37 results about "Office visits" patented technology

The invention executes a novel patient workflow process on a tablet PC streamlines office visits allowing doctors to see more patients, maximize practice revenues and speed reimbursements, all of which significantly improves the doctor's quality of work and quality of life. The invention maintains and improves patient provider communication optimizing the encounter workflow. The invention, as a point-of-care product, is delivered on a wireless Tablet PC using secure wireless technology. The invention speeds the collection of information while allowing the physician to maintain eye contact with the patient. The invention allows the doctor to easily search, organize and display any information on patients, prescriptions and symptoms, in real time. Using embedded encryption and compaction technologies, the invention assures patient data is secure and meets HIPAA requirements. The invention improves Doctor / Patient Interaction, Communication and Relationship. The invention utilizes handwriting and voice capture and recognition. Routine activities are speeded by customizable templates and forms, check-lists and action lists adapted to each physician's style. Using the invention will reduce annual patient workflow costs, due to electronic collection and submission of transcriptions, coding, prescription, insurance, and referral information.

The invention provides a method for dental restoration including direct modification of an abutment in the oral environment to obtain the ideal shape, contour, and margin placement. The method is featured with directly measuring the shortest distance X1 between a location L1 on the surface of the abutment and the surface of a surrounding object, and increasing the shortest distance X1 until it is not less than a predetermined value. The invention exhibits numerous merits such as simplified procedure, cost-effectiveness, reduction of laboratory adjustment, reduction of chair time, and reduction of office visits.

System and method for generating and managing tasks relating to patient office visits with healthcare providers. A priority is assigned to each task based on a desired patient experience or provider efficiency. A set of prioritized tasks is generated, assigned to a user for completion, and dynamically displayed on an interactive user interface to enable the assigned user to access and manage the prioritized tasks and accept user responses for completing the tasks. The user responses are monitored and processed to detect the timing, content or lack of user responses. The related tasks of a workflow may be assigned to users across different provider groups, and their cumulative responses monitored and synchronized for timely completion. At regular or varying time intervals, which intervals can be adjusted based on a user's response history or other factors, the user receives a continuously updated and prioritized list of tasks to enable more efficient completion of the tasks. The system is configured to learn over time which priorities, presentation forms and assigned users best achieve a timely completion of such tasks.

An electronic medical record system enables organic growth of medical conditions or choices linked to predefined human body systems or an anatomical image. These choices are used as blue print launchers that form sentences / paragraphs as a user interacts with the choice lists. The choice lists can include a set of control variables that can be selected to create a medical history of a patient in the form of one or more visit notes. The medical history of the patient is formed by user selection of some of the control variables for insertion into fillable data entry locations in the sentences / paragraphs. The sentences / paragraphs are in the form of blue prints which are available generically to be populated with patient specific information to form customized blue prints for a particular patient. Multiple data perspectives in the electronic medical record system allows relatively easy and simultaneous collection of the complex medical data to produce medical visit notes or letters during a patient office visit.

An electronic medical record system enables organic growth of medical conditions or choices linked to predefined human body systems or an anatomical image. These choices are used as blue print launchers that form sentences / paragraphs as a user interacts with the choice lists. The choice lists can include a set of control variables that can be selected to create a medical history of a patient in the form of one or more visit notes. The medical history of the patient is formed by user selection of some of the control variables for insertion into fillable data entry locations in the sentences / paragraphs. The sentences / paragraphs are in the form of blue prints which are available generically to be populated with patient specific information to form customized blue prints for a particular patient. Multiple data perspectives in the electronic medical record system allows relatively easy and simultaneous collection of the complex medical data to produce medical visit notes or letters during a patient office visit.

