DISEASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT METHOD
First Claim
1. A computerized method for assessing health for a patient having a disease being managed via a computing device, the method comprising:
- determining whether a patient has a significant symptom related to a disease being managed for the patient;
receiving health assessment information based on the determining and whether the patient is a new patient or a returning patient; and
outputting a health assessment of the new or returning patient.
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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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24 Claims
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1. A computerized method for assessing health for a patient having a disease being managed via a computing device, the method comprising:
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determining whether a patient has a significant symptom related to a disease being managed for the patient;
receiving health assessment information based on the determining and whether the patient is a new patient or a returning patient; and
outputting a health assessment of the new or returning patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computerized disease management system for assessing health of a patient with a disease being managed, the system comprising:
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a significant symptom filter module configured to contact a medical health professional when a patient has severe symptoms;
an initial health assessment module configured to perform an initial health interview to retrieve side effects and health data of the patient; and
a current health assessment module configured to obtain current health data and determine a current health state of the patient. - 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 assessing health of a patient, the computer readable code comprising instructions for:
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receiving health data from a patient having a previously diagnosed disease;
storing the health data in a data storage; and
outputting the health data to a healthcare provider if the patient has a severe symptom, if the patient'"'"'s health data indicates a rapid decline in health, or if the health data is beyond a critical point on a plot of health data over time. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of assessing a patient'"'"'s health in a disease management system, the method comprising:
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determining if a patient has a severe symptom requiring communicating with a medical health professional;
obtaining an initial or current health assessment based at least on the determining; and
storing the initial or current health assessment in a data storage, wherein the initial or current health assessment comprises obtaining objective measurements, subjective measurements or side effects. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A computerized health assessment method, comprising:
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filtering any significant symptoms of a particular patient having a particular disease;
obtaining and storing initial health measurements from the patient if the patient has not been previously assessed; and
obtaining and storing subsequent health measurements from the patient if the patient has been previously assessed.
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