CLINICAL INVESTIGATION DATA LOGGING WITH CONTEXTUAL TIME TRAVELING

• US 20100022847A1
• Filed: 07/22/2008
• Published: 01/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eResearchTechnology, Inc. (Explorer Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PHT Corporation (Explorer Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: RAYMOND, Stephen A., CROWLEY, Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 8,273,019 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A health monitoring device that includes a data logger module that collects health information from a subject or clinician during specific time ranges that are part of a health monitoring schedule. The collected health information and/or the time ranges are determined in part by the content of the collected health information. The device records the collected health information along with a time stamp. The device also includes a clock and a time travel mode that allows a user to adjust the clock to a specified point in the health monitoring schedule so that the device operates at the specified point in the same manner as if the device had reached the specified point without intervention by the user to adjust the clock.

Claims

1. A health monitoring device comprising:

a data logger module configured to;

collect a first set of health information from a subject or clinician during a first time range and a second set of health information from the subject or clinician during a second time range, at least one of the second set of health information and the second time range being determined in part by a content of the first set of health information, the first and second time ranges being part of a health monitoring schedule;

record the first and second sets of health information; and

include a time stamp with the recorded health information;

a clock; and

a time travel mode, wherein a user can adjust the clock to a specified point in the health monitoring schedule, the device operating at the specified point in the same manner as if the device had reached the specified point without intervention by the user to adjust the clock, and wherein the user cannot adjust the clock when the device is not in the time travel mode.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the health information is collected in the form of diary entries.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the first and second time ranges correspond to at least one of a specified time of day, and a period relative to an event.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the user can adjust the clock without specifying a time.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the specified point in the health monitoring schedule is a time range during which the subject or clinician is permitted to enter health information.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the specified point in the health monitoring schedule corresponds to the subject undergoing a medical treatment.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the specified point in the health monitoring schedule corresponds to performing a calculation based on health information collected prior to the specified point in the health monitoring schedule.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the health monitoring schedule includes a plurality of branches, and wherein the device executes one or more of the branches based on health information received from the subject or clinician.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first set of health information and the second set of health information includes a diary completed by the subject or clinician.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first set of health information and the second set of health information includes a questionnaire completed by the subject or clinician.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first set of health information and the second set of health information includes a response of the subject or clinician to a medication event.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the specified point in the health monitoring schedule includes a time in the health monitoring schedule when the device first displays a screen requiring a response from the subject or clinician.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the screen requiring a response from the subject or clinician includes a questionnaire for completion by the said subject or clinician.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein the screen requiring a response from the subject or clinician includes a report for completion by the said subject or clinician.

15. The device of claim 12, wherein the screen requiring a response from the subject or clinician includes a request for confirmation of a medical event.

16. The device of claim 12, wherein the screen requiring a response from the subject or clinician includes a request for a subjective response of the said subject or clinician to a medical event.

17. The device of claim 1, wherein the time travel mode is adapted for use in training a user of the device.

18. The device of claim 1, wherein the time travel mode is adapted for use in testing an application of the health monitoring device.

19. The device of claim 1, wherein adjusting the clock comprises advancing the clock.

20. The device of claim 1, wherein adjusting the clock comprises retarding the clock.

21. A health monitoring device comprising:

a data logger module configured to;

collect a first set of health information from a subject or clinician during a first time range and a second set of health information from the subject or clinician during a second time range, at least one of the second set of health information and the second time range being determined in part by a content of the first set of health information, the first and second time ranges being part of a health monitoring schedule;

record the first and second sets of health information; and

include a time stamp with the recorded health information;

a clock; and

a training mode, wherein a user can advance the clock to a specified point in the health monitoring schedule without specifying a time, and wherein the device operates at the specified point in the same manner as if the device had reached the specified point without intervention by the user to advance the clock.

22. The health monitoring device of claim 21, wherein the specified point corresponds to an event of interest in the health monitoring schedule.

23. A health monitoring device comprising:

a data logger module configured to;

collect a first set of health information from a subject or clinician during a first time range and a second set of health information from the subject or clinician during a second time range, at least one of the second set of health information and the second time range being determined in part by a content of the first set of health information, the first and second time ranges being part of a health monitoring schedule;

record the first and second sets of health information; and

include a time stamp with the recorded health information;

a clock; and

a testing mode, wherein a user can advance the clock to a specified point in the health monitoring schedule without specifying a time, and wherein the device operates at the specified point in the same manner as if the device had reached the specified point without intervention by the user to advance the clock.

24. The health monitoring device of claim 23, wherein the specified point corresponds to an event of interest in the health monitoring schedule.

25. A method of exercising a data logging application, the method comprising:

collecting a first set of health information from a subject or clinician during a first time range and a second set of health information from the subject or clinician during a second time range, at least one of the second set of health information and the second time range being determined in part by a content of the first set of health information, the first and second time ranges being part of a health monitoring schedule;

recording the first and second sets of health information; and

including a time stamp with the recorded health information,

the data logging application including a time travel mode that permits a user of the data logging application to adjust a clock to a specified point in the health monitoring schedule, the data logging application operating at the specified point in the same manner as if the data logging application had reached the specified point without intervention by the user to adjust the clock.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the health information is collected in the form of diary entries.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the first and second time ranges correspond to at least one of a specified time of day, and a period relative to an event.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the user can adjust the clock without specifying a time.

29. The method of claim 25, wherein the specified point in the health monitoring schedule is a time range during which the subject or clinician is permitted to enter health information.

30. The method of claim 25, wherein the specified point in the health monitoring schedule corresponds to the subject undergoing a medical treatment.

31. The method of claim 25, wherein the specified point in the health monitoring schedule corresponds to performing a calculation based on health information collected prior to the specified point in the health monitoring schedule.

32. The method of claim 25, wherein the health monitoring schedule includes a plurality of branches, and wherein the health monitoring schedule executes one or more of the branches based on health information received from the subject or clinician.

33. The method of claim 25, wherein at least one of the first set of health information and the second set of health information includes at least one of a diary completed by the subject or clinician, a questionnaire completed by the subject or clinician, and a response of the subject or clinician to a medication event.

34. The method of claim 25, wherein the specified point in the health monitoring schedule includes a time in the health monitoring schedule when the health monitoring application first causes a screen to be displayed that requires a response from the subject or clinician.

35. The method of claim 25, wherein adjusting the clock comprises advancing the clock.

36. The method of claim 25, wherein adjusting the clock comprises retarding the clock.

37. The method of claim 25, wherein the time travel mode is adapted for use in training the user of the data logging application.

38. The method of claim 25, wherein the time travel mode is adapted for use in testing the data logging application.