A methodology is disclosed for providing a physical therapy practitioner with practice-specific prescriptive exercise routine depictions as an effective way to enhance compliance of a home-based physical therapy regimen. The method comprises various steps, including assessing a given practitioner's commonly prescribed home-based exercise prescriptions, selecting certain of the exercises for comparison relative to a previously compiled digitized motion picture library containing excerpts showing various exercises. A decision is then made as to whether a representative exercise excerpt is endemic to the physical therapy practitioner. If the excerpt(s) are deemed satisfactory, DVD's are developed and provided to the practitioner. The practitioner may then properly prescribe a home-based physical therapy regimen during an office visit at which time a select set of the developed DVD materials are delivered to the patient. The practice-specific compilations may be periodically updated to reflect ongoing changes or requirements of a given therapist's practice.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine synthesis remote diagnosis system which comprises a data collection subsystem, a signal processing subsystem, a computer unit, a pulse simulation subsystem and a calibration subsystem. The data collection subsystem collects signals of the body temperature, the face, the coated tongue, the tongue base, the sound and the radial artery pulse of a patient; the signal processing subsystem processes data collected by the data collection subsystem and transmits the data through a communication network and therefore remote connection of a patient and a doctor can be achieved; the doctor can exert floating, medium, sinking and other pressures through the pulse simulation subsystem according to the received pulse data and feeds back the pressures to the radial artery of the wrist of the patient to feel the pulse. Four ways of looking, listening, questioning and feeling the pulse for diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine are synthesized, the physical condition of the patient can be truly felt without face-to-face consultation between the doctor and the patient, remote medical treatment is achieved, and convenience is provided for the patient for doctors' office visiting.

A prescription software component, optionally incorporated into a physician accessible and updatable database of patient medical information and which, in cooperation with an interactive process server, issues a wireless medication reminder message to a patient. The prescription component to the program can operate as either a sub-component of the medical compliance system or can function as a stand-alone program and provides a readily accessible list of patient medications, allowing for updates to be made by a physician or authorized health care provider and incorporated into the patient's list of medications, such as via the Internet on a secured company hosted website, without the patient being required to schedule an office visit. The medications list can include, in non-limiting fashion, brand / generic name of medication, strength (mg), frequency of dosing, instructions, start / end date for pharmaceutical therapy, number of authorized refills, known allergies, etc.

This invention describes how users can capture digital artifacts from any medical device using their mobile device. Some examples of medical devices included, but are not limited to a medical ID card, Medical ID bracelet, Electronic Medical Records, blood pressure machines, blood glucose, scales, inhalers, INR, prescription bottles and trays, pulse oximeter, etc. Digital artifacts included, but are not limited to a medical ID, basic patient information, patient contact information, emergency contact information, primary care physician information, health insurance information including co-pay and deductibles, prescriptions, office visit summary, appointment cards, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), lab results, blood type, organ / donor status, vital signs, diagnostic data, immunization records, payments and transaction history, pictures, etc

A method and apparatus that permits a dentist to provide a patient with a monolithic zirconia restoration (i.e., crown) in one office visit. The dentist is provided with a kit of various near net shape (NNS) components of various shapes and shades, chair-side software, and a chair-side milling machine to convert a selected kit component into a finished, fully contoured restoration in about one hour or less. Each such kit component may be, for example, a fully sintered zirconia NNS component having an integral mandrel at a precise location and orientation to minimize the amount of milling time.

A hearing aid (2) is provided which includes a receiver tube (14) containing waterproof ear wax mesh trap (16). The receiver tube is removably connected directly to the hearing aid receiver (12) and the tube may be cleaned or replaced by a hearing aid dispenser or audiologist during a patient office visit. The receiver tube includes a waterproof ear wax trap lodged within, that is made of a foamed and stretched PTFE membrane. Further, the length of the receiver tube may be adjusted by the dispenser or audiologist during the office visit by clipping it accordingly.

A computerized system useable in methods for monitoring mental health status of individuals receiving outpatient mental health treatment during the time periods between office visits with the doctor. The computerized system is particularly useful to the doctor to see a graph of a parameter on which survey responses have been collected from the patient between office visits and onto which graph the automated system has overlaid a history of medication changes.

A method for accessing veterinary health care information via an Internet website, wherein subscribers to the website are able to search and review a library of veterinary health care information, ask questions of a qualified veterinarian, schedule one-on-one consultations as well as office visits with a qualified veterinarian, and purchase veterinary health care products. Using this method, subscribers may also finance veterinary health care products and services using a pet health savings account.

A method of providing insurance (including professional malpractice liability insurance) to consumers against unfavorable outcomes resulting from services, methods of rating risks associated with services, and a method of reducing the risk of unfavorable outcomes. In the twelfth preferred embodiment, hand-held (or other) electronic data processing devices are used throughout a process of providing health insurance. The patient (or another person) inputs initial information into the device. The cost of insurance for a first office visit is determined, and a menu of coverages is outputted. The patient then selects a particular coverage for a first office visit, and pays the premium for it. The doctor (or other health care provider) then evaluates the patient. Complete information is then inputted. The cost of insurance for one year is then determined, and a menu of coverages is outputted. The patient then selects a particular coverage for one year, and pays its premium.

