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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8438044 | Systems and methods combining print and audio technologies to deliver and personalize health information Systems and methods for delivering health information by combining print and audio information are provided. The systems utilize prerecorded audio systems, with or without recordable audio systems, in conjunction with print material to deliver individualized, patien... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8438043 | Nursing information management method and nursing information management apparatus for managing nursing actions In cooperation with a first database, a problem preparation supporting unit supports the preparation of nursing problem items for patients. Based on the nursing problem items prepared, a plan preparation supporting unit supports the preparation of nursing care plans... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8438042 | Instruments and methods for obtaining informed consent to genetic tests This invention provides an instrument for obtaining consent for a genetic test that comprises three or more integrated elements including an information element for conveying information to an individual concerning a genetic test, and instruction element for use by ... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8433587 | Communication of medical prescriptions with mobile processing systems In an embodiment, a method is provided for communicating a medical prescription with a mobile processing system. In this method, a first request to fulfill the medical prescription is received from the mobile processing system. This first request is formatted in an ... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8428968 | Interactive system for patient access to electronic medical records A programmable rules-based interface between a patient and an electronic medical record EMR allows controlled patient access to the EMR allowing increased patient participation in the healthcare process. ... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8428970 | Information record management system A information record management system for providing record owner controlled access to medical records by authorized users and owners through secure communications channels. The information record management system includes a database having a plurality of user reco... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8428969 | System and method for tracking medical imaging quality The mammography management system can provide for quality control of devices associated with the system. A method is provided for monitoring the quality standards of a mammography facility. The method can comprise generating a report that analyzes information collec... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8423383 | Contemporaneous, multi-physician, online consultation system The computer-implemented system of providing online medical consultation services by a team of medical professionals begins when a user accesses the system website. The user selects the level of consultation services desired and a case submission form is provided to... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8423385 | Electronic patient registration verification and payment system and method A patient registration record and payment system creates, maintains and transfers all relevant data electronically. The system captures patient registration and payment data, such as personal, demographic and insurance coverage information, medical history, frequent... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8423386 | Blood sugar measured level management system and blood sugar level measurement apparatus The present invention is made to prevent accident of mistaking blood glucose meter among a plurality of blood glucose meters used in a hospital ward. The blood glucose meter is provided with a nickname area in a nonvolatile storage thereof, and the nickname a... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8423384 | Providing multidisciplinary activities in context of clinician's role relevant activities Management of patient activities for a clinician is provided by a patient activity list the may present the clinician's role relevant activities in conjunction with multidisciplinary activities to be performed for a patient. A timeline view area is presented having ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8423382 | Electronic health record transaction monitoring Method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing individuals with notifications pertaining to use of health records. In one embodiment, a network-accessible storage repository is configured to store a plurality of electronic health records regarding a plur... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8422864 | System and method for producing medical image data onto portable digital recording media This application discloses a system for recording medical image data for production on a portable digital recording medium such as CDs and DVDs. Aspects of this disclosure include a robotic disc burning system. The system comprises, among other components, a communi... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8423387 | Direct physician delivery of patient care over a network A system and method of providing delivery of medical care through instant patient access to a physician via an application (app) on a smartphone connecting over a network. A patient signs into the system through a smartphone app and selects a category for an emergin... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8417547 | Verification technique for patient diagnosis and treatment Exemplary embodiments provide a verification technique that facilitates administration of a health-related procedure to an intended recipient patient or group of patients. An interface template may be configured to establish verifiable matching engagement between th... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8417548 | Medical service support apparatus A recording unit holds a plurality of examination data including the examination date of a performed examination. A search unit extracts examination data matching a set condition, of the plurality of examination data held in the recording unit. An output unit output... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8417546 | Verification technique for patient diagnosis and treatment Exemplary embodiments provide a verification technique that facilitates administration of a health-related procedure to an intended recipient patient or group of patients. An interface template may be configured to establish verifiable matching engagement between th... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8412543 | Template based filtering and summations flowsheet A system and method are provided for providing a moveable summary column for a patient based medical flow sheet. The summary column can provide various summations of the patient's data records for any time period depending on where the moveable summation column is p... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8412544 | Method and apparatus of determining a radiation dose quality index in medical imaging The present invention relates to a method and apparatus which quantifies radiation safety in medical imaging through the creation and analysis of objective data for each individual imaging procedure with respect to acquisition parameters, calculated radiation dose, ... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8412542 | Scoring system for monitoring or measuring adherence in medical treatment Particular embodiments provide a quality adherence guide. In one embodiment, a plurality of medical records from a plurality of medical providers are received. A quality adherence guideline is used to determine if a standard of care is being adhered to by various me... