# US 2019/0172568 A1 · Proximity Based Interrogation of Portable Health Monitoring Device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0172568 A1 - Document ID: US20190172568A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/180,086 - Filed: 2018-11-05 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-06 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation - Inventors: Uri Kartoun; Fang Lu; Kenney Ng; Yoonyoung Park - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190172568A1 ## CPC - G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records - A61B 5/6887: {mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices} - G16H 40/63: for local operation - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - G16H 80/00: ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract Mechanisms are provided to implement a proximity based interrogation system. The proximity based interrogation system, transmits a short-range interrogation signal using a short-range transmission protocol, and receives a responsive communication from a portable health monitoring device associated with a patient, in response to the portable health monitoring device receiving the short-range interrogation signal. The proximity based interrogation system retrieves health monitoring information from the portable health monitoring device and correlates it with patient electronic medical record (EMR) information to generate correlated health information. The proximity based interrogation system evaluates the correlated health information to identify relevant change information in at least one of the patient's medical condition, patient's lifestyle, or patient's adherence to a previously prescribed treatment, and outputs the identified relevant change information to a client computing device that presents the relevant change information to a user. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-20. (canceled) ### Claim 21 A method, in a data processing system comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory comprising instructions executed by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to implement a proximity based interrogation system, wherein the method comprises: detecting, by the proximity based interrogation system associated with a medical personnel facility, a presence of a portable health monitoring device associated with a patient within a predetermined proximity of the proximity based interrogation system; retrieving, by the proximity based interrogation system, health monitoring information from the portable health monitoring device in response to receiving the responsive communication; correlating, by the proximity based interrogation system, the health monitoring information with patient electronic medical record (EMR) information to generate correlated health information; and generating, by the proximity based interrogation system, an output on a client computing device associated with one or more medical personnel associated with the medical personnel facility, wherein the output comprises a notification of a medical status of the patient based on the correlation. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein the medical status of the patient comprises at least one of a change in a medical condition of the patient, a change in a lifestyle of the patient, or a change in adherence by the patient to a previously prescribed treatment. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein the portable health monitoring device is one of a portable computing device executing one or more health monitoring applications into which a patient inputs the health monitoring information, or a wearable health monitoring device that automatically collects the health monitoring information. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein the patient EMR information specifies at least one of a medical condition for which the patient is being treated, a previously prescribed treatment for the patient, or a reason for a patient's currently scheduled encounter with the one or more medical personnel. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein correlating the health monitoring information with the patient EMR information comprises: determining for the medical condition, previously prescribed treatment, or reason for the patient's currently scheduled encounter, criteria for evaluating the medical condition, previously prescribed treatment, or reason for the patient's currently scheduled encounter, based on a cognitive evaluation of the patient EMR information based on medical knowledge resources; and selecting health monitoring information that is retrieved from the portable health monitoring device that corresponds to the criteria for evaluating the medical condition, previously prescribed treatment, or reason for the patient's currently scheduled encounter. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein retrieving health monitoring information from the portable health monitoring device in response to receiving the responsive communication comprises sending a request to the portable health monitoring device to provide the selected health monitoring information that corresponds to the criteria. ### Claim 27 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein generating the output comprises outputting a physician interface in which change information in the medical status of the patient is prioritized in the physician interface according to a measure of relevance of the change information to one or more medical conditions of the patient, a treatment previously prescribed to the patient, or a reason for the patient's currently scheduled encounter with the one or more medical personnel. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, further comprising categorizing the change information into categories of qualitative assessment of factors affecting at least one of the medical condition of the patient, the previously prescribed treatment of the patient, or the reason for the currently scheduled encounter with the patient. ### Claim 29 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein retrieving, by the proximity based interrogation system, health monitoring information from the portable health monitoring device comprises: retrieving health monitoring information permissions associated with the patient; and retrieving a portion of available health monitoring information from the portable health monitoring device, for which the patient has granted associated health monitoring information permissions for retrieving the portion of available health monitoring information, based on the retrieved health monitoring information permissions. ### Claim 30 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein the portable health monitoring device is one of a wearable technology device, a computerized implant implanted in the patient, a human ingestible technology device, or a smartphone executing at least one health monitoring application. ### Claim 31 A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to implement a proximity based interrogation system which operates to: detect a presence of a portable health monitoring device associated with a patient within a predetermined proximity of the proximity based interrogation system; retrieve health monitoring information from the portable health monitoring device in response to receiving the responsive communication; correlate the health monitoring information with patient electronic medical record (EMR) information to generate correlated health information; and generate an output on a client computing device associated with one or more medical personnel associated with the medical personnel facility, wherein the output comprises a notification a medical status of the patient based on the correlation. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The computer program product of claim 31, wherein the medical status of the patient comprises at least one of a change in a medical condition of the patient, a change in a lifestyle of the patient, or a change in adherence by the patient to a previously prescribed treatment. ### Claim 33 (depends on 31) The computer program product of claim 31, wherein the portable health monitoring device is one of a portable computing device executing one or more health monitoring applications into which a patient inputs the health monitoring information, or a wearable health monitoring device that automatically collects the health monitoring information. ### Claim 34 (depends on 31) The computer program product of claim 31, wherein the patient EMR information specifies at least one of a medical condition for which the patient is being treated, a previously prescribed treatment for the patient, or a reason for a patient's currently scheduled encounter with the one or more medical personnel. ### Claim 35 (depends on 34) The computer program product of claim 34, wherein the computer readable program further causes the computing device to correlate the health monitoring information with the patient EMR information at least by: determining for the medical condition, previously prescribed treatment, or reason for the patient's currently scheduled encounter, criteria for evaluating the medical condition, previously prescribed treatment, or reason for the patient's currently scheduled encounter, based on a cognitive evaluation of the patient EMR information based on medical knowledge resources; and selecting health monitoring information that is retrieved from the portable health monitoring device that corresponds to the criteria for evaluating the medical condition, previously prescribed treatment, or reason for the patient's currently scheduled encounter. ### Claim 36 (depends on 34) The computer program product of claim 34, wherein the computer readable program further causes the computing device to retrieve health monitoring information from the portable health monitoring device in response to receiving the responsive communication at least by sending a request to the portable health monitoring device to provide the selected health monitoring information that corresponds to the criteria. ### Claim 37 (depends on 31) The computer program product of claim 31, wherein the computer readable program further causes the computing device to generate the output at least by outputting a physician interface in which change information in the medical status of the patient is prioritized in the physician interface according to a measure of relevance of the change information to one or more medical conditions of the patient, a treatment previously prescribed to the patient, or a reason for the patient's currently scheduled encounter with the one or more medical personnel. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The computer program product of claim 37, wherein the computer readable program further causes the computing device to categorize the change information into categories of qualitative assessment of factors affecting at least one of the medical condition of the patient, the previously prescribed treatment of the patient, or the reason for the currently scheduled encounter with the patient. ### Claim 39 (depends on 31) The computer program product of claim 31, wherein the computer readable program further causes the computing device to retrieve, by the proximity based interrogation system, health monitoring information from the portable health monitoring device at least by: retrieving health monitoring information permissions associated with the patient; and retrieving a portion of available health monitoring information from the portable health monitoring device, for which the patient has granted associated health monitoring information permissions for retrieving the portion of available health monitoring information, based on the retrieved health monitoring information permissions. ### Claim 40 An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to implement a proximity based interrogation system which operates to: detect a presence of a portable health monitoring device associated with a patient within a predetermined proximity of the proximity based interrogation system; retrieve health monitoring information from the portable health monitoring device in response to receiving the responsive communication; correlate the health monitoring information with patient electronic medical record (EMR) information to generate correlated health information; and generate an output on a client computing device associated with one or more medical personnel associated with the medical personnel facility, wherein the output comprises a notification of a medical status of the patient based on the correlation.