A force adjusting mechanism for an orthodontic appliance wherein the appliance functions to move teeth and / or to expand the dental arch. The mechanism includes a shaft operatively coupled at opposite ends between a first portion of the appliance which is anchored in the patient's dental arch and a second portion of the appliance which applies force to one or more of the patient's teeth. A lock is slidable along the shaft to compress a spring between the lock and the second portion of the appliance. Co-operating structures on the shaft and on the lock provide a unidirectional ratchet movement of the lock along the shaft. Thus, the lock may be advanced one step at a time in one direction only, preferably manually using an implement for engaging the lock, to compress the spring to apply force to one or more of the patient's teeth. Advantageously, this may be done by the patient or a parent or guardian without the need for an office visit to a clinician. The cooperating structures can include a series of successive detent formations along the shaft and a component on the lock moveable into and out of the detent formations thereby avoiding thread stripping or slippage.

The present invention involves an apparatus and method to detect lesions in the lower female genital tract produced by the Human Papilloma Virus using an actinic light colposcope. The apparatus of the present invention comprises mechanical, electrical and optical (also referred to herein as the actinic light) components. The method of the present invention comprises the general steps of: (1) illumination, (2) excitement, and (3) suppression. The method disclosed and claimed herein in the clinical context takes between 15 and 20 minutes and reliable results are obtained during the patient's office visit.

The present invention generally relates to the field of medical services and more specifically to the area of chronic disease management. It comprises a new method for providing a disease management service which utilizes nurse practitioners to engage in regularly scheduled virtual evaluation and management “office visits” with patients, using off-the-shelf videophones for real-time video and audio communications. As these disease management services are delivered to the patient while he remains in his home, such convenient access to professional health care brings about a much closer monitoring of the patient's condition than would be otherwise practical, enabling clinicians to make necessary therapeutic modifications in a timely fashion. Engaging patients in such regularly scheduled office visits also causes increased compliance with recommended regimens and lifestyle modifications, resulting in overall improved management of the patient's chronic condition. Patients are enrolled into the service primarily through referrals from their primary care physicians who sign a Collaboration Agreement with the chronic disease management service. The Collaboration Agreement extends the continuity of care for enrolled patients by keeping the primary care physician informed at all times on the health status of their patients and involved in all important clinical decisions regarding patients referred to the service. The secure Internet-accessible clinical documentation and information systems used in the disclosed method make possible a multi-office practice were information can be seamlessly shared and patient workloads can be distributed across multiple locations. Clinical office visit services provided under the disclosed method qualify for reimbursement by public insurers and many private insurers. The disclosed method represents a novel form of medical practice whose area of operation and potential patient base is unbounded by geographic location, since patients may engage in virtual office visits while remaining in their homes, and the information technology infrastructure utilized allows the disclosed disease management service to deliver medical care from any location that has phone service and an Internet or network connection available.

The present invention relates to a method and a device for detection for rapidly detecting decsyed teeth, and relates to a decsyed teeth detection tool and method. A method for multi-time precision detection is employed, a light color area is searched, and an approximate area ratio is employed to determine the relative size of the light color area; two-dimensional images of a corresponding early-stage caries color change portion is subjected to three-dimensional reconstruction to obtain an accurate area size of the corresponding early-stage caries color change portion and perform marking once;and a caries development trend is determined according to an obtained secondary detection result to obtain accurate data. The method and the device are rid of a manual checking mode of decsyed teeth,display a decsyed teeth morbidity to users in a visual mode at the decsyed teeth morbidity early stage, can detect the morbidity when the users have no feeling, and have the users with doctors' office visiting eailier.

A method for accessing veterinary health care information via an Internet website, wherein subscribers to the website are able to search and review a library of veterinary health care information, ask questions of a qualified veterinarian, schedule one-on-one consultations as well as office visits with a qualified veterinarian, and purchase veterinary health care products. Using this method, subscribers may also finance veterinary health care products and services using a pet health savings account.

The invention provides a method for dental restoration including direct modification of an abutment in the oral environment to obtain the ideal shape, contour, and margin placement. The method is featured with directly measuring the shortest distance X1 between a location L1 on the surface of the abutment and the surface of a surrounding object, and increasing the shortest distance X1 until it is not less than a predetermined value. The invention exhibits numerous merits such as simplified procedure, cost-effectiveness, reduction of laboratory adjustment, reduction of chair time, and reduction of office visits.

