Clinical management system from chronic illnesses using telecommunication
First Claim
1. A computerized method for managing chronic illnesses, comprising:
- outputting a first set of at least one graphical user interface screen usable by a user who has at least one chronic illness and by others including at least one healthcare practitioner to input or review user-provided information;
wherein the user-provided information includes (i) clinical data obtained from the user usable to manage the at least one chronic illness, and (ii) comments describing contemporaneous activities of the user;
automatically analyzing the clinical data to determine an alert value;
outputting a second set of at least one graphical user interface screen usable by the user and the others to access management information usable to manage the at least one chronic illness, at least some of the management information being derived from the user-provided information;
outputting a third set of at least one graphical user interface screen usable by the others to review the user-provided information obtained from the user and the derived management information; and
receiving additional management information from the at least one healthcare practitioner for inclusion in the management information,wherein the user and the others remotely and asynchronously interact to manage on a near-daily basis the at least one chronic illness.
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Abstract
Patients with chronic illnesses resist using conventional automated healthcare management systems to supply necessary clinical data because such systems feel impersonal, preferring to actually visit a clinic where the patient interacts with various healthcare practitioners. In this invention, the patient interacts with a clinical management system via a series of initial GUI screens that replicate the experience of actually visiting the clinic. Additional screens allow the patient to submit clinical information, to communicate with that patient'"'"'s healthcare practitioner and other healthcare practitioners, to access management information that aids the patient in managing that patient'"'"'s chronic illness, and to access educational information regarding that chronic illness. The clinical management system may be used to manage a plurality of different chronic illnesses while providing a consistent look and feel to the screens. At least one appearance characteristic can be altered to indicate the particular chronic illness to which a screen applies.
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36 Claims
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1. A computerized method for managing chronic illnesses, comprising:
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outputting a first set of at least one graphical user interface screen usable by a user who has at least one chronic illness and by others including at least one healthcare practitioner to input or review user-provided information; wherein the user-provided information includes (i) clinical data obtained from the user usable to manage the at least one chronic illness, and (ii) comments describing contemporaneous activities of the user; automatically analyzing the clinical data to determine an alert value; outputting a second set of at least one graphical user interface screen usable by the user and the others to access management information usable to manage the at least one chronic illness, at least some of the management information being derived from the user-provided information; outputting a third set of at least one graphical user interface screen usable by the others to review the user-provided information obtained from the user and the derived management information; and receiving additional management information from the at least one healthcare practitioner for inclusion in the management information, wherein the user and the others remotely and asynchronously interact to manage on a near-daily basis the at least one chronic illness. - 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 graphical healthcare management system comprising:
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a first set of at least one graphical user interface screen usable by a user who has at least one chronic illness and others including at least one healthcare practitioner to input or review user-provided information stored in a database, the user-provided information including (i) clinical data obtained from the user usable to manage at least one of the user'"'"'s chronic illnesses, and (ii) comments relating to contemporaneous personal activities of the user; a second set of at least one graphical user interface screen usable by the user and the others to access management information usable to manage the at least one chronic illness, at least some of the management information being derived from the clinical data and the comments describing contemporaneous activities of the user included in the user-provided information obtained from the user and stored in the database; and a third set of at least one graphical user interface screen usable by the at least one healthcare practitioner to review the user-provided information obtained from the user and the derived management information and to supply additional management information from the at least one healthcare practitioner to the database for inclusion in the management information, wherein the third set of at least one graphical user interface screen includes a user interface screen to solicit a selection from the at least one healthcare practitioner to view at least one of the following lists;
a first list of patients with an alert value based on their respective clinical data, a second list of patients with new data, and a third list listing all patients, andwherein the user and the at least one healthcare practitioner remotely and asynchronously interact to manage on a near-daily basis the at least one chronic illness. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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