Physician Proximity System for Automatic Patient Record Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for accessing patient records are inefficient, often relying on paper records or electronic systems that do not provide immediate, automatic, and secure access, leading to delayed consultations, inaccurate diagnoses, and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
A computer-based system that uses emitting devices carried by physicians to identify them and scanning devices to link with servers, enabling automatic authentication and registration of patients, synchronization of patient and physician records, and secure access to personal wellness electronic records (PWER) at the point of care.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If paper records are used for patient information, then physical storage is simple, but access efficiency and completeness are poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical paper record system with an electronic health record system that automatically tracks patient information. The system uses computer processors to manage patient data, enabling efficient electronic retrieval and processing while maintaining security through authentication protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically performs patient registration, record synchronization, and data retrieval without requiring manual intervention. When a patient enters the examination room, the system automatically identifies them and retrieves their complete medical history, eliminating the need for physicians to manually search for records.
2Loss of time
If electronic records are used, then access speed improves, but security and automatic access reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication and record preparation before the physician needs to access patient information. Patients are pre-registered and their records are pre-synchronized with the examination room system, so when they arrive, their complete medical history is already ready for immediate viewing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors and updates patient record accessibility through feedback loops. The authentication system verifies physician credentials and the system tracks which records have been accessed, ensuring that only authorized personnel can view sensitive information while maintaining reliable access for legitimate users.
3Reliability
If manual record retrieval is used, then system simplicity is maintained, but diagnostic accuracy decreases due to incomplete or inaccurate records
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic health record system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it stores patient demographics, maintains medical history, tracks treatments, and provides quick reference information. This multi-functional database eliminates the need for separate record-keeping systems and ensures all necessary information is available for accurate diagnoses.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual record retrieval with an automated electronic system that comprehensively tracks and presents patient information. The computer-based system processes and displays complete medical histories, ensuring physicians have accurate and complete records for making diagnostic decisions.
4Productivity
If immediate patient record access is implemented, then consultation efficiency improves, but infrastructure costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary setup by pre-registering patients and pre-configuring examination rooms with access terminals before actual consultations occur. This preparation ensures that when patients arrive, their records are already loaded and ready for immediate viewing, maximizing consultation efficiency without requiring complex real-time infrastructure.
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AI summary
A computer-based system for providing physicians automatic, secure access to patient records at the time a patient visits and consults a physician. The system can include one or more computing devices configured to process and display data. The system can also include one or more emitting devices carried by physicians for identifying each particular physician and one or more scanning devices configured to detect and communicatively link to the one or more emitting devices based on the proximity of the physician to an examination room. Additionally, the system can include a manager module communicatively linked to the one or more scanning devices and configured to manage the signal data from the one or more scanning devices. Furthermore, the system can also include one or more servers communicatively linked with the one or more computing devices, one or more scanning devices, and manager module, the one or more servers configured to authenticate and register a particular patient upon a visit to a hospital or office, synchronize the particular physician identifier, patient identifier, personal wellness electronic record (PWER), and examination room identifier based upon physician's proximity to an examination room, initiate a physician-patient session at the at least one computing device at the examination room, transfer the PWER to the at least one computing device at the examination room, and automatically terminate the physician-patient session and receive the PWER based upon the physician leaving the proximity of the examination room.