Patent Information Janus Health secures a broad patent for technology-enabled housecall medical practice. The U.S. Patent Office granted Janus Health Patent number 7,249,036 B2 for the seminal patent filed by Dr. Gresham Bayne in 2000. This patent, covering virtually all forms of digital data transfers emanating from a physician housecall, was published on July 24, 2007 and is retroactive to July 14, 1999. The patent provides broad coverage for the business method employed by physicians in making housecalls enabled by wireless communications and advanced data storage technology. This patent secures Janus Health’s position as the leader in technology-enabled physician housecalls by addressing virtually all forms of digital data transfers emanating from a physician housecall. Abstract of the patent “Method For Clinician House Calls Utilizing Portable Computing And Communications Equipment.” A system and method relating to mobile clinicians who conduct in-home patient visits utilizing on-site diagnostic and treatment equipment, where service is enhanced by the use of portable computing and communications equipment. Initially, a mobile care entity provides a network of pre-designated mobile clinicians, each having the use of a preprogrammed portable computer. Each computer is coupled to a wireless communications device, and includes local storage of patient data. Whenever the mobile care entity receives requests for medical service at a patient's premises, the entity selects a mobile clinician and dispatches him/her to the patient's premises. The clinician visits the patient's premises accompanied by an assortment of electronic diagnostic and treatment devices, such as a pulse oximeter, x-ray machine, lab analyzer, EKG equipment, etc. To examine the patient, the doctor utilizes various diagnostic devices to prepare machine-readable reports of related aspects of the patient's condition. The clinician directs the portable computer to perform follow-up tasks including: (1) electronically collecting the prepared reports and graphically presenting them in human-readable form, (2) storing a machine-readable medical record including details of the patient’s exam, and (3) utilizing the wireless device to transmit the reports and records to the central storage facility. |