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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING, MONITORING AND TREATING MEDICAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

  • US 20130268296A1
  • Filed: 03/14/2013
  • Published: 10/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for identifying and monitoring risk of a plurality of predefined mental health disorders in a single composite score, the system comprising:

  • a network portal providing access to at least one patient and at least one health care provider;

    a patient symptom inventory including a predetermined, grouped, listing of questions corresponding to a plurality of mental symptoms related to a plurality of potential mental conditions, each question having a plurality of patient selectable responses indicating an occurrence frequency from within a frequency range;

    a patient assessment progress record including an assessment record for tracking the patient'"'"'s risk of suffering from the plurality of potential mental conditions over time, a treatment plan record for tracking the patient'"'"'s treatment plan over time; and

    a side effect record for tracking the extent of side effects of the patient'"'"'s medications over time; and

    one or more processors configured todisplay the patient symptom inventory to a patient via the portal;

    receive the patient selected response to each of the listed questions;

    determine, based on the patient selected responses, a composite score indicating the extent to which the plurality of mental symptoms impairs the patient'"'"'s functioning and individual risk assessments indicating the likelihood the patient is suffering from each of the plurality of potential mental conditions;

    update the patient assessment progress record with the acquired and determine information; and

    provide, via the portal, a patient assessment progress report that includes a visual representation of the patient'"'"'s composite scores and individual risk assessments over a predefined time period, a summary of the patient'"'"'s functional impairment; and

    a summary of the patient'"'"'s treatment plan.

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