Electronic Healthcare Record Integration for Accurate Virtual Visits
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current healthcare systems face challenges in providing accurate and up-to-date information during remote or virtual provider visits, leading to errors in diagnosis and treatment, lack of uniform data distribution, and inadequate access to patient records, along with issues in controlling healthcare equipment and securing patient data over networks.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method for facilitating remote healthcare services using an electronic healthcare record and communication network, enabling secure access to patient records, efficient information exchange, and control of healthcare equipment during video calls, with integrated communication devices for providers, patients, and intermediaries.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If remote or virtual provider visits are conducted without integrated electronic healthcare record access, then communication flexibility is improved, but diagnostic accuracy and treatment reliability deteriorate due to lack of accurate patient information
Solution Approach 1:
The communication device is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both a communication tool for remote visits and an integrated access point to electronic healthcare records. The device can initiate video calls, access patient records, control healthcare equipment, and facilitate information exchange between providers and patients, making it a universal platform that eliminates the need for separate systems while maintaining diagnostic accuracy through integrated record access
Solution Approach 2:
The communication device acts as an intermediary between the healthcare provider and the electronic healthcare record system. It mediates the connection by providing secure access to patient records during remote visits, enabling the provider to obtain accurate diagnostic information without being physically present in the healthcare facility, thus resolving the contradiction between communication flexibility and diagnostic accuracy
2Loss of information
If patient records are made accessible during remote visits, then information availability is improved, but data security and privacy protection worsen due to network transmission risks
Solution Approach 1:
The system establishes secure communication channels and authentication protocols before accessing or transmitting patient records during remote visits. The communication device pre-configures encrypted data pathways and verifies provider credentials in advance, ensuring that when records are accessed, the security framework is already in place, thus maintaining both information availability and security
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces physical document handling and in-person record review with electronic transmission through secured digital channels. The communication device transmits patient records electronically with built-in encryption and authentication mechanisms, substituting the mechanical process of physical record management with a digital system that maintains security while improving information availability during remote visits
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple communication devices are integrated for remote healthcare services, then service comprehensiveness is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple communication devices and functions into a single integrated communication device. The device combines video conferencing capabilities, electronic healthcare record access, healthcare equipment control, and patient information exchange into one unified platform, reducing system complexity while maintaining service comprehensiveness through functional integration rather than multiple separate systems
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus, including a computer programmed for facilitating a tele-health visit including a video call and a first electronic healthcare record for an individual. The computer includes a database which stores the first electronic healthcare record. The apparatus facilitates a video call between a user device and a provider device. The provider device records a photograph or video clip of the individual, generates an alert message, and transmits the alert message to the user device. The provider device processes information for updating the first electronic healthcare record. The computer stores information for updating, and stores an update to, the first electronic healthcare record. The computer processes information for updating, and updates, a second electronic healthcare record for the individual or the computer processes information for updating, and updates, an electronic medical record, electronic dental record, electronic pharmacy record, or personal health record, for the individual.