Medication compliance systems, methods and devices with configurable and adaptable escalation engine
First Claim
1. A method of aiding medication compliance, the method comprising, for a patient, for a particular medication for which the patient has a specific compliance schedule, providing a patient-specific feedback scheme for the particular medication;
- monitoring the patient'"'"'s compliance with the specific compliance schedule;
providing feedback according to the feedback scheme and responsive to said monitoring; and
modifying the feedback scheme based, at least in part, on the patient'"'"'s compliance with the specific compliance schedule and the patient'"'"'s response to provided feedback.
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Abstract
A method and system of aiding medication compliance, where the patient has a specific compliance schedule for each medication, the method includes providing a feedback scheme for the medication; repeatedly monitoring the patient'"'"'s compliance with the specific compliance schedule for that medication; providing feedback according to the feedback scheme and in response to said monitoring; modifying the feedback scheme based, at least in part, on the patient'"'"'s compliance with the specific compliance schedule for that medication and the patient'"'"'s response to feedback from the feedback scheme; and repeating the step of modifying, based, at least in part, on the patient'"'"'s compliance with the then-current feedback scheme.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of aiding medication compliance, the method comprising,
for a patient, for a particular medication for which the patient has a specific compliance schedule, providing a patient-specific feedback scheme for the particular medication; -
monitoring the patient'"'"'s compliance with the specific compliance schedule;
providing feedback according to the feedback scheme and responsive to said monitoring; and
modifying the feedback scheme based, at least in part, on the patient'"'"'s compliance with the specific compliance schedule and the patient'"'"'s response to provided feedback. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of aiding medication compliance, the method comprising,
for a patient, for each medication of a plurality of medications, wherein the patient has a specific compliance schedule for each said medication, providing a feedback scheme for the medication; -
repeatedly monitoring the patient'"'"'s compliance with the specific compliance schedule for that medication;
providing feedback according to the feedback scheme and in response to said monitoring; and
modifying the feedback scheme based, at least in part, on the patient'"'"'s compliance with the specific compliance schedule for that medication and the patient'"'"'s response to feedback from the feedback scheme; and
repeating the step of modifying based, at least in part, on the patient'"'"'s compliance with the then-current feedback scheme.
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15. A medication compliance system, wherein a patient has a patient-specific and medication-specific compliance schedule, comprising:
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a mechanism constructed and adapted to provide the patient with a patient-specific and medication-specific feedback scheme;
a monitoring mechanism constructed and adapted to monitor the patient'"'"'s compliance with that patient'"'"'s patient-specific and medication-specific compliance schedule;
a feedback mechanism constructed and adapted to provide feedback to the patient, based, at least in part, on that patient'"'"'s monitored compliance with the feedback scheme;
a modifying mechanism constructed and adapted to modify the feedback scheme based, at least in part, on the patient'"'"'s compliance with the compliance schedule and the patient'"'"'s measured compliance in response to feedback from the feedback mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A device, operable in a medication compliance system, wherein a patient has a patient-specific and medication-specific compliance schedule, the device comprising:
an ambient display constructed and adapted to alert a patient that a dose has been missed by changing the color of the display. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A cap for a medicine container, the cap comprising:
a multi-color light-emitting diode.
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