Chronic disease outcomes education and communication system
First Claim
1. A chronic disease outcomes, communication, and education system comprising:
- a. a database for storing a plurality of patient data entries, each of said patient data entries including personal information of a patient and a guideline concerning the patient'"'"'s care, said guideline including a default test value associated with monitoring a chronic disease;
b. a user interface for entering patient entries for storage in said database and queries into said database related to patient monitoring, communication and education; and
c. a processor for retrieving said patient data entries from said database in response to said queries from said user interface and storing said patient data entries in said database;
d. wherein said processor provides patient and population outcomes analysis according to an algorithm.
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Abstract
A chronic disease outcomes, communication, and education system used in connection with a patient is disclosed. The system comprises a database for storing a plurality of patient data entries, each of the patient data entries including personal information of a patient and a guideline concerning the patient'"'"'s care, the guideline including a default test value associated with monitoring the chronic disease, a user interface for entering patient entries for storage in the database and queries related to patient monitoring, communication and education, and a processor for retrieving the patient data entries from the database in response to the queries from the user interface and storing the patient data entries in the database. The processor provides patient and population outcomes analysis according to an algorithm.
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50 Claims
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1. A chronic disease outcomes, communication, and education system comprising:
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a. a database for storing a plurality of patient data entries, each of said patient data entries including personal information of a patient and a guideline concerning the patient'"'"'s care, said guideline including a default test value associated with monitoring a chronic disease;
b. a user interface for entering patient entries for storage in said database and queries into said database related to patient monitoring, communication and education; and
c. a processor for retrieving said patient data entries from said database in response to said queries from said user interface and storing said patient data entries in said database;
d. wherein said processor provides patient and population outcomes analysis according to an algorithm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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- 28. In a chronic disease outcomes, communication, and education system comprising a database for storing a plurality of patient data entries, each of said patient data entries including personal information of a patient and a guideline concerning the patient'"'"'s care, said guideline including a default test value associated with monitoring a chronic disease, a user interface for entering patient entries for storage in said database and queries into said database related to patient monitoring, communication and education, and a processor for retrieving said patient data entries from said database in response to said queries from said user interface and storing said patient data entries in said database, the improvement comprising a computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for operating said processor to provide patient and population outcomes analysis according to an algorithm.
- 41. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for operating a computer system including a database for storing a plurality of patient data entries, each of said patient data entries including personal information of a patient and a guideline concerning the patient'"'"'s care, said guideline including a default test value associated with monitoring a chronic disease, a user interface for entering patient entries for storage in said database and queries into said database related to patient monitoring, communication and education, and a processor for retrieving said patient data entries from said database in response to said queries from said user interface and storing said patient data entries in said database, comprising a subroutine for operating said processor to provide patient and population outcomes analysis according to an algorithm.
- 45. In a chronic disease outcomes, communication, and education system including a database for storing a plurality of patient data entries, each of said patient data entries including personal information of a patient and a guideline concerning the patient'"'"'s care, said guideline including a default test value associated with monitoring a chronic disease, a user interface for entering patient entries for storage in said database and queries into said database related to patient monitoring, communication and education, and a processor for retrieving said patient data entries from said database in response to said queries from said user interface and storing said patient data entries in said database, the improvement comprising a computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by said processor, cause said processor to provide patient and population outcomes analysis according to an algorithm.
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49. A method of operating a computer processing system to provide chronic disease outcomes, communication, and education comprising the steps of:
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a. storing a plurality of patient data entries, each of said patient data entries including personal information of a patient;
b. storing a treatment guideline defining at least one treatment and a predetermined treatment monitoring threshold for said treatment;
c. measuring a condition of said patient in accordance with said treatment;
d. selectively querying said database for factors related to patient and population outcomes analysis according to an algorithm; and
e. retrieving said patient data entries from said database in response to said queries from said user interface and storing said patient data entries in said database. - View Dependent Claims (50)
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