“Medical Interaction Systems and Methods” in Patent Application Approval Process (USPTO 20160246781)
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The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background information supplied by the inventors: "Doctors, clinics, and hospitals in
"Typically, the disparity of language is often addressed by patients seeking treatment from healthcare providers in their own communities who spoke their language. This is not always possible and many patients find themselves under the care of a healthcare provider or being treated in a hospital where they cannot communicate with the doctors or other staff. This is not a new phenomenon especially in a country whose population is the result of successive large waves of immigrants from a wide range of countries.
"What is new is a federal mandate that all patients be afforded care that they can understand and legally consent to. The responsibility for the translation falls on the healthcare provider, such as a doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, and the like, in his office or on the hospital/clinic where the patient is seen and treated. Often patients arrive with a friend or relative who speaks both their language and English. Ancillary hospital personnel, housekeeping and dietary staff from the same immigrant communities as the patients, no longer meet legal guidelines to assist in translating for patients. Their translations have no official legal certification, and involving unofficial translators poses the risk of breaching of privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
"When the use of certified independent interpreters is needed, the cost of their services is the responsibility of the healthcare provider's office or the hospital. This cost cannot be borne by or passed on to the patient or the medical insurance, including
"There is therefore a financial and ethical incentive for hospitals and healthcare providers to use novel computer implemented methods and systems to communicate with patients in different languages and to record important patient responses and information using electronic client devices."
In addition to the background information obtained for this patent application, VerticalNews journalists also obtained the inventor's summary information for this patent application: "A medical interaction system for providing cross-language communication between a first user and a second user is provided. In some embodiments, the system may include: a speaker for providing audio output to the users; a graphical user interface for displaying visual information output to and receiving user input from the users; and a processor in communication with the speaker and the graphical interface, in which the processor is configured to identify a first language selected by the first user with the graphical user interface, identify a second language selected by the second user with the graphical user interface, receive first language input from the first user, interpret the first language input into a second language output, provide the second language output to the second user, receive second language input from the second user, determine second user consent to the second language output, interpret the second language input into first language output, and provide the first language output to the first user.
"According to another embodiment consistent with the principles of the invention, a medical interaction method for providing cross-language communication between a first user and a second user is provided. The method may include: identifying a first language selected by the first user; identifying a second language selected by the second user; receiving first language input from the first user; interpreting the first language input into a second language output; providing the second language output to the second user; receiving second language input from the second user; determining second user consent to the second language output; interpreting the second language input into first language output; and providing the first language output to the first user.
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"Some embodiments of the present invention are illustrated as an example and are not limited by the figures of the accompanying drawings, in which like references may indicate similar elements and in which:
"FIG. 1 depicts an illustrative example of some of the components and computer implemented methods which may be found in a medical interaction system according to various embodiments described herein.
"FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram showing an example of a server which may be used by the system as described in various embodiments herein.
"FIG. 3 shows a block diagram illustrating an example of a client device which may be used by the system as described in various embodiments herein.
"FIG. 4 depicts a block diagram illustrating some exemplary input/output interfaces of a client device which may be used by the system as described in various embodiments herein.
"FIG. 5 illustrates a block diagram illustrating some modules of a medical interaction system which may function as software rules engines according to various embodiments described herein.
"FIG. 6 shows a block diagram illustrating an example workflow of a medical interaction system according to various embodiments described herein.
"FIG. 7 depicts a block diagram of an example of a method for providing medical interaction between two users according to various embodiments described herein.
"FIG. 8 illustrates a block diagram of an example of an alternative method for providing medical interaction between two users according to various embodiments described herein.
"FIG. 9 shows a screenshot of an example graphical user interface displayed on a client device of the system according to various embodiments described herein.
"FIG. 10 depicts a screenshot of an example graphical user interface displayed on a client device of the system according to various embodiments described herein."
URL and more information on this patent application, see: Cabot, Gary. Medical Interaction Systems and Methods. Filed
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