Adaptive interactive preceptored teaching system
First Claim
1. A method of providing remote health education to a patient under the supervision of a health care provider comprising:
- (a) obtaining a profile for a patient comprising at least one value describing an attribute of the patient'"'"'s health condition and an educational objective for the patient, (b) automatically selecting educational material based upon the patient'"'"'s profile from a remotely-accessible collection of educational materials relevant to the patient'"'"'s health condition and transmitting the selected material to the patient at a first location, (c) evaluating the patient'"'"'s comprehension of the selected material, (d) transmitting the results of the evaluation to a preceptor at a second location and the patient, whereby the preceptor can (i) provide information, feedback, or both to the patient and (ii) report information concerning the evaluation to the health care provider, (e) updating the patient'"'"'s profile based on the evaluation, and (f) assessing the patient'"'"'s progress toward the educational objective.
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Abstract
An adaptive interactive preceptored teaching system for the remote education of a student provides lessons, obtains the student'"'"'s profile, uses the profile to select one of the lessons to be sent to the student, and sends that lesson to the student. A method for remote care of a diabetic patient involves providing lessons, obtaining the patient'"'"'s profile, using the profile to select a lesson to be sent to the patient, sending that lesson to the patient, offering the patient information reflecting the patient'"'"'s health, and offering the patient'"'"'s healthcare provider information regarding at least one of the patient'"'"'s study of the lesson, the patient'"'"'s health, and the patient'"'"'s medical appointments. Communication can take place via the Internet, and can be effected in a secure manner.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of providing remote health education to a patient under the supervision of a health care provider comprising:
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(a) obtaining a profile for a patient comprising at least one value describing an attribute of the patient'"'"'s health condition and an educational objective for the patient, (b) automatically selecting educational material based upon the patient'"'"'s profile from a remotely-accessible collection of educational materials relevant to the patient'"'"'s health condition and transmitting the selected material to the patient at a first location, (c) evaluating the patient'"'"'s comprehension of the selected material, (d) transmitting the results of the evaluation to a preceptor at a second location and the patient, whereby the preceptor can (i) provide information, feedback, or both to the patient and (ii) report information concerning the evaluation to the health care provider, (e) updating the patient'"'"'s profile based on the evaluation, and (f) assessing the patient'"'"'s progress toward the educational objective. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing remote health education to a patient under the supervision of a health care provider and preceptor as part of an educational program comprising:
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(a) a remotely-accessible collection of educational materials transmittable through the Internet that are collectively relevant to a health condition, wherein each item in the collection is relevant to one or more aspects of the health condition, (b) data collection and recording means that obtains a profile for a patient, receives information from the patient, and records and updates the profile and information in a secure Internet-accessible database, (c) item selection means for selecting an item in the collection of educational materials for transmission to the patient based upon the patient'"'"'s profile, and (d) interface display means that selectively transmits a first, second, or third interactive interface to a computer through the Internet upon entry of login information provided by or to the patient, preceptor, or healthcare provider, wherein (I) the first interface (i) displays a selected item to the patient, (ii) selectively transmits assessment questions related to the item to the patient, (iii) allows the patient to submit responses thereto for transmission to the preceptor, and (iv) permits the patient to transmit messages to and receive messages from the preceptor, (II) the second interface (i) permits the preceptor to examine the patient'"'"'s responses to the assessment questions, (ii) allows the preceptor to receive messages from and transmit messages to the patient, and (iii) permits the preceptor to transmit messages to and receive messages from the health care provider, and (III) the third interface (i) provides means for checking patient performance in the educational program and (ii) permits the health care provider to receive secure messages from and transmit secure messages to the preceptor. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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