Method For Delivering Subjective Surveys Linked to Subjective and Objective Data
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining health information from a patient comprising:
- generating a survey in response to one or more triggering events; and
presenting the generated survey to the patient.
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Abstract
A patient interaction apparatus 10 includes a medical server 13 that generates a reflexive survey as a result of items of interest (such as abnormal or unexpected vital signs) in objective or subjective data reported from a patient interface device 11. The survey of the present invention reacts to objective results with the intent of probing into the patient'"'"'s current condition. The patient survey of the present invention specifically probes why a patient'"'"'s weight, blood pressure, or pulse rate, to name only a few examples, may be higher than expected. Various methods for determining the trigger conditions and the elimination of erroneously reported vital signs are set forth. The patient'"'"'s objective or subjective data includes one or more of the following: blood pressure, pulse rate, temperature, weight, electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram, brain wave, breathing pattern, biochemical measurements, serum glucose, blood gasses, physiologic data, non-physiologic data, exercise or activity measures, presence or absence measures, or any function of objective or subjective data measurable or deducible regarding the patient.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for obtaining health information from a patient comprising:
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generating a survey in response to one or more triggering events; and presenting the generated survey to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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11. A method for obtaining patient information comprising:
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monitoring subjective or objective data from a patient; and generating a reflexive survey based on received data that includes an item of interest. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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20. An apparatus for obtaining health information from a patient comprising:
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a patient interactive device to receive objective or subjective data from a patient and to couple to a network to transmit the objective or subjective data and to receive a patient survey; and a medical server to couple to the network for generating a medical survey in response to receipt of one or more items of interest in the objective or subjective data from the patient interactive device and to transmit the medical survey to the patient.
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