Abstract: A message communicating system to allow emergency personnel, who may be in an emergency vehicle, to transmit an emergency message to a target person, who may be in a motor vehicle, to encourage, suggest or demand the target person take appropriate action, such as moving out of the way or pulling over, to benefit the emergency personnel and the target person. The system has a transmitter associated with the emergency personnel to transmit an electronic signal carrying the message and an electronic device, such as a radio, cell phone or loudspeaker, associated with the target person to receive the message and communicate the message to the target person. The transmitter can limit the distance of the electronic signal to a signal radius so only target persons in the signal radius will receive the message. Security codes can be used to allow the two devices to securely link together.

Abstract: The invention relates to the administration of prescription drug formulary information. A list of drugs that a particular prescription drug plan will pay for in whole or in part is called a formulary. The invention involves the use of information and customizable rules associated with formularies, combined with information from patient medical records, to generate custom, dynamic formularies applicable to specific patients, groups of patients, or both. Depending on the choice of rules and the other information, this may help payers control prescription drug costs by encouraging the use of less-expensive drugs when medically appropriate, but without impairing the freedom of prescribers to prescribe specific drugs according to their professional judgments. Some embodiments may also be adapted to generate and store data about the use and functioning of the embodiments or aspects of them and to generate reports containing some or all such data in response to queries.

Abstract: Introduced here are diabetes management platforms able to examine glucose measurements associated with a subject to discover patterns indicative of similar behaviors/circumstances. More specifically, a diabetes management platform can acquire multiple data series generated by a glucose monitoring device that monitors the blood glucose level of an individual over multiple time intervals. The diabetes management platform can then apply a similarity algorithm to produce a distance measure (also referred to as a “similarity measure”) for each data series. For example, the diabetes management platform may, for each data series, perform dynamic time warping to produce a distance measure with respect to each of the other data series. The diabetes management platform can identify patterns indicative of similar behaviors/circumstances based on these distance measures.

Abstract: Methods and systems for obtaining reference data from one or more EMR systems are described. A universal API request may be sent from an external application server to middleware. The universal API request may be translated into an EMR-specific request via the middleware. The EMR-specific request may be sent to the selected EMR system. An EMR-specific response may be received from the one or more EMR systems at the middleware, being generated by the selected EMR systems. The EMR-specific response may be translated into a universal API response via the middleware. The universal API response may be received at the external application server from the middleware.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing data associated with a user using a personalized cloud storage platform operating as a centralized repository for user data generated from a variety of sources and/or user devices. By centralizing the storage and/or management of personal data that would conventionally be confined between multiple information silos, embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein may improve the ability of a user to control their personal data, facilitate utilization of their personal data in a variety of ways not offered by services associated with the silos, and/or allow a user to centrally manage their personal data. Further embodiments disclosed herein allow a user to define one or more policies or other rules associated with personal data stored in their personal cloud.

Abstract: A database merger method (20) merges two or more anonymized healthcare databases (X, Y). Each anonymized healthcare database has personally identifying information anonymized including having medical care units replaced by medical care unit placeholders. In the database merger method, statistical patient feature distributions are computed for medical care unit placeholders in the anonymized healthcare databases. Medical care unit placeholders in different anonymized healthcare databases are matched by matching corresponding statistical patient feature distributions for the respective medical care unit placeholders. Patients in different anonymized healthcare databases are matched. The patient matching is performed within matched pairs of medical care unit placeholders to improve computational efficiency.

Abstract: Techniques for providing service-based security per user location in mobile networks (e.g., service provider networks for mobile subscribers) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for service-based security per user location in mobile networks in accordance with some embodiments includes monitoring network traffic on a service provider network at a security platform to identify a new session, wherein the service provider network includes a 5G network or a converged 5G network; extracting user location information for user traffic associated with the new session at the security platform; and determining a security policy to apply at the security platform to the new session based on the user location information.

