Computing system for generating customized health form based on clinical data
Inventors
Boliek, Caroline • Teague, Ross C. • Burka, Andrew • Windell, David
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-12112124-B1
Publication Date
2024-10-08
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Abstract
A computing system that facilitates generating customized health forms for a patient is disclosed herein. Subsequent to receiving a patient identifier from a client computing device, a server electronic health records application (EHR) transmits clinical data assigned to the patient identifier to a server health form application. Based on the clinical data assigned to the patient, the server health form application generates a customized health form for the patient using form data. The server health form application then transmits the customized health form to a client health form application for presentment on a display of the client computing device. The server health form application updates the customized health form for the patient as the patient responds to questions and as the server health form application receives sensor data from the client computing device.
Core Innovation
The invention provides a distributed system in which a server EHR application retrieves clinical data for a patient using a patient identifier, and a server health form application generates a patient-specific customized health form using the retrieved clinical data together with form data and rules. The customized health form includes questions pertaining to the patient and is transmitted to a client health form application executing on a client computing device for presentment to the patient on a display.
While the customized health form is displayed, the server receives sensor data from the client computing device that is generated as the form is being used. The server identifies additional questions to ask based upon the sensor data, and transmits data to the client health form application to update the customized health form to display the additional questions.
The sensor data includes camera, microphone, gyroscope, and heat or temperature data, with examples such as detecting squinting from a camera image and increasing font size, and detecting shaking or possible tremors from gyroscope data and adding questions related to tremors. After the patient answers the questions, responses are transmitted back to the server EHR and stored as clinical data, and the system integrates the health-form responses into the EHR without separate import.
Claims Coverage
The partial claim set includes three independent claims: a server computing device claim, a method claim, and a computer-readable storage medium claim. Across these independent claims, the main inventive features are appointment-arrival-triggered retrieval of clinical data from a server EHR application, generation and transmission of a customized health form with patient-based questions, and dynamic update of the displayed form using client sensor data, followed by receiving and storing the resulting answers as clinical data.
Appointment arrival indication triggers clinical data retrieval
Receiving an indication that a patient has arrived for an appointment, wherein the indication comprises a patient identifier; responsive to receiving the indication, transmitting a request to the server EHR application for clinical data about the patient that is stored in a database maintained by the server EHR application; responsive to transmitting the request, receiving the clinical data about the patient from the server EHR application.
Customized health form generated from clinical data and transmitted for presentment
Responsive to receiving the clinical data about the patient, generating, based on the clinical data about the patient, a customized health form for the patient, the customized health form comprising questions pertaining to the patient, wherein the questions are based on the clinical data about the patient, and further wherein the customized health form is configured to receive answers to the questions from the patient; transmitting the customized health form to a client health form application executing on a client computing device that is in network communication with the server computing device, where the customized health form is transmitted for presentment to the patient on a display of the client computing device.
Sensor-driven identification of an additional question while form is displayed
Receiving, from the client health form application, sensor data generated by a camera of the client computing device, wherein the sensor data is generated as the answers are received in the customized health form from the patient, wherein the sensor data pertains to eye health of the patient at the time that the answers are received from the patient, wherein the sensor data comprises an image captured by the camera, and further wherein the image indicates that the patient is squinting while viewing the customized health form; while the customized health form is displayed on the display, identifying an additional question for the patient to answer based upon the sensor data, wherein the additional question pertains to the eye health of the patient; transmitting data to the client health form application that causes the customized health form to be updated to display the additional question to the patient.
Gyroscope-based tremor detection for additional questioning
Receiving, from the client health form application, gyroscope data generated by a gyroscope of the client computing device as the customized health form receives the answers as the input from the patient, wherein the gyroscope data that indicates that the client computing device is being shaken while the patient is viewing the customized health form; while the customized health form is displayed on the display, identifying an additional question for the patient to answer based upon the gyroscope data, wherein the additional question pertains to whether the patient experiences tremors; transmitting data to the client health form application that causes the customized health form to be updated to display the additional question to the patient.
Computer-readable medium executes server health form functionality including receiving image and storing answers
Receiving an indication that a patient has arrived for an appointment, wherein the indication comprises a patient identifier; responsive to receiving the indication, transmitting a request to a server EHR application for clinical data about the patient stored in a database maintained by the server EHR application; responsive to transmitting the request, receiving the clinical data about the patient from the server EHR application; responsive to receiving the clinical data about the patient, generating, based on the clinical data about the patient, a customized health form for the patient, the customized health form comprising questions pertaining to the patient that are based on the clinical data about the patient, wherein the customized health form is configured to receive answers to the questions as input from the patient; transmitting the customized health form to a client health form application executing on a client computing device that is in network communication with the server computing device for presentment to the patient on a display of the client computing device; subsequent to transmitting the customized form to the client health form application, receiving, from the client health form application, an image generated by a camera of the client computing device as the customized health form receives the answers as the input from the patient; while the customized health form is displayed on the display, identifying an additional question for the patient to answer based upon the image, wherein the additional question pertains to eye health of the patient; transmitting data to the client health form application that causes the customized health form to be updated to display the additional question to the patient; receiving, from the client health form application, the answers to the questions and an answer to the additional question in the customized health form; and storing the answers to the questions and the answer to the additional question in the customized health form as part of the clinical data about the patient stored in the database maintained by the server EHR application.
In the independent claims, the system and method revolve around appointment arrival triggering clinical data retrieval from a server EHR application, generating a customized health form whose questions are based on the retrieved clinical data, transmitting the form for patient presentment, and dynamically updating the form with an additional question based on client-generated sensor data while the form is displayed. The independent computer-readable storage medium claim further emphasizes receiving an image from a client camera and storing answers, including the additional question answer, as part of the clinical data in the server EHR database.
Stated Advantages
Reduced redundant questioning compared with conventional forms.
Integrating health-form responses into the EHR without separate import.
Sensor-driven clinical decision support via dynamic, sensor-informed additional questioning.
Documented Applications
Patient intake at an appointment using a server-generated customized health form that is dynamically updated using client sensor data and then stored into the server EHR as clinical data.
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