Method of promoting patient adherence to a treatment regimen
First Claim
1. A method for promoting and improving patient adherence to a treatment regimen for a chronic disease comprising:
- surveying a patient with questions based on a group of factors related to the treatment of the chronic disease;
analyzing the patient'"'"'s survey responses to said questions;
selecting instructions for healthcare providers based on analyzing the patient'"'"'s survey responses;
selecting instructions for the patient based on analyzing the patient'"'"'s survey responses;
communicating the patient'"'"'s survey responses and instructions for healthcare providers to the healthcare providers;
communicating instructions for the patient to the patient; and
prescribing a new treatment regimen to improve the patient'"'"'s adherence based on the patient'"'"'s survey responses and instructions communicated to the healthcare providers and the patient.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for promoting and improving patient adherence to a treatment regimen for a chronic disease. The method including the steps of surveying a patient with questions related to the treatment of the chronic disease; analyzing the patient'"'"'s survey responses to said questions; selecting instructions for healthcare providers and patients based on analyzing the patient'"'"'s survey responses; communicating the patient'"'"'s survey responses and instructions for healthcare providers to the healthcare providers; communicating instructions for the patient to the patient; and prescribing a new treatment regimen to improve the patient'"'"'s adherence based on the patient'"'"'s survey responses and instructions communicated to the healthcare providers and the patient.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for promoting and improving patient adherence to a treatment regimen for a chronic disease comprising:
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surveying a patient with questions based on a group of factors related to the treatment of the chronic disease;
analyzing the patient'"'"'s survey responses to said questions;
selecting instructions for healthcare providers based on analyzing the patient'"'"'s survey responses;
selecting instructions for the patient based on analyzing the patient'"'"'s survey responses;
communicating the patient'"'"'s survey responses and instructions for healthcare providers to the healthcare providers;
communicating instructions for the patient to the patient; and
prescribing a new treatment regimen to improve the patient'"'"'s adherence based on the patient'"'"'s survey responses and instructions communicated to the healthcare providers and the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for promoting and improving patient adherence to a treatment regimen for a chronic disease comprising:
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means for surveying the patient with questions based on a group of factors related to the treatment of the chronic disease;
means for analyzing the patient'"'"'s survey responses to said questions;
means for selecting instructions for healthcare providers based on analyzing the patient'"'"'s survey responses;
means for selecting instructions for the patient based on analyzing the patient'"'"'s survey responses;
means for communicating the patient'"'"'s responses and instructions for healthcare providers to the healthcare providers;
means for communicating the instructions for the patient to the patient; and
means for prescribing a new treatment regimen to improve the patient'"'"'s adherence based on the patient'"'"'s survey responses and instructions communicated to the healthcare providers, wherein the means for surveying and the means for analyzing are connected by the means for communicating. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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