Assisting and monitoring method and system
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1. A method for assisting and monitoring a person'"'"'s compliance to complete certain healthcare tasks, and simultaneously providing an automated communication tool to other persons or systems comprising:
- generating an activity event log of data pertaining to the person'"'"'s healthcare-compliance activities by monitoring and time-based recording of signals from at least one input mechanism;
providing a task reminder schedule containing time-sensitive reminder alerts to alert the person of scheduled healthcare tasks they need to complete;
comparing the activity event log to the task reminder schedule to create a compliance metric associated with every scheduled healthcare task;
communicating selective parts of the activity event log and compliance metrics to other persons or systems;
providing a capability for periodic review of the data pertaining to the time-based recorded signals and computed compliance metrics in said activity event log; and
providing a capability to update memory contents, with an updated task reminder schedule, profile preference settings, and digital messages.
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A convenient task reminder, compliance logging and monitoring system for routine activities is presented as well as an automated communications/notification system that can relay the activity and/or inactivity recorded by the Home Unit device to other systems and/or specifically designated people.
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1. A method for assisting and monitoring a person'"'"'s compliance to complete certain healthcare tasks, and simultaneously providing an automated communication tool to other persons or systems comprising:
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generating an activity event log of data pertaining to the person'"'"'s healthcare-compliance activities by monitoring and time-based recording of signals from at least one input mechanism; providing a task reminder schedule containing time-sensitive reminder alerts to alert the person of scheduled healthcare tasks they need to complete; comparing the activity event log to the task reminder schedule to create a compliance metric associated with every scheduled healthcare task; communicating selective parts of the activity event log and compliance metrics to other persons or systems; providing a capability for periodic review of the data pertaining to the time-based recorded signals and computed compliance metrics in said activity event log; and providing a capability to update memory contents, with an updated task reminder schedule, profile preference settings, and digital messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system that assists and monitors a person'"'"'s compliance to complete certain healthcare tasks based on logging of healthcare task completion, healthcare-task reminders, and group notification tools comprising:
a controller generating an activity event log of data pertaining to the person'"'"'s healthcare activities by monitoring and recording signals from at least one input mechanism, recording time-of-occurrence records with the input signal(s), a healthcare-task reminder schedule containing time-sensitive healthcare-task reminders to alert the person of healthcare tasks they need to complete, comparing the activity event log to the healthcare task reminder schedule to create a compliance metric associated with scheduled healthcare tasks, coupled to a network, wherein the activity event log data and task compliance metrics can be communicated over the network to conventional messaging tools based on customized settings stored in a user profile corresponding to the person. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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