3954 results about "Health information" patented technology

A subscriber characterization system is presented in which the subscriber's selections are monitored, including monitoring of the time duration programming is watched, the volume at which the programming is listened to, and any available information regarding the type of programming, including category and sub-category of the programming. The characterization system can extract textual information related to the programming from closed captioning data, electronic program guides, or other text sources associated with the programming. The extracted information is used to form program characteristics vectors. The programming characteristics vectors can be used in combination with the subscriber selection data to form a subscriber profile. Heuristic rules indicating the relationships between programming choices and demographics can be applied to generate additional probabilistic information regarding demographics and programming and product interests.

A system for diagnosing and / or treating a patient comprising a patient information database for storing and retrieving patient health data related to the patient. The data includes one or more of real-time patient health information, at least one clinical practice guideline, at least one patient questionnaire and a patient medical history. At least one server is operative to access the patient information database. A computing device remotely located from the server, including a microprocessor, configured to store a computer application and is configured for communication with the server for retrieving of the patient health data. The computer application generates at least one of a patient diagnosis or a patient treatment recommendation using the retrieved patient health data.

A system and method for the wearable mini-size intelligent healthcare system, comprising one or multiple vital signal sensors, activity sensors, a real-time detection and analyzing module for continuous health monitoring, adjustable user setting mode with the adaptive optimization, data-collecting capability to record important health information, smart audio outputs of audio beep and speech advice to the user through audio path and audio interface, preset and user confirmable alarm conditions via wireless communications network to the appropriate individual for prompt and necessary assistance. The system uses noninvasive monitoring technology for continuous, painless and bloodless health state monitoring. The system also works through the short range RF link with carry-on PDA or cell phone for displaying health information, making urgent contact to support center, doctor or individual, or for information transmission with a healthcare center.

A cloud-based, federated collaborative medical records system and methods, in the preferred embodiments, features a variety of mechanisms to enable end users to store, access, edit, and share health information, on demand. A key aspect of said embodiments involves the circumvention of barriers preventing the transfer of health information placed upon other electronic medical records systems and related systems preventing users who are not part of a specific business entity from accessing the records. The preferred embodiments of the present invention delegate control over medical information to those individuals who need access to such medical information at the appropriate time.

A system for processing patient health information (PHI) protects the confidentiality of PHI to achieve regulatory compliance. The PHI contains patient medical data and associated patient identification data. A de-identification agent extracts patient medical data and separates from all identification data to create de-identified patient data. A key is generated that allows subsequent reassociation of the patient medical data and the patient identification data. The de-identified patient data base may be queried for patient screening purposes. Patient queries are processed only if the study or patient screening has been authorized by appropriate authorities, such as an internal review board. Patients whose medical characteristics conform with the patient query are selected for possible use in a study. If re-identification of the selected patients is necessary, and authorized, the key may be used to provide the necessary reassociation. A data log records all access to patient data.

An apparatus, program product and method incorporate embedded alias information into a document for use in automatically generating aliases (e.g., bookmarks, favorites, shortcuts, etc.) in a computer environment. The embedded alias information may incorporate both an identification of a predetermined storage location and an alias description to be associated therewith, such that, during generation of an alias, both the location and the description for the alias are obtained from the embedded alias information. The embedded alias information may also incorporate a condition associated with a predetermined storage location, in addition to or in lieu of an identification of the actual predetermined storage location, such that, during generation of an alias, the condition may be tested so that the alias will be generated only upon the condition being met. The embedded alias information may also incorporate an executable program to further customize or enhance the generation of aliases.

An apparatus and method for generating a patient's medical record. The apparatus comprises a data input component that executes through a plurality of clinical, tree-like pathways that are traversed as data describing the patient's condition is entered, for example, by the physician during a clinical examination. At each node, the physician is prompted as to the additional health information required to traverse the clinical pathway. Once an end “leaf” is reached, the medical record is generated based on the path traversed through the clinical pathway. A web site stores the record for access via a web browser.

