Patent ID: 8688467
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-readable media accommodated by an evaluation device having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for observing and analyzing physiological attributes of a patient, wherein the method comprises: receiving diagnostic information from an in-vivo device at the evaluation device wherein the diagnostic information characterizes, in part, the physiological attributes of the patient attained by monitoring the patient utilizing the in-vivo device; accessing an electronic medical record (EMR) that is associated with the patient, wherein the EMR includes medical information that describes the patient's medical history and interactions with healthcare systems; inspecting the EMR to discover content within the medical information that is relevant to the received diagnostic information; accessing rules that are derived from evidence-based medical procedures; amending a treatment being administered to the patient as a function of the relevant content and the received diagnostic information in view of the rules; automatically causing the in-vivo device to implement the amended treatment, wherein the in-vivo device and the EMR participate in a closed-loop system that self-regulates the treatment of the patient; upon the in-vivo device implementing the amended treatment, providing a notice from the evaluation device to the patient's insurance company that a new medication, more of a current medication, or a comparable generic medication is necessary for proper treatment of the patient; receiving operational-status information from the in-vivo device at the evaluation device, wherein the operational-status information characterizes functional aspects of the in-vivo device; comparing the functional aspects read from the operational-status information against device specifications accessed from a dynamically updatable source; when the functional aspects fail to satisfy the device specifications upon comparison, causing configuration settings within the in-vivo device to be adjusted based on, in part, the device specifications; invoking adjustment of the configuration settings of the in-vivo device by causing testing criteria within the configuration settings to be reprogrammed in accordance with the device specifications to influence either a dosage or frequency of medication being dispensed to the patient by the in-vivo device, wherein reprogramming the testing criteria affects a quality of the diagnostic information received from the in-vivo device, wherein the in-vivo device and the evaluation device participate in a closed-loop system that self-regulates the testing criteria employed by the in-vivo device; receiving updated physiological attributes of the patient attained by monitoring the patient in accordance with the reprogrammed testing criteria.