Patents Examined by Amber Altschul
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Patent number: 8015029Abstract: A system comprises means for authenticating an identity of a medical implant patient using at least a portion of information provided on an identification card and means for displaying an image showing a medical implant as actually implanted within the medical implant patient and an image showing an implant operation scar of the medical implant patient resulting from actual implantation of the medical implant therein thereby allowing the displayed image of the medical implant to be visually compared against a corresponding image provided on the identification card and allowing verification that the medical implant patient has a scar thereon appearing the same as the image showing the implant operation scar of the medical implant patient resulting from actual implantation of the medical implant. Displaying the images is performed in response to successfully authenticating the identity of the medical implant verification patient.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2010Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Inventor: Mark Andrus Flood
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Patent number: 7953615Abstract: A system and method of administering, tracking and managing of claims processing.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2001Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Mitchell International, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Aquila, Edward L Schrenk, Patrick Cole, Thomas Lyons, David Griffin, Mike Marsh, Hassold Christian, Frederick C Fisher, Carlos Portal
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Patent number: 7945456Abstract: A service provider is prompted to provide a summary of an engagement with a consumer, an audible summary provided by the provider is recorded and, and the audible summary is associated with a record of the engagement.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: American Well CorporationInventor: Roy Schoenberg
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Patent number: 7941324Abstract: A method for obtaining healthcare that includes submitting biometric identification data to a Personal Health History (PHH) account that includes a PHH for a patient, permitting a healthcare provider to obtain the biometric identification data, wherein the healthcare provider accesses the PHH account with the biometric identification data to obtain the PHH, and receiving a treatment for a health condition of the patient, wherein the treatment is administered by the healthcare provider accessing the PHH.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventor: Steven A. Sholtis
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Patent number: 7937275Abstract: In general in one aspect, one or more clinical study candidates are identified by consolidating health care information for a consumer, applying the consumer's health care information to a rules engine, identifying a consumer as eligible to participate in one or more clinical studies, and presenting an opportunity to participate in the study to the consumer.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: American Well CorporationInventor: Roy Schoenberg
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Patent number: 7933783Abstract: An engagement is brokered between a consumer and a medical service provider; electronic text of a real-time, text-based communication between the medical service provider and the consumer is monitored during the engagement; the electronic text is analyzed for a triggering event related to at least one of medical diagnosis and medical treatment; the triggering event is detected in the electronic text; and medical information is provided to the medical service provider via a user interface in response to the triggering event.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2008Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: American Well CorporationInventor: Roy Schoenberg
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Patent number: 7912737Abstract: A consumer is provided with continuity of medical care by being prompted to transfer data to a recipient, upon completion of the consumer's interaction with a brokerage system. The data obtained during the interactions is transferred to one or more recipients selected by the consumer.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: American Well CorporationInventor: Roy Schoenberg
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Patent number: 7912736Abstract: A method and a system for optimizing hospital beds and ambulance allocations via a computer network are provided. The method and the system determine the status of emergency rooms and/or the status of beds in emergency rooms of hospitals via a computer network. The system and the method allocate emergency rooms and/or the beds in the emergency rooms of the hospitals to ambulances and/or ambulance services. The system and the method diverts or bypasses patients to emergency rooms of other hospitals for medical treatment.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2004Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Inventor: Phil Wyatt
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Patent number: 7895061Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer-based system for connecting consumers with providers in real time over the Internet, requested compensation amounts from a plurality of providers. The method also includes displaying a price associated with consulting with a particular provider to a consumer on a user interface, the price being based at least in part on the requested compensation amount received from the provider.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: American Well CorporationInventor: Roy Schoenberg
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Patent number: 7890351Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request from a consumer of medical services to engage with a provider of medical services in real time over the Internet using a computer-based brokerage system, accessing stored information related to past engagements of the consumer using the computer-based brokerage system, and determining allocation of a fee between the consumer and a third party for an engagement between the consumer and the provider based at least in part on the information related to the past engagements of the consumer.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: American Well CorporationInventor: Roy Schoenberg
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Patent number: 7890341Abstract: A system and a method for tracking patients having renal disease, particularly Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), are provided. The system and method track patients through a common system with multiple healthcare professionals, such as doctors, nurses and the like, having access to the system and updating the system based on information regarding the care, treatment, diagnosis, therapy, or the like provided to the patients. The system and method interface with remote machines and supply chains by a modem, via the internet or by wireless devices. The system and method provide a continuum of care for renal patients, i.e., CKD, peritoneal dialysis (PD), home hemodialyis (HHD), in-center hemodialysis and transplant within a single database associated with the system. The system and method track the access information of PD patients and/or HD patients. Specifically, the system and method track access placement, infections, non-infection related problems, medications and hospitalizations.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.Inventors: Larry McNally, Andy Vecsey, Rich DeLaCruz, Salim Mujais, Like Coman, Richard Marritt, Catherine Firanek