Methods and apparatus that permit a dentist to provide a patient with a monolithic ceramic dental restoration (e.g., crown, bridge, or the like) in one office visit. In some embodiments, a dentist is provided with a kit containing one or more near net shape (NNS) millable blanks of various shapes and shades, chair-side software, and a chair-side milling machine to convert a selected millable blank into a finished, fully contoured restoration in about one hour or less. Each such millable blank may be, for example, a dental ceramic (e.g., fully sintered zirconia, fully crystallized lithium silicate, fully crystallized lithium disilicate, or the like) NNS component. In some embodiments, the NNS component includes an integral mandrel at a precise location and orientation to minimize the amount of milling time.

A system and method for managing an electronically-implemented membership based health care program without utilizing primary care medical insurance includes providing a health clinic having doctors to provide medical services to its members. An electronic database which may be connected to computer network manages member records, including a purchase arrangement by which services may be obtained. Enrolled members in good payment standing may receive primary care medical services from the clinic, including unlimited office visits. Clinic employees receive the medical services as an employee benefit. The clinic may be owned by another company not related to health care and having employees who also receive the medical services, the company paying the clinic according to the purchase arrangement. Neither the clinic nor its members utilize primary care insurance. The method results in dramatically decreased healthcare costs and higher effective employee compensation.

A system and method for creating customized anatomical implant prosthetic pieces that includes an x-ray computed tomography, a computer aided design component, and a computer aided manufacturing component. The method includes the steps of taking a tomographic image of an individual, generating a three-dimensional virtual anatomical model using the tomographic image, designing a three-dimensional virtual anatomical template using the three-dimensional virtual anatomical model, generating final information using the three-dimensional anatomical template, and generating a customized, patient-specific prosthetic piece from a solid block of material using the final information. The system and method of the present invention is fully performed and the prosthetic piece implanted into the patient within one office visit.

A method and apparatus for the design and manufacture of dentures wherein the number of office visits that a patient must attend in order to develop and obtain dentures is reduced. In one embodiment, during a first visit, final impressions and a measurement of the patient's upper lip is obtained. In one embodiment, a lab then creates a denture base and applies tooth replicas. In one embodiment, this is done using a physical fabrication aid of an embodiment of the present invention. Alternatively, the denture base can be created from a digital representation, and the denture base is then preferably sized and adjusted during the patient's second visit before final dentures are created and provided to the patient during the patient's third visit.

A detection treatment system for office visiting response and reception consists of two parts, one part comprises a single-chip microcomputer processor, an input keyboard and a visiting prompt light which are arranged on an office table, and the other part comprises a visiting button and a display screen which are arranged outside a door; the input keyboard and the visiting button are connected with the signal input end of the single-chip microcomputer processor, the signal output end of the single-chip microcomputer processor is connected with the visiting prompt light and the display screen. The detection treatment system for visiting response and reception consists of the two parts arranged inside and outside an office respectively, an office worker makes the display screen display a busy or idle state by the input keyboard, if when a guest visits, whether a visited object is free or not can be judged according to the display screen; at the same time, the guest can remind the office worker that the guest outside the door visits through the visiting button, the office worker sets the guest waiting time according to the own situation, if processing cannot be temporarily finished, the time can be prolonged, and thus talking is avoided from being disturbed.

This invention describes how users can capture digital artifacts from any medical device using their mobile device. Some examples of medical devices included, but are not limited to a medical ID card, Medical ID bracelet, Electronic Medical Records, blood pressure machines, blood glucose, scales, inhalers, INR, prescription bottles and trays, pulse oximeter, etc. Digital artifacts included, but are not limited to a medical ID, basic patient information, patient contact information, emergency contact information, primary care physician information, health insurance information including co-pay and deductibles, prescriptions, office visit summary, appointment cards, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), lab results, blood type, organ / donor status, vital signs, diagnostic data, immunization records, payments and transaction history, pictures, etc

A method for adjusting prescription eyeglasses at a remote location based on measured data of a user of the eyeglasses is disclosed. With measurement decals adhered to lenses of the prescription glasses customized for a patient, an optometrist, optician, ophthalmologist, online optical merchant, or supplying lab will be able to have a physical measurement of the patient's segment height and monocular and binocular pupillary distance for improved fitting, thereby providing more comfortable single vision, bifocal and progressive prescription glasses, all without the need for an office visit or additional fees.