Virtual assistants for preemptive medical data analysis and treatment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023402158-A1
Application number	US-202217806197-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 9, 2022
Priority date	Jun 9, 2022
Publication date	Dec 14, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Virtual assistants (VAs) can be managed in interactions with users, other VAs, and devices, including in connection with medical care associated with users. A VA management component (VAMC) can analyze medical information and other information relating to users, including information obtained by a VA(s) from a user(s). Based on the analysis, VAMC can determine a model relating to medical care associated with users. VAMC can determine a proposed action relating to the health or medical care associated with a user based on the model. A VA can present action information relating to the proposed action, or other information relating to health or medical care associated with the user, to the user or a device associated with the user. VAMC can determine drug-drug or drug-food interactions or side effects, and the VA can notify the user regarding the drug-drug or drug-food interactions or side effects.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
determining, by a system comprising a processor, a model relating to medical care and medical conditions associated with user identities based on a result of an analysis, utilizing an artificial intelligence function, of first medical data contained in electronic medical records associated with the user identities, second medical data associated with the user identities and received from devices, and third medical data relating to the medical care and the medical conditions; determining, by the system, a proposed action relating to the medical care associated with a user identity based on the model, wherein the user identities comprise the user identity; and communicating, via a virtual assistant device of the system, action information relating to the proposed action to a device associated with the user identity, wherein the devices comprise the device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the system, a drug-drug side effect between a first drug and a second drug associated with the user identity or a drug-food side effect between the first drug and a food associated with the user identity based on the model and food information relating to the food, wherein the first medical data or the second medical data comprises first drug information relating to the first drug and the second drug, and wherein the third medical data comprises second drug information relating to ingredients of the first drug and the second drug, wherein the communicating of the action information relating to the proposed action comprises, communicating, by the virtual assistant device, notification information to the device for presentation to a user associated with the user identity, and wherein the notification information notifies and warns the user of the drug-drug side effect between the first drug and the second drug or the drug-food side effect between the first drug and the food.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
learning, by the system, the drug-drug side effect between the first drug and the second drug associated with the user identity or the drug-food side effect between the first drug and the food associated with the user identity based on analysis, utilizing the artificial intelligence function, of the first drug information, the second drug information, and the food information.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic medical records are first electronic medical records, and wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, by the virtual assistant device, updated medical data associated with the user identity from a user associated with the user identity, second electronic medical records associated with the user identity, or a sensor or a medical device associated with the user; and modifying, by the system, the model to generate a user-specific model based on analysis, utilizing the artificial intelligence function, of the model, the updated medical data associated with the user identity, and historical medical data associated with the user identity, wherein the historical medical data comprises a portion of the first medical data, the second medical data, or the third medical data, and wherein the determining of the proposed action relating to the medical care associated with the user identity comprises determining the proposed action relating to the medical care associated with the user identity based on the user-specific model.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the virtual assistant device is a first virtual assistant device, wherein the portion is a first portion, wherein the receiving of the updated medical data comprises: prior to, and within a defined amount of time of, a medical care visit with a medical care provider by the user, receiving, by the virtual assistant device, a second portion of the updated medical data from the user, the sensor, or the medical device, and wherein the method further comprises:
prior to the medical care visit with the medical care provider by the user, presenting, via a first interface associated with the first virtual assistant device, the second portion of the updated medical data to the medical care provider in connection with the medical care visit; or prior to the medical care visit with the medical care provider by the user:
communicating, by the first virtual assistant device, the second portion of the updated medical data to a second virtual assistant device associated with the medical care provider, and
presenting, via a second interface associated with the second virtual assistant device, the second portion of the updated medical data to the medical care provider in connection with the medical care visit.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the virtual assistant device is a first virtual assistant device, wherein the portion is a first portion, wherein the medical care provider is a first medical care provider, and wherein the receiving of the updated medical data comprises:
receiving, by the first virtual assistant device, a second portion of the electronic medical records from a first device or a second virtual assistant device associated with a second medical care provider; and receiving, by the first virtual assistant device, a third portion of the electronic medical records from a second device or a third virtual assistant device associated with a third medical care provider.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual assistant device is a first virtual assistant device, wherein the device is a first device, and wherein the method further comprises:
perceiving, by the first virtual assistant device, a medical condition associated with a user associated with the user identity while the user is at a first location; based on the perceiving, generating, by the first virtual assistant device, medical condition information relating to the medical condition; and communicating, by the first virtual assistant device, the medical condition information to a second virtual assistant device or a second device associated with a medical care provider identity, wherein the second virtual assistant device or the second device is located at a second location.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the system, a cost or an estimated cost of a medical treatment regimen associated with the user identity based on the model; and presenting, via an interface associated with the virtual assistant device, cost information relating to the cost or the estimated cost to a user associated with the user identity, wherein the determining of the proposed action comprises determining the proposed action relating to the medical care based on the cost information or based on feedback information relating to the medical treatment regimen, and wherein the feedback information is received by the virtual assistant device from the user.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual assistant device is a first virtual assistant device, and wherein the method further comprises:
communicating, by the first virtual assistant device, a request for information relating to a medical condition associated with the user identity to a second virtual assistant device based on determining that the second virtual assistant device has access to medical field information relating to a medical field associated with the medical condition; and receiving, by the first virtual assistant device, the information relating to the medical condition from the second virtual assistant device, wherein the determining of the proposed action comprises determining the proposed action relating to the medical care based on the model and analysis of the information relating to the medical condition.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Zavesky Eric
• Zhou Zhengyi
• Alexander Louis
• Dong Jianxiong
• Wu Qiong

Classifications

• G16H40/20 Primary

  for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms · CPC title

• G16H10/60

  for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records · CPC title

• G16H70/40

  relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage · CPC title

• G06F9/453

  Help systems · CPC title

• G16H40/67 Primary

  for remote operation · CPC title