Remote patient management system adapted for generating an assessment content element

• US 10,194,800 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2011
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Simons-Nikolova, Mariana, Muskens, Johan, Bruege, Armin
• Primary Examiner(s): Utama, Robert J
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUMPHREY, MICHAEL C
• Application Number:
  US12/985,356
• Publication Number:
  US 20110172499A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,952 Days
• Field of Search: 434262, 434323, 434322, 600300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/022 by applying pressure to close blood vessels, e.g. against the skin; Ophthalmodynamometers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4833 Assessment of subject's compliance to treatment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

The invention provides for remote patient management system comprising a computing device comprising a processor. The computing device further comprises a computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform a method of calculating an assessment score. The assessment score measures the effect of a content element on a patient. The method comprising the steps of: delivering the content element to the patient, wherein the content element comprises a list of assessment parameters; generating an assessment content element using the list of assessment parameters; delivering the assessment content element to the patient; receiving a response from patient; and calculating the assessment score using the response.

Claims

1. A remote patient management system, the system comprising:

one or more processors programmed to;

receive content selection input provided by a physician;

deliver, in response to the content selection input, a content element to a patient associated with the patient'"'"'s care plan selected by the physician, wherein the content element includes a list of assessment parameters which indicate a behavioral effect of the content element on the patient'"'"'s compliance with the content element;

generate an assessment content element using the list of assessment parameters of the content element and the text of the content element by;

parsing the text into text elements;

determining a frequency of each of the text elements;

selecting a candidate for question creation using the frequency of each of the text elements; and

generating a question to create the assessment content element using the candidate and by reusing a question parsed from the text;

deliver the assessment content element to the patient;

receive a response from the patient responding to the assessment content element; and

calculate an assessment score using the response; and

a home infrastructure device, wherein the home infrastructure device includes;

a diagnostic medical device for measuring a value of a patient vital sign; and

wherein the list of assessment parameters is appended with a supplementary assessment parameter in response to the value of the vital sign measurement being outside of a predetermined range;

a voice to text generation module for at least partially generating the text on any audio components of the content element; and

an optical character recognition module for at least partially generating the text on any image components of the content element.

2. The remote patient management system of claim 1, wherein the step of generating an assessment content element further includes:

determining an emphasis for each of the text elements;

determining a position for each of the text elements; and

wherein the step of selecting a candidate for question creation using the frequency of each of the text elements includes;

using the emphasis and position for each of the text elements for the selection.

3. The remote patient management system of claim 1, wherein the step of generating an assessment content element further includes:

generating a set of multiple choice answers for each of the questions.

4. The remote patient management system of claim 3, wherein the set of multiple choice answers is generated using at least one of:

a multi-choice template for answering closed questions;

a multi-choice template for answering open questions; and

multiple choice answers generated from a bullet list detected during parsing the text into text elements.

5. The remote patient management system of claim 3, wherein the step of generating an assessment content element further includes:

generating a feedback element for each answer of the set of multiple choice answers.

6. The remote patient management system of claim 5, wherein the feedback content element is generated using any one of the following:

a correct answer feedback template;

a partially correct answer feedback template;

an incorrect answer feedback template; and

an “

I don'"'"'t know”

answer feedback template.

7. The remote patient management system of claim 1, wherein the text elements include at least one of:

questions, phrases, nouns, specific statements, and bullet lists.

8. The remote patient management system of claim 1, wherein a text to voice generation module further generates the assessment content element.

9. The remote patient management system of claim 1, wherein the remote patient management system further includes:

a feedback device for providing feedback based upon the response.

10. The remote patient management system of claim 1, wherein the assessment content element is a quiz or a survey.

11. The remote patient management system of claim 1, wherein the assessment score is a measure of at least one of:

knowledge, self-care behavior, compliance, and beliefs on barriers and benefits.

12. The remote patient management system of claim 1, wherein the content element includes games-for-health, and symptoms checklists.

13. The remote patient management system of claim 1, wherein the remote patient management system further includes:

a home infrastructure device, wherein the home infrastructure device includes;

a diagnostic medical device for measuring a value of a vital sign;

wherein calculation of the assessment score is based at least partially on a trend of the value of the vital sign.

15. The remote patient management system of claim 1, wherein the content element includes at least three of:

a message, a tip, an interactive message, a medical video, a psychological video, a heart failure goal module, a diabetes goal module, games-for-health, symptoms checklists, recipes, and an educational game.

16. The remote patient management system of claim 1, wherein the content element includes recipes.

17. The remote patient management system of claim 3, wherein the set of multiple choice answers is generated using all of:

a multi-choice template for answering closed questions;

a multi-choice template for answering open questions; and

multiple choice answers generated from a bullet list detected during parsing the text into text elements.

14. A method of calculating an assessment score using a computing device with a processor, the method comprising instructions executable by the processor for:

receiving content selection input provided by a physician;

delivering, in response to the content selection input, the content element to the patient associated with the patient'"'"'s care plan selected by the physician, wherein the content element includes a list of assessment parameters which indicate a behavioral effect of the content element on the patient'"'"'s compliance with the content element;

receiving a measured value of a patient'"'"'s vital sign from a diagnostic medical device, wherein the list of assessment parameters is appended with a supplementary assessment parameter if the value of the vital sign measurement is outside compliance with the content element;

generating an assessment content element using the list of assessment parameters and the text of the content element including;

partially generating text on any audio components of the content element;

partially generating text on any image components of the content element;

parsing the text into text elements;

determining a frequency of each of the text elements;

determining an emphasis for each of the text elements;

determining a position for each of the text elements, wherein the position indicates that a text element is located in one of;

a caption;

a heading;

or

paragraph;

selecting a candidate for question creation using the frequency, emphasis, and position of each of the text elements; and

generating a question to create the assessment content element using the candidate;

delivering the assessment content element to the patient;

receiving a response from the patient responding to the assessment content element; and

calculating the assessment score using the response.

18. The method according to claim 14, wherein the content element includes at least three of:

a tip, an interactive message, a medical video, a psychological video, a heart failure goal module, a diabetes goal module, games-for-health, symptoms checklists, recipes, and an educational game.

19. The method according to claim 14, further including indicating that a text element is relevant in response to the positon of the text element indicating that the text element is located in a heading.