Remote health monitoring and maintenance system
First Claim
1. A networked health-monitoring system, comprising:
- (i) a plurality of remote patient sites corresponding to a plurality of patients, each of the remote patient sites including (a) at least one display, (b) a data management unit configured to facilitate collection of patient health-related data, (c) at least one memory and (d) stored program instructions for generating health-monitoring related information on the display;
(ii) at least one central server connectable for communication with the data management unit at each of the remote patient sites; and
(iii) at least one computer remotely located from the remote patient sites, remotely located from the central server and configured for signal communication with the central server,wherein (a) the computer is configured to transmit particular information related to a particular one or more of the patients to the central server in response to a first input received from a healthcare professional, (b) the central server is configured to wait for one or more respective communication links to be established between the central server and the data management units, (c) each of the data management units is configured to establish the respective communication links with the central server in response to said particular information received from the computer to cause the remote patient site to enter a communications mode, (d) the central server is configured to send the particular information to the remote patient sites of the particular patients in response to establishing the respective communication links, (e) each of the program instructions of the particular patients is configured to generate a presentation of the particular information in response to (1) the particular patient commanding the remote patient site into a display mode and (2) interactive control inputs received from the particular patient, and (f) each of the program instructions of the particular patients is configured to generate at least one message within the particular information on the displays in response to the interactive control inputs.
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Abstract
A system and method is described that enables a health care provider to monitor and manage a health condition of a patient. The system includes a health care provider apparatus operated by a health care provider and a remotely programmable patient apparatus that is operated by a patient. The health care provider develops a script program using the health care provider apparatus and then sends the script program to a remotely programmable patient apparatus through a communication network such as the World Wide Web. The script program is a computer-executable patient protocol that provides information to the patient about the patient'"'"'s health condition and that interactively monitors the patient health condition by asking the patient questions and by receiving answers to those questions. The answers to these health related questions are then forwarded as patient data from the remotely programmable patient apparatus to the health care provider apparatus through the communication network. The patient data may also include information supplied by a physiological monitoring device such as a blood glucose monitor that is connected to the remotely programmable patient apparatus. When the patient data arrives at the health care provider apparatus, the patient data is processed for further management of the patient'"'"'s health condition by the health care provider, such as forwarding another script program to the remotely programmable patient apparatus.
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76 Claims
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1. A networked health-monitoring system, comprising:
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(i) a plurality of remote patient sites corresponding to a plurality of patients, each of the remote patient sites including (a) at least one display, (b) a data management unit configured to facilitate collection of patient health-related data, (c) at least one memory and (d) stored program instructions for generating health-monitoring related information on the display; (ii) at least one central server connectable for communication with the data management unit at each of the remote patient sites; and (iii) at least one computer remotely located from the remote patient sites, remotely located from the central server and configured for signal communication with the central server, wherein (a) the computer is configured to transmit particular information related to a particular one or more of the patients to the central server in response to a first input received from a healthcare professional, (b) the central server is configured to wait for one or more respective communication links to be established between the central server and the data management units, (c) each of the data management units is configured to establish the respective communication links with the central server in response to said particular information received from the computer to cause the remote patient site to enter a communications mode, (d) the central server is configured to send the particular information to the remote patient sites of the particular patients in response to establishing the respective communication links, (e) each of the program instructions of the particular patients is configured to generate a presentation of the particular information in response to (1) the particular patient commanding the remote patient site into a display mode and (2) interactive control inputs received from the particular patient, and (f) each of the program instructions of the particular patients is configured to generate at least one message within the particular information on the displays in response to the interactive control inputs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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at each of a plurality of remote patient sites corresponding to a plurality of patients, (a) facilitating collection of patient health-related data using a data management unit, (b) using program instructions stored in at least one memory to generate health-monitoring related information on at least one display, and (c) collecting the patient health-related data; connecting at least one central server for communication with the data management unit at each of the remote patient sites; connecting a computer remotely located from the remote patient sites, remotely located from the central server and in signal communication with the central server; transmitting particular information related to a particular one or more of the patients from the computer to the central server in response to a first input received from a healthcare professional; waiting for one or more respective communication links to be established between the central server and the data management units; establishing the respective communication link to the central server using each of the data management units in response to said particular information received from the computer to cause the remote patient site to enter a communications mode; sending the particular information from the central server to the remote patient sites of the particular patients in response to establishing the respective communication links; generating a presentation of the particular information using each of the program instructions of the particular patients in response to (1) the particular patient commanding the remote patient site into a display mode and (2) interactive control inputs received from the particular patient; and generating at least one message within the particular information on each of the displays of the particular patients using the program instructions in response to the interactive control inputs. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A networked health-monitoring system configured to collect and process patient health related data, the system comprising:
