Disease management system and method
First Claim
1. A computerized method of managing a patient'"'"'s health, the method comprising:
- retrieving, by a computer, historical health data from a patient medical record that is stored in a memory of the computer;
identifying, by the computer, from the historical health data, at least one historical value of a particular health parameter associated with a specific disease or associated with a previously diagnosed disease of the patient;
retrieving, by the computer, current health data of the patient from the memory of the computer;
identifying, by the computer, from the current health data, at least one current value of the particular health parameter;
determining, by the computer, a patient health progression value based on an analysis of the identified historical and current health parameter values and respective times of the identified historical and current health parameter values;
retrieving, by the computer, a critical threshold value of the particular health parameter from the memory of the computer;
comparing, by the computer, the patient health progression value to the critical threshold value; and
outputting, via an interface of the computer, an indication of the comparison.
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Abstract
One aspect of the invention is directed to a system and method for allowing a patient to access an automated process for managing a specified health problem called a disease. The system performs disease management in a fully automated manner, using periodic interactive dialogs with the patient to obtain health state measurements from the patient, to evaluate and assess the progress of the patient'"'"'s disease, to review and adjust therapy to optimal levels, and to give the patient medical advice for administering treatment and handling symptom flare-ups and acute episodes of the disease. The medical records are updated, the progression of the disease is stored and tracked, and the patient'"'"'s preferences for treatment are stored and then used to offer medical advice based on the current state of the disease. Subjective and objective health measurements are used to determine a metric, which can be used to adjust patient therapy.
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25 Claims
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1. A computerized method of managing a patient'"'"'s health, the method comprising:
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retrieving, by a computer, historical health data from a patient medical record that is stored in a memory of the computer; identifying, by the computer, from the historical health data, at least one historical value of a particular health parameter associated with a specific disease or associated with a previously diagnosed disease of the patient; retrieving, by the computer, current health data of the patient from the memory of the computer; identifying, by the computer, from the current health data, at least one current value of the particular health parameter; determining, by the computer, a patient health progression value based on an analysis of the identified historical and current health parameter values and respective times of the identified historical and current health parameter values; retrieving, by the computer, a critical threshold value of the particular health parameter from the memory of the computer; comparing, by the computer, the patient health progression value to the critical threshold value; and outputting, via an interface of the computer, an indication of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computerized system for managing a patient'"'"'s health, the system comprising:
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a computer; a memory connected to the computer; an input device connected to the computer; and an output device connected to the computer, wherein the computer is configured to; retrieve historical health data from a patient medical record stored in the memory, identify, from the historical health data, at least one historical value of a particular health parameter associated with a specific disease, retrieve current health data from the memory, identify, from the current health data, at least one current value of the particular health parameter, determine a patient health progression value based on the identified historical and current health parameter values and respective times of the historical and current health parameter values, retrieve a critical threshold value of the particular health parameter from the memory, compare the patient health progression value to the critical threshold value, and output an indication of the comparison via the output device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon code for performing a method of managing a patient'"'"'s health, the method comprising:
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retrieving, by a computer, historical health data from a patient medical record that is stored in a memory of the computer; identifying, by the computer, from the historical health data, at least one historical value of a particular health parameter associated with a specific disease or associated with a previously diagnosed disease of the patient; retrieving, by the computer, current health data of the patient from the memory of the computer; identifying, by the computer, from the current health data, at least one current value of the particular health parameter; determining, by the computer, a patient health progression value based on an analysis of the identified historical and current health parameter values and respective times of the identified historical and current health parameter values; retrieving, by the computer, a critical threshold value of the particular health parameter from the memory of the computer; comparing, by the computer, the patient health progression value to the critical threshold value; and outputting, via an interface of the computer, an indication of the comparison.
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