Researchers Submit Patent Application, “Intelligent Workflow For Healthcare”, for Approval (USPTO 20240144381): Patent Application

2024 MAY 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- From Washington, D.C., NewsRx journalists report that a patent application by the inventors ALLEN, Ira L. (Dallas, TX, US); DALEY, Stan Kevin (Espanola, NM, US); DRAEGER, David (Longwood, FL, US); GREEN, Sarah Diane (Chandler, AZ, US); MARTINE, Michael Jack (Chapel Hill, NC, US); VASQUEZ, John Donald (Munich, DE), filed on November 2, 2022, was made available online on May 2, 2024.

No assignee for this patent application has been made.

News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “One or more aspects relate, in general, to dynamic processing within a computing environment, and in particular, to improving such processing, as it relates to healthcare.

“Healthcare, over time, has become increasingly digital. As part of the consumerization of healthcare, data has become more prevalent and available to patients and providers at a rate that is unprecedented. This creates a problem in which the volume of information exceeds the capacity of the individual to understand what actions can be taken, what behaviors should be exhibited, and what decisions influence actions.

“Information overload makes it difficult to identify and parse useful information from digital noise since one must make sense of volumes of aggregated data from multiple sources. Without individualized insights, it is difficult to use the data to improve health outcomes.”

As a supplement to the background information on this patent application, NewsRx correspondents also obtained the inventors’ summary information for this patent application: “Shortcomings of the prior art are overcome, and additional advantages are provided through the provision of a computer-implemented method of dynamic processing within a computing environment. The computer-implemented method includes obtaining device data from one or more devices for an individual. The one or more devices include one or more medical monitoring devices. Data is obtained from one or more exogenous sources, and the data includes current data relating to one or more medical resources. The device data obtained from the one or more devices and the data from the one or more exogenous sources are analyzed using an artificial intelligence agent. Based on the analyzing, one or more recommendations are provided. The one or more recommendations include an indication of a device to use that is different from the one or more devices to obtain different device data for the individual.

“Computer systems and computer program products relating to one or more aspects are also described and may be claimed herein. Further, services relating to one or more aspects are also described and may be claimed herein.

“Additional features and advantages are realized through the techniques described herein. Other embodiments and aspects are described in detail herein and are considered a part of the claimed aspects.”

The claims supplied by the inventors are:

“1. A computer-implemented method of dynamic processing within a computing environment, the computer-implemented method comprising: automatically obtaining device data from one or more devices for an individual, the one or more devices including one or more medical monitoring devices; obtaining data from one or more exogenous sources, the data including current data relating to one or more medical resources; analyzing, using an artificial intelligence agent, the device data obtained from the one or more devices and the data from the one or more exogenous sources; and providing one or more recommendations, based on the analyzing, the one or more recommendations including an indication of a device to use that is different from the one or more devices to obtain different device data for the individual.

“2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing includes obtaining the data from the one or more exogenous sources at selected intervals to obtain the current data relating to the one or more medical resources.

“3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing includes comparing the device data to a baseline for the individual to determine that a health-related change has occurred for the individual, and wherein the one or more recommendations are based on the health-related change.

“4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising providing information of where to obtain the device to use that is different from the one or more devices.

“5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising initiating performance of one or more actions based on the analyzing, the one or more actions including filing a claim with a health insurance company.

“6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising initiating performance of one or more actions based on the analyzing, the one or more actions including making an appointment for the individual with a health professional.

“7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising accessing a smart contract established by the individual to be used in determining the one or more recommendations.

“8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising: determining that the individual is incapacitated; checking based on determining that the individual is incapacitated the smart contract to determine how to proceed; and alerting at least one entity of the incapacity of the individual based on the smart contract indicating that the at least one entity is to be alerted based on the individual being incapacitated.

“9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the smart contract explicitly specifies one or more entities to obtain information relating to the individual and one or more types of information to be obtained by the one or more entities.

“10. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the smart contract is stored using a security mechanism.

“11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more recommendations include a specification of one or more providers for the individual.

“12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more recommendations include a specification of additional data to be obtained for analysis.

“13. A computer system for dynamic processing within a computing environment, the computer system comprising: a memory; and one or more processors in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, said method comprising: automatically obtaining device data from one or more devices for an individual, the one or more devices including one or more medical monitoring devices; obtaining data from one or more exogenous sources, the data including current data relating to one or more medical resources; analyzing, using an artificial intelligence agent, the device data obtained from the one or more devices and the data from the one or more exogenous sources; and providing one or more recommendations, based on the analyzing, the one or more recommendations including an indication of a device to use that is different from the one or more devices to obtain different device data for the individual.

“14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the analyzing includes comparing the device data to a baseline for the individual to determine that a health-related change has occurred for the individual, and wherein the one or more recommendations are based on the health-related change.

“15. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises accessing a smart contract established by the individual to be used in determining the one or more recommendations.

“16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises: determining that the individual is incapacitated; checking based on determining that the individual is incapacitated the smart contract to determine how to proceed; and alerting at least one entity of the incapacity of the individual based on the smart contract indicating that the at least one entity is to be alerted based on the individual being incapacitated.

“17. A computer program product for dynamic processing within a computing environment, said computer program product comprising: one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media readable by at least one processing circuit to perform a method comprising: automatically obtaining device data from one or more devices for an individual, the one or more devices including one or more medical monitoring devices; obtaining data from one or more exogenous sources, the data including current data relating to one or more medical resources; analyzing, using an artificial intelligence agent, the device data obtained from the one or more devices and the data from the one or more exogenous sources; and providing one or more recommendations, based on the analyzing, the one or more recommendations including an indication of a device to use that is different from the one or more devices to obtain different device data for the individual.

“18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the analyzing includes comparing the device data to a baseline for the individual to determine that a health-related change has occurred for the individual, and wherein the one or more recommendations are based on the health-related change.

“19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises accessing a smart contract established by the individual to be used in determining the one or more recommendations.

“20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises: determining that the individual is incapacitated; checking based on determining that the individual is incapacitated the smart contract to determine how to proceed; and alerting at least one entity of the incapacity of the individual based on the smart contract indicating that the at least one entity is to be alerted based on the individual being incapacitated.”

For additional information on this patent application, see: ALLEN, Ira L.; DALEY, Stan Kevin; DRAEGER, David; GREEN, Sarah Diane; MARTINE, Michael Jack; VASQUEZ, John Donald. Intelligent Workflow For Healthcare. U.S. Patent Application Number 20240144381, filed November 2, 2022 and posted May 2, 2024. Patent URL (for desktop use only): https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?q=(20240144381)&db=US-PGPUB&type=ids

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