Automated patient monitoring and counseling system
First Claim
1. An automated system for vicariously and remotely monitoring the condition of a person and for coaching said person into beneficial behavior and activities, said system comprising:
- a central automatic data processing installation;
at least one remote station accessible to said person;
at least one condition-monitoring apparatus associated with said station;
a communication link between said installation and said station;
wherein said central data processing installation includes a data collector for receiving personal data about said person from said station;
said data collector comprising a data receiver; and
a series of computer programs controlling said automatic data processing installation, including data analysis programs for determining the physical and psychological states of said person, and communication scripting programs.
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Abstract
An automated, computerized system for vicariously and remotely monitoring the conditions of a patient, providing professional counseling, and coaching the patient into sound behavior and health-enhancing activities. A computerized central installation receives, over a public communication network, patient'"'"'s vital sign measurements such as blood pressure, glucose level and pulse rate. The measurements are gathered at the patient'"'"'s residence by a battery of instruments, polled by the central installation at scheduled intervals, automatically checked against preset limits and analyzed to generate diagnostics and assessments of patient'"'"'s condition. The diagnostics and assessments are used to selectively retrieve from a data bank of prerecorded messages, feedback advice, past performance charts and motivating audiovisual-programs. If warranted, health professionals are alerted so that they can intervene and contact the patient directly. The communications between the central installation and the patient are scripted by a computer program routine to mimic a natural telephone conversation.
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45 Claims
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1. An automated system for vicariously and remotely monitoring the condition of a person and for coaching said person into beneficial behavior and activities, said system comprising:
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a central automatic data processing installation;
at least one remote station accessible to said person;
at least one condition-monitoring apparatus associated with said station;
a communication link between said installation and said station;
wherein said central data processing installation includes a data collector for receiving personal data about said person from said station;
said data collector comprising a data receiver; and
a series of computer programs controlling said automatic data processing installation, including data analysis programs for determining the physical and psychological states of said person, and communication scripting programs. - 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, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method, for vicariously and remotely monitoring the condition and activities of a person, and for coaching said person into beneficial behavior and activities, which comprises the steps of:
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providing a central automatic data processing installation and at least one remote station accessible to said person, said installation and station being linked over a communication network;
equipping said station with a plurality of vital sign and personal activity monitoring and information-providing devices and a data-gathering hub connected to said network;
recording and storing at said installation, a variety of advisory and therapeutic messages;
accumulating information provided by said devices at said installation;
analyzing said information to identify critical symptoms and conditions of said person; and
selectively retrieving and transmitting to said station, at least one of said messages in response to said analyzing. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method, for vicariously and automatically providing a person with coaching advice in response to recorded indications of said person'"'"'s condition, which comprises:
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providing a computerized installation and a remote station equipped with condition-measuring and reporting devices, linked by a communication network;
recording and storing installation, a plurality of beneficial messages responsive to a plurality of personal status and conditions;
receiving at said installation, communications of personal data from said devices and person; and
analyzing said personal data to detect critical conditions and generate program branching instructions to selectively retrieve at least one of said messages. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45)
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