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(i) a plurality of remote patient sites corresponding to a plurality of patients, each of the remote patient sites including (a) means for displaying information, (b) data management unit means for facilitating collection of the patient health related data, (c) memory means and (d) stored program means for generating health-monitoring related information on the means for displaying; (ii) at least one central server means connectable for communication with the data management unit means at each of the remote patient sites; and (iii) at least one computer means remotely located from the remote patient sites, remotely located from the central server means and configured for signal communications with the central server means; wherein (a) the computer means is configured to transmit particular information related to a particular one or more of the patients to the central server means in response to a first input received from a healthcare professional, (b) the central server means is configured to wait for one or more respective communication links to be established between the central server means and the data management unit means, (c) each of the data management unit means is configured to establish the respective communication links to the central server means in response to said particular information received from the computer to cause the remote patient site to enter a communications mode, (d) the central server means sends the particular information to the remote patient sites of the particular patients in response to establishing the respective communication links, (e) each of the stored program means is configured to generate a presentation of the particular information in response to (1) the particular patient commanding the remote patient site into a display mode and (2) interactive control inputs received from the particular patient and (f) each of the stored program means is configured to generate at least one message within the particular information on the means for displaying in response to the interactive control inputs.
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41. A networked monitoring system, comprising:
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(i) a plurality of remote user sites corresponding to a plurality of first users, each of the remote user sites including (a) at least one display, (b) a data management unit configured to facilitate collection of user-related data, (c) a memory, (d) stored program instructions for generating information on the display and (e) a plurality of buttons, wherein each of the remote user sites has a plurality of modes selected one at a time by the first user through a menu shown on the display, the modes comprising (1) a monitor mode in which the data management unit monitors patient health-related data, (2) a display mode in which the patient health-related data is presented on the display, (3) an input mode in which patient data is manually entered via the buttons and (4) a communications mode in which a respective communication link is established by the data management unit to at least one central server; (ii) the central server connectable for communication with the data management unit at each of the remote user sites; and (iii) at least one computer remotely located from the remote user sites, remotely located from the central server and configured for signal communication with the central server, wherein (a) the computer is configured to transmit at least one material of (1) educational material and (2) motivational material related to a particular one or more of the first users to the central server in response to a first input received from a second user, (b) the central server is configured to wait for one or more of the respective communication links to be established between the central server and the data management units, (c) each of the data management units is configured to establish the respective communication links with the central server in response to received from the computer to cause the remote user site to enter the communications mode, (d) the central server is configured to transmit the material to the remote user sites of the particular first users in response to the establishment of the respective communication links, (e) the computer is configured to cause the user-related data to be transmitted from the central server to the computer in response to a second input received from the second user, and (f) the computer is configured to generate at least one first report based on the user-related data collected at the remote user sites in response to a third input received from the second user. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A method comprising:
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at each of a plurality of remote user sites corresponding to a plurality of first users (a) facilitating collection of user-related data using a data management unit, (b) using program instructions stored in a memory to generate monitoring-related information on at least one display, and (c) collecting the user-related data, wherein each of the remote user sites has a plurality of modes selected one at a time by the first users through a menu shown on the display, the modes comprising (1) a monitor mode in which the data management unit monitors the user-related data, (2) a display mode in which the user-related data is presented on the display, (3) an input mode in which patient data is manually entered via a plurality of buttons and (4) a communications mode in which a respective communication link is established by the data management unit to at least one central server; connecting the central server for communication with the data management unit at each of the remote user sites; connecting a computer remotely located from the remote user sites and remotely located from the central server in signal communication with the central server; transmitting at least one material of (i) educational material and (ii) motivational material related to a particular one or more of the first users from the computer to the central server in response to a first input received by the computer from a second user; waiting for one or more of the respective communication links to be established between central server and the data management units; establishing the respective communication links to the central server using each of the data management units in response to a said particular information received from the computer to cause the remote user site to enter the communications mode; transmitting the material from the central server to the remote user sites of the particular first users in response to the establishment of the respective communication links; causing the user-related data to be transmitted from the central server to the computer in response to a second input received by the computer from the second user; and generating at least one first report in the computer based on the user-related data collected at the remote user sites in response to a third input received from the second user. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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