Giving a Service to a Patient

• US 20080270186A1
• Filed: 08/24/2005
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Original Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Inventors: Larsen, Andre, Mikkelsen, Soren
• Application Number:
  US11/661,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20080270186A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

This invention relates to a method comprising the steps of: subscribing with an identification code of a drug administration device to a health care advisory system, transferring the identification code of the drug administration device to the health care advisory system, controlling that the patient having the drug administration device is a subscriber to the health care advisory system based on the received identification code, requesting and receiving treatment data from the subscribing drug administration device, generating an advice based on the received treatment data and a personalized setup of patient related data in the health care advisory system, and/or generating an order based on the received treatment data in the health care advisory system to supply goods to the patient, and sending the advice to the drug administration device, and/or sending the order to a goods supplier, said method further comprises the step of charging the patient having the drug administration device for the received service.

Claims

1. A method of giving a service (1004, 1012) to a patient (1006), said method comprising the steps of:

subscribing (95) with an identification code of a drug administration device (1003) to a health care advisory system (1001),

transferring (100) the identification code of the drug administration device (1003) to the health care advisory system (1001),

controlling (110) that the patient having the drug administration device (1003) is a subscriber to the health care advisory system (1001) based on the received identification code,

requesting (120) and receiving treatment data from the subscribing drug administration device (1003),

generating (130) an advice (1004) based on the received treatment data and a personalized setup of patient related data in the health care advisory system, the advice being optionally verified or modified by a health care person, and/or generating (140) an order (1012) based on the received treatment data in the health care advisory system to supply goods to the patient, and

sending (150) the advice (1004) to the drug administration device (1003), and/or sending (160) the order (1012) to a goods supplier (1011).

2. A method according to claim 1, said method further comprising the step of:

charging (170) the patient (1006) having the drug administration device (1003) for the received service.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein step 120 is repeated until the health care advisory system has a complete picture of a treatment.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein said advice (1004) comprises one or more of the following:

performing blood glucose testing, visit a physician for a health check and/or a conversation, perform a glucose regulating action, such as intake insulin, intake Glucagon, performing an exercise, in taking of food and/or a beverage, information materials, update diary, input meals data and input exercise data.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein said order (1012) comprises one or more of the following goods:

diabetes medication items, such as insulin cartridges, strips for blood glucose testing, needles and an additional drug administration device.

9. A computer program product comprising program code means stored on a computer readable medium for performing the method claim 1, when the computer program is run on a computer.

6. A drug administration device (1003) comprising

means for subscribing (95) with an identification code to a health care advisory system (1001),

means for transferring (100) the identification code to the health care advisory system (1001),

means for sending treatment data (1003) upon request to the health care advisory system (1001), and

means for receiving (130) an advice (1004) based on the received treatment data and a personalized setup of patient related data from the health care advisory system, the advice being optionally verified or modified by a health care person.

7. A system comprising a health care advisory system (1001) and a drug administration device (1003), said system comprising:

means for subscribing (95) with an identification code of the drug administration device (1003) to the health care advisory system (1001),

means for transferring (100) the identification code of the drug administration device (1003) to the health care advisory system (1001),

means for controlling (110) that the patient having the drug administration device (1003) is a subscriber to the health care advisory system (1001), said means for controlling is based on the received identification code,

means for requesting (120) and means for receiving treatment data from the subscribing drug administration device (1003),

means for generating (130) an advice (1004) based on the received treatment data and a personalized setup of patient related data in the health care advisory system, the advice being optionally verified or modified by a health care person,

means for generating (140) an order (1012) in the health care advisory system to supply goods to the patient, said means for generating (140) an order (1012) is based on the received treatment data,

means for sending (150) the advice (1004) to the drug administration device (1003), and

means for sending (160) the order (1012) to a goods supplier (1011).

8. A system according to claim 7, said system further comprising:

means for charging (170) the patient (1006) having the drug administration device (1003) for the received service.