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US 12,243,629 · App. 17/958,236 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Capacity to adjust patient consent

Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV (Hillsboro, OH); Kevin M Fiebig (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
G16H10/60G16H50/30
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,243,629
App. No.
17/958,236
Filed
Sep 30, 2022
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3685
USPC
705/3
Abstract

A consent management system may receive a request to modify consent data associated with a patient. The system may obtain patient capacity information associated with the patient and may determine whether to allow the patient to modify the consent data based on the obtained patient capacity information. The patient capacity information may indicate patient cognitive capacity, patient emotional capacity and/or the like. A response to the consent modification request may be generated based on the determining. For example, based on a determination that the obtained patient capacity information indicates that patient lacks the capacity to modify the consent data, the response may indicate a rejection of the request (e.g., may indicate that the consent data may not be modified). Based on a determination that the obtained patient capacity information indicates that patient possesses the capacity to modify the consent data, the response may indicate an approval of the request.

Claims (69)

1. A consent management system, comprising:

a processor configured to:

detect an occurrence of a consent modification triggering event associated with a patient;

in response to detecting the occurrence of the consent modification triggering event, receive a request to modify consent data associated with the patient;

determine a consent modification type associated with the request;

determine a capacity threshold associated with the determined consent modification type;

obtain patient capacity information associated with the patient;

compare the patient capacity information associated with the patient to the capacity threshold associated with the determined consent modification type;

allow modification of the consent data based on the obtained patient capacity information and the comparison;

modify the consent data in accordance with the request; and

update a training data set for a machine learning model based on the modified consent data and wherein training data includes segmented privacy protection boundaries.

2. The consent management system of claim 1 , wherein the consent data associated with the patient comprises a plurality of consent rules, the patient capacity information comprises cognitive capacity information associated with the patient, and the processor is further configured to:

determine that the request to modify the consent data is associated with adjusting a consent rule associated with access to health data associated with the patient;

compare the cognitive capacity information associated with the patient to a cognitive capacity threshold; and

determine whether the comparison of the cognitive capacity information to the cognitive capacity threshold indicates that the patient has cognitive capacity to adjust the consent rule.

3. The consent management system of claim 1 , wherein the consent data associated with the patient comprises a plurality of consent rules, the patient capacity information comprises emotional capacity information associated with the patient, and the processor is further configured to:

determine that the request to modify the consent data is associated with adjusting a consent rule associated with access to health data associated with the patient;

compare the emotional capacity information associated with the patient to an emotional capacity threshold; and

determine whether the comparison of the emotional capacity information to the emotional capacity threshold indicates that the patient has emotional capacity to adjust the consent rule.

4. The consent management system of claim 1 , wherein the consent data associated with the patient comprises a plurality of consent rules, and the consent modification type comprises at least one of: granting consent, revoking consent, adding a consent rule, removing a consent rule, or modifying a consent rule.

5. The consent management system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain surgical context information associated with the patient;

determine, based on the surgical context information and the request to modify the consent data, whether a health care provider review is required before generating the response; and

based on a determination that the health care provider review is required, generate a health care provider review request.

6. The consent management system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine that a predetermined amount of time has lapsed after reception of the request; and

generate a prompt for the patient to resubmit the request to modify the consent data.

7. The consent management system of claim 1 , wherein the request is a first request, and the processor is further configured to:

receive a second request to modify the consent data associated with the patient;

determine an amount of time between reception of the first request and reception of the second request; and

generate a response to the second request based at least in part on the amount of time.

8. The consent management system of claim 1 , wherein the request is a first request, and the processor is further configured to:

receive a second request to control access to health data associated with the patient;

obtain surrounding environment information associated with the patient;

determine, based on the surrounding environment information, whether an environment surrounding the patient has changed between reception of the first request and reception of the second request; and

generate a response to the second request based at least in part on the environment surrounding the patient.

9. The consent management system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

store the obtained capacity information associated with the patient as metadata of health data associated with the patient.

10. The consent management system of claim 1 , wherein the determining is based, at least in part, on input from a system separate from the consent management system.

11. A method for consent management, the method comprising:

detecting an occurrence of a consent modification triggering event associated with a patient;

in response to detecting the occurrence of the consent modification triggering event, receiving a request to modify consent data associated with the patient;

determining a consent modification type associated with the request;

determining a capacity threshold associated with the determined consent modification type;

obtaining patient capacity information associated with the patient;

compare the patient capacity information associated with the patient to the capacity threshold associated with the determined consent modification type;

allowing modification of the consent data based on the obtained patient capacity information and the comparison;

modifying the consent data in accordance with the request; and

update a training data set for a machine learning model based on the modified consent data and wherein training data includes segmented privacy protection boundaries.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the consent data associated with the patient comprises a plurality of consent rules, the patient capacity information comprises cognitive capacity information associated with the patient, the method further comprising:

determining that the request to modify the consent data is associated with adjusting a consent rule associated with access to health data associated with the patient;

comparing the cognitive capacity information associated with the patient to a cognitive capacity threshold; and

determining whether the comparison of the cognitive capacity information to the cognitive capacity threshold indicates that the patient has cognitive capacity to adjust the consent rule.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the consent data associated with the patient comprises a plurality of consent rules, the patient capacity information comprises emotional capacity information associated with the patient, the method further comprising:

determining that the request to modify the consent data is associated with adjusting a consent rule associated with access to health data associated with the patient;

comparing the emotional capacity information associated with the patient to an emotional capacity threshold; and

determining whether the comparison of the emotional capacity information to the emotional capacity threshold indicates that the patient has emotional capacity to adjust the consent rule.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the consent data associated with the patient comprises a plurality of consent rules, and the consent modification type comprises at least one of: granting consent, revoking consent, adding a consent rule, removing a consent rule, or modifying a consent rule.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

obtaining surgical context information associated with the patient;

determining, based on the surgical context information and the request to modify the consent data, whether a health care provider review is required before generating the response; and

based on a determination that the health care provider review is required, generating a health care provider review request.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining that a predetermined amount of time has lapsed after the reception of the request; and

generating a prompt for the patient to resubmit the request to modify the consent data.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the request is a first request, the method further comprising:

receiving a second request to modify the consent data associated with the patient;

determining an amount of time between reception of the first request and reception of the second request; and

generating a response to the second request based at least in part on the amount of time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2022
From: SHELTON, FREDERICK E., IV; FIEBIG, KEVIN M.
To: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
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