System and method for medical evaluation and monitoring
First Claim
1. A method for assisting a health-care professional to evaluate a diabetic patient'"'"'s progress during a given course of diabetes therapy, comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of daily values for a first input related to the patient'"'"'s therapy, each said daily value corresponding to a given day within a first time period;
calculating a first output based on a first subset of said daily values representing consecutive daily values in a second time period within said first time period;
calculating at least a second output based on a second subset of said daily values representing consecutive daily values in a third time period within said first time period; and
generating a report that displays said first output and said at least second output as a function of time, thereby allowing the health-care professional to evaluate the patient'"'"'s progress based on a comparison of the first output and the at least second output over said first time period.
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Abstract
A diabetes data management system (DDMS) and corresponding method assist a health-care professional in monitoring and evaluating the progress of a diabetic patient by generating various types of reports that are indicative of periodic trends in the patient'"'"'s behavior, including compliance with a prescribed course of therapy. Specifically, input data, including carbohydrate, insulin, and glucose data are uploaded by the patient into the DDMS, which then generates periodic (e.g., weekly), patient-specific output data in the form of box plot graphs, bar graphs, etc. over an extended period of time (e.g., several months). By studying the trends indicated by the output data, the health-care professional can modify the patient'"'"'s therapy in accordance with a set of goals for that patient. Output data may include insulin delivery effectiveness, bolus/basal delivery effectiveness, carbohydrate intake, usage of bolus wizard, bolus wizard compliance, Glucose alert response, frequency of infusion set replacement, and sensor usage.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for assisting a health-care professional to evaluate a diabetic patient'"'"'s progress during a given course of diabetes therapy, comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of daily values for a first input related to the patient'"'"'s therapy, each said daily value corresponding to a given day within a first time period;
calculating a first output based on a first subset of said daily values representing consecutive daily values in a second time period within said first time period;
calculating at least a second output based on a second subset of said daily values representing consecutive daily values in a third time period within said first time period; and
generating a report that displays said first output and said at least second output as a function of time, thereby allowing the health-care professional to evaluate the patient'"'"'s progress based on a comparison of the first output and the at least second output over said first time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for assisting a health-care professional to evaluate a diabetic patient'"'"'s progress during a given course of diabetes therapy, comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of daily values for first and second inputs related to the patient'"'"'s therapy, each said daily value corresponding to a given day within a first time period;
calculating a first output based on a first subset of said daily values representing consecutive daily values in a second time period within said first time period;
calculating at least a second output based on a second subset of said daily values representing consecutive daily values in a third time period within said first time period; and
generating a report that displays said first output and said at least second output as a function of time, thereby allowing the health-care professional to evaluate the patient'"'"'s progress based on a comparison of the first output and the at least second output over said first time period. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for assisting a health-care professional to evaluate a diabetic patient'"'"'s progress during a given course of diabetes therapy, comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of daily values for a plurality of inputs related to the patient'"'"'s therapy, each said daily value corresponding to a given day within a given time period;
calculating a plurality of outputs based on said daily values; and
generating a report that indicates whether, for the given time period, each of said plurality of outputs falls within a predefined acceptable range. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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