The present invention provides systems for and methods providing a user in a commercial establishment with personalized information, which can include a personalized shopping list, targeted advertisements, health information, nutritional information, promotional offers, offers on sale items, offers on discounted items, manufacturer's coupons, storewide coupons, information on user specific favorite items, and information on user specific staple items. Also disclosed is a device for and method of providing the precise location of a user in a commercial facility comprising a signal receiver and position calculating system that uses one of biangulation and triangulation techniques. Also disclosed, is a system for and method of providing a user in a commercial establishment with personalized information, which can include targeted advertisements, health information, nutritional information, promotional offers, offers on sale items, offers on discounted items, manufacturer's coupons, storewide coupons, information on user specific favorite items, and information on user specific staple items using the user's precise location with respect to items for purchase in the user's immediate vicinity.

According to the invention, a system for monitoring health information of a plurality of patients is disclosed. Included in the system are a data gathering device, a node, a wide area network, and a monitoring center. The data gathering device includes a respiration sensor, a wireless transmitter, and a self-contained power source. The node is wirelessly coupled to the data gathering device and the wide area network is coupled to the node. Located remote to the node, the monitoring center is coupled to the wide area network.

A fluorometer for sensing the fluorescence of a sample utilizes an optical energy source for exciting a sample to be tested and an optical energy detector for detecting the emitted energy from the excited sample. Drive electronics are used for positioning the sample with respect to the optical components allowing a plurality of sample regions to be tested. A processor is utilized to control the operation of the test in accordance with test instructions and for processing the emitted energy detected from the sample to determine test results. A ROM chip socket accepts a plurality of ROM chips, wherein each ROM chip stores test data sets for one or more test types to be performed. ROM chips can be swapped to allow the fluorometer to be configured and reconfigured to perform a plurality of different tests. A communications interface facilitates the sharing of test information between the fluorometer and external entities.

Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for transforming raw healthcare data into relevant healthcare data are provided. Transformation of raw healthcare data into relevant data is accomplished by receiving raw data from a plurality of disparate data sources, indexing the data, and mapping the data. Embodiments transform raw data into relevant data through the use of natural language processing, synonymy and ontology mapping, and adaptive knowledge processing. The relevant data is stored in a one record that includes information necessary to understand and represent that patient.

A system and method are provided to monitor the health and performance of a wind turbine gearbox. A plurality of sensors coupled to the wind turbine gearbox provide input to a controller. The controller generates output information that includes performance and health information of the wind turbine gearbox based on the input received from each of the sensors.

Embodiments of the present invention include a system for improving the general personal health of individuals by networking a plurality of individuals who with remote systems, preferably personal computers that are in communication with a central server through the internet. The remote systems also communicate with external servers storing documents relating to health information, non-health information, and entertainment content. In one embodiment of the present invention collect data relating to an individual's demography, personal health, familial health and personalization factors. Using this information, the system generates a health and preferred news and entertainment content profile of the individual. Embodiments thereby provide a healthcare information portal that provides directed healthcare information and other information to attract the individual's attention.

The Physician To Patient (P2P) network system, a private & secure infrastructure for independently practicing physicians and patients for real-time electronic communication & transfer of patient health information is disclosed by the invention. The invention also discloses an efficient and natural method for creation of Electronic Medical Records by physicians in their own handwriting. The P2P network system utilizes a plurality of devices and components defined by the invention, and custom programming to integrate all equipment, devices and components of the network system. The invention also discloses a highly targeted method of advertising, the One2One Advertising, for healthcare product manufacturers to reach physicians and patients. A number of healthcare related business processes, currently executed manually are performed automatically by P2P network system software. The invention will improve the quality of services to patients, and reduce the overhead cost of the medical offices, and the healthcare industry.

An ambulatory repeater for use in automated patient care and method thereof is presented. At least one sensor is communicatively interfaced to measure and collect patient health information on an ad hoc basis. A cryptographic key is uniquely assigned to an implantable medical device. Authorization to access patient health information stored on the implantable medical device is authenticated using an ambulatory repeater. The ambulatory repeater is interfaced to the at least one sensor and implantable medical device through wireless telemetry and interfaced to an external data processing device through wireless communications. The patient health information is exchanged with the at least one sensor, implantable medical device and external data processing device via the ambulatory repeater.

A Graphical User Interface (GUI) for use in project management is described. The GUI comprises: an interface module arranged to receive low-level user information relating to project events and high-level information relating to at least one project overview attribute; and a page generation module arranged to generate on a single hierarchical display page of the GUI: a structured detailed view portion for displaying editable project details within a data compilation with the low-level event-related user information represented as graphical components within the data compilation; and a management overview portion for displaying an editable project overview with the high-level information provided therein.

