MEDICAL TREATMENT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring a treatment of a patient with a medication, the method comprising:
- implementing a data processing apparatus for defining a medical treatment plan as a template which contains a plurality of data elements and storing the template in a database that is linked through a communications network to at least one remote monitoring device, the medical treatment plan describing a treatment of a group comprised of two or more patients with the medication;
transmitting the medical treatment plan to the monitoring device over the network, and obtaining patient response data supplied by the patient in response to the data elements, the patient response data relating at least in part to a record of the intake of the medication by the patient; and
providing a report of said patient response data for a selected range of dates comprising one or more days.
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Abstract
A method and system is provided for monitoring the treatment of one or more patients with one or more medications. A medical treatment plan is defined as a set of data elements stored in a database and representative of a patient configuration file. The data elements are translated into a sequence of prompt and record events, which are communicated to one or more remote monitoring devices. Patient response data, supplied by the patients in response to the events and relating at least in part to a record of the intake of the medication by the patient, are obtained, recorded, and uploaded into the database. The patient response data are correlated with additional data relating to patient health or economic outcomes, for example using statistical analysis and data mining. The correlation can be used to adjust dosing recommendations to improve clinical outcome, reduce side-effects, and eliminate drug interactions.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring a treatment of a patient with a medication, the method comprising:
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implementing a data processing apparatus for defining a medical treatment plan as a template which contains a plurality of data elements and storing the template in a database that is linked through a communications network to at least one remote monitoring device, the medical treatment plan describing a treatment of a group comprised of two or more patients with the medication; transmitting the medical treatment plan to the monitoring device over the network, and obtaining patient response data supplied by the patient in response to the data elements, the patient response data relating at least in part to a record of the intake of the medication by the patient; and providing a report of said patient response data for a selected range of dates comprising one or more days. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for monitoring the effect of a medication on one or more patients, the system comprising:
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a database configured to store therein a plurality of data elements representative of a medical treatment plan for treating the patients with the medication, the database being linked through a communications network to at least one remote monitoring device configured for use by the patients; and a controller for controlling access to the database and for controlling communications over the network; wherein the controller is configured to transform the data elements into a sequence of prompt and record events, and to cause the sequence of events to be communicated to the remote monitoring device over the network; wherein the controller is further configured to receive patient response data supplied by the patients in response to the sequence of events, and to upload the patient response data onto the database; and wherein the controller is further configured to correlate the patient response data with additional data relating to one or more patient outcomes; and means for providing a report of said correlation for a selected range of dates comprising one or more days. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31, 33)
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27. A machine-readable medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
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create a medical treatment plan for treating a patient with a medication and store the medical treatment plan as a plurality of data elements in a database that is linked through a communications network to at least one remote monitoring device configured for use by the patient; transform the data elements into a sequence of prompt and record events; communicate the sequence of events to the patient over the network, and obtain patient response data supplied by the patient in response to the sequence of events, the patient response data relating at least in part to a record of an intake of the medication by the patient; upload the patient response data onto the database; and correlate the patient response data with additional data relating to one or more patient outcomes, to determine the relationship between the intake of the medication and the patient outcomes; and provide a report of said patient response data for a selected range of dates comprising one or more days.
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28. A computer system for monitoring the effect of a medication on a patient, the system comprising:
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means for creating a medical treatment plan for treating the patient with the medication, wherein the medical treatment plan is defined as a plurality of data elements representing one or more configuration files for the patient; means for storing the plurality of data elements; means for translating the data elements into a sequence of prompt and record events; means for communicating the sequence of events over a network to a remote monitoring device usable by the patient; means for obtaining patient response data supplied by the patient in response to the data elements, and for uploading the patient response data onto the database, the patient response data relating at least in part to a record to the intake of the medication by the patient; and means for correlating the patient response data with additional data relating to one or more patient outcomes; and means for providing a report of said patient response data for a selected range of dates comprising one or more days.
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29. (canceled)
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30. (canceled)
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32. (canceled)
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