OPTIMIZATION OF TIMING FOR DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS IN ADVANCED PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A patient management system, comprising:
- an ambulatory patient device configured to be associated with a patient; and
a unit capable of being wirelessly communicatively coupled to the ambulatory patient device, wherein the ambulatory patient device is configured to;
identify a time period during which the ambulatory patient device is forecasted to be able to communicate with the unit;
determine a data update time when the ambulatory patient device updates patient data by updating stored physiological measurements of the patient data in a memory of the ambulatory patient device, the data update time being before the time period during which the ambulatory patient device is forecasted to be able to communicate with the unit; and
schedule an update of the patient data at the data update time.
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Abstract
Advanced patient management systems include a unit for collecting data from a device associated with a patient, and a host in communication with the unit, the host identifying a time for the device to update data on the device. The system can identify a time for the device to update data associated with the device by developing a histogram of the availability of the device for interrogation. The system can also optimize processing loads for the system by developing a histogram of the time at which the caregiver is most likely to access the system to review the collected and processed data. Methods for optimizing device data update and processing times are also included.
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20 Claims
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1. A patient management system, comprising:
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an ambulatory patient device configured to be associated with a patient; and a unit capable of being wirelessly communicatively coupled to the ambulatory patient device, wherein the ambulatory patient device is configured to; identify a time period during which the ambulatory patient device is forecasted to be able to communicate with the unit; determine a data update time when the ambulatory patient device updates patient data by updating stored physiological measurements of the patient data in a memory of the ambulatory patient device, the data update time being before the time period during which the ambulatory patient device is forecasted to be able to communicate with the unit; and schedule an update of the patient data at the data update time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for gathering and processing patient data by a computer host in a patient management system, the patient data received from an ambulatory patient device, the method comprising:
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identifying, at a computer system, a time period during which the ambulatory patient device is forecasted to be able to communicate with the computer host; determining, at the computer system, a data update time when the ambulatory patient device updates patient data by updating stored physiological measurements of the patient data in a memory of the ambulatory patient device, the data update time being before the time period during which the ambulatory patient device is forecasted to be able to communicate with the computer host; and scheduling, using the computer system, the ambulatory patient device to update the patient data at the data update time. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine readable medium comprising instructions for gathering and processing patient data received from an ambulatory patient device at a computer host in a patient management system, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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identify, at a computer system, a time period during which the ambulatory patient device is forecasted to be able to communicate with the computer host; determine, at the computer system, a data update time when the ambulatory patient device updates patient data by updating stored physiological measurements of the patient data in a memory of the ambulatory patient device, the data update time being before the time period during which the ambulatory patient device is forecasted to be able to communicate with the computer host; and schedule, using the computer system, the ambulatory patient device to update the patient data at the data update time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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