Remote health monitoring and maintenance system
First Claim
1. A method for remote monitoring and management of a health condition of a patient by a health care provider, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving one or more entries from the health care provider into an apparatus;
b) generating one or more query programs with a program generator in a server based on the entries received from the apparatus via a first communication network;
c) generating information with a data management unit by processing the query programs received from the server via a second communication network;
d) displaying the information from a hand held unit to the patient in response to receiving the information at the hand held unit from the data management unit via a third communication network;
e) generating one or more physiological measurements of the patient with one or more sensors under control of the query programs;
f) storing the physiological measurements in the server; and
g) generating one or more reports to the health care provider by interpreting the physiological measurements received from the server with a data interpreter in the apparatus.
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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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22 Claims
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1. A method for remote monitoring and management of a health condition of a patient by a health care provider, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving one or more entries from the health care provider into an apparatus; b) generating one or more query programs with a program generator in a server based on the entries received from the apparatus via a first communication network; c) generating information with a data management unit by processing the query programs received from the server via a second communication network; d) displaying the information from a hand held unit to the patient in response to receiving the information at the hand held unit from the data management unit via a third communication network; e) generating one or more physiological measurements of the patient with one or more sensors under control of the query programs; f) storing the physiological measurements in the server; and g) generating one or more reports to the health care provider by interpreting the physiological measurements received from the server with a data interpreter in the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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2. A remote patient management system, comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to generate one or more physiological measurements of a patient; a data management unit configured to (i) receive one or more query programs through a first communication network, (ii) receive the physiological measurements from the sensors (iii) download the physiological measurements through the first communication network in response to the query programs and (iv) generate information based on the query programs; an interaction unit in signal communication with the data management unit via a second communication network and configured to display the information to the patient; and a server interfaced to the data management unit through the first communication network and configured to (i) generate the query programs in response to one or more entries received from an apparatus of a health care professional via a third communication network, (ii) generate one or more reports by interpreting the physiological measurements and (iii) provide a viewing environment enabling said health care professional to access the physiological measurements. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 14, 15)
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7. A remote patient management system, comprising:
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a plurality of sensors configured to generate patient data that is related to a heart condition of a patient; a portable patient monitoring device operative to receive the patient data directly from the sensors and automatically download the patient data to an Internet server over a first communication network; a hand held unit separate from the portable patient monitoring device, removably coupled to the portable patient monitoring device through a second communication network, in signal communication with the portable patient monitoring device and configured to generate a display to the patient by processing information received from the portable patient monitoring device; and a computer remote from the Internet server enabling a health care professional to access the patient data stored in the Internet server through the first communication network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 16, 17)
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9. A remote health management system, comprising:
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at least one sensor communicating physiological data of an individual; a hand held unit comprising a data management unit and a processor, wherein (i) the hand held unit is configured to generate information by processing one or more query programs received through the data management unit over a network, (ii) the data management unit is operative to receive the physiological data and automatically download the physiological data over the network in a manner which restricts unauthorized access to the data and (iii) the processor is configured to generate a viewable display based on the information; and a server in signal communication with the data management unit and a computer over the network, wherein the computer (i) provides a viewing environment enabling a healthcare professional to access the physiological data upon identification of the healthcare professional as an authorized user and (ii) enables the healthcare professional to transmit the query programs to the data management unit via the server over the network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 18, 19, 20)
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12. A remote health management system, comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to generate health data related to a heart condition of an individual; a hand held unit comprising a data management unit and a processor, wherein (i) the hand held unit is configured to generate information by processing one or more query programs received through the data management unit over a network, (ii) the processor is configured to generate a visual display by processing the health data and the information and (iii) the data management unit is configured to receive the health data from the sensor and store the health data; and a server in signal communication with the data management unit over the network and providing a viewing environment enabling a healthcare professional to (i) access the health data upon identification of the healthcare professional as an authorized user and (ii) transmit the query programs to the data management unit over the network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 21)
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