Method, apparatus and system for communicating heatlhcare information to and from a portable, hand-held device
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsAlain T. Rappaport, Eliot Weitz
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Abstract
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.
Claims20
An apparatus configured to communicate healthcare information, the apparatus comprising:
- a portable terminal configured to wirelessly transmit a selected subset of a set of codes to a server system via a first network capable of providing communication between the portable terminal and the server system,
- wherein the first network is a wireless network,
- and wherein wireless transmission of the selected subset of the set of codes causes a medical diagnosis corresponding to the selected subset of the set of codes to be provided to a patient via a second network.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- employing a processor to execute computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform:
- transmitting a selected subset of a set of codes to a server system via a first network, wherein the first network is a wireless network;
- and
- transmitting a medical diagnosis corresponding to the selected subset of the set of codes to a patient via a second network, wherein the transmitting the medical diagnosis to the patient via the second network is in response to the transmitting the selected subset of the set of codes to the server system via the first network.
A system configured to communicate healthcare information, the system comprising:
- a first server;
- and
- a gateway configured to wirelessly communicate with the first server and at least one portable terminal via a first network to:
- receive selected one or more codes from the at least one portable terminal;
- and
- transmit information indicative of a medical diagnosis corresponding to the selected one or more codes to the first server,
- wherein the first network is a wireless network,
- and wherein the first server is configured to receive the information indicative of the medical diagnosis from the gateway and to communicate the information indicative of the medical diagnosis to an end user to which the medical diagnosis pertains via a second network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.