Abstract: In the clinical pathway management device, if a request for change that requires the change of the content of a clinical pathway is received, with reference to schedule data, it is determined whether or not there is an overlap between hospital resources assigned to a treatment included in a clinical pathway as a target of change and hospital resources assigned to a treatment included in other clinical pathways different from the clinical pathway as a target of change in a case where the clinical pathway is changed according to the request for change. In a case where there is no overlap, the clinical pathway is changed according to the request for change. In a case where there is an overlap because of the change of at least either the clinical pathway as a target of change or other clinical pathways described above, plural kinds of plans of change for avoiding the overlap are generated.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for scheduling processing of an order for goods at a provider location obtains an arrival estimate for when a user associated with the order is expected to arrive at the provider location and uses the arrival estimate to schedule processing of the order. Processing may be scheduled so that completion of order processing is expected to substantially coincide with arrival of the user at the provider location. The method may also obtain an order completion estimate for when processing of the order is expected to be completed and use both the arrival estimate and the order completion estimate to schedule processing of the order. The method may update one or both of the arrival estimate and the order completion estimate. The method may be executed by a networked mobile wireless telecommunication computing device of the user, or by a data processing system associated with the provider.

Abstract: A blockchain configured device-driven disintermediated distributed system for facilitating multi-faceted communication over a network. The system includes entities connected with a communications network. Each of the entities and associated devices and sensors and networks serve as a source of data records. The system includes a blockchain configured data bank accessible by each of the plurality of entities based on rules and preferences of the entities upon authorization by the blockchain configured data bank. The blockchain configured data bank includes a processing component for executing stored instructions to process the data records of the entities over the communications network. The system includes a blockchain configured component communicatively coupled to the blockchain configured data bank and adapted to be accessible by each of the plurality of entities. The system includes a validation device including a facial expression-based validation device and a geo-tagging-based validation device.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods of selecting treatment parameters values for treating skin lesions. A device may establish a treatment parameter selection model using a training dataset. The training dataset may include a plurality of examples. Each example may include a sample image of an example skin lesion to which a treatment is administered using an applicator. Each example may include a first label indicating success or failure of the treatment. Each example may include a second label corresponding to treatment parameters defining the treatment. The device may identify an input image. The device may determine that the input image corresponds to a skin lesion based on visual characteristics of the input image. The device may apply the treatment parameter selection model to the input image to output a recommended treatment to apply. The device may store an association between the input image and the recommended treatment.

Abstract: A data platform may receive data files from an electronic data interchange (EDI). The data files may be received in multiple different data formats. The data platform may convert the data files to a common data format, extract data elements from the data files converted to the common data format, and assign the data elements extracted from the data files to file identifiers. The data platform may assign the data elements extracted from the data files to attribute identifiers that identify types of data represented by the data elements, aggregate the data elements to create a standardized data set, and map the data elements in the standardized data set to functions. The data platform may generate values based on mapping the data elements to the functions, determine a metric based on combining the values according to a metric definition, and post the metric to the EDI for consumption.

Abstract: Implementations provide a method to consolidate data records of regimens for treating oncology conditions. The method includes: accessing data records each encoding multi-tier data characteristics of a regimen for treating a particular oncology condition; receiving a first data record encoding a first regimen specific to a first healthcare provider institution; parsing the first data record according to a hierarchy of the encoded multi-tier data characteristics; distributing a respective weight to each of the encoded data characteristics to account for the potentially missing data characteristic; comparing data characteristics of the first data record with data characteristics from the data records by applying the respective weight to each data characteristic at a particular tier of the hierarchy such that a respective compound score is generated for each data record; and based on the compound scores for all data records, determining a prevailing data record of regimen as matching the first data record.

Abstract: This disclosure includes techniques for analyzing patient data. In one example, a method includes accessing, by a computer system, one or more databases comprising health information for a plurality of patients, wherein the health information includes protected health information, randomly selecting, by the computer system, a subset of the health information from the one or more databases, wherein the subset of the health information corresponds to a subset of the plurality of patients, removing, by the computer system, the protected health information from the subset of health information to produce a de-identified analytics subset of patient data suitable for analytical model construction and evaluation, and storing, by the computer system, the de-identified analytics subset of the patient data in the one or more databases.

Abstract: Devices and methods for performing a surgical step or surgical procedure with visual guidance using an optical head mounted display are disclosed.

Abstract: An image communication apparatus includes a storage unit including a shared address book area and an individual address book area, a communication unit configured to receive an import file including shared address book data shared among a plurality of users or private address book data limiting users who can utilize the data, and a CPU, and if the import file includes the private address book data and the shared address book area is designated as an import destination, the CPU warns the user that the private address book data may be shared and prevents the user from importing the import file.

