Method and system for remote monitoring of the effect of a medicament

• US 20030083557A1
• Filed: 10/04/2002
• Published: 05/01/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Schmidt, Volker
• Application Number:
  US10/263,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20030083557A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

A method and system for remote monitoring of the effect of a medicament taken by a person. The system includes a data bank for storing an electronic monitoring file allocated to the person and to the medicament and for storing data suitable for a description of an expected effect of the medicament, and elements for receiving data suitable for the description of the actual effect of the medicament and elements for comparing the data suitable for the description of the actual effect of the medicament with the data suitable for the description of the expected effect of the medicament. A computer program which implements the method and the system according and a data processing unit on which the computer program is stored are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for remote monitoring of the effect of a medicament, said method comprising the following method steps:

a) setting up an electronic monitoring file which is allocated to a person taking the medicament,

b) receiving data suitable for a description of the actual effect of the medicament,

c) storing the data suitable for the description of the actual effect of the medicament in the electronic monitoring file, and

d) comparing the data suitable for the description of the actual effect of the medicament with data suitable for a description of an expected effect of the medicament.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data suitable for the description of the expected effect of the medicament are allocated to a diagnosis, on the basis of which the person is taking the medicament, to a dose of the medicament and/or to a side effect that is to be expected.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the expected effect of the medicament is an expected medical state of the person taking the medicament.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the description of the actual effect of the medicament is a description of an actual medical state of the person taking the medicament.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the actual medical state of the person is determined on the basis of blood pressure, heart rate, nausea, bowel movement, blood values and/or the general well-being of the person taking the medicament.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the actual medical state of the person is determined using at least one measurement appliance.

7. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the actual medical state is determined by the person taking the medicament, or by another person working in particular in the health care services.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data suitable for the description of the actual effect of the medicament are transmitted via a data transmission device to a data processing unit holding the electronic monitoring file.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein an alarm signal is triggered if the effect of the medicament deviates from the expected effect by more than a predetermined extent.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the medicament is taken during a study of the efficacy of the medicament, in particular during phases III and IV.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein a web page is provided by means of which in particular persons taking the medicament can obtain information concerning any side effects arising during the study of the tolerance of the medicament.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein a web page is provided on which persons taking the medicament can report any side effects caused by taking the medicament during the study of the tolerance of the medicament.

23. A computer program, which implements the method as claimed in claim 1.

25. A data processing unit, on which a computer program as claimed in claim 23 is stored.

13. A system for remote monitoring of the effect of a medicament which a person is taking, said system comprising

a data bank for storing an electronic monitoring file allocated to the person and to the medicament and for storing data suitable for a description of an expected effect of the medicament,

means for receiving data suitable for the description of the actual effect of the medicament, and

means for comparing the data suitable for the description of the actual effect of the medicament with the data suitable for the description of the expected effect of the medicament..

14. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the data suitable for the description of the expected effect of the medicament are allocated to a diagnosis, on the basis of which the person is taking the medicament, to a dose of the medicament and/or to a side effect that is to be expected.

15. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the expected effect of the medicament is an expected medical state of the person taking the medicament.

16. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the description of the actual effect of the medicament is a description of an actual medical state of the person taking the medicament.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the actual medical state is described on the basis of blood pressure, heart rate, nausea, bowel movement, blood values and/or the general well-being of the person taking the medicament.

18. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the actual medical state is determined using at least one measurement appliance.

19. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the actual effect of the medicament is determined by the person taking the medicament, or by another person working in particular in the health care services.

20. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the means for receiving data suitable for the description of the actual effect of the medicament are configured in such a way that the data suitable for the description of the actual effect of the medicament can be transmitted via a data transmission device.

21. The system as claimed in claim 13, further comprising means for triggering an alarm signal if the effect of the medicament deviates from the expected effect by more than a predetermined extent.

22. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein said system is suitable for monitoring the effect of the medicament during a study of the efficacy of the medicament, during phases III and IV.

24. A computer program, which implements the system as claimed in claim 13.

26. A data processing unit, on which a computer program as claimed in claim 24 is stored.