Ben P Clemens

US Patent:

20020082865, Jun 27, 2002

Filed:

Jun 20, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/884478

Inventors:

Peter Bianco - Boston MA, US
Randale Sechrest - Missoula MT, US
James Gribaudo - Roslindale MA, US
Steven Peck - Hoboken NJ, US
Ben Clemens - Rosendale NY, US
Paul Laquerre - Franklin MA, US
Charles Eaton - Cambridge MA, US
James Fitchett - Andover MA, US
Thomas Arul - Malden MA, US
Glen Tolchin - Purchase NY, US
William Phillips - New York NY, US
Gus Safary - Wood-Ridge NJ, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/002000

Abstract:

An electronic patient healthcare system for guiding a patient along a treatment pathway, related to a medical event, by educating and preparing the patient for the medical event and post-event recovery. The electronic healthcare system includes a healthcare information provider system with electronically displayable files, and a patient terminal device a display device adapted to display the electronically displayable files. In one embodiment, the electronically displayable files include a single electronically displayable file including a treatment pathway timeline display comprising a plurality of time-sequenced phase images corresponding to time-sequenced phases of health information, each of the time-sequenced phase images providing access to at least one of a pre-event set of electronically displayable files containing health information for preparing and educating the patient for the medical event and a post-event set of electronically displayable files containing health information for preparing and educating the patient for post-event recovery.