US 2011/0218919 A1Published application

Method and apparatus to support evidence based medicine

AssigneesSiemens Aktiengesellschaft, Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Siemens Corporate Research, Inc.

InventorsBernhard Geiger, Rainer Kuth, James G. Reisman, Seiichi Tadano

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing reports of medical procedures includes a biometric data recorder to record and transmit biometric data of a patient, the biometric data being transmitted with a medical report of the medical procedure. The medical report and biometric data are transmitted as an encrypted transmission to an information center for storage. The medical reports of steps in the medical procedure for a patient are linked using the biometric data even if performed by different medical service providers. Medical reports of plural patients undergoing the procedure are stored, linked according to patient using the patient biometric data. Reports generated from the linked data anonymously report a given patient's status following the procedure. Statistical reports are generated on plural patients undergoing the procedure, and competing procedures are compared using the statistical reports.

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Dependent claims

A method of accumulating evidence relating to medical procedures, comprising the steps of:

performing a first step of a medical procedure for a patient;
obtaining biometric data of the patient;
linking the biometric data of the patient to medical data obtained by the first step of the medical procedure;
transmitting the medical data of the first step with the biometric data of the patient to an information center as encrypted data;
storing the medical data of the first step linked to the biometric data of the patient;
performing a second step of the medical procedure for the patient;
linking the biometric data of the patient to medical data obtained by the second step of the medical procedure;
transmitting the medical data of the second step with the biometric data of the patient to the information center as encrypted data;
storing the medical data of the second step linked to the biometric data of the patient;
performing a medical procedure for a further patient;
obtaining biometric data of the further patient;
linking the biometric data of the further patient to medical data of the medical procedure performed for the further patient;
transmitting the medical data of the further patient with the biometric data of the further patient to the information center;
and
storing the medical data of the further patient linked to the biometric data of the further patient.

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A system for reporting medical evidence, comprising:

a biometric data recorder operable to obtain biometric data of a patient;
an information center connected to receive encrypted transmissions containing biometric data from said biometric data recorder, said encrypted transmissions including medical reports of the patient relating to a predetermined medical procedure;
a data storage on which is stored the medical reports, said medical reports of the patient being linked using biometric data;
and
an output operable to generate an anonymous report on the medical procedure using the linked medical reports.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.