EVENT-BASED HEALTH ACTIVITY TRACKING WITH ICON-BASED USER INTERFACE

• US 20110021952A1
• Filed: 07/27/2009
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anthony Vallone
• Original Assignee: Anthony Vallone
• Inventors: Vallone, Anthony
• Granted Patent: US 8,292,832 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/595
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A health activity plan may be prescribed for an individual comprising a set of health activity instances (e.g., physical therapy exercises, an exercise regimen, or a wound management program.) The performed health activity instances of the individual may be tracked by a device, and may be presented to a user of the device in correlation with the health activity plan (e.g., to demonstrate compliance of the individual with the health activity plan.) The health activity information may be presented using a set of icons that depict the health activity information, which may improve an easier understanding and a more consistent communication of health activity information among the individual and healthcare providers.

Claims

1. A method of tracking health activities prescribed for and performed by an individual on a computer accessible to a user and having a processor, a memory, at least one input component, at least one display, and an icon store configured to store health activity icons depicting health activity types, the method comprising:

executing on the processor instructions configured to;

store in the memory a health activity plan comprising at least one prescribed health activity instance of a prescribed health activity type;

upon receiving from at least one input component a notification of a performed health activity instance of a performed health activity type, store in the memory a performed health activity record representing the performed health activity instance of the performed health activity type; and

upon receiving from the user a request to present the performed health activity instances, present on the display component, for respective performed health activity records;

an icon selected from the icon store depicting the performed health activity type, and

an indicator of at least one prescribed health activity instance correlating to the performed health activity instance.

2. The method of claim 1:

the instructions configured to receive the health activity plan by displaying for the user icons selected from the icon store and depicting health activity types that may be prescribed for the individual; and

storing the health activity plan comprising;

upon receiving a selection by the user of at least one icon, storing in the memory a prescribed health activity instance of the health activity type represented by the selected icon.

3. The method of claim 1, the input component configured to receive the notification of the performed health activity instance from the user.

4. The method of claim 3, the input component configured to receive the notification of the performed health activity instance by:

displaying for the user at least one icon selected from the icon store and depicting the health activities that may be performed by the individual, and

receiving from the user a selection of at least one icon.

5. The method of claim 1, the input component configured to receive the notification from at least one detector configured to detect performances of the prescribed health activity instances by the individual.

6. The method of claim 1, the performed health activity record comprising at least one performed health activity instance descriptor selected from a set of health activity instance descriptors comprising:

the performed health activity type;

the time of the performed health activity instance;

a proficiency of the performed health activity instance;

an at least partial recording of the performed health activity instance; and

an annotation received from the user and describing the performed health activity instance.

7. The method of claim 6, the presenting comprising:

for respective health activity records, presenting on the display component the at least one performed health activity instance descriptor.

8. The method of claim 1:

the instructions configured to compute a health activity plan compliance rating of the individual based on correlations of the prescribed health activity instances to the performed health activity instances, and

the presenting comprising;

presenting on the display component a compliance rating indicator representing the health activity plan compliance rating.

9. The method of claim 1:

the instructions configured to compute a proficiency trend among performed health activity instances of a health activity type; and

the presenting comprising;

presenting on the display component a proficiency trend indicator representing the proficiency trend among performed health activity instances of the health activity type.

10. The method of claim 1:

at least one health activity prescribed in relation to a health condition of the individual, and

the memory configured to store at least one health condition record representing a health condition of the individual.

11. The method of claim 10:

the icon store comprising at least one health condition icon depicting the at least one health condition, and

the presenting comprising, for respective health conditions;

presenting on the display component a health condition icon selected from the icon store and depicting the health condition, and

presenting on the display component with the health condition icon the performed health activity instances prescribed in relation to the health condition.

12. The method of claim 10:

the instructions configured to;

correlate respective performed health activity instances with at least one health condition for which the performed health activity instance was prescribed, and

compute a health condition rating of the health condition based on the correlated performed health activity instances; and

the presenting comprising;

for respective health conditions, presenting on the display component a health condition rating indicator representing the health condition rating of the health condition.

13. The method of claim 10:

the health activities prescribed for the individual by a healthcare provider, and

the instructions configured to, upon receiving the notification of a performed health activity instance, send the notification to the healthcare provider.

14. The method of claim 1, the instructions configured to, upon receiving from the user a request to present future prescribed health activity instances, present on the display component, for respective future prescribed health activity instances, an icon selected from the icon store and depicting the health activity type of the future prescribed health activity instance.

15. The method of claim 1, the instructions configured to, before an imminent prescribed health activity instance, notify the user by presenting on the display component an icon selected from the icon store and depicting the health activity type of the imminent prescribed health activity instance.

16. A system for tracking health activities prescribed for and performed by an individual on a computer accessible to a user and having a processor, a memory, at least one input component, at least one display, the system comprising:

an icon store configured to store health activity icons depicting health activity types;

a health activity plan storing component configured to store in the memory a health activity plan comprising at least one prescribed health activity instance of a prescribed health activity type;

a performed health activity instance storing component configured to, upon receiving from at least one input component a notification of a performed health activity instance of a performed health activity type, store in the memory a performed health activity record representing the performed health activity instance of the performed health activity type; and

a performed health activity instance presenting component configured to, upon receiving from the user a request to present the performed health activity instances, present on the display component, for respective performed health activity records;

an icon selected from the icon store depicting the performed health activity type, and

an indicator of at least one prescribed health activity instance correlating to the performed health activity instance.

17. The system of claim 16, the input component configured to receive notifications of performed health activity instances from the user by:

displaying for the user at least one icon selected from the icon store and depicting the health activities that may be performed by the individual, and

receiving from the user a selection of at least one icon.

18. The system of claim 16, the input component configured to receive notifications of performed health activity instances from at least one detector configured to detect performances of the prescribed health activity instances by the individual.

19. The system of claim 16:

the health activities prescribed for the individual by a healthcare provider, and

the system comprising;

a communications component configured to, upon the input component receiving the notification of a performed health activity instance, send the notification to the healthcare provider.

20. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed on a processor of a computer accessible to a user and having a memory, at least one input component, at least one display, and an icon store configured to store health activity icons depicting health activity types, performs a method of tracking health activities prescribed for and performed by an individual, the method comprising:

storing in the memory a health activity plan comprising at least one prescribed health activity instance of a prescribed health activity type;

upon receiving from at least one input component a notification of a performed health activity instance of a performed health activity type, storing in the memory a performed health activity record representing the performed health activity instance of the performed health activity type; and

upon receiving from the user a request to present the performed health activity instances, presenting on the display component, for respective performed health activity records;

an icon selected from the icon store depicting the performed health activity type, and

an indicator of at least one prescribed health activity instance correlating to the performed health activity instance.