# US 2022/0044792 A1 · System and method to provide tailored educational support based on device usage in a healthcare setting > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0044792 A1 - Document ID: US20220044792A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/393,480 - Filed: 2021-08-04 - Published: 2022-02-10 - Earliest claimed: 2020-08-10 - Assignees: Koninklijke Philips N.V. - Applicants: Koninklijke Philips N.V. - Inventors: Paul Anthony SHRUBSOLE; Doortje VAN DE WOUW; Victor Paulus Marcellus VLOEMANS - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220044792A1 ## CPC - G16H 30/40: for processing medical images, e.g. editing - G16H 70/20: relating to practices or guidelines - G16H 30/20: for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS - G16H 50/70: for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract A method (100) of providing education content to medical professionals includes: extracting inefficiencies or errors from imaging examination records of a medical facility; receiving context information related to the medical facility; selecting one or more content units (32) to be delivered to a medical professional of the medical facility based on the inefficiencies or errors and the context information; and delivering the selected one or more content units to a mobile device or workstation (18) operable by the medical professional. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by at least one electronic processor to perform a method of providing education content to medical professionals, the method comprising: extracting inefficiencies or errors from imaging examination records of a medical facility; receiving context information related to the medical facility; selecting one or more content units to be delivered to a medical professional of the medical facility based on the inefficiencies or errors and the context information; and delivering the selected one or more content units to a mobile device or workstation operable by the medical professional. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method further includes: providing, on a display device of a workstation, a user interface (UI) with one or more dialogs to allow a user to provide one or more user inputs indicating user preferences or constraints on modality of the delivery and/or location of the delivery and/or time of delivery; and selecting a manner for the delivery of the selected one or more content units based on the user preferences or constraints. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method further includes: identifying information related to one or more other medical facilities with similar matching context information to the medical facility. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the one or more dialogs include one or more of: a dialog to edit the context information; a dialog to provide feedback of the selected one or more content units; a dialog to select the one or more other medical facilities; a dialog to request a content unit; a dialog to provide feedback related to an effectiveness or relevance of the selected content units. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the delivering includes: determining whether the delivered one or more content units were completed or accessed; and in response to the one or more content units not being completed or accessed, generating a notification to a workstation operable by a user different from the medical professional. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method further includes: selecting a manner for delivery of the selected one or more content units. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer readable of claim 6, wherein the selected manner includes one or more of a time, a place, and a modality to deliver the selected content units. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable of claim 1, wherein the extracting includes detecting outliers in a usage pattern that differs between users or differs from an expected usage pattern. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the selecting includes: determining a granularity level of the user; and wherein the selecting of the one or more content units is further based on the determined granularity level. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the granularity level is determined from a set of granularity levels, the set of granularity levels including: a hospital level, a department level, a role-based level, an expertise level, and an individual level. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the selecting includes: determining a granularity level of the user; and wherein the selecting of the one or more content units further includes selecting one or more content units for a plurality of determined granularity levels. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the content units are stored in a database, the content units being selected from a group consisting of audio content, video content, multimedia content, recorded simulator sessions, recorded imaging sessions, virtual reality content, mixed/augmented reality content, interactive content. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the method provides education content to medical imaging professionals operating medical imaging devices, and wherein: the inefficiencies or errors are extracted from one or more imaging examination records of one or more of the medical imaging devices; and the selected one or more content units pertain to operation of at least one of the medical imaging devices. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein extracting inefficiencies or errors from imaging examination records of a medical facility includes: extracting inefficiencies or errors from imaging examination records related to remote assistance of a user from a remote expert; and selecting of one or more content units includes: selecting one or more content units related to the remote assistance. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein selecting of one or more content units includes: selecting one or more content units based on combinations of inefficiencies or error types. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein selecting of one or more content units includes: selecting one or more content units based on a frequency and/or a severity of the extracted inefficiencies or error types. ### Claim 17 An apparatus for providing education content to medical professionals, the apparatus comprising: a database storing content units, the content units being selected from a group consisting of audio content, video content, multimedia content, recorded simulator sessions, recorded imaging sessions, virtual reality content, interactive content; and at least one electronic processor programmed to: extract inefficiencies or errors from imaging examination records of a medical facility; receive context information related to the medical facility; select one or more of the content units to be delivered to a medical professional of the medical facility based on the inefficiencies or errors and the context information; and deliver the selected one or more content units to a mobile device or workstation operable by the medical professional. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one electronic processor is further programmed to: provide, on a display device of the workstation, a user interface (UI) with one or more dialogs to allow a user to provide one or more user inputs indicating user preferences or constraints on modality of the delivery and/or location of the delivery and/or time of delivery; and select a manner for the delivery of the selected one or more content units based on the user preferences or constraints. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one electronic processor is further programmed to: identify information related to one or more other medical facilities with similar matching context information to the medical facility. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the one or more dialogs include one or more of: a dialog to edit the context information; a dialog to provide feedback of the selected one or more content units; a dialog to select the one or more other medical facilities; a dialog to request a content unit; a dialog to provide feedback related to an effectiveness or relevance of the selected content units. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the at least one electronic processor is further programmed to: select a manner for delivery of the selected one or more content units. ### Claim 22 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one electronic processor is further programmed to: determine a granularity level of the user, the granularity level being determined from a set of granularity levels, the set of granularity levels including: a hospital level, a department level, a role-based level, an expertise level, and an individual level; and wherein the selecting of the one or more content units is further based on the determined granularity level. ### Claim 23 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one electronic processor is further programmed to: extract the inefficiencies or errors from one or more imaging examination records of one or more of the medical imaging devices; and select one or more content units pertaining to operation of at least one of the medical imaging devices. ### Claim 24 A method of providing education content to medical professionals, the method comprising: extracting inefficiencies or errors from imaging examination records of a medical facility; receiving context information related to the medical facility; determining a granularity level of the user, the granularity level being determined from a set of granularity levels, the set of granularity levels including: a hospital level, a department level, a role-based level, an expertise level, and an individual level; selecting one or more content units to be delivered to a medical professional of the medical facility based on the inefficiencies or errors, the context information, and the granularity level; and delivering the selected one or more content units to a mobile device or workstation operable by the medical professional.