Abstract: Systems and methods for validating device permissions of computing devices to execute code on a decentralized database are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store, on the decentralized database, a first set of code executable by the decentralized database, the first set of code being configured to instantiate objects; and store on the decentralized database, a second set of code executable by the decentralized database, the second set of code defining functions, the functions including receiving requests from computing devices, validating whether the requesting computing devices are permitted to make the requests, modifying the state of instantiated objects in accordance with the received requests, and/or other functions.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are provided to facilitate controllable parameter modification of system components based on monitoring indicators of a caliber of process performance. A set of cases is identified from amongst the plurality of cases, the set of cases having similar temporal identifiers and a same type of process performance. A population check-point statistic is generated based on the check-point indicators identified in the set of cases. A first result that indicates whether a first criterion is met is determined based on the population check-point statistic. A second result that indicates whether a second criterion is met is determined based on a check-point indicator. When the first criterion or the second criterion is not met, one or more transmissions are to alert a remote device and to facilitate causing a system component to make a change to a controllable parameter to influence a corresponding check-point.

Abstract: Examples of techniques for patient-level analytics with sequential pattern mining are provided. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present description, a computer-implemented method includes: constructing a patient record; transforming, by a processing system, the patient record into a bitmap representation; and analyzing, by the processing system, the bitmap to identify a sequential pattern within the patient record on a per patient basis.

Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for a virtual waiting room. According to various examples, the system includes a medical schedule processor that logs when a medical professional enters an examination room to conduct an examination of a patient and compares this time with scheduling information to predict whether future appointments on that day will be delayed. The scheduling information is cryptographically separated from Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) information. The system also includes a notification interface that sends data including current appointment status of the medical professional, predicted delays, and modified appointment times for each appointment for the day to a medical scheduling management app that is viewable by patients of the medical professional. The predicted delays and modified appointment times are updated periodically.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for real-time holographic augmented reality image processing. The processing includes the steps of receiving, at a cluster of servers and from an image capturing component, real-time image data; extracting one or more objects or a scene from the real-time image data based on results from real-time adaptive learning and one or more object/scene extraction parameters; extracting one or more human objects from the real-time image data based on results from real-time adaptive human learning and one or more human extraction parameters, receiving augmented reality (AR) input data; and creating holographic AR image data by projecting, for each image, the extracted object or scene, the extracted human object, and the AR input data using a multi-layered mechanism based on projection parameters. The real-time adaptive learning comprises object learning, object recognition, object segmentation, scene learning, scene recognition, scene segmentation, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a network. The methods comprise: determining, by a first network node, a capacity of each communications link of a plurality of communications links on which the first network node is able to receive data from second network nodes; determining, by the first network node, a total number of network nodes that share the capacity of each said communications link of the plurality of communications links; computing, by the first network node, first data transmission rates for the plurality of communications links using the capacities and the total numbers of network nodes, respectively; comparing, by the first network node, the first data transmission rates to each other to determine which data transmission rate has a lowest value; and/or performing communication operations by the first network node in accordance with the data transmission rate determined to have the lowest value of the first data transmission rates.

Abstract: The blockchain generation apparatus 1 includes: a synchronizer 121 that acquires shared data 111 which includes the blockchain data 112 and transaction datasets 113 not included in the blockchain data 112; a transaction pattern count calculator 124 that calculates the number of transaction patterns for a generating party using the blockchain generation apparatus 1, based on the transaction datasets which are in the blockchain data 112 and are related to an identifier of the generating party; a block generation condition checker 125 that determines whether the generating party is qualified to generate the new blockchain data, based on the number of transaction patterns calculated by the transaction pattern count calculator; and a blockchain generator 126 that tries to generate the new blockchain by referring to the shared data 111 if the block generation condition checker 125 determines that the generating party is qualified.

Abstract: A system and method for training a computerized data model for the algorithmic detection of non-linearity in a data set includes providing two master data sets corresponding to two discrete time periods, respectively, and a third data set for a third discrete time period. The two master data sets are mapped to at least one code model. A stacking average model is trained with the at least two master data sets corresponding to two discrete time periods by using a stacked regression algorithm. A box-cox transformation function is applied to the models to provide a predicted value for the third data set of the third discrete time period. An ensemble is created using the predicted value for the third data set and the first, second, and third models of the trained stacking average model to identify a non-linearity in the third data set.

