System and method for assessing the functional ability or medical condition of an actor
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1. A method of assessing functional or medical ability of an actor in an environment comprising:
- providing a plurality of data sources in the environment of the actor;
receiving a request to perform an evaluation of a first functional or medical ability;
determining which of the plurality of data sources generate information relating to the first functional or medical ability by comparing each of the plurality of data sources with an electronically stored list of desirable informational sources designated as being relevant to the first functional or medical ability, wherein the determination is made solely by a functional ability assessment module as operated by a processor;
gathering previously-stored data from the data sources determined to generate information relating to the first functional or medical ability;
automatically evaluating the first functional ability of the actor based upon a combined assessment of the gathered data; and
forwarding information relating to the evaluation to a third party.
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Abstract
A system and method for assessing a functional or medical ability of an actor in a environment. The method includes providing a plurality of data sources in the environment. One or more of the data sources are designated as providing information relating to a functional or medical ability. Data from the designated data sources is retrieved and forms the basis of a functional or medical ability evaluation. In one embodiment, a plurality of baseline function categories are established, with information from one or more of the data sources being assigned to at least one of the baseline function categories.
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1. A method of assessing functional or medical ability of an actor in an environment comprising:
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providing a plurality of data sources in the environment of the actor; receiving a request to perform an evaluation of a first functional or medical ability; determining which of the plurality of data sources generate information relating to the first functional or medical ability by comparing each of the plurality of data sources with an electronically stored list of desirable informational sources designated as being relevant to the first functional or medical ability, wherein the determination is made solely by a functional ability assessment module as operated by a processor; gathering previously-stored data from the data sources determined to generate information relating to the first functional or medical ability; automatically evaluating the first functional ability of the actor based upon a combined assessment of the gathered data; and forwarding information relating to the evaluation to a third party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for assessing functional or medical ability of an actor in an environment, the system comprising:
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a plurality of data sources; and a controller electronically maintaining a functional ability assessment module and adapted to; determine which of the data sources generate information relating to a particular functional or medical ability in response to a request for an evaluation of the particular functional or medical ability based upon reference to a stored list of desirable informational sources and without human operator data source selection prompts, gather data from the determined data sources, automatically evaluate a functional ability of the actor based upon a combined assessment of the gathered data. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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