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US 6,302,844 B1Granted
Patient care delivery system
AssigneeWalker Digital, LLC
InventorsJay S. Walker, Magdalena Mik, Jason Krantz, James A. Jorasch
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for analyzing data from remote monitoring equipment, such as patient telemetry devices, and determining (i) whether an anomalous event has occurred, (ii) if an anomalous event has occurred, whether a physician should be contacted, and (iii) if a physician should be contacted, selecting the physician to contact. Further, the system operates in parallel, in that a plurality of experts (e.g., physicians) may be contacted in response to a single or multiple anomalous events, thus ensuring an efficient response to an anomalous event.
Claims36
A method for procuring a diagnosis, comprising the steps of:
- receiving representative data that represents at least one physiological parameter of a patient;
- determining whether the received data is indicative of a physiological anomaly;
- selecting at least one expert to provide an expert opinion regarding the indicated anomaly;
- offering, to said at least one expert, compensation in exchange for providing said expert opinion regarding the indicated anomaly;
- communicating, to the at least one selected expert, the physiological representative data, including the determined anomaly;
- and
- receiving, from at least one selected expert, a diagnosis of the anomaly.
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A method for procuring a diagnosis, comprising the steps of:
- receiving representative data that represents at least one physiological parameter of a patient;
- determining whether the received data is indicative of a physiological anomaly;
- selecting at least one expert to provide an expert opinion regarding the indicated anomaly;
- communicating, to the at least one selected expert, the physiological representative data, including the determined anomaly;
- and
- receiving, from at least one selected expert, a diagnosis of the anomaly,
- wherein said step of selecting comprises the step of:
- preferentially ranking a group of available experts, wherein said at least one selected expert is selected in accordance with said preferential ranking.
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A method for procuring a diagnosis, comprising the steps of:
- receiving representative data that represents at least one physiological parameter of a patient;
- determining whether the received data is indicative of a physiological anomaly;
- selecting at least one expert to provide an expert opinion regarding the indicated anomaly;
- communicating, to the at least one selected expert, the physiological representative data, including the determined anomaly;
- and
- receiving, from at least one selected expert, a diagnosis of the anomaly,
- wherein said step of selecting comprises the steps of:
- selecting at least one expert able to provide a diagnosis of the indicated anomaly;
- offering, to the at least one expert, compensation in exchange for providing said diagnosis;
- and
- receiving an acceptance of the offer from the at least one expert.
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A method for procuring a diagnosis, comprising the steps of:
- receiving representative data that represents at least one physiological parameter of a patient;
- determining whether the received data is indicative of a physiological anomaly;
- selecting at least one expert to provide an expert opinion regarding the indicated anomaly;
- communicating, to the at least one selected expert, the physiological representative data, including the determined anomaly;
- and
- receiving, from at least one selected expert, a diagnosis of the anomaly,
- wherein said step of selecting comprises the step of transmitting, via respective paging devices, a respective offer to each of said at least one experts.
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A method for procuring a diagnosis in response to physiological representative data comprising the steps of:
- receiving said physiological representative data;
- determining if said physiological representative data conforms to a pre-defined data profile indicative of a pathological anomaly;
- selecting at least one expert willing to provide medical services tending to remediate said indicated pathological anomaly;
- compensating, according to one of a fixed compensation structure or a fee rate, an expert rendering expert services sufficient to diagnose and remediate said indicated pathological anomaly
- communicating, to said at least one selected expert, information enabling the provision of said medical services to a patient;
- and
- receiving from at least one of said at least one selected expert, an opinion providing diagnostic and treatment information.
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A method for procuring a diagnosis in response to physiological representative data comprising the steps of:
- receiving said physiological representative data;
- determining if said physiological representative data conforms to a pre-defined data profile indicative of a pathological anomaly;
- selecting at least one expert willing to provide medical services tending to remediate said indicated pathological anomaly;
- communicating, to said at least one selected expert, information enabling the provision of said medical services to a patient;
- and
- receiving, from at least one of said at least one selected expert, an opinion providing diagnostic and treatment information,
- wherein said step of selecting an expert comprises the steps of:
- defining a group of available experts suitable for rendering expert opinion on said indicated pathological anomaly;
- sorting said group of experts according to criteria indicative of patient preferences;
- communicating, to at least one preferred expert, an offer to render an expert opinion;
- confirming, to at least one expert accepting said offer, that said expert shall be compensated per the terms of said offer.
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A method for procuring a diagnosis in response to physiological representative data comprising the steps of:
- receiving said physiological representative data;
- determining if said physiological representative data conforms to a pre-defined data profile indicative of a pathological anomaly;
- selecting at least one expert willing to provide medical services tending to remediate said indicated pathological anomaly;
- communicating, to said at least one selected expert, information enabling the provision of said medical services to a patient;
- and
- receiving, from at least one of said at least one selected expert, an opinion providing diagnostic and treatment information,
- wherein said step of selecting comprises the steps of:
- transmitting an offer to a paging device associated with said expert;
- and
- receiving, via a return communication from said expert, an acceptance of said offer.
