IP Library Granted Patent US 8,301,467
Granted Patent B2
US 8,301,467 · App. 13/280,968 · Granted Oct 30, 2012

Panel diagnostic method and system including active and passive strategies

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Patent No.
US 8,301,467
App. No.
13/280,968
Granted
Oct 30, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for computerized medical self-diagnosis is disclosed. Beginning with direct interactive dialog between a patient and a computing device to obtain patient health items, the system automatically obtains a differential self-diagnosis using active and passive strategies based on an analysis of the patient health items in conjunction with known disease properties. In one embodiment, each strategy differential self-diagnosis is obtained with different analysis criteria of the patient health items. At least a portion of the strategy differential self-diagnoses are compared and a consensus self-diagnosis based on the compared differential self-diagnoses is determined and communicated to the patient.

Claims (61)

1. A computerized medical self-diagnostic system, the system comprising:

a computing device;

a storage device operatively connected to the computing device;

a panel diagnostic module operating as non-transitory computer readable code embodied within said computing device, the non-transitory computer readable code comprising instructions for;

receiving and storing at least one non-transitory disease object, the non-transitory disease object representative of at least one disease and at least one symptom of said disease;

receiving and storing at least one non-transitory active strategy object and at least one non-transitory passive strategy object;

communicating a request for at least one patient health item to a patient, the request communicated via a direct interactive dialog between the computing device and the patient, the request in compliance with at least one strategy object;

receiving, from the patient via the direct interactive dialog, and storing the at least one patient health item;

modifying said direct interactive dialog based on the non-transitory active strategy object;

monitoring said interactive dialog via the non-transitory passive strategy object;

generating a plurality of differential self-diagnosis based on the non-transitory active strategy object, the non-transitory passive strategy object, the non-transitory disease object, and the patient health item;

storing each differential self-diagnosis in the storage device;

determining which of the plurality of differential self-diagnosis is a consensus self-diagnosis; and

communicating the consensus self-diagnosis to the patient via the direct interactive dialog.

2. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 1 , wherein:

said non-transitory disease object is further configured to perform a selection of a said strategy object.

3. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 1 , wherein:

said non-transitory active strategy object is further configured to modify said direct interactive dialog based on said patient health item.

4. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 1 , wherein:

said non-transitory active strategy object is further configured to modify said direct interactive dialog based on said differential self-diagnosis.

5. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 1 , wherein:

said non-transitory active strategy object is further configured to modify said direct interactive dialog based on said consensus self-diagnosis.

6. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 1 , wherein:

said non-transitory passive strategy object and said non-transitory active strategy object are further configured to generate said differential self-diagnosis based in part on communication with an alternate strategy.

7. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 1 , wherein:

said request for at least one patient health item communicated to the patient is based in part on a desired patient health item of a strategy object.

8. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 1 , wherein:

said modifying said direct interactive dialog further comprises an additional request and an additional direct interactive dialog session at a later time.

9. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 1 , wherein:

said determining which of the plurality of differential self-diagnosis is a consensus self-diagnosis further comprises use of a Moderator to rank each differential self-diagnosis.

10. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 1 , wherein:

said determining which of the plurality of differential self-diagnosis is a consensus self-diagnosis further comprises the use of an alternative diagnostic strategy.

11. A method for computerized medical self-diagnosis, the method executed as computer readable code embodied within a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving and storing, in a storage device operatively connected to the computing device, at least one non-transitory disease object, the non-transitory disease object representative of at least one disease and at least one symptom of said disease;

receiving and storing in the storage device, at least one non-transitory active strategy object and at least one non-transitory passive strategy object;

communicating a request for at least one patient health item to a patient, the request communicated via a direct interactive dialog between the computing device and the patient, the request in compliance with at least one strategy object;

receiving, from the patient via the direct interactive dialog, and storing in the storage device, the at least one patient health item;

modifying said direct interactive dialog based on the non-transitory active strategy object;

monitoring said interactive dialog via the non-transitory passive strategy object;

generating a plurality of differential self-diagnosis based on the non-transitory active strategy object, the non-transitory passive strategy object, the non-transitory disease object, and the patient health item;

storing each differential self-diagnosis in the storage device;

determining which of the plurality of differential self-diagnosis is a consensus self-diagnosis; and

communicating the consensus self-diagnosis to the patient via the direct interactive dialog.

12. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 11 , wherein:

said non-transitory disease object is further configured to perform a selection of a said strategy object.

13. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 11 , wherein:

said non-transitory active strategy object is further configured to modify said direct interactive dialog based on said patient health item.

14. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 11 , wherein:

said non-transitory active strategy object is further configured to modify said direct interactive dialog based on said differential self-diagnosis.

15. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 11 , wherein:

said non-transitory active strategy object is further configured to modify said direct interactive dialog based on said consensus self-diagnosis.

16. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 11 , wherein:

said non-transitory passive strategy object and said non-transitory active strategy object are further configured to generate said differential self-diagnosis based in part on communication with an alternate strategy.

17. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 11 , wherein:

said request for at least one patient health item communicated to the patient is based in part on a desired patient health item of a strategy object.

18. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 11 , wherein:

said modifying said direct interactive dialog further comprises an additional request and an additional direct interactive dialog session at a later time.

19. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 11 , wherein:

said determining which of the plurality of differential self-diagnosis is a consensus self-diagnosis further comprises use of a Moderator to rank each differential self-diagnosis.

20. The computerized medical diagnostic system of claim 11 , wherein:

said determining which of the plurality of differential self-diagnosis is a consensus self-diagnosis further comprises the use of an alternative diagnostic strategy.

Assignments (9)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2024
From: HEALTHWAYS SC, LLC; SHARECARE AI, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 068977/0210 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2021
From: ABC FUNDING, LLC, AS AGENT
To: SHARECARE, INC.; LUCID GLOBAL, INC.; HEALTHWAYS SC, LLC
Reel/Frame 056807/0581 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2017
From: SHARECARE, INC.; LUCID GLOBAL, INC.; HEALTHWAYS SC, LLC; QH ACQUISITION SUB, LLC; BACTES IMAGING SOLUTIONS, INC.; BACTES IMAGING SOLUTIONS, LLC
To: ABC FUNDING, LLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 042380/0225 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2017
From: SHARECARE, INC.; LUCID GLOBAL, INC.; HEALTHWAYS SC, LLC; QH ACQUISITION SUB, LLC; BACTES IMAGING SOLUTIONS, INC.; BACTES IMAGING SOLUTIONS, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 041817/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2017
From: FIRST OPINION CORPORATION
To: CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT, LLC
Reel/Frame 041646/0324 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2017
From: ILIFF, EDWIN C.
To: FIRST OPINION CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041642/0768 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2016
From: SUNTRUST BANK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: HEALTHWAYS, INC.; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT, LLC; HEALTHHONORS, LLC
Reel/Frame 039405/0507 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2016
From: HEALTHWAYS, INC.; AMERICAN HEALTHWAYS SERVICES, LLC; HEALTHWAYS INTERNATIONAL, INC.; HEALTHWAYS HAWAII, LLC; HEALTHWAYS ORNISH, LLC; HEALTHWAYS INTERNATIONAL, S.A.R.L; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT, LLC; HEALTHWAYS HEALTH SUPPORT, LLC; HEALTHWAYS QUITNET, LLC; HEALTHWAYS HEALTHTRENDS, LLC; ASCENTIA HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS, L.L.C.; HEALTHWAYS WHOLEHEALTH NETWORKS, INC.; POPULATION HEALTH SUPPORT, LLC
To: HEALTHWAYS SC, LLC
Reel/Frame 039657/0024 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 9, 2012
From: HEALTHWAYS, INC.; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT, LLC; HEALTHHONORS, LLC
To: SUNTRUST BANK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 028349/0418 →