Remote health monitoring and maintenance system
First Claim
1. A system for determining whether a person should have health care professional attention and for providing clinical notes to the caregiver, the system comprising:
- a monitoring device having a microprocessor operably coupled to a memory unit, an input device, an output device, and a communication device, the memory unit being programmed with a set of instructions for posing questions to the person via the output device, receiving answers from the person via the input device, and transmitting the answers to a remote computer via the communication device;
the remote computer being programmed to determine whether the person should have health care professional attention based at least in part upon the answers entered into the input device; and
automatically generate a clinical note based upon the answers transmitted to the remote computer.
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Abstract
A system and method is described that enables a health care provider to monitor and manage a health condition of a patient. The system includes a health care provider apparatus operated by a health care provider and a remotely programmable patient apparatus that is operated by a patient. The health care provider develops a script program using the health care provider apparatus and then sends the script program to a remotely programmable patient apparatus through a communication network such as the World Wide Web. The script program is a computer-executable patient protocol that provides information to the patient about the patient'"'"'s health condition and that interactively monitors the patient health condition by asking the patient questions and by receiving answers to those questions. The answers to these health related questions are then forwarded as patient data from the remotely programmable patient apparatus to the health care provider apparatus through the communication network. The patient data may also include information supplied by a physiological monitoring device such as a blood glucose monitor that is connected to the remotely programmable patient apparatus. When the patient data arrives at the health care provider apparatus, the patient data is processed for further management of the patient'"'"'s health condition by the health care provider, such as forwarding another script program to the remotely programmable patient apparatus.
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34 Claims
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1. A system for determining whether a person should have health care professional attention and for providing clinical notes to the caregiver, the system comprising:
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a monitoring device having a microprocessor operably coupled to a memory unit, an input device, an output device, and a communication device, the memory unit being programmed with a set of instructions for posing questions to the person via the output device, receiving answers from the person via the input device, and transmitting the answers to a remote computer via the communication device;
the remote computer being programmed to determine whether the person should have health care professional attention based at least in part upon the answers entered into the input device; and
automatically generate a clinical note based upon the answers transmitted to the remote computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer system for interfacing with a monitoring device that poses questions regarding disease state symptoms to a person, receives answers from the person, and transmits the answers to the computer system, the computer system comprising:
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a microprocessor operably coupled to a memory unit, an input device, an output device, and a communication device;
wherein the memory unit is programmed with a set of instructions for determining whether the person should have health care professional attention based at least in part upon the answers transmitted to the computer system; and
generating a clinical note based upon the answers transmitted to the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, carried out by a computer system, of interfacing with a monitoring device that poses questions regarding disease state symptoms to a person, receives answers from the person, and transmits the answers to the computer system, the method comprising:
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determining whether the person should have health care professional attention based at least in part upon the answers transmitted to the computer system; and
generating a clinical note based upon the answers transmitted to the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for determining whether a person should have health care professional attention, the system comprising:
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a monitoring device having a microprocessor operably coupled to a memory unit, an input device, an output device, and a communication device, the memory unit being programmed with a set of instructions for posing questions to the person via the output device, receiving answers from the person via the input device, and transmitting the answers to a remote computer via the communication device;
the remote computer being programmed to determine whether the person should have health care professional attention based at least in part upon the answers entered into the input device; and
permit entry, storage, and presentation of intervention data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer system for interfacing with a monitoring device that poses questions regarding disease state symptoms to a person, receives answers from the person, and transmits the answers to the computer system, the computer system comprising:
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a microprocessor operably coupled to a memory unit, an input device, an output device, and a communication device;
wherein the memory unit is programmed with a set of instructions for determining whether the person should have health care professional attention based at least in part upon the answers entered into the input device; and
permitting entry, storage, and presentation of intervention data. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method, carried out by a computer system, of interfacing with a monitoring device that poses questions regarding disease state symptoms to a person, receives answers from the person, and transmits the answers to the computer system, the method comprising:
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determining whether the person should have health care professional attention based at least in part upon the answers transmitted to the computer system; and
permitting entry, storage, and presentation of intervention data. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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