Abstract: A method in an aggregation server may provide healthcare information based on electronic healthcare records from a plurality of data portals. A master record may be provided in a database, and the master record may include an aggregation of healthcare information for a user based on initial electronic healthcare records received by the aggregation server over a network from a plurality of data portals. A schedule to update the master record for the user may be determined, and the schedule may be based on information included in the master record for the user. The master record in the database for the user may be updated based on current electronic healthcare records received at the aggregation server over the network from at least one of the plurality of data portals, with the master record being updated according to the schedule. Related servers and computer program products are also discussed.

Abstract: A rescue time tracking system for recording emergency medical services (EMS) event times associated with EMS treatment of a patient includes a time tracker, a patient charting device, a user interface comprising one or more input controls, a communication interface, and at least one processor, memory, and associated circuitry, and the system is configured to receive patient data gathered during the EMS treatment of the patient via the patient charting device, activate the time tracker via the one or more input controls of the user interface, capture event time information from the activated time tracker, format the event time information and the patient data into a report for the EMS treatment of the patient, and send the report for the EMS treatment of the patient via the communication interface to a remote computing device.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a method for dynamically constructing a pre-populated note template comprising receiving a context from a user and determining whether there are any note templates that match an initial criteria including the received context. A note template is then loaded based on the determination of matching note templates. If there are one or more sections in the loaded template, for each section in the loaded template, determine if there are any forms for the section that match the context. A pre-populated Note template is then loaded including any matching forms.

Abstract: A point of care immunization system based upon microfluidics and microtitration technologies to rapidly test a patient in order to ascertain an immunization profile so that vaccinations can be administered to address identified gaps. A point of care system comprised of uniquely shaped and color distinguishing sample and test cartridges, with said test cartridges configured to meet healthcare requirements of national governing bodies. A point of care system including an easy access vaccine storage device with indicators to provide data on viability of stored vaccines.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for collecting social media users who have a specific profile. The method includes retrieving a set of lists connected by at least one criterion to a particular list that is included in a set of reliable lists whose users have already been reliably deemed to have a specific profile. The method includes calculating a list name based confidence value and a list member based confidence value for each list in the retrieved set of lists. The method includes updating the set of reliable lists by adding all lists in the retrieved set of lists that have the list name based confidence value above a first threshold value and the list member based confidence value above a second threshold value. The method includes outputting a listing of users belonging to set of reliable lists as the social media users who have the specific profile.

Abstract: The present invention provides non-invasive devices, methods, and systems for determining a pressure of blood within a cardiovascular system of a user, the cardiovascular system including a heart and the user having a wrist covered by skin. More particularly, the present invention discloses a variety of wrist-worn devices having a variety of sensors configured to non-invasively engage the skin on the wrist of the user for sensing a variety of user signals from the cardiovascular system of the user. Generally, approaches disclosed herein may passively track blood pressure values without any interaction required on the part of the user or may allow for on demand or point measurements of blood pressure values by having a user actively interact with the sensors of the wrist-worn device.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for facilitating delivery of patient-care in adherence with a standard of care clinical protocol is described. The method includes monitoring, by a computing device, patient information indicative of a clinical condition, based on a clinical protocol that comprises patient-care instructions that must be completed within a time period. The method further includes providing, by the computing device, the patient-care instructions to a user based on a result of the monitoring. The method also includes determining, by the computing device, adherence to the clinical protocol based on a result of at least one of the providing patient care instructions and the patient information; and for a determination that the clinical protocol has not been adhered to, providing a recommended action request that calibrates the patient care instructions in compliance with the clinical protocol.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a patient centric system and platform that enables a customized analysis of a patient's health conditions for assessing appropriateness of an ordered treatment. In one aspect, patient centric analysis platform includes memory having computer-readable instructions stored therein and one or more processors. The one or more processors configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to receive, from a terminal, patient identifying information of a patient; receive, from the terminal, an initial treatment order for the patient; retrieve patient specific information and treatment specific information; generate a numerical assessment of the initial treatment order based on the patient specific information and the treatment specific information, the numerical assessment indicating a safety level of the initial treatment order; and communicate the numerical assessment to the terminal.

Abstract: A mobile apparatus for monitoring and managing periodic intake of dietary supplements or drug-based products utilizing user health and wellbeing updates. The mobile apparatus is a mobile computing device configured to execute a mobile application. The mobile application accepts periodic health and wellbeing information from a user and other connected monitoring devices, accepts user goal updates, accepts effectiveness feedback from the user, displays messages recommending dietary supplement and drug dosages and dosage schedules to the user, notifies the user when to take the dosage, accepts messages detailing the dosage intake and updates the estimated amount of material available, sends messages to re-order material, and provides feedback to the user based on measurement of actual usage.

