Patent ID: 7983934
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for healthcare collaboration comprising: receiving a first request from a patient to grant access, by a first healthcare provider, to a first portion of a personal health history (PHH) account associated with the patient; identifying a first healthcare provider's access account corresponding to the first healthcare provider; granting, by a computer processor and in response to the first request from the patient, access, across a network, to the first portion of the PHH account, wherein access is granted by providing the first healthcare provider's access account with permission to access the first portion of the PHH account, and wherein access is controlled by the patient; receiving, by the first portion of the PHH account and directly from a monitoring equipment, healthcare data obtained directly from the patient, wherein the monitoring equipment comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of a blood sugar monitor and a thermometer; transmitting, by the computer processor, the healthcare data obtained from the monitoring equipment to the first healthcare provider for review by the first healthcare provider; receiving, from the first healthcare provider, a healthcare report and a treatment plan based on a health service received by the patient from the first healthcare provider and based on the healthcare data, wherein the treatment plan comprises a first medication; storing, by the computer processor, the healthcare report and the treatment plan to the first portion of the PHH account; sending, by the computer processor, a first alert to the patient based on receiving the healthcare report for the patient from the first healthcare provider; determining that a second healthcare provider's access account corresponding to a second healthcare provider does not exist; sending, by the computer processor on behalf of the patient, an invite to the second healthcare provider to create the second healthcare provider's access account, wherein the invite comprises a token for temporary authentication of the second healthcare provider, and wherein the invite is sent in response to determining that the second healthcare provider's access account does not exist; creating, based on the invite and by the computer processor, the second healthcare provider's access account; receiving a second request from the patient to grant the second healthcare provider access only to a second portion of the PHH account, wherein the second portion comprises the healthcare report; granting, by the computer processor and based on the second request from the patient, access only to the second portion of the PHH account by providing the second healthcare provider's access account with permission to access only the second portion of the PHH account; transferring the healthcare report to the second healthcare provider for review; receiving to the treatment plan data indicating a second medication from the second healthcare provider transmitting data indicating the first medication and the second medication to a pharmacist with permission to access only medication data in the PHH account receiving a second alert from the pharmacist based on identification of a conflict between the first medication and the second medication; transmitting the second alert to the first healthcare provider; and altering the treatment plan by changing the first medication to a third medication based on a review of the second alert.