Diagnostic efficiency

摘要

Doctor and patient communication is improved by electronically transmitting a series of questions to a computing device of the patient, and electronically receiving answers to the questions provided by the patient. A computer server analyzes the answers to the questions to determine if a state of health of the patient is serious and requires the immediate attention of the doctor. If the software determines the state of health to be serious, the server transmits an alert to a computing device of the doctor. The alert can include a series of lights, for example in the form of a traffic light, to quickly convey to the doctor the state of health of the patient.

主权项

1. A method of improving doctor and patient communication, comprising:
electronically transmitting a series of questions to a computing device of the patient; electronically receiving answers to the questions, provided by the patient, from the computing device of the patient, by a computer server; executing software stored on non-transitory media connected to the computer server, the software configured for analyzing the answers to the questions to determine if a state of health of the patient is serious and requires immediate attention of the doctor; and if the software determines the state of health is serious, transmitting an alert, using the server, to a computing device of the doctor; and wherein a determined state of health of serious corresponds to a third state of health, the software further configured to analyze the answers to the questions to determine if a first state of health of the patient is below a predetermined threshold corresponding to a satisfactory state, or a second state of health of the patient is between the thresholds of the first and third states of health corresponding to a worsening state of health.