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Patent number: 7890345Abstract: In general, in one aspect, a computer-implemented method for establishing multiple communication channels between a service provider and a consumer includes establishing a text based communication between the consumer and the service provider over the Internet. The method also includes receiving, at a central system, a first telephone number provided by the consumer via a first user interface and a second telephone number provided by the service provider via a second user interface. The method also includes calling, from the central system, the first telephone number and the second telephone number and bridging the calls between the central system and the first telephone number and the central system and the second telephone number to establish a communication channel between the service provider and the consumer.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: American Well CorporationInventor: Roy Schoenberg
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Patent number: 7885832Abstract: An insurance policy having a dormancy provision is provided in which the dormancy provision enables a policyholder to activate and deactivate benefits provided under the insurance policy. Also provided is a method for enabling a holder of an insurance policy with a dormancy provision to activate and deactivate benefits of an insurance policy, and includes purchasing an insurance policy having a dormancy provision and a set of associated benefits, paying premiums to maintain the set of benefits in an active state, deactivating the set of benefits; paying dormancy premiums to maintain the set of deactivated benefits in a deactivated state, and reactivating the set of deactivated benefits.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2006Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Golden Rule Insurance CompanyInventors: Richard Alexander Collins, Steven Louis Pollack, Darrell Steven Richey
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Patent number: 7885826Abstract: In the embodiment of the present invention, when identification information acquired from a drug or instrument to be used on a patient is not included in schedule information stored beforehand, a user is notified to confirm that the identification information is not included in the schedule information. After the notification is provided, in registering the acquired identification information as practice details, the name of a doctor who instructed to use the drug or instrument, which is different from the drug or instrument specified by schedule information, and the reason for the instruction are registered, while associated with the practice details. Accordingly, drugs or instruments necessary for patients can be used in an appropriate manner.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2008Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Hiroyuki Araki, Shinichi Omori
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Patent number: 7885837Abstract: A pension insurance plan system and method protect the outstanding balance of a defined contribution plan loan secured by participant's plan assets, eliminating adverse tax consequences to the plan beneficiary in the event of the death or disability of the participant and ensuring that the full plan account balance passes intact to beneficiary in such event.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Pentech, LLCInventor: John A. Martin
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Patent number: 7881949Abstract: A method is for automated recording of patient actions, for example in the course of telemedical care, in the course of clinical studies for the merit of a form of therapy or for trialing the effectiveness of drugs. The medical equipment or devices used in this context are provided with recording devices for identifying the patient so that the data obtained during use of the equipment or accessories can automatically be attributed to the patient in question.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2003Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Klaus Abraham-Fuchs, Eva Rumpel, Daniel Tietze
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Patent number: 7877277Abstract: A method and system for administering a disease management program to improve healthcare quality, reduce healthcare costs, and optimize delivery of healthcare services. A multi-condition risk assessment is conducted for all or a substantial portion of a population of program participants, and collected multi-condition risk assessment data are combined with claims data for predictive modeling of future healthcare risk and expense. Participants are risk-stratified into one or more classifications of future healthcare cost risk, and appropriate intervention or delivery of healthcare services is made based on the risk classification.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Matria Healthcare, Inc.Inventors: Parker H. Petit, Martin L. Olson
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Patent number: 7870011Abstract: Methods and systems are described for automated processing of medical data for insurance and disability determinations. Based on medical conditions claimed by a claimant, medical evidence queries are automatically generated to provide instructions to medical providers for conducting physical exams and laboratory tests and for retrieving medical records. After medical evidence is collected according to the queries, the medical evidence and related rating codes and decisions are displayed to rating personnel in a user-friendly format to assist in making a rating decision.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: QTC Management, Inc.Inventor: Lay K. Kay
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Patent number: 7865374Abstract: Computerized methods for verifying authority to modify clinical orders are provided. The methods may include receiving a clinical order having components associated with a plurality of phases; associating a plurality of the components to form a cross-phase group, the components including components associated with a first phase and a second phase, each of the components including a common attribute; receiving an indication to modify the common attribute of the component associated with the first phase; and determining whether a user from whom the indication is received has the authority to modify the common attribute. If it is determined that the user has the authority, the method may further include modifying all components that are associated in the group. If it is determined that the user does not have the authority, the method may further include not modifying the common attribute. Computerized systems for performing the disclosed methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2006Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Ash, John Q. DeVerter
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Patent number: 7865377Abstract: A request is received from a consumer of services to consult with a service provider having a service provider profile that satisfies at least some attributes in a set of attributes that define a suitable service provider; an available service provider satisfying at least some of the attributes in the set of attributes is identified; and a communication channel is provided to establish a communication between the consumer of services and the identified service provider.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2008Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: American Well CorporationInventor: Roy Schoenberg