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8412541 | Method and system for intelligent qualitative and quantitative analysis for medical diagnosis An Intelligent Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis (IQQA) system and method is disclosed that allows a user to specify certain identifying information used to search and obtain medically-related information from different sources. The medically-related information... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8401872 | Medical diagnostic apparatus and method for the operation thereof In a method for operation of a medical diagnosis apparatus as well as medical diagnosis-apparatus, with which medical questions are to be answered, the medical questions to be answered is established for each question at least one examination step is determined that... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8401873 | Health data management device A device for managing health data provides a first housing portion including a data storage system that stores health data and a second housing portion including a data communications element. The data communications element provides data communications between the ... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8401874 | Rules-based system for maternal-fetal care A rules-base patient care method for managing the care of a plurality of pregnant patients from a remote command center for use in healthcare locations using patient-specific rules for each of the plurality of pregnant patients. A patient rules generator creates rul... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8401875 | Secured personal data handling and management system A system, method and personal apparatus for managing highly secured personal data is provided. The system and the personal apparatus are complementary, both providing highly secured personal data, mass, safe and secured data access, storage and management solutions,... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8392217 | Disease management system and method including preview mode A system and method for allowing a patient to access an automated process for managing a specified health problem called a disease. The system performs disease management in a fully automated manner, using periodic interactive dialogs with the patient to obtain heal... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8392218 | Sequential control and execution of medical applications at different workstations A process, a system and a computer program product and computer readable medium are disclosed for the sequential control and execution of a medical task. In at least one embodiment, the task is processed with the aid of a plurality of different, computer-implemented... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8392220 | Medication management system and method A system and method of facilitating a patient's care transitions both into and upon subsequent discharge from an in-patient medical facility utilizes three points of health care provider intervention. The system and method utilizes a cloud-based medication managemen... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8392216 | Association of data entries with patient records, customized hospital discharge instructions, and charting by exception for a computerized medical record system Apparatus and a method for associating an electronic patient record with the corresponding patient are described. A data processor accesses a patient record not associated with a unique person and compares the patient identification data to corresponding data in a k... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8392219 | Systems and methods for streamlined patient enrollment for one or more healthcare programs Systems and methods are provided for supporting and validating patient enrollment in one or more healthcare programs. The systems and methods may include receiving a prescription claim request from a pharmacy computer, where the prescription claim request includes a... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8386278 | Methods, systems, and devices for managing transfer of medical files The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for managing, transferring, modifying, converting and/or tracking medical files and/or medical system messages. In certain embodiments, the foregoing may generally be based on requesting medical files at a... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8380539 | Personalized medicine management software The invention provides personalized medicine management software for determining a series of recommended doses of a medication for a patient. The software contains code to receive information regarding a combination of at least one genetic factor and personal attrib... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8380540 | Computer implemented method and system for analyzing pharmaceutical benefit plans and for providing member specific advice, optionally including lower cost pharmaceutical alternatives A method is described for reducing medication purchasing costs for a member of a pharmaceutical benefits plan. A member's currently prescribed medications are analyzed, and at least one substitute medication is recommended for the analyzed medication, this recommend... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8380538 | Fraction sequence concept for radiation therapy planning The present invention relates generally to a method of displaying which treatment plan is administered at each fraction of a complete radiotherapy treatment, comprising displaying treatment plans P1 through Pn, receiving an input that designate... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8380542 | System and method for facilitating outcome-based health care In an exemplary embodiment, a server receives from a communication device (i) an identifier of a patient and (ii) a login credential associated with an individual. The server makes a determination based on the login credential that the individual is authorized to ac... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8380541 | Systems and methods for collecting and transmitting assay results Systems and methods are provided for collecting, preparing, and/or analyzing a biological sample. A sample collection site may be utilized with one or more sample processing device. The sample processing device may be configured to accept a sample from a subject. Th... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8374892 | Method for retrieving a tumor contour of an image processing system The present invention related to a method for retrieving a tumor contour of an image processing system that includes a memory storing a grayscale image and a processor, comprising: receiving an input tumor contour of the grayscale image; defining a tumor contour ann... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8374890 | Electronic medical chart system, and apparatus and method for data processing This invention provides an electronic medical chart system which synchronize medical information on a database with medical information described in a paper medical chart. When data is directly changed by input part other than an electronic pen, a keyboard or the li... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8374891 | Record locator service A system and method for accessing health care data are disclosed. A data retrieval service module is coupled to a client device and to one or more data sources, such as medical data sources, a master patient index or additional data retrieval service modules. The da... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8370176 | Method and system for defining and interactively managing a watched diet A method for interactive defining and managing of a controlled diet, prescribed to a patient by a doctor/dietician, includes the asynchronous execution of at least two different operational cycles. A first operational cycle is effected through an interactive termina... | 02/05/2013 |