Methods, systems, and computer readable media system for collecting and distributing session initiation protocol (SIP) event watcher entity subscription information in a communications network are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes receiving, at a first notifier server from a watcher entity client, a first subscription request for SIP event information associated with one or more watched entity clients. The method also includes receiving, at a watcher information (WINFO) entity, SIP event subscription information that includes an identifier indicating that the first notifier server serves the watcher entity client, storing the SIP event subscription information in the WINFO entity, detecting the unavailability of the first notifier server. The method further includes sending an instruction message, based on the identifier in the stored SIP event subscription information, to direct the watcher entity to generate a second subscription request associated for the SIP event information.

The present invention relates to a distributed computer-based decision support technology for the healthcare industry. It also relates to a systematic knowledge diffusion technology for the healthcare industry. The tool and methodology packages and distributes computation and data processing software components in both centralized and federated fashions to process medical data in-situ and in real-time, applying the knowledge and best practices that can reflect the most recent advancement of medical sciences. This tool and methodology interacts with a healthcare organization's existing internal and external information sources, including those sources of its trading partners, such as practice management systems, health information systems, electronic medical records systems, lab systems, medical reference systems, and existing decision support systems. Due to this sharing of information and the ability to construct longitudinal medical records that was previously not possible, the quality of decision support can be rapidly improved, benchmarked, and standardized across the industry.

Scheme for the automated apprehension of textual information conveyed in an input string. The input string is segmented to generate segments and / or semantical units. The following steps are repeated for each segment in the input string until a subset for each segment in said input string is identified:a. identifying a matching semantical unit in a fractal hierarchical knowledge database of semantical units and pointers, said matching semantical units being deemed to be related to a segment of said input string,b. determining the fitness of said matching semantical unit by taking into consideration said semantical unit's associations,c. defining a subset of information related to said matching semantical unit within said fractal hierarchical knowledge database.Then these subsets are combined to form a resulting semantic network.

Methods, systems, and arrangements facilitate information interexchange between a telecommunications network and an information service provider (InfSP). For example, a business-to-business (B2B) engine includes one or more logic modules for interfacing with the telecommunications network and with the InfSP. The B2B engine facilitates the reporting of, e.g., realtime information from the telecommunications network to the InfSP. This realtime information may include subscriber unit location and may be acquired and / or reported based on a mapping data structure in, e.g., the B2B engine. The data structure maps a service class to one or more parameters that dictate or provide guidance with respect to which parameters are relevant, as well as their respective values, and a mechanism for achieving the stipulated parameters. The mechanism may include specific network nodes / entities as well as frequency of acquisition to thereby enable location-tailored content data and / or services to be provided to a subscriber.

A worst-case temperature calculation unit calculates, based on heat value information of each layer of a three-dimensional integrated circuit to be designed and stack structure information of the three-dimensional integrated circuit, a worst-case temperature of a layer during operation that is targeted for logic synthesis. A logic synthesis library selection unit selects a library appropriate for the calculated worst-case temperature. A logic synthesis unit performs logic synthesis on the targeted layer with use of the selected library.

A radio access network (24) comprises a radio network control node (26); a database (40); and a femto radio base station node (28f) serving a femtocell (Cf) of the radio access network. The femto radio base station node (28f) comprises a receiver (54) for receiving scanned cell information broadcast for one or more receivable cells of the radio access network, and a reporting unit (60). The reporting unit (60) provides the scanned cell information for the one or more receivable cells of the radio access network to the radio network control node (26). The radio network control node (60) is arranged, upon receipt of the scanned cell information, for providing configuration information to the femto radio base station node (for configuring the femto radio base station node) and for storing macro cell information for one or more receivable cells in the database (40). The macrocell information is stored in the database (40) in association with the femto radio base station node.

Health information communications systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes one or more medical sensors providing one or more health information data types. The system further includes a patient communications device coupled to at least one medical sensor over a communications network. Particularly, the patient communications device includes a patient quality of service (QoS) manager that dynamically specifies a set of data quality management parameters for transporting at least some of the health information and modifies at least some of the health information into value factored health information. Additionally, the system includes a specialist communications device communicatively coupled to the patient communication device over the communications network. The specialist communications device includes a specialist QoS manager that provides measured channel characteristics to the patient communications device. The patient QoS manager dynamically specifies the set of data quality management parameters based at least in part on the measured channel characteristics of the specialist communications device.