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A diagnostic procurement system, comprising:
- a monitor, for monitoring at least one parameter associated with an entity and communicating data representing said at least one entity parameter;
- and
- a controller, responsive to said data representing said at least one entity parameter, for determining whether anomalous entity operational parameters are present and, in the case of anomalous entity operational parameters being present, procuring a diagnosis from at least one of a predetermined plurality of experts.
A diagnostic procurement system, comprising:
- a monitor, for monitoring at least one parameter associated with an entity and communicating data representing said at least one entity parameter;
- and
- a controller, responsive to said data representing said at least one entity parameter, for determining whether anomalous entity operational parameters are present and, in the case of anomalous entity operational parameters being present, procuring a diagnosis from at least one of a predetermined number of experts,
- wherein the controller is operable to direct the payment of a fixed compensation in exchange for expert services sufficient to diagnose and remediate said anomalous entity operational parameter.
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A diagnostic procurement system, comprising:
- a monitor, for monitoring at least one parameter associated with an entity and communicating data representing said at least one entity parameter, wherein said entity comprises a patient and said at least one monitored entity parameters comprises physiological information about said patient;
- and
- a controller, responsive to said data representing said at least one entity parameter, for determining whether anomalous entity operational parameters are present and, in the case of anomalous entity operational parameters being present, procuring a diagnosis from at least one of a predetermined number of experts,
- wherein:
- said entity comprises a patient;
- said at least one monitored entity parameters comprises physiological information about said patient;
- said anomalous entity operational parameters provide information useful in the diagnosis of physiological dysfunction in said patient;
- said experts comprise health care professionals;
- said controller communicates said data representing said at least one entity parameter to each of a plurality of experts;
- said controller receives, from at least one said plurality of experts, a respective opinion suggesting an appropriate remediation of said anomalous entity operational parameter;
- and
- said controller aggregates said at least one received respective opinions to form an aggregate opinion, said aggregate opinion comprising at least an aggregated diagnosis of said anomalous entity operational parameter.
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A diagnostic procurement system, comprising:
- a monitor, for monitoring at least one parameter associated with an entity and communicating data representing said at least one entity parameter, wherein said entity comprises a patient and said at least one monitored entity parameters comprises physiological information about said patient;
- and
- a controller, responsive to said data representing said at least one entity parameter, for determining whether anomalous entity operational parameters are present and, in the case of anomalous entity operational parameters being present, procuring a diagnosis from at least one of a predetermined number of experts,
- wherein:
- said entity comprises a patient;
- said at least one monitored entity parameters comprises physiological information about said patient;
- said anomalous entity operational parameters provide information useful in the diagnosis of physiological dysfunction in said patient;
- said experts comprise health care professionals;
- and
- said controller comprise health care professionals;
- and
- said controller procures said diagnosis by offering compensation to said at least one said predetermined number of experts in exchange for providing said diagnosis.
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A diagnostic procurement system, comprising:
- a monitor, for monitoring at least one parameter associated with an entity and communicating data representing said at least one entity parameter, wherein said entity comprises a patient and said at least one monitored entity parameters comprises physiological information about said patient;
- and
- a controller, responsive to said data representing said at least one entity parameter, for determining whether anomalous entity operational parameters are present and, in the case of anomalous entity operational parameters being present, procuring a diagnosis from at least one of a predetermined number of experts,
- wherein:
- said controller communicates with said at least one of said predetermined number of experts by causing the transmission of an offer to at least one paging device physically proximate at least one of said predetermined number of experts and receiving, via a return communication, any acceptance of said offer.
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A diagnostic procurement system, comprising:
- a monitor, for monitoring at least one parameter associated with an entity and communicating data representing said at least one entity parameter, wherein said entity comprises a patient and said at least one monitored entity parameters comprises physiological information about said patient;
- a controller, responsive to said data representing said at least one entity parameter, for determining whether anomalous entity operational parameters are present and, in the case of anomalous entity operational parameters being present, procuring a diagnosis from at least one of a predetermined number of experts;
- and
- a medical facility, associated with said at least one expert and comprising infrastructure suitable for remediating physiological dysfunction;
- wherein:
- said entity comprises a patient;
- said at least one monitored entity parameters comprises physiological information about said patient;
- said anomalous entity operational parameters provide information useful in the diagnosis of physiological dysfunction in said patient;
- said experts comprise health care professionals;
- and
- said controller procures said diagnosis by causing the transmission of an offer to said at least one expert via said medical facility, said medical facility adapting said offer according to a level of facility utilization and a level of physiological dysfunction urgency associated with said offer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.