Patents Assigned to Premerus, LLC
  • Patent number: 8224675
    Abstract: A system and method for insurance companies contracting with and paying medical image reading professionals in a medical image reading professionals network. The network may be independent of a medical facility and be arranged to have each of the medical image reading professionals may be an expert in reading medical images of particular anatomical regions. The insurance companies may have lower overall costs by contracting with the medical image reading professionals who are experts in reading medical images of anatomical regions, modalities, and medical conditions as misdiagnoses are reduced due to proficiency of the medical image reading professionals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Premerus, LLC
    Inventors: Curtis J. Thorne, Gregg Phillip Allen
  • Patent number: 8214229
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for creating a network of medical image reading professionals who are highly skilled and proficient at reading and interpreting medical images. By creating such a network of medical image reading professionals, misdiagnoses can be dramatically reduced, thereby improving patient outcomes, reducing patient suffering and anxiety, reducing costs, and reducing the overall burden on the healthcare system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Premerus, LLC
    Inventors: Curtis J. Thorne, Gregg Phillip Allen
  • Patent number: 8073713
    Abstract: A system and method for improving medical care through tracking reported findings or diagnoses of patient medical conditions and feeding back actual medical conditions and patient medical condition outcomes to determine accuracy of the reported findings. By feeding back the actual medical conditions and patient medical condition outcomes, a quantitative measure of each reported finding of each medical professional can be determined. One medical professional expertise in which the feedback system can be particularly useful is with medical image reading professionals, as this medical professional expertise provides a basis for other medical professionals to determine treatment and/or additional testing options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Premerus, LLC
    Inventors: Curtis J. Thorne, Gregg Phillip Allen