Methods and apparatus are described which provide secure interactive communication of text and image information between a central server computer and one or more client computers located at remote sites for the purpose of storing and retrieving files describing and identifying unique products, services, or individuals. Textual information and image data from one or more of the remote sites are stored separately at the location of the central server computer, with the image data being in compressed form, and with the textual information being included in a relational database with identifiers associated with any related image data. Means are provided at the central computer for management of all textural information and image data received to ensure that all information may be independently retrieved. Requests are entered from remote terminals specifying particular subject matter, and the system is capable of responding to multiple simultaneous requests. Textural information is recalled and downloaded for review, along with any subsequently requested image data, to be displayed at a remote site. Various modes of data and image formatting are also disclosed, including encryption techniques to fortify data integrity. The server computers may be interfaced with other computers to effect financial transactions, and images representing the subjects of transactions may be uploaded to the server computer to create temporary or permanent records of financial or legal transactions. A further feature of the system is the ability to associate an identification image with a plurality of accounts, transactions, or records.

A system and method for matching potential employees with potential employers over a network. Potential employers provide position information for one or more job openings over the network to a employee recruitment, job matching and job placement system. Case workers work with potential employees in assessing the potential employees and providing the potential employee's job qualification information, physical and behavioral health information and social needs over the network to the employee recruitment, job matching and job placement system. The employee recruitment, job matching and job placement system compares the information for the potential employee with the position information for at least one job opening and generates a list of job openings and corresponding matching percentages. A matching percentage is the percentage of the received information from the potential employee matches the position information for a job listing of a potential employer. The employee recruitment, job matching and job placement system generates a job placement plan indicating physical rehabilitation accommodations, health education and training needs if applicable for the job listings selected by the potential employee.

The invention discloses a data information accurate issuing method and system for network information data transmission, relating to a user terminal device for reading and browsing information and an issuing server stored with data information to be issued. And the method comprises: in the course that a user uses the user end device to read and browse information, collecting user's behavior information; according to the user's behavior information collected in a preset time period and the to-be-issued data information's attribute information, analyzing and obtaining data information matching with the user from the to-be-issued data information. And the invention can achieve the purpose of accurately issuing digital information and advertisement according to the dgital information and advertisement types, and user's characteristic data, saving network resources and raising data transmitting efficiency.

A system for injecting drivers and setup information into pre-created images for image-based provisioning includes a disk image, a software driver configured to allow access to a specific hardware device (such as a disk or a network interface card), and a provisioning tool. The provisioning tool may be configured to insert the software driver and customized system setup information (e.g., a host name and network information) into the disk image after the creation of the disk image and prior to a boot from the disk image of an uninstalled host including the specific hardware device.

An apparatus and method for measuring the key elements of human primary health is disclosed. The apparatus is in the form of a medical diagnostics unit capable of measuring Electrocardiogram (ECG), height, weight, body mass index (BMI), body temperature, hearing efficiency, lung function, pulse, blood oxygen levels, blood pressure, urology and vision testing. The medical diagnostics unit includes an enclosure with a data card and / or fingerprint entry. The enclosure includes medical measuring devices which allow a patient to follow instructions on a touch screen visual display unit to conduct the desired tests and obtain the patient's health information. This information is stored locally as well as being transmitted to a doctor for review and evaluation. The automated medical diagnostics unit reduces the staffing requirements to obtain a patient's basic health information.

It includes input means for inputting the user's physical information, means for confirming the input human body information, and authentication means for authenticating pre-registered users based on the input human body information. The human body information specifying means includes display means and index display means for displaying an index for specifying a size, a range of a position, and the like of the input human body information. The index display means has a function for the user to confirm the status of the input human body information and a function for designating the size and position of the human body information when inputting the human body information.

The apparatus and methods disclosed herein implement a convenient and efficient standards based healthcare management system. The various preferred embodiments of the present invention enable the healthcare industry to deliver efficient, low cost and higher quality services through value added RFID technology and information processing solutions. The most preferred embodiments of the present invention enable the tracking of medical assets, processing of portable electronic patient health information, and provides a robust web-enabled interface for monitoring and managing interoperable healthcare information. The three main components of the present invention are the Asset Management component, the Personal Health Manager component, and the Clinical Information Management component. These components, taken together, offer a standards-based modular, platform for delivering efficient and effective healthcare management solutions.