Remotely-executed medical diagnosis and therapy including emergency automation

Abstract

Devices, systems, methods, and software for providing remote medical diagnosis and therapy to a subject comprising: a module for conducting telecommunications with a telemedicalist; a module for applying a diagnostic or a therapeutic analysis; an apparatus for dispensing one or more medical items from an inventory of medical items, the inventory of medical items risk profiled to a subject, a population, a venue, or a situation; and optionally, a biosensor apparatus.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for providing a treatment to a subject comprising
 determining a risk profile of a subject for the onset of a medical symptom;   providing to the subject a container ahead of the onset of the medical symptom, wherein the container contains an inventory that was selected and placed in the container based on the risk profile of the subject for developing the medical symptom, and wherein the container is configured to provide a remote healthcare encounter with a telemedical care provider; and   providing to the subject from the provided container an inventory item for use in treating the medical symptom at the time of onset of the medical symptom, and wherein the onset of the medical symptom is confirmed by a telemedical care provider through a remote healthcare encounter provided by the container.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the container comprises a remotely operable dispenser. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the container comprises a smart phone. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the container comprises a laptop or desktop computer. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the container is configured to be remotely monitored and operated by the telemedical care provider. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the container comprises biometric sensors. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the container is configured to confirm the identity of the subject using the biometric sensors of the container. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the container is configured to confirm the presence of insurance coverage for the subject. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the container is further configured to receive and process billing information. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the container comprises a magnetic stripe reader. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the container comprises an RFID chip reader. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the container comprises an electronically readable token reader. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the inventory comprises a medical or surgical item that provides one week or less worth of treatments for the medical symptom. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the risk profile comprises the likelihood of the onset of the medical symptom within two months of the determination of the risk profile. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the risk profile comprises the likelihood of the onset of the medical symptom within two weeks of the determination of the risk profile. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the risk profile comprises the likelihood of the onset of the medical symptom within one day of the determination of the risk profile. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the container is further configured to provide to the user an instantaneous encounter-specific insurance or guarantee premium. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the insurance or guarantee premium is determined at least in part based on an economic risk associated with the remote health encounter provided by the container. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the insurance or guarantee premium is determined at least in part based on an economic risk associated with the inventory item for use in treating the medical symptom. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the container is configured to verify the credentials of a medical care provider.