Patent ID: 8538780
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. One or more non-transitory tangible computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for performing a method by running a software program on a computer, the computer operating under an operating system, the method including issuing instructions from the software program comprising: authenticating a user through a login interface generated by the software program; responsive to authentication, querying a patient database for a patient identifier inputted by the authenticated user, the patient identifier associated with a current patient; querying the computer for a medical procedure linked to the patient identifier; querying the computer for demographic information of the current patient stored in the patient database; applying a query against a matrix of pre-authored concerns associated with the medical procedure, wherein the pre-authored concerns are based on concerns that have previously arisen in other patients undergoing the medical procedure and require no input from the current patient; retrieving a query response that includes both a plurality of pre-authored concerns related to the medical procedure and a plurality of pre-authored answers addressing the pre-authored concerns, each pre-authored concern weighted against a plurality of demographic factors; automatically generating a list of the pre-authored concerns from the query response, the list filtered and pre-sorted according to the demographic information of the current patient as applied to the plurality of demographic factors for each pre-authored concern retrieved from the query; presenting the list of the pre-authored concerns to the user, wherein the list may be resorted and filtered by the user interactively; in response to the presented list of the pre-authored concerns, confirming relevance of the presented pre-authored concerns to the current patient responsive to a user input; presenting the pre-authored answers to the confirmed pre-authored concerns; in response to the presented pre-authored answers, receiving the user input on whether the presented pre-authored answers have effectively addressed the concerns of the current patient; and notifying an authorized third party of an up-to-date health status of the current patient.