Abstract: A method for generating DICOM images as part of a real-time virtual medical consultation includes receiving, by a handheld patient device associated with a patient, a DICOM image associated with the patient generated by a diagnostic device, encrypting, by the handheld patient device, the DICOM image and linking the encrypted DICOM image to a unique patient identifier associated with the patient, wherein the handheld patient device is one of a tablet computer and a smartphone, and transmitting, by the handheld patient device, the encrypted DICOM image to a server configured to provide a DICOM viewer option within a secure telemedicine platform accessible by a medical professional and executed by the server.

Abstract: A method for automated operational services across multiple data domains includes receiving requirement information related to one or more targets of interest. Information related to the one or more targets of interest is collected from one or more data sources across multiple data domains based on the received requirement information. A determination is made if the collected information meets the received requirements related to the one or more targets of interest. A classification tag containing domain agnostic information related to the one or more targets of interest is generated, responsive to determining that the collected information meets the received requirements.

Abstract: A computing system for generating a delayed electronic prescription for a controlled substance is disclosed herein. A server computer device receives precursor data for an electronic prescription for a controlled substance that is to be prescribed to a patient from a client computing device operated by a healthcare worker. The server computing device transmits the precursor data to a second server computing device. The second server computing device then transmits a request for an identity of a pharmacy that is to provide the controlled substance to a patient computing device operated by the patient. The patient computing device receives input causing the identity for the pharmacy to be received by the server computing device. The server computing device constructs the electronic prescription using the precursor data and the identity of the pharmacy and signs the electronic prescription with an electronic signature for the healthcare worker.

Abstract: An apparatus for health management includes an information collector configured to collect body composition information and characteristic information of a user, and a processor configured to determine a degree of muscle loss of the user based on the body composition information and the characteristic information of the user and provide a personalized health management program to the user based on the determined degree of muscle loss.

Abstract: A dispatch management computer system that integrates with an existing nurse call system for clinical workflow optimization and to create accountability for patient satisfaction and outcomes. The system integrates a “quarterback” (e.g., dispatcher) tablet with a custom dispatch application that presents a floor plan for tracking the RTLS position of staff members and to provide a visual indication of which room and bed the call originated from. When a patient requests assistance, the QB application presents an assessment of the patient needs and, if further assistance is required, provides the dispatcher tools for real time assignment of the appropriate staff member and dispatch to begin the task within a predetermined amount of time required to complete the task allocated. The system enables the prompt assignment of staff personnel and assures that a patient receives prompt staff attention.

Abstract: A current system allows data-driven hypothesis generation to identify therapeutic candidates for a disease phenotype treatment by identifying drugs and clinical indications associated with lower occurrences of disease-associated phenotype(s) by a drug/drug class. A current system may include a pharmaceutical hierarchical ontology; a phenotype hierarchical ontology; a record database comprising clinical event records; a database mining engine; and a mapping engine. The database mining engine may iteratively progress through a portion of the pharmacological hierarchical ontology and phenotype hierarchical ontology to iteratively select pairs of cohort entries from each ontology; and for each pair of cohort entries, query the clinical record database for matching records.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for determining the likelihood of a presence or absence of one or more patient conditions based on unstructured text data from the electronic health records, which may accrue during the routine provisioning of care services. In particular, embodiments described herein use structural topic modeling (STM) to assess the textual information as to topical or concept-oriented expressions they contain that are statistically similar to those associated with various clinical conditions or diagnoses; to identify which condition- or diagnosis-oriented clusters the present texts most closely resemble, if any; and to notify the responsible clinicians of those determinations, suggesting consideration of those conditions or diagnoses as part of the constellation of differential diagnoses pertinent to the management of the patient.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for predicting future patient health using neural networks. One of the methods includes receiving electronic health record data for a patient; generating a respective observation embedding for each of the observations, comprising, for each clinical note: processing the sequence of tokens in the clinical note using a clinical note embedding LSTM to generate a respective token embedding for each of the tokens; and generating the observation embedding for the clinical note from the token embeddings; generating an embedded representation, comprising, for each time window: combining the observation embeddings of observations occurring during the time window to generate a patient record embedding; and processing the embedded representation of the electronic health record data using a prediction recurrent neural network to generate a neural network output that characterizes a future health status of the patient.

