System and method of using location technology to aid patient recovery
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1. A method of monitoring an ambulatory patient, the method comprising:
- providing the ambulatory patient with a remote monitoring device;
presenting the patient with a prescribed ambulation distance;
tracking a plurality of locations of the remote monitoring device with a location services (LS) system;
monitoring an ambulatory event with a patient tracking computer communicatively connected to the remote monitoring device and the LS system;
identifying a plurality of possible paths between a first location of the plurality of locations of the remote monitoring device and a second location of the plurality of locations of the remote monitoring device;
selecting a path from the plurality of possible paths between the first location of the plurality of locations and the second location of the plurality of locations;
deriving ambulatory event data from the tracked plurality of locations and the selected path, the ambulatory event data comprising an ambulatory event distance and an ambulatory event duration;
comparing the plurality of locations of the remote monitoring device tracked by the LS system to the prescribed ambulation distance; and
presenting, to the ambulatory patient on a graphical display, the ambulatory event data and the prescribed ambulation distance.
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Abstract
A system for telemetrically monitoring a patient includes a remote monitoring device associated with the patient. A location services system tracks a location of the remote monitoring device. A patient tracking computer calculates a distance and a duration of patient ambulation from the tracked location. A method of monitoring an ambulatory patient monitors the location of a remote monitoring device and derives ambulatory event data from the monitored location.
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1. A method of monitoring an ambulatory patient, the method comprising:
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providing the ambulatory patient with a remote monitoring device; presenting the patient with a prescribed ambulation distance; tracking a plurality of locations of the remote monitoring device with a location services (LS) system; monitoring an ambulatory event with a patient tracking computer communicatively connected to the remote monitoring device and the LS system; identifying a plurality of possible paths between a first location of the plurality of locations of the remote monitoring device and a second location of the plurality of locations of the remote monitoring device; selecting a path from the plurality of possible paths between the first location of the plurality of locations and the second location of the plurality of locations; deriving ambulatory event data from the tracked plurality of locations and the selected path, the ambulatory event data comprising an ambulatory event distance and an ambulatory event duration; comparing the plurality of locations of the remote monitoring device tracked by the LS system to the prescribed ambulation distance; and presenting, to the ambulatory patient on a graphical display, the ambulatory event data and the prescribed ambulation distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20)
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13. A method of monitoring a patient, the method comprising:
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providing the ambulatory patient with a remote monitoring device; measuring a plurality of physiological values of at least one type of physiological value with the remote monitoring device; tracking a plurality of locations of the remote monitoring device over time with the location services (LS) system; monitoring an ambulatory event with a patient tracking computer communicatively connected to the remote monitoring device and the LS system; receiving the plurality of physiological values from the remote monitoring device; determining an ambulatory event start and an ambulatory event end from the tracked plurality of locations; identifying a plurality of possible paths between a first location of the plurality of locations of the remote monitoring device and a second location of the plurality of locations of the remote monitoring device; selecting a path from the plurality of possible paths between the first location of the plurality of locations and the second location of the plurality of locations; deriving ambulatory event data from the tracked plurality of locations, the selected path, the ambulatory event start, and the ambulatory event end, the ambulatory event data comprising an ambulatory event distance and an ambulatory event duration; and presenting the ambulatory event data and at least one physiological value of the plurality of physiological values to the patient on a graphical display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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