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US 10,755,819 · App. 15/721,048 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Multi agent consensus resolution and re-planning

Inventors: Olivier E. Bent (Nairobi, KE); Sally Simone Fobi Nsutezo (Nairobi, KR); Antoine Nzeyimana (Nairobi, KE); Meenal Pore (Nairobi, KE); Katherine Tryon (Nairobi, KE); Aisha Walcott (Nairobi, KE)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
G16H80/00G16H10/60H04L9/30H04L9/3239H04L9/3247G16H20/10H04L9/0643H04L2209/38H04L2209/88
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Patent No.
US 10,755,819
App. No.
15/721,048
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for collaborative decision-making in medicine. The systems can employ a distributed record-keeping and verification system to solicit suggested modifications to an initial healthcare regime from interested healthcare workers. The systems can aggregate the suggested modifications and use a consensus algorithm to determine the most appropriate modification.

Claims (26)

1. A system for optimizing a healthcare regime, the system comprising:

a first user device comprising a first processor coupled to a first memory, the first user device configured to:

receive one or more healthcare regime tokens corresponding to a first set of proposed healthcare actions, wherein the first set of proposed healthcare actions correspond to a healthcare user associated with a healthcare blockchain;

receive a first digital signature of a first authoring healthcare worker who performs the first set of proposed healthcare actions, the first digital signature confirming a validity of the one or more healthcare regime tokens;

generate a first healthcare regime block comprising at least the first set of proposed healthcare actions, the first digital signature, and a hash of at least a portion of a block of the healthcare blockchain;

revise the healthcare blockchain based on the generated first healthcare regime block; and

transmit the revised healthcare blockchain to one or more computers of the plurality of computers on the network, wherein the one or more computers of the plurality of computers on the network is configured to determine acceptance of the first healthcare regime block and to append the first healthcare regime block to the healthcare blockchain of the healthcare user;

a second user device comprising a second processor coupled to a second memory, the second user device configured to:

receive a version of the revised healthcare blockchain;

receive one or more additional healthcare regime tokens corresponding to a second set of proposed modified healthcare actions, the second set of proposed modified healthcare actions corresponding to the healthcare user;

receive a second digital signature of a second authorized healthcare worker who performs the second set of proposed modified healthcare actions;

generate a second healthcare regime block comprising at least the second set of proposed modified healthcare actions, the second digital signature of the authorized healthcare worker, and a hash of at least a portion of another block of the healthcare blockchain;

update the received version of the healthcare blockchain based on the generated second healthcare regime block; and

transmit the updated healthcare blockchain to one or more computers of the plurality of computers on the network, wherein the one or more computers of the plurality of computers on the network is configured to determine acceptance of the second healthcare regime block and to append the second healthcare regime block to the healthcare blockchain of the healthcare user.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second user device is configured to:

compare the first healthcare regime block against the second healthcare regime block and determine a preference factor for the second healthcare regime block based on a result of the comparison.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second user device is configured to:

compare the first healthcare regime block against the second healthcare regime block and determine a preference factor for the second healthcare regime block based on a result of the comparison, wherein the comparison accounts for at least the following parameters: an experience of the authorized healthcare worker, an area of expertise of the authorized healthcare worker, and a success rate of the authorized healthcare worker.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second user device is configured to:

receive at least two proposed modified healthcare actions corresponding to the healthcare user;

receive at least two digital signatures corresponding to at least two authorized healthcare workers, the at least two authorized healthcare workers responsible for the at least two proposed modified healthcare actions;

generate at least two healthcare regime blocks, a first of the at least two healthcare regime blocks corresponding to a first of the at least two proposed modified healthcare actions and a second of the at least two healthcare regime blocks corresponding to a second of the at least two proposed modified healthcare actions;

update the updated healthcare blockchain with the at least two healthcare regime blocks;

compare the at least two healthcare regime blocks to determine a preference factor, wherein the preference factor indicates a preferable block of the at least two healthcare regime blocks; and

communicate a message to a user account associated with the authoring healthcare worker, the message comprising the preference factor and the preferable block.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the message further comprises instructions configured to: automatically initiate a prescription medication filling system; automatically initiate a medical device ordering system; or automatically modify a user device associated with the healthcare user to implement a healthcare action with a corresponding treatment schedule.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2017
From: BENT, OLIVER E.; NSUTEZO, SALLY SIMONE FOBI; NZEYIMANA, ANTOINE; PORE, MEENAL; TRYON, KATHERINE; WALCOTT, AISHA
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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