Computer system and method for increasing patients compliance to medical care instructions
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Abstract
The Electronic Compliance Promoter is a computer system for increasing a patient'"'"'s compliance with medical post-care treatment instructions. The system permits the patient to review the treatment instructions that have been entered into a treatment instructions database by medical personnel at the time of the examination. The system includes a patient-client computer interface, a medical person-client interface, a treatment instructions database, and a compliance-server program. The database contains the post-visit care instructions and other types of information that the patient should have to understand and follow those instructions. The database also has treatment guideline information to assist the doctor in formulating the post-care treatment instructions. The patients client-computer interface provides a knowledge-based means for the patient to review interactively the Doctor'"'"'s after care instructions, and measures compliance by tracking a patients'"'"' use of the specific designated diagnosis related resources. The medical personnel client-computer interface provides a knowledge-based means to designate the post-care medical visit instructions the patient is to follow. The compliance-server program tracks patients compliance and can send messages to patients reminding them to review the post-care treatment instructions. The Electronic Compliance Promoter system provides a means to significantly increase a patient'"'"'s compliance with medical care instructions.
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37 Claims
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19. A method of increasing patient compliance, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving treatment information for a patient; and
(b) outputting the treatment information for display. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An electronic compliance promoter for use in promoting patient compliance with treatment instructions comprising:
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a medical personnel client, wherein said medical personnel client inputs from medical personnel diagnosis and treatment information regarding a patient following a medical appointment with the patient;
a treatment server computer, wherein said treatment server computer receives diagnosis and treatment information from said medical personnel client;
a treatment instructions database, wherein said treatment instructions database stores the diagnosis and treatment information received from said treatment server computer; and
a patient client, wherein said patient client accesses said treatment server computer over a network and views the diagnosis and treatment information corresponding to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. An article of manufacture for use in monitoring patient compliance with prescribed treatment, the article of manufacture comprising a machine-readable storage medium having stored therein indicia of a plurality of machine-executable control program steps, the control program comprising the steps of:
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(a) entering treatment information;
(b) determining access of the treatment information by a patient; and
(c) monitoring compliance of the patient based on access of the treatment information made by the patient in said determining access step (b). - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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