“Precision Professional Health-Related (Phr) Communication Systems And Related Interfaces” in Patent Application Approval Process (USPTO 20190098492)
2019 APR 16 (NewsRx) -- By a
This patent application has not been assigned to a company or institution.
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Healthcare workers are rapidly embracing the speed and convenience afforded by electronic communication systems, such as Short Message Service (SMS) messaging systems, to improve the accuracy and efficiency of professional communication. In fact, these SMS systems are rapidly replacing pagers as a technical means of direct professional communication. However, generally, these SMS message systems are not encrypted, and hence are in direct violation of HIPAA, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; and to this end, patients, doctors, nurses and health care institutions are jeopardized by the burgeoning use of SMS messaging technology via open channel communications.
“Fully encrypted messaging is resource intensive and would represent a significant computing burden if required at the level of the individual smart phones prior to the transmission of each individual professional health-related (PHR) communication. Although alternative messaging system platforms have been introduced for the encryption of medical data over such systems, many of these schemes have limited compliance criteria. Moreover, these messaging systems lack suitable clarity in clinical relevance to be useful in the diagnosis or treatment of patients, or to responsibly record the prescriptive activity by the medical professional.
“Accordingly, there is significant need for additional tools and systems that provide a precision platform for professional health-related (PHR) communication where clinical relevance is standardized for the achievement of clinical precision.”
In addition to the background information obtained for this patent application, NewsRx journalists also obtained the inventors’ summary information for this patent application: “Accordingly, the present invention is directed to novel tools and systems that provide a precision platform for professional health-related (PHR) communication where clinical relevance is standardized for the achievement of clinical precision. In particular, the present invention provides methods, tools, and systems using precision architecture control structure (PACS) comprising professional health-related (PHR) structured dialogs suitable for precise clinical diagnosis, in combination with encrypted transmission which is capable of HIPAA compliant communication of a healthcare information system with a credentialed user. The increased clinical precision of these tools, systems, and related methods affords greater efficiency in clinical treatment that is translated into increased safety in patient care, which extends far beyond simple communication of clinically relevant information.
“As such, one aspect of the invention provides a precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface comprising a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method. The method comprises the steps of: interfacing by a healthcare information system of a host healthcare institution with one or more wireless devices using precision architecture control structure (PACS) comprising professional health-related (PHR) structured dialogs suitable for precise clinical diagnosis; establishing one or more registries of credentialed users; assigning an encryption key to each user for use in both encryption and decryption; encrypting the PHR structured dialog prior to transmission to said wireless devices of a defined user with an assigned encryption key; and receiving the encrypted PHR structured dialog at said wireless device assigned to said user, such that the healthcare information system of the host healthcare institution is capable of communicating with one or more of said users by precision professional health-related (PHR) communication.
“Another aspect of the present invention provides a precision professional health-related (PHR) communication system suitable for protecting the confidentiality and security of healthcare information within a host healthcare institution. The system comprises: a healthcare information system; one or more wireless devices; and a precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface comprising a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method. The method comprises the steps of: interfacing with the healthcare information system of a host healthcare institution with one or more wireless devices using precision architecture control structure (PACS) comprising professional health-related (PHR) structured dialogs suitable for precise clinical diagnosis; establishing one or more registries of credentialed users; assigning an encryption key to each user for use in both encryption and decryption; encrypting the PHR structured dialog prior to transmission to said wireless devices of a defined user with an assigned encryption key; and receiving the encrypted PHR structured dialog at said wireless device assigned to said user, such that the healthcare information system of the host healthcare institution is capable of communicating with one or more of said users by precision professional health-related (PHR) communication. The system provides a precision communication system suitable for protecting the confidentiality and security of the professional health-related (PHR) information within the host healthcare institution.
“An additional aspect of the present invention provides a method of precision professional health-related (PHR) communication. The method comprises the steps of: interfacing by a healthcare information system of a host healthcare institution with one or more wireless devices using precision architecture control structure (PACS) comprising professional health-related (PHR) structured dialogs suitable for precise clinical diagnosis; establishing one or more registries of credentialed users; assigning an encryption key to each user for use in both encryption and decryption; encrypting the PHR structured dialog prior to transmission to said wireless devices of a defined user with an assigned encryption key; and receiving the encrypted PHR structured dialog at said wireless device assigned to said user, such that the healthcare information system of the host healthcare institution is capable of communicating with one or more of said users by precision professional health-related (PHR) communication.”
