Evidence-based healthcare information management protocols

A healthcare information management system comprising:

• means for capturing at least one image via at least one camera;
• means for displaying the at least one image;
• means for obtaining at least one user input selecting a specific portion of the at least one image displayed on the at least one display device for depicting at least a portion of one person of one or more persons present in the at least one image;
• means for recognizing the one person of the one or more persons via at least automatic facial recognition applied to the at least one image;
• means for obtaining medical data about the one person responsive to the at least one user input including at least triggering acquisition of one or more images associated with the one person, evaluating the one or more images in relation to the at least one health regimen, and deriving at least one performance metric indicative of compliance of the one person with at least one health regimen;
• means for detecting, via at least one sensor, whether the one person is within a predetermined vicinity of at least one dispenser;
• means for authorizing or declining to authorize at least one dispensation of at least one of a drug or a treatment based at least partly on the at least the at least one performance metric indicative of compliance of the one person with at least one health regimen and the detection that the one person is within the predetermined vicinity of the at least one dispenser;
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• means for facilitating a dispensing, via the at least one dispenser, the at least one of the drug or the treatment responsive to authorization of the at least one dispensation.

A healthcare information management method comprising:

• capturing at least one image via at least one camera;
• displaying the at least one image;
• obtaining at least one user input selecting a specific portion of the at least one image displayed on the at least one display device for depicting at least a portion of one person of one or more persons present in the at least one image;
• recognizing the one person of the one or more persons via at least automatic facial recognition applied to the at least one image;
• obtaining medical data about the one person responsive to the at least one user input including at least triggering acquisition of one or more images associated with the one person, evaluating the one or more images in relation to the at least one health regimen, and deriving at least one performance metric indicative of compliance of the one person with at least one health regimen;
• detecting, via at least one sensor, whether the one person is within a predetermined vicinity of at least one dispenser;
• authorizing or declining to authorize at least one dispensation of at least one of a drug or a treatment based at least partly on the at least the at least one performance metric indicative of compliance of the one person with at least one health regimen and the detection that the one person is within the predetermined vicinity of the at least one dispenser;
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• facilitating a dispensing, via the at least one dispenser, the at least one of the drug or the treatment responsive to authorization of the at least one dispensation.

An article of manufacture for healthcare information management comprising:

• one or more physical media bearing a device-detectable output configured for executing one or more instructions on at least one processor for performing operation including at least:
• capturing at least one image via at least one camera;
• displaying the at least one image;
• obtaining at least one user input selecting a specific portion of the at least one image displayed on the at least one display device for depicting at least a portion of a first person of one or more persons present in the at least one image;
• recognizing the first person of the one or more persons via at least automatic facial recognition applied to the at least one image;
• obtaining medical data about the first person responsive to the at least one user input including at least triggering acquisition of one or more images of the first person, evaluating the one or more images of the first person in relation to the at least one health regimen, and deriving at least one performance metric indicative of compliance of the first person with at least one health regimen;
• detecting, via at least one sensor, whether the first person is within a predetermined vicinity of at least one dispenser;
• authorizing or declining to authorize at least one dispensation of at least one of a drug or a treatment based at least partly on the at least the at least one performance metric indicative of compliance of the first person with at least one health regimen and the detection that the first person is within the predetermined vicinity of the at least one dispenser;
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• facilitating a dispensing, via the at least one dispenser, the at least one of the drug or the treatment responsive to authorization of the at least one dispensation.