Abstract: A system and method for mobile application virtualization. The method includes creating a plurality of user sessions each comprising a unique session ID and allocating server resources to each user session. The method further includes creating a plurality of sets of virtual devices. Each set of the plurality of sets of virtual devices is associated with a respective session ID. The method further includes executing an application of a plurality of applications within a user session of the plurality of user sessions and receiving a request from the application. The method further includes sending the request to a first virtual device of a set of virtual devices based on a session ID. The sending is performed by a single operating system and the single operating system is configured to route requests between applications and the plurality of sets of virtual devices based on the session IDs.

Abstract: A machine learning system for evaluating at least one characteristic of a heart valve, an inflow tract, an outflow tract or a combination thereof may include a training mode and a production mode. The training mode may be configured to train a computer and construct a transformation function to predict an unknown anatomical characteristic and/or an unknown physiological characteristic of a heart valve, inflow tract and/or outflow tract, using a known anatomical characteristic and/or a known physiological characteristic the heart valve, inflow tract and/or outflow tract. The production mode may be configured to use the transformation function to predict the unknown anatomical characteristic and/or the unknown physiological characteristic of the heart valve, inflow tract and/or outflow tract, based on the known anatomical characteristic and/or the known physiological characteristic of the heart valve, inflow tract and/or outflow tract.

Abstract: A network of sensors is utilized to capture and relay data that is relevant to specific types of insurance coverage. Sensors included in the network can be deployed as specialized devices, or can be found in existing consumer products. Behavioral and environmental data collected from the sensor network is used to establish a feedback relationship between an insurance policy holder's behavior and insurance policy pricing. Various types of insurance products can benefit from behavioral and environmental data, including health insurance, dental insurance, disability insurance and automobile insurance. Collected data can be used for other purposes, such as initial risk assessment, risk monitoring, and prevention services.

Abstract: A system and method for homomorphic encryption in a healthcare network environment is provided and includes receiving digital data over the healthcare network at a data custodian server in a plurality of formats from various data sources, encrypting the data according to a homomorphic encryption scheme, receiving a query at the data custodian server from a data consumer device concerning a portion of the encrypted data, initiating a secure homomorphic work session between the data custodian server and the data consumer device, generating a homomorphic work space associated with the homomorphic work session, compiling, by the data custodian server, a results set satisfying the query, loading the results set into the homomorphic work space, and building an application programming interface (API) compatible with the results set, the API facilitating encrypted analysis on the results set in the homomorphic work space.

Abstract: Patient care devices, such as person support apparatuses and thermal control units, include multiple internal network nodes. A controller is associated with each node and at least one of the controllers is adapted to process a message received from another node, convert the message from a first communication protocol to a different communication protocol, and forward the message to yet another node using the different communication protocol. One or more of the controllers may also or alternatively reformulate a packet received in a first format from a first node and forward the reformulated packet to another node. One or more controllers may also send messages over a common data link layer wherein some of the messages are formatted according to different message protocols. Some controllers may utilize real time operating systems while others may not.

Abstract: A method of improving network access security on a medical device includes opening a communication port on the medical device to establish a communication session on a network and transmitting medical device data to a computer over the network during the communication session. After the medical device data is transmitted to the computer, the method includes transmitting to the computer a request for a command from the computer during the communication session. The method also includes receiving a command from the computer, processing the command, and closing the communication port on the medical device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for collaborative decision-making in medicine. The systems can employ a distributed record-keeping and verification system to solicit suggested modifications to an initial healthcare regime from interested healthcare workers. The systems can aggregate the suggested modifications and use a consensus algorithm to determine the most appropriate modification.

Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to a graphical user interface (GUI) for a hub application that is displayed concurrently on a display with a graphical user interface (GUI) for a client electronic health record application (EHR). The hub application includes a ribbon that comprises several selectable buttons that respectively represent supplement applications, wherein a supplement application is configured to generate events based upon a current context of the client EHR. The GUI of the hub application is updated when a supplement application reports an update to the hub application, wherein the update to the GUI can include rendering a badge on a button that represents the supplement application.

Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for providing medication-related feedback. Aspects include receiving medication information for a patient. Aspects also include receiving a biological, behavioral, or environmental output from a sensor. Aspects also include determining, based upon the biological, behavioral, or environmental output and the medication information for the patient, whether a medication dose is needed. Aspects also include, based on a determination that the medication dose is needed, generating an alert.