MEDICATION COMPLIANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring patient medication compliance comprising:
- a server configured with a medication compliance database, said medication compliance database storing;
(i) a plurality of medication compliance database records representing message communications with one or more patients, (ii) prescriptions for said one or more patients, and (iii) contact information for said one or more patients; and
a messaging engine coupled to said medication compliance database, said messaging engine comprising;
(a) a receiver component configured to receive messages from said one or more patients, (b) a generator component configured to generate a message to said one or more patients based on said prescriptions and said contact information;
(c) a recording component configured to record generated and received messages to said medication compliance database.
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Abstract
A system which implements a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a means for monitoring a patient'"'"'s medication compliance. In one embodiment, the system will send a message to a patient'"'"'s wireless device with a notification when it is time for the patient to administer a prescribed treatment. The system may also request that the patient or a caregiver reply with a confirmation that the treatment was completed. In one embodiment, the system may include sensors that detect whether a prescribed treatment was completed. The system may also record information such as the time, date, and substance of the transmissions of the reminder messages and/or the receipts of the confirmation messages or sensor readings. In one embodiment, the system may also send alert messages if the system is unable to verify whether a patient has completed her prescribed treatment at a designated time.
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1. A system for monitoring patient medication compliance comprising:
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a server configured with a medication compliance database, said medication compliance database storing;
(i) a plurality of medication compliance database records representing message communications with one or more patients, (ii) prescriptions for said one or more patients, and (iii) contact information for said one or more patients; anda messaging engine coupled to said medication compliance database, said messaging engine comprising;
(a) a receiver component configured to receive messages from said one or more patients, (b) a generator component configured to generate a message to said one or more patients based on said prescriptions and said contact information;
(c) a recording component configured to record generated and received messages to said medication compliance database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for monitoring patient medication compliance comprising:
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sending a treatment reminder message to a patient based on a prescription for said patient; and recording in a medication compliance database whether a confirmation response message was received from said patient. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium having instructions for monitoring patient medication compliance comprising:
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sending a treatment reminder message to a patient based on a prescription for said patient; and recording in a medication compliance database whether a confirmation response message was received from said patient. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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