DISEASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT SYMPTOM FILTERING
First Claim
1. A computerized method for determining if a patient has a severe symptom requiring intervention by a human healthcare provider while performing a health assessment for a disease being managed, the method comprising:
- receiving information related to a significant symptom from a patient;
storing the significant symptom related information in a data storage;
determining whether the significant symptom is related to a disease being managed or a side effect of treatment for the patient;
establishing a severity of the significant symptom based on answers received from the patient to one or more symptom severity questions; and
outputting the established severity of the significant symptom to a human healthcare provider if the significant symptom exceeds a threshold.
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Abstract
A system and method for allowing a patient to access an automated process for managing a specified health problem called a disease. The system performs disease management in a fully automated manner, using periodic interactive dialogs with the patient to obtain health state measurements from the patient, to evaluate and assess the progress of the patient'"'"'s disease, to review and adjust therapy to optimal levels, and to give the patient medical advice for administering treatment and handling symptom flare-ups and acute episodes of the disease. The medical records are updated, the progression of the disease is stored and tracked, and the patient'"'"'s preferences for treatment are stored and then used to offer medical advice based on the current state of the disease. A prestored general disease trend curve is compared against a patient specific disease trend curve, and the system makes an automated response such as adjusting therapy.
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25 Claims
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1. A computerized method for determining if a patient has a severe symptom requiring intervention by a human healthcare provider while performing a health assessment for a disease being managed, the method comprising:
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receiving information related to a significant symptom from a patient;
storing the significant symptom related information in a data storage;
determining whether the significant symptom is related to a disease being managed or a side effect of treatment for the patient;
establishing a severity of the significant symptom based on answers received from the patient to one or more symptom severity questions; and
outputting the established severity of the significant symptom to a human healthcare provider if the significant symptom exceeds a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computerized system for managing a disease including a significant symptom filter module, the system comprising:
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a computing device; and
a computer program operating on the computing device, the computer program having a significant symptom filter module configured to determine if a patient has one or more significant symptoms, determine whether the one or more significant symptoms are related to a disease being managed for the patient, and determine the severity of the significant symptoms. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for filtering patients with severe symptoms, the computer readable code comprising instructions for:
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receiving and storing symptoms of a patient into a data storage;
classifying the patient'"'"'s symptoms into a severity ranking; and
outputting the severity ranking of the patient'"'"'s symptoms to a healthcare provider when the severity ranking exceeds a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computerized method for assessing health that identifies patients with a severe symptom, the method comprising:
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receiving and storing into a data storage a patient'"'"'s symptoms related to a disease being managed during a disease management session;
receiving and storing into a data storage a patient'"'"'s side effects to a therapy of the patient with the managed disease;
comparing the patient'"'"'s symptoms and side effects to one or more tables related to the patient'"'"'s disease and therapy; and
referring the patient to a healthcare provider when the symptoms are better suited for human intervention than continuing with the session. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A computerized significant symptom filtering method, comprising:
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determining the severity of a significant symptom obtained from a particular patient having a particular disease;
assessing the health of the patient if the severity level is sufficiently low; and
outputting a predetermined action if the severity level is sufficiently high. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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