLIANCE SYSTEM - A patient accountability and compliance system includes a patient computer with a patient tailored treatment program, the patient computer operable to receive a patient input. A patient compliance sensor in communication with the patient computer to receive a measure patient physical therapy activity and a therapist computer in communication with the patient computer operable to the therapist computer receive the measured patient physical therapy activity and the patient input to correlate patient compliance with the patient tailored treatment program. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073815 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LABORATORY TESTING AND RESULT MANAGEMENT - In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising displaying a laboratory test menu on a mobile computing device, where the test menu is variable-based on geographic location; selecting one or more tests from said test menu; and using the mobile computing device to send a laboratory test request to a server. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073816 | COMPUTER-BASED OPERATING ROOM SUPPORT SYSTEM - A computer-based surgery support system and method for obtaining information of surgical procedures from networked equipment in an operating room, storing the retrieved information in a database, receiving a request for the stored information from a user terminal, and providing the stored information in accordance with the received request. The networked equipment may be configured for use in cataract surgical procedures, such as a phacoemulsification system. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073817 | BILLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a method and system for billing a payer for a healthcare service provided by a healthcare service provider to a patient using a computerized billing system. More particularly, a first biometric scan of the patient is taken and stored in at least one storage device located locally in at least one location associated with the healthcare service provider. At least one second biometric scan of the patient is taken in conjunction with a healthcare service session to be provided to the patient by the healthcare service provider and compared to at least one of a plurality of biometric scans stored in the at least one storage device and including the first biometric scan and biometric scans of other patients. The computerized billing system is authorized to issue an invoice to the payer for the healthcare service session if the at least one second biometric scan matches with the first biometric scan. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073818 | EXECUTABLE GUIDELINE SOLUTION WITH MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVE VIEWS ON RECOMMENDED CARE STEPS | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073819 | DRUG PRESCRIBING SYSTEM - A drug prescribing system that can prevent a wrong drug from being taken during picking is provided. A drug prescribing system includes a host computer including an input device through which prescription data based on a prescription is input, a drug dispensing apparatus in which drugs are housed in advance, and that dispenses a drug in accordance with the prescription data, and a picking inspection apparatus that conducts a picking inspection for a drug picked in accordance with the prescription data. The drug dispensing apparatus outputs supplementary information on a drug that is not dispensed with the drug dispensing apparatus and needs to be supplemented. The picking inspection apparatus receives an input of the supplementary information, and conducts the picking inspection for a supplementary drug supplemented based on the supplementary information. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073820 | RISK STRATIFICATION OF SUSPECTED AMI PATIENTS - The current invention enables a method to improve early diagnosis and risk stratification of AMI in patients presenting with chest pain. A quick and accurate diagnosis/risk stratification means that high risk patients can be assigned to the appropriate treatment pathway and low risk patients can be reassured that they have not suffered an AMI and alternative causes of chest pain can be investigated. The method of the present invention is based on the outcome of three factors determined on admission; Electrocardiogram, cardiac troponin level and H-FABP level. Dependent on the results of these three tests the subject can be placed into an appropriate risk category for an AMI having recently occurred and the appropriate treatment pathway can be initiated. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073821 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME REVIEW OF RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION ACTIVITIES OF PROFESSIONALS - Systems, methods, and computer program product for reviewing current research and collaboration activities of a professional in real-time maintain, in storage memory, a database containing profiles of professionals including current research and collaboration activities of such professionals, submit a query to the database to search for information related to the research and collaboration activities associated with the profile of a given professional, and display, in response to receiving results of the query submitted to the database, each current research and collaboration activity of the given professional. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073822 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MANAGE COMPLIANCE OF CONTRACTS BETWEEN PROFESSIONALS AND THIRD PARTIES - Systems, methods, and computer program product for managing contracts between professionals and organizations include providing online access to a proposed contract through a first online portal to a professional, who is a party to the proposed contract, and to a legal representative through an online legal portal. A review of the proposed contract, performed by the legal representative through the online legal portal, is guided in accordance with predefined criteria. Certain data extracted from the proposed contract by the legal representative are recorded in a database through the online legal portal. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073823 | REAL-TIME COMPLIANCE SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and computer program product for ensuring compliance by an employee to requirements of an employer includes storing a profile of each employee in a database. The profile of each employee includes information about one or more contractual relationships related to a practice of that employee. A first online portal is provided to each employee with a profile in the database. The first online portal presented to each employee has a user interface customized for that employee through which that employee dynamically manages the information in the profile of that employee. An employer of one or more of the employees with a profile stored in the database accesses the dynamically managed information in each profile of that one or more employees through a second online portal. One or more rules are automatically applied to the information accessed by the employer to determine whether the one or more employees are in compliance with requirements of the employer. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073824 | Systems and Methods for Evaluating Health Care Provider Referrals - In one embodiment, a method comprises accessing a physician-referral-network, which comprises a number of nodes and a number of edges connecting the nodes, each of the edges representing a single degree of separation between the nodes. Each node represents a physician, and each edge represents a patient-referral between two physicians corresponding to the connected nodes. One or more references indicating a patient-referral from a first physician to a second physician is received. The physician-referral-network is updated based on the received reference. One or more performance-scores from the second physicians may be received, each performance-score corresponding to a patient-referral. A referral-score is calculated for the first physician based on the performance-scores. The method further comprises determining if a referral-score for a first physician is below a threshold referral-score. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073825 | METHOD FOR ONLINE MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS, AND APPARATUS AND SYSTEM UTILIZING SAME - A method for a patient having a computing device to communicate with clinical medical personnel regarding a surgical procedure. The method can include opening an internet-accessible application, accessing a page of the application, inputting information pertaining to the surgical procedure into a plurality of input fields, and receiving a communication on the computing device from the clinical medical personnel in response to the inputted information. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073826 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DATA - System and methods are disclosed, one method can comprise the steps of receiving a request for a diagnostic message, receiving a selection of diagnostic information, retrieving at least a portion of the selected diagnostic information, generating the requested diagnostic message, wherein the diagnostic message comprises the portion of the selected diagnostic information, and transmitting the requested diagnostic message. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073827 | Managing Patient Consent in a Master Patient Index - A system and method for managing patient consent. A data access manager includes a controller, a lookup module, a clinical authorization engine, a logging/auditing unit, a user profile engine, a report module and a user interface engine. The controller manages the core functions and the transmission of data between the data access manager components. The lookup module enables a user to query patient data. The clinical authorization engine authorizes access to patient data. The logging/auditing unit logs and monitors user activity. The user profile engine accesses and updates user profile information. The patient profile engine accesses and updates patient profile information. The report module generates reports related to the user activity. The user interface engine generates user interfaces for displaying the user profiles and patient information data. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150081314 | Generating and Processing Medical Alerts for Re-admission Reductions - A computer-implemented method includes accessing information indicative of a question to be answered by a medical patient, with the question being included in a medical assessment questionnaire of a medical service provider; receiving information indicative of a selection of one or more triggering events for answers to the question; and generating, for the question, a medical alert rule, with the medical alert rule comprising instructions to perform operations comprising: receiving an answer of the medical patient to the question; detecting, based on contents of the received answer, the triggering event for the question; and generating a medical questionnaire alert to notify the medical service provider that the medical patient has answered the question with the answer that is defined as being unacceptable. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081315 | METHOD FOR SELECTING MEDICAL IMAGING PROTOCOLS - A method for selecting medical imaging protocols. The method allows a physician to input client history to generate a series of available protocols associated with medical imaging modalities available to the patient. The method ranks the protocols in order of appropriateness. The method allows the physician to select a desired protocol, which protocol may be reviewed, approved, rejected, or modified by a radiologist. Once the radiologist approves of the protocol and orders and examination based upon the protocol, a technician uses a diagnostic imaging system to generate images of the patient associated with the protocol which may be reviewed by the radiologist to generate an exam whereafter both the images and exam may be used by the physician to diagnose or treat the patient. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081316 | SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME TRACKING OF MEDICATION USE BY A USER - A system for tracking the use of medication by a user in real-time generates data pertaining to the medication use including time of consumption and amount of medication available, and transmit the data to a network so the data is readily accessible to at least one party of interest. The system includes a base unit housing affixed to a cover for use with a medication container, the base unit housing having a micro-electro-mechanical system able to detect motion of the cover and determine when the user removes the cover from the medication container, a computing device to generate the medication use data based on information from the micro-electro-mechanical system, and a communication system to transmit the medication use data to a cloud computer via the network, thereby providing the at least one party of interest access to the cloud computer and the medication use data. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081317 | Instant Mobile Practice - Enabling communication for a health service provider through a mobile device that includes receiving a request for real-time communication with a health service provider through a mobile device, prompting the consumer to choose a network and thus, the system generating a choice of operations. The consumer then makes a choice such as private communication request and scheduling an appointment through the mobile device. The chosen operation is performed based on the choice by the consumer. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081318 | Claim-based Data Collection for Generating Insurance Reports - A computer-implemented method includes transmitting information indicative of an outcome questionnaire; receiving, from the first client device, answers to the series of questions; generating, based on the answers, an outcome score that is indicative of the severity of the functional limitation; determining a modifier that is indicative of a range of impairment, limitation or restriction of the portion of the user's anatomy; receiving a request to generate an insurance report, with the request comprising a selected type of functional limitation and a visit type; identifying a code that is indicative of the functional limitation that is being treated by the service provider and that is indicative of a point in time in a course of treatment of the user; generating, based on the identified code and the modifier, the insurance report; and submitting the insurance report to an insurance provider. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081319 | Method for Evaluating Medical Condition Insurability Risk - Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for evaluating medical condition insurability risk are provided. A digital communication including an indication of a medical condition associated with an individual is received. A presumptive medical condition risk score is generated for the individual based on the indication of the medical condition and presumptive medical condition risk criteria. One or more medical records associated with the individual are retrieved via a data storage device. A composite medical condition risk score for the individual is generated based on the one or more medical records, and a correlation between the presumptive medical condition risk score and the composite medical condition risk score is determined. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081320 | PLATFORM FOR CONNECTING MEDICAL INFORMATION TO SERVICES FOR MEDICAL CARE - A user device for connecting symptom, disease, procedure, and facility based information into actionable services for medical care and cost analysis is presented. The user device may include the functionality of linking medical information and providing user specific information. The user-specific information allows the user to make an informed decision about medical treatment. The user device may further be operative to tailor information in light of user characteristics such as location or healthcare network membership. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081321 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PROVIDING PRESCRIPTION REMINDERS - Methods, apparatuses and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed. In some examples, the methods include receiving a user's prescription information, then executing language processing logic stored at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium to generate structured prescription data from the user's prescription information, and then subsequently executing language generation logic stored on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium to reconstitute the structured prescription data into a suggested natural language prescription instruction, and then transmitting a prescription reminder that includes the suggested natural language prescription instruction. In some examples, apparatuses and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media include components capable of performing similar steps and methods. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081322 | Consolidated Healthcare and Resource Management System - A technical procedure and information enhancement system comprising a multi-function colored display; a computing device having memory and processors; a touch-free gesture-responsive computer input device; computer-readable media containing computer instructions for displaying a plurality of electronic pages selected from the group consisting of a pre-procedural page, a procedure preparation page, an intra-procedural page and a post-procedural page; connection to the internet; a backup memory; a microphone; one or more video cameras situated to record the medical procedure, speakers, and an electronic signature pad. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081323 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISEASE KNOWLEDGE MODELING AND CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT - Systems and methods are described herein for disease knowledge modeling and clinical treatment decision support. Disease or indication information, including identification of biomolecular entities associated with the indication may be culled through data mining to create a knowledge model of the indication. In some embodiments, the knowledge model may comprise a network of associations between molecular entities, including drug targets and biomarkers, genes, pathways. The model is used for prioritizing treatment decisions, for treatments comprising one or more medications associated with one or more molecular entities in the model. The priority of a suggested treatment depends on at least one property of one or more medications of the suggested treatment. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081324 | HEALTHCARE FRAUD PREEMPTION - Real-time fraud prevention software-as-a-service (SaaS) products include computer instruction sets to enable a network server to receive medical histories, enrollments, diagnosis, prescription, treatment, follow up, billings, and other data as they occur. The SaaS includes software instruction sets to combine, correlate, categorize, track, normalize, and compare the data sorted by patient, healthcare provider, institution, seasonal, and regional norms. Fraud reveals itself in the ways data points deviate from norms in nonsensical or inexplicable conduct. The individual behaviors of each healthcare provider are independently monitored, characterized, and followed by self-spawning smart agents that can adapt and change their rules as the healthcare providers evolve. Such smart agents will issue flags when their particular surveillance target is acting out of character, outside normal parameters for them. Fraud controls can therefore be much tighter than those that have to accommodate those of a diverse group. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081325 | METHOD AND PROCESS FOR TRANSPORTING HEALTH INFORMATION - A method for transforming and transporting health information is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving the health information; transforming the received health information of based on a predetermined rule; validating whether the received health information is in a proper form based on a third-party standard; and parsing the de-identified received health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081326 | Healthcare Process Management Using Context - Rather than modify or create, by programmers, a new workflow specifically for each healthcare provider, a workflow provider creates an abstract workflow appropriate for any or many healthcare providers. Using context about a specific healthcare provider, a computer automatically adapts the abstract workflow to the healthcare provider. Using patient context, the computer may automatically schedule tasks of the adapted workflow appropriate for the specific patient and the specific healthcare provider. The patient and healthcare provider context may be monitored for any changes that alter the workflow, and the system may reschedule the tasks as appropriate. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081327 | System and Method for Managing Appointments - Systems and methods for managing appointments and, particularly, for managing appointments for patients in healthcare systems that include health care facilities and hospitals. Computer systems can detect geophysical positions of patient devices, such as their smart phones to update likelihood of patients being able to make appointment dates on time during the date of the appointments The computer systems can detect the patients travel locations before the appointment at one or more geo-fences associated with the location of the appointment for determining whether the geographical position is inside or outside the geo-fence to determine likelihood of patient making their appointment ontime, and if time permits registering the patient during their travels to the appointment, and/or sending reminders to the patient of the scheduled appointment time, or determining if the appointment needs to be rescheduled. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081328 | SYSTEM FOR HOSPITAL ADAPTIVE READMISSION PREDICTION AND MANAGEMENT - A method of determining a probability of readmission of a patient includes receiving patient data from a plurality of information sources; calculating the probability of readmission of the patient based on the patient data and an adaptive readmission risk model; and providing the probability of readmission of the patient to a medical provider. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081329 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS - Systems, methods, and computer program media for exchanging freely transferrable health care credits are described. Health care credits are issued by a first entity to a second entity for satisfying metrics of good health over a predetermined time period. A value for satisfying the metrics of good health to the first entity is greater than a value of the health care credits provided to the second entity. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150088531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATION OF PERSONAL HEALTHCARE - A system and method for accumulating, analyzing and reporting of medical information includes a data input and computer or server system in data connection with information sources, such as doctors, patients, labs, medical devises or the patient to provide personal healthcare guidelines or alerts. Information is accumulated over time, facilitating trend analysis and generation of readily-understandable displays by implementation of structured data display templates. Analysis of data facilitates generation of advice or suggestions for patient behavior. Reports are available for individuals, groups, medical institutions, healthcare providers or insurance companies. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088532 | Methods, Systems, and Servers for Processing Health Insurance Claims - Methods of processing applications for compensation include: (a) receiving an application for compensation submitted to a processing hub through a point of sale and/or a system coupled therewith; (b) evaluating the application for compensation in response to the receiving based on data associated with a consumer and/or the application for compensation and/or the point of sale; (c) determining a dispositive outcome for the application for compensation; and (d) implementing the dispositive outcome at the point of sale. Systems and servers for processing applications for compensation, and computer-readable storage media containing instructions for processing applications for compensation, are described. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088533 | COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES IN AN OFFICE - A computer-based system for automating administrative procedures in an office is described. According to an embodiment, the system may include a control module in communication with a management tracker module, a provider tracker module and an administrative tracker module, as well as a database accessible by the management tracker module, a provider tracker module and an administrative tracker module. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088534 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A CLINICAL TREATMENT PLAN TAILORED TO PATIENT DEFINED HEALTH GOALS - The invention discloses a method by which the health care professional or patient may draw upon historical medical data concerning patients similarly situated in medical condition, to assist him/her in deciding on a clinical intervention procedure to select. This method is specifically tailored to the patient, as data is provided and evaluated from only similarly situated patients, and provides an expectation of potential outcome of the patient should one or the other of the options be selected. The invention further provides a database that may be used in order to provide this comparison based evaluation method. A computer based software system is further disclosed that implements the method. The invention more specifically provides a method by which a post-coronary event patient may make an informed decision of which post-coronary revascularization procedure to undergo in the future management of his disease. This method employs the patient's health status date (symptoms, function and quality of life), and provides projections of the patient's expected survival, risk, and 1-year health status outcome from the selection of revascularization procedure, such as Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088535 | MULTIVARIATE COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMAL HEALTHCARE SERVICE PRICING - A multivariate computational system and method for optimal healthcare service pricing are disclosed. The system and method may use a computational process that integrates arbitrary sources of healthcare service price and quality information into a model. The model adapts over time such that it determines the optimal price for individual or aggregate healthcare service queries based on regional and temporal adjustments, as well as any of a number of service quality metrics. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088536 | HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A PERSONALIZED CARE PLAN OF A USER - The present invention relates to a healthcare system ( | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088537 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEALTHCARE STOP-LOSS OR REINSURANCE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING - A system and method for healthcare stop-loss or reinsurance assessment and planning comprising receiving input data, the input data comprising diagnosis data related to a medical condition; identifying data in a healthcare diagnosis/financial database (HDFD) based on, at least in part, the input data, the identified data comprising treatment data including a list of one or more treatments associated with the diagnosis data and expected treatment costs associated with each treatment of the list of one or more treatments, and procedure data comprising a list of one or more procedures associated with the diagnosis data and expected procedure costs associated with each treatment of the list of one or more treatments, generate output data based on, at least in part, the identified data; and transmitting the output data to a user. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088538 | Connected Health Care System - A connected health care system is provided with various devices for tracking and monitoring health statistics and behaviors including oral health, fitness, heart health, bone health, salivary diagnostics, diabetes, and further options that will be explored in the subsequent sections. The connected health care system is comprised of various devices, a data transfer medium (i.e. “smartphone”), and the Cloud, which allows for data transfer between multiple platforms and devices. Some devices comprised in the connected health care system include a toothbrush, a connected surface with sensors, a salivary diagnostic system, a breath analysis system, and further devices that will be explored in the subsequent sections. The connected health care system further provides a user identification system utilizing capacitive coupling of the human body between devices. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088539 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING PATIENT ALLOCATION - A method for optimizing patient allocation includes determining, by an analysis engine executing on a computing device, for a type of procedure, a total number of procedures performed by a plurality of physicians. The analysis engine determines a percentage of the total number of procedures performed by each of the plurality of physicians. The analysis engine determines whether the determined percentage for a first physician is lower than a threshold. The analysis engine determines whether the determined percentage for a second physician is lower than the threshold. An allocation engine executing on the computing device transitions responsibility for at least one procedure performed by the first physician to the second physician, responsive to a determination that the determined percentage for the first physician is lower than the threshold and that the determined percentage for the second physician is higher than the threshold. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088540 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT USING INTERVENTION AND TASKING DETERMINATION - Devices, systems, and methods for use in managing patient treatments utilizing pharmaceutical or therapeutic compounds. Methods include accessing one or more fields of information relating to any of a patient, physician and drug treatment and relating the one or more fields, or combination thereof, to a particular attribute or outcome. By analyzing the one or more fields of data in relation to the attribute or outcome, the system determines suitability of an intervention(s) and tasks the intervention(s) to one or more entities to facilitate the desired attribute or outcome. In certain aspects, the system facilitates identification of complex relationships and trends between seemingly unrelated fields of information and outputs information for use in an intervention or various other purposes according to the attribute or outcome desired by the user. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088541 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING PERSONALIZED OUTCOME PROBABILITIES TO SUPPORT THE CONSUMER IN COMPARING COSTS AND EFFICACY OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND MATCHING MEDICAL PROVIDER WITH CONSUMER - Provided herein are methods and systems for implementation and delivery of cost comparisons for medical treatment plans. Included are methods and systems of delivering cost comparison to consumers on a plurality of medical treatments offered by the same medical provider or a plurality of medical treatments offered by a plurality of medical providers with or without analyzing the impact of insurance coverage, payment by cash, credit card, loans, and loan and repayment terms. Also included are methods and systems for matching consumers with medical providers based on cost, financing, consumer characteristics, medical provider attributes, and diagnostic and prognostic criteria. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088542 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL STATES WITH QUANTITATIVE DATA - Techniques are disclosed relating to computer facilitated determination of a correlation between an individual's emotional or mental state and influential data corresponding to the individual. The correlation may be determined over a particular time interval or substantially in real-time. Influential data may be provided from one or more data sources (e.g., a device) associated with the individual. The report may be communicated in various forms including graphs and other visual representations. The report may be communicated to the user via various communication channels such as emails, text messages, webpages, and other digital or physical form. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088543 | METHOD OF MANAGING EXTERNAL DEVICES, METHOD OF OPERATING EXTERNAL DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND EXTERNAL DEVICE - Provided is a method of a host device managing at least one external device connected to the host device through a management server. The method includes: obtaining measurement information measured by the at least one external device; requesting authorization by the management server; transmitting the obtained measurement information to the management server when the authentication succeeds; receiving management information for managing the at least one external device, where the management information is generated based on the measurement information by the management server; and managing the at least one external device based on the received management information. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088544 | FACILITATING HEALTH MANAGEMENT OF SUBJECTS - A peer system of subjects with health-related issues is formed based on an association of subjects and a particular type of electronic device or devices which provides information related to a specific health-related issue or issues obtained from particular subjects. By means of such associations, subjects can transmit to and receive messages from other subjects associated with the same type of electronic device. One way to associate subjects with health-related issues is through an association of a subject with a type or types of sensors. For example, each monitoring device may be associated with a subject, and the type or types of sensor or sensors may be associated with the subject and/or monitoring device. Devices, systems, methods and computer program products may be provided leveraging this association for various applications, e.g., management of the health care of subjects, peering among subjects with a common heath-related issue or issues, advertising, research and other applications involving such subjects. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150095041 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MEDICAL DEVICE BY USING SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed are a system for controlling a medical device by using a short-range wireless communication technology and a method of the same, and more particularly, a system for controlling the medical device by using the short-range wireless communication technology, for example, NFC, Bluetooth and the like. The method is to control the medical equipment by using a smart device and includes: (i) starting an application installed on a smart device | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095042 | HIGH/LOW BLOOD GLUCOSE RISK ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A blood glucose (bG) measurement engine selectively measures bG levels in blood samples input to a handheld diabetes management device. A computer readable medium includes code executed by a processor to: identify a period of N days, the period including the current date and N−1 days immediately prior to the current date, wherein N is an integer greater than 6; determine a total number of the N days during which the patient input at least two blood samples; and, when the total number of the N days is greater than M, M being an integer greater than zero and less than or equal to N: calculate a value based on the bG levels of blood samples input during the period; based on the value, classify the patient as having a first, second, or third risk of being hypoglycemic in the future. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095043 | AUTOMATIC CREATION AND SELECTION OF DOSE PREDICTION MODELS FOR TREATMENT PLANS - A dose prediction model can be determined for generating a dose distribution of a treatment plan for irradiating a target structure within a patient. Treatment plans from previous patients can be analyzed to determine D characteristic values to obtain a D dimensional point for each treatment plan. The treatment plans can be clustered based on the D dimensional points. The treatment plans of a cluster can then be used to determine a dose prediction model. A dose prediction model for patient can be selected from among multiple models. Characteristics about the patient can be used to determine a D dimensional point corresponding to the patient. The D-dimensional point can be used to select a model in comparison to D dimensional points of the models. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095044 | DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR CHOOSING TREATMENT PLANS - Patient data can be used to determine input values to different estimation functions for different treatment types. The estimation functions can each be used to estimate one or more outcome values for the respective treatment. A quality score can be determined using the outcome value(s). A first treatment plan having an optimal quality score can be identified, e.g., by displaying the treatment plans with the quality scores, which may correspond to the outcome values. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095045 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE HIGH-ENERGY RADIATION TREATMENT ENVIRONMENT - The present invention is directed to a method, system, and article of manufacture of a treatment environment engine on a mobile device to allow performance of workflow tasks inside of a high radiation medical procedure room. The treatment environment engine comprises a capturing module, a synchronization module, and a medical device control console component for capturing data (e.g., images or text) on the mobile device inside the medical procedure room and synchronizing the data via a wireless network with a medical device control console located outside the medical procedure room. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095046 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING RISK OF A HEALTH PLAN MEMBER - A method for attempting to mitigate risk of a health plan member. The method includes: receiving medical data related to the health plan member; computing a first score for the health plan member corresponding to predicated future financial health care costs for the health plan member based on the medical data; computing a second score for the health plan member corresponding to a clinical risk for the health plan member based on the medical data; computing a third score for the health plan member corresponding to a probability of a future acute care event for the health plan member within a threshold amount of time based on the medical data; assigning the health plan member to a risk tier based on the first, second, and third scores; and engaging the health plan member based on the risk tier and one or more engagement factors. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095047 | DATA-ENABLED PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER AND METHODS FOR USING SAME - A data-enabled pharmaceutical container and methods for reminding at dose time, then tracking and communicating valid dose events and/or dose exception events are disclosed. Examples of dose exception events include, but are not limited to, missed doses, extra doses, early doses, and late doses. The data-enabled pharmaceutical container includes control electronics for processing and communicating information about valid dose events and/or dose exception events. For example, using a dose detection algorithm, a dose event is deemed valid based on (1) sensing the open state of the data-enabled pharmaceutical container (e.g., sensing that the closure is not present), (2) sensing a certain orientation or tilt of the data-enabled pharmaceutical container, and (3) sensing that the data-enabled pharmaceutical container is both opened and tilted simultaneously for a certain amount of time (e.g., a few seconds). | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095048 | AUTOMATED, CUSTOMIZABLE INCOMING REFERRAL PROCESS - A computer-implemented method of using task lists to manage incoming referrals in a medical care organization includes presenting a task manager configured to visually create and assign lists of work corresponding to an incoming referral process, and receiving input corresponding to visual creation and assignment of a list of work corresponding to an incoming referral process. The method further includes presenting a wait list manager configured to visually create a wait list entry based upon an incoming referral in a medical care organization, and receiving input, based on the incoming referral, corresponding to creation of a wait list entry. The method also includes creating the wait list entry based upon the incoming referral input, creating one or more tasks based upon the wait list entry, and automatically managing and tracking the tasks created based upon the wait list entry, thereby driving the incoming referral process. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095049 | Systems, Computer Medium and Computer-Implemented Methods for Quantifying and Employing Impacts of Workplace Wellness Programs - Provided are embodiments of systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for quantifying impacts of workplace wellness programs. Methods include receiving cohort health risk data for cohort groups subject to a workplace wellness program, direct cost data, and total cost data, normalizing the cohort health risk data to generate a normalized number of risk avoided, determining an average direct cost associated with a health risk, determining a ratio of total cost avoided to medical cost avoided, and determining a presenteeism value indicative of a total cost avoided over the given duration of time based at least in part on a product of the normalized number of risk avoided, a number of employees subject to the workplace wellness program, the average medical cost associated with a health risk and the ratio of total cost avoided to direct cost avoided. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095050 | DENORMALIZATION OF HEALTHCARE DATA - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for denormalizing healthcare data are provided. An indication a patient has been added to a tracking list is received. The tracking list is determined to be associated with a primed view. Data is retrieved for the patient. The data for the patient is cached into the primed view before a clinician requests the data. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095051 | AUTOMATED ALGORITHM AND FRAMEWORK FOR MULTI-PATIENT TREATMENT PLAN ACCESS IN RADIATION THERAPY - A method for reviewing a treatment plan including displaying list of at least one of a selected plurality of patients, institutions, and treatment plans associated with a treatment planning system, selecting at least one of the one or more patients, institutions, and treatment plans, querying treatment plan parameters associated with the selected one or more patients, institutions, and treatment plans, and generating a report file of the queried treatment plan parameters | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095052 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING FINANCIAL SUBSIDIES OF PATIENTS' PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION COSTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH MEDICATION SYNCHRONIZATION SERVICES - In an embodiment of the invention, a computer implemented method and system maps and organizes information derived from a patients' medication regimens with information derived from a set of copay subsidy processors to facilitate financial subsidizations for patients participating in a synchronization service of their prescription medication fills. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095053 | TRANSMITTING TREATMENT INFORMATION - A system includes a first computing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The processor and the memory are configured to receive at least one of (i) information indicative of treatment of a victim by a first caregiver using the first computing device and (ii) information indicative of a health status of the victim; determine that treatment of the victim by the first caregiver using the first computing device is completed; and transmit the received information to a second computing device. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095054 | MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHOD - A system for monitoring a plurality of persons in an assisted living facility includes a local system in the assisted living facility. The local system includes a plurality of sensor systems. Each of the plurality of sensor systems is adapted to monitor changes in state of at least one monitored system caused by activity or lack of activity of at least one of the plurality of persons. The plurality of sensor systems include a plurality of presence sensors adapted to determine at least the presence or the absence of each one of the plurality of persons on a bed thereof or on a wheelchair thereof. The local system further includes a local communication device in communicative connection with each of the plurality of sensor systems to receive data from each of the plurality of sensor systems. The system further includes a remote system in communication with the local communication device. The remote system includes a processing system to process data from the plurality of sensor systems based upon predetermined rules. The remote system is adapted to provide an alert to at least one caregiver including at least one of (i) a fall alert and (ii) a condition alert related to at least one metric of bed use determined by the remote system and related to a potential change in condition of one of the plurality of persons. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095055 | METHODS FOR PROCESSING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG REQUEST - Methods and systems for processing prescription drug requests and patient discounts are disclosed. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095056 | POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UTILIZING CLINICALLY RELEVANT ALGORITHMS - Methods, systems, computer storage media, and graphical user interfaces for population health management are disclosed. The population health management system may allow for cross-continuum tracking and subsequent interactions with transactional systems, providers, and/or patients. The population health management system may include utilizing clinically relevant algorithms to populate registries to enable healthcare providers to better facilitate care for a population of patients. The population health management system may consolidate and provide comprehensive condition-specific and/or patient situation specific information that is accessible and updatable across venues. The population health management system may create cross venue antibiograms based on medications information and susceptibility results which can be filtered for selected demographics. The population health management system may be utilized to provide multiple medication options including dosing, generic alternatives, cost, availability, and susceptibility information. Inappropriate trends may be flagged and monitored and medication stewards may be alerted or notified to intervene. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095057 | METHODS OF INITIATING A WORKFLOW AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method for initiating a workflow includes receiving, by a workflow initiation computing device, a patient identifier corresponding to a patient and a patient activity identifier corresponding to a patient activity, wherein the patient activity corresponds to the workflow. A patient activity code is generated based on the received patient identifier and the received patient activity identifier. The generated patient activity code is provided to the patient by at least one of an e-mail, a text message, a website, or an application. An input of the provided patient activity code is received. The workflow is initiated in response to the received input of the patient activity code. A workflow initiation computing device and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also disclosed. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095058 | METHODS FOR LABORATORY SAMPLE TRACKING AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method of managing and tracking a collected laboratory sample includes receiving a patient identifier and laboratory-workflow information related to the collected laboratory sample. Shipment information is obtained for the collected laboratory sample based on the received patient identifier. A tracking process is initiated after the shipping information has been obtained, which includes obtaining location information from one or more sample preparatory stations or sample analysis stations being used to prepare or analyze the collected laboratory sample based on the received laboratory-workflow information. Completion information related to the laboratory-workflow information is obtained indicating that the collected laboratory sample been prepared and analyzed by all designated sample preparatory stations or sample analysis stations. A status of the collected laboratory sample is provided after obtaining the shipment information, the location information, the completion information, or a combination thereof. A sample management computing device and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also disclosed. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095059 | PROVIDER DRIVEN MODEL REMOTE HEALTHCARE MONITORING AND BILLING SYSTEM - A healthcare monitoring and billing system having a practice management system connected to a third party facilitator system. A remote testing device is assigned to a patient that automatically transmits test results upon completion. Once reviewed by a healthcare provider a claim and billing request are automatically sent to a healthcare clearing house. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095060 | Method and System for Providing Data Management in Integrated Analyte Monitoring and Infusion System - Methods and systems for providing therapy related data management are provided. The subject systems include one or more device components, and at least one memory storage unit and at least one data storage unit associated with such one or more device components. The device components may include one or more of an analyte monitoring system, a fluid delivery device and a remote terminal. The subject methods include use of the subject systems to optimize treatment of a patient. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150100326 | HEALTHCARE VISIT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK - Described herein is a descriptive framework to facilitate healthcare visit management. In accordance with one aspect, information of an appointment scheduled with a healthcare provider is received. A user's real-time location is monitored and the user's real-time location is used to facilitate a visit to fulfill the appointment. If waiting time of the user during the visit is estimated to be more than a predetermined threshold value, one or more recommendations may be presented via a user device to recommend relevant services, goods or entertainment options to the user. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100327 | MAINTAINING CONTEXT BETWEEN APPLICATIONS UTILIZING A PRIORITIZED PATIENT LIST - Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage medium are provided for maintaining context between applications utilizing prioritized patient lists. A selection of patients is received from a clinician. A patient list is prioritized. A preview of information from more than one application is provided without requiring each application to launch. A selection of a patient from the patient list is received. More than one application is launched for the patient based on context passed from the patient list to each application. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100328 | Facilitating Transactions for Health Applications Designed for Mobile Devices - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for facilitating transactions for health-related computing products (e.g., mobile health applications or health-related devices). One method includes storing a plurality of lists, each list including health-related computing products approved for compensation by a payer entity. A claim for a health-related computing product is received from a user. The list with which the user is associated is determined. A determination is made whether the health-related computing product included in the claim is listed in the list with which the user is determined to be associated. When the health-related computing product is determined to be listed in the list with which the user is determined to be associated, compensation by the payer is authorized. However, when the health-related computing product is not determined to be listed in the list with which the user is determined to be associated, compensation by the payer is declined. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100329 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED HEALTH CARE PAYMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with a health care payment processing system are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a computer implemented method of health care payment processing including receiving health care insurance information pertaining to a patient, the information including the patient's identity and health care insurance carrier information or health care exchange information, adding the health care insurance information to a premium assistor database, determining eligibility of the patient for health care insurance premium payment assistance based on a status of a health care insurance premium payment for verified health care insurance coverage, paying a health care insurance premium payment associated with the status of the health care insurance premium payment, verifying receipt of the health care insurance premium payment, and verifying receipt of a health care services payment from a health care insurance carrier. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100330 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IDENTIFYING INFECTIOUS AND HAZARDOUS SITES, DETECTING DISEASE OUTBREAKS, AND DIAGNOSING A MEDICAL CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE - A method and system for detecting and identifying infectious sites by: receiving location data from a mobile device associated with a user, receiving health data for the user, determining an illness being suffered by a user, if the illness is an infectious disease, calculating an incubation period for the disease in the user, backtracking through the user's location data to determine a location where the user was during the incubation period, identifying each such location as an infectious site, notifying affected users who have been to the infectious site, and requesting real-time feedback from affected users in order to confirm, reject, or refine the identification of the infectious site | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100331 | BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM AND SERVICES FOR PAYOR IN HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY - A business intelligence solution tailored to health care services. Specifically, the present invention consists at least one Payor source as enterprise resource planning (ERP)/legacy engine integrated with plurality of data; a extract transform and load (ETL) engine designed for extracting data from said Enterprise resource planning (ERP)/legacy engine consisting of business metrics relating to performance of the business with its organized data in hierarchy; at least one LANDING PAD/staging layer having at least one staging data table; at least one analytic engine called STAR SCHEMA designed for reporting, analysis and planning of information based on business metric implemented; at least one TRANSACTIONA DATA MODEL for transforming data from said Payor source into web interface; designed to support business analytic activities such as healthcare data, financial data and business administration. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100332 | METHOD FOR SHARING PRIVATE NURSING - A method and system for providing shared private nursing or other healthcare services has a computer with a database for storing patient data and locations. The patients are sorted by location and assigned a nursing rotation for each group of patients at a common location. The services provided to each patient are assigned a numerical value and the value of the services provided to each patient are calculated to determine a percentage of the daily nursing rate attributable to each patient. The patient is then billed only for the percentage of the nurse's time and work that was used over the billing period. The calculations are performed automatically on a computer having a microprocessor after receiving data on the services provided from a personal computer, smartphone or tablet of each nurse. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100333 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE - A method includes receiving, from a mobile device and at a host device associated with a database storing medical procedures, a signal indicative of a credential of a user of the mobile device. Based on the credential, a first subset of medical procedures including fewer medical procedures than the set of medical procedures is associated with the mobile device. The host device receives a signal indicative of healthcare data from the mobile device. Based on the healthcare data, a signal is sent to cause the mobile device to display a second subset of medical procedures including fewer medical procedures than the first subset of medical procedures. The host device receives a signal indicative of a selection of a medical procedure from the second subset of medical procedures from the mobile device and a signal is sent to cause the display to display a first step of the medical procedure. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100334 | System and Method for Managing Medical Information - A system for managing medical information includes a host device for installation at a first location, an image capturing device, and an end device for installation at a second location. The host device encodes medical information into a barcode, and outputs the barcode to an information carrier. The image capturing device captures an image of the barcode on the information carrier so as to create a barcode image. The end device decodes the barcode image for obtaining the medical information encoded by the host device. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100335 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for Adherence Monitoring and Patient Interaction - Devices, systems, and methods are provided for adherence monitoring and patient interaction. In general, the devices, systems, and methods can facilitate a patient's adherence to a medication schedule and can facilitate monitoring and tracking of the patient's adherence to the medication schedule. In one embodiment, a medical accessory such as a cap is provided that can be configured to attach to existing medication dispensers, such as asthma inhalers, or to be integrated into a custom-made medication dispenser. The accessory can be configured to provide a notification to the patient when medication is due. The accessory can be configured to detect usage of the dispenser. The accessory can be configured to provide data regarding dispensing of the medication to an external device. The data can be analyzed and provided for visualization on a user interface. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100336 | SCORE CARDS - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for building a score plan for a healthcare organization, its providers, its payers, and/or its patients and presenting the results of the score plan on one or more score card user interfaces. Score cards graphically display an entity's progress towards meeting quality measure objectives. The score cards provide information on percentage completion of one or more quality measure objectives by the entity and/or quality measure objectives that may be difficult for the entity to achieve. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100337 | HEALTHCARE SERVICE MARKETPLACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A healthcare service marketplace system and method are provided. The system may generate a healthstream for a user that provides a more complete view of health related events. The system may also provide a transparent health marketplace with clear service descriptions and posted prices. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100338 | METHODS FOR REQUESTING AND CHECKING RESULTS OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR AVELLINO CORNEAL DYSTROPHY - A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display launches a software application configured for requesting a diagnostic test for Avellino corneal dystrophy and checking a result of the diagnostic test for Avellino corneal dystrophy. The device logs in to the software application. Subsequent to logging into the software application, the device displays a request form for a diagnostic test for Avellino corneal dystrophy on the touch-sensitive display. While displaying the request form, the device receives a signature at a location on the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to a signature block of the displayed request form. In response to receiving the signature, the device stores the signature for the request form as an electronic file in the memory. The device transmits the signed request form to a server computer that is located remotely from the portable electronic device. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100339 | MULTI-USER CLINICAL PATHWAY SYSTEMS WITH THERAPY OPTIONS AND VISUAL NOTICES OF CLINICAL TRIAL OPPORTUNITIES - The systems, methods and computer program products provide online access to clinical pathways that provide in a convenient, intuitive and user-friendly manner, treatment options with clinical trial enrollment opportunities as well as a bundled or packaged set of supporting documents and data that can facilitate standardized treatments and provide clinicians with identification of and timely and easy access to open clinical trials. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100340 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOSPITAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented method for hospital energy management is described. Admission discharge transfer (ADT) information is received from a hospital ADT system. At least a portion of the ADT information received from the hospital ADT system is analyzed. A control signal is generated based on the analysis of the ADT information. The control signal may include control information configured to control an aspect of equipment in the hospital. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100341 | CLINICAL OUTCOME TRACKING AND ANALYSIS - The described invention provides a system and method for clinical outcome tracking and analysis. The clinical outcome tracking and analysis comprises sorting, outcome tracking, quality of life metrics, toxicity to therapy and cost of care. The system and method includes receiving one or more parameters. Exemplary parameters for sorting include sex, age, ethnicity, comorbidities, tobacco use, source of insurance, medical record number, primary care physician, referring physician, hospital, approved service vendors, disease-specific clinical molecular phenotype, therapy intent, stage of therapy, biomarkers, and cost of care. A plurality of patient medical records are sorted, by a clinical outcome tracking and analysis module executed by a processor, to provide a set of patient medical records satisfying the one or more parameters. A nodal address, indicating one or more variables, is applied to the sorted set of patient medical records to determine a clinically relevant set of patient medical records as the sorted set of patient medical records satisfying the one or more variables. The clinically relevant set of patient medical records is analyzed. A communication is transmitted based on the analyzing to a user to effect treatment, to monitor performance, or to reduce at least one of treatment variability, waste or inefficiency while delivering on intended outcome. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100342 | MOBILE APP FOR CONTACT LENSES - A method includes providing a mobile application for use on a mobile device. The mobile application includes a first portion for use by an eye care provider and a second portion for use by a contact lens user. The first portion provides a user interface to the eye care provider for specifying contact lens parameters for the contact lenses and for generating a code associated with the contact lens user. The second portion provides a user interface to the contact lens user for inputting the code to register and then for managing contact lens ordering. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100343 | MEDICATION ADHERENCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-based system and related methods for improving and sustaining patient adherence, compliance and persistence with a medication plan, regimen or regime. The system works with a particular prescription medication or medications, or for a daily or periodic regimen of multiple prescription medications. It provides real-time reminders and alerts to patients for quality-assured patient self-administration of medication at the correct point in time for each scheduled medication dose, and determines adherence scores and ratings for a variety of medication adherence factors. It can be accessed on mobile computing devices, or through a web-based browser. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100344 | PATIENT HEALTH INFORMATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for analyzing health information to generate medical assessments are described. Health information may include any type of information associated with the health or physical characteristics of a patient. Non-limiting examples of medical assessments include medical diagnoses, medical orders, and risk assessments. A health information analysis system may access health information associated with a patient and provide a medical assessment based on various analyses of the health information. The health information analysis system may receive feedback associated with the medical assessments, such as historical information and/or user input regarding the accuracy or completeness of the medical assessment. The feedback may be used by the health information analysis system to update the analyses of the health information. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100345 | INTEGRATED HEALTH DATA CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM - The present invention provides an integrated health care surveillance and monitoring system that provides real-time sampling, modeling, analysis, and recommended interventions. The system can be used to monitor infectious and chronic diseases. When faced with outbreak of an infectious disease agent, e.g., influenza virus, the system can identify active cases through pro-active sampling in high risk locations, such as schools or crowded commercial areas. The system can notify appropriate entities, e.g., local, regional and national governments, when an event is detected, thereby allowing for proactive management of a possible outbreak. The system also predicts the best response for deployment of scarce resources. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100346 | System and method for verification of identity in an integrated health network - A identity verification device for verifying identity used in a system and process for aiding the transition of patients to and from the post acute market, and more specifically to a computer based system for facilitating the transition and an application program for doing so in a networked computer environment. The system may include advertising, the transfer of employment records, and the networking of vendors to coordinate the provision of services. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150106109 | Systems and Methods for Lowering the Cost of Health Care - A computer-based system and method are provided for minimizing the overall cost of providing health care for a chronic disease. To do this, an operating point is selected on a ROC curve to classify patients in a defined population. Based on this classification, patients in the population are classified and placed on either of a pair of pathways for health care. One pathway involves relatively low-cost health care treatment, but potentially repetitive involvement with the patient. The other pathway involves relatively high-cost treatment, but only episodic involvement with the patient. Placement of each entity on a selected pathway is done to collectively minimize the overall cost of providing health care. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150106110 | Automated Method, System and Program for Aiding in Strategic Marketing - The disclosed subject matter is a method and system for marketing a client's product for an alternative purpose. The information about the alternative purpose of the product is collected and input into an automated system. The method and system then informs third parties about the client's product along with suggested alternative uses. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150106111 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT ENHANCEMENT - Diagnostic enhancement procedures involve identifying a complete or substantially complete diagnosis code for a patient in response to receiving a query related to a search for a patient diagnosis code followed by entry of patient clinical criteria by a user, such as a clinician. The query may include entry of a procedure and/or procedure code the results of which the user suspects will result in a complete diagnosis and/or diagnosis code. The complete or substantially complete diagnosis code is used in combination with the patient's clinical criteria selections to generate a procedure recommendation and corresponding procedure code. A parent or child diagnosis code is identified and used to select an appropriate procedure recommendation decision tree, where branches of the decision tree are assigned a particular parent or child code, and patient clinical criteria selections are used to narrow the diagnostic recommendation to a specific procedure and corresponding code. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150106112 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ADVERSE EVENT DATA - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for multivarlate analysis of adverse event data. According to a first aspect, patient-specific genomic Information is used to optimize or de-risk therapy for the patient. According to other aspects of the invention, unknown drug targets are identified via adverse event data. According to still other espects, a medication is identified to exclude from use for an indication or from a clinical trial of another medication. According to another aspect, a predicted side effect profile is generated for a medication targeting a novel target. According to still another aspect, combination therapies are identified via adverse event data. According to another aspect, molecular interactions between a plurality of molecular entities are displayed in an intuitive format. According to still another aspect, molecular entities responsible for adverse event differences between similar indications are identified. According to still another aspect, genetic variants associated with adverse events in a clinical trial are identified. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150106113 | Near Field Communication (NFC) Based Counterfeit Product Identification System - A counterfeit pharmaceutical product identification system and method for determining authenticity of pharmaceutical products using NFC (Near Field Communication) enabled mobile device is disclosed. A unique secure code, invisible to human eyes, is embedded inside the packaging of the pharmaceutical products. An authentication server stores a database of pharmaceutical products and the unique secure codes associated with each of the pharmaceutical products. At least one mobile device, connected to the server, is configured to read unique secure code embedded inside the packaging of the pharmaceutical product, by bringing the mobile device in close proximity to the packaging. The mobile device authenticates the pharmaceutical product by communicating with the authentication server and comparing the unique secure code attached to the pharmaceutical product with the secure code saved in the database whereby identifying the genuine pharmaceutical product instantly. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150106114 | KNOWLEDGE AWARE CASE CART MANAGER SYSTEM - Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for managing one or more case carts in a healthcare setting. Information associated with a case cart is received at a case cart manager system. Based on the information, at least one action is determined for the case cart, and the action is communicated to the case cart. The case cart or a user of the case cart is directed to perform the at least one action. Additionally, the case cart can detect its own status and generate status information that is communicated to and received at the case cart manager system. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150112694 | USER FRIENDLY COMPUTER ASSISTED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT SYSTEM USING PROPRIETARY ALGORITHMS TO INTERPRET AND SCORE USER GENERATED INPUT TO PRODUCE A SUBSTANTIALLY REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF A SUBJECTA#S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VITAL SIGNS INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TREATMENT - A user friendly computer assisted behavioral health assessment system and method of using same, wherein said behavioral health assessment uses proprietary algorithms to interpret and score user generated input to produce a substantially real-time evaluation of the subject's behavioral health including recommendations for treatment, said system includes a server connected to a communications network, a first computing device connected to the server on which software is stored for access by a third party user, at least a second computing device communicatively connected to the server via the communications network further comprising a display screen and a user interface for interactive use by the user, including access to the software stored on the first computing device to input user generated data, and software installed on the server to interpret and score user generated input to produce a substantially real-time evaluation of the subject's behavioral health including recommendations for treatment. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112695 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CLINICAL TREATMENT DISPENSATION - A system for managing clinical treatment dispensation includes a rules engine and a treatment assignment subsystem. The rules engine is capable of receiving at least two treatment parameters from at least one treatment module and uses the treatment parameters to compute a set of treatment combinations. The treatment assignment subsystem uses the treatment combinations set to generate treatment dispensation information useful for treating a patient. A method for generating a clinical treatment dispensation design is also described. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112696 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS FROM MULTIPLE DISPARATE SOURCES - Healthcare appointment information system and method enabling a patient to manage multiple accounts with third party sources through a single account. A user account is created for storing individual user healthcare data such as user preferences (e.g., Monday morning appointments or willingness to be placed on waiting lists), user names and passwords (for accessing third-party sources), contact information (phone, email, text), insurance plans, gender, age, medications, existing appointments and other healthcare information enabling the system to book an appointment on behalf of the patient on one or more availability sources. In addition to booking on the patient's behalf, the account information also enables patient communications with the various sources to be conducted through the system. For example, notifications from other availability sources can be transmitted through the system, which may reformat the message and communicate the reformatted message to the patient. The patient response may then be transmitted via the system to the source. These communications or their content may also be used to update the user account information. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING COMPLIANCE WITH DENTAL APPLIANCE THERAPY - A method and an apparatus for verifying compliance with a dental appliance therapy for a human patient is described. At least one parameter of a dental appliance worn by the human patient is periodically measured and compliance with the dental appliance therapy is determined by performing a spectral analysis of the measured parameter. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112698 | POINT OF SERVICE THIRD PARTY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT VEHICLE FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY - A point of service third party adjudicated payment system is provided that includes a point of service terminal which accepts payment system access information for payment for a purchase of at least one of a service and product by a customer. A settlement engine processes said purchase transaction so as to determine a portion of said purchase which is to be paid by the customer and returns a settlement transaction to said point of service terminal designating obligations for payment by the customer. A payment system accesses a payment account so that the customer is charged said portion of said purchase which is to be paid by the customer. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112699 | HEALTH MONITORING METHOD - Disclosed is a health monitoring method. The present invention includes: a step of classifying samples by weight and displaying information related to the samples in individual capsules, and a step of reading the information in the individual capsules loaded on a loading module, and loading module information, reading information on a mixed sample in which recipe information on each individual sample and the loading module are mixed with each other using the memory, and analyzing and displaying nutrient composition or caloric content information on the mixed sample. Accordingly, the capsules can be combined in the loading module in a simple manner and the nutrient composition and caloric content of mixed food can be easily determined, thus the optimal nutrient composition or caloric content can be provided according to the health conditions of the user. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112700 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE A KPI DASHBOARD AND ANSWER HIGH VALUE QUESTIONS - Systems, apparatus, and methods to analyze and visualize healthcare-related data are provided. An example method includes identifying, for one or more patients, a clinical quality measure including one or more criterion. The method includes comparing a plurality of data points for each of the patient(s) to the one or more criterion. The method includes determining whether each of the patient(s) passes or fails the clinical quality measure based on the comparison to the one or more criterion. The method includes identifying a pattern of the failure based on patient data points relating to the failure of the clinical quality measure for each of the patient(s) failing the clinical quality measure. The method includes providing an interactive visualization of the pattern of failure in conjunction with the patient data points and an aggregated indication of passage or failure of the patient(s) with respect to the clinical quality measure. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112701 | SIMULATED CLINICAL CASE-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONAL'S COMPETENCE IN EVALUATING AND INTERPRETING IMAGES AND DATA - Systems and methods are provided for assessing competency of a health-care professional using a linear-narrative progression. The system includes a virtual console and an assessment tool. The virtual console is configured to present a clinical vignette to the health-care professional and display a series of digital images and questions to the health-care professional based on the clinical vignette. The virtual console is further configured to receive a response to each of the questions. The virtual console is also configured to display corrective instructions to the health-care professional after receiving a response to critical questions, wherein subsequent digital images and questions are based on the corrective instructions. The assessment tool is configured to assess the health-care professional's interpretation of each of the plurality of digital images. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112702 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND/OR FOR PROVIDING HEALTHCARE INFORMATION AND/OR HEALTHCARE-RELATED INFORMATION WITH OR USING AN ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE RECORD AND GENETIC INFORMATION AND/OR GENETIC-RELATED INFORMATION - A computer-implemented method, including processing genetic information or genetic-related information regarding an individual, determining or ascertaining information regarding the genetic information or genetic-related information regarding an individual, generating a genetic profile report containing information regarding the information regarding the genetic information or genetic-related information of the individual, generating a diagnostic report containing information regarding a diagnosis or a possible diagnosis using the information contained in the genetic profile report or data file, generating a treatment report using information contained in the diagnostic report, generating a treatment plan for the individual, wherein the treatment plan contains information regarding a treatment for or corresponding to the diagnosis or the possible diagnosis, and transmitting the genetic profile report, the diagnostic report, the treatment report, or the treatment plan, to a communication device of or associated with a healthcare provider of the individual. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112703 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING PATIENT TREATMENT COMPLIANCE - Provided are computer implemented method and systems for providing and monitoring patient compliance with a patient healthcare treatment plan. The method includes receiving, from a healthcare provider over a network, application features for generating a patient application including patient instructions for using a medical therapy, and generating an application for a patient. The application includes at least an input for the user to input data for use in evaluating patient compliance with a treatment plan. In addition, the method includes receiving, from the healthcare provider over the network, a prescription for the application for the patient, and activating the application after the patient receives training on use of the application. The method also may include receiving patient compliance data from the application over the network based on the input. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112704 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING AND MAINTAINING EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT - Embodiments of the invention provide a uniquely accountable mechanism to provide emergency responders with accurate and verifiable data regarding the location and operational readiness of emergency equipment immediately upon notification of an emergency. The invention tracks, records, and establishes workflows to maintain emergency medical equipment, such as automated external defibrillators (AEDs), by non-technical, non-healthcare providers for use by emergency responders in pre-hospital, pre-EMS medical emergencies. The unique and verifiable data obtained from this process is used as part of an emergency notification system that provides emergency responders, such as sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) responders, in an organizational setting, with immediate and accurate information identifying the nearest operationally ready medical device at the time of the emergency, which information has heretofore never been available to emergency responders such as SCA responders. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112705 | DYNAMIC ANALYSIS AND DYNAMIC SCREENING - Systems and methods for screening and monitoring of cancer, such as prostate cancer, are described. These systems and methods are suitable for selecting appropriate medical actions for screening, diagnosis, or treatment of prostate cancer and for interpreting the results of those medical actions. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112706 | System and Methods for Personal health Analytics Technical Field - Disclosed is a system and method for providing personalized health information. The disclosed systems and methods provide for analyzing self-reported data relating to personal health information in order to predict a health condition. The systems and methods disclosed provide personalized interpretations of medical knowledge in light of the growing collection of personal health information that is publicly and privately available. Accordingly, the present disclosure provides systems and methods for personalized information intermediation to help individuals to navigate the growing selection of personal health products and services, and to contribute to health care system efficiencies by improving individual health knowledge. In some embodiments, the systems and methods disclosed provide fertility prediction encompassing a predicted date of ovulation and fertility window. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112707 | INTERACTIVE RESPIRATORY DEVICE USAGE TRACKING SYSTEM - An inhaler use monitoring system includes a tracker module adaptable to be secured to a variety of inhalers and having an activation sensor for sensing use of the inhaler, an internal memory for storing inhaler data, and a communications component for forwarding the stored usage data to a processor for analyzing the data. The system then provides the user with incentives, e.g., redeemable award points, for usage of the inhaler in a desired manner. The tracking module can accommodate both controller and rescue inhalers. Optionally, the system may also collect lung function data, e.g., from a spirometer, and can then process all of controller inhaler data, rescue inhaler data and lung function data, to generate alerts and other messages e.g., redeemable award points | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112708 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MERGING AND ANALYZING HEALTHCARE DATA - Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided according to example embodiments of the present invention to provide for extracting and standardizing data from dictated notes systems to provide a manageable format for search and analysis in clinical research and monitoring applications. Further embodiments provide for classifying data extracted from distinct dictated notes systems and identifying contextual relationships between the multiple datasets to generate a superset of data for research and clinical applications. In one embodiment, a method is provided that comprises extracting exam data from a dictation system; separating the extracted dataset into two or more files; standardizing variable names within the extracted dataset; importing the extracted dataset files into a database table; separating the imported data table into a primary table and a series of related tables; flattening the records within the related tables; linking the primary table records to the flattened related table records; and generating a final data table of exam records. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112709 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING LAY USERS TO OBTAIN RELEVANT, PERSONALIZED HEALTH RELATED INFORMATION - The invention features methods, systems, and computer programs for generating a customized set of possible medical conditions, thereby providing access to medical information relevant to the user's state of health. The methods and systems involve at least some of the following steps: receiving a list of symptoms specified in terms selected from a first language set; translating the list of symptoms into a translated list of symptoms specified in terms selected from a second language set; using the translated list of symptoms to generate possible medical conditions, the possible medical conditions described in terms of the second language set; and translating the possible medical conditions into descriptions that are specified in terms selected from the first language set. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112710 | CLINICAL PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS SYSTEM - Predictive models are built for the estimation of adverse health likelihood by identifying candidate model risk variables, constructing a model form for an outcome likelihood model that estimates the likelihood of an adverse outcome type using a group of risk variables selected from the set of candidate model risk variables and by classifying each selected risk variable into either a baseline group or a dynamic group. Additionally, predictive models are built by constructing separate baseline and dynamic outcome likelihood model forms and by fitting the constructed model forms to a training data set to produce final models to be used as scoring functions that compute a baseline outcome likelihood and a dynamic outcome likelihood for patient data that is not represented in the training data set. The predictive models can be used with alerting and attribution algorithms to predict the likelihood of an adverse outcome for individuals receiving care. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112711 | HEALTHCARE ACCOUNTS RECEIVEABLE DATA VALUATOR - A healthcare accounts receivable valuation data consolidator (valuator or valuation engine) receives and/or fetches data and uses the data to predict and share the valuation of claims submitted by a healthcare provider (e.g., hospital, doctor, dentist, lab, durable medical equipment provider, etc.) on behalf of a claimant (e.g., patient), wherein the claimant has a payer (e.g., insurance company, government program, etc.). The valuator established or generates and shares the predicted valuation between entities. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112712 | HEALTHCARE SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD - In general, according to an embodiment, a healthcare support apparatus includes the following units. The calculation unit obtains a luminance value of a first color and a luminance value of a second color from a skin image of a subject, converts the luminance values into absorbances, and calculates a hemoglobin content from the absorbances. The accumulation unit accumulates a first history of the hemoglobin content and a second history of a living event of the subject. The living behavior identification unit determines a significance of a tendency of the hemoglobin content based on the first history and identifies a living behavior corresponding to the significance based on the second history. The output unit outputs information indicating the living behavior. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112713 | PRESENTING PATIENT INFORMATION BY BODY SYSTEM - Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for sorting and presenting a patient's medical information by body system. A selection of a body system filter directed to a body system is received, and the patient's medical information is accessed. The selected body system filter is applied to the patient's medical information to generate a set of body-system specific patient information. The body-system specific patient information is presented on a body system view user interface. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112714 | Method and System for Pay-Per-Use Prescription Validation - A business model for facilitating the deployment of prescription validation systems into pharmacies is installed in pharmacies for little or no up-front cost to the pharmacy. Instead, the pharmacy is charged on a per use basis, that is, charged every time a prescription is validated in the system. In this way, the system vendor obtains payment on a subscription-like basis. Up-front costs at the pharmacy are avoided. Moreover, risks to a pharmacy concerning maintenance and slow productivity are avoided, or shifted onto the system owner, who is able to assess those risks. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112715 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENHANCED DISTRIBUTION OF PHARMACEUTICALS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES - A system and related methods of enhanced distribution of pharmaceuticals in long-term care facilities are provided. An embodiment of a system includes one or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines each positioned in a long-term care facility remote from a long-term care facility pharmacy group management server and in communication therewith, and long-term care facility pharmacy management computer programs associated with the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server to enhance use of the one or more of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines. The long-term care facility management computer programs include a patient prescription receiver and a medication dispensing apparatus administrator and are configured and operable to transmit dispensing instructions to the one or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines when no drug conflicts exist to thereby initiate packaging and dispensing of one or more disposable patient dosing packages. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112716 | INDIVIDUALIZED HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Method and system for providing individualized healthcare to a patient having a chronic disease over the Internet are disclosed. The system includes at least a computer server for executing application programs where the computer server includes storage means for storing patient information in at least a database server and means for communicating with at least a patient computer and a medical provider computer. The system further includes means for providing individualized web pages for interacting with the patient, means for monitoring signs and symptoms of the chronic disease using inputs provided by the patient, and means for administrating an individualized treatment of the chronic disease according to the signs and symptoms provided by the patient. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150120311 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR EDUCATION THROUGH PATIENT SAFETY EVENT REPORTING - An education tool to assist any trainee or patient or family member, including a resident physician, in learning the skills necessary for proper patient safety event reporting including the identification, mitigation, and prevention of risks, hazards, and harms through a data-entry platform for preparing a report regarding a patient safety event. At all stages of the process, the trainee or resident physician or other reporter will receive feedback of event specific and aggregated patient safety information for purposes of trainee or other education. A national database to which events will be reported allows for aggregated sharing of the trainee or other reported occurrences. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120312 | TELEMEDICINE DEVICE WITH USAGE MONITORING - Methods and systems for tracking and communicating usage of a patient medical support system including a telemedicine visual monitoring device and one or more articles of medical equipment are described. The system includes circuitry for tracking the amount and type of usage of the system at a patient location and transmitting information regarding the amount and type of usage to a remote monitoring location. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120313 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING ADVERSE DRUG EVENT DATA OVER NETWORK - Provided is a method of collecting an adverse drug event over a network and providing a relevant service. The method includes receiving prescription information and drug-taking comment information from an external device to store the received prescription information and drug-taking comment information in a database (DB), receiving the prescription information to search the DB based on the received prescription information, generating a drug interaction search result through the DB search; and transmitting the generated drug interaction search result to the external device, in which the drug interaction search result includes at least one of information on interaction between a drug of the prescription information and another drug, information on interaction between the drug of the prescription information and a food, information on an adverse drug effect of the drug of the prescription information, and information on components and a manufacturer of the drug of the prescription information. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120314 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING SYMPTOMS GRAPHICALLY - Disclosed herein are a method and an apparatus for representing symptoms graphically. The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a method and an apparatus for representing symptoms graphically which may allow the general public to easily and accurately input and store their own symptoms using a digital apparatus and transfer the stored symptoms to other systems or applications. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120315 | MULTI-USER, KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING APPROPRIATE MEDICAL REFERRALS TO SPECIALISTS - Disclosed herein is a multi-user, interactive, medical knowledge based system utilizing disease or problem specific analysis by which healthcare providers, specifically primary care providers, can be notified about the appropriateness and completeness of a patient's medical referral to a specialist. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120316 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PROBLEM IMAGES AND FOR ASCERTAINING SOLUTION PROPOSALS - A method for acquiring problem images and for determining solution proposals in a system comprising at least a server means and a client means is provided, wherein the client means can be coupled to the server means via a communications network, wherein the sever means is coupled to a storage means, in which a number of problem images, a number of parameters, and a number of solutions are stored, wherein at least one parameter and at least one solution are respectively assigned to the problem images, wherein the parameters assigned to a problem image describe the problem image, and by means of the selected parameters, a solution is determined. Further, a corresponding system is provided, which is also adapted to learn new solutions for new or known problem images. Further, program means for a client means are provided, which are adapted to cooperate with the method according to the invention. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120317 | ADAPTIVE INTERFACE FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING DEVICES - Systems and methods that continuously adapt aspects of a continuous monitoring device based on collected information to provide an individually tailored configuration are described. The adaptations may include adapting the user interface, the alerting, the motivational messages, the training, and the like. Such adaptation can allow a patient to more readily identify and understand the information provided by/via the device. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120318 | APPARATUS FOR MANAGING REPAIR INFORMATION OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME, AND REPAIR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A repair information management apparatus, which manages repair information of endoscopes, receives repair information of an endoscope from a user terminal in a repair center where a repair technician repairs the endoscope, and stores the repair information for each repair. When the user terminal requests for a skill evaluation screen of a specific repair technician, the repair information management apparatus reads out the repair information of the repairs performed by the repair technician and generates the skill evaluation screen and delivers it to the user terminal. The skill evaluation screen includes a skill evaluation table that shows, for the repair technician, a record of the repairs for each model of the endoscope and a record of the repairs for each difficulty level of a description of the repair. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120319 | System and Method for Improving Medical Diagnoses and Treatments - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for improving medical diagnoses and treatments, whether preventive or for a current condition, by healthcare professionals. The disclosed principles may be implemented in a computer-based system across a computer network to assist healthcare professionals in evaluating and treating patients. The disclosed principles provide a universal patient questionnaire that is dynamic with regard to the responses provided during patient interviews. In addition to standardized questions for all patients, the dynamic questionnaire adjusts its inquiries to each patient based on each patient's responses. The dynamic questionnaire gathers at least the minimum information needed to provide an accurate diagnosis for each patient. This ensure physicians that “best practices” for each set of medical facts is followed. It also creates accuracy and uniformity in physician diagnoses and treatment, especially for preventative care situations. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120320 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR TARGETED INTERACTIVE HEALTH STATUS NOTIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION - A therapeutic event such as administering a medication is established. A trigger is established for the therapeutic event, the trigger being a status of some condition. A determination is made as to whether the trigger is present. A prompt is established for the therapeutic event. If the trigger is present, the prompt is delivered to a subject such as a patient. A determination is able to be made as to whether the prompt is delivered, and/or whether the therapeutic event is executed by the subject. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120321 | Wearable Data Reader for Medical Documentation and Clinical Decision Support - A computer-implemented method for providing patient information during surgery is presented. The method includes activating a camera configured to be worn on a user's head in response to input from the user and receiving from the camera a first image of a visual identifier associated with a patient. The method also includes processing, at a processor configured to be worn on the user's head, the image to determine a unique patient identifier encoded in the visual identifier and retrieving medical information associated with the unique patient identifier from a centralized information source that includes a patient record containing the medical information. The medical information associated with the unique patient identifier is presented on a display configured to be worn on the user's head and confirmation of the medical information is received from the user. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120322 | DETERMINING A POTENTIAL FOR ATYPICAL CLINICAL EVENTS WHEN SELECTING CLINICAL AGENTS - Processes implemented within a computer system for preventing atypical clinical events resulting from administering unsuitable clinical agent(s) are provided. Initially, the processes involve receiving a list of possible clinical agent(s) that may be administered to a patient during a medical procedure. The processes further involve acquiring heredity data associated with the clinical agent(s) by comparing the clinical agent(s) against a data set or the patient's medical records. If the heredity data indicates that the patient scheduled to receive the clinical agent(s) would experience atypical clinical events as a potential outcome, a warning that the clinical agent(s) should not be administered by a clinician is presented or reference information about the atypical clinical event is output. Accordingly, a preemptive determination of the atypical clinical events potentially occurring upon administering the clinical agent(s) to the patient is made. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120323 | Device and Method for Automatic Data Acquisition and/or Detection - Methods and devices for providing diabetes management including automatic time acquisition protocol is provided. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150127357 | Interactive Behavior of Corporate Parents and Managed Care Organizations - The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for measuring and quantifying the interactive effect of corporate parents and managed care organizations on pharmaceutical product performance. The disclosure relates to implementations that facilitate the accessing of information from actors within a health care system and processing the information by an analytical infrastructure. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127358 | CARE TRACKER - Methods and apparatus for facilitating coordination of care. A method of transmitting care coordination data to a healthcare provider associated with a patient based, at least in part, on a proximity of the patient to a healthcare facility may involve determining, with at least one processor, whether the proximity of the patient to the healthcare facility satisfies a criterion. The method may further involve transmitting the care coordination data to the healthcare provider associated with the patient after it is determined that the proximity of the patient to the healthcare facility satisfies the criterion. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127359 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT - A system to host an interaction platform for users comprising a network; a host computer; wherein the host computer is connected to the network wherein the host computer provides a healthcare management platform for one or more users to interact for the purpose of users interfacing management wherein the users are comprised of at least one healthcare provider user, at least one patient user, a mobile application interface module for the patient user to access the healthcare management platform, a dashboard interface module for the healthcare provider user to access the healthcare management platform, an appointment module allowing the patient user to request an appointment with the healthcare provider user via the mobile application interface module wherein the appointment module further allows the healthcare provider to respond to the appointment request via the dashboard interface module. In one embodiment, healthcare management platform is further comprised of a messaging module wherein the messaging module allows the patient user to communicate to the healthcare provider user and allows for the healthcare provider user to communicate to the patient user. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127360 | METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING REFERRAL SERVICES - A system of providing medical review includes a first and second devices. The first device receives a selection of a priority and at least one reviewer from a list of available reviewers (which is obtained in real time based on a priority of the message and reviewer's availability) and generates the review message including metadata of a patient, the received priority, and an identification of the received, selected reviewer. The first device receives an interpretation message based on the transmitted review message. A second device analyzes the review message in which available recommendations are identified based on the events performed and generates the interpretation message which includes a recommendation selected from the identified available recommendation options by a reviewer. The list of available reviewers is generated from the stored plurality of reviewers in real time based on the set priority and current availability of the reviewer. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION - Disclosed are an automatic translation apparatus and method capable of optimizing limited translation knowledge in a database mounted in a portable mobile communication terminal, obtaining translation knowledge from external servers in order to provide translation knowledge appropriate for respective users, and effectively updating the database mounted in the terminal. The automatic translation apparatus includes: an input unit configured to receive translation target information inputted to be translated from a user; a translation unit configured to perform translation for the translation target information based on translation data included in a translation database and to extract translation information generated during the translation process; and a communication unit configured to transmit the translation information to a first server and to receive, from the first server, new translation data being not included in the translation database among various kinds of data necessary for performing the translation for the translation target information. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127362 | System for Sensing and Recording Consumption of Medical Items During Medical Procedure - An apparatus senses and records consumption of medical items during performance of a medical procedure. The medical items are enclosed in wrappers having RFID tags in which medical item information is encoded. The apparatus includes a shielded enclosure that attenuates radio frequency signals emanated from RFID tags disposed outside the shielded enclosure to levels that are substantially undetectable within the internal space. RFID antennas inside the shielded enclosure receive radio frequency signals emanated from RFID tags on wrappers that are removed from used items and placed inside the enclosure. An RFID reader decodes the medical item information encoded in the RFID tags. A computer processor executes a medical item inventory module including instructions for generating a post-op list of medical items consumed during the medical procedure. Item billing information and usage trend information may be derived from the post-op list. Also, Latex alerts and item expiration alerts may be generated based on information encoded in the RFID tags. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127363 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING A USER TO AVAIL EYE-CARE SERVICES OVER A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Embodiments disclosed herein provide a system and a method for facilitating a user to access an eye-care service application module to avail eye-care services from one or more eye-care service providers over a communication network. In one embodiment, the user access the eye-care service application module to record and send user data, such as, scanned data of head and eyes of the user. User receives health-reports from the one or more eye-care service providers based on the user data. One or more child health care service providers involved in eye-care services may also send/receive the health-reports to/from other child health care providers involved in eye-care services. A blue print of a custom-fit eye-wear for the user may be generated based on the scanned data. User may create and share one or more online avatars of the user and his/her friends connected in a social networking environment. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127364 | Preauthorization Management System - A preauthorization management system. The preauthorization management system allows a health care provider to submit a preauthorization request and track the status of the preauthorization request until a final determination is reached. Once a request has been submitted, the preauthorization management system monitors the status of the request until a final disposition is reached. The preauthorization management system documents the submission and determination process to provide a record that may be used to show an event or outcome occurred. The preauthorization management system offers a simplified and uniform system for managing preauthorization for health care services that reduces or eliminates the need for health care providers to learn diverse systems and procedures of a multitude of health insurance providers. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127365 | HAND HYGIENE USE AND TRACKING IN THE CLINICAL SETTING VIA WEARABLE COMPUTERS - Processes and systems for monitoring hand hygiene events (e.g., hand washing or sanitizing) are provided. In one example, a process includes receiving data associated with the initiation and completion of a hand hygiene event. The data may include image data captured by a camera included with a wearable computer device (e.g., a head mounted device or augmented reality glasses). The process may further determine a location and/or time associated with the initiation and completion of the hand hygiene event and monitor compliance and technique. A process may further include detecting a location (e.g., via a proximity beacon) of a wearable computer device and triggering a notification to initiate a hand hygiene event. Additionally, data from hand hygiene events, including compliance data, can be used to motivate or incentivize individuals to increase their compliance with hand hygiene practices (e.g., through various gamification strategies). | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127366 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT INFORMATION UPDATE BASED ON PROCEDURE PREFERENCE INFORMATION - Systems and methods for management information update based on procedure preference information are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes receiving procedure preference information and an associated identifier of a user. The method also includes updating management information for a procedure associated with the identifier of the user based on the procedure preference information. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127367 | Healthcare Information Management Via Financial Networks - A system that enables the secure, rapid and efficient transfer of patient medical information over existing financial information exchange networks and protocols. An account input device can be read by existing financial transaction terminals and a transaction state amount value using the financial transaction message exchange protocol entered encoded according to a non-financial transaction encoding scheme. A transaction message is routed to a provider via the financial transaction message exchange system for processing such as the acceptance or refusal of a medical procedure or prescription fulfillment. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127368 | TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving IR-based location information and RFID-based location information for each of a plurality of RFID/IR tags. Each of the plurality of RFID/IR tags are: associated with and configured to be releasably attached to at least one medical professional within a medical facility, associated with and configured to be releasably attached to at least one medical patient within the medical facility, or associated with and configured to be attached to at least one medical device within the medical facility. Position information is generated concerning each of the RFID/IR tags within the medical facility. Time stamp information is associated with the IR-based location information and the RFID-based location information received for each of the plurality of RFID/IR tags. Time-based movement information is generated concerning each of the RFID/IR tags within the medical facility. A time/proximity based level of performance is determined between the at least one medical professional and the at least one medical patient. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127369 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRUG-DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY SELECTION - Currently there is no conventional tool kit/method available to determine the most appropriate drug delivery technology for a drug molecule. Instead, different drug delivery options are investigated through actual experimentation, and the most appropriate drug delivery technology is selected based on trial and error. Embodiments of the current disclosure provide an innovative, unique, versatile, all-inclusive tool kit/method for one or more appropriate delivery technologies to be recommended by a drug-technology company providing those technologies to a customer for a given drug molecule based on the characteristics of a the drug molecule provided as input. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127370 | System and Method for Identifying and Correcting Billing Errors in High-Volume Billing and Claim Adjudicating Systems - A system and method identifies coding errors in claims for an episode of medical care, comprising in combination a process that translates into one format, input claims data that encode multiple health care services delivered in an episode of care for a patient; a process that pre-sorts the claim data by excluding claim data that is incorrect, incomplete, duplicated, and improperly formatted; a compiling process for gathering claims data for the episode of care; and a coding conflict engine for comparing the data in each claim of the episode of care with the data in all other claims in the episode of care to determine inconsistencies in the record. The results may be processed to decide how to recover incorrect payments. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127371 | Connected Tracker for Oral Health Implements - A connected activity tracker for oral health implements is provided for use during oral health care activities carried out daily by a user. A connected activity tracker is provided including an activity sensor that provides activity data for various oral health implements. The connected activity tracker is attached to an oral health implement such that the connected activity tracker is tracking the activity of said oral health implement. Further, the connected activity tracker comprises a transceiver that provides a means for transferring the data from the connected activity tracker to an external medium for viewing and manipulation. Further still, the connected activity tracker is comprised in a system including a data transfer medium (i.e. “smartphone”) and the Cloud, which allows for data transfer between multiple external mediums from the connected activity tracker. The system further allows for passive participation in social games with awards and incentives. The system and connected activity tracker further provide for active participation in oral health games to encourage proper oral health. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127372 | Electrical Computing Devices Providing Personalized Patient Drug Dosing Regimens - Systems, apparatuses, methods, computer-readable media for providing personalized patient drug dosing regimens are described. One example method includes the steps of receiving, from a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a dosing model for a substance; receiving, from a remote device via a communications network, dosing information for a patient for the substance; updating, by one or more electronic processors, the dosing model based at least in part on the dosing information; executing, by one of the one or more electronic processors, a predictive model based on the updated dosing model to generate a dosing recommendation; and providing, to the remote device via the communications network, the dosing recommendation. Another example includes a computer-readable medium with program code stored on it, where the program code is configured to cause a processor to execute such a method. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127373 | Interactive Multilingual Word-Alignment Techniques - Techniques for interactively presenting word-alignments of multilingual translations and automatically improving those translations based upon user feedback are described herein. With one or more implementations of the techniques described herein, a word-alignment user-interface (UI) concurrently displays a pair of bilingual sentences, where one is a translation of the other, and interactively highlights linked (i.e., “word-aligned”) words and phrases of the pair. Other implementations of the techniques described herein offer an option for a user to provide feedback about the existing word-alignments or realign the words or phrases. In still other described implementations, word-alignment is automatically improved based upon that user feedback. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127374 | METHOD TO ASSIGN WORD CLASS INFORMATION - An assignment device ( | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150134343 | Interactive Communications System for the Coordination and Management of patient-Centered Health Care Services - An interactive computer managed communications system is described whereby health care providers to a patient-subscriber are selected for inclusion into an interconnected health care provider network of a patient-sbuscriber, whereby the system can deliver and receive information, alerts, reports, reminders and other messaging simultaneously in a coordinated and seamless manner to all parties within the network without the need to use alternative communications platforms or query third party data bases. Thus, coordinated decision making in the end users best interests in non-traditional medical settings such as at home using any one of several types of communications devices is improved. Usage of the system by patient-subscribers can be tracked for compliance and alerts, reports, messages and surveys issued to health care providers participating on the system including family members and caregivers all to the benefit the end-users health and wellbeing. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134344 | Personal Health Data Gathering for Incentive and Insurance Rating Purposes - An insurance method and computer system provides incentives and insurance ratings to a policy holder. The policy holder may opt to participate in an incentives program in which the method and system may receive baseline personal health data that indicates a baseline health condition and a target goal to improve or maintain that baseline health condition over a specified time period. The method and system may then receive and analyze personal health data generated by a sensor that monitors a current health condition over the specified time period to determine whether the target goal has been achieved. The method and system may provide an indication of an incentive to the policy holder in response to receiving the personal health data generated by the sensor, and may provide an indication of a further incentive in response to determining that the target goal has been met. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134345 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED MEDICAL PRODUCT OR SERVICE DELIVERY - Various embodiments disclosed herein include systems, methods, and devices for automated delivery of medical services and products. In certain embodiments, the systems and/or methods are at least partially controlled by a computer. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134346 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED MEDICAL PRODUCT OR SERVICE DELIVERY - Various embodiments disclosed herein include systems, methods, and devices for automated delivery of medical services and products. In certain embodiments, the systems and/or methods are at least partially controlled by a computer. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134347 | SELF-SERVE KIOSK FOR BLOOD /FLUID/TISSUE COLLECTION AND SCREENING - A self-serve kiosk includes a blood, fluid or tissue test device for obtaining a blood, fluid or tissue sample from a user, analyzing the sample, and generating in vitro diagnostic data. The kiosk may also have non-invasive test devices for obtaining vitals measurements from the user, such as a weight scale, a blood pressure device and a heart rate monitor. A user interface such as a touch screen obtains input of personal health information from the user. The test measurements and input data are analyzed, and a health snapshot, risk assessment, guidance plans and incentives are generated and provided to the user. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134348 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING THE FREQUENCY OF ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS TESTING FOR NEONATES - A system and method for receiving previous arterial blood gas (“ABG”) test results for a patient, determining an initial time for a next ABG test for the patient based on the previous ABG test results, receiving monitoring data for the patient and determining a modified time for a next ABG test based on the initial time for the next ABG test and the patient monitoring data. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134349 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUALITY REVIEW OF HEALTHCARE REPORTING AND FEEDBACK - A system and method for providing quality review of healthcare reporting and supporting quality improvement. The system and method performing the steps of multiplying a select number of cases of a plurality of cases to be analyzed using a processor, assigning the plurality of cases and multiplied cases to members of a work pool using the processor, retrieving case reports created by members of the work pool for the multiplied cases and analyzing case reports for one of the multiplied cases in a first review using the processor. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134350 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PATIENT MANAGEMENT IN A CARE FACILITY - The present methods and systems are directed to managing and optimizing patient care and experience in an inpatient hospital setting by coordinating the evaluation of patients, the managing and optimizing of patient and asset movements, and the quality of medical care especially during the period of a mass casualty event. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134351 | HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A healthcare information system, according to various embodiments is configured to provide a unified healthcare information system from which: (1) a user can view medical information associated with themselves and with one or more members of their family; (2) a medical professional can provide medical information to the user; and (3) users who share various medical issues can connect with one another. The medical information available to the users may include, for example, medical records, test results, etc. The medical professionals may, for example, provide treatment follow up information and similar information via the system. In some embodiments, connected users may provide support or encouragement to one another when dealing with similar ailments. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134352 | DIGITAL PEN SYSTEM FOR RECORDING MEDICAL INFORMATION - Systems and methods of capturing responses to question prompts using a smart pen and special paper. The smart pen has sensors to collect data about its user, such as temperature, moisture, motion, and magnetism. The smart pen can also detect features of the special paper to determine a location on the paper such that responses to prompts can be correlated with the prompts by location on the page. Responses can be captured as handwriting or as audio, and all sensor information collected during the course of a response can be used to further analyze that response. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134353 | HEALTH CARE SERVICES OPTIMIZATION PLATFORM, STRATEGIC PURCHASING & METHOD RELATED THEREOF - The present invention relates to a digital medical interface to help streamline the overall health care service provider experience by patients seeking care, negotiating costs associated with the care and paying for the services. The invention more specifically relates to a web-based/app-based software interface for a very unique combination of collection, display and use of medical treatment-related information using different remote devices and different databases of information. Further, the invention covers methods for reducing health care costs, including steering patients to appropriate low-cost alternatives and reducing the number of unnecessary procedures by providing patients with live guidance from a personal health care professional, implementing strategic buying procedures, reducing administrative overhead and making guaranteed payments to providers at the time of service, and guiding patients to appropriate preventive procedures based on factors such as their personal health risk assessment and prior claims history. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134354 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS BASED ON HAND HYGIENE - A system and method for improving healthcare facility operation by improving hand hygiene compliance and reducing healthcare-associated infections and their associated costs is disclosed. The method may compare the financial benefit of improved hand hygiene compliance to the cost of improving compliance by, for example, providing electronic monitoring that reports hand hygiene within the facility. The costs of current hand hygiene monitoring and of current HAIs are determined, the cost of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system and the cost benefits of improved hand hygiene compliance are determined, and an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system is installed and implemented within the healthcare facility where improved hand hygiene compliance will benefit the facility. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134355 | POST PROCEDURE CARE AND WELLNESS MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for post procedure care and wellness management. A care network for a care recipient in providing post procedure care to the care recipient for a procedure performed on the care recipient is formed. A user specific care plan for the care recipient is generated, the user specific care plan including post procedure content and first post procedure care conditions associated with the post procedure content is generated for the care recipient. Whether the first post procedure care conditions are satisfied is determined. The post procedure content is sent to the care recipient through an internal communication channel. A first care data received notification comprising a generic notification lacking any personal health information of the care recipient is sent to the care recipient through an external communication channel. The care recipient is logged in to view the post procedure content through the internal communication channel. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134356 | MONITORING DEVICE FOR MANAGEMENT OF INSULIN DELIVERY - Monitoring system and method for use with diabetic treatment management. The system comprises: a communication interface configured to permit access to stored raw log data, obtained over a certain time, being indicative of glucose measurements, meals consumed and insulin delivery; and a control unit comprising an unsupervised learning controller configured to receive and process said raw log data and determine at least one global insulin pump setting of basal rate, correction factor, carbohydrate ratio and insulin activity curve parameters. The system may comprise a processing unit comprising a first processor for processing measured data indicative of blood glucose level and generating first processed data, a second processor comprising at least one fuzzy logic module which receives input parameters corresponding to the measured data, the first processed data and a reference data, and processes the data to produce a qualitative output parameter to determine whether any treatment parameter should be modified. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134357 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENSURING AND TRACKING HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE - A method for ensuring hand hygiene compliance may include tracking dispensing of a plurality hand hygiene dispensers having hand sanitizer. Each hand hygiene dispenser can be associated with an individual user. A processor may determine dispensing rates of the plurality of hand hygiene dispensers for a plurality of predetermined time periods and each of the plurality of the hand hygiene dispensers is identified with an individual user. The average dispensing rate can be calculated taking a predetermined number of highest dispensing rates out of the plurality of predetermined time periods. The rates can be displayed to the users, and the users can be notified of proper hand hygiene compliance or if the average dispensing rate falls below a target threshold rate. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150142457 | APPARATUS FOR, AND METHOD OF, DATA VALIDATION - An apparatus for validating data received in relation to a data input procedure concerning a medical procedure or a patient, wherein the data comprises a first value for a first variable and a second value for a second variable, comprises a likelihood unit configured to use a probabilistic data model to determine a likelihood for the second value in dependence on the first value and a notification unit configured to provide a notification to a user in dependence on the determined likelihood for the second value. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142458 | MEDICAL ADHERENCE TRACKING FRAMEWORK - A system that implements a medical adherence tracker framework receives a workflow definition, the workflow definition comprising one or more tasks. The system persists the workflow definition, and the persisting includes serializing the workflow definition. The system synchronizes the workflow definition to one or more user devices, including transmitting the serialized workflow definition to the user devices. The workflow definition includes nested objects, and the system serializes the workflow definition and nested objects separately and links the serialized objects using an object identifier. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142459 | System, Method and Computer Program Product for Administering Consumer Care Initiatives - Consumer care initiatives are implemented by comparing recommended healthcare services with services assumed to have been received by the consumer which are identified through analyzing real-time consumer data. Based on the comparison, assumed gap closures in care are identified, and a consumer outreach suppression period is initiated for the one or more recommended healthcare services with the assumed gap closure during which an outreach initiative is inactive. Reactivation of the initiative may occur when the assumed gap closure is unconfirmed, or the initiative is removed when the healthcare services associated with the assumed gap closure is confirmed to have been received by the consumer. Evaluation of the real-time consumer data further allows for identification of a new disease or condition the consumer is assumed to be experiencing, resulting in the identification of assumed quality gap openings, which enables new care initiatives to be added to the consumer's outreach plan. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142460 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORDERING AND ARRANGING A DATA SET FOR A SEVERITY AND HETEROGENEITY APPROACH TO PREVENTING EVENTS INCLUDING A DISEASE STRATIFICATION SCHEME - A method and system for ordering and arranging a data set. The data set is initially accessed, the data set including includes a set of diagnostic test values and one or more outcomes for each of a plurality of patients. A first and second patient data set is retrieved from the data set. A first set of diagnostic test values are selected from the first patient data set, and a second set of diagnostic text values are selected from the second patient data set. The diagnostic test values are normalized and ordered, and equations are created describing the normalized and ordered test values. A processing device compares the created equations to determine a treatment plan for the first patient based upon determined similarities to the second patient. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142461 | HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE PROCESSING VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK - Systems and methods for processing hyperspectral image via a computer network. At a server: obtaining, from a first client in a plurality of clients, a request for a unique patient identifier; in response to the request, generating the unique patient identifier independent of patient identity; storing the unique patient identifier and information identifying the first client in a server lookup table; and transmitting the unique patient identifier to the first client; receiving, from a hyperspectral imaging device, a hyperspectral image data set, which includes including a plurality of sub-images of an object and the unique patient identifier, and the unique patient identifier is associated with the plurality of sub-images; forming a hyperspectral image using the hyperspectral image data set; identifying the first client in the plurality of clients using the unique patient identifier and the server lookup table; and transmitting, to the first client, the hyperspectral image. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142462 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT TRANSMISSION OF PATIENT DATA - A method and system for communicating medical data is presented. Patient data, scan parameters, and/or reference information may be received from a patient unit communicatively coupled to a remote unit over a communication network. The patient data may include at least an image corresponding to a patient. Further, one or more anatomical regions in the image may be identified. Additionally, ranks corresponding to the one or more anatomical regions may be computed based on the patient data, the scan parameters, and/or the reference information. Further, one or more portions of the image corresponding to the one or more anatomical regions may be iteratively transmitted from the patient unit to the remote unit based on the computed ranks. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142463 | Performance of Pharmacy Search Based on a Prescription Card - According to one embodiment, a system includes a memory and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory. The processors are operable to receive, from a user, a selection associated with a search for a pharmacy. The processors are further operable to receive an indication of a location of the user. The processors are further operable to, based at least on the selection and the indication of the location, generate a list of a plurality of potential pharmacies that are each associated with a prescription card of the user. The processors are further operable to communicate, for display to the user, the list. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142464 | WEB-ENABLED DISEASE-SPECIFIC MONITORING - A set of applications can access a specific patient's real-time or historical physiological data from a clinical care unit and calculate new disease specific physiological indicators or be a virtual physiological monitor for that patient. The applications are run on a remote server and push the resulting data to an endpoint device. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142465 | PATHWAY RECOGNITION ALGORITHM USING DATA INTEGRATION ON GENOMIC MODELS (PARADIGM) - A patient sample specific dynamic pathway map is constructed on the basis of measured patient data and a probabilistic pathway model that is based on attributes for pathway elements, wherein some attributes for pathway elements are known a priori, where other attributes for the pathway elements are assumed, and where the pathway elements are cross-correlated and assigned an influence level for at least one pathway. Preferred dynamic pathway maps provide context of the measured patient data with respect to a selected reference pathway activity. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142466 | REMOTELY-EXECUTED MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY INCLUDING EMERGENCY AUTOMATION - Devices, systems, methods, and software for providing remote medical diagnosis and therapy to a subject comprising: a module for conducting telecommunications with a telemedicalist; a module for applying a diagnostic or a therapeutic analysis; an apparatus for dispensing one or more medical items from an inventory of medical items, the inventory of medical items risk profiled to a subject, a population, a venue, or a situation; and optionally, a biosensor apparatus. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142467 | MANAGEMENT OF PHARMACY KITS - A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142468 | MANAGEMENT OF PHARMACY KITS - A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142469 | MANAGEMENT OF PHARMACY KITS - A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150149188 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OBTAINING REIMBURSEMENTS FOR PATIENT TREATMENT - A method of selecting a dressing for treating a patient's malady includes providing a database of medical instrumentalities and medical instrumentality information corresponding to each medical instrumentality, the medical instrumentality information including an indication of whether the medical instrumentality is reimbursable. The method also includes observing a patient's malady, recording characteristics of the patient's malady, comparing the characteristics of the patient's malady to the database, displaying to a user a list of one or more medical instrumentalities usable for treating the malady, and an indication of whether the medical instrumentality is reimbursable. The method further includes selecting a medical instrumentality for treating the malady from the list. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149189 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING A HEALTHCARE DATA INTERFACE USING A PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for establishing a healthcare data interface for a healthcare provider associated with a practice management system, wherein the healthcare data interface is established between the practice management system and a healthcare trading partner to enable electronic transmission of data between the practice management system and the healthcare trading partner. The method comprises receiving a request from the healthcare provider to establish the healthcare data interface with the healthcare trading partner and prompting, via a user interface, the healthcare provider for configuration information, wherein the prompting is performed based, at least in part, on information associated with the healthcare trading partner stored by the practice management system. The method further comprises receiving the configuration information from the healthcare provider, and configuring the healthcare data interface for the healthcare provider based, at least in part, on the received configuration information. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149190 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE LOCKING MEDICAL EXAMS IN A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - Example systems, methods and machine readable storage media to facilitate locking medical exams in a healthcare system are disclosed herein. An example method for locking a medical exam in a workflow queue for a clinical user includes authenticating the clinical user during a user session. The example method also includes obtaining a user selection of the medical exam in the workflow queue during the user session. The example method also includes associating a permission level to a session user identifier associated with the user session. The example method also includes determining whether the permission level includes clearance to lock the medical exam, and, in response to determining that the permission level includes clearance to lock the medical exam, flagging the medical exam as read-only, wherein the flagged medical exam remains flagged after the clinical user ends the user session. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149191 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MATCHING LARGE-SCALE BIOMEDICAL ONTOLOGIES - An ontology matching apparatus for large-scale biomedical ontologies according to the present invention is provided, and the ontology matching apparatus includes a preprocessing unit configured to classify received candidate ontologies into one or more ontology subsets to generate ontology subsets, a distribution processing unit configured to divide the generated ontology subsets by virtue of a distribution algorithm, apply a matching algorithm to the divided ontology subsets to generate matching threads, and deliver the generated matching threads to individual cores of participating nodes, and an aggregating unit configured to collect and sum matching results generated by the individual cores performing matching operations based on the matching threads to generate an ontology mapping. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149192 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO OPTIMIZE RADIOLOGY EXAM DISTRIBUTION - Example methods, systems, and computer readable media are disclosed to allocate a medical exam. An example method includes identifying an exam characteristic associated with the medical exam. The example method includes determining a plurality of allocation scores for a plurality of radiologists by comparing the exam characteristic to a radiologist characteristic for each of the plurality of radiologists. The example method includes determining one of the plurality of allocation scores with a highest value. The example method includes allocating the medical exam to one of the plurality of radiologists associated with the one of the plurality of allocation scores with the highest value. The example method includes marking the medical exam as allocated to the one of the plurality of radiologists associated with the one of the plurality of allocation scores with the highest value. The example method includes providing an indication that the medical exam is allocated via a graphical user interface. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149193 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WORKFLOW MODIFICATION THROUGH METRIC ANALYSIS - An example system to manage a radiologist workflow includes a first interface to monitor a distribution status of at least one medical exam. The medical exam is to be at least one of automatically allocated or assigned to an examiner work queue based on one or more rules. The example system includes a second interface to view at least one metric associated with distribution of the at least one medical exam and an assignment tool to be displayed via the first interface. The assignment tool is to facilitate assignment of the medical exam to an examiner work queue. The example system includes a rules viewer to be displayed via a third interface. The rules viewer is to facilitate configuration of the one or more rules based on the distribution status, the at least one metric, or the assignment. The rules viewer is to automatically update the one or more rules. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149194 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING MEDICAL BILLING - Systems and methods for providing medical information are provided in which a medical bill and line items summarized by the bill are received from a care provider. A revenue code in the bill and a subset of line items associated with it is identified. Respective line items are matched to corresponding generic description codes using a lookup table, thereby identifying generic codes for the line items. The generic codes are used to determine whether each line item is validly associated with the revenue code. A median charge for each line item is calculated based on historical charges by medical care providers in a relevant geographic region. A report is provided that provides, for each line item, the actual charge for the item from the bill, the median charge for the line item, and any flag indicating that the line item is potentially not validly associated with the corresponding revenue code. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149195 | WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE RADIOGRAPHIC STUDY SESSION AND INTERFACE - An interactive radiographic study session and method of invoking the session are disclosed. The radiographic study includes one or more radiographic images viewed on a computer monitor or other display-type device. The interactive radiographic study session enables a radiologist to share a view of the radiographic study with one or more clinicians. The clinician requests the session by selecting the radiologist or by selecting a patient. The interface may employ a web-based mechanism, or another means to provide a computer-system-based connection between the clinician and the radiologist. An interactive interface includes real-time video of each party to the session, and allows the radiologist to give control of his mouse to the clinician, enhancing communication between them during viewing of the radiographic images. The interface also includes tools to enable scrolling through the report, enlargement and marking of radiographic images, and other features. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149196 | CLOUD-BASED CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - An example method includes monitoring healthcare information employed by a local information system of a first healthcare entity via an edge device located at a facility of the first healthcare entity and in communication with a local information system. The edge device is to implement a local cloud system. The local cloud system is to be accessible by only the first healthcare entity and healthcare entities affiliated with the first healthcare entity. The example method also includes determining if the healthcare information has a first characteristic via the edge device, determining if the healthcare information has a second characteristic via the edge device, and automatically uploading the healthcare information onto the local cloud system if the healthcare information has the first characteristic. The example method also includes automatically uploading the healthcare information onto a remote cloud system if the healthcare information has the second characteristic. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149197 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL BILLING SYSTEMS TO SUBMIT TRANSACTIONS FOR SERVICES COVERED UNDER PHARMACY BENEFITS - A system and method for medical offices and other non-pharmacy providers using management systems or other billing systems based on the ASC X12 transaction standards to perform eligibility transactions, perform benefit predetermination transactions and to submit claims to pharmacy insurance companies or their pharmacy benefit managers that must receive the transactions as real-time transactions based on the NCPDP transaction standards are disclosed. Same medical offices and non-pharmacy providers can receive electronic remittance advice files from pharmacy insurance companies or their pharmacy benefit managers that contain data formatted and using identifiers that relate to the initial ASC X12 claims submitted. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149198 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SYNCHRONIZE DRUG INFORMATION - Devices of a networked system for transmitting communications at a healthcare institution, including drug labeling and formulary management devices, can be updated by supplementing received drug information with drug information from a similar drug already in the formulary. The received drug information is compared with other drugs already in the formulary and a match quality value is determined based on this comparison. A selection of a matching or similar drug is made based on the determined match quality value. The received drug information and drug information from the selected matching or similar drug can be combined to update the formulary with all of the desired information. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149199 | INTEGRATED POINT OF CARE AND HOME MEDICATION DELIVERY METHOD - A method for supplying a prescribed medication to a patient. A medication prescription order and information on a patient is sent by an authorized person in a medical office to a PPC for verification of insurance and billing information. Alternatively, the information may be sent to a PDU in the medical office. Upon verification of the insurance and billing information, the PPC or PDU sends an access code to an authorized person in the medical office. Upon receipt of the access code, the authorized person enters it in the PDU to obtain a temporary supply of the prescribed medication for the patient. The PDU sends an order for the prescribed medication to the PPC. The PPC fills the order and ships the prescribed medication to a patient's location to arrive before the patient has used all of the temporary supply of the prescribed medication. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149200 | Systems and Methods for Providing Customized Therapeutic Presentations - Systems and methods are provided for providing a personalized therapeutic presentation. A system includes a treatment presentation data store configured to store one or more data structures associated with a personalized therapeutic presentation for a client, where the one or more data structures include client biographic data, client symptom data, client goal data, and media data. A treatment generation engine is configured to generate a treatment presentation for the client based on data stored in the treatment presentation data store, wherein the treatment presentation is designed to treat a symptom identified by the client symptom data to achieve a goal identified by the client goal data, where the treatment presentation comprises a sequential presentation of media identified by the media data that is selected to treat the symptom to achieve the goal. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149201 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE ENCOUNTER AND STATUS ASSESSMENT USING PARALLEL DATA AND VOICE COMMUNICATION PATHS - A system and method for providing remote encounter and status assessment, such as a health care encounter for remote patients is provided. The system includes a patient's mobile device and a health care provider's mobile device, both coupled to a network for providing voice and data transfer therebetween. A body parameter measuring device is coupleable to the patient's mobile device and capable of generating data in response to measuring one or more body parameters. The method includes coupling the body parameter measuring device to the patient's mobile device and establishing a voice communication path with the health care provider's mobile device. Concurrently therewith, the patient's mobile device establishes a data communication path with the health care provider's mobile device to provide the data from the body parameter measuring device to the health care provider's mobile device. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149202 | Medical Advice Via The Internet - An Internet site provides medical advice to users. Accurate data collection and a summary of medical information is constructed by using a combination of Virtual Resources, pre-determined questions/questioning provided by physician moderators, and confirmatory patient data to provide a differential diagnosis based on a statistical likelihood of diagnosis as determined by the present system. Each online interaction will be patient specific (unique) as each patient has a unique set of issues surrounding their medical problem/condition for which the system provides the pre-determined questions. The system will calculate the statistical likelihood of diagnosis using a logic platform database. The logic of the program will improve over time because its interviewing skills will improve as it learns as lines of pre-determined questioning based on a visual pattern recognition tool as well as confirmatory data. The system will learn from its patients and that data will be reviewed and organized by physician moderators. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150294071 | METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR RESOURCE SCHEDULING - A method of operating a data processing system for resource scheduling in which, for large scale scheduling tasks, the data processing system is operated according to a first method of operation including the steps of calculating an initial solution space including at least one valid scheduling solution, and displaying the at least one valid scheduling solution. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294072 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING A VETERINARY PRACTICE - Systems and techniques for supporting a veterinary practice are provided. Further, systems and techniques for the collection and display of animal wellness information are provided. Animal wellness data relating to a single animal patient or group of animal patients are collected and subsequently displayed at a desired remote location or on a mobile device so that a veterinarian can review the information. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294075 | Computer-Based Dynamic Data Analysis - A computer-implemented method for identifying a status of a particular patient with respect to one or more medical conditions includes storing at a computer system data that aggregates statuses of a plurality of patients other than the particular patient with respect to a plurality of medical conditions; receiving, at the computer system, data that characterizes the status of the particular patient with respect to one or more of the plurality of medical conditions; comparing the data that characterizes the particular patient to the data that aggregates statuses of the plurality of patients, to generate for each of one or more conditions of the plurality of conditions, a score for the particular patient that indicates the particular patient's relative position in comparison to the plurality of patients other than the particular patient; and providing, over a computer network and for review by a registered user of the computer system, data that shows multiple scores for the particular patient for each of multiple different medical conditions. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294079 | TELEHEALTH SYSTEM AND PROCESS - A telehealth system and process including a telehealth cart having one or more processors configured to execute computer-executable instructions; a video interface; an audio interface; a vital sign unit; and one or more medical devices connected to the vital sign unit; a patient located proximate to the telehealth cart; a nurse located proximate to the telehealth cart and the patient; a remote physician at a location distal from the patient and the nurse; where the remote physician establishes a secure connection to the telehealth cart and interacts with the patient via the video interface and the audio interface of the telehealth cart; and where the nurse uses at least one of the one or more medical devices on the patient at the direction of the remote physician. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294083 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire medical information of a patient, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire medical information of the patient's blood relatives, a determination unit configured to determine a degree of association between the patient's symptoms and the patient's family medical history based on the patient's medical information acquired by the first acquisition unit and the medical information of the patient's blood relatives acquired by the second acquisition unit, and a display control unit configured to display a family medical history on a display unit based on the degree of association determined by the determination unit. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294084 | LOCATION TRIGGERING FOR PRESCRIPTIONS READY NOTIFICATIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed to notify and route a customer to a prescription pickup location. A communication device detects the proximity of a prescription customer to an associated pharmacy location. The customer is then notified when the prescription is available at the pharmacy location based on identifying customer information and the location information. Once the pharmacy location is detected, the communication device sends the identifying customer information and the location information to a pharmacy computing device. The communication device then displays a notification that a prescription is available for the prescription customer at the pharmacy based on a determination made by the pharmacy computing device using the location information and the identification information. In addition, the communication device can display a map of the pickup location, various prompts to the customer to establish payment and/or to determine whether the customer has questions for pharmacy staff. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294087 | ENGAGEMENT REPORTING TOOL FOR TRIAGE SUPPORT - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for a high priority incident engagement reporting tool for triage support. The tool reviews triage engagements, generates a report, and directs the report to the appropriate audience for triage. Furthermore, the invention may take incidents from across the entity and weigh the incidents for priority and impact. In this way, the invention receives, weighs, and triages any high priority incident that the entity may encounter. Thus the engagement reporting tool may allow for daily triage reporting in an efficient manner, thus streamlining formatting and sending of high priority incidents to the appropriate audiences. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294090 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING A HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION APPLICATION - A method includes the step of implementing a computerized health-care related template definition platform. The health-care related template definition platform comprises a computing platform on which a computerized health-care related template application is implemented and managed. The health-care related template definition platform is accessed by user-side computing device via the health-care related application operating, in the user-side computing device or via a web-page interface accesses by a web browser operating in the user-side computing device. A step includes providing a health-care related template. The health-care related template comprises a set of health-care related measurements that are tracked for a disease and/or a health goal. The health-care related template is implemented without a central-study administrator that decides the health-care related measurements that are tracked by the health-care related template. A step includes presenting the health-care related template to a user via the health-care related application. A step includes allowing a user to use multiple templates to track multiple healthcare goals. A step includes the ability of a user to customize template for their own needs. A step includes a rating system for a user to see which healthcare templates are highly rated by other users and experts. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294338 | NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE SERVICE FOR FACILITATING PURCHASES OF BUNDLED SERVICES AND PRODUCTS - An apparatus for pricing offers of healthcare services includes an application server providing a pricing tool, and a service pricing information database and a cost adjustment information database that are accessible by the application server. The pricing tool is operable to receive an indication of a healthcare service set that is respectively associated with a service detail information record included in the service pricing information database, determine a base physician fee for a primary service of the indicated healthcare service set based on base pricing metrics for the primary service included in the service detail information record, receive an indication specifying a location for performing the primary service, calculate an adjusted physician fee for the primary service based on cost adjustment metrics for a geographic zone that corresponds to the specified location, and provide a recommended price for the indicated healthcare service set based on the calculated adjusted physician fee. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150297307 | INTEGRATED SURGICAL IMPLANT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A medical device identification system includes a medical device including an identifier and a sensor device configured to read the identifier of the medical device. The system further includes an output device configured to provide feedback related to the medical device and a monitoring system communicably coupled to the sensor device and the output device. The monitoring system is configured to identify the medical device based on the identifier of the medical device read by the sensor device and transmit feedback to the output device specific to the medical device. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302150 | PATIENT CARE AND HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Streamlined and integrated patient care and health information management systems and methods for reducing the need for costly, near constant patient monitoring by providing system components that allow healthcare professionals to view the most important data for a number of patients in varying physical locations in a seamless manner are disclosed. Various components of the system can be used to monitor patients; measure, record, and track vital signs; and coordinate patient care in an automated fashion. Patients that have a achieved a relatively stable condition during a recovery process, but who still require or would benefit from near constant, or frequent vital sign monitoring can be provided with one or more body worn vital sign sensors. These patient worn sensors can track vital sign and other information about patients, including patient movement, activity, and sleep patterns. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302154 | POINT-OF-CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method can include a patient presenting insurance information to a medical office where he or she is to receive medical care, the medical office confirming a reason for the patient's visit, and the system sending initial patient information directly to the patient's insurance company or to a clearinghouse. The method can further include the insurance company or clearinghouse replying with anticipated remittance advice including an estimate and the medical office presenting the estimate to the patient. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302159 | TRANSFER OF BREATHING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS DATA - A medical apparatus is adapted to facilitate a transfer of data to a computer system using a mobile device. The apparatus has a store of data, a display and a controller that generates a barcode encoding an access address for the computer system and the data, and displaying the barcode on the display. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302161 | SYSTSEM FOR MONITORING A USER - A system for monitoring a user is provided that stores user information about a psychological profile of the user, and a list of monitoring parameters that each comprise a measurable parameter related to the user. A tailored list of monitoring parameters is selected from the set of monitoring parameters based on the user information, and the system then monitors the user using the tailored list of monitoring parameters to provide monitoring results. Information related to the monitoring results can then be outputted to the user. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302163 | PROGNOSTICS AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A flexible prognostics and health management (PHM) device is disclosed. Sensor data is generated that quantifies real-time conditions of components in a machine based on sensor signals generated by sensors. A PHM system loads a PHM module that implements externally invokable functions. The PHM system receives an analytics script. The analytics script comprises interpretable commands and predictive learning model parameter values associated with a predictive learning model. Some of the interpretable commands are configured to invoke some of the externally invokable functions with at least some of the predictive learning model parameter values. The PHM module invokes a command interpreter module to interpret an interpretable command and the predictive learning model parameter values and generate first executable bytecodes. The first executable bytecodes execute to generate a notification identifying a predicted future condition of a first component for presentation on a display device. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302164 | Method for Managing Treatment of a Health Condition Using Subjective Symptom Data - A method for managing treatment of a particular health condition afflicting a patient includes programming a processor with a health management application program that prompts a user for entry of health condition data, including a patient physiological data, subjective patient health condition data, and medication delivery data, compiles the health condition data into a data summary, and transmits the data summary through a communication unit. A drop-down list related to subjective symptoms is provided, which includes stress and depression. A display touch method is used to enter data, selections, and controls. The health management program also provides prompts for the entry of diet data, and further displays drop-down lists related to daily activities and alerts for medication delivery. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302167 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPEUTIC SOLUTIONS - The present disclosure relates to a system for obtaining a therapeutic solution for treatment of a disease or a disorder. The present disclosure also relates to a method of drug discovery and designing therapeutic solutions for various medical conditions, through the said system, comprising database, digital drug library and a processor. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302172 | Method and Apparatus for Increasing Work Flow in a Pharmacy - A pharmacy is arranged in a plurality of stations that are designated for certain purposes that are required to receive, fill, check, and distribute prescriptions. Further, a pharmacy is arranged to provide stations for patient education and counseling. The stations are separated to reduce distractions and errors and to isolate different parts of the process. Often, some of the stations are isolated from patient access to reduce patient disruptions. The embodiments further aim to provide a designation of urgency to in-progress prescriptions. The subject embodiment also aim to provide a method and apparatus for managing in-progress prescriptions. Horizontal rows are arranged vertically in a carousel configuration such that in-progress prescriptions are stored vertically, thus reducing the amount of horizontal space required. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING THERAPUETIC COMPLIANCE - An identity standard (a name, cell number, face image, etc.), a therapeutic event standard associated with the identity standard (such as a stored image of a person taking a medication), and a parameter standard associated with the identity standard (e.g. a time range for taking medication) are established. If a transmission (such as a selfie from a cell phone) is observed, that transmission is received and determinations are made as to whether the transmission satisfies the identity standard, the therapeutic event standard, and the parameter standard. If the identity standard, therapeutic event standard, and parameter standard are satisfied, a satisfaction reaction is executed (logging data, sending a confirmation message, etc.). | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302175 | MEDICATION MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING TECHNOLOGY - Medication management and reporting technology, in which output from at least one sensor configured to sense physical activity in a building in which medication of a patient is located is monitored and a determination is made to capture one or more images of the medication based on the monitoring. A camera is used to capture an image of the medication and the captured image is analyzed to detect a state of the medication. Information regarding a schedule by which the medication should be taken by the patient is accessed and an expected state of the medication is determined. The detected state is compared with the expected state and a determination is made that the patient has departed from the schedule based on the comparison revealing that the detected state does not match the expected state. A message indicating the departure from the schedule is sent based on the determination. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302176 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method, computer program product, and computing system for providing a first level reminder to a medical patient, the first level reminder concerning a medical procedure to be performed by the medical patient. Whether the medical patient responded to the first level reminder is determined. If the medical patient did not respond to the first level reminder, a second level reminder is provided to the medical patient. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302178 | SYSTEM FOR USING PATIENT DATA COMBINED WITH DATABASE DATA TO PREDICT AND REPORT OUTCOMES - A system and associated method receives, by a database coupled to a communication network, patient medical data from multiple data sources including data retrieved from implantable medical devices implanted in patients. A processor accesses the database to generate a dataset from the medical data having at least one data characteristic matching a corresponding data characteristic of a patient group of at least one patient. At least one subset of the dataset is identified that had a therapy intervention subsequent to a time point that the subset had the matching data characteristic(s). An outcome of the subset is determined and a predictive outcome for the patient group is produced based on the outcome of at least one subset. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302179 | Real-time aggregation and display of data - Real-time technologies and data and gamification techniques, such as badges, leaderboards, performance scores, and other elements, to generate improvement in the work performance of employees, teams/departments, facilities, and organizations by providing actionable information via real-time dashboards using a variety of user interfaces. The invention also supports the automation of patient and staff workflow activities to enable optimized processes. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302344 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method, computer program product, and computing system for associating a scannable tag with a healthcare consumable of a medical patient. Escalating reminders are provided to a medical professional, the escalating reminders concerning a medical procedure to be performed on the healthcare consumable by the medical professional. Identifying indicia that is obtained by the medical professional scanning the scannable tag with a client electronic device is received, thus defining an identified healthcare consumable. Status update information that concerns the identified healthcare consumable is received from the client electronic device. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302435 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ONGOING EVALUATION REPORTING AND ANALYSIS - A research and development system that gathers feedback from patients and healthcare providers with respect to the their experience with various aspects of a supplier's products in order to tabulate, consolidate, compare and analyze the data received rapidly and efficiently, and which can be used on successive iterations to determine future products and services. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302492 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND PRODUCTS FOR TRACKING SURGICAL ITEMS - Methods, systems, and products track equipment used during surgical procedures. An allowable zone associated with a surgical procedure is identified. The allowable zone determines where surgical items may be used during the procedure. A location of a surgical item is determined. When the location is outside the allowable zone, an alarm is triggered to indicate the surgical item is moving outside the allowable zone towards an area in which the surgical item may not be used. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302536 | VIRTUAL INFORMATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM - Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media for presenting a virtual information presentation to a user are described. A virtual information presentation system may be configured to present an information presentation process to a user configured based on an objective, a subject and/or information associated with the user. For example, an objective may include obtaining consent for a medical procedure or a clinical research project. In another example, an objective may include confirming user understanding of a particular subject, such as job training. The information may be presented using lifelike avatars and other graphic elements to immerse the user in the information presentation process. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302538 | PATIENT CARE AND HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Streamlined and integrated patient care and health information management systems and methods for reducing the need for costly, near constant patient monitoring by providing system components that allow healthcare professionals to view the most important data for a number of patients in varying physical locations in a seamless manner are disclosed. Various components of the system can be used to monitor patients; measure, record, and track vital signs; and coordinate patient care in an automated fashion. Patients that have a achieved a relatively stable condition during a recovery process, but who still require or would benefit from near constant, or frequent vital sign monitoring can be provided with one or more body worn vital sign sensors. These patient worn sensors can track vital sign and other information about patients, including patient movement, activity, and sleep patterns. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150310176 | HEALTHCARE EVENT RESPONSE AND COMMUNICATION CENTER - The present teaching relates to a Healthcare Event Response and Communication Center. In one example, a healthcare message is received. The healthcare message is processed to automatically identify one or more healthcare events. For each identified healthcare event, one or more responsive entities that are configured to be responsive to the healthcare event are identified. Each responsive entity is associated with one or more healthcare workflows that are configured to receive the healthcare event. Each identified healthcare event is provided in real-time to each of the one or more responsive healthcare workflows with respect to each responsive entity. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310180 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Tracking Entity Locations And Generating Histories From The Locations - A computer-implemented system and method for tracking entity locations and generating histories from the locations is provided. A tracker is associated with identification data for an entity and placed with the entity. A location of the tracker is determined. Three or more reader systems that receive location readings from the tracker are identified. A reading range of each of the reader systems is determined. An overlapping interrogation zone having a region that is shared by the reading ranges of the reader systems is located. The location of the tracker is calculated based on the overlapping zone. The location and an associated time stamp are stored on a central server with other locations of the tracker and time stamps obtained over time. A request is received for a location history of the entity. A portion of the locations are collected from the central database for the tracker as the location history. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310181 | Portable System and Method for Guiding Treatment of Patients - The inventors have recognized that precise synchronization of remote data coupled with local compression and verification technologies enables healthcare providers to employ a device with locally stored patient information and clinical pathways for providing improved healthcare services in dynamic and remote environments. Patient information may be mapped to code sets and reported to patients and/or exchanged with health care organizations accordingly. In addition, patient information may be aggregated with other patient information to provide further improved localized results. Accordingly, more efficient, consistent and reliable healthcare services may be provided to patients in dynamic and remote environments. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310187 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR IDENTIFYING IMPROPER MEDICAL REPORTING - Some embodiments of the invention relate to pharmaceuticals, clinical trials and reporting, and more specifically to finding duplicate medical reporting in clinical trials or when reporting adverse events attributed to drug use. Some embodiments of the invention relate to clinical trials, and more particularly to methods and devices for improving the results of clinical trials by preventing improper participation in clinical trials. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310362 | Health Care Work Flow Modeling with Proactive Metrics - A method, system and non-transitory computer readable medium for modeling and analyzing health information to optimize workflows. The method commences by collecting information in real time from a plurality of health care resources, and based on the collected information, the method develops a dynamic model of workflow that incorporates the health care resources and corresponding real time information. The method proceeds to monitor current in-flight processes of the modeled workflow to determine if a failure might occur on the current in-flight trend, and then generates a proactive metric if an impending failure was predicted. Modeling steps comprise developing a retrospective workflow model based on a historical analysis of the health care resources. The financial impact of an impending failure and the financial impacts of alternative workflows are analyzed. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310376 | DIAGNOSTIC ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, DIAGNOSTIC ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a diagnostic assistance system whereby it is possible to allocate to highly skilled pathologists boundary region tissue specimens whereupon a malign/benign determination is difficult. The diagnostic assistance system includes: an input element for receiving an input of a degree of malignancy of a tissue specimen; a storage element for associating and storing a diagnostician with the degree of skill thereof; and a control element for, when the degree of malignancy is an intermediate value, querying the storage element and determining the diagnostician with the degree of degree of skill which is greater than or equal to a reference value. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310452 | Access Control System For Medical And Dental Computer Systems - An access control system for medical and dental computer systems includes at least one computer workstation communicating with a wireless channel that executes at least one wireless protocol that allows communication with and identification of at least one wireless-enabled token through the wireless channel and that controls a predetermined level of system access to the computer workstation for an authorized individual in possession of the token. A wireless-enabled token uniquely identifies an authorized individual wherein the computer workstation is unlocked when the wireless-enabled token resides within the proximity zone and the computer workstation is locked when the wireless-enabled token resides outside the proximity zone. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310455 | Generation of an Image Regarding a Status Associated with a Patient - According to one embodiment, a system includes one or more processors operable to determine a plurality of individuals associated with a first health service provider. The processors are further operable to determine a plurality of second health service providers that are each associated with at least one of the individuals, and determine a status associated with each of the individuals. The processors are further operable to generate and communicate for display an image based on the individuals, the second health service providers, and the statuses associated with the individuals. The image comprises a plurality of sections that each represent one of the individuals. Each section includes an indication in the section of the status associated with the one of the individuals. The image further comprises a plurality of groupings of one or more of the sections. Each grouping represents one of the second health service providers. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310508 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Real-Time Feedback Collection And Analysis - A computer-implemented system and method for real-time feedback collection and analysis is provided. An event related to a patient is identified during the patient's visit to a medical care facility. A prompt soliciting feedback is triggered upon identification of the event and the prompt is provided to the patient with at least one inquiry regarding the event. Feedback regarding the event is provided by the patient during the patient's visit to the medical care facility in response to the prompt. The feedback is analyzed and a recommendation for intervention of the patient's care is provided during the patient's visit to the medical care facility based on the feedback analysis. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310573 | PROVIDING HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT - One aspect provides a method, including: operating a computing device to, in response to an input physician identifier and an input diagnosis identifier, select a musculoskeletal treatment protocol, the musculoskeletal treatment protocol including at least one of the following: a predetermined musculoskeletal medical product and a predetermined musculoskeletal treatment service; operating the computing device to, responsive to selecting a musculoskeletal treatment protocol, produce an order corresponding to the musculoskeletal treatment protocol on behalf of a patient, wherein the order corresponding to a musculoskeletal treatment protocol includes at least one of a request for a predetermined musculoskeletal medical product and a request for a predetermined musculoskeletal treatment service; and operating the computing device to fill at least a portion of the order corresponding to the musculoskeletal treatment protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310574 | PROTOCOL BUILDER FOR MANAGING PATIENT CARE - A system and method are provided that enable doctors and nurses to easily establish patient protocols and to track and manage patient compliance with those protocols and to track medications with patient outcome to determine the best medications and treatments for various diseases. Protocol builder software permits the doctor or nurse to build a customized patient protocol on a timeline including one-time events (e.g., survey) tied to an anchor date (e.g., surgery) and periodic events (e.g., taking of medication). The patient is prompted to respond to the protocols using elected communications methods, and patient compliance with the protocol is stored in a database with the protocol. The physician may adjust the protocol to reflect the physician's preferences. The captured data is stored in a database and searched to enable the physician to compare how the proposed protocols have worked for other patients with similar conditions, to predict disease (symptoms, side effects) and to adjust the patient's protocol as appropriate. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150317439 | Linkage of Social Network and Healthcare Data - A system and method for providing an individual with information on the actual healthcare utilization of other members of that individual's social network, the method including de-identifying or encrypting individually identifiable social network data associated with a first user, de-identifying or encrypting individually identifiable healthcare transaction data associated with the first user, and linking the de-identified social network data and the de-identified healthcare transaction data. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317440 | STAFF SCHEDULING AT HEALTHCARE FACILITY - Provided are computing devices and methods for determining a total number of needed staff members at a healthcare facility for a day, which determination calculates for each scheduled patient a likelihood of presence at the healthcare facility at different time points taking as input various factors specific to the patient, and the procedure or the personnel involved. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317445 | MOBILE-ENABLED HEALTH SYSTEM - A mobile-enabled health system is provided having a medical device subsystem, having a medical device, such as a thermometer, operatively connected to a computing device running a first application that operates to receive health care data from a user of the medical device subsystem; a data repository configured to receive health care data from the computing device and the first application, receive health care data from third-party sources, and aggregate and analyze the health care data into contextualized health care data; and a second application operative to receive the contextualized health care data. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317446 | HEALTH FORECASTER - Methods, computer systems, and computer-readable storage media are provided for utilizing health-related variables to generate a current health state of a user along with a most-likely future health state of the user and an ideal future health state of the user. Graphical representations of these health states are generated and presented on a graphical user interface. The user is able to interact with the graphical representations to see the impact of the user's choices on the user's future health. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317452 | CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION TERMINAL AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A control method of an information terminal according to the present disclosure causes a display to display a display screen which includes a first display region displaying an object medical image and a second display region displaying M number of similar medical images. When one instruction for magnifying any one similar medical image among the M number of similar medical images is sensed, with respect to the M number of or fewer similar medical images in the M number of ranges that are displayed in the second display region upon sensing the one instruction, a corresponding region of interest in each of the M number of or fewer similar medical images is magnified so as to match a position corresponding to a center of each of individual regions in the second display region while maintaining a size of each of the individual regions at a same size. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317578 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PATIENT STATUS - A system, method and tangible computer readable storage medium for storing a computer-implemented guideline, wherein the computer-implemented guideline includes a plurality of device independent nodes, determining a current state of the computer-implemented guideline, wherein the current state relates to one of the device independent nodes, retrieving device features relating to a device on which the one of the device independent nodes of the computer-implemented guideline is to be performed, modifying the one of the device independent nodes based on the device features to generate a device specific node and instantiating the device specific node on the device. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317650 | Regression Modeling System Using Activation Rating Values as Inputs to a Regression to Predict Healthcare Utilization and Cost and/or Changes Thereto - In a regression modeling system, activation rating values over a plurality of survey participants is used to generate a regression to identify a predictive model that can have a direct explanatory relationship to healthcare utilization and cost. The activation rating for a given individual is thus a predictive variable that can be changed with a known effect on outcomes. For example, healthcare utilization and costs will decline as an activation rating value goes up. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317703 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDIVIDUALIZED PRICING FOR HEALTHCARE - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for providing personalized pricing of medical services. A system can receive, from a healthcare provider, a range of prices for a medical service. The system can collect information associated with providing the medical service for a patient, and calculate a patient fairness factor score for the patient for the medical service based on the information. The patient fairness factor score can reflect an estimate of how complex providing that particular medical service for that particular patient is likely to be. The patient fairness factor score can closely affect the healthcare provider's cost to provide the medical service. Then the system can provide a price quote, within the range of prices and based on the patient fairness factor score, for the healthcare provider to provide the medical service for the patient. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150324402 | COMPARISON BETWEEN TREATMENT PLANS - A method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: computing a tree edit distance between two medical treatment plans; and displaying an output based on the computed tree edit distance. The two medical treatment plans are optionally a recommended treatment plan and an executed treatment plan. The output is optionally indicative of compliance of the executed treatment plan with the recommended treatment plan. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324523 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION TO SUPPORT DECISION MAKING - A system for indicating the quality of a medical report including a medical report system which generates a medical score based on a clinician's interpretation of medical data, a portion of the medical report including text in a natural language; and a medical report grading device which processes the portion of text in natural language and generates one or more scores of one or more categories relating to the quality of the medical report. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING EVENTS - The present invention relates to systems for planning use of resources under consideration of time constraints. The present invention further relates to methods for scheduling use of resources under consideration of time constraints. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324532 | VIRTUAL MENTAL HEALTH PLATFORM - According to various embodiments, systems and methods herein describe a virtual mental health/therapy platform. In particular embodiments, the systems and methods disclosed herein describe a system that includes matching a particular patient to one or more therapists, providing an initial assessment of the particular patient to the one or more therapists, and providing a continuous care application to the particular patient (e.g., to track process, receive care plan related reminders, and various other functionality). | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324533 | Hand Sanitization Verification System - Systems, apparatuses, methods, and software for monitoring compliance of sanitizees (e.g., health care workers, food service workers, sanitization/janitorial workers etc.) with sanitization protocols to be followed for encounters with sanitization-protocol targets (e.g., patients, food-preparation areas, health care facilities/appurtenances, restrooms, etc.). In one example, a system includes sanitization verification systems located close to the targets and mobile node devices issued to the sanitizees. Each verification system can be configured to test the efficacy of sanitization procedures performed by the sanitizees prior to encountering a target, to provide authorizations, via the node devices, to the sanitizees to proceed with target encounters, and to open monitoring sessions during which the node devices record information concerning interactions with the targets. The node devices are configured to annunciate sanitization statuses of the sanitizees throughout a work period as the sanitizees continually interact with verification stations and encounter targets. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324534 | Diagnostic with recommendation tool for treatment with naturally occuring organic material - The invention provides a diagnostic system for naturally occurring organic material including cannabinoid, cannabidiol, and terpenoid treatment. A central computer utilizes a database containing treatment data relating to the use of naturally occurring organic material treatment of specific human conditions. Using patient generated information from a remote data entry apparatus, the central computer withdraws relevant treatment modalities and presents these treatments to the patient and treatment professional. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324537 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS VIA A PATIENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND A PATIENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, A PATIENT DEVICE AND A CLINIC SERVER UNIT - A method for controlling medical examinations by means of a patient communication system and includes connecting a patient device to a clinic server unit, and exchanging examination information between the patient device and the clinic server unit. The exchange of examination information can include a retrieval of examination information from the clinic server unit by means of the patient device, a retrieval of a calendar entry, and a retrieval of patient information. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324539 | PATIENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM - An improved emergency response system is provided. The system includes a patient or subscriber location database having a schedule of patient or subscriber activities. In one implementation, an emergency services server detects when the patient or subscriber is having a possible medical event as indicated by medical physiologic data transmitted from a wireless communication device proximate the patient. A third party such as a technologist and/or doctor diagnoses the patient and determines whether treatment is required. If treatment is required, a phone located remotely from the patient is used to call an emergency services first responder from a public safety access point in the patient's location. The remotely located phone has an automatic location identification database record that is updated based on the patient's current location as indicate by the patient location database. The address information in the patient location database includes street number, building number, floor and room number information, if applicable, to ensure that first responders are directed to the patient's specific location. Other implementations of the emergency response system are also described, including natural disasters, home security, and travel applications. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324541 | HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING A TOTAL RISK SCORE - Embodiments of the invention provide for a health monitoring system comprising an activity monitor. The health monitoring system further comprises a processor and a memory for storing machine readable instructions. The instructions cause the processor to derive activity counts from the activity data acquired by the activity monitor. The instructions further cause the processor to store the activity counts in the memory, and are associated with a time. The instructions further cause the processor to calculate at least two statistical parameters from the activity counts, wherein the at least two statistical parameters are descriptive of the activity counts as a function of time. The instructions further causes the processor to calculate a risk score for each of the at least two statistical parameters. The instructions further cause the processor to calculate a total risk score using the risk score for each of the at least two statistical parameters. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324542 | System and Method for Surveillance and Evaluation of Safety Risks Associated with Medical Interventions - Systems and methods configured for estimating safety-related risks associated with adverse events and poor patient outcomes associated with the use of medical products and treatment (e.g., drugs, vaccines, medications, dietary supplements, and medical devices) are provided. More particularly, the present description relates to a method and system for estimating the downstream medical costs and therefore the risk (e.g., using a safety risk score, ranking, designation, estimate, or the like) associated with the use of an individual medical treatment. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324543 | PATHWAYS FOR TREATING PATIENTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium are provided, including a method for presenting information for treating patients. The method comprises presenting, in a user interface, a pathway for use in treating a patient with a disease and including a combination of therapeutic and diagnostic pathway elements including an integration of diagnostic, radiation, chemotherapy, surgical and other elements. The method further comprises augmenting the pathway including providing controls for accessing additional information associated with a given pathway element, augmenting pathway elements to include indicators for pricing, efficacy and/or toxicity of a treatment associated with a given treatment element, and augmenting the pathway with a connection to another pathway including providing a link to another pathway at a point in a given pathway that provides information for a related pathway. The method further comprises presenting an augmented pathway to a patient or treating physician. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324546 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING DRUG-TARGET INTERACTIONS AND USES FOR DRUG REPOSITIONING - Described herein are methods of predicting drug-target interactions and method of using the information for drug repurposing. The methods described herein combine different descriptors including, for example, shape, topology and chemical signatures, physico-chemical functional descriptors, contact points of the ligand and the target protein, chemical similarity, and docking score. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324547 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRESCRIPTION AUTHORIZATION RULES GENERATION - A system generates executable prior authorization drug request rules using a compiler. A data repository stores drug criteria. The system is configured to generate a criteria specification user interface that enables a user to specify exclusion criteria, inclusion criteria, preferred or step therapy criteria, concurrent therapy criteria, assessment criteria, quantity limits, and/or refill instructions. A prescription prior authorization rules compiler module is configured to access a criteria specification for the drug from the repository and to automatically compile the criteria specification into executable prescription prior authorization rules. A drug criteria object generation module is configured to generate a drug criteria object for the drug, including drug criteria object identification information, the executable prescription prior authorization rules, a data dictionary, and/or canonical data. A rules engine may be provided with access to the drug criteria object for execution of the prescription prior authorization rules. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324549 | MANAGEMENT OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEVICE INTERROGATION DATA AND REPORTS - An interrogation data management system operates to manage implantable cardiac device interrogation data and reports. In one example the system generates a report including a reading physician note, a summary report, and an implantable cardiac device manufacturer's report. Some embodiments include smart routing, to automatically route interrogation data reports to medical professionals based on predetermined rules. The interrogation data management system interacts with the reading physician to formally review the interrogation data reports and to generate a reading physician note. The reading physician note includes the reading physician's findings/interpretations and conclusions. Other aspects are also described in this disclosure. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324550 | MEDICAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method for evaluating drug study information to determine suitability of the drug study information for acceptance by a regulatory authority. The method includes receiving a drug study identification and study type, indicating whether the drug study is either (i) a nonclinical study that is intended to be a Good Laboratory Practice study, or (ii) a clinical study that is intended to support the efficacy indication of a drug that is the subject of the drug study information, and associating one or more checklists with the drug study. Each checklist has elements identifying one or more features to be identified in the drug study information, and a query to select a deficiency type from a predetermined list of deficiency types. The method receives the deficiency types and automatically assigns a criticality value to each based on the nature of the type of drug study. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324894 | Distribution of Infusion Pumps - Some embodiments described herein provide for a number of portable infusion pumps to be distributed to a pump user via a pharmacy system or like. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324942 | Selective enhancement of cannabis - The invention is a system for the selective enhancement of cannabis utilizing a compilation/summary of patient health data and recommended treatment using cannabidiols, cannabinoids, and terpenoids. The data is compiled so that a third party is able to identify development of either cannabis or mixtures which are used for the treatment of patients. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324943 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE PRESENCE MONITORING - A system and method for monitoring a presence of an individual in a geo-fence relative to a central facility. The invention effectuates tracking of field workers for home health and home care as well as a plethora of other applications. The invention provides real time data on the duration of time the care provider spends with a patient while holding the care provider accountable for being on site for the duration of care. In a most general embodiment, the invention includes means for receiving and storing geo-fence data on a first mobile computing and communications platform; logging time at a location defined by said geo-fence data; and transmitting the time log to a second computing platform. In a specific embodiment, the invention includes means for biometrically identifying a care provider within the geo-fence and outputting data to the second computing platform with respect thereto. The biometric identification may be implemented with fingerprint, voice print, facial recognition or other suitable means. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150331995 | EVOLVING CONTEXTUAL CLINICAL DATA ENGINE FOR MEDICAL DATA PROCESSING - A medical information server receives a signal from a client device representing a first user interaction with first medical data associated with a first medical condition of a patient received from a first medical data server. A data retrieval module accesses a second medical data server to retrieve second medical data of the patient that is related to the first medical data. A data analysis module automatically performs a first analysis on image data of the first medical data to generate image quantitative result and a second analysis on the image quantitative result in view of other medical data of the patient to determine a likelihood of a second medical condition of the patient based on the analysis. A data integrator integrates the second medical data with an analysis result of the analysis to generate and transmit a view of medical information to the client device to be displayed therein. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332002 | CENTRALIZED ACCUMULATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Healthcare costs accumulated across a plurality of claims systems are managed using a centralized accumulator, which receives cost accumulator data for adjudicated claims from multiple sending claim systems. An accumulator record type is identified from the cost accumulator data and used to generate a cross-reference record. The record type includes an adjudicated claim. A routing message is generated for at least one receiving claim system according to the identified accumulator record type, the cost accumulator data received from the sending claim system, and an identity of the at least one receiving claim system. In response to sending the routing message to the receiving claim system, an acknowledgement is received, which is used to update the cross-reference record by the processor. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332006 | PATIENT HEALTH MEASUREMENT AND INCENTIVE SYSTEM - Mechanisms for patient health monitoring are disclosed. A health server device receives a first message that originates from a media device associated with a patient. The first message indicates that the patient desires a service from the media device. A patient protocol of the patient is accessed, and a health data determination is made based on the patient protocol. An action is performed based on the health data determination. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332007 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PATIENT ENVIRONMENT - Environment control systems and methods are provided that can be integrated with patient administration systems (e.g., admission, discharge, & transfer systems or “ADT” systems) to implement energy saving algorithms based on the presence or absence of a patient from a given room. In some embodiments, tracking of patients by bed can enable further optimization of environmental control. In further embodiments, additional patient administration systems can be integrated to provide more specific control, and can enable configurations to manage an environment based on scheduled testing, operations, imaging, or any procedure which takes a patient out of their room. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332008 | Method and System for Providing a Telecare Service - A method is disclosed for providing a telecare service to a patient. According to the method, at least one sensor installed in a domestic environment of the patient detects a datum relating to either the domestic environment or an interaction between patient and domestic environment. Based on the detected datum, an anomaly in the domestic environment or in the interaction between patient and domestic environment is detected. Then, a predefined question uniquely associated with the detected anomaly is selected for generating a questionnaire to be submitted to the patient, with the purpose of determining the cause of the detected anomaly. Based on the patient's reply it is determined if the detected anomaly is a false anomaly and, in the affirmative, the predefined question associated to such false anomaly is excluded from the next questionnaire(s), even if the anomaly persists. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332011 | COORDINATING COMMUNICATIONS AMONG HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS - Computer-implemented systems and methods automatically track the dynamic composition of a patient-care team by combining and harvesting information from at least two electronic audit trails: (1) a trail recording access to electronic medical records (EMR), e.g., read-access to patient data, electronic prescriptions and physician orders, etc., and (2) a trail recording electronic communications (email, text messages, etc.) regarding and referencing the patient. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332012 | PATIENT RISK EVALUATION - This disclosure includes various embodiments of apparatuses, systems and methods for evaluating a patient's cardiac risk and/or mental status. Cardiac risk evaluation may be based (e.g., only) on the patient's respiratory rate, heart rate, diastolic blood pressure, age, and/or mental status. An aggregate score, which is indicative likelihood of the patient's cardiac risk, may be calculated based (e.g., only) on the patient's respiratory rate, heart rate, diastolic blood pressure, age, and/or mental status. If the calculated aggregate score exceeds a predetermined threshold, the patient may be identified as having a critical cardiac risk, and actions may be taken to treat the patient. The cardiac risk evaluation may be based further on the patient's mental status, where the patient's mental status may be evaluated based on a game with visual indicators. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332014 | DISEASE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, DISEASE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A disease analysis apparatus includes an information acquisition unit that acquires disease occurrence information indicating a disease occurrence status and at least one of environmental factors and biological statistical information, and a model generation unit that generates a disease model that represents a relationship between the disease occurrence status and a change in an attribute value included in at least one of the environmental factors and the biological statistical information, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORDERING DENTAL PROSTHETICS - A method and system of ordering a dental prosthetic from a dental laboratory, by which a prescription for a patient dental prosthetic is entered by a dentist, and stored and communicated to a dental laboratory. The receiving dental laboratory may subsequently communicate the dental prosthetic prescription to one or many authorized subcontracting laboratories and suppliers. The initiating dentist may seek collaborative guidance from one or many experts in the field of dental prosthetics. The experts are granted authorization to view the prescription data and communicate between each other and the dentist to provide the requested guidance. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332019 | THERAPY MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM - A therapy management development platform includes a pump controller coupled to an interface module. The interface module includes an interface module controller and a module-sensor input/output interface including at least one standardized input port, output port and power connection. The interface module is also customizably programmed to receive data from a sensor and to provide instructions to the pump controller to vary the operation of a pump coupled thereto according to one of a plurality of levels of functionality. Upon receipt of an indication of approval from a remote computer to change the level of access to the functionality of the platform, the interface module may be customizably programmed to receive different data from the sensor, to provide different instructions to the pump controller, or both, the approval corresponding to a stage in testing of a medical device. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332022 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING CLINICAL TRIALS - A system and method for administering a clinical trial centralizes all trial communications in a website system. The system enables a trial sponsor to create individual websites for each of its available trials using website templates driven by workflow management software. The prospective clinical investigator can browse current and upcoming clinical trials and select trials that he/she wants to participate in. The clinical investigator can register interest in the trial by entering their contact information and professional credentials to create a personal profile. The trial sponsor can search for prospective clinical investigators whose credentials are commensurate with those required for a clinical trial. The trial sponsor also can invite prospective clinical investigators to participate in clinical trials. The system programmatically creates a secure account the clinical investigator can use to access the clinical trial website (called a collaboration portal). Once the clinical investigator logs into the collaboration portal, he/she is able to appoint sub-investigators and additional administrative accounts for the portal. The clinical investigator also uploads essential trial documentation via the collaboration portal into the document repository that the trial sponsor set up for the clinical trial. The investigator portal also gives the principal investigator a central place to access clinical trial alerts, notifications and a to-do list. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332182 | METHOD FOR MEASURING RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES DURING PATIENT CARE - A method maximizes the usefulness of resources to be allocated to a class of patients. The method includes the steps of receiving data on a patient. The date is then partitioned. From the partitioned data, a patient factor score calculation is calculated. In addition, a patient illness correlation score is calculated. From the patient factor score and patient illness correlation score, an Ability to Impact score for each patient is generated to identify uses of resources by which the resources will be applied to the patient to maximize the effectiveness of the resources. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332196 | Surgical Workflow Support System - Methods and systems for controlling a workflow in an operating room including interconnected medical devices that support surgical systems and surgical operations. Methods and systems to control clinical information through the use of a medical device, such that use of a medical device at least partially determines the clinical information that is displayed on a display monitor. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332197 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING CLINICAL WORKFLOWS AND GENERATING USER INTERFACES THEREOF - A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for defining clinical workflows is provided. The computer-implemented comprises receiving, at a server-end, information related to one or more clinical workflows. The computer-implemented method further comprises translating the received information into a machine readable language, wherein the received information is translated by splitting the received information into one or more structural components and translating each of the one or more structural components. Furthermore, the computer-implemented method comprises storing the translated information as metadata. Also, the computer-implemented method comprises synchronizing the stored metadata with one or more client devices to define the one or more clinical workflows in the one or more client devices, wherein the one or more defined clinical workflows are dynamically customized based on one or more patient parameters. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332209 | System for Sensing and Recording Information Regarding Medical Items in a Medical Facility - An apparatus tracks medical items through various transition points in a medical facility and maintains a chain of custody for each item through each transition point, indicating who is responsible for each item at any particular time. The apparatus also generates messages directed to various medical facility personnel who are responsible for the medical items at the various transition points, which messages prompt the personnel to take appropriate action with regard to the medical items depending on the particular transition point. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332422 | Clearinghouse System for the Collection, Management and Identification of 340B Related Pharmaceutical Claims Under Various Medicaid and Medicaid Managed Care Programs - The present invention is directed to an exchange clearinghouse, to provide an improved method of processing all 340B Drug Pricing Program claims for all involved parties, to easily identify and report the 340B claims as well as overcome any challenges of the prior art without compromising security or accuracy. More particularly, the invention is a method that can alter, change, or reclassify previously adjudicated pharmacy claims (original claims) through a system, outside of and unrelated to the system used by the pharmacy service provider who adjudicated the original claim. This creates a reversing claim of the original claim and recreates an altered, changed or reclassified original claim. The Method also allows for the collection and reporting of accurate quantities of the original claim in which 340B priced drugs were used. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150339445 | Management of asset utilization - Methods and systems to improve the utilization of rented and owned equipment by accurately and automatically monitoring equipment utilization rates and making recommendations for desired utilization rates and optimal inventory levels based on statistical analysis of actual utilization rates. By making usage recommendations, embodiments of the present invention allow users of the inventive system to purchase and maintain appropriate quantities of movable assets, proactively manage equipment rental costs, and reduce equipment costs and inventory liability. In a medical environment, these benefits also include improved availability and access to items needed for patient care. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339447 | MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - There is provided a medical assistance device that can provide optimal diagnostic assistance information within a range of display items viewable by a doctor in medical information and can provide a development environment in which it is easy to efficiently improve a diagnostic assistance program to provide diagnostic assistance information. A medical assistance server includes an association setting unit and a parameter output unit. The association setting unit can set display items displayed on a display screen in medical information of a patient and a diagnostic assistance program for outputting diagnostic assistance information so as to be associated with each group unit of medical care. The parameter output unit outputs all pieces of first medical information corresponding to the display items, as parameters of the diagnostic assistance program, in a form in which all of the pieces of the first medical information are identifiable as the display items. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339450 | MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY FACILITY WITH OPTION FOR ENTERING PATIENT DATA AND INFORMATION - In a method for operating a medical technology facility with a medical technology device for examining and/or treating a patient, wherein the medical device has a control console for making settings to the medical device throughput of examined and/or treated patients is improved by providing an input interface designed to be operated remotely from the control console. Through this input interface patient data are acquired for the patient and through a central coordination device of the system, the acquired patient data are received from the input interface and transmitted to the control console. Through the control console, the patient data are then displayed and/or settings are made to the medical device as a function of the patient data. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339454 | Automated Food Preparation and Delivery for Aftercare of Obesity Patients Following Surgical Procedures - The present invention is comprised of an interactive outpatient internet based network for providing automated outpatient medical follow up and support services. The present invention is further comprised of automated interactive customized modules to provide medical personnel with daily reports on outpatient treatment progress and condition. The present invention is further comprised of modules that create a cost effective interactive connection between an outpatient and medical staff where distance and lack of contact can place an outpatient at greater risk of relapse and prevent medical personnel from performing desired follow up services. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339455 | INTERACTIVE TESTING SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - The invention relates to a system and a method for health monitoring service based on a central server. Measurements of biological samples (e.g. blood, saliva and urine) are carried out by a remote measurement system. The measurement data are sent to a central server, where the data are processed and analyzed, for example by expert knowledge systems, and a health profile generated is sent back to the remote measurement system. A health care provider may receive the results of the analysis carried out by the expert knowledge system, and the health care provider may further upload laboratory measurements, which can be included in the health analysis of the person. It is preferred that the system and method according to the invention is capable of providing an early warning of diseases that causes changes in chemical components in the biological sample. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339460 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING SCAN-TRIGGERED HEALTH CARE INSTRUCTION AND REMINDER SERVICES - Disclosed are methods, systems and computer program products for facilitating scan-triggered healthcare instruction and reminder services to a user using a scanable information encoded graphic image, such as a bar code or a quick response (QR) code. In one embodiment, a mobile communication device such as a smartphone, tablet computer or other mobile computer is adapted to include a scan client module for scanning and communicating scan-triggered service code information to a scan-triggered application server. The scan-enabled client module communicates extracted healthcare instruction set identifier information to an associated scan-triggered healthcare instruction and reminder service server application, which is adapted to resolve and deliver chronologically ordered healthcare instruction step information to the scanning user, as well as providing reminder notification services and collecting instruction step compliance data. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339622 | MANAGEMENT OF PHARMACY KITS - A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339764 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REVERSE AUCTIONING OR BIDDING ON HEALTHCARE SERVICES - A method and system for reverse auctioning or bidding by user (s) or patient(s) on healthcare services or medical facilities or medical products. Wherein, a user (s) or patient (s) can submit information on a particular disease or symptom, procedure or any health related facilities, product and an input price variable willing to pay for these services and products. This allows the user (s) or patient(s) to initiate a bid by providing specific price as a primary input along with restrictions and conditions, which are forwarded to the plurality of the healthcare service providers and allowing the service providers to confirm the bid. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339791 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE RISK OF A CARDIAC PATIENT - A method for monitoring a patient after release from a health care facility includes: monitoring, using a control module, at least one characteristic of the patient in an outpatient setting; based on the one or more characteristics, determining a risk of readmission; and when the risk of readmission is above a certain threshold, automatically generating a notification to a healthcare provider to provide intervention. A system for monitoring the patient includes: a sensor configured to measure at least one characteristic of the patient in an outpatient setting; and a control module in communication with the sensor, the control module configured to: monitor the at least one characteristic via the at least one sensor; based on the one or more characteristics, determine a risk of readmission; and when the risk of readmission is above a certain threshold, automatically generate a notification to a healthcare provider to provide intervention. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339792 | SLEEP AND ACTIVITY AMOUNT DISPLAY PROGRAM, DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - Provided is a sleep and activity amount display program that allows easy checking of sleep data along with activity amount data for each time period of a certain day. The sleep and activity amount display program includes a step of obtaining sleep data of a user from a sleep measurement device; a step of obtaining activity amount data of a user from an activity measurement device; a step of creating a time display image divided into time slots that each indicate a predetermined range of time; and a step of plotting a getting-up time and a bedtime included in the sleep data as well as the activity amount data on the time slots of the time display image. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150347682 | REMOTE CLOUD BASED MEDICAL IMAGE SHARING AND RENDERING SEMI-AUTOMATED OR FULLY AUTOMATED, NETWORK AND/OR WEB-BASED, 3D AND/OR 4D IMAGING OF ANATOMY FOR TRAINING, REHEARSING AND/OR CONDUCTING MEDICAL PROCEDURES, USING MULTIPLE STANDARD X-RAY AND/OR OTHER IMAGING PROJECTIONS, WITHOUT A NEED FOR SPECIAL HARDWARE AND/OR SYSTEMS AND/OR PRE-PROCESSING/ANALYSIS OF A CAPTURED IMAGE DATA - Systems, methods and software are provided that include a cloud, internet, and/or browser, application, or server based medical image sharing method and system that shares at least one 2D image data file through an internet browser that can generate rotatable and manipulatable 3D and/or 4D images by additional users without additional computer software, plug-ins, or hardware, to render 3D and 4D medical images for remote collaborative analysis, discussion, and/or diagnoses and that simulate or facilitate imaging of medical procedures for purposes of optimized performance, simulation, training and/or accreditation; as well as generating 3D and/or 4D imaging from 2 or more 2D images and/or projections for such use as semi-automated and/or fully automated, network and/or web-based, 3D and/or 4D imaging. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347696 | HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT SUPPLY CHAIN METHOD, PROCESS, AND SYSTEM - A method, system, and computer program product for analyzing records of a healthcare provider, identify equivalent stable-technology equipment, and facilitate the direct purchase of stable-technology equipment by the healthcare provider from a stable-technology equipment supplier. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347697 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR TRACKING, MANAGING, AND ANALYZING HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES THROUGH THE USE OF SPECIFICALLY RESEARCHED CONTENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ICD, CPT OR OTHER CODES - Embodiments of systems and methods for tracking, managing, and analyzing hospital privileges through the use of specifically researched content in conjunction with ICD, CPT or other codes are described. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347699 | Actionability framework for genomic biomarker - An evidence-based computerized method for forming treatment plans can utilize an actionability framework, which can include a basis of actionability and a rationale for actionability for biomarkers. Treatment rules derived from data in literature, such as from clinical trials, case studies, research and published literature, can allow the method to form treatment plans with support reasoning and citations, similar to those of medical professionals. Thus the treatment plans proposed by the evidence-based treatment process can survive the inspection and scrutiny of treating physicians due to the available and cited support documents. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347701 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE WIRELESS MONITORING OF MEDICAL TEST DATA - A system, apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving medical test data is provided having memory that stores computer-executable instructions; processor, communicatively coupled to the memory that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions; and having: a transmission means operatively associated with a device, a receiver adapted and configured to receive data from the transmission means; a central database adapted and configured to compile the data; wherein the data is transformed into an output comprised of an aggregate of medical test data from at least one medical test. The computer implemented method for transmitting and receiving medical test data comprises the steps of transmitting means operatively associated with a device, receiving data from the transmission means; compiling the data into a central database; and transforming the data from the database into an output comprised of an aggregate of medical test data from at least one medical tests. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347703 | METHODS OF ASSESSING A RISK OF DEVELOPING NECROTIZING MENINGOENCEPHALITIS - The present invention provides method of classifying a subject into a necrotizing meningoencephalitis (NME) disease risk group. The method may include assessing the presence of one or more marker (e.g., SNPs or risk loci) in a sample from the subject. For example, detection of the presence of one or more markers that are associated with an increased risk of NME can indicate that the subject should be classified into a risk group. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347715 | RETAIL PHARMACY CUSTOMER RECOGNITION AND SALES - A retail pharmacy sales system for identifying a customer and identifying which prescriptions the customer is authorized to pick up is disclosed. The system may include a retail pharmacy sales device in communication with a mobile device. The retail pharmacy sales device is configured to identify the customer, receive acknowledgement for the prescriptions, and process the payments for the prescriptions based on communication with the mobile device. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348075 | COMMUNITY UTILIZATION MODELS - Specialty healthcare in a community is analyzed by calculating an average number of cases in a region which includes and is larger than the community, calculating an expected number of cases for the community based on the average, and comparing the expected number of cases to a number of actual cases for the community. The community may be a contiguous service area surrounding a hospital, and the region is a state containing the service area. Cases can be filtered according to patient demographics, such as age, and in particular the analysis can be tailored for Medicare. The analysis results in a community utilization differential which is divided by physician productivity to determine an actual number of specialty physicians needed for the community. The cases may be based in part on services performed by non-doctor healthcare professionals, but the physician productivity is based on a physician count which excludes such professionals. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348218 | System and Method for Tabling Medical Service Provider Data Provided in a Variety of Forms - A system is described for rendering normalized medical service provider data records by transforming received input records from a variety of sources into standardized medical service provider data records. The system digests a resource containing multiple data points to render a mapping between individually identifiable parts of the data points and normalized data types handled by data type-specific parsers. A matching operation is performed, on parsed data points, wherein individual ones of the set of parsed data points are matched to an identified entry on an authoritative listing. During the matching an algorithmic match is attempted by assigning a match score based upon a type of transformation on a parsed data point value, of a data point instance of the set of parsed data points, to render a match between the parsed data point value and an entry within an authoritative data listing. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150356075 | GENERATING REPRESENTATIONS OF INPUT SEQUENCES USING NEURAL NETWORKS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating representations of input sequences. One of the methods includes receiving a grapheme sequence, the grapheme sequence comprising a plurality of graphemes arranged according to an input order; processing the sequence of graphemes using a long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network to generate an initial phoneme sequence from the grapheme sequence, the initial phoneme sequence comprising a plurality of phonemes arranged according to an output order; and generating a phoneme representation of the grapheme sequence from the initial phoneme sequence generated by the LSTM neural network, wherein generating the phoneme representation comprises removing, from the initial phoneme sequence, phonemes in one or more positions in the output order. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356198 | RICH FORMATTING OF ANNOTATED CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS - Systems and methods for producing and presenting annotations of clinical documents in a rich format are described, for instance for use with medical billing procedures. An initial XHTML document documenting a medical patient encounter and having rich formatting is used to generate a plain text document. A clinical language understanding system generates annotations, such as medical codes, which are used to annotate the XHTML document. The annotated XHTML document is then presented to a user, thus displaying for the user the annotations while retaining the rich formatting of the initial XHTML document. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356245 | CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for controlling an information terminal causes a computer of the information terminal to receive, from a case retrieval system, a plurality of similar medical images having a feature quantity of a region of interest and a certain degree of similarity in accordance with the region of interest included in a target medical image, displays a display screen displaying the plurality of received similar medical images on a touch panel display, the display screen including a display region in which at least some of the plurality of received similar medical images are displayed, displays, if selection of a first similar medical image from among the at least some of the plurality of received similar medical images displayed in the display region is detected, the first similar medical image across the display region, and displays, if a swipe operation performed on the first similar medical image is detected, a second similar medical image, which has second highest similarity next to the first similar medical image among the plurality of similar medical images, in the display region such that a corresponding region of interest included in the second similar medical image is located at a certain position in the display region. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356256 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A CARE SERVICE - A method manages a care service by a terminal apparatus of a caregiver. The method includes recognizing a smart card of a patient, receiving encrypted data including encrypted time information from the smart card, the encrypted time information being generated at the smart card by encrypting time information corresponding to a point in time when the terminal apparatus recognizes the smart card, and transmitting the encrypted data to a management server. The encrypted data is generated by the smart card using an encryption key and decrypted by the management server using a decryption key corresponding to the encryption key. A time corresponding to time information acquired from the decrypted data is stored in the management server as a care service providing time. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356258 | REAL-TIME NATIONAL RADIATION DOSE DATABASE AND MONITORING RADIATION DOSAGES USING THIS DATABASE - An inventive system and method for monitoring radiation dose data comprises in one aspect, a database storing at least recommended dose data and benchmark dose data for one or more facilities, a scanner located in one facility, the scanner can perform a scan with radiation dose data, an application server, a user interface comprising at least a display, and a module, operable on the processor, to receive the radiation dose data from the scanner, store the radiation dose data, monitor the radiation dose data in accordance with effective dose data and the benchmark dose data for the facilities, and display the monitored dose data and the benchmark dose data for the facility. In one aspect, convert the radiation dose data in accordance with the recommended dose data stored in the database and obtain an effective dose data based on the converted radiation dose data. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356259 | MULTIPLE COMPUTER SERVER SYSTEM FOR ORGANIZING HEALTHCARE INFORMATION - A method of providing changes in healthcare policy information is provided, including: providing a first database, the first database containing a plurality of records, each record containing a copy of a website and tags associated with the website, the website pertaining to healthcare policy information; retrieving current versions of tags associated with the websites on the Internet; for each website, determining if the tags associated with the website have changed by comparing the current version of the tags to the copy of the tags in the first database; if the tags have changed, updating the copy of the website associated with the tags in the first database; determining the changes in the website, and providing access to reports generated to reflect changes in the website. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356260 | NLU TRAINING WITH USER CORRECTIONS TO ENGINE ANNOTATIONS - Techniques for training a natural language understanding (NLU) engine may include generating a first annotation of free-form text documenting a healthcare patient encounter and a link between the first annotation and a corresponding portion of the text, using the NLU engine. A second annotation of the text and a link between the second annotation and a corresponding portion of the text may be received from a human user. The first annotation and its corresponding link may be merged with the second annotation and its corresponding link. Training data may be provided to the engine in the form of the text and the merged annotations and links. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356261 | CONTENT SUGGESTION ENGINE - Systems and methods for content selection and processing in an information system are described herein. In one example, a content suggestion engine operates to select, suggest, or recommend content to human users. The selection of content may be suited to a goal or set of goals set by a human user (for example, content recommendations used to assist the human user with achieving a personal health goal). The content suggestion engine may evaluate information to help determine the appropriateness of the content suggestions, considering factors such as a psychological profile, medical conditions, lifestyle, demographics, and goals. The content may be further filtered and weighted to select a subset of content and suggested actions most relevant to the human user. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356265 | HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for providing a community in which treatments may be tested for conditions associated with one or more entities. Information may be received that includes a condition of an entity, the condition associated with a particular domain, and one or more symptoms of the condition experienced by the entity. Access to the information may be provided to one or more domain experts. The provision of one or more treatments for the condition to the community may be facilitated. The treatment of the condition may be tracked and analyzed for efficacy. Treatment plans may be suggested for conditions based on the analysis of the information provided to the community. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356271 | CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Similar medical images having a predetermined similarity to a region of interest in a medical image to be interpreted are received from a case search system. A display screen on which the received similar medical images are displayed is displayed on a display. The display screen includes display frames within which similar medical images are displayed. In response to an instruction for enlarging the similar medical images, corresponding regions of interest in the similar medical images are enlarged and displayed with the sizes of the display frames maintained unchanged on the display screen. In response to an instruction for causing a selected similar medical image among the enlarged and displayed similar medical images to move within a corresponding display frame, the other unselected similar medical image(s) is caused to move within a corresponding display frame synchronously with the movement of the selected similar medical image in the same movement direction. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356273 | APPARATUS FOR RECORDING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE USE OF AN INJECTION DEVICE - Apparatus for recording information concerning the use of an injection device, the apparatus comprising: one or more sensors for providing information indicative of how the injection device is used; a processor configured to analyse said information detected by the one or more sensors to determine use information, said use information corresponding to how the injection device is used; and a memory for storing said use information in an image format such that said use information can be retrieved from the memory and displayed in an image. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356275 | System and Method for Eliciting Patient Engagement Corresponding to an Engagement Plan - A processor-implemented system and method is provided for monitoring patient parameters of engagement plans administered to patients. A builder software application on a first processor-based device is provided for creating an engagement plan from an engagement protocol. An engagement software application on the first processor-based device is configured for monitoring the engagement plan to determine that an administering time for administering the engagement plan has been reached. The engagement software application is further configured for generating a notification message when it is determined that the administering time has been reached. The notification message is transmitted to a registered second processor-based device. The notification message includes an interactive software component for receiving a response message from the second processor-based device. The engagement software application is configured to receive the response message and a status, and to determine patient parameters, thereby engaging patients corresponding to the administered engagement plan. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356486 | RATING SYSTEM, PROCESS AND PREDICTIVE ALGORITHMIC BASED MEDIUM FOR TREATMENT OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS IN COST EFFECTIVE FASHION AND UTILIZING MANAGEMENT PATHWAYS FOR CUSTOMIZING OR MODIFYING OF A BASE ALGORITHM BY AN ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION OR OTHER PAYOR IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH BEST TREATMENT PROTOCOLS AND FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR INCENTIVIZING CARE PROVIDERS AND FOR ACHIEVING IMPROVED CLINICAL/FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES - The present invention discloses a system, method and non-transitory software based computer writeable medium usable with a processor driven device for incentivizing service providers. A predictive algorithm which includes a series of protocols including a first protocol or subroutine for establishing a risk profile through stratifying a designated ACO population. A second subroutine operates by training the ACO doctors or other care providers in one or more of a series of medical related diagnosis and treatment programs. A third successive subroutine establishes one or more management pathways which are customizable by the ACO leadership and through establishing a questioning protocol for modifying/customizing the base algorithm for any one or more of a variety of treatment sub-species. A fourth subroutine provides care provider (e.g. doctor) feedback on the desired best practices for the given diagnosis and treatment sub-species resulting from the question and answer protocol achieved in the third subroutine. A fifth subroutine results in the creation (again by the ACO or other provider) of a scorecard for each individual care provider (doctor, therapist, etc.), such based primarily upon patient outcome assessment and accounting for patient complexities. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356500 | Systems, Methods, and Devices for Monitoring Blood Products During Portable Storage and Transport - Systems and methods for monitoring blood products using portable storage units (“PSUs”) are disclosed. A PSU can be configured to communicate with a blood product management server for monitoring blood products. In many embodiments, a PSU can include a cooling mechanism to control the internal temperature of the PSU, a RFID reader configured to scan at least one RFID tag associated with at least one blood product, a processor, and a memory containing a PSU application, wherein the PSU application configures the processor to: determine a temperature profile for the at least one blood product, generate health status information for the at least one blood product based upon the blood product's temperature profile, generate a user interface that includes information regarding the at least one blood product's health status information, and transmit the at least one blood product's health status information to the blood product management server. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356646 | MEDICAL CODING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED CODEBOOK INTERFACE - Techniques for use in medical coding include applying a natural language understanding engine to a free-form text documenting at least one clinical patient encounter to generate a set of one or more medical billing codes for the patient encounter. A user interface may be provided, configured to allow one or more human users to review and correct the generated set of medical billing codes. Within the user interface, in response to user selection of a first medical billing code of the generated set of medical billing codes, at least a portion of a government-authorized codebook for the first medical billing code may be displayed, and a position of the first medical billing code may be indicated in the displayed portion of the codebook. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356663 | NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE SERVICE FOR FACILITATING PURCHASES OF BUNDLED SERVICES AND PRODUCTS - An apparatus for facilitating purchases of services and products includes an application server providing a network service and maintaining a service offer database that comprises a plurality of information records respectively associated with a plurality of service offers. Each information record comprises an indication of a primary service, a purchase price, a payment amount for the primary service, and compensation information for the primary service. At least one of the service offers is for a bundled set that includes the primary service and one or more products. Upon being accessed by user operating a client system, the network service is operable to receive an indication of a service offer being selected for purchase by the user, receive purchase information from the user specifying a funding source, and issue a request to the funding source for funds corresponding to the purchase price of the information record associated with the service offer. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356701 | MONITORING AND ADAPTING A PATIENT'S MEDICAL REGIMEN AND FACILITATING COMMUNICATION WITH A CAREGIVER - A user engagement system such as a medical regimen monitoring the adherence of a patient. The user engagement system customizes the medical regimen to meet the needs of the patient. The system includes a predictive engine for generating a set of recommended attributes for the regimen by analyzing a set of user information, an implementation engine for displaying the regimen to the user and monitoring adherences, and a responsive engine for adapting the regimen to improve an adherence level upon the patient falling below a threshold level by determining a set of revised attributes likely to improve adherence. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150363555 | HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM - This document generally describes computer-based technology to provide health information systems that can be customized for any healthcare specialty and/or application. For example, the disclosed computer-based technology can be used in specialties such as imaging centers, radiology group practices, and/or other ambulatory clinics, and can be used for business, financial, and/or clinical applications (e.g., practice management (PM), radiology information systems (RIS), electronic medical records (EMR), electronic health records (EHR)). | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363557 | SECURE COMMUNICATIONS - A system for providing secure communications may include a management system to receive first information, the first information being received via a first secure connection, analyze the received information to form analyzed information, and provide the analyzed information, a processor device to receive the analyzed information, the analyzed information being received via a second secure connection between the processor device and the management system, and perform an action based on the analyzed information, and a clearinghouse device to receive second information, the second information being received via a third secure connection between the clearinghouse device and each provider device of a plurality of provider devices, process the second information to form the first information, and provide the first information to the management system via the first secure connection. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363559 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT - Systems and methods are described herein for the prioritization of possible treatment options based on biomarkers, such as (but not limited to) tumor and germline-based genomic variants. The system and methods may thereby identify patient and the status of a biomarker in the treatment options tailored to a patient, in particular to his/her clinical, molecular, and/or genetic condition. Furthermore, the system and method provides a means for prioritizing the possible treatment options based on the extraction and contextualization of clinical and molecular knowledge. The system gathers and/or accesses biomarker information and transforms the information into prioritized, clinically actionable options identified for a specific patient case. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363560 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS - We describe a method of predicting the response of a patient to a medical procedure, the method comprising: inputting acute phase response (APR) biomarker data defining a level of an acute phase response (APR) biomarker in said patient at a succession of biomarker measurement times following said medical procedure, said APR biomarker data defining a biomarker time course representing an evolution over time of said acute phase response; and processing said APR biomarker data to determine a derivative with respect to time of said time course from said APR biomarker data to provide APR time series data; determining a prediction of the response of said patient to said medical procedure from said APR time series data. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363564 | Remote Medical Analysis - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for remote medical analysis. Advances in mobile devices offer a way to connect animals and veterinarians in ways other than physical proximity. Using a phone's camera to take photos or and/or video and send those to a veterinarian allows greater degree of detail to be communicated in triaging or diagnosing or follow-up for an animal. Additionally, the camera could be used to conduct a video chat between an animal owner and a veterinarian allowing real-time viewing and conversation between the two parties. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363565 | MONITOR REMOTE CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF USING MOBILE TERMINAL - A monitor remote control method and system thereof using a mobile terminal. The system comprises: a mobile terminal, a monitor terminal and a network terminal. The mobile terminal comprises an instruction setting unit for inputting setting instructions and sending the setting instruction to the network terminal. The network terminal comprises a data and instruction receiving unit for receiving the setting instructions, and a wireless connection unit for building a wireless connection between the mobile terminal and the monitor terminal. The monitor terminal comprises a setting execution unit for receiving and executing the setting instructions sent by a data and instruction sending unit of the network terminal. The system enables medical staffs when away from bedside to know information and parameter conditions of patients in real time and to set the settings of the monitor. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363568 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING PATIENT READMISSION RISK AND SELECTING POST-ACUTE CARE INTERVENTION - Techniques for determining and outputting post-acute care recommendations that use information that is available when a patient is admitted, which is obtained through patient questionnaires and automatically-extracted patient history data, to determine a risk score and/or recommend post-acute care. Such techniques may be incorporated into systems, methods and computer program products for determining and outputting post-acute care recommendations based upon readmission risk scores. For example, a sample process for determining and outputting recommendations may include receiving admission data relating to a patient, receiving assessment information regarding the patient, determining a readmission risk score for the patient, determining a post-acute care recommendation for the patient based on the readmission risk score and one or more patient covariates, and outputting the post-acute care recommendation. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363571 | GENERATING AND MANAGING A HYBRID FORMULARY - Systems and methods for generating and managing a hybrid formulary for claims adjudication. In an embodiment, a plurality of source formulary components are received. Each of the plurality of source formulary components comprises one or more drug entries and/or one or more utilization management rules. A configuration is also received. The configuration comprises a plurality of component identifiers and one or more hierarchy rules. Each of the plurality of component identifiers identifies one of the plurality of source formulary components. The one or more hierarchy rules are applied to the identified source formulary components to generate a hybrid formulary. The hybrid formulary comprises a plurality of drug entries and/or one or more utilization management rules, which can be used for claims adjudications, reporting, or any other downstream formulary application. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363573 | PATIENT CARE DEVICE-SPECIFIC CONFIGURATION OUTPUT - Patient-care device specific configuration output for use in configuring a patient care device for administration of a therapy to a patient. The configuration output may be generated based on an order for a therapy and an identified patient care device to be used to administer the therapy to a patient. The generation of the configuration output may include modification of information received with the order to correspond to a corresponding configuration protocol of the patient care device to be used to administer the therapy to a patient. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363719 | METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ANALYSIS OF RISK MANAGEMENT DATA AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and risk analyzing computing device that obtains condition indication data associated with a medical practice and comprising a plurality of condition indications, a type of the medical practice, and, from a medical malpractice claims source database and via one or more communication networks, medical malpractice claims data for a plurality of medical liability insurance carriers. The condition indication data is compared to the medical malpractice claims data to identify one or more of a plurality of risk issues associated in the medical malpractice claims data with a predetermined number of highest ranked one or more of the condition indications in the condition indication data. One or more recommended risk management interventions associated with the one or more risk issues are provided to the medical practice. Accordingly, this technology efficiently and effectively provides risk management interventions that are aligned with medical practice specialties. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150370967 | PATIENT CARE PATHWAY SHAPE ANALYSIS - A method includes accessing data related to a series of patient events, and determining whether the data accessed is related to a specific condition. Care pathway data for the condition is generated in response to determining that the accessed data is related to the specific condition. The care pathways data for the condition is stored at a custom extension to a relational database. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370972 | INTENT-BASED CLUSTERING OF MEDICAL INFORMATION - A medical information navigation engine (“MINE”) includes a medical information interface, a reconciliation engine and an intent-based presentation engine. The medical information interface receives medical information from a plurality of medical sources, which is subsequently reconciled by the reconciliation engine. The intent-based presentation engine clusters the reconciled medical information by applying at least one clustering rule to the reconciled medication information. The clustered reconciled medical information can be presented to a user. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370973 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING OPERATIONAL DATA TO A MEDICAL DEVICE LOCATED WITHIN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT - A method for transferring operational data to a medical device ( | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370975 | Management for Coordinated In Person Delivery of Medical Services - A coordination component matches doctors with patients seeking medical care. The coordination component may maintain records of doctors available to provide services. A patient may enroll using a computing device. A patient may request medical care at a particular location. A coordination component may match a doctor to a patient request for medical services. Doctor/patient matches may be made based upon location information, the needs of the patient, the practice of the doctor, gender, language skills, or any other criteria. A doctor may accept or decline a request for services from a patient. A bidirectional and at least partially anonymized communication may be initiated by the coordination component at the initiation of the doctor to permit a doctor to evaluate the medical needs of a patient. Computing devices associated with a patient and/or doctor may be used in conjunction with the coordination component to deliver the requested medical services. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370978 | NEAR REAL-TIME DETECTION OF INFORMATION - A device may identify information associated with other devices, generate a first value for one or more indicators associated with the information, process, based on providing the information to a rules engine corresponding to a library of rules including the rule and receiving, from the rules engine and based on providing the information to the rules engine, information associated with a second value the information using a rule to generate the second value based on combining the first value with one or more third values, and output information regarding the second value to determine how to process the information. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370981 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS OF RELEVANT OPPORTUNITIES TO HEALTH PLAN CUSTOMERS - In certain implementations, personalized opportunities may be provided to health plan customers. Personal health information associated with a user covered by a health plan may be obtained. Coverage information associated with the health plan may be obtained. A first set recommendations related to opportunities available to the user may be determined based on the personal health information and the coverage information. The first set of recommendations may be provided for presentation to the user. One or more actions of the user with regard to one or more opportunities related to the first set of recommendations may be monitored. A second set of recommendations related to opportunities available to the user may be determined based the personal health information, the coverage information, and the monitoring of the one or more actions of the user. The second set of recommendations may be provided for presentation to the user. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370982 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for bioinformatics and data processing. In particular, in a first aspect, the present disclosure relates to methods and systems for generating a personalized treatment guideline for a patient and for selecting a treatment for a patient. In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to methods and systems for selecting patients for a clinical trial of a treatment. The invention resolves cases in which patients have more than one “actionable” aberration by combining the patient-specific molecular information and the treatment-specific molecular information further with a clinico-molecular disease model, specifically a scoring of genes and/or proteins that represents several aspects of their involvement into the disease. In this way, treatments and patients can be prioritized that are most likely to impact or impacted by the disease mechanism, respectively. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370983 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE MONITORING OF A SOFTWARE MEDICAL DEVICE - A method for monitoring a medical device (DM) available to a patient (P), the medical device (DM) including a communication terminal (T) implementing software functionalities (f | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370985 | System and Method for Crowdsourcing Biological Specimen Identification - A system and method for crowdsourcing medical diagnosis that includes a caregiver taking a biological specimen from a patient, making a microscope slide with the specimen, photographing the image and transmitting it, including personal and demographic information related to the patient, to a remote computer, where the data is stored in a database for crowdsourced analysis, collecting the opinions of the individuals forming the crowdsource, weighting the opinions based upon qualifications of the individuals, and developing a pooled diagnosis based a parameter, such as frequency of a diagnosis occurring in the crowd of individuals, and transmitting the diagnosis to the caregiver, for prescribing medication, a therapy or further medical tests. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370986 | ESTIMATING IMPACT OF PROPERTY ON INDIVIDUAL HEALTH - PROPERTY SCORE - Embodiment of the invention provide a method for determining a health index of a property area. The method comprises acquiring property data associated with a property area from a data source, and extracting a first property attribute data from the property data acquired. The first property attribute data extracted is used to determine presence or movement of a first pollutant data within the property area. The method further comprises determining a first potential impact data the first pollutant data may have on individual health based in part on the first property attribute data extracted, and computing a property score representing a health index of the property area based in part on the first potential impact data determined. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370987 | ESTIMATING IMPACT OF PROPERTY ON INDIVIDUAL HEALTH - PROPERTY MATCH - Embodiment of the invention provide a method for determining compatibility of a property area with health of a user. The method comprises acquiring property data associated with a property area from a data source, and extracting a first property attribute data from the property data acquired. The first property attribute data extracted is used to determine presence or movement of a first pollutant data within the property area. The method further comprises acquiring personal data associated with a user, determining a first health sensitivity data of the user based in part on the personal data acquired, determining a first potential impact data of the first pollutant data on health of the user based in part on the first property attribute data and the first health sensitivity data, and computing a property match score representing compatibility of the property area with the health of the user based in part on the first potential impact data. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370988 | ESTIMATING IMPACT OF PROPERTY ON INDIVIDUAL HEALTH - PERSONAL PROFILE - Embodiment of the invention provide a method for determining health sensitivities of a user. The method comprises acquiring personal data associated with a user, determining a first health sensitivity data of the user based in part on the personal data acquired, determining a first potential impact data of a first pollutant data on health of the user based in part on the first health sensitivity data, and generating a personal profile for the user, wherein the personal profile comprises a personal profile score representing health sensitivities of the user to pollutants based in part on the first potential impact data. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370990 | ESTIMATING IMPACT OF PROPERTY ON INDIVIDUAL HEALTH - VIRTUAL INSPECTION - Embodiment of the invention provide a method for facilitating virtual inspection of a property area. The method comprises acquiring property data associated with a property area from a data source, and identifying an area of interest of the property area based on the property data acquired. The area of interest identified represents a potential area of the property area that may negatively impact health of a user. The method further comprises providing the user an instruction for capturing image data relating to the area of interest identified, receiving the image data from the user, and extracting a first property attribute data from the image data, wherein the first property attribute data extracted is used to determine presence or movement of a first pollutant data within the property area. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370996 | System for determining the need for Angiography in patients with symptoms of Coronary Artery disease - The present invention relates to a system for determining the need for angiography in patients with symptoms of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), and comprises a data mining algorithm that processes a dataset with a set of predetermined features, preferably 50 features. The system comprises a pre-processing phase and a main phase. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370997 | Bundling Invasive and/or Operative Procedures - A method implemented on an electronic computing device for presenting invasive and/or operative procedure bundles includes: on the electronic computing device, displaying a map of a geographic area; identifying a plurality of markers on the map, each marker being associated with an invasive and/or operative procedure, and each marker being placed in the geographical location at which the invasive and/or operative procedure is to be performed; and showing a price associated with each. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370999 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PRESCRIPTION-BASED BIOMETRIC MONITORING - An approach for triggering an alert notification associated with an electronic prescription. The approach includes receiving an electronic prescription associated with a patient. The electronic prescription specifies a biometric parameter and a prescribed range for the biometric parameter. The approach also includes receiving a biometric value for the biometric parameter collected by a monitoring device based on the electronic prescription. The monitoring device is associated with the patient. The approach also includes triggering an alert notification based on a comparison of the biometric value against the prescribed range. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371000 | Systems and Methods for Determining Patient Adherence to a Prescribed Medication Protocol - Systems and methods are provided for determining patient adherence to a medication protocol by evaluating healthcare transactions. An e-prescription transaction can be received from a prescriber and evaluated to determine if the patient is to receive adherence analysis. If so, the e-prescription data can be stored and the e-prescription can be forwarded to a pharmacy. A healthcare claim transaction for a medication can be received from the pharmacy and forwarded on for adjudication. If approved, the claim transaction data can be evaluated to determine if it matches any stored e-prescription data records. Upon identifying a match, a prescription fill status notification can be generated and transmitted to the prescriber computer associated with the prescriber of the medication in the e-prescription. If the healthcare claim transaction is for a refill or a maintenance medication, a patient adherence level can be calculated and included in the prescription fill status notification. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371001 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR E-PRESCRIPTION TRANSACTION PRE-DESTINATION EVALUATION, EDITING, REJECTION, AND MESSAGING - A service provider computer can receive an e-prescription transaction from a prescriber computer and evaluate the data therein to determine if errors exist or if required data elements are missing. A rejection of the e-prescription transaction can be generated or the transaction can be modified if errors exist, if data elements are missing, and/or if additional tests or additional information in the transaction is needed. If modified, the transaction can be sent to the pharmacy computer. The rejection response can include a reject code, basis for rejection, and override code, and can be transmitted back to the prescriber computer. Similarly, the service provider computer can receive an e-prescription transaction from the pharmacy computer, evaluate the data therein, and identify any errors or missing data. The e-prescription transaction can be modified to correct errors and omissions and transmitted to the prescriber computer or rejected and transmitted back to the pharmacy computer. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371002 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, and, in particular, to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program by which more accurate information on the dosage can be provided. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371004 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DRUG LIBRARY DATA TO A MEDICAL DEVICE LOCATED WITHIN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT - A system for providing drug library data to a medical device ( | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371005 | CODE FOR PATIENT CARE DEVICE CONFIGURATION - Configuration output for use in configuring a patient care device for administration of a therapy to a patient. The configuration output may include at least one code. The code may be used in the verification and/or indication of at least one configuration data component used in the configuration of the patient care device to be used to administer a therapy to a patient. Additionally, a check code for validation of the entry of the code and/or check code may be provided. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371006 | USE OF WEB-BASED SYMPTOM CHECKER DATA TO PREDICT INCIDENCE OF A DISEASE OR DISORDER - Symptoms and methods for predicting the incidence of a disease or disorder are disclosed. A system for predicting the incidence of a disease or disorder includes a web-based symptom checker for producing a structured dataset, a data analysis component for producing a multivariate dataset from the structured dataset, and a feature construction component for producing a linear combination of orthogonal symbols representative of a disease or disorder. A method for predicting the incidence of a disease or disorder includes producing a multivariate dataset representing patient symptom counts, performing feature construction analysis on the multivariate dataset, creating a time series model using weekly illness incidence data, and applying the time series model to new illness incidence data to predict the incidence of a disease or disorder in the future. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371176 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A communication and medical care management system using mobile application technology for use within the healthcare industry. The system enables faster, richer, and more direct communication within emergency departments, between departments, and between providers and their patients. It can coordinate busy healthcare resources to efficiently and effectively provide the proper care at the right place in time, resulting in cost savings. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371203 | MEDICAL BILLING USING A SINGLE WORKFLOW TO PROCESS MEDICAL BILLING CODES FOR TWO OR MORE CLASSES OF REIMBURSEMENT - In one example, this disclosure describes a method of processing medical data via one or more computers. The method may comprise receiving patient encounter data describing a patient encounter with a healthcare organization. The method may further comprise determining, one or more facility reimbursement facts and one or more professional reimbursement facts based on the patient encounter data. After determined reimbursement facts, the method may include outputting a user interface including a listing of the determined facility reimbursement facts and a listing of the determined professional reimbursement facts. The method may also include receiving selection input associated with the facility reimbursement facts and the professional reimbursement facts and an indication that the facility reimbursement facts and the professional reimbursement facts are finalized. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371350 | Patient Device for Coordinated In Person Delivery of Medical Services - A patient may request medical services from a patient computing device. Doctors may be matched with patients desiring or needing medical care. A patient may enroll or subscribe with a system using a computing device. Using the same or a different computing device, a patient may request medical care at a particular location. A doctor may be matched to a patent request for medical services. Doctor/patient matches may be made based upon location information, the medical needs of the patient, the medical practice of the doctor, gender, language skills, or any other criteria. A doctor may accept or decline a request for medical services from a patient. A bi-directional and at least partially anonymized communication may be initiated to permit a doctor to evaluate the medical needs of a patient. Computing devices associated with a patient and/or doctor may be used in conjunction with a coordination component to collect relevant information, record medical records, manage communications, process billing, navigating to a patient's location, and/or other purposes. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371351 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIDDING ON SERVICES - Various embodiments described herein provide for systems and methods that manage or otherwise facilitate bidding processes on services (e.g., healthcare services) provided by service providers (e.g., healthcare providers). Such systems and methods may manage or otherwise facilitate solicitation of bids from one or more service providers for a desired service, arrangement (e.g., scheduling) of the desired service based on bidding processes, pre-payment for the desired service before the desired service has been provided, or review of the desired service or a service provider after the desired service has been provided by the service provider. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150379218 | COMPUTER-BASED OPERATING ROOM SUPPORT SYSTEM - A computer-based surgery support system and method for obtaining information of surgical procedures from networked equipment in an operating room, storing the retrieved information in a database, receiving a request for the stored information from a user terminal, and providing the stored information in accordance with the received request. The networked equipment may be configured for use in cataract surgical procedures, such as a phacoemulsification system. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379224 | MOBILE SELF-MANAGEMENT COMPLIANCE AND NOTIFICATION METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A remote interactive method, system and computer program product is provided for self-managing a person's regular lifestyle needs through controlled notification and feedback. The invention provides a simple, cost effective and flexible self-management and compliance scheme that does not require third party intervention or treatment options typical with immediate-response or alert-based systems. The invention also provides for long term management and analysis for the benefit of the individual. In implementing the invention in a healthcare environment, the individual will gain a better understanding of managing their lifestyle and behaviour. A related business model is also disclosed. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379225 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURELY MANAGING MEDICAL INTERACTIONS - Disclosed are peer-to-peer mobile applications that manage secure and intelligent communication between medical providers, patients, and/or physicians. The mobile application can be configured to provide an encrypted mixed media messaging system between registered users that provide, for example, a HIPAA compliant messaging platform. A secure messaging system can controls delivery of the mobile application and provide functionality to enable providers to control the messaging environment. The secure messaging system can be architected to provide geographically located servers. The geographically located servers can be configured to manage secure communication and implement geographically based communication requirements. In various embodiments, a plurality of communication management servers can be located in multiple jurisdictions, each managing respective communication requirements and/or restrictions. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379226 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, HEALTH MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD - A health management system for managing health of a user includes an acquiring unit which acquires measurement data generated by measurement of the user; a calculating unit which calculates a health evaluation value according to the measurement data acquired by the acquiring unit, based on a predetermined health evaluation standard for evaluation related to the health of the user; a specifying unit which specifies an object according to the health evaluation value calculated by the calculating unit, the object being an image representing a thing; and a display unit which displays the object specified by the specifying unit. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379227 | MEDICAL CONDITION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for managing a chronic medical condition, such as chronic pulmonary obstructive disorder, is disclosed. The method includes generating a baseline score for a patient; recording an exacerbation severity for a plurality of symptoms; weighting the recorded exacerbation severities; determining an exacerbation score relative to the baseline score based on at least one of the recorded or weighted exacerbation severities; assigning the exacerbation score to a category; publishing the exacerbation score and assigned category for review by a physician or medical professional; and transmitting a treatment plan to the patient, the treatment plan being prescribed by a physician and based at least in part on the exacerbation score and/or assigned category. The system includes a computer that allows the patient to perform the steps of the method and a triage center for evaluating the published exacerbation scores and prescribing and communicating a treatment plan for the patient. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379232 | DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND DIAGNOSTIC USER INTERFACES - Diagnostic computer systems and diagnostic user interfaces. Embodiments include displaying user interface elements for receiving a diagnosis a medical condition, and receiving the identity of a diagnosis of a particular medical condition. A plurality of treatment options for the particular medical condition are dynamically identified from one or more databases, and a particular treatment option is selected. A care plan data structure is built, which identifies interactive content related to the particular diagnosis and/or the particular treatment option, and questions related to the particular diagnosis and/or the particular treatment option. The care plan data structure is sent to a server computer system, which causes the server computer system to send a notification of the care plan to a patient computer system. One ore more care plan responses are received, including the identity of interactive content viewed at the patient computer system and response to the questions. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379237 | INFUSION PUMP ERROR DISPLAY - Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving auto-programming requests to deliver medication at an infusion pump. The pump may receive the request and analyze the auto-programming settings. The infusion pump may also compare the auto-programming settings with program settings stored in a drug library. When the pump detects an error in the auto-programming request, the pump may generate and display an error message that specifically identifies the cause of the error. The pump may also display a suggested action that may be taken to eliminate the error message. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379441 | SHARED ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for managing shared assets include receiving, by a system provider device through at least one beacon device, first location information for a managed shared asset. The first location information is collected from a beacon communication device that is associated with the managed shared asset. The system provider device uses an identity of the managed shared asset and the first location information to determine first shared asset management information from a plurality of shared asset management information that is stored in a database. The system provider device then transmits the first shared asset management information over a network. The first shared asset management information is configured to provide at least one management action on the managed shared asset. In specific embodiments, the managed shared assets are managed hospital assets in a physical hospital location such as hospital patients, hospital equipment, and hospital staff. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379477 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT APPLICATION/EVENT ACTIVATION - The system includes a computer-readable memory having a data structure configured to store information about a time-based event for a patient having reduced cognitive abilities, and optionally also electronic data reflecting the patient's cognitive ability. A networked computer system coupled to the computer-readable memory provides an information communicating interface to the patient. The computer system is programmed to monitor context information relevant to the patient and to dynamically adjust the presentation of the stored information based on the context, and optionally also based upon the patient's cognitive ability. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160004821 | DETERMINATION OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC THERAPY MECHANISMS OF ACTION - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product of determining mechanisms of action for therapies. A first set of brain scans for each subject in a plurality of subjects generated at a first time period and a second set of brain scans for each subject generated at a second time period are received. Each subject is diagnosed with a given condition and received a given therapy. A set of changes in the set of brain scans is identified for the each subject based on a comparison of a first set of regions of interest in the first set of scans for each subject with a second set of regions of interest in the second set of scans for each subject. A set of typical changes attributable to the given therapy is identified. A mechanism of action for the given therapy is generated based on the set of typical changes. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004824 | Method, Apparatus, And Computer Program Product For Providing Prioritization Of Subunits In A Geospatial Arrangement - A method, computer program product, and apparatus is provided for providing prioritization of subunits. Visual indications of the prioritization may be displayed on interfaces such as geospatial arrangement. Medical facilities may utilize embodiments to indicate priorities of rooms to which to admit incoming patients. Users and staff within a particular unit may therefore prioritize subunits according to the unit's needs. Users in bed management, which may operate remotely from the unit, may easily identify high priority rooms to which to admit incoming patients. Priorities of subunits may be reassigned accordingly as prioritized subunits are utilized, and as other subunits are newly prioritized. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004828 | Method for Assessing Activity of an Autoinflammatory Disease - The invention relates to a method for determining the activity of an autoinflammatory disease in a patient, where a patient reports the status of at least 5 dichotomous items corresponding to a physiological observation and the values of each status is combined in a mathematical function to obtain an end value. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004829 | CLINICAL LABORATORY DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM - A clinical laboratory decision support system and method is disclosed that includes a medical knowledge database, a medical condition input, one or more user-selectable filters, a processor and an output device. The medical knowledge database includes medical tests and relevance information for each of the medical tests. The processor receives the medical condition and the user-selectable filters; accesses and searches the medical knowledge database for applicable tests; and sorts the applicable tests by relevance based on the medical condition, the user-selectable filters and the relevance information for each of the tests. The output device provides a sorted list of applicable tests by relevance as determined by the processor. A hospital interface can be for retrieving patient information, and the patient information can also be used in sorting the applicable tests by relevance. The sorted list of applicable tests can include payment and/or cost information, and visual indicators of relevance. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004831 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSOR - An external medical device is provided. The external medical device includes a memory and circuitry, in communication with the memory, to receive input specifying at least in part at least one prompt relating to a health survey for a patient, the at least one prompt being customized based on to the patient; convert the at least one prompt to an audio representation; and perform the health survey by at least delivering to the patient the audio representation. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004834 | MEDICAL CONDITION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for managing a chronic medical condition, such as chronic pulmonary obstructive disorder, is disclosed. The method includes generating a baseline score for a patient; recording an exacerbation severity for a plurality of symptoms; weighting the recorded exacerbation severities; determining an exacerbation score relative to the baseline score based on at least one of the recorded or weighted exacerbation severities; assigning the exacerbation score to a category; publishing the exacerbation score and assigned category for review by a physician or medical professional; and transmitting a treatment plan to the patient, the treatment plan being prescribed by a physician and based at least in part on the exacerbation score and/or assigned category. The system includes a computer that allows the patient to perform the steps of the method and a triage center for evaluating the published exacerbation scores and prescribing and communicating a treatment plan for the patient. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004836 | MEDICAL PATIENT DATA COLLABORATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for mitigating breakdowns in communications among healthcare providers are described, among other features. A communications system can be provided for communicating patient information among health care providers, who may include clinicians, doctors, interns, residents, physician's assistants, nurses, or any other health care personnel. The communications system can enable tracking of the responsibility relationships between changing providers and patients. In addition, the communications system can allow rapid and reliable messaging between any provider and the provider responsible for the patient at any one time. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005139 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING BLOOD UTILIZATION - A method for measuring the utilization of blood products including receiving blood product utilization data from a group of patients of a health care facility having related diagnoses over a specified period of time, executing a blood management software program to determine a patient population that received a blood product at the health care facility during the specified period of time, the patient population being identified from a group of patients having related diagnoses, generating a transfusion exposure score, analyzing a plurality of transfusion exposure scores, and transforming a transfusion exposure score from one of the plurality of identified patient populations into a transfusion propensity index score, the transfusion propensity index score being representative of a clinical opportunity to improve the utilization of blood products at the health care facility for which the transfusion exposure score of the identified patient population was calculated. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160012188 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM BASED OUTPUT WINDOW | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012189 | Method and System for Patient Treatment Management Using Interactive Digital Best Practice Treatment Guidelines | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012190 | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012194 | Facilitating Integrated Behavioral Support Through Personalized Adaptive Data Collection | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012196 | SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC LOCATION-AWARE PATIENT CARE PROCESS CONTROLS AND DYNAMIC LOCATION-AWARE ASSET TRACKING | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012197 | HEALTH ADVISING SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012198 | Medical Telecommunications System | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012199 | HEALTH CARE NETWORK SYSTEM USING SMART COMMUNICATOR AND METHOD THEREOF | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012200 | MANAGING DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012202 | PREDICTING THE RISKS OF MULTIPLE HEALTHCARE-RELATED OUTCOMES VIA JOINT COMORBIDITY DISCOVERY | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160015270 | UNLOCKING A BODY AREA NETWORK - Disclosed is an apparatus, system, and method to unlock a body area network (BAN) of a patient and to transmit medical data about the patient. The BAN, under the control of a body area controller (BAC), may be unlocked based upon a pre-defined patient action performed by the patient and the BAN may then be connected to a wireless device. The BAN medical data of the patient may then be transmitted by the wireless device. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019354 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING HEALTH CARE INFORMATION AND DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods directed to managing health care information and delivery of health care services by maintaining a set of workflows for processing of health care information or managing the delivery of the health care services according to different modes of operation, e.g., a base operation mode and a revenue generation mode. A set of reference data and a set of rules applicable to the set of health care information or the delivery of the one or more health care service can also be maintained. When health care transaction information is received from one or more parties, e.g., a patient, a health care provider, a pharmacy, or a payer, one or more of the workflows can be executed to process the received health care transaction information based on the set of reference data and the set of rules. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019356 | ONTOLOGICAL MEDICAL CODING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS - Diagnosis and procedure terminology are ontologically organized according to context-based categories and medical concepts. The medical concepts are linked to aliases and medical codes used to document patient care. A user is guided to select and document additional medical concepts based on a medical concept dependency that has been created between certain medical concepts, some of which are required. A visual concept tree presents for user consideration all categories and medical concepts necessary to determine appropriate medical codes based on the disease, condition or injury in accordance with a ranking algorithm and user documentation preferences. Potential medical codes are also optionally presented for user consideration based on collected documentation and selected medical concepts. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019357 | HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for providing data analytics at a healthcare entity comprises a computer system comprising one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions. When the computer program instructions are executed, the computer system receives data associated with a healthcare provider's operation and performance from one or more data sources. The data received from the one or more data sources is then aggregated and converted into a single format. The aggregated data is processed utilizing one or more data analytics models to generate healthcare analytics data which is then used to provide analytics and reporting based on the healthcare provider's operation and performance. Visualizations of the provided analytics and reporting are generated for display on a user interface. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019359 | SELECTING A DEVICE TO TREAT DISORDERED BREATHING - A method for selecting a device adapted to treat disordered breathing in a patient with one or more comorbid diseases is provided. More particularly, a method for reducing a potential group of patient interface devices adapted to treat disordered breathing of a patient to an optimized group, includes: prescreening the patient; determining a measure of a comorbidity of the patient from the prescreening; comparing the measure of the comorbidity to a corresponding predetermined threshold; and determining the optimized group from the potential group. The optimized group may include a reduced number of devices from which a particular device is then selected or may include only a single particular device. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019365 | CLASSIFYING MEDICAL RECORDS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF CLINICAL CONCEPTS - This disclosure includes a method of classifying a plurality of subjects associated with medical documents. The method includes receiving, with a computer system, an indication of at least one clinical concept, parsing, with the computer system, the medical documents for corresponding indications of the clinical concept, identifying, with the computer system, subjects in the plurality of subjects as meeting the clinical criterion based on prioritization of sections within the medical documents and locations of the corresponding indications of the clinical concept within the medical documents, and outputting, with the computer system, indications of the subjects in the plurality of subjects identified as meeting the clinical criterion. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019366 | Method for Validation of Pharmaceutical Composition Formulations - A method for validating pharmaceutical composition formulations is disclosed. The method may involve a pharmaceutical composition validation system, which may include a pharmaceutical manufacturing process, a barcode scanning, weighing the pharmaceutical compositions with a pharmaceutical scale, sending the barcode scanned data and weight information to a database, and having a user accessing the information through a user interface. Additionally, the method for validating pharmaceutical compositions may include entering inventory data into the system, formulating the batch, storing compounding data, manufacturing the batch, assigning and printing a barcode on the pharmaceutical products, scanning the barcode, checking if correct chemicals are used and correct the pharmaceutical compositions if necessary, weighing the pharmaceutical compositions, populating and storing the weight data, checking if weight is correct in pharmaceutical compositions, and correcting the weight of pharmaceutical compositions. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019369 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESCRIBING DIAGNOSTIC BASED THERAPEUTICS TO PATIENTS - An exemplary computer implemented method for prescribing a therapeutic regimen is provided. The computer implemented method includes receiving, by one or more computing devices, prescription information for a patient. The prescription information includes information representing a medical condition diagnosed by a prescriber. An identifier or identifiers may be extracted from the prescription information. At least one identifier indicates a diagnosis associated with the diagnosed medical condition. Thereupon, virtual kit information from a virtual treatment kit having one or more updatable components may be identified from a database using the identifier. Each of the updatable components includes component information representing at least one predetermined medication and a treatment plan for administering the predetermined medication for treating the identified medical condition. At least part of the component information may be provided from the virtual treatment kit for distributing the medications and treatment plan to the patient. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019473 | ARRANGING TRANSPORT AMONGST PARTIES THROUGH USE OF MOBILE DEVICES - Arranging transport among parties by mobile devices can involve receiving a user request for transportation via an application programming interface installed in a user mobile device and providing user data to a transport provider, the user data including healthcare insurance credentials for the user. Arranging transport may also include verifying the healthcare insurance credentials with an insurance provider, determining a user location based on a global positioning system (GPS) circuit in the user mobile device, and selecting a responder from a plurality of responders, the responder having a handicap accessible vehicle for non-emergency transportation. Arranging transport can also include tracking the responder via a GPS circuit in a responder mobile device, requesting a user rating when the responder has transported the user to a desired location, and ranking the user and the responder based at least on the user rating. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160022361 | System and method for preventing wrong-site surgeries - A container holds at least one surgical implement, has a lock mechanism, and has a signature label that impedes access to the surgical implement until the correct surgical site is confirmed. A method of using the container includes the steps of confirming the correct surgical site, signing the label and removing it from the container, placing the label in the medical record, unlocking the container, removing the implement, and beginning the surgery, wherein the surgical team is forced to pause to confirm the correct surgical site before starting the surgery. The system and method may also include a wrong site surgery profile used by individuals within the surgical procedure environment and third parties for tracking and determining if, and where, a wrong site surgical procedure occurred. The profile can be updated, tacked and monitored while a patient is interacting within the medical environment. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160022892 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING TREATMENT PARAMETERS FOR TREATMENT OF A PATIENT - A method is disclosed for supplying treatment parameters for a dialysis treatment, comprising the following steps: | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026773 | Methods and Systems of Real-Time Medication Adherence Monitoring - Systems and methods for monitoring medication usage and adherence to one or more patients. One or more of adherence to the prescribed medication, adherence to dose times, and absolute adherence may be monitored. One or more patient entities may gain access to this information to further monitor the adherence of one or more patients. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026942 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING RELATIONSHIPS IN COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE MEASURES - A system and method for identifying relationships and correlations between community healthcare attributes includes automatically displays relationships between selected community health measures. A correlation tool automatically computes correlations between a selected main measure and each other measures in a set of community health measures for selected communities. The correlation tool automatically displays a ranked list of the other community health measures based on their correlation to the selected main measure. A relationship tool automatically computes correlations between selected measures in the set of community health measures for selected communities. The relationship tool displays a correlation graph indicating values of the selected measures for each of a selected set of communities. An adjusted correlation graph is automatically displayed to indicate adjusted values of the selected measures to accommodate a selected third measure as a control variable. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027023 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING INFORMATION WITHIN AND OUTSIDE A LIFE SCIENCES COMPANY - The present invention provides methods for obtaining, storing, sharing, tracking, and reviewing Encounters and Documents primarily within and outside Life Science Companies. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027085 | NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE SERVICE FOR FACILITATING PURCHASES OF BUNDLED SERVICES AND PRODUCTS - An apparatus for facilitating purchases of services and products includes an application server providing a network service and maintaining a service offer database that comprises a plurality of information records respectively associated with a plurality of service offers. Each information record comprises an indication of a primary service, a purchase price, a payment amount for the primary service, and compensation information for the primary service. At least one of the service offers is for a bundled set that includes the primary service and one or more products. Upon being accessed by user operating a client system, the network service is operable to receive an indication of a service offer being selected for purchase by the user, receive purchase information from the user specifying a funding source, and issue a request to the funding source for funds corresponding to the purchase price of the information record associated with the service offer. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027089 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A SELF-SERVICE DRUG LOCATOR KIOSK - Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein for a self-service drug locator interface. In one embodiment, a method of providing a self-service drug locator includes, receiving, from a customer, one or more identifiers associated with one or more drugs through a customer self-service drug locator interface. The system then selects a plurality of pharmacies meeting one or more search parameters, wherein the one or more search parameters comprise a maximum distance from a location or a geographical region. Inventories of the plurality of pharmacies are queried to determine whether the one or more drugs are in stock in each of the plurality of pharmacies. A list of recommended pharmacies is generated based on the querying of the inventories of the plurality of pharmacies and provided to the customer. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027136 | REFERENCE PRICE INDEX FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS - A pharmacy care manager (PCM) uses a reference price for a given drug that reflects the actual cost and availability of the drug in the market. The PCM determines a reference price index (RPI) using drug pricing and availability data from drug manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacies, and the like, updated on a daily basis. Drug identification data obtained from industry publishers allow pharmaceutical products from different sources to be cross referenced. The PCM then uses the RPI as the basis for the reference price, thereby removing any arbitrariness or inconsistency in the reference price. The reference price may then be applied to pay pharmacy claims and request reimbursements from plan clients. Such an arrangement reduces or eliminates any differences between payment of claims and reimbursement. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027137 | Automated Healthcare Provider Quality Reporting System (PQRS) - An automated system for making quality measure submissions. In one embodiment, the system includes: a data input system; a data output system; a database of descriptive data items; a processor in communication with the data input system, the data output system and the database, and comprising a rules engine to traverse a hierarchical tree of denominator and numerator questions, using patient input and data items from the database of descriptive data items. In one embodiment, the invention relates to an automated review system for providing a multiple measure review of care including: a provider input device for inputting patient data; a patient database; a rules engine in communication with the patient database and traversing a plurality of denominator and numerator rules, using provider input patient data and patient data from the database to generate, from multiple encounters and multiple measures, the review of care subsequent to each visit. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027138 | Automated Patient Flow Management Systems - A patient flow management system includes a means for identifying a patient as the patient approaches an examination area. When the patient is identified, a patient encounter screen, which provides both patient data and medical procedure data, is provided in the examination area, thereby decreasing the need for paper charts and increasing the efficiency of the facility. The system can also include a timer for determining an amount of time that a patient has been left in an examination room, and kiosks for checking into an appointment and providing identifying tokens to the patient. The kiosks can identify whether a patient is in an appropriate location for check in, and guide the patient to an appropriate location. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027339 | PROVIDING DERMATOLOGY-SPECIFIC TRAINING TO PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS - Disclosed are various embodiments for providing dermatology-specific training to primary care providers. Primary care providers may register on the system and request access to various dermatology training materials. The primary care provider may be provided with the requested dermatology training materials when the primary care provider has a valid account. Payment may be required before a primary care provider can access the dermatology training materials. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160034650 | Vaccine Logistics Systems and Methods - According to the invention, a system for determining whether to guarantee payment to a health care provider for administering a vaccination to a patient is disclosed. The system may include a computer which receives, from a provider interface, a check-in message which includes biographical information of the patient and insurance information of the patient. The computer may also determine, based on the biographical information, a vaccination that the patient should receive. The computer may further determine via a rules engine, and based on the insurance information, a likelihood that an insurance claim for the vaccination would be approved. The computer may additionally determine, based on the determined likelihood, whether to guarantee payment to the health care provider for administering the vaccination. The computer may moreover send an eligibility message to the provider interface, where the eligibility message includes an indication of whether payment for administering the vaccination is guaranteed. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034653 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING FROM A LARGE OUT-OF-CONTROL CONDITION IN A CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS - Disclosed are a system and method to recover from a large out-of-control condition in a clinical diagnostic process. Upon detection of a large out-of-control condition, a CUSUM rule is designed to predict if specimen test data was produced during the occurrence of that condition. Specimen test data is re-evaluated and the CUSUM rule is applied to determine whether to accept or reject the test results. Upon completion of the re-evaluation, old test results identified as being invalid are replaced with the new, re-evaluated results and the new results are published if publication did not occur previously. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034654 | PATIENT-CENTERED MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A patient-centered mobile communication system and method that includes a physician's main menu comprising a processor, a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the system at least to perform a physician main menu with at least one selectable button (region) to view patient information regarding at least one patient for which a physician provide care, at least one selectable button (region) to view the identity of one or more physicians also providing care to said at least one patient, and at least one selectable button (region) to communicate with any one of the identified physicians | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034657 | REMOTE MEDICAL EVALUATION - A consult coordination center (CCC) computer may comprise a database and a processor. A scheduling module executed by the processor may schedule a patient assessment session for a facility, the patient assessment session comprising an assessment of at least one patient in the facility by a remote health care professional to determine whether the at least one patient should be given more immediate care. An assignment module executed by the processor may assign the scheduled patient assessment session to a health care professional computer. A connection module executed by the processor may create a remote connection between the health care professional computer and a computer at the facility via a network to facilitate the patient assessment session, the remote connection comprising a video feed from the computer at the facility to the health care professional computer. A data module executed by the processor may retrieve a report of a previous patient assessment session at the facility from the database, send the report of the previous patient assessment session at the facility to the health care professional computer, receive a report of the patient assessment session, and store the report of the patient assessment session in the database. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034660 | UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES IN A SUPPORT PLAN FOR A PATIENT - Embodiments of the invention include a system and a method for determining which portion of a care team should be contacted in response to an event regarding a patient, and contacting the portion of a care team that is determined to be the appropriate portion to be contacted. Other embodiments are disclosed herein. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034661 | ACCESSING CONTENT BASED ON A HEALTH ASSESSMENT - Systems and methods directed to accessing content based on a health assessment are described herein. A health indicator of a user may be received from a device associated with the user. A health assessment is performed based on the received health indicator of the user. A determination that the received health indicator of the user indicates at least a pre-defined condition of health is performed. Content that corresponds to the performed health assessment is accessed. The accessed content is then presented to the device associated with the user. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034662 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING AND MITIGATING POTENTIAL CHRONIC PAIN IN PATIENTS - Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for identifying and/or managing patients and/or claims in order to prevent the development of chronic pain conditions. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034663 | METHOD TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY, COVERAGE, AND QUALITY OF DIRECT PRIMARY CARE - A healthcare and wellness management system, which can be used to collect and analyze data related to a user's health. Using software applications and sensors embedded on a hardware platform, the system collects psychological and physiological data regarding a subject such as mood or stress level, food intake, and vital signs. The system may generate a health parameter based on the collected data. The system may initiate actions based on the gathered data. Multiple users may be ranked relative to one another based on their health parameters. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034668 | HEALTHCARE FULFILLMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Systems for filling and managing a patient's healthcare needs are provided. Some systems and methods described herein relate to a total healthcare fulfillment system. The healthcare fulfillment system of various embodiments is a central portal which coordinates with multiple parties, for example, with physicians, retail pharmacies, mail-order pharmacies, specialty providers, and patients in order to address all of a patient's prescription drug needs or other healthcare needs. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034893 | MEDICAL PAYMENT SYSTEM WITH DELAYED SETTLEMENT - Medical professionals may obtain payment authorization from their patients, even before the insurance company or other payer has determined the patient's ultimate financial obligation. In particular, the medical professional or their administrative staff may estimate the patient's financial obligations, obtain authorization for payment, and then subsequently collect payment at a later date once the actual financial obligation has been determined. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034982 | Business Methods for Providing an Off-Label Medical Use Portal - An off-label medical use portal, including a centralized database encoded on a computer readable-medium, a collecting mechanism for collecting information regarding off-label medical use, a peer-review mechanism for vetting collected information, and an access mechanism for providing access to unvetted and vetted information in electronic communication with the centralized database. A method of using the off-label medical use portal by submitting publications about off-label medical use to the portal, peer-reviewing the publications, and providing access to non-peer-reviewed and peer-reviewed information and publications to interested individuals. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160035056 | Method and Apparatus for Designating Patients According to Sleep Patterns - A method and apparatus can include a patient profile module configured to process input data specific to at least one patient under the care of a health care facility to generate patient profile data, where a patient profile can include a sleep profile. The apparatus can further include a service delivery module configured to process input data specific to a facility or location and patient profile data to generate output data including information associated with delivery of services to patients. The apparatus can further include a resource allocation module configured to process input data specific to a facility and patient profile data to generate output data including information associated with one or more allocations of facility resources. The apparatus can further include a data controller configured to communicate output data to a user. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160042130 | TRACEABILITY OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS IN A HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT - The subject matter of the present invention is a computer device for tracing ( | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042131 | VISITOR INFORMATION SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND VISITOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A disclosed visitor information system includes a processor programmed to execute a process including registering, as group information for groups of visitors, group identification information of a group, and medium identification information of authentication media owned by respective visitors, and registering, upon authentication being normally performed by the login operation using the authentication medium, identification information or locational information of an apparatus via which a first visitor has performed a login operation in visitor information corresponding to the group information based on the medium identification information; and acquiring, upon authentication being normally performed by the login operation using the authentication medium, locational information of a second visitor belonging to the same group as the first visitor from the group information, based on the medium identification information and the group identification information to provide the first visitor with information including the acquired locational information of the second visitor. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042135 | DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POSITIVE OUTCOME DRIVEN CLINICAL WORKFLOW OPTIMIZATION - A decision support system provides workflow optimization for healthcare providers. A data repository includes patient profile data and receives real-time patient condition data from a sensor network and workflow data for the provider. The system determines a relative risk value for patients with respect to a negative outcome such as hospital transfer, and defines at-risk patients with respect to the determined negative outcome. Positive outcomes having an inverse correlation with respect to the negative outcome are determined, such as hospice admission without transfer. A clinical workflow is defined as a sequence of treatment stages associated with the determined positive outcome, and provider activity tracked for the at-risk patients with respect to first threshold values, the system further tracking a degree of provider compliance with the clinical workflow stages based on second threshold values. The system may dynamically modify threshold values for workflow stages based on client conditions, provider resources, etc. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042138 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REPLENISHING SUPPLIES IN A PRODUCT ARRAY - The present disclosure provides systems and methods to aid in the resupply of product arrays, such as contact lenses. In an aspect, this is accomplished by providing a physical product array to a reseller. Additionally, a computer-operated application is provided that displays a virtual representation of the physical product array. The reseller can then manipulate the virtual storage array to more easily identify the specific product slots in the array that need to be restocked, and the application can interact directly with an ordering system for the product manufacturer to submit orders for fulfillment. In an aspect, the application stores the product attributes for each slot of the product array, so that a simple visual inspection of the physical array can be translated into the proper product without a reseller having to determine product attributes for the specific array slots. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042140 | METHOD FOR CREATING A PERSONALIZED MEMORY COMPILATION FOR COLLABORATIVE THERAPEUTIC REMINISCENCE - The present invention may provide a method and apparatus for generating a Personalized Memory Compilation, soliciting memories from members of a first group, collecting content from one or more data for the memories into a content collection, identifying preferences of the members of the first group, analyzing portions of the content collection to identify collaborative memories presenting the collaborative memories to a user for indication of social support, developing latent memories from collaboration between group members, reconsolidating memories from the collaborative memories and the developed latent memories, and compiling a collaborative output from the content. The method may include steps of increasing or decreasing social support or altering perceived social support. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042141 | INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS IN CARE MANAGEMENT - A method for a vulnerability analysis application is described. The method includes assembling a profile from a first vulnerability factor grouping from plurality of vulnerability factors with each vulnerability factor having a vulnerability factor value. The method also includes performing a probabilistic operation on the vulnerability factor values from the first vulnerability factor grouping to obtain a first probabilistic result. The method also includes performing a dynamic operation on the first probabilistic result from the probabilistic operation to obtain a first time to vulnerable state for the profile. The method also includes displaying the first time to vulnerable state for the profile. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042143 | Treatment Determination and Impact Analysis - A method, software, database and system for determining an optimal treatment for an illness in an individual and for determining the impact (e.g., side effects and intended benefits) of the treatment in the individual are presented in which an attribute profile of the individual containing genetic and non-genetic attributes is compared against a database containing combinations genetic and non-genetic attributes that are statistically associated with successful treatment of the illness in other individuals. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042149 | METHOD OF MAKING A PHARMACY COMPOUNDING SYSTEM - A method of making a system with automated micro-dosing capability for compounding of drug products customized for particular patients. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042152 | Dynamic Presentation of Goals and Therapies Including Related Devices and Applications - The disclosure herein relates generally relate, for example, to the dynamic identification of health goals (such as health therapies, plans, and guidance, among other examples) and related devices and/or computing applications. Methods and systems for automatically determining and causing the display of such health goals, devices and computing applications are disclosed. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042153 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING, PROCESSING, AND PRESENTING NUTRITION-RELATED INFORMATION - A device may acquire information associated with an age, a gender, a weight, a height, and one or more lifestyle factors of a user. The device may also receive a nutrition inquiry of the user. The device may also compute a recommended daily amount of one or more nutrients for consumption by the user based on the received nutrition inquiry and at least a portion of the acquired information. The device may also determine information indicating a health benefit of the one or more nutrients and information indicating a health detriment associated with a deficiency or excess of the one or more nutrients and display the determined information. The device may also generate a ranked list of a plurality of foods that contain the one or more nutrients, wherein the list may be ranked according to a recommended percent daily value for the one or more nutrients. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042154 | Integrated Modular Health Platforms and Methods of Use - Integrated modular health platforms and methods of their use are provided. The integrated modular health platform may include one or more sensors ( | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042155 | METHODS OF FORECASTING ENROLLMENT RATE IN CLINICAL TRIAL - In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of designing a clinical trial enrollment plan, comprising the use of non-linear regression analysis to model the relationship between the number of investigator sites and the site enrollment rates, or the relationship between the number of investigator sites and the trial enrollment rates. One or more parameters such as the number of investigator sites, site enrollment rates, and/or trial enrollment rates can then be extrapolated from said regression analysis, wherein said extrapolated parameters are used in the design of one or more clinical trial enrollment plans | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042156 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRUG DESIGN - The present invention provides a method for conducting a drug discovery research by identifying a lead candidate based solely on drugs that have been approved for a clinical use by an agency who has the authority to approve a drug for clinical use in mammal. The method uses a cheminformatics database. The present invention also provides a method and system for analyzing chemical drugs that have been approved for clinical use. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042306 | CARE PLAN REGIMENT DEVELOPMENT - Embodiments of the invention include a system for helping a patient adhere to a care plan, the care plan designed to be followed by the patient in order to improve the patient's health, the system comprising: a task scheduling module configured to schedule one or more tasks included in the care plan, wherein a scheduled task is intended to be completed by the patient at the scheduled time; a task adherence estimation module configured to estimate the likelihood that the scheduled task will be completed by the patient at the scheduled time; and an alternative task presentation module configured to present the patient an alternative task, wherein the alternative task is intended to replace the scheduled task when the task adherence estimation module determines the patient is unlikely to complete the scheduled task and when the alternative task is accepted by the patient. Other embodiments are also included herein. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160048642 | REAL-TIME DEMAND CAPACITY AND PATIENT THROUGHPUT MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD - An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a real-time dashboard for proving a user within a department of medicine with real-time information regarding availability and demand for hospital beds throughout a department of medicine. The dashboard can be used to track patients from a point of entry to occupation of a bed. The dashboard also tracks needs from different points of admission such as the emergency department. The user can view the status of beds and the data can be further segmented by a level of care needed by the patient. The needs and preferences of different departments within the main department of medicine can be integrated with the availability and demand information provided by the dashboard. An alert system can also be implemented using the dashboard in order to allow the user to identify bottlenecks in the placement of patients in appropriate hospital beds. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048644 | HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCE DATA MANAGEMENT - An apparatus that includes an input portal for receiving data including pointers for identifying health care providers and performance data correlated to the pointers. A first analyzer analyzes the performance data to identify categories of related performance data. A compiler compiles the data into compiled data that includes a plurality of the pointers and categories of data associated with the pointers. A second analyzer analyzes the categories of data and scores the data within each category to produce an outcome score for each category of data, where each outcome score is associated with a pointer. An access portal provides access to the data to health care providers, and provides health care provider-selectable display criteria to the health care providers using the access portal, and records a display criteria selected by each health care provider. A selection portal provides access to the data to users, and presents choice criteria to users using the selection portal, and receives and stores the choice criteria from users. The choice criteria includes at least a subset of the health care provider information. An information manager displays information to a user based upon the compiled data including the categories of data and the pointers, the outcome scores, the pointers, the display criteria and the choice criteria. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048645 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING AND PROCESSING PROPRIETARY OR SENSITIVE DATA IN A CLOUD-HYBRID APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for maintaining and processing proprietary or sensitive data using an application implemented in a split/hybrid-cloud system are described. The split/hybrid system utilizes cloud and local platforms, while complying with customer security concerns and HIPAA security standards. Configuration of the application occurs in a cloud platform whereas processing of proprietary or sensitive data occurs within a customer's local computing environment. The customer may create their own unique application configuration that is stored in the cloud platform and that is delivered back to the customer as a package that includes both the unique application configuration as well as general application configuration requirements. The customer may implement the package within one or more local computing environments while managing the application from a single site that is separated from proprietary or sensitive data. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048646 | INTEGRATED HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT METHODS AND SYSTEMS - An integrated health savings account system which provides electronic (real-time or batch) interconnection between a health plan claims administrator and an individual healthcare spending account. An accountholder presents an identification card to a healthcare provider or pharmacy in order to receive treatment or obtain prescription drugs. A claim for reimbursement of healthcare expenses is sent to a health plan claims administrator (healthcare) or a pharmacy benefits manager (prescription drugs) for adjudication and determination of any deductibles. The adjudicated claim is sent to an individual healthcare spending account custodian/trustee for automatic determination of whether the remaining funds in the accountholder's individual healthcare spending account can cover the proposed claim. An indication of whether the amount of funds can cover the claim (in whole or in part) is transmitted back to the claims administrator or pharmacy benefits manager, and, if requested, the actual funds are transmitted in real-time or as part of a batch process. The individual healthcare spending account may be integrated with an investment account whereby an accountholder may invest excess funds (i.e., over a predefined minimum balance), for example, in mutual funds. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048647 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an extracting unit and a generating unit. The extracting unit extracts a clinical path format for a medical condition of a target patient in accordance with medical-condition identification information enabling identification of the medical condition and region identification information enabling identification of a region to which the patient belongs. The generating unit generates a clinical path by inserting medical care information into the clinical path format extracted by the extracting unit, the medical care information being information regarding medical care for the medical condition of the patient. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048652 | PLATFORM FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE RECOMMENDATIONS - The disclosed technology includes systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable mediums for facilitating electronic analysis of medication related data and providing detailed analysis in a comprehensible format for access by ordinary, non-expert individuals (“the disclosed technology”). Briefly described, the disclosed technology includes processing and aggregating, from different data sources, laboratory data (e.g., DNA test results), medication data (e.g., list of medications), and/or medical history data, analyzing the different data to create medication pathway mappings associated with a patient's medical profile, and delivering, to the patient, real-time detailed analysis of adverse drug interactions and/or adverse prescribed treatments based on the medication pathway mappings. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048653 | USER EQUIPMENT, SERVICE PROVIDING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED THEREOF - The present invention provides user equipment, a method of controlling the user equipment, and a recording medium having a computer program. That is, the present invention makes infants actively check their attending and leaving by arousing their interest in order to sense their attending/leaving through NFC tagging, lets their parents know it in real time, and outputs greeting messages set for each infant on the basis of attending/leaving management data for infants and medical data of infants, so it can improve convenience of use. Further, the present invention provides a user with a list of actually available hospitals in consideration of time to be taken to reach hospitals and to register in the hospitals and provides information about the closest hospital in the available hospitals, thereby improving convenience in used. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PILL CONTAINER ACTIVITY - A cap for a medication container includes a housing with a top portion and a bottom portion. The top and bottom portions together define a cavity therebetween. A sliding plate is disposed in the cavity adjacent the bottom portion. A microcontroller with a contact sensor is disposed in the cavity between the top portion and the sliding plate. The sliding plate is configured to slide toward and activate the contact sensor where the cap is secured to the medication container in a closed state. The sliding plate is also configured to slide away from and not activate the contact sensor where the cap is removed from the medication container in an open state. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048780 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING WORKFLOW EFFICIENCY IN A HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - To achieve the foregoing and in accordance with the present invention, systems and methods for workflow management are provided. In some embodiments, a set of data elements, which are extracted from medical information, are received. The elements are bundled according to one or more similar attributes to form work items. Work items are bundles of data elements for which value is to be extracted for a particular user objective. Next the workflows are configured according to event history for the work items, current action, and user context. The work items may then be routed through the workflow based upon the work items' “energy”. Work item energy is the probability and degree to which a next action taken in a workflow to that particular work item will further a user objective. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160051185 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A DYNAMIC ACTIVITY PROFILE USING EARPHONES WITH BIOMETRIC SENSORS - A system for creating and dynamically updating a user activity profile includes an earphone, a processor, a sensor module, a memory module. The memory module includes stored computer program code that, along with the memory module and the processor, is configured to carry out a number of operations to create and dynamically update the user activity profile. One such operation involves maintaining an activity archive that includes activity information received from the sensor module and that is representative of a user's activity. Another such operation includes creating and updating a dynamic activity profile based on initial user input and further based on the activity archive. The initial user input contributes to the dynamic activity profile according to a first weighting factor, and the activity archive contributes to the dynamic profile according to a second weighting factor. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055299 | WORKFLOW CANVAS FOR CLINICAL APPLICATIONS - A graphical user interface is used to design hospital patient request response protocols—wherein information and messages are provided on patient and provider devices responsive to patient and provider inputs to those devices. A protocol designer interacting with the graphical user interface is enabled to bring into a protocol design space tiles representing steps of a hospital patient request response protocol under design. Ones of the tiles represent tools, such as “Assign Owner,” and “Timer” tools. Others represent respective computer systems external to the system on which the protocol itself will execute, such as staff management systems and/or electronic medical record systems. The protocol designer is also enabled to bring into the protocol design space connections that define an order for performing the various steps. The protocol is executed by a workflow engine, the protocol being initiated in response to a request entered on a patient device. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055303 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING THE OPERATION OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT - The present invention relates to the field of medical machines. The invention is based on the object of facilitating the operation of medical machines and making them safer. To do so, the invention proposes methods and devices with which a transparent display can be applied in front of at least parts of medical machines so that these parts of the medical machines are visible through the transparent display and information such as operating instructions or messages are displayed on the transparent display. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055306 | USER CONDITION CHECKING SYSTEM, USER CONDITION CHECKING METHOD, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, USER CONDITION NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - [Object] To make it possible to remotely check a condition of a monitored person in detail without using monitoring sensors. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055307 | REMOTELY-EXECUTED MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY INCLUDING EMERGENCY AUTOMATION - Devices, systems, methods, and software for providing remote medical diagnosis and therapy to a subject comprising: a module for conducting telecommunications with a telemedicalist; a module for applying a diagnostic or a therapeutic analysis; an apparatus for dispensing one or more medical items from an inventory of medical items, the inventory of medical items risk profiled to a subject, a population, a venue, or a situation; and optionally, a biosensor apparatus. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055309 | A MATHEMATICAL MUSICAL ORCHESTRAL METHOD FOR PREDICTING CLASSES OF PATIENTS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT - Methods for classifying patients as responders or non-responders to treatment of a disease and predicting recurrence of disease in a patient using audio tunes are provided. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055310 | DETERMINATION OF POTENTIALLY PREVENTABLE HEALTHCARE EVENTS - In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a method of processing patient healthcare data, via one or more computers. In some examples, the method comprises receiving, at the one or more computers, patient healthcare data, wherein the patient healthcare data represents a healthcare event and includes one or more healthcare codes. The method may further comprise determining, by the one or more computers and based on the one or more healthcare codes, one or more patient factors associated with the healthcare event. The method may also comprise determining, by the one or more computers and based on the one or more healthcare codes and the one or more patient factors associated with the healthcare event, whether the healthcare event is a potentially preventable healthcare event, wherein the healthcare event comprises one of: an inpatient admission, an emergency room visit, and an outpatient ancillary service. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055313 | Method and System For Recommending Prescription Strings - Methods, systems and programming for generating and/or recommending prescription strings are presented. In one example, data related to a medication drug are obtained. One or more candidate prescription strings are identified from the obtained data. Each of the candidate prescription strings is associated with a plurality of attributes. Each of the one or more candidate prescription strings is automatically processed based on at least one model to generate one or more prescription strings each with an associated ranking. At least some of the generated one or more prescription strings and the associated rankings are stored for future use. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055314 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ACCELERATOR - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for facilitating the delivery of an electronic prior authorization (ePA). Unique systems for facilitating the delivery of an ePA by an ePA provider system to an ePA requestor system and for modeling the state of an ePA request/response process are provided. A user interface (UI) generation component for dynamically generating a UI for presentation to a user is also provided. Methods corresponding to the functions performed by the systems and apparatuses are also provided. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055315 | DETECTION OF ABUSIVE PRESCRIBING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - An inappropriate prescription, prescriber, or prescribing location identification system and method for identifying inappropriate prescriptions, prescribers, or prescribing locations is disclosed. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055317 | Drug Labeling - Disclosed are systems and methods for enabling transfer of a drug from a first drug container to a second drug container including a drug identification component that recognizes a first drug container to retrieve drug identifying data for the drug, a storage medium that stores a site-specific database comprising attributes and associated values for a set of drugs including the drug in the first drug container, a processor that obtains the drug identifying data and the attributes and associated values for the drug and produces information about the drug using the drug identifying data and the attributes and associated values, a rules engine that applies one or more rules to the information about the drug to generate drug handling information, and an output unit that outputs markings comprising the drug handling information in human-readable or machine-readable form, or both, to be associated with the second container. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055318 | Web Enabled Audiovisual Medication Dispensing - The disclosure relates generally to methods and devices for taking care of elderly, disabled, or other dependents. The devices and methods may be useful for dependents that are not willing or able to live in an environment which has a caretaker physically present. Example devices and methods can facilitate communication between a caretaker and a dependent. Devices and methods can optionally facilitate disbursing medications remotely. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055320 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS OF USER TREATMENT - Methods, systems and programming for measuring user treatment effectiveness. First information related to activities of each user in a first user set in response to a first treatment is received. Second information related to activities of each user in a second user set in response to a second treatment is received. A model with respect to features is obtained based on the first and second information. Each user is associated with the features. A weighing factor for each user is estimated based on the model and each user's features. A first success rate is computed based on the first information and the weighting factors for each user in the first user set. A second success rate is computed based on the second information and the weighting factors for each user in the second user set. A metric of effectiveness is measured based on the first and second success rates. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055445 | Methods and Apparatus for Interactive Workflow for Patient Scheduling - Methods and apparatus for interactive workflow for patient scheduling according to various aspects of the present technology may comprise a schedule module configured to retrieve a workflow schedule and a visualization module configured to convert the retrieved schedule into a diagram comprising a plurality of patient block elements corresponding to a plurality of individual patient schedules and arranged according to a workflow schedule wherein each individual patient schedule in the diagram may comprise a first patient block element corresponding to the time for a start task and a second patient block element corresponding to the time for an end task. The visualization module may be further configured to allow a user to adjust the workflow schedule by selectively moving either the first or the second patient block element. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160063182 | MONITORING AND DETECTING ANOMALIES IN HEALTHCARE INFORMATION - A device receives healthcare information, associated with users, that includes information associated with a health of the users, and information associated with monitoring devices that monitor the health of the users, or information associated with network connectivity of the monitoring devices. The device performs an analysis of the healthcare information via one or more analytics techniques, and generates analysis information based on the analysis of the healthcare information. The analysis information identifies a potential issue with at least one of the users or at least one of the monitoring devices. The device provides the analysis information for display. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063183 | MEDICAL INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a medical information distribution system includes a display controller, a display content setting unit, and an information transmitter. The display controller displays a plurality of pieces of medical information from medical equipment or peripheral equipment on a display of the medical equipment or a display of each of a plurality of devices. The display content setting unit sets display content selected from the pieces of medical information based on the identification information of each of the medical equipment and the devices. The information transmitter sends the display content of the pieces of medical information to the medical equipment and the devices. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063191 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING CONNECTIONS WITHIN A HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEM - A systems, method, and apparatus to improve connections within a healthcare ecosystem are provided. Example systems, methods, and apparatus can facilitate dynamic interface definition and configuration. An example method includes storing a plurality of reusable interface and route definitions to translate and exchange data messages between source and target systems in a healthcare ecosystem; monitoring message exchanges and message patterns in the healthcare environment via a machine learning system to predict traffic and utilization patterns in the healthcare ecosystem; tracking metadata regarding connections involving the source and target systems and storing the metadata in a graph database; suggesting connections between the source and target systems based on the monitored message exchanges and message patterns and metadata from the graph database using graph analytics; provisioning an interface between the source and target systems based on a suggested connection, the interface provisioned from the reusable interface and route definitions based on the suggested connection. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063192 | OPTIMIZING STATE TRANSITION SET POINTS FOR SCHEDULE RISK MANAGEMENT - Systems, methods, and apparatus to dynamically manage interdependent, variable scheduled procedures are provided. An example method includes calculating a cumulative distribution function (CDF) for task(s) in a healthcare protocol based on a probability density function associated with task duration(s) for the task(s). The method includes determining a plurality of schedule risk states for each task in a healthcare protocol, each schedule risk state associated with an upper specification limit (USL) and a lower specification limit (LSL) along the CDF. The method includes identifying, within USL and LSL for each schedule risk state, setpoint(s) associated with probability(-ies) along the CDF. The method includes monitoring execution of task(s) in the healthcare protocol to identify a transition in schedule risk state according to USL and LSL. The method includes triggering an action to react to an actual or upcoming change in schedule risk state based on setpoint(s) associated with the schedule risk state. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063193 | PHYSICIAN QUALITY SCORING - Aspects of the present invention relate to system and methods for assigning quality scores to one or more caregivers, such as physicians. In embodiments, a ranking or score may be based, at least in part, upon a combination of quality scores from one or more stages in a physician's academic training and clinic practice and based, at least in part, upon the quality of peers of that physician at various stages in the career progression of the physician. This information may be used to help a potential patient identify a physician for their care. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063194 | APPOINTMENT-MAKING SERVER AND APPOINTMENT-MAKING METHOD - In an appointment-making method for a user's mobile device, a request for an appointment with a doctor is transmitted by the mobile device. Information as to doctors and services available for patient registration therewith is obtained and transmitted to the mobile device. A confirmation response from user's mobile device is received, and an appointment with a doctor is fixed. A registration number is assigned to the user in response to the received confirmation response. According to the assigned registration number, a patient queue for the doctor or the department is established, based on a predefined queue algorithm. Data as to queue length associated with the registration number is transmitted to the mobile device and payment of medical fees can also be made through the mobile device. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063195 | CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL PROCESSING - The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus and system for processing a case management model (CMM). According to an embodiment, there is provided a method for processing a CMM, the method includes: obtaining an existing CMM having a plurality of elements; obtaining a new CMM having at least one element; aligning an element of the new CMM to an element of the existing CMM according to match costs between the element of the new CMM and the plurality of elements of the existing CMM; and fusing the new CMM into the existing CMM based on the match cost between the aligned elements. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063196 | AUTOMATED HOSPITAL WORKFORCE SYSTEM FOR LOAD DRIVEN SCHEDULING OPTIMIZATION - An embodiment provides a system for automated hospital workforce load driven scheduling optimization, including: a processor; and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to: access scheduling information for a hospital unit comprising a number of staff available for working in the hospital unit and a staffing ratio for the hospital unit; access a projected census value calculated reflecting current and future patient movement and progression within and between units; calculate a number of projected workers needed for the hospital unit based on the projected census value and the staffing ratio for the hospital unit; and output the number of projected workers needed for the hospital unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063198 | HEALTH CARE MARKETPLACE AND METHOD OF GENERATING REVENUES THEREFROM - The present invention relates to a software platform, designed preferentially for portable phones (App format) to offer customers in need of health care services, and health-associated services and goods a marketplace where these two types of services and goods can be purchased more efficiently. More specifically, the platform relates to a purchasing web interface where a points-based incentive program operates alongside a group purchase system. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063199 | Methods and Systems that Manage Spending on Implantable Health Care Devices - A method for the management of data for health care devices used in medical procedures includes: storing vendor profiles, including a vendor identifier, procedure types and associated procedure codes, and part identifiers and associated contract prices; receiving a billing code request, the request including a specific vendor identifier and procedure type; identifying a specific vendor profile that includes the specific vendor identifier; transmitting the procedure codes associated with the specific procedure type in the specific vendor profile; receiving a billing submission, the submission including a specific procedure code, procedure data, and specific part identifiers and associated billing prices; and determining compliance of billing prices based on a comparison, for each specific part identifier, the respective billing price to the associated contract price included in the identified specific vendor profile. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063200 | ASSESSING RISKS FOR PROFESSIONALS - Malpractice risk and other risk factors can be associated with online ratings of professionals to assess and categorize malpractice risk and other risk factors for those professionals. Analysis of malpractice risk includes gathering online ratings data for professionals and analyzing the aggregated data in conjunction with malpractice or other risk data and other demographic information of the same or similar professionals to determine statistically significant correlations and algorithms. The process for using these risk algorithms to categorize risk includes aggregating online data for professionals and applying algorithms to categorize the risk of the professionals. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063201 | Payment Card Reconciliation by Authorization Code - A payment processor acting on behalf of a third party administrator to make payment on an adjudicated claim makes a straight through payment to an acquirer for a health care provider's merchant account. Via the authorization process, the payment processor generates an authorization code which is returned to the health care provider on its merchant statement for the payment. Concurrently, the remittance advice from the third party administrator is linked to the same authorization code as the payment by the payment processor which sends the advice in an | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063204 | PATIENT HEALTH RECORD PORTAL GAMIFICATION - Methods and systems for rewarding the usage of specific applications connected to an Electronic Health Record used by healthcare provider offices, such as Patient Portals, to accomplish tasks such as messaging doctors using the inline email-like messaging system for non-urgent matters, for requesting appointments online, for requesting refill requests online, sharing personal health data from tracking devices, etc. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063207 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING MORTALITY RISK OF A CARDIAC PATIENT - Device and method for assessing a mortality risk of a cardiac patient based on at least one vital sign or biosignal of said patient The invention relates to a device and method for assessing a mortality risk of a cardiac patient based on at least one vital sign or biosignal of said patient. In order to improve the quality of risk stratification for cardiac patients as compared to conventional mortality risk assessment concepts, the invention provides a device for assessing a mortality risk of a cardiac patient based on at least one vital sign or biosignal of said patient, said device comprising a data provision unit being configured to provide at least one data function of at least one vital sign or biosignal of said patient, a data processing unit being configured to process data of said at least one data function for assessing a mortality risk of said patient by performing the following actions: selecting at least one data sequence from said at least one data function according to a predetermined routine; computing a specific behavior of at least one parameter of said at least one data function based on said at least one selected data sequence; and assessing a mortality risk of said patient based on said computed behavior. A corresponding method and computer readable medium, which, when loaded, performs steps of said method, are also disclosed. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE TRICHOTOMOUS IDENTIFICATION OF MORBIDITY, MORTALITY AND SURVIVAL WITHOUT NEW MORBIDITY FROM INTENSIVE CARE - A method for determining a patient risk in according with the present application comprises obtaining patient information for a patient admitted to a medical facility, the patient information including patient descriptive information, diagnostic information and physiological information, determining a patient score according to the physiological information, and simultaneously determining, by circuitry, a patient morbidity risk and a patient mortality risk for the patient according the patient descriptive information, the diagnostic information and the patient score. The determining of the patient score according to the physiological information may further include identifying a numerical value for the patient descriptive information, the diagnostic information and the physiological information, and determining the patient score by computing the numerical values. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063210 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for healthcare system administration are described. Data may be acquired through a variety of methods and predictive analytics and indicators may be determined. Tools used may include membership cards with information concerning a consumer of healthcare services and/or an activity monitor for determining levels of activity. A caregiver check-in tool may provide additional data regarding the status of the caregiver and/or the consumer. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063217 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING A RESOURCE FOR A LAB TASK SCHEDULE OF A LABORATORY DEVICE - A method and a laboratory device for validating a resource for a lab task schedule of a laboratory device, the lab task schedule including at least one lab task, the method including the steps of: identifying a resource upon being loaded onto the laboratory device; retrieving resource validity data (RVD) corresponding to the identified resource; retrieving an expected lab task completion time (CT) corresponding to each lab task of the lab task schedule; validating of the resource validity data (RVD) against the expected lab task completion time (CT) corresponding to one or more lab task(s) of the lab task schedule; and generating a resource validation signal indicative of a result of the validation of the resource validity data (RVD). | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063658 | Computer Confirmation of Emergent and Non-Emergent Transportation Services - A computer-implemented method includes receiving at a location verification system a pre-authorization for transportation services that includes a transaction identifier and data identifying (a) locations at which medical transportation services are to be provided for a patient, and (b) a transportation service provider to perform the services; monitoring location reports from one or more vehicles determined to be operated by the transportation service provider to obtain location information that describes where the one or more vehicles have been located; comparing the data generated from the location reports to the locations at which medical transportation services are to be provided for the patient; determining, from the comparison, whether pre-authorized transportation services were provided for the patient; and providing electronic data for an organization of a third party payer that indicates to the third party payer whether the pre-authorized transportation services were provided. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160070867 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE MEANINGFUL STATEMENTS IN PLAIN NATURAL LANGUAGE FROM QUANTITATIVE PERSONALIZED CONTENT FOR PATIENT CENTRIC TOOLS | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070868 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE CROSS-PROVIDER REVERSE BIDDING ON A COMPONENT OF A CONSUMER MEDICAL SERVICE - A method and a system of collaborative cross-provider reverse bidding on a component of a consumer medical service. A method includes determining that a user has submitted a request data related to a medical service, automatically selecting components required to fulfill a medical service, and listing the components in an online medical marketplace. The components are determined to have received compatible bids from one or more providers and may be verified to comply with geographic and/or time constraints. A symptom is associated with a diagnosis, and the set of components effecting an alternative approach to resolving the diagnosis are automatically selected. A response data is communicated to the user, and the response data may include the components with associated bids from each of the providers. In yet another embodiment, a system includes a server, a processor, a horizontal array engine, a vertical array engine, the online medical marketplace, and a network. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070869 | Medical Emergency Framework - Disclosed herein is a framework for facilitating a medical emergency workflow. In accordance with one aspect, a code cart is paired with a computer system. The code cart may include tracking tags attached to the code cart and cart items. The computer system may include a data collector for scanning the tracking tags and an application. The application may be executable by a processor to perform steps including receiving, from the data collector, information associated with the code cart and one or more selected cart items, and updating a medical emergency record based at least in part on the received information. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070870 | Inventory Management System - The present disclosure provides an inventory management system that offers significant improvement over existing systems by automating requests to restock inventory. The present disclosure details an inventory management system that provides real time visibility to stock levels and streamlines materials management activities, while addressing the issues of human resource misallocations, inaccurate inventory data management and related out of stock conditions. Moreover, the system of the present disclosure promotes a high level of confidence in inventory data that enables on-hand inventory levels to be reduced, thereby reducing costs and waste. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070874 | Remote Monitoring System for Ambulatory Patients - The monitoring device incorporates a memory device that is programmed with a set of question hierarchies. Bach question hierarchy corresponds to a symptom and is composed of a set of questions. The question hierarchies may contain a logical structure so that certain questions will not be asked, depending upon a patient's answer to a preceding question. A question hierarchy is invoked by a symptom identifier transmitted to the monitoring device by a remote computer. The remote computer may transmit a plurality of symptom identifiers to the monitoring device to cause the monitoring device to ask questions related to a plurality of symptoms. The set of symptoms inquired about may vary based upon the chronic disease afflicting the patient. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070875 | On-Line Healthcare Consultation Services System and Method of Using Same - The present invention relates to a healthcare consultation system that includes a knowledge database, a decision support server, an interactive help system and a connection, wherein the connection comprises a remote assistance unit. The present invention also relates to a wearable computer capable of two-way audio/visual conferencing to provide 24/7 real-time healthcare consultation. The present invention further relates to a method for providing training and help services to a healthcare provider, a healthcare manufacturer or a healthcare user by providing a resource center that comprises a knowledge database, a decision support server and an interactive help system, building the knowledge database by compiling information, analyzing the information in the knowledge database to develop the decision support server, establishing a connection between the interactive help system and the healthcare provider, healthcare manufacturer and healthcare user, accessing the decision support server, and delivering education, training and consultation services via the interactive help system, wherein the connection comprises a remote assistance unit. According to a preferred embodiment, the remote assistance unit comprises a heads-up display, a mini personal computer, a wireless local area network, a headset, a camera, voice over Internet protocol technology, a microphone, and/or glasses or head gear. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071114 | REPORTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE - Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for reporting management for regulatory compliance. For example, an event management computing system may receive event data from a manufacturer computing system. In response to receipt of the event data, the event management computing system may provide an electronic code to a care provider computing system associated with an invited care provider. At the event, the care provider computing system may provide the electronic code to the manufacturer computing system to demonstrate attendance at the event. The event management computing system may receive an amount spent on the care provider at the event from the manufacturer computing system, and may transmit an identifier of the care provider, and an indicator of the amount spent on the care provider at the event, to the regulator computing system. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071171 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND OPTIMIZING PROVIDER-TO-PATIENT AND PROVIDER-TO-PROVIDER COMMUNICATIONS AND REFERRALS - The present invention integrates accurate healthcare practitioner profile information and user-generated data streams, to include patient experience feedback and health insurance payer cost and quality data, within a web portal to enable secure management of practice visibility on the Internet, facilitate communications between patients and their providers, and streamline referrals of patients to appropriate providers and practices. It does so using a platform that includes a performance analytics engine to analyze performance of providers/practices to whom patients have been referred to generate performance metrics for these provider/practices in essentially real time and combines these generated performance metrics with the accurate healthcare practitioner profile information and user-generated data streams, to enable automatic and/or more focused future referrals which take into account the performance metrics. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071225 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HEALTH CARE E-COMMERCE MARKETPLACE - Systems and methods for an e-commerce health care marketplace are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises, responsive to a query from a user, retrieving from a database a list of responses comprising one or more health care providers offering one or more health care services at a provider-supplied price; filtering the list of responses based on a geographic location included in the query; providing, for display, the filtered list of responses; receiving a payment from the user for a response selected from the filtered list of responses; automatically sending a notification of the payment to a provider associated with the selected response; and responsive to receiving an order fulfillment notification from the provider, automatically providing the payment to the provider. In this way, health care consumers may make informed purchasing decisions when shopping for health care services and health care providers may receive prompt payment for services delivered. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160073952 | Systems, Methods and Devices for Achieving Glycemic Balance - Systems, methods and/or devices for optimizing a patient's insulin dosage regimen over time, comprising at least a first memory for storing data inputs corresponding at least to one or more components in a patient's present insulin dosage regimen, and data inputs corresponding at least to the patient's blood-glucose-level measurements determined at a plurality of times, and a processor operatively connected to the at least first memory. The processor is programmed at least to determine from the data inputs corresponding to the patient's blood-glucose-level measurements determined at a plurality of times whether and by how much to vary at least one of the one or more components in the patient's present insulin dosage regimen. Also disclosed are systems, methods and/or devices for treating a patient's diabetes by providing treatment guidance, wherein the patient's current glycemic state is determined relative to a desired balance point; and determining from at least one of a plurality of the data corresponding to the patient's blood glucose-level measurements whether and by how much to vary at least one of the one or more components in the patient's present insulin dosage regimen to get closer to the patient's desired balance point; wherein the desired balance point is the patient's lowest blood glucose-level within a predetermined range achievable before increasing the frequency of hypoglycemic events above a predetermined threshold. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078176 | PROCESS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR COLLECTING AND STORING DATA RELATED TO A CONDITION OF AN ABSORBENT PRODUCT - A process for collecting and storing data related to a condition of an absorbent product is disclosed. The process includes the steps of: receiving, in a server unit, measurement data related to said condition; storing said measurement data in a first database; adapting said measurement data to a format in which it can be utilized by at least one application program configured for analyzing said condition; storing the adapted measurement data in a second database; and providing access to said second database from at least one application program arranged for analyzing said measurement data. Also disclosed is an arrangement for collecting and storing incontinence-related data. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078179 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC SCHEDULE AGGREGATION - A scheduling system and method are provided. The system and method provide a mechanism for a customer to schedule appointments directly with healthcare providers which is not presently possible since each healthcare provider may use a different practice management system that has different formats and protocols. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078180 | CONGREGATE CARE ACTIVITY TRACKER - Described herein are an apparatus and a corresponding method for monitoring and evaluating personnel (staff member) in a congregate care or medical facility. The apparatus includes circuitry that is configured to assign a task to a staff member and compute a time delay incurred by the staff member in commencing the task. The circuitry authenticates the staff member and monitors a location of the staff member and a patient assisted by the staff member, to determine a displacement of the location of the staff member with respect to the location of the patient. The circuitry updates an overall score of the staff member based on the computed time delay, the determined displacement being above a first threshold, and a number of times the staff member is reported, and further recommends a type of training session for the staff member based on the overall score being lower than a predetermined score threshold. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078181 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC SCHEDULE AGGREGATION - A scheduling system and method are provided. The system and method provide a mechanism for a customer to schedule appointments directly with healthcare providers which is not presently possible since each healthcare provider may use a different practice management system that has different formats and protocols. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078185 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFICATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS PRESCRIPTION AND COSTS - A system and method of generating for determining appropriateness of a pharmaceutical prescription includes receiving, at a remote server, input data from a client device, the input data comprising at least one of a tradename of a pharmaceutical, a generic name of the pharmaceutical, drug category, drug sub category, or diagnosis data; searching, using a pharmaceutical clinical and expense module, a pharmaceutical usage/financial database (PUFD) to identify relevant data based on the input data; generating, using the pharmaceutical clinical and expense module, output data based, at least in part, on the identified relevant data; and transmitting the output data to the client device. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078186 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR PROVIDING A PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURE OF DYSPHAGIA PATIENTS WITH EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS - Provided herein are computer-based systems, software, and methods of using the same including a daily patient questionnaire, the questionnaire comprising: a question for determining whether the patient avoided solid food; a question for determining whether the patient had difficulty swallowing solid food; a question for determining what action the patient took to correct or relieve difficulty swallowing food; a question for determining the amount of pain the patient experienced while swallowing food; and a software module configured to apply an algorithm to answers to one or more of said questions to determine a score, wherein said score illustrates one or more selected from the group consisting of: (1) severity, intensity, or frequency of patient dysphagia; (2) suitability of a patient for a particular diagnostic tool, diagnostic method, or therapy for dysphagia; and (3) efficacy of a particular therapy for dysphagia. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078197 | SPECIMEN FULFILLMENT ANALYTICS AND PROCUREMENT PROCESS - A computer system automatically generates projected accrual rates for cohort definitions to assist researchers as they design cohorts for medical research projects. The projected accrual rates can help researchers to determine whether a particular cohort design is feasible for a particular research project, or if modifications may be necessary. The computer system also may automatically generate projected completion dates based on the projected accrual rates. The computer system can provide further assistance to researchers by automatically suggesting cohort criteria that may be relevant for a particular cohort design. For example, the computer system may generate a list of search results based on a search request, and provide a list of search results ordered by accrual rate. The computer system may assist a user in formulating such search requests by generating a suggested search term list. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078407 | Affiliated business method - Disclosed is a business method of an Organizer (1 | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORECASTING PAYMENTS OF HEALTHCARE CLAIMS - Systems and methods are provided for forecasting remittances of a target claim filed for reimbursement of a healthcare service provided to an insured patient. A set of data associated with the target claim is extracted from a database. A claim value engine queries the database using the set of data, and based on the query, selects a plurality of claims from the database that are associated with the service provider and the claim payer of the target claim, are older than the target claim by at least a predetermined period of time, and have a previous remittance status similar to that of the target claim. The claim value engine also evaluates a mean expectation value for a predetermined date based on the reimbursement amounts for the selected plurality of claims, and determines a net reimbursement of the target claim by multiplying the evaluated mean expectation value by the claim amount. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT - A system for health care management includes a user interface capable of being used by different stake holders in the system. A plurality of first platforms communicate with the user interface and enable the different stake holders to access the user interface and its portal. The user interface enables the different stake holders to view, add, retrieve, and edit a plurality of information in the portal. A central server communicates with the user interface and is populated with the plurality of information of interest to the different stake holders. The different stake holders include a user requiring medical attention, an authorized representative of the user requiring the medical attention, health care providers, emergency health care service providers, transport providers, and accommodation providers. The user interface enables different stake holders excluding the user requiring medical attention to integrate their services and provide service to the user requiring medical attention. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160085922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A MEDICAL DEVICE - Systems and methods for medical device identification are described. One embodiment is A medical device identification system including a medical device having an identifying symbol for providing information to a user about the medical device, and a monitoring system comprising a processing circuit and a communications interface. The processing circuit includes a device identification module configured to receive input from a detection device, via the communications interface, for identifying the medical device, and a device information module configured to provide identifying information about the medical device. The medical device may be a tool or an implant. The identifying symbol may be a shape, and the symbol may further include an identifying color. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085923 | Method and system for identifying a potential food allergen or irritant via a communications network - A method and system for identifying a potential allergen/irritant from prepared food via the Internet. The allergens/irritants are selected by a user at a client system and transmitted to a server system. The server system receives (from mobile device and guest-user) or retrieves (from registered user) information including location, identification, and dietary restriction. The server system queries the restrictions against an ingredient database to determine required elimination or possible substitution. Considering received/retrieved data and server-generated parameters, the server system generates and returns customized suggestions to user. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085924 | MEDICAL RESOURCE INTRODUCTION DEVICE, SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING MEDICAL RESOURCE INTRODUCTION DEVICE - A medical resource introduction device includes: a database access unit that accesses a medical resource database storing medical resource combination information and operation status information; an inoperable medical resource detection unit that detects an inoperable medical resource, based on the operation status information; a surplus resource determination unit that, in a case where the inoperable medical resource detection unit detects the inoperable medical resource, investigates whether there is a medical resource of which status is changed to a standby state due to an occurrence of the inoperable medical resource, based on the medical resource combination information, and determines that the medical resource is a surplus resource in a case where there is the medical resource of which status is changed to the standby state; and an introduction unit that introduces the surplus resource to any of the plurality of medical facilities. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085925 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING DRUGS DURING A REPACKAGING AND ADMINISTERING PROCESS - A system for tracking drugs during a transfer and administering process is configured to reduce labeling errors that can occur during that process. The system includes a storage container reader configured to read a set of one or more storage-container-associated machine-readable indicia positioned on a container containing a drug. The set of one or more storage-container-associated machine-readable indicia identifies the drug. The system further includes, at the point of care of a patient, an indicia-generating device configured to generate machine readable drug-delivery-container-associated indicia identifying the drug based on the storage-container-associated machine-readable indicia. A drug delivery container reader, also located at the point of care, is configured to read both sets of machine readable indicia to verify that the drug delivery container has been correctly labelled. A method implemented by the system results in the reduction in labeling errors. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085926 | HEALTHCARE TRANSACTION DATA TRANSFORMATION AND PROCESSING - Systems and methods of using collected data to provide business intelligence functionality and/or information are disclosed. In an example, healthcare information system data (such as billing system data) may be extracted or accessed, and transaction data from multiple information systems may be aggregated. In an example, electronic operations for transformation and processing of healthcare transaction data may include receiving healthcare transaction data, creating an aggregate set of healthcare transaction data, evaluating conditions associated with the aggregate set of healthcare transaction data, generating aggregated healthcare transaction information for display, receiving a user-selected indication in response to the display, and transmitting electronic transaction requests to effect transactions resulting from the user-selected indication. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085927 | DYNAMICALLY ADAPTIVE CARE PLANS - Embodiments presented herein provide a dynamically adaptive care plan. More specifically, embodiments presented herein describe techniques for modifying a care plan assigned to a patient based on data observed from the patient. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, data corresponding to one or more types of biometric data for the patient is received. One or more reported symptoms for the patient is received. The care plan includes one or more conditions corresponding to the one or more reported symptoms. Upon determining that at least one of the received data satisfy at least one of the biometric thresholds and the one or more reported symptoms satisfy at least one of the conditions, an event rule for modifying the care plan is identified. The care plan is modified based on the event rule. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085928 | MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD AND OPERATION PROGRAM FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - There are provided a medical assistance device, an operation method of a medical assistance device, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, and a medical assistance system allowing a user to use a diagnostic assistance program with confidence. A comparison determination unit compares a designated data range, which is designated as a range to be used for input data of a diagnostic assistance program, with a recommended data range, which is set for each diagnostic assistance program and is recommended as a range to be used for input data. The comparison determination unit outputs information regarding surplus data, which is data outside the recommended data range in the designated data range, and information regarding missing data, which is data outside the designated data range in the recommended data range. A difference information output unit outputs the information of the surplus data or the missing data as difference information. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085930 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTERACTIVE NAVIGATION OF SUBJECT'S TREATMENT - System and method for monitoring a subject's condition. The system comprises a data input utility for receiving medical data indicative of a first condition of a subject; a communication utility for obtaining reference data comprising at least two predefined multi-dimensional functions and a multi-parameter space within said functions corresponding to a normal condition of a subject; a processing utility for processing said medical data of a subject by identifying a plurality of individual medical parameters describing said at least two predefined multi-dimensional functions, analyzing the identified plurality of individual parameters and determining a relation between the parameters and said multi-parameter space, for determining a treatment plan for navigating the subject from said first condition to a second subject condition in which values of said plurality of medical parameters define a parametric space matching the multi-parameter space of the normal condition; and an output utility for outputting said treatment plan. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085935 | System and Method for Remote Tele-Health Services - A tele-health services cabin includes a plurality of vital signs monitoring devices, a cabin management unit, and videoconferencing hardware via which a remote practitioner in a remote medical call center videoconferences with a patient in the cabin to diagnose symptoms of the patient. The cabin management unit includes a processor that controls the cabin, a data input at which patient data is provided from the vital signs monitoring devices, and a transmitter connectable to a communication link for bi-directional communication between the cabin management unit and the medical call center, where the transmitter transmits the patient data to the medical call center. The tele-health services cabin may include a patient chair including a motorized seat back and at least one sensor encapsulated in the seat back. The tele-health services cabin may include a hands-free medical device station. The tele-health services cabin may include an automatic cleaning system. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085937 | CARE PLAN ADMINISTRATION USING THRESHOLDS - Embodiments presented herein describe techniques for administering a care plan that describes an overall treatment regimen for a patient. Embodiments include receiving a care plan specifying a plurality of assigned tasks for the patient to perform, timing information specifying when each of the plurality of assigned tasks should be performed, and a plurality of observation metrics that each indicate a type of biometric data to monitor. At least one monitoring device available to collect biometric data to compare against observation metrics specified in the care plan is identified. Biometric data is collected using the at least one monitoring device. Embodiments further include, upon determining that the collected biometric data satisfies at least one threshold condition specified in the care plan, initiating at least one treatment plan specified in the care plan and corresponding to the satisfied at least one threshold value. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085938 | MULTI-PATH ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An electronic prescription processing system which is capable of direct two-way electronic communication between the physician and the pharmacist, in one example, uses a multi-path clearinghouse between the physician's office practice management system and a pharmacy computer system. In one example, the multi path electronic prescription processing system allows a physician to create electronic prescriptions using an electronic signature, and using the multi-path clearinghouse, allow for interface with the pharmacy computer system such that an image of an electronic prescription and prescription information are directly auto-populated into an entry screen of the pharmacy computer system. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085940 | Medication Verification and Dispensing - Medication errors happen frequently in hospital, home, and pharmacy environments. A medication verification and dispensing system provides protection against such errors. The apparatus includes a guide tube that receives a medication and imaging device(s) adjacent to the guide tube that take image(s) of the medication. The imaging devices(s) and light source(s) are oriented for capturing images that reveal markings, color, size, shape, etc., of the medication. A verification system uses a signature of the image to identify the medication or compares the image(s) to reference images to identify the medication and to a prescription record of the patient to ensure it is a correct medication, dose, amount, timing, etc., for administration. If the medication is correct, it is dispensed into a dispensing vessel that locks the medication inside, but unlocks when it recognizes a unique patient identifier worn by a patient that is a correct recipient for the medication. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085943 | System and Method for Monitoring Clinical Trial Progress - A method for monitoring clinical trial progress includes calculating progress curves for clinical trial states. Calculating a progress curve includes assigning values to events for a datapoint in the clinical trial, generating or building pairs of values for each consecutive sequence of the events, summing up the values of pairs of events corresponding to a state change, and determining a state for the datapoint based on the sum of the values. Monitoring clinical trial progress then includes calculating a second progress curve for another clinical trial state and comparing the delay between points of the progress curves. A system for monitoring clinical trial progress is also described. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086115 | Performance Management by Indication - A computer-implemented method for providing a user with product consumption data stored at one or more databases includes receiving a transaction message indicating pharmaceutical product consumption for a particular pharmaceutical product from a prescribing facility and receiving a prescribing message with prescription data for the particular pharmaceutical product from one or more prescribers. The prescription data for the particular pharmaceutical product is translated into an updated database instruction configured to interface with a database and modify a record in the database based on the received pharmaceutical product consumption data. Related records within the database are identified and a multicomponent behavioral record that reflects the updated database instruction is generated. An average dosage for the particular product is calculate and based on the calculated dosage and a projected number of patients a multicomponent consumption record for an indication of the particular product is generated. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160092633 | MEDICAL IMAGING STUDY RETRIEVAL SYSTEM - A programmed computer system receives an imaging study of the patient including metadata associated with the study. The metadata are analyzed to determine an anatomic region represented by the study. Additional imaging studies for the same patient are requested and the metadata associated with the additional studies are analyzed to determine relevant studies for the same or adjacent anatomic regions. Once the relevant prior studies have been identified, the computer requests the images associated with the identified prior imaging studies including the associated reports for review by a physician or other medical personnel. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092634 | METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING AN EXAMINATION - A method for optimizing an examination implemented by a medical imaging apparatus includes selection of at least one information protocol, that includes at least one information parameter, display of at least one examination protocol, that includes at least one examination parameter from an examination protocol catalog of a server unit in accordance with the selected information protocol, selection of an examination protocol, and transfer of the selected examination protocol from the server to the processor of the medical imaging apparatus. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092635 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MEDICAL EXAMINATION BASED ON PERSONALIZED CHECKLIST - An apparatus and method for supporting a medical examination based on a personalized checklist. The apparatus includes a checklist generator to generate a personalized checklist based on a patient's medical information; and an item performance confirmer to determine whether each item included in the checklist is performed by analyzing a medical examination process of the patient. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092637 | MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE METHOD - A medical assistance server generates a medical assistance screen, and distributes the medical assistance screen to a client terminal. The medical assistance screen includes a medical schedule display region where a medical schedule is displayed and a relevant information display region where relevant information is displayed. In the medical schedule display region, a medical schedule in which medical acts are arranged in time series is displayed, so that one of the displayed medical acts can be selected. In the relevant information display region, various kinds of information that are referred to when performing the medical act selected in the medical schedule display region are displayed. The user can perform a medical examination by referring to the schedule and the relevant information. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092638 | Management of Medication Preparation with Formulary Management - A pharmacy workflow management application with improved functionality related thereto. The improved functionality may include enhancements to a user interface for maintenance of a formulary at a local system executing the pharmacy workflow management application. The formulary management may include user interface elements provided at least partially based on a user profile. Additional enhancements to a user interface associated with a user profile may be provided for dose order record maintenance using the pharmacy workflow management application. Furthermore, enhancements to triggered scan events for updating a status of a dose order, situation board enhancements related to formatting of the situation board in relation to a user profile, encryption of communication by the pharmacy workflow application, and improved methods of installing updates to terminals of the pharmacy workflow management application are discussed. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092639 | CENTRAL USER MANAGEMENT IN A DISTRIBUTED HEALTHCARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Centralized support user management in a distributed healthcare information management system. Support user management may include generation of permission data that may be distributed from a central server to one or more local systems. The local systems may execute a healthcare information management application such as, for example, a pharmacy workflow management application. In any regard, central support users at the central server may periodically require access to the local systems to perform, among other activities, technical support or troubleshooting in relation to the application executed at the local system. In turn, provision of permission data from the central server to the local system may allow support users to access the local system with specific permission identification's provided specific ones of the support users. In turn, specific user permissions may be established and support user tracking may be carried out at the local systems. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092643 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PROVIDING VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S IDENTITY - A system and process for providing the recording of provided health care transactions to an individual and the verification and validation of both the recipient and provider's identities. More particularly, to a system and process for providing verification and validation of an individual's identity for use in the prevention of identity theft and fraud in the medical industry and the recording of all medical related treatments and record requests by authorized providers, among other features. The verification and validation, referred to as “Positive Identification (PI)” for an individual who is seeking or in need of medical diagnosis and/or treatment may include a collection of novel processes by which a person's PI may be obtained and captured in an electronic database each time a person's medical information is accessed or treatment is provided, and in full compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. This may substantially prevent fraud of medical services. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092649 | System and Method for Determining Drug Usage by Indication - A computer-assisted method that includes: identifying practitioners affiliated with a non-retail facility; gathering longitudinal prescription scripts by the identified prescribing practitioners as well as medical claims submitted by the identified prescribing practitioners to insurance carriers; linking the medical claims submitted by the identified practitioners to the longitudinal prescription scripts; based on each linked medical claim and longitudinal prescription script, generating a record of using the prescription drug for the corresponding one or more indication; generating a distribution factor of using the prescription drug for each of the one or more indications by the identified practitioners outside the non-retail facility; receiving information showing a volume of the prescription drug sold to the non-retail facility; and generating usage data by indications of the prescription drug for the non-retail facility by applying the generated distribution factor to the received information showing the volume of the prescription drug sold to the non-retail facility. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092650 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PRESCRIPTION, TRANSCRIPTION AND ADMINISTRATION ERRORS IN DRUG ADMINISTRATION - A method of administration of a drug or drug regime to a potentially unlimited number of drug recipients, the method comprising the steps of; a) providing a prescription for at least one drug in a drug dosing regime to a drug recipient, b) prior to administration of the at least one drug, inputting drug parameters and drug recipient profile particulars for a particular drug recipient into a computer program c) allowing the program to compare the prescription parameters to a set of safety parameters to determine if the parameters fall within predetermined safety limits thereby avoiding over-doses or under-doses of prescribed drug dosages. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092651 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING A MEDICAL DEVICE PRESCRIPTION - Methods and devices for providing instructions to treat and for treating patients through the use of medical devices are provided. Some embodiments treat musculoskeletal conditions by providing for alignment of bones by use of bone alignment devices in accordance with instructions provided through a prescription. Other embodiments may facilitate or provide revised prescriptions in response to treatment conditions. Embodiments may also provide effective ways of communicating prescription and compliance information between patients and health care providers. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092657 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GEOGRAPHY-BASED ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE TRACKING - Methods and apparatus for tracking antimicrobial resistance based on geography. An application server receives a query from a client application to provide antimicrobial resistance data for a geographic location. The application server determines a geographic region based, at least in part, on the geographic location included in the query, and antimicrobial data for samples collected from patients residing in the geographic region are retrieved from at least one health information datastore of a health information system. The retrieved antimicrobial data comprises information describing antimicrobial resistance of an infectious organism detected in the biological samples to at least one antimicrobial agent, and is transmitted to a client device on which the client application that issued the query is executing. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092658 | METHOD OF EVALUATING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES - A computer implemented method of evaluating an information technology in a computer network having multiple applications and users. The computer is programmed to create objective metric data of organizational, technical and utilization dimensions. This is accomplished through quantitative and qualitative data collection methods, such as surveys, usage tracking and system monitoring. The computer is programmed to create objective metric data on actual use and performance. From the metric data of organizational, utilization, and technical dimensions the computer is able to provide an analysis of the overall degree of utilization, individual net benefits and organizational net benefits. As data is compiled, the method produces industry sector standards for the purpose of benchmarking. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092659 | Method For Developing Parenteral Therapeutic Product With Drug Delivery Device Through Clinical Trial - The method set out herein involves conducting clinical trial to develop parenteral therapeutic product with drug delivery device. The method comprises conducting a dose-finding clinical study using a variable dose drug delivery device to evaluate multiple clinical doses, wherein the variable dose drug delivery device is automatic, portable and for user self-administration. During the dose-finding clinical study, both the performance of the drug and the performance of the variable dose drug delivery device are evaluated. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094959 | METHOD OF GENERATING EXERCISE RELATED COMMUNITY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING SAME - A host device includes: a data management module for receiving exercise data from an electronic device; a group management module for generating a group requiring preset conditions and determining whether to include the electronic device in the group based on whether the exercise data of the electronic device received from the data management module meets the conditions; and a league management module for, when the number of generated groups is two or more, controlling a configuration of the two or more groups based on a result of the determination on whether one or more electronic devices included in each of the two or more groups meet conditions required by the group whenever a preset period elapses. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160098524 | Medical inventory tracking - Managing inventory and providing robust analytics related to the use of such inventory. In one embodiment a system is provided that includes terminals for collecting information about one or more medical consumables in a medical setting, an inventory tracker for processing and storing the information about the one or more medical consumables and making inventory information about the medical consumables available, and an analytics engine for generating usage information about a medical consumable within the medical setting. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098525 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME INTEGRATION WITH HEALTH CARE APPOINTMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A health care appointment management system is provided. The health care appointment management system includes an integration module communicatively coupled to one or more electronic practice management systems (EPMs) of one or more health care providers. The integration module is configured to receive appointment scheduling data and appointment scheduling rules corresponding to the one or more health care providers. The health care appointment management system also includes a database configured to store the appointment scheduling data and the appointment scheduling rules corresponding to the one or more health care providers. In addition, the health care appointment management system includes a processing module configured to process the appointment scheduling data and to manage appointment updates for each of the one or more health care providers in accordance with the appointment scheduling rules of the respective health care provider. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098528 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING CUSTOMERS TO OBTAIN VISION AND EYE HEALTH EXAMINATIONS - Systems and methods are provided for eye health and vision examinations. A customer diagnostic center is configured to generate customer examination data pertaining to an examination of a customer's eye. The customer diagnostic center provides a user interface for communicating with a customer and ophthalmic equipment for administering tests to the customer. A diagnostic center server is configured to receive the customer examination data from the customer diagnostic center over a network and allow the customer examination data to be accessed by an eye-care practitioner. A practitioner device associated with the eye-care practitioner is configured to receive the customer examination data from the diagnostic center server and display at least a portion of the customer examination data to the eye-care practitioner. Customer evaluation data is generated pertaining to the eye-care practitioner's evaluation of the customer examination data. An eye health report is provided to the customer via the network. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098536 | CARE PLAN ADMINISTRATION: PATIENT FEEDBACK - Embodiments presented herein describe techniques for providing feedback for a care plan for a patient. Embodiments receive a care plan specifying a plurality of assigned tasks for the patient to perform, timing information specifying when each of the plurality of assigned tasks should be performed, and a plurality of observation metrics that each indicate a type of biometric data to monitor. Biometric data corresponding to the plurality of observation metrics is collected using at least one monitoring device. Embodiments receive symptom information specifying one or more reported symptoms experienced by the patient and monitor adherence of the patient to completing the plurality of assigned tasks according to the timing information specified in the care plan. Embodiments further include providing feedback to the patient, based on the collected biometric data, received symptom information and monitored adherence. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098540 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA ANALYTICS AND VISUALIZATION - Systems and methods are described that provide a dynamic reporting functionality that can identify important information and dynamically present a report about the important information that highlights important findings to the user. The described systems and methods are generally described in the field of diabetes management, but are applicable to other medical reports as well. In one implementation, the dynamic reports are based on available data and devices. For example, useless sections of the report, such as those with no populated data, may be removed, minimized in importance, assigned a lower priority, or the like. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098541 | SYNTHESIZING COMPLEX POPULATION SELECTION CRITERIA - System and method to determine a reduced cohort criteria, the method including: defining N selection criteria to select a cohort from among a universe of patient data; querying a patient database, by use of a processor, and by use of the N selection criteria, in order to define a full patient population; selecting a subset of size M of the N selection criteria, to produce a subset criteria; selecting a permutation of the subset criteria, to produce a permuted subset criteria in a predetermined order; for each member of the permuted subset criteria: querying the patient database by use of the member of the permuted subset criteria to produce a respective interim patient population; combining all respective interim patient populations to produce a partial patient population; and calculating, by a processor, a coverage figure of merit that compares the partial patient population to the full patient population. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098808 | METHODS & SYSTEMS FOR REHABILITATING INJURED OPERATORS - The disclosed medical and rehabilitation systems and methods evaluate injured operators, medically, mentally, and occupationally. The operators are highly-trained military or law enforcement personnel that have specific tactical requirements, among other physical demands, to perform their jobs properly. The occupational evaluation of the injured operator relates to their occupational requirements and how their injuries affect their abilities to perform the tactical requirements of their jobs. The rehabilitation programs can be customized to various needs of the units, branches, or other groups to which the injured operators belong. Further, the injuries of one or more operators can be tracked and data related to operators suffering similar injuries can be used to help treat each operator and to help give commanders of the injured operators more injury data on which to base decisions about the operator and the unit or other group of operators. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160103960 | Systems and Methods for a Graphical Interface Including a Graphical Representation of Medical Data - This disclosure describes systems and methods for a graphical interface including a graphical representation of medical data. The graphical interface platform may receive medical data and provide medical safety reporting capabilities including reporting of history data and real-time visual monitoring data. The graphical interface platform may be configured to identify potential problems and corrections to medical devices in operation while a reporting cycle is underway through visual representation of performance metrics. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103965 | HEALTHCARE TRANSACTION RULE PROCESSING, DYNAMIC CONSTRAINT MANAGEMENT, AND USER INTERFACE INTERACTIONS - Systems and methods of using collected data to provide business intelligence functionality and/or information are disclosed. In an example, healthcare information system data (such as billing system data) may be extracted or accessed, and transaction data from multiple information systems may be aggregated. In an example, electronic operations for transformation and processing of healthcare transaction data may include receiving healthcare transaction data, creating an aggregate set of healthcare transaction data, evaluating conditions associated with the aggregate set of healthcare transaction data, generating aggregated healthcare transaction information for display, receiving a user-selected indication in response to the display, and transmitting electronic transaction requests to effect transactions resulting from the user-selected indication. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103966 | INTERNET-BASED DISEASE MONITORING SYSTEM - An Internet-based disease monitoring system may include a network-based disease sensor device, which is coupled to a sensor, such as a spirometer. A remote server may be coupled to the network-based disease sensor device to provide analysis of input signals from the sensor. The remote server may be able to provide various services for grouping or handling functions relating to such input signals. A service may provide the ability to aggregate input signals from multiple sensors coupled to sensor devices and provide predictive modeling or statistical analysis, which may then be used to adjust future input signals. A service may also contain instructions how to handle billing based on usage of the network-based disease sensor device. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103967 | MONITORING INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a monitoring information providing device and method which provide more information regarding a patient's physiological signs in real-time, in particular in case of a drug administration to the patient. The proposed device comprises a patient data input for obtaining patient data of a monitored patient, a drug identification input for obtaining drug administration data identifying a drug administered to the patient and the time of administration of the drug to the patient, a drug information input for obtaining drug information of the identified drug, said drug information including drug side effects and/or drug-drug interactions and/or drug-disease contraindications, a processing unit for determining time-resolved monitoring information based on the obtained patient data, drug administration data and drug information, said monitoring information being dynamically adapted and indicating one or more physiological signs of the patient that are most critical to monitor over time, and an output interface for outputting said monitoring information. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103968 | Processing Blood Donation Data for Presentation on Operator Interface - A system and method processes blood donation data for presentation on an operator interface. A handheld computing device has a touch screen display and a processing circuit to provide an icon associated with an executable application on a first display screen, the icon configured to be positioned along with icons for other executable applications on the first display screen. The processing circuit is to retrieve an indication of a need for a particular blood component, wherein the particular blood component is selected from the group comprising whole blood, double red cells and plasma. The processing circuit is to provide the indication of the need for a particular blood component to the display. The processing circuit is to provide to the touch screen display a remaining time or a date the blood donor is next eligible to donate a blood component based on a donation eligibility guideline. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103969 | CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND WORKFLOW ENGINE - The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a chronic disease using a chronic disease management device, the chronic disease management device comprising a rule engine unit and a receiving unit, the method comprising: providing a database for storing a plurality of clinical items related to the chronic disease; receiving, by the receiving unit, at a first point in time first data from a first user of the chronic disease management device, the first data being indicative of first values of at least part of the plurality of clinical items; selecting by the rule engine a set of clinical items of the plurality of clinical items using at least the first values, each or some of the set of clinical items being associated with a final target value; determining, by the rule engine unit, a set of target values including intermediate target values and the final target value for each or some of the set of clinical items, the set of target values being sequenced chronologically, wherein the final target value is last in the sequence; generating, by the rule engine unit, a documentation set comprising the set of clinical items and respective set of target values associated with each clinical item of the set of clinical items; storing, by the rule engine unit, the documentation set in the database. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103970 | INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND DEVICE - Methods, devices and systems for sharing information related to exercise/health activities are disclosed. A user terminal can acquire a device identifier associated with a health monitoring device, such as a monitoring wristband or a treadmill, through a communication program (e.g., an instant messaging application). The user terminal can communicate with a server of the communication program so that the server binds the device identifier with a user ID. The association of the user ID and the device identifier allows the user to share the health monitoring information from the health monitoring device with other users through the server. In addition, the connected users can participate in real-time competitions and share information related to the competition. The server also generates ranking lists or other sharing formats for the competition, improving user experience and making exercise and competition more attractive. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103975 | PRE-VERIFICATION OF PRESCRIPTIONS - A plurality of available effective selections is determined in accordance with a prescription. A differential value for one of the selections is determined based on insurance coverage, values of the available effective selections, and a predetermined maximum value for the differential value. The differential value and the available effective selections and their associated values are transmitted to a user computer device over a network. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103976 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING PRESCRIPTION DATA AND DE-DUPLICATION - A prescription association system and method for grouping together prescription-related transactions and creating groups or “clusters” of prescriptions having similar characteristics. Through an association process, the prescription cluster describes the events surrounding prescription activity. This includes prescribing patterns, payer influences, and patient acceptance of therapy. The same prescription transaction from one data provider may contain additional or different information that can enhance a corresponding duplicate transaction or set of claim lifecycle transactions from another provider. The disclosed processes create unique linking across claims, payers, and patients and form the basis for relating and measuring payer, patient, practitioner, and pharmaceutical promotion influences on healthcare utilization and treatment. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103977 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING AND USING PHARMACOKINETIC DATA IN DRUG ADMINISTRATION - There is provided a method for dosing a drug to a patient, including (a) administering the drug to the patient according to a titration dosing schedule, where the titration dosing schedule is determined from a database storing data containing observations of previous patient responses to the drug, and the titration dosing schedule is associated with a subcohort of a cohort of patients, where a subcohort classification is based on one or more factors associated with variability of the drug; (b) monitoring the patient during the administering (a) to determine when a desired clinical endpoint is reached; (c) administering the drug to the patient according to a maintenance dosing schedule, where the maintenance dosing schedule is based on an estimate of drug level, where the estimate is based on (i) when the desired clinical endpoint is reached, and (ii) a pharmacokinetic model for the subcohort; and (d) updating the database to incorporate data from the monitoring (b) of the patient. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104082 | Healthcare workflow analytics - Systems and methods that monitor the movement of a patient through the medical treatment process and collect, process, and display various statistics concerning that movement, while also making suggestions that improve patient flow, providing tools to appropriately revise schedules and templates to make future schedules more efficient. Embodiments of the invention treat each patient visit as a multi-stage process and collect information of interest concerning the various stages of the process, such as arrival time, departure time, etc. The collected data may be used to study the treatment process and how it relates to certain individual patients or classes of patients, as well as, e.g., potentially making recommendations to improve the treatment process, modifying future schedules to increase efficiency, making real time optimizations of patient visits, etc. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104262 | INTELLIGENT CARE FACILITY SELECTION ADVISOR - Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media are provided for creating a guided care facility selection service. The service presents care facility selection options to a user, receives selections from the user and accesses a data store to extract selection meeting the user selections. A results display is used to communicate the matching selections to the user. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160106398 | System and Method to Identify Abnormal Menstrual Cycles and Alert the User - A system and method to identify abnormal menstrual cycles and alert the user comprising an electronic device running a software application. The software application includes a method that processes and analyzes data and determines when the user exhibits signs and symptoms that require medical attention. The method receives, compiles, and analyzes information regarding at least one of the user's general symptoms, number of days bleeding, mood changes, heavy menstrual flow, inter-menstrual bleeding, and bleeding after sex. The method determines and alerts the user when the information, signs and/or symptoms the user is experiencing indicate that the user's menstrual cycle may be critically abnormal or that the user may have a heavy abnormal period and alerts the user regarding the severity, prompting the user to call her doctor as soon as possible. The method further determines and alerts the user when the user should seek medical attention and contact her doctor at the phone number the user provided upon downloading the software application. If the user did not specify her doctor's phone number or address, the system will use GPS technology to provide a list of all gynecologists and primary care physicians in close proximity to the user's location. The method will also provide the user with a call button to directly call the doctor from within the software application. Additionally, if the user consents, the system and method can capture and compile patient information and statistics and build a database to be used for research purposes. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160106627 | Systems And Methods For Medication Adherence And Acknowledgement - Systems and methods for improving mediation adherence are provided. Various embodiments of the present invention help patients maintain their medication and other healthcare schedules and avoid costly nursing, home health care, assisted living, or nursing home alternatives whenever possible. In some embodiments, personalized recorded voice messages are used to directly contact (e.g., by telephone, VoIP, etc.) a patient when scheduled. The system can provide notifications (e.g., e-mails, text messages, automated phone calls, etc.) to a caregiver or other designated persons if the call is not acknowledged so that someone can follow up before more serious consequences arise. In addition, various reports can be generated regarding potential medication adherence and acknowledgement of the personalized voice messages. One or more rewards may be presented to the patient based on medication adherence. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110504 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMED CONSENT - A method for documenting informed consent includes obtaining a video recording of a patient indicative of informed consent, communicating the video recording across a network for data storage, and storing the video recording in a computer readable data storage medium. The video may include additional portions of a patient encounter. A software application for executing on a computing device may provide a user interface for displaying an educational video to the individual using the software application executing on the computing device, the educational video containing educational content about the procedure for which the informed consent is desired, obtaining video evidencing informed consent for the procedure, administering a quiz to the individual, presenting a document for signature to the individual, receiving a signature for the document from the individual. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110508 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A MEDICAL APPARATUS - A method and a system for optimizing the energy consumption of a medical apparatus comprising a medical instrument, and a further energy consumer are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: providing treatment plan information, which predetermines a temporal sequence for using the medical instrument, providing interaction information, which predetermines an interaction between the use of the medical instrument and the further energy consumer, providing control information for actuating the further energy consumer on the basis of the treatment plan information and the interaction information. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110511 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROACTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF FORMULARY CHANGE IMPACTS - Systems and methods for proactively identifying impacts and making recommendations regarding modifications to a drug formulary are provided. In an embodiment, a proposed modification to a formulary is received. One or more data sources are accessed, and an impact of the proposed modification to the formulary is determined based on the one or more data sources. The impact of the proposed modification is then provided to a user prior to implementation of the proposed modification. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110512 | METHOD OF PERSONALIZING, INDIVIDUALIZING, AND AUTOMATING THE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHCARE FRAUD-WASTE-ABUSE TO UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS - A method of preventing healthcare fraud-waste-abuse uses artificial intelligence machines to limit financial losses. Healthcare payment request claims are analyzed by predictive models and their behavioral details are compared to running profiles unique to each healthcare provider submitting the claims. A decision results that the instant healthcare payment request claim is or is not fraudulent-wasteful-abusive. If it is, a second analysis of a group behavioral in which the healthcare provider is clustered using unsupervised learning algorithms and compared to a running profile unique to each group of healthcare providers submitting the claims. An overriding decision results if the instant healthcare payment request claim is or is not fraudulent-wasteful-abusive according to group behavior. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110516 | DYNAMIC MONITORING EARLY CANCER RISK - Disclosed are a method and a system for monitoring early cancer risk. Most current early cancer detection and diagnosis are related with gene and biomarkers, although the practice has proven the significant differences of blood and urine test results between cancer patients and healthy people, and obtaining the results of routine blood and urine tests is not difficult, the use of routine blood and urine tests to detect and monitor early cancer risk has never been reported; and traditionally, early cancer detection and monitoring have been managed by doctors and hospitals, the users are unable to do it themselves. The purpose of this invention is to provide an early cancer risk monitoring system enabling users to dynamic monitor the early cancer risk. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110518 | REMOTE FILLING, TRACKING AND VERIFICATION OF PHARMACY SUPPLY CONTAINERS - A cost effective system that consistently and accurately verifies prescription orders and the contents of supply containers at a first location without needlessly requiring multiple verifications from different licensed pharmacy technicians or pharmacists. A computerized tracking system monitors the filling of medication bins at a remote second location and preserves the documentation of the pharmacist verification of the bin at that location where it is tagged & sealed and transported to the first location, such as a local pharmacy. There, a pharmacy worker installs the sealed bin into an automated filling machine with automated accuracy tracking systems installed while the computer system monitors and maintains integrity of the filling process without requiring additional pharmacy worker verification at the first location prior to dispensing the filled prescription to a customer or patient. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110519 | MEDICATION UNIQUE DRUG IDENTIFIER TRACKING, MONITORING AND VERIFICATION FOR PHARMACY - An automated tracking system for a pharmacy that maintains each medication's Unique Drug Identifier (“UDI”) information from the stock supply container to individual prescriptions filled therefrom. The UDI information automatically travels with each individual prescription until it is dispensed to a customer or patient, thereby allowing the medication contained therein to be returned to stock without risk of losing key information about the medication such as its expiration date and the like. In disclosed embodiments, the computer system can monitor key UDI information of the stock supply containers and the individual filled prescriptions to promote use of medications expiring sooner than others in the pharmacy, locate, track and promote use of returned to stock medications that have not been returned to the supply containers, and prevent the dispensing of expired or about to expire medications. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110520 | Calculating Treatment Response for a Patient - An approach is provided in which a knowledge manager selects patient data measurements corresponding to a patient that is on a current treatment plan. The patient data measurements correspond to different test results of the patient. The knowledge manager analyzes the patient data measurements against guideline threshold compilations that include multiple guideline thresholds. In turn, the knowledge manager determines a patient response of the patient and chronologically maps the patient response to the treatment plan. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110521 | METHOD OF GENERATING A STRUCTURED PROGRAM OF ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, AND WHICH IS ARTICULATED TEMPORALLY WITH A PROGRAM OF FEEDING ACTIVITIES - The method of generating a structured program defines physical, biological and/or physiological needs and objectives of a subject. A structured program of adapted physical and feeding activities is established based on the temporal articulation variables and provided to the subject by way of a terminal. During the course of a session of adapted and structured physical activities of the program, a physical state and/or a physical activity of the subject is captured through the physiological and/or motion sensors. During the course of the session, the physical activity, the feeding activity associated with the adapted and structured physical activity of the session in progress and articulation temporal variables are adjusted. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110523 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH PATIENT APPS - In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a computer program product for assembling a database comprising electronic medical records (EMRs). In certain embodiments, a EMR comprises at least one active diagnosis module (ADM). In some embodiments, the database is searchable based on at least some ADM content. Other aspects and features of the present disclosure are described herein. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110524 | Phenotypic Integrated Social Search Database and Method - A method for generating correlations between human biological phenotype and human behavioral and/or emotional phenotype, and optionally to temporal location, comprising the steps of correlating data on biological phenotype with survey-based data on behavioral and/or emotional phenotype. The data on biological phenotype is collected from a sample from an individual, and the survey-based data can be collected from answers to behavioral and emotional questions from the individual or from observations of the individual by a third party. Correlations can further be used to predict behavior, including preferences, wellness needs and desires, and/or emotions. Feedback, advice and guidance can be provided to individuals based on such correlations. Such correlations are further useful for product and service providers and industries for purposes of standardizing or rating product quality and efficacy, and/or for promotion and selling purposes. A database comprising the data on biological phenotype and survey-based data is also provided. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110832 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMED CONSENT - A method for documenting informed consent includes obtaining a video recording of a patient indicative of informed consent, communicating the video recording across a network for data storage, and storing the video recording in a computer readable data storage medium. The video may include additional portions of a patient encounter. A software application for executing on a computing device may provide a user interface for obtaining video evidencing informed consent for the procedure, administering a quiz to the individual, presenting a document for signature to the individual, receiving a signature for the document from the individual. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160117454 | AN ONLINE PORTAL FOR ALLOCATING PERSONNEL - There is provided an online portal specifically for allocating personnel. The portal includes a criteria matching module hosted on at least one computing device, the criteria matching module being configured for matching at least one personnel to a user's preference; a reservation module hosted on the at least one computing device, the reservation module being configured for the user to reserve at least one personnel provided for selection by the criteria matching module; and a payment module hosted on the at least one computing device, the payment module being configured for retrieving data from both the criteria matching module and the reservation module to determine a cost payable by the user. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117456 | Criteria Conditional Override Based on Patient Information and Supporting Evidence - A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for conditionally overriding strict criteria for a prospective medical treatment. Criteria for answering a question are received by a Question/Answer (QA) system, wherein the question is associated with a proposed medical treatment and the criteria are associated with a first condition. A second condition affecting the first condition is identified, which results in a modification to the first condition when it is determined that the second condition exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117458 | Method and Apparatus for Managing Remote Devices and Accessing Remote Device Information - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product are disclosed to track beacons utilizing a device management infrastructure. The method includes registering, by a device management server, at least a first detection device associated with a first location and a second detection device associated with a second location with a device management infrastructure, receiving a beacon identifier associated with a beacon detected by the first detection device, storing a first time stamp associated with detection of the beacon by the first detection device, receiving the beacon identifier associated with the beacon as detected by the second detection device, determining, based on the first time stamp and a second time stamp associated with detection of the beacon by the second detection device, an elapsed time between detection of the beacon by the first detection device and detection of the beacon by the second detection device, and reporting the elapsed time to a healthcare information system. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117459 | SEMANTIC MEDICAL DEVICES - A sematic medical technology is disclosed. In various embodiments, the technology organizes an initial data collection to collect data from the one or more sensors; processes the data to obtain an initial diagnosis wherein the initial diagnosis can be a syntax diagnosis or a semantic diagnosis; identifies an organization for a n additional data collection to collect additional data; analyzes the additional data to obtain a refined diagnosis; and repeats the identifying and analyzing until a stopping criterion is satisfied. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117460 | Verification of Medication Administration Adherence - A system and method of confirming administration of medication is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117461 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH HEALTH MONITORING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - An electronic system includes a control unit configured to generate a firmware register and store a system health information to the firmware register; and a communication unit, coupled to the control unit, configured to retrieve at least a portion of the system health information and communicate the portion of the system health information in response to a singular read request independent of an operational status of a host device. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117465 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING AN OVERALL HEALTH QUALITY INDEX AND PROVIDING A HEALTH UPSIDE OPTIMIZING RECOMMENDATION - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for method for calculating an overall health quality index (HQI) and providing a health upside optimizing recommendation are disclosed. For example, the method collects data associated with an individual from an external data source, filters the data to identify a plurality of features, divides each one of the plurality of features into one or more of six action classes, builds one or more models for each one of the six action classes, computes the overall HQI using the one or more models that are built for each one of the six action classes, identifies the health upside optimizing recommendation based on one or more important actionable features selected from the plurality of features and provides the overall HQI and the health upside optimizing recommendation to the individual. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117467 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A HISTORICAL HEALTH TREND GRAPH FOR A PATIENT - An application module configured to provide a historical graph report which plots a patient's diagnostic test result values over time, in which the historical graph is included in a customizable laboratory report. The historical graph is configured to show a patient or physician of any identifiable changes or trends that the patient has experienced with regard to his/her diagnostic text result values for one or more identified biomarkers. The application module may utilize unique graphical objects within the graph itself or with respect to individual cells in the chart to indicate the particular risk level that a corresponding test result value may be assigned to. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117471 | MEDICAL EVENT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for managing the entire lifecycle of medication and other health events include observing or retrieving information from a switch exchange network, correlating events to the retrieved information, and/or with external information retrieved from the patient, the care giver, pharmacy, physician, manufacturer, medical or diagnostic device, regulatory agency, third party, or other source to provide an integrated holistic patient centric view to one or more entities in the health care continuum. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117472 | AUTOMATED EXCHANGE OF HEALTHCARE INFORMATION FOR FULFILLMENT OF MEDICATION DOSES - Automated healthcare information exchange. The healthcare information may comprise one or more dose orders corresponding to dose medications to be administered to a patient. The healthcare information may be received (e.g., from an EMR system such as a hospital information system (HIS) or the like) in the form of a healthcare information data stream. The information may then be standardized in to a standardized intermediate form. For instance, data may be parsed from the data stream and used to populate a staging table. In turn, data from the staging table may be transformed into an input format specific to a given dose fulfillment client to which the dose order is provided for fulfillment of the dose. Additionally, exception processing. logistical processing, and management functionality may be applied to the dose orders. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117473 | Verification of Medication Administration Adherence - A system and method of confirming administration of medication is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117474 | Verification of Medication Administration Adherence - A system and method of confirming administration of medication is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117475 | Verification of Medication Administration Adherence - A system and method of confirming administration of medication is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117480 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PATIENT ACCESS TO MEDICAMENTS - Systems and methods for detecting a likely misuse of a medicament by a user. The system includes a computer communicatively coupled with a dispensing device. The computer receives a usage pattern of a medicament by the user as indicated by the dispensing device and a result of a test correlating with an actual consumption of the medicament by the user. Based on the usage pattern, the computer computes an estimated result of a test corresponding to the at least one predetermined test. Based on a comparison between the estimated result and the test result, a determination is made as to whether the user has likely misused the medicament. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117485 | Criteria Conditional Override Based on Patient Information and Supporting Evidence - A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for conditionally overriding strict criteria for a prospective medical treatment. Criteria for answering a question are received by a Question/Answer (QA) system, wherein the question is associated with a proposed medical treatment and the criteria are associated with a first condition. A second condition affecting the first condition is identified, which results in a modification to the first condition when it is determined that the second condition exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160125138 | EVALUATION METHOD FOR MEDICAL DATA - Measurement results are acquired by a number of medical imaging systems in each case using a respective measurement protocol and by applying a respective dose. Data records are automatically placed in a cloud by the systems or a PACS connected to the respective system. Measurement protocols, applied doses, and anonymized images of the data records are referenced among each other. The data records placed in the cloud are assigned the respective examination type and an identification of the respective system and/or an identification of the type of respective system. The cloud accepts data queries from users. The data queries as a search criterion specify at least the examination type, the identification of the respective system, and/or the identification of the type of the respective system. The data records are determined by the cloud in accordance with the respective data query and are made available to the respective user. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125146 | DRUG FORMULARY APPLICATION - A system and method for providing a treatment protocol. A memory stores drug data identifying a plurality of drugs, and, for each drug, at least one indication for the drug and a unit dose value of the drug to be administered for treating each of the at least one indication, and evidence-based data indicative of an effectiveness of each drug for treating the at least one indication. Input data identifying a selected drug is received, the at least one indication for the selected drug determined, the unit dose value of the selected drug for the at least one indication and the evidence-based data for the selected drug retrieved from the memory, a measure of a level of confidence in the evidence-based data for the selected drug determined, and the at least one indication, the unit dose value, and the measure of the level of confidence output for the selected drug. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125147 | DISASSOCIATING MEDICAL DEVICES - Methods, computer systems and computer readable media for receiving data and information from medical devices in a healthcare setting are provided. In embodiments, an indication a device is associated to a patient is received. If the device is in a different location than the patient or a similar device is already associated to the patient, an alert is provided to a clinician. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125148 | ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A health care enterprise management system and method of management are disclosed. The system and method include a routing layer, a plurality of applications in an application layer, wherein the application layer communicates external to the enterprise manager via communicative contact through the routing layer, a business rules layer of a plurality of health care provision business rules, and a core layer. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125154 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATION OF OCCLUDED ARTERIES AND OPTIMIZATION OF OCCLUSION-BASED TREATMENTS - Systems and methods are disclosed for simulation of occluded arteries and/or optimization of occlusion-based treatments. One method includes obtaining a patient-specific anatomic model of a patient's vasculature; obtaining an initial computational model of blood flow through the patient's vasculature based on the patient-specific anatomic model; obtaining a post-treatment computational model by modifying portions of the initial computational model based on an occlusion-based treatment; generating a pre-treatment blood flow characteristic using the initial computational model or computing a post-treatment blood flow using the post-treatment computational model; and outputting a representation of the pre-treatment blood flow characteristic or the post-treatment blood flow characteristic. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125155 | MOBILE APPLICATION FOR REPORTING WORKPLACE INJURIES AND/OR FOR CONSULTING FOR EMPLOYEE/PERSONAL HEALTHCARE ISSUES - A mobile application for reporting and consulting regarding workplace injuries, illnesses or other health related issues. The application is configured to remotely connect a triage specialist with a first user and a second user. The application sends notification to the second user that a call is in place between the first user and the triage specialist, and is configured to allow the second user to join the video conference. The triage specialist may receive identification and location information from the first user, and the triage specialist may provide the first user with an assessment of an injury or illness, and send to the first user location information related to a medical provider. The application is configured to generate and send triage reports and recorded video to the second user. In one embodiment, the first user is an employee and the second user is a safety manager affiliated with an employer. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125156 | ROLE BASED COMMUNICATION - The present invention relates to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for routing healthcare information based on a role associated with a user. Information may not always need to go to a specific person but, rather, may need to be communicated to a role. A user may be associated with a given role based on manually claiming the role, being assigned to a role, or being automatically scheduled into a role. Additionally, information may be communicated using user contact preferences specifying the modality by which the user is to be contacted under various circumstances. Further, the information may be re-directed if a rejection (or lack of response) is received by an initial recipient. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125160 | CONTACTLESS AND MINIMAL-CONTACT MONITORING OF QUALITY OF LIFE PARAMETERS FOR ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION - An apparatus, system, and method for the measurement, aggregation and analysis of data collected using non-contact or minimally-contacting sensors provides quality of life parameters for individual subjects, particularly in the context of a controlled trial of interventions on human subjects (e.g., a clinical trial of a drug, or an evaluation of a consumer item such as a fragrance). In particular, non-contact or minimal-contact measurement of quality-of-life parameters such as sleep, stress, relaxation, drowsiness, temperature and emotional state of humans may be evaluated, together with automated sampling, storage, and transmission to a remote data analysis center. One component of the system is that the objective data is measured with as little disruption as possible to the normal behavior of the subject. The system can also support behavioral and pharmaceutical interventions aimed at improving quality of life. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125162 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display screen including a first display area displaying plural similar medical images received from a case search system and a second display area displaying disease names is displayed on a display of an information terminal. Each similar medical image is a medical image contained in an electronic medical book, and has additional information which includes the number of a page containing the similar medical image. If the user's selection of a similar medical image is detected for the first time after the display of the display screen, a page of an electronic medical book containing the selected similar medical image is displayed on the display screen. If the user's selection of a disease name is detected for the first time after the display of the display screen, a page of an electronic medical book containing differential items corresponding to the selected disease name is displayed on the display screen. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125163 | APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATIC MANAGEMENT OF THE INTAKE OF DRUGS BY A PATIENT - The present invention relates to a new apparatus capable of scheduling and supervising the intake of drugs by the patient. Said apparatus comprises a device adapted to be used by the patient as a reminder of the various administrations and the various drugs that the patient him/herself must take. The device according to the present invention is capable of automatically connecting to the Internet network—it only requires power supply—and is adapted to be set via remote connection directly by the patient's physician. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125164 | BOLUS DISPLAY AND DOCUMENTATION - Methods, computer systems and computer readable media for receiving data and information from medical devices in a healthcare setting are provided. In embodiments, an indication that a bolus is being administered to a patient in association with the infusion is received. Accordingly a graphical indication the bolus is running is provided, the indication causing a volume remaining and the rate of the infusion to be temporarily masked until the bolus is completed. In embodiments, a graphical indication is provided that indicates an infusion is being administered. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125165 | INFUSION BILLING - Methods, computer systems and computer readable media for receiving data and information from medical devices in a healthcare setting are provided. In embodiments, a graphical indication is provided that indicates an infusion is being administered. Upon an interaction with the user interface being received, a billing link is provided. Once a selection of the billing link is received, encounter specific infusion information is provided. The encounter specific infusion information is provided to a billing service. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125166 | INTEROPERABLE MEDICAL CODE - A program product that includes an authentication system and a method for processing a medical order from a health practitioner is disclosed. The program product comprises an interoperable medical code containing a plurality of identifiers of information regarding the medical order. The identifiers are grouped into modules representing at least a practitioner identifier module, a patient identifier module, a medical requisition identifier module, a patient clinical information module and an order timestamp. The system further authenticates the interoperable medical code and generates the medical order from the interoperable medical code. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125167 | METHOD AND DEVICE - A method implemented by a computer includes: obtaining information on a first medicine before being taken or information on a food or beverage before being consumed; communicating with an external device that stores information on a second medicine being taken; transmitting the information on the first medicine or the information on the food or beverage to the external device; and notifying a user that the first medicine or the food or beverage is a medicine or a food or beverage that is prohibited or restricted from being consumed together with the second medicine when receiving information that the first medicine or the food or beverage is a medicine or a food or beverage that is prohibited or restricted from being consumed together with the second medicine. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125170 | DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL DATA APPLIED TO CLINICAL TRIALS - Methods, devices, systems and computer program products determine suitability of an individual for participation in a drug trial. One method for assessment of suitability of an individual for participation in a drug trial includes receiving a message that provides an identity of an individual and a request for a drug trial suitability assessment for the individual. In response, medical, health or drug-related data is obtained from a plurality of data sources. One or more of the data sources is a real-time data source that is updated on a continual basis. The method further includes filtering the information to produce a customized data set based on the individual's identity and a phase of drug assessment trial. Such customized data set is changeable based on real-time changes in the information obtained from the data sources. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125171 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CLINICAL TRIALS - Systems and methods for managing, analyzing, and evaluating clinical trials. Clinical trial data collection, management, review, and analysis may be performed independent of the clinical trial. A clinical trial manager may have a study review and management application and a clinical trial database. The study review and management application may have a protocol selecting engine, a data collection engine, and a data analysis engine. The data collection engine may have a communication routine and documentation routine for collecting data and documenting the data in the clinical trial database. The data analysis engine may have a categorization routine and analysis routine for categorizing and analyzing the data collected by the data collection engine. The clinical trial manager may be accessible via a user interface. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160132646 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CALCULATING HEALTH CARE TREATMENT STATISTICS - Systems and methods for calculating health care treatment statistics are provided. In one embodiment, a system comprises a data-holding subsystem storing raw medical claims data in non-transitory memory, and a logic subsystem configured to partition the raw medical claims data into a plurality of data sets based on one or more of insurance type, episode grouping, member key, date-of-service key, or a combination thereof, wherein the logic subsystem is further configured to calculate statistics based on each of the plurality of data sets and output correlated calculation results for display on a user device, and wherein the statistics include a frequency of patients receiving a health care service and an average cost of the health care service. In this way, a health care consumer may know what to expect for different treatment options for a given medical condition. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132647 | Patient-to-Patient Communities - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to search for other users who are associated with at least a threshold level of similarity to the requesting user; accessing information indicative of a patient profile of the requesting user; determining one or more attributes of the requesting user; searching a data repository for information indicative of a user associated with one or more attributes corresponding to at least one of the one or more attributes of the requesting user; identifying, based on searching, a user associated with one or more attributes corresponding to at least one of the one or more attributes of the requesting user; determining that the one or more corresponding attributes of the identified user satisfy the threshold level of similarity; and transmitting information indicative of the identified user, with the transmitted information specifying the identified user as being a peer of the requesting user. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132648 | Data Processing System and Method for Computer-Assisted Coding of Natural Language Medical Text - A system and method utilizing deep clinical knowledge represented as a knowledge-graph to complement and enhance Natural Language Processing (NLP) for efficient and high-quality computer assisted coding of medical text. One embodiment utilizes the International Classification of Diseases version-10 Procedural Coding System (ICD-10-PCS). The system uses multiple knowledge bases combined with direct mapping provided by the ICD-10-PCS standard to enhance the coverage of assigned code. The system identifies ICD-10-PCS code considering hierarchical mapping and identifies the code by individual ICD-10-PCS character. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132650 | Nursing Home Bed Reservation System - A system for managing discharge of patients from a hospital to a nursing care facility has the steps of a nursing facility registers on the database, the nursing facility providing real-time updates on a current bed availability, the database is updated with the bed availability as well as features of the available bed, an up-to-date view of bed availability is provided to a hospital case managers view bed availability, and the patient is discharged and sent to the available bed. The features are selected from the group consisting of gender, isolation beds, subacute conditions, custodial beds and the presence of a ventilator. The system may also have the step of placing a biomonitoring device on a patient and monitoring the patient. Monitoring the patient may include locating the patient within the facility, monitoring vital functions, and monitoring for early stroke detection. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132651 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN HEALTHCARE CONSUMERS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS - Systems and methods for facilitating healthcare transactions are described. The techniques describe herein may enable a user to select a rendering provider for a procedure. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132653 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING CLINICAL DATA - Embodiments provide a method, system and non-transitory computer medium for processing clinical data. In particular, the method comprises configuring at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program instructions to perform the steps of:
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| 20160132658 | NOVEL MULTI-COMPARTMENT DOSAGE CARDS FOR SPLIT PACKAGE ADMINISTRATION - The present invention relates to novel technology suitable for reducing errors introduced into the process of medication administration. In particular, the present invention provides an instrument for on demand printing of patient database information directly to medication packaging, e.g., multi-compartment packaging, through a patient database interfacing control unit (DICU), which is capable of generating a dose label for a multi-compartment package, wherein each compartment label of the complete package label is independently compliant to state guidance documents incorporating the requirements of the five rights for split package administration. Accordingly, the present invention provides multi-compartment dosage cards engineered for safer split package administration, and systems to produce such cards. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132660 | ELECTRONIC MEDICATION ADHERENCE, IDENTIFICATION, AND DISPENSATION - An electronic medication system including a network server ( | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132663 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENHANCED DISTRIBUTION OF PHARMACEUTICALS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES - A system and related methods of enhanced distribution of pharmaceuticals in long-term care facilities are provided. An embodiment of a system includes one or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines each positioned in a long-term care facility remote from a long-term care facility pharmacy group management server and in communication therewith, and long-term care facility pharmacy management computer programs associated with the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server to enhance use of the one or more of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines. The long-term care facility management computer programs include a patient prescription receiver and a medication dispensing apparatus administrator and are configured and operable to transmit dispensing instructions to the one or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines when no drug conflicts exist to thereby initiate packaging and dispensing of one or more disposable patient dosing packages. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160140296 | Methods and Apparatus for Processing Medical Data From A Plurality Of Users - In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method that comprises receiving, a user request from a first system user of a plurality of system users for a communication of health data with a health information system. The health information system includes a data store that stores health data related to the plurality of system users. The method further comprises providing to the first system user health data stored by a second system user in the data store based on access approval by the second system user in response to a user request for health data associated with the second system user; analyzing health data for a first group of system users if the user request is an analysis of health data associated with the first group of system users; providing to the first system user the analyzed health data; and communicating health data associated with the first system user to a second group of system users if the user request is a request to communicate and the first system user has designated the system users of the second group of system users. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140299 | AUTO DIRECTOR FOR THE AMBULANCE AND EMERGENCY - An emergency response system includes at least one server with circuitry configured to receive an emergency report from an external device regarding injuries and location of at least one victim. A scope of the emergency is determined based on the emergency report that describes a location of the victim and the injuries of the victim. The circuitry outputs instructions to the external device related to providing first aid based on the injuries of the victim. At least one emergency response team is assigned to respond to the emergency, and information related to one or more incoming patients is output to a medical facility. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140300 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED QUALITY ASSURANCE AND AUTOMATED TREATMENT PLANNING IN RADIATION THERAPY - Methods and systems for evaluating a proposed treatment plan for radiation therapy, for evaluating one or more delineated regions of interest for radiation therapy, and/or for generating a proposed treatment plan for radiation therapy. Machine learning based on historical data may be used. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140301 | VALIDATION OF DIGITAL SURGICAL VIDEOS - Computer-implemented methods and systems for validating digital surgical videos are disclosed herein. According to an embodiment, an Internet-based method for validating a digital video comprises submitting the digital surgical video to a video hosting website; analyzing and accepting the video for a pre-publication review, wherein the pre-publication review comprises automatically assigning the accepted video to at least two randomly selected reviewers using a computer algorithm; automatically associating an approved for publication status identifier with the video; and embedding an indicia representative of validation of the video content in the approved for publication video. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140302 | LOCATION-BASED HEALTHCARE COLLABORATION, DATA MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS CONTROL - The locations of electronic devices in an institutional facility are determined based on interaction with the wireless mobile devices of users who roam though the facility and interact with (or are detected by) the devices. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL ANALYSIS OF HEALTHCARE CLAIMS - Methods and systems are provided for dynamically presenting visually codified information associated with healthcare claims for payment of medical services and/or products provided to respective patients. Received healthcare claim information is stored in a healthcare claim database, and a healthcare claim graphic is created for each healthcare claim according to pre-determined specifications and using the healthcare claim information. Each healthcare claim graphic includes data fields for displaying different categories of information, a color scheme for representing information included in each of a first group of data fields, and one or more symbols for representing information included in each of a second group of data fields. A collection of healthcare claim graphics is displayed with a plurality of zoom options for dynamically toggling between a summary view of the entire collection, a semi-detailed view of a group of graphics, and a detailed view of one graphic. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140308 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF NOTIFYING A PATIENT TO TAKE MEDICATION - Systems and methods of scheduling and sending notifications to, and receiving acknowledgements from, patients regarding specific health care events, such as the taking of medications at scheduled times and in prescribed dosages. By directing a patient to take their prescribed dosages of medication at scheduled times based on a schedule of medications prepared for the patient by a health care provider, a caregiver, etc., and enabling the patient to provide acknowledgements of having taken their prescribed dosages of medication, improved health care outcomes can be achieved. Further, by allowing the patient to receive such directives to take their medication, as well as to send such acknowledgements, using a set top box connected to a television set, a mobile device such as a mobile phone, and/or a patient notification device such as a wireless pendant, desired improvements in health care outcomes can be achieved with an increased level of convenience. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140309 | AUTO ATTENDANT SYSTEM WITH STATUS NOTIFICATION COMPONENTS - A mounted or portable device that allows for instant communication and notification between two parties is provided. Directed primarily at elderly family members and the like that live on their own, such a device includes a video screen for display of various media in order to provide memory inducements, as well as video communication on demand. Furthermore, such a device permits a remote user to contact the person with a request for instant verification of the person's condition. Failure to respond to such a request leads to automatically sent communications to pre-assigned recipients that attention for the person user may be required, thereby seeking the closest recipient proximally at that specific moment to provide such attention and/or notification to proper authorities that medical or other help is needed. The system also allows the direct user the capability of contacting medical/police/etc. authorities if attention is needed immediately as well. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140310 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING A HUMAN HEALTH PREDICTION FOR A PERSON THROUGH DETERMINATION OF THEIR HEALTH KNOWLEDGE - A system and method for predicting a health outcome of a user based on a determination of knowledge the user possesses regarding issues of physiological or mental health. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140311 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING REAL TIME ACTIVE SURVEILANCE OF DISEASE OUTBREAK - A system and method is disclosed for the real-time active surveillance of disease. The system generates an outbreak detection model by analyzing the spending records of individuals who are known to be infected to identify purchases and purchase patterns that correlate to infection in the population with a disease. Based on the identified purchases, the system generates probabilistic identification criteria and merges the criteria to simulation models of infection spread by geography to generate a geospatial outbreak detection model. The system applies the generated model to spending records, in real time, to identify and monitor disease spread in the population. The system can also generate alerts if the likelihood that an individual is infected, or one or more individuals in a set or population is infected exceeds a threshold. Actions are taken at remote devices, such as mobile phones, computers and POS terminals in certain embodiments. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140315 | MEDICATION WORKFLOW MANAGMEENT - Methods for managing preparation, delivery, and recycling of a medication for a patient are provided. In one aspect, a method includes interfacing with a medication preparation component, an inventory management component, a delivery management component, and a medication recycling management component. The medication preparation component fulfills a plurality of medication orders based on a first set of parameters. The medication preparation component cannot interface directly with the parameters for the other components. The method includes providing the medication preparation component the first set of parameters based on the parameters for the other components. In another aspect, a method includes receiving a plurality of medication orders, providing preparation instructions when a medication order cannot be fulfilled by unused medications, providing delivery instructions for the medications, and receiving delivery verifications. Machine-readable media are also provided. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140316 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING MEDICAL PATIENT SYMPTOMS AND PROVIDING TAILORED PRESCRIPTIONS - The present disclosure is generally related to automatically evaluating medical patient symptoms and, more specifically, to systems and methods for providing tailored prescriptions, multi-dimensional patient matching and symptom monitoring. In particular, a medical patient completes a questionnaire, responses to the questionnaire are correlated with information obtained from a medical knowledge resource and an integrated symptoms summary is generated based on the responses to the questionnaire and the information obtained from the medical knowledge resource. A tailored prescription is provided to the patient based on the integrated symptoms summary and physician consultation (if applicable), patients are compared to other patients according to questionnaire responses so that they can connect with each other if they chose, and patients are able to monitor symptoms over time so that they can gain insight into whether treatments are working. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140322 | System and Method for Conducting Cohort Trials - A computer-assisted method that includes: receiving data encoding parameters defining a study plan of a clinical trial with more than one participant clinical sites; adding a first cohort to the study plan; adding a second cohort to the study plan, the second cohort having no overlapping patient with the first cohort; subsequent to onset of the clinical trial, receiving de-identified information encoding attributes of participant human subjects at each of the clinical sites; parsing the received de-identified information to map the participant human subjects to a particular cohort of the study plan; in response to receiving update information encoding attributes of the participant human subjects at each of the clinical sites, longitudinally tracking the de-identified participant human subjects as mapped to corresponding cohorts of the study plan while the clinical trial progresses at the clinical sites; and providing analytics of the cohorts of the study plan. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140323 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A HEALTH DETERMINATION SERVICE BASED ON USER KNOWLEDGE AND ACTIVITY - Examples are provided herein for providing a service in connection with determining a health of a user. A collection of questions are stored for the user, with each question being based on a documented assertion pertaining to human health. Each question in the collection of questions is associated with a correlative health parameter that is based at least in part on (i) persons in a control population that have independent knowledge of an assertion that is a basis of that question, and (ii) a value of a predetermined health parameter for each person in the control population, the value of the predetermined health parameter for each person being indicative of that person's health. Based on data generated by one or more activity monitoring devices, questions from the collection are selected for display to the user. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140442 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SUBJECT CONDITIONS IN MOBILE HEALTH CLINICAL TRIALS - A method for calculating a subject's state or condition comprises integrating data that are captured from multiple sources, storing the integrated data in a first database, calculating time intervals in which to collect an optimal amount of data to predict the subject state, developing a predictive model using a recorded diary or electronic data capture information, testing the model against a portion of the captured data, and applying the predictive model to new data from other sources. The predictive model may determine a subject state that may be a digital bio-marker for a disease condition. A system for predicting subject state is also disclosed. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED ANALYTIC PROCESS FLOWS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND MANAGE HEALTHCARE COSTS - A system and method for automating analytic processes to improve health outcomes and manage healthcare costs. Data associated with healthcare encounters with managed care organizations (MCOs) is acquired. Findings, predictions, and recommendations for tracking services provided by the MCOs are identified with analytic flows that are based on the data. Relations between the services provided by the MCOs and the healthcare encounters are identified. Utilization statistics are extracted from the data with the analytic processes. Information from the utilization statistics relevant to the healthcare encounters is output. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A HEALTH SERVICE BENEFIT BASED ON A KNOWLEDGE-BASED PREDICTION OF A PERSON'S HEALTH - A system and method for predicting a health outcome of a user based on a determination of knowledge the user possesses regarding issues of physiological or mental health. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160143594 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL TIME SERIES ENTRAINMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Illness signatures are mathematically characterized by entrainment relationships among multiple time series representations of physiological processes. Such characteristics include time and phase lags, window lengths for optimum detection, which time series are most entrained with each other, the degree of entrainment relative to the rest of the large database, and the concordance or discordance of the time-varying changes. These optimum disease-specific characteristics can be determined, for example, from large, clinically well-annotated databases of time series representations of physiological processes during health and illness. These characteristics of the entrainment relationships among multiple time series representations of physiological processes are used to make mathematical and statistical predictive models using multivariable techniques such as, but not limited to, logistic regression, nearest-neighbor techniques, neural and Bayesian networks, principal and other component analysis, and others. These models are quantitative expressions that transform measured characteristics to the probability of an illness, or p(illness). | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147956 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR EXECUTING TRANSACTIONS - Computer systems configured to select links in a set of links having associated descriptive information matching information received by the computer system, to arrange the selected links into an ordered list of links responsive to further information, and to transmit at least a portion of the ordered list of links to a remote computer, wherein the list of links are configured to give a user of the remote computer the ability to select any one of the links and, by using the selected link, to access a digital information block associated with the selected link. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147957 | System and Method for a Healthcare Provider - A system and method for a healthcare provider that facilitates the creation of baseline test data and post-loss test data to determine if an individual has experienced a legitimate work-related injury. Additionally, the HP ( | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147962 | AUTOMATED AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for autonomous record population with past agricultural treatments, including: monitoring a user device parameter of a user device for a trigger event, wherein the user device is associated with a user account; automatically initiating sensor measurement recordation with a user device in response to occurrence of the trigger event; recording a set of sensor measurements over a treatment time period; automatically identifying a past agricultural treatment based on the sensor measurements; and automatically generating a record of the past agricultural treatment for the user account, the record including: the treatment time period, an identifier for the past agricultural treatment, and a field identifier for the predefined geofence. