System and Method for Repetitive Interval Clinical Evaluations
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1. A computer implemented method of impending a progression of a disease within a patient comprising the steps of:
- defining disease associated parameters;
performing repetitive measurements on the disease associated parameters and entering the measurements into a computer system;
evaluating said repetitive measurements via the computer system;
performing statistical analysis on a patient'"'"'s history to minimize costs by providing preventative treatment;
alerting the patient to get care as needed based on the performed statistical analysis;
transmitting said statistical analysis to a network associated with a plurality of health care providers;
and applying secondary prevention techniques and methodologies to alleviate potential future problem.
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Abstract
A healthcare tool allows a patient to record daily parameters associated with the patient'"'"'s clinical status, for example, body weight for congestive heart failure patients. A graph may be created showing the parameters on a control chart. The parameters are statistically analyzed against a control range, and when a parameter moves out of the control range, the system automatically creates a pop-up window alerting the patient that the parameter is outside the control range, and that the patient should consider informing a healthcare professional.
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34 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method of impending a progression of a disease within a patient comprising the steps of:
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defining disease associated parameters;
performing repetitive measurements on the disease associated parameters and entering the measurements into a computer system;
evaluating said repetitive measurements via the computer system;
performing statistical analysis on a patient'"'"'s history to minimize costs by providing preventative treatment;
alerting the patient to get care as needed based on the performed statistical analysis;
transmitting said statistical analysis to a network associated with a plurality of health care providers;
and applying secondary prevention techniques and methodologies to alleviate potential future problem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus to identify potential future problems in a patient that will require medical intervention, comprising:
- a computer device, wherein said computer device further comprises computer memory and a computer processor, wherein said computer memory is operable to store lines of code that when executed by said computer processor execute the steps of;
collecting repetitive measurements on a set of disease associated chaotic parameters and storing said repetitive measurements in a data storage location;
evaluating said repetitive measurements of disease associated chaotic parameters;
combining said repetitive measurements of disease associated chaotic parameters with historical repetitive measurements stored in said data storage location;
performing statistical analysis on a patient'"'"'s history of said repetitive measurements of disease associated chaotic parameters, with the objective of minimizing costs by providing low cost preventative treatment to minimize the need for more expensive emergency treatments in the future; and
alerting the patient to a potential future problem that requires intervention; and
a healthcare team that applies secondary prevention techniques to address said potential future problem. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
- a computer device, wherein said computer device further comprises computer memory and a computer processor, wherein said computer memory is operable to store lines of code that when executed by said computer processor execute the steps of;
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22. A computer implemented method of impending a progression of a disease within a patient comprising the steps of:
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defining a set of disease associated chaotic parameters;
collecting repetitive measurements on said set of disease associated chaotic parameters through a patient interface to the computer;
evaluating said repetitive measurements of disease associated chaotic parameters;
storing in a computer memory a history of said repetitive measurements of disease associated chaotic parameters;
performing statistical analysis on said patient'"'"'s history of said repetitive measurements of disease associated chaotic parameters, with the objective of providing preventative treatment to minimize the need for emergency treatments in the future;
alerting the patient or a healthcare team to those statistical analyses which indicate a potential future problem that requires intervention, and wherein the healthcare team is coupled to a network that communicates with the computer; and
applying secondary prevention techniques to address said potential future problem. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A computer implemented method of reducing healthcare costs, comprising the steps of:
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diagnosing a patient with a disease condition;
defining a set of disease associated parameters;
performing repetitive measurements on said set of disease associated parameters;
evaluating said repetitive measurements of disease-associated parameters;
performing statistical and medical analysis on a patient'"'"'s history of said repetitive measurements of disease associated parameters with the objective of minimizing costs by providing low cost preventative treatment to minimize the need for more expensive emergency treatments in the future;
alerting the patient to those statistical or clinical analyses which indicate a potential future problem that requires intervention;
and applying secondary prevention techniques to address said potential future problem and/or impede a progression of said disease condition. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for monitoring and controlling a method of impeding a progression of a disease within a patient comprising the steps of:
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defining a set of disease associated parameters;
performing repetitive measurements on said set of disease associated parameters;
evaluating said repetitive measurements of disease associated parameters;
performing statistical analysis on a patient'"'"'s history of said repetitive measurements of disease associated parameters with the objective of minimizing costs by providing low cost preventative treatment to minimize the need for more expensive emergency treatments in the future;
alerting the patient to those statistical analyses which indicate a potential future problem that requires intervention;
and applying secondary prevention techniques to address said potential future problem.
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34. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for monitoring and controlling an apparatus to identify potential future problems in a patient that will require medical intervention, comprising:
- a computer device, wherein said computer device further comprises computer memory and a computer processor, wherein said computer memory is operable to store lines of code that when executed by said computer processor execute the steps of;
collecting repetitive measurements on a set of disease associated chaotic parameters and storing said repetitive measurements in a data storage location;
evaluating said repetitive measurements of disease associated chaotic parameters;
combining said repetitive measurements of disease associated chaotic parameters with historical repetitive measurements stored in said data storage location;
performing statistical analysis on a patient'"'"'s history of said repetitive measurements of disease associated chaotic parameters, with the objective of minimizing costs by providing low cost preventative treatment to minimize the need for more expensive emergency treatments in the future;
and alerting the patient to a potential future problem that requires intervention;
a healthcare team that applies secondary prevention techniques to address said potential future problem.
- a computer device, wherein said computer device further comprises computer memory and a computer processor, wherein said computer memory is operable to store lines of code that when executed by said computer processor execute the steps of;
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