The claims supplied by the inventors are:
“1. A precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface comprising a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method comprising the steps of: interfacing by a healthcare information system of a host healthcare institution with one or more wireless devices using precision architecture control structure (PACS) comprising professional health-related (PHR) structured dialogs suitable for precise clinical diagnosis; establishing one or more registries of credentialed users; assigning an encryption key to each user for use in both encryption and decryption; encrypting the PHR structured dialog prior to transmission to said wireless devices of a defined user with an assigned encryption key; and receiving the encrypted PHR structured dialog at said wireless device assigned to said user, such that the healthcare information system of the host healthcare institution is capable of communicating with one or more of said users by precision professional health-related (PHR) communication.
“2. The precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the step of transmission of the encrypted PHR structured dialog to said wireless devices of the defined user with an assigned encryption key.
“3. The precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface of claim 2, wherein the transmission occurs over open channel communication.
“4. The precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the step of transmission of an encrypted PHR structured dialog from said wireless device assigned to said user to the healthcare information system.
“5. The precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface of claim 4, wherein the transmission occurs over open channel communication.
“6. The precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the step of acknowledgement of receipt of the encrypted PHR structured dialog.
“7. The precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the step of storage of the PHR structured dialog.
“8. The precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface of claim 7, wherein the stored PHR structured dialog forms part of an electronic medical records (EMR) system, affording access to the stored data to both credentialed and non-credentialed users.
“9. The precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the step of haptic feedback to a user upon interfacing with a graphical user interface.
“10. The precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface of claim 1, wherein the machine-readable medium is selected from the group consisting of magnetic media, punched cards, paper tapes, optical disks, barcodes, magnetic ink characters, and solid state devices,
“11. The precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface of claim 10, wherein the machine-readable medium is one or more network server disks.
“12. A method of precision professional health-related (PHR) communication comprising the steps of: interfacing by a healthcare information system of a host healthcare institution with one or more wireless devices using precision architecture control structure (PACS) comprising professional health-related (PHR) structured dialogs suitable for precise clinical diagnosis; establishing one or more registries of credentialed users; assigning an encryption key to each user for use in both encryption and decryption; encrypting the PHR structured dialog prior to transmission to said wireless devices of a defined user with an assigned encryption key; and receiving the encrypted PHR structured dialog at said wireless device assigned to said user, such that the healthcare information system of the host healthcare institution is capable of communicating with one or more of said users by precision professional health-related (PHR) communication.
“13. The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises the step of transmission of the encrypted PHR structured dialog to said wireless devices of the defined user with an assigned encryption key.
“14. The method of claim 13, wherein the transmission occurs over open channel communication.
“15. The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises the step of transmission of an encrypted PHR structured dialog from said wireless device assigned to said user to the healthcare information system.
“16. The method of claim 15, wherein the transmission occurs over open channel communication.
“17. The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises the step of acknowledgement of receipt of the encrypted PHR structured dialog.
“18. The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises the step of storage of the PHR structured dialog.
“19. The method of claim 18, wherein the stored PHR structured dialog forms part of an electronic medical records (EMR) system, affording access to the stored data to both credentialed and non-credentialed users.
“20. The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises the step of haptic feedback to a user upon interfacing with a graphical user interface.
“21. A precision professional health-related (PHR) communication system suitable for protecting the confidentiality and security of healthcare information within a host healthcare institution comprising: a healthcare information system; one or more wireless devices; and a precision professional health-related (PHR) communication interface of claim 1; providing a precision communication system suitable for protecting the confidentiality and security of the professional health-related (PHR) information within the host healthcare institution.
“22. The precision professional health-related (PHR) communication system of claim 21, comprising more than one healthcare information system.”
URL and more information on this patent application, see: SHALAYEV, Stan G.; MUN, In K.; KANTROWITZ, Allen; FUCHS, Boris. Precision Professional Health-Related (Phr) Communication Systems And Related Interfaces. Filed
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