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147963 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PATIENT DETECTION, REGISTRATION, FOLLOW-UP AND MANAGEMENT OF RELATED DOCUMENTS DURING CLINICAL TRIALS - A computer system for patient detection, registration, follow-up and management of related documents during at least one clinical trial, includes at least one server having at least one clinical trials database that has at least eligibility criteria for the or each clinical trial, and an interactive interface displaying questions relating to eligibility criteria, allowing entering answers to said questions, communicating, through a communication network with the server and the clinical trials database, and displaying eligibility information. The server is programmed to determine whether a patient is eligible for a clinical trial, to generate a unique encoded identifier for each eligible patient participating in a clinical trial, to generate documents including the unique encoded identifier and data related to the clinical trial to ensure patient anonymity. One or more databases including eligible patient data related to patients who agree to participate in a clinical trial and responsible staff data are provided. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147965 | MEDICAL SYSTEM - A medical system includes a transmitter that is attached to a patient to obtain vital sign of the patient, and transmits the vital sign together with position information on a position of the transmitter, and a plurality of portable terminals each of which is carried by a medical staff and displays a position and a condition of the patient based on the position information and the vital sign transmitted from the transmitter. Each of the portable terminals includes an accepting section accepting an operation of showing that the medical staff carrying the portable terminal is coming to the position of the patient, and a transmitting section that transmits, to the portable terminals other than the portable terminal accepting the operation, information corresponding to acceptance of the operation when the operation is accepted by the accepting section. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147968 | HOME-BASED HEALTH AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING SYSTEM - Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with a system, comprising a home base device. The home base device may be configured to register a user and receive a user goal. The home base device may further be configured to acquire information relating to the user, wherein the information includes a schedule of planned activities of the user and generate a health plan schedule based on the user goal and the information, wherein the health plan schedule comprises a plurality of health events scheduled to complement the planned activities of the user. The home base device may initiate a reminder for the user to perform one of the plurality of health events in accordance with the health plan schedule. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147970 | MOBILE SELF-MANAGEMENT COMPLIANCE AND NOTIFICATION METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A computerized interactive method, system and computer program product is provided for managing a person's health and lifestyle through self-managing controlled notifications, feedback, and alerts are disclosed. Embodiments provide computerized self-management and compliance scheme that does not require third party intervention or treatment options typical with immediate-response or alert-based systems. Monitoring, notification, and alert parameters can be partially or wholly self-managed using a graphical user interface or computerized device interface to enable two-way communication between the person and at least one computer server. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147974 | Distributable Computational Pathophysiology System Based on Organ Models - An embodiment may involve repeatedly receiving input regarding health characteristics of a patient in a particular treatment environment. A treatment workflow for the patient may be determined and displayed. The treatment workflow may include one or more steps for diagnosing or treating the patient in the particular treatment environment. Determining the treatment workflow may involve, possibly based on the input, updating a state-based organ model that represents an organ state of the patient. Determining the treatment workflow may further involve, based on the updated state-based organ model and the particular treatment environment, selecting the treatment workflow for the patient from a plurality of treatment workflows. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147975 | OPEN HEALTHCARE APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is an open healthcare apparatus and method in which a user personally performs integrated management of health records including data concerning western medicine, oriental medicine, life logs, etc. health-related big data is built by receiving health information, from which personal information is deleted, under the agreement of the user, and customized health service is provided by various service providers based on the health-related big data. The disclosed apparatus includes a personal cloud repository for storing personal health data, a health-related big data repository for storing public and personal health data on a health case basis, a healthcare platform for storing and analyzing personal health data and for relaying and managing a customized service, and an analysis platform for analyzing user's health based on the information of the health-related big data repository and for providing customized service depending on the analysis result. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147976 | Medication Identification, Tracking And Adherence Management - A method and a wellness adherence tracking system (WATS) for tracking wellness adherence of a healthcare recipient are provided. An identifier code or an existing code is positioned on a medical implement, for example, a medication bin, a parenteral device, a fitness device, etc. The WATS accessible on a user device scans, decodes, and validates the identifier code, and obtains medical information associated with the medical implement and/or an activity, for example, an exercise activity, a diet activity, etc., associated with the medical implement from the decoded and validated identifier code. The WATS renders the medical information and multiple wellness adherence options on a graphical user interface and receives inputs for the wellness adherence options from the user device. The WATS logs the received inputs in association with the wellness adherence criteria in the user device and/or one or more databases to track the wellness adherence of the healthcare recipient. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147978 | INFUSION PLANNING SYSTEM - An infusion planning system that improves timeliness and efficiency of patient care and includes methods, systems, and apparatuses for planning, visualizing, and coordinating medication delivery. These methods, systems and apparatuses can include improved scheduling capabilities for infusion pumps and other medical devices in hospitals or health care facilities. Some embodiments relate to improved recording and reporting of medical care information as well. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148121 | EMERGENCY-ROOM RESERVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Reservations for emergency/urgent care are made by users using a queue feature that identifies earliest available reservations at nearby care facilities that are identified based on user-selected facility search parameters. The queue feature identifies the earliest available reservations based on user-selected treatment categories and facility-selected capacity characteristics for the treatment categories, and recommends a best reservation. The treatment categories can be for example adult, child/pediatric, urgent care, direct admit, walk-in, or worker's comp. And the capacity characteristics can be for example wait time, black-out period, and/or maximum number of reservations per time period. In addition, a reservation-update feature enables the care facilities to update the capacity characteristics for the treatment categories at their facilities to reflect changed conditions. And a reservation-confirmation feature enables the users to rerun the queue process to identify a new best reservation in light of the updated capacity characteristics for the treatment categories. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING TASK VALUE UNITS FOR IMAGING INTERPRETATION AND OTHER TASKS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to utilize task value units for imaging interpretation and other tasks, such as in the assignment of imaging interpretation and other tasks to a plurality of users. In the context of a method, the method associates, for each of a plurality of different types of imaging interpretation tasks and for each of a plurality of other tasks, a first task value unit therewith. The method also associates, for at least some of the plurality of different types of imaging interpretation or other tasks, a second task value unit, different than the first task value unit, therewith. Further, the method assigns imaging interpretation and other tasks to a plurality of users based at least partially upon the first and second task value units associated with the respective imaging interpretation tasks and the other tasks. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148317 | MOBILE DEVICE FOR MANAGING HEALTHCARE TRANSACTION DATA, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND SYSTEM FOR THE SAME - A mobile device for managing healthcare transaction data is provided. The mobile device includes an I/O interface unit, an image capture unit, a network unit configured to communicate with a financial institution having financial data of the user and to transmit a claim request documentation for a qualifying expense to at least one of a health savings account custodian and a health insurance provider, and a computing unit coupled to the I/O interface unit. The computing unit is configured to receive a first healthcare transaction data from at least one of the image capture unit in the mobile device, a payment unit in the mobile device, and the input from the user, and a second healthcare transaction data from the financial institution. The computing unit is configured to determine whether the first healthcare transaction data and the second healthcare transaction data include a qualifying expense for reimbursement. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160154937 | DISPLAYS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING AVAILABLE TREATMENTS FOR SELECTED MEDICAL DIAGNOSES | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154939 | COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONICALLY INDICATING THE ACCEPTABILITY OF A PRODUCT | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154940 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING AND MANAGING TELEPRESENCE DEVICES IN HEALTHCARE NETWORKS | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154945 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHANGING MEDICINE-TAKING SCHEDULE | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154946 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING AND ANALYZING A LIST OF A PATIENT'S PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154947 | SENSITIVE DRUG DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154948 | MANAGING COMPANIONSHIP DATA | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160155167 | MEDICAL SOFTWARE SELLING METHOD | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160162646 | FIRST TIME CONFIRMATION OF DATABASE ENTRY - Provided is an apparatus that stores a formulary. The apparatus includes a memory device that stores the formulary, the formulary comprising a plurality of drug entries. A user input device allows a user to verify a drug of the plurality of drug entries of the formulary. A code reader interprets computer-readable codes. After a computer-readable code that is associated with the drug is read by the code reader, the drug is verified using the user input device. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162648 | Method for Creating Standardized Patient Care Pathways - A method and process for devising and designing standardized patient care pathways, gaining approval for such patient care pathways, communicating such standardized patient care pathways to relevant healthcare providers and educating such healthcare providers as to the standardized patient care pathway, and implementing and monitoring such standardized patient care pathways. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162649 | Regression Modeling System Using Activation Scale Values as Inputs to a Regression to Predict Healthcare Utilization and Cost and/or Changes Thereto - In a regression modeling system, activation scale values over a plurality of survey participants is used to generate a regression to identify a predictive model that can have a direct explanatory relationship to healthcare utilization and cost. The survey can comprise a number of declarative statements and the responses can be an indication of a participant's level of agreement. The activation scale value for a given individual is thus a predictive dependent variable that can be changed with a known effect on outcomes (independent variables). For example, healthcare utilization and costs will decline as an activation scale value goes up. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162656 | SYSTEM FOR USING MEDICATION SAMPLES TO MEASURE MEDICATION ACQUISITION AND IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOMES - Systems and methods for measuring the acquisition of a medical product by a patient are disclosed. The system may include a patient registration system, one or more patient care systems that includes at least one interactive response system. The patient registration system may capture a tracking code for the medical product the patient is taking and create an electronic patient specific data file in a database corresponding to the tracking code and the patient information. The patient care system may activate at least one system that collects patient's information, develops personalized patient monitoring parameters, receives a second set of data associated to the patient's interaction with the interactive response system, evaluate the second set of data against the personalized patient monitoring parameters, generate a feedback action plan for the user that measures patient's adherence to medical products and/or patient care systems, and triggers an intervention. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162658 | System and Method for Generating a Prescription Information Output - A system and method for generating a prescription information output. The present system enables healthcare professionals and patients to keep track of the medications consumed by the patient. The present invention is a method of receiving information from a patient's prescriptions, retrieving a picture of the prescribed medication, and arranging the picture and other information into a chart. The chart is arranged by an administration time selection that is made based on the prescribed dosage. The chart generated by the present system can be attached to multi-medication bubble packs and used to verify medicine dispensed to patients. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162659 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING TREATMENT USING MEDICATION COMPLIANCE PATTERNS AND GLUCOSE SENSOR - Methods and apparatus monitor medication usage data for one patient or a population of patients, which can be processed to determine compliance patterns. Such methods and systems can associate, analyze, organize and present medication usage data, compliance patterns, and correlations between compliance patterns and outcomes data for electronic analysis or analysis by a caretaker. Such methods and apparatus permit analysis of compliance patterns to enable, for example, establishment or adjustment of safe and effective treatment regimens, and may include feedback systems for ensuring authenticity of medication and/or effects of medication on a patient. Such methods and apparatus also permit detection of medication in a biological sample of the patient through a medication monitor having a detection device, such as a skin-prick device, and a glucose sensor that can detect a target agent in the biological sample. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160171165 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT ROUTING OF HEALTH INFORMATION | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171167 | CLINICAL DASHBOARD FOR MEDICAL DEVICE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171168 | COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR REMOTE PATIENT MANAGEMENT AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UTILIZING SAME | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171173 | METHOD OF INDENTIFYING NEW USES OF KNOWN DRUGS | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171178 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CLINICAL FINDINGS FUSION REPORT | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171179 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INVESTIGATING THE SPREAD OF PATHOGENS AT A SITE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171181 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING SUBJECT EVENT RATE REPORTING | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160175164 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCHEDULING PROCEDURES SUCH AS TOILETING | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180025 | Point of delivery signature capture to consent for refill prescriptions | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180026 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180030 | System and Method for Analyzing Revenue Cycle Management | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180031 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND REPORTING INVENTORIES OF PHARMACEUTICAL SAMPLES | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180032 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180033 | HEALTHCARE FACILITY WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180034 | CLAIM REIMBURSEMENT VALUATION AND REMITTANCE VALIDATION | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180036 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180041 | Identification of Surgery Candidates Using Natural Language Processing | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180042 | DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR STROKE PATIENTS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180043 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF APPLYING STATE OF BEING TO HEALTH CARE DELIVERY | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180047 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC CONTENT | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180053 | System And Method Of Conducting In Silico Clinical Trials | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180056 | PROCESSING A SEARCH RESULT FROM A MEDICAL QUERY-BASED SEARCH | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180057 | DOSE PREPARATION DATA ANALYTICS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180275 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A SITE PERFORMANCE INDEX | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180276 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SITE PERFORMANCE | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180483 | Electronic Medical Evaluation Software | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160183796 | PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PATIENT MANAGEMENT SERVER - A patient management system of an embodiment includes a server, a plurality of ophthalmic examination apparatuses assigned to a plurality of patients, and a plurality of computers installed in a plurality of medical institutions. The ophthalmic examination apparatuses and computers are communicable with the server via a communication line. The server manages the account of each patient, and the account of each medical institution. Test data obtained by each of the ophthalmic examination apparatuses is stored in the account of a corresponding patient. The server sends information stored in the account of a patient to a computer installed in one of the medical institutions assigned in advance to the patient. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188601 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS OF IMPLEMENTING A RANKED HEALTH-CONTENT ARTICLE FEED - A computerized method for implementing a ranked health-content article feed includes the step of obtaining a set of health-content articles. A health-content article includes a distributable computer file containing a media content comprising text, a digital image or a digital video. The method includes the step of identifying a sub-set of health content articles comprising a marketing content. The method includes the step of removing the sub-set of health content articles comprising the marketing content from the set of health-content articles. The method includes the step of providing an authority score for each health-content article of the set of health-content articles. The method includes the step of providing a social-popularity score for each health-content article of the set of health-content articles. The method includes the step of providing a content score for each health-content article of the set of health-content articles. The method includes the step of aggregating the authority score, the social popularity score and the content score for each health-content article. The method includes the step of ranking the set of health-content articles based on an aggregated score of each health-content article. The method includes the step of distributing a ranked set of health-content articles to a consumer entity in a web-feed format. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188802 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL DATA BASED ON CARE PROVIDING SITE VISIT OF USER - An apparatus and method for managing medical data based on a care providing site visit of a user are disclosed. The method of managing the medical data may include collecting medical data from a care providing site server associated with at least one care providing site, identifying a user included in the medical data, and managing the medical data by care providing site visit of the user visiting the care providing site. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188803 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHECKING CARE PROVIDING SITE VISIT OF USER - An apparatus and method for checking a care providing site visit of a user are disclosed. The method of checking the care providing site visit may include collecting identification information of a user who visits a care providing site, verifying the user and the user's visit to the care providing site based on the collected identification information, and providing a medical data interface for creating medical data of the verified user to a doctor that medically assesses. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188812 | HYPOTHESIS-DRIVEN, REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA STREAMS USING TEXTUAL REPRESNETATIONS - A method of analyzing physiological data streams. According to the method, physiological data is received into a computerized machine. The physiological data comprises numerical data and medical symptoms of a patient. Features are extracted from the physiological data based on development of the physiological data over a period of time. The features are converted into a textual representation using natural language generation. Input terms for an information retrieval system operating on the computerized machine are automatically generated based on the features. The input terms are input to the information retrieval system. A corpus of data is automatically searched to retrieve results to the input terms using the information retrieval system. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188813 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING MEDICAL PROCEDURES PRACTICES, AND/OR DIAGNOSES - Systems and methods for providing evaluation scores for medical procedures or clinical studies are provided. The evaluation scores are generated based on quantitative and qualitative information of the medical procedures or clinical studies provided from databases of peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed medical information. To generate the evaluation scores, diagnostic features inputted by a user are also taken into account. These may include disease type, disease characteristic, disease progression, follow-up time, patient population, or individual patient characteristics such as age, gender, height, weight, health history, etc. A user interface is provided to conveniently show the medical procedures or clinical studies ordered by the generated evaluation scores. The user interface may also show the input diagnostic features as well as some of the quantitative and qualitative information of the medical procedures, clinical studies, or data. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188814 | MODELING OF PATIENT RISK FACTORS AT DISCHARGE - A medical system includes a modeling unit ( | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188815 | MEDICAL SUPPORT APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL SERVICE - A medical support apparatus for outputting information of a medical service for a patient body includes an input receiving device for receiving medical care information input by user input in relation to the patient body. A page generator generates a medical support page containing first and second display areas arranged with one another. The first display area displays a medical care schedule with plural medical services arranged in a time sequence to be performed for the patient body. The second display area displays and arranges the medical care information in a sequence of reception in the input receiving device while the medical services are performed. Preferably, the medical care information includes message information for communication between medical staff members. The medical care information is entered and displayed according to instant messaging in a multi-user environment in a medical team. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188816 | METHOD FOR COST-BASED EVALUATION OF A SERVICE DELIVERY NETWORK - An embodiment of a computer based method for evaluating a service delivery network for a geographic region that provides a set of services via a set of facilities within the geographic region is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method involves identifying existing and projected geographically distributed demand for a set of services within the geographic region over a desired time horizon and finding an optimal allocation of the set of services to a set of existing and potential new facilities over the desired time horizon, wherein the set of existing and potential new facilities are located within the geographic region. Additionally, the optimal allocation is a function of the capital expense and the operating expense of providing the services over the desired time horizon. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188820 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR REAL TIME BENEFIT CHECK - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for real time benefit check (RTBC). Described method, system, and apparatus embodiments are provided to enable real-time request/response transactions initiated by a prescriber to a pharmacy benefits management (PBM). The described embodiments enable RTBC transactions that may be request/response transactions to provide the requester with formulary and coverage status and estimated patient cost for a patient and drug within a fulfillment method such as retail pharmacy, 90 day supply retail pharmacy, or mail order pharmacy. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188824 | HEALTHCARE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR TAILORING PATIENT CARE - A healthcare decision support system for tailoring patient care comprises a processor and a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium contains instructions for execution by the processor causing the processor to perform the steps of obtaining media stimulation and feedback data of a patient in an adaptive healing environment, said media stimulation and feedback data including information on interactions of the patient with the adaptive healing environment, obtaining condition data of the patient, obtaining electronic health record data of the patient, evaluating the obtained data and determining a patient parameter including information on the patient set and providing the patient parameter set to a medical decision support component. The present invention further relates to a corresponding method and to a patient care system. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188826 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED TRIAGE - A method for triaging a respondent includes: providing a quality of life related query to the respondent; receiving a response to the query; determining the response was indicative of a person potentially suffering from disorder sleep; providing information regarding disorder sleep; providing a demographic related query; receiving a response to the demographic related query; determining a particular demographic group for which the respondent should be associated; providing a symptom related query based on the particular demographic group; receiving a response to the symptom related query; determining the response was indicative that the respondent suffers from the symptom; determining a disease that corresponds to the symptom; providing information regarding the disease; determining the respondent's location; and providing information related to a sleep expert near the respondent's location. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188829 | TECHNIQUES FACILITATING MOBILE TELEMEDICINE FOR STROKE PATIENTS - A method for facilitating mobile telemedicine for a suspected stroke case can include initiating, with an evaluation device, a prehospital mobile telemedicine videoconference with a remote device when a projected amount of time exceeds a threshold. The method can include determining for presentation, a set of specified symptoms of a stroke, the specified symptoms obtained remotely using the prehospital mobile telemedicine videoconference, obtaining input from a user, including information indicative as to whether a patient is exhibiting symptoms of a stroke, and in response to obtaining input, transmitting, from the evaluation device to the remote device, the information indicative as to whether the patient is exhibiting symptoms of a stroke. The method can include generating a medical alert, at the evaluation device, the medical alert including patient information and the information indicative as to whether the patient is exhibiting symptoms of a stroke. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188830 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME ONLINE AND ON-DEMAND MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF A PATIENT - A system and method for enabling an on-demand real-time diagnosis and treatment of patients by remotely located physicians including a telemedicine clinic being configured to provide care to a patient; a monitor being configured to allow a physician to assess the patient from a remote location; a network being configured to enable the physician to communicate and diagnose the patient from the remote location; and a healthcare network website being configured to enable patients to make medical appointments. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188831 | CAPTURING DATA FOR INDIVIDUAL PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING - A method for capturing images of an individual to determine wellness for such individual, including establishing baseline physiological data for the individual, and baseline capture condition data for the individual; detecting and identifying the presence of the individual in the image capture environment; providing semantic data associated with the individual; capturing one or more images of the individual during a capture event and determining the capture conditions present during the capture event; using the event capture conditions, the baseline physiological data for the individual and the baseline capture condition data to determine the acceptability of event captured images; and using the acceptable images and the semantic data in determining the wellness of the individual. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188837 | COMBINATION TREATMENT SELECTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods, computer program products, and systems are described that include accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual, querying at least one database at least partly based on the at least one attribute, selecting from the at least one database at least one bioactive agent and at least one artificial sensory experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual, and/or presenting an indication of the at least one bioactive agent and the at least one artificial sensory experience at least partly based on the selecting from the at least one database at least one bioactive agent and at least one artificial sensory experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188838 | TRACKING DEVICE FOR AUDIO PLAYBACK - A system, method, and device for communicating information. A designated signal is transmitted to a tracker from a device. A signal is received from the tracker. An identifier associated with the tracker is determined from the signal. Information associated with the identifier is retrieved. The information is communicated to the user at least audibly. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188839 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING PATIENT MEDICATION ADHERENCE - Invention for determining a patient's adherence to various prescribed medications. Here a variety of different types of patient pulse wave measurements (blood pressure, pulse oximeter, ECG) and other physiological measurements are obtained. This actual data is compared to calculated measurements that would be expected based on the various patient baseline measurements in the absence of medication, schedule of medications, and impact of medications the various patient baseline measurements. If the actual data meets expectations, then the patient is likely adhering to the regime. Depending on which types of data do not meet expectations, non-adherence to various previously described medications may be reported. Other types of patient physiological readings, such as temperature, motion, lung function, brain wave function (EEG) and the like may also be obtained, and these additional types of readings can be used to extend the range of different types of drugs/medications that the invention can successfully monitor. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189321 | Integrated Unique Device Identifier (UDI) Patient Safety Notification System - Embodiments provide methods and systems for medical device safety notification. One such embodiment begins by receiving medical device complaints. Next, indications of the received complaints are stored, each complaint includes a respective unique device identifier (UDI) of a corresponding medical device. In turn, each respective manufacturer of the corresponding medical device is notified of the complaint. Then, in response to instructions from the respective manufacturer, safety notifications are generated and sent about the corresponding medical device. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160196389 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PATIENT INDICATIONS TO AN ENTITY | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196390 | ELECTRONIC MEDICAL CHART | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196392 | System and Method for Providing Medical Information | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196393 | System and Method for Integrated Quantifiable Detection, Diagnosis and Monitoring of Disease using Patient Related Time Trend Data | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196394 | ENTITY COHORT DISCOVERY AND ENTITY PROFILING | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196395 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VALIDATING CHANGES IN MEDICAL PRACTICE, PROCEDURES AND PRODUCT CHOICE | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196396 | QUALITY VALUE UNIT SYSTEM AND METHOD | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196398 | DATA ANALYSIS MECHANISM FOR GENERATING STATISTICS, REPORTS AND MEASUREMENTS FOR HEALTHCARE DECISIONS | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196403 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR FINDING A SECOND OPINION FOR DISEASE USING MODERN DATABASE, SEARCH AND MATCHING TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATED WITH A SOCIAL MEDIA | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196404 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING HEALTH | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196405 | MEDICAL LOGISTIC PLANNING SOFTWARE | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196410 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND ALERTING USERS OF DHA LEVELS | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196411 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING PATIENTS WITH CLINICAL TRIALS | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160203263 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING MEDICAL IMAGES AND CREATING A REPORT | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203272 | MEDICAL SCREENING DEVICE | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203275 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE MONITORING AND/OR DRUG DELIVERY | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203277 | MEDICAL SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD FOR OPERATING MEDICAL SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203278 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING MULTILATERAL MARKETPLACE FOR PRESENTING BIDS TO CONSUMERS | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203279 | System and Method for Evidence Based Differential Analysis and Incentives Based Healthcare Policy | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203283 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING DIAGNOSTIC AND MAINTENANCE OF A MEDICAL DEVICE | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203286 | MEDICAL SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD FOR OPERATING MEDICAL SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203290 | SMART MESSAGING SYSTEM FOR MEDICATION ADHERENCE | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203293 | SYSTEM OF ENHANCED DISTRIBUTION OF PHARMACEUTICALS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203294 | METHOD OF ENHANCED DISTRIBUTION OF PHARMACEUTICALS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160249916 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING WHETHER A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT NEEDS TO BE SERVICED | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253452 | PATHOGENICITY SCORING SYSTEM FOR HUMAN CLINICAL GENETICS | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253455 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253458 | Methods, Devices, and Systems Having Multiple Passwords | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253460 | DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253462 | NOVEL OPEN-ACCESS SCHEDULING SYSTEM THAT OPTIMIZES HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM OPERATION | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253463 | SIMULATION-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO HELP HEALTHCARE CONSULTANTS AND HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS DETERMINE AN OPTIMAL HUMAN RESOURCE PLAN FOR A HOSPITAL | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253464 | APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING AND CHECK IN | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253465 | NEXT GENERATION LIFESTREAM APPLICATION | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253467 | DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING FAVORABLE-RISK DISEASE FOR PATIENTS ENROLLED IN ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253470 | ELECTRONIC PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253472 | SURGICAL DATA CONTROL SYSTEM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253473 | INTEGRATED VIRTUAL PATIENT FRAMEWORK | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253475 | COMPLIMENTARY TRADE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253478 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Monitoring Health | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160374776 | MOBILE DEVICE PATIENT IDENTIFIER - A method and system is disclosed for using a computer-readable, graphical code on a mobile device to deliver a medical service. The method can include accessing appointment data via a mobile software application and checking-in to the appointment and to medical service rooms by using the mobile software application. In one embodiment, the mobile software application includes a computer-readable, graphical code, and in another construction, the mobile software application includes the use of a micro-location device. Other methods, and systems are also disclosed. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160374785 | Method and Apparatus for Facial Visualization and Dental or Operational Planning - A method and apparatus for planning medical treatment, the method comprising: displaying a first image of a patient or a body part, wherein the body part is to be designed or operated on, the first image having first imaging characteristics; displaying a second image of the patient or the body part, the second image having imaging characteristics different from the first imaging characteristics; displaying an image of a model of the body part; receiving a user indication associated with adapting the model for the patient; and outputting a model adapted for the patient, the adapted model based on the model and on the user indication. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378917 | Imaging Study Queries Across Multiple Facilities And Repositories - Methods described herein provide functionality for querying medical imaging studies across multiple facilities and repositories. One such embodiment creates an index of existing imaging study data stored at multiple repositories where the index is based on metadata regarding the existing imaging study data. Further, such an embodiment determines the existence of imaging study data relevant to an imaging study query using the created index. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378921 | OPTICAL DATA CAPTURE OF EXERCISE DATA IN FURTHERANCE OF A HEALTH SCORE COMPUTATION - A computer implemented method for managing health-related data captures an image from a display of an exercise machine using a camera, has the images processed to extract the text data from the captured images, and analyzes the text data to identify information relating to extrinsic physical activity performed by a person at the exercise machine. The results are stored in memory and a profile specific to the person is updated. The profile comprises a log of past exercise activity that allows the person to track his or her activity and progress and overall health. The profile can be accessed by the person through a portal such as using a smart phone or a computer program or web browser. The results can be combined with other data to arrive at a health score which can be published through the portal while personal data remains masked from public inspection. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378922 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ELECTRONICALLY DOCUMENTING A VISIT OF A PATIENT - A method of electronically documenting a visit of a patient involves causing at least one computer to: in response to at least one assessment code input signal, retrieve, from at least one computer-readable medium, a first plurality of previously entered patient chart entries stored on the at least one computer-readable medium in association with the assessment code; display at least some of the first plurality of previously entered patient chart entries for user selection; receive at least one selection input signal representing user selection of at least one selected patient chart entry of the first plurality of previously entered patient chart entries; and in response to the at least one selection input signal, store the at least one selected patient chart entry on the at least one computer-readable medium in association with the visit. Apparatuses also disclosed. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378924 | Scale with Positive ID - Embodiments of the invention pertain to a scale for weighing a user wherein the scale includes a built-in positive security/verification system, so as to be able to provide verification of a user's identity. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378925 | FILE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM - The present invention discloses substantially more efficient and effective methods for delivering healthcare whereby patient care can be coordinated effectively and efficiently through changes in different physical settings and levels of care. Coordinated care helps ensure that patients seeking healthcare, and in particular chronically ill patients, with comorbidities get timely care to avoid unnecessary ER visits and admissions. Through risk and disease stratification, member profiling, inter disciplinary team follow-up and patient education, the methods of the present invention are operative to effectively allocate available resources, formulate and execute individualized care plans and successfully manage high risk members. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING CHANGES OF BEST PRACTICE AND EBM TO OUTCOMES THROUGH EXPLICIT MAPPING AND DEPLOYMENT - A method and system is provided for the creation and real-time deployment of clinical decision support assets into clinical information systems and for assessing the impact of the changes over, for example, cost and clinical performance measures of patient care. The present invention can provide real-time clinical effectiveness correlation to practice changes. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378927 | DATABASE FILE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE - The present invention discloses substantially more efficient and effective methods for delivering healthcare whereby patient care can be coordinated effectively and efficiently through changes in different physical settings and levels of care. Coordinated care helps ensure that patients seeking healthcare, and in particular chronically ill patients, with comorbidities get timely care to avoid unnecessary ER visits and admissions. Through risk and disease stratification, member profiling, inter disciplinary team follow-up and patient education, the methods of the present invention are operative to effectively allocate available resources, formulate and execute individualized care plans and successfully manage high risk members. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378928 | Therapist Assisted Mental Health Treatment Management System and Method - Therapist assisted mental health management systems, processes and methods using a therapist remote therapy management computer in communication with a therapy central system cloud for storing plural queued learning modules corresponding to each of one or more different clients. A video conference system allows for confidential video consultation between a mental health therapist and one or more different clients (patients). The client (patient) communicates with the therapy central system cloud to access queued confidential learning modules from the therapy central system cloud. The systems, processes and methods can use interactive, educational treatment modules and periodic consultations with a counselor (therapist). The processes, methods and system can be viewable on a smart phone, tablet, and a computer. The methods, processes and systems can collect analytics on the performance of materials, exercises, and user experiences to continuously improve the system over time. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378929 | TEAM MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TEAM MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICE AND TEAM MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM - Provided are a team medical support device, a method for controlling a team medical support device, and a team medical support system which can smoothly perform information exchange and information sharing in a team medical treatment. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378930 | System and method for generating simulated prescription-drug claims - A computer system and method for generating simulated drug claims, suitable modeling and constructing drug benefit plans, the method, characterized by defining a number of lives covered and total spend amount for the simulated drug claims, wherein the method searches a drug claim database containing a plurality of de-identified, drug claims to retrieve drug claims, based on the number of lives, calculates tiers and tier ratios, determines top dispensed drugs, and creates and populates a set of simulated drug claims, until the spend amount is exhausted. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378931 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPARING AND MATCHING MEDICAL TREATMENT VERSUS DIAGNOSIS AND/OR OTHER INDICATORS RELATED TO MEDICAL TREATMENT AND/OR DIAGNOSIS - An audit system may audit a medical treatment. The audit system may receive data describing a transaction comprising one or more diagnoses and one or more treatments. The audit system may audit the transaction to identify a treatment within the one or more treatments that does not correspond to any of the one or more diagnoses. The audit system may generate an anomaly report for the identified treatment. The audit system may provide the anomaly report to a treatment fulfillment system prior to fulfillment of the treatment, thereby preventing fulfillment of the treatment and/or changing an entity billed for the treatment. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378933 | PATIENT SAFETY PROCESSOR - A processor-based system for analyzing physiologic data and medical care is provided wherein the patient data is analyzed to construct images that are representative of a patient's condition. The processor provides a self-modulating analysis, which is responsive to the occurrence of additional data items to increase the information contained in the images. Identifications of modes of physiologic failure by the analysis of the generated images provides for earlier recognition and intervention and improved protocolization of testing and treatment. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378935 | IMAGING BASED RESPONSE CLASSIFICATION OF A TISSUE OF INTEREST TO A THERAPY TREATMENT - A method for determining a final response class of tissue of interest to a therapy treatment includes obtaining a first set of probabilities of response classes and at least a second set of probabilities of the response classes. The method further includes combining the first and the at least second sets of probabilities of the response classes, thereby generating a combined set of probabilities of the response classes. The method further includes determining the final response class of the tissue of interest to the therapy treatment from a plurality of predefined response classes based on the combined set of probabilities of the response classes. The method further includes generating a signal indicative of the final response class. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378939 | Context-Aware User Interface For Integrated Operating Room - A system and method for managing workflow of a medical procedure, including a control and at least one detector such as a sensor, where the control interprets a user input to control the workflow of the medical procedure. The system and method include multiple input modalities and hazard mitigation measures to control the medical procedure and/or control various medical devices in an operating room. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378942 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ESTIMATE REDUCTION OF LIFETIME HEALTHCARE COSTS BASED ON BODY MASS INDEX - An on-demand and real-time evidence based cost modeling and predictive analysis system, and a financial incentives based plan to reduce healthcare costs. An analytics system that includes a data aggregator and regression models generates incremental expenditures among overweight and obese individuals, predictive forecasts of future medical costs, and predictive forecasts of cost reduction based on financial incentives to recipients. The forecasts may include interactions, personalized variables, statistical trends, prevalence of diseases based on body mass index and/or age, and medical evidence associated with specific illnesses. A computer-based program may process and analyze variables in healthcare records. A health insurance provider may provide an annual rebate on paid premiums to recipients based on a qualifying annual BMI as an incentive. The recipients may receive the rebates in a qualified Healthcare Individual Reimbursement Account (HIRA) managed by the recipients towards future healthcare related expenditures. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378943 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING ADVERSE EVENTS FOR HOME HEALTHCARE OF REMOTELY MONITORED PATIENTS - There is described a method for dynamically computing a patient dynamic risk score indicative of an adverse event occurring on a given day. The method comprises obtaining clinical documentation data, socio-demographic data, answers to remote patient monitoring questionnaires, and vital signs data. The method further comprises using, in a feedforward artificial neural network, the clinical documentation data, the socio-demographic data, the answers to remote patient monitoring questionnaires and the vital signs data to compute the patient dynamic risk score indicative of a risk indicative of the adverse event occurring on a given day. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378944 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING GAIT ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE A HEALTH QUALITY MEASURE - A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for calculating a health quality measure are disclosed. For example, a method receives characteristics of motion information, wherein the characteristics of motion information is based upon gait information, monitors the characteristics of motion information over a time period to determine a plurality of different modes of motion within the time period, and calculates the health quality measure based upon the plurality of different modes of motion. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378947 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR DETERMINING PATIENT-SPECIFIC CARDIOVASCULAR INFORMATION - A noninvasive patient-specific method is provided to aid in the analysis, diagnosis, prediction or treatment of hemodynamics of the cardiovascular system of a patient. Coronary blood flow and pressure can be predicted using a 3-D patient image-based model that is implicitly coupled with a model of at least a portion of the remaining cardiovascular system. The 3-D patient image-based model includes at least a portion of the thoracic aorta and epicardial coronaries of the patient. The shape of one or more velocity profiles at the interface of the models is enforced to control complex flow features of recirculating or retrograde flow thereby minimizing model instabilities and resulting in patient-specific predictions of coronary flow rate and pressure. The invention allows for patient-specific predictions of the effect of different or varying physiological states and hemodynamic benefits of coronary medical interventions, percutaneous coronary interventions and surgical therapies. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378949 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION - A method for electronic prescription operation is disclosed. The method may be implemented by an electronic prescription management system. The method may comprise obtaining, by an electronic prescription management system, an electronic prescription operation request of a user from a client terminal; encrypting, by the electronic prescription management system and according to the operation request, private data of the user with a shared quantum key; and transmitting, by the electronic prescription management system, the encrypted private data to a destination device according to the operation request, wherein the shared quantum key is negotiated and acquired in advance by the electronic prescription management system and the destination device based on a quantum key distribution protocol. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378950 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING A PHARMACEUTICAL - The present invention relates to creating an all-inclusive methodology for data collection and analysis which can serve as a vehicle for pharmaceutical meta-analysis and creation of data-driven best practice guidelines, which represents the cornerstone of evidence based medicine. The present invention includes a number of unique components which record standardized_data throughout a multi-step and multi-stakeholder process, with the end result of creating a standardized method for creating, collecting, storing, communicating, and analyzing data related to the multi-step process of pharmaceutical administration in healthcare. In the course of doing so, a number of unique profiles are created which account for patient and provider differences, which are important in identifying compliance risk factors, causation, intervention, and treatment strategies. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379302 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF CLINICAL TRIAL BUDGETS - Medical and other research organizations, sites within those organizations, and physicians practicing at those sites register in an online database. The company providing the database posts a description of a clinical trial opportunity or other research opportunity. The company can search and match for physicians with research opportunities, or the physicians can browse the list of opportunities. Once it is determined who will perform the research and awarded a contract, performance data are collected at 30-day intervals over the life of the trial for computation of benchmarks. The benchmarks from one physician are compared anonymously to those from other physicians participating in the same opportunity. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379325 | SAMPLING OF MEDICAL DEVICES, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - Systems, methods, and computer storage mediums provide a medical device sample to a medical service provider. Embodiments of the present invention relate to equipping a computing device with the ability to automatically identify a need by a medical professional to use a medical device sample in a medical procedure. The computing device identifies the need of the medical professional for the medical device sample based on a medical procedure code that informs the computing device of the scheduled medical procedure and the requirements for executing the medical procedure. The computing device automatically searches medical device sample inventories that are supplied by medical device sample providers for a medical device sample that is available and satisfies the requirements for use in the medical procedure. The computing device automatically causes the medical device sample to be distributed to the medical professional for evaluation and use in the medical procedure. | 12-29-2016 |
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| 20220133223 | SUMMARIAL SCORES FOR AN EMR PLATFORM - Among other things, a respiratory support score is determined. Operating parameters of one or more respiratory support devices associated with a patient are received. Based on the operating parameters, a respiratory support type associated with the patent is determined. A score range for the respiratory support type is received, and a respiratory support score within the range is determined based on at least a subset of the operating parameters. In another aspect, a medication efficacy score is determined. A time point corresponding to a clinical action performed on a patient is identified, the clinical action including administration of a drug at a particular dosage. Parameters indicative of a clinical condition of the patient are tracked for a time range that includes the time point corresponding to the clinical action. Based on the parameters, a metric indicative of an efficacy of the clinical action performed on the patient is determined. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220137992 | VIRTUAL AGENT TEAM - The present invention relates to a system for providing a team of at least two virtual agents, the system comprising at least one central processing unit, at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium, at least one input device, and at least one output device, wherein the virtual agents are distinctively presented to a user by the at least one output device and each of the at least two virtual agents is assigned to a different field of interest and each of the at least two virtual agents is configured to provide visual and/or audio recommendations of the field of interest assigned to the respective virtual agent to the user on the basis of user-specific data and on the basis of the current state of the user, wherein at least two virtual agents of the team assigned to at least two different fields of interest provide recommendations to the user in the current state so that the user is provided with bidirectional, multidirectional, or even contradictory recommendations of at least two different fields of interest. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220138347 | RISK EVALUATION OF TRANSMISSION OF PATHOGENS IN A SPACE - Evaluating certain risks that are involved with respect to the transmission of pathogens in a given physical space. Some aspects of the present invention include applying privacy-preserving artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and physics-based simulations on image data to characterize the potential source of pathogens. A multi-outcome artificial intelligence (AI) model that identifies object interactions and human actions, combined with physics-based simulations is used to accurately evaluate pathogen load distributions and infection risks. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220138689 | Generation and Data Management of a Medical Study Using Instruments in an Integrated Media and Medical System - In general, a computer-implemented method is described for receiving one or more requests to generate a medical study, retrieving from one or more data repositories one or more medical study instruments, receiving a selection of a particular medical study instrument to use in the medical study, generating by one or more computers a list of one or more research collaborators invited to review the medical study, and generating by one or more computers a list of one of more participants invited to join the medical study. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139522 | METHOD FOR PRESENTING THERAPY EVENTS ON A CONTINUOUS TIME-BASED DATA FEED - Disclosed herein are methods for presenting therapy events on a continuous, time-based data feed. An algorithm for arranging data on the feed can position icons on the feed with information regarding therapy events at a time each event occurred without blocking or interfering with the data feed, including when the data feed is scrolled, zoomed, or otherwise repositioned. The algorithm can include clustering, buffering and affinity components. The clustering component can combine different events occurring at the same time into a single event and keep those events visually together on the data feed. The buffering component can provide a buffer around each event so there is no overlapping of depicted events. The affinity component provides an affinity for placing events as closed to a CGM trend line on the data feed as possible in view of the positioning of other events. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139523 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING A NUTRITION REQUIREMENT - A system for modifying a nutrition requirement includes a computing device configured to obtain a user attribute, identify a nutrition requirement as a function of the user attribute, wherein identifying further comprises, receiving a nutrition training set, wherein the nutrition training set relates an aliment to a user attribute, and identifying the nutrition requirement as a function of a nutrition machine-learning process, receive a monitoring element from a monitoring device, modify the nutrition requirement, wherein modifying further comprises, receiving a modification training set, wherein the modification training set relates a monitoring element to a nutrition outcome, and modifying the nutrition requirement as a function of a modification machine-learning process, identify an aliment that fulfills the modified user nutrition requirement, and present an aliment on a display device. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139527 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF MICRO ORGANISMS - The present document discloses a method of processing a sample obtained from a livestock animal, comprising applying at least some of said milk to a test surface of a growth medium test plate, waiting for a time sufficient to allow microbial growth to form on said test surface, acquiring a visual spectrum image depicting at least part of the test surface, using an image capture device, and providing a computer-implemented pre-trained image classifier algorithm, said image classifier algorithm being pre-trained to determine a microorganism type based on a visible spectrum image depicting a growth pattern of a known microorganism, and applying said image to the pre-trained image classifier algorithm to determine a microorganism type based on a microorganism growth pattern visible on the image. The document also discloses a method of training an image classifier algorithm, an image capture support for use in acquiring the image, a system comprising the image capture support, a user device and a central processing device, and the use of a pre-trained image classifier algorithm for determining a microorganism type based on a visible spectrum image depicting a microorganism growth pattern on a growth medium containing test plate. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139553 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT SUITABLE TO BE USED IN VETERINARY MEDICINE - The embodiments relate to a method and technical equipment, where the method comprises receiving over a data transfer network information comprising at least a set of symptoms concerning a subject; executing a machine learning algorithm to determine one or more conditions based on said received information and to determine instructions for improving said condition; transmitting at least one of the instructions to a client apparatus over a data transfer network; continuously receiving information on the subject, which information relates to an outcome of the applied instructions on the subject; and training the machine learning algorithm with the received information to update the parameters being used for determining the condition and the instructions. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139554 | OMNICHANNEL THERAPEUTIC PLATFORM - A computer-implemented method for treating a medical condition via a digital therapeutic platform, the method including receiving one or more user inputs, generating a script at a script generator, based on the one or more user inputs, determining therapeutic digital content by applying the script as an input to a therapeutic machine learning platform, receiving the therapeutic digital content via at least one of a therapeutic content database or a content generator, identifying a user platform to output the therapeutic digital content, modifying the therapeutic digital content for output via the user platform, providing the therapeutic digital content via the user platform, receiving feedback based on user consumption of the therapeutic digital content via the user platform and adjusting at least one of the script generator or the therapeutic machine learning platform based on the feedback. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139557 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LEVEL OR CONCENTRATION OF AN ANALYTE IN A PERSON'S BLOOD FROM ONE OR MORE VOLATILE ANALYTES IN THE PERSON'S BREATH - A device configured to determine a level or concentration of a disease-related analyte in a person's blood from volatile analyte(s) in the person's breath. The device includes one or more sensors configured to detect the volatile analyte(s) in the person's breath, a microcontroller in communication with each sensor, a transmitter, a battery, and a housing. The microcontroller contains logic that correlates parameter values from the sensor(s) or the level/concentration of the volatile analyte(s) to the level/concentration of the disease-related analyte. The transmitter is configured to transmit the parametric value from each sensor and/or the level/concentration of the volatile analyte(s) and/or the disease-related analyte. The housing surrounds, encloses and/or secures the sensor(s), the microcontroller, the transmitter and the battery, and contains a tube or opening through which the person exhales so that the person's breath contacts the sensor(s). | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139563 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CIRCADIAN RHYTHM BASED ON FEEDBACK FUNCTION - An apparatus and method for managing a circadian rhythm based on a feedback function are disclosed. The circadian rhythm management method based on the feedback function according to the exemplary embodiment includes collecting feature information including a heart rate information, light exposure information, sleep information, and step information for a user, calculating a health score for the user based on the feature information, and providing feedback information including a behavior pattern to improve the health score based on the calculated health score through a user terminal of the user. | 05-05-2022 |
