Disease management system including a no response method
First Claim
1. A computerized no response method comprising:
- retrieving, by a computing device, a prestored question associated with a medical aspect of a patient;
outputting, by the computing device, the question to the particular patient;
waiting, by the computing device;
for a time period for a response from the particular patient; and
triggering, by the computing device, a time out condition if the response is not received in the time period; and
if the time out condition is triggered, implementing a predetermined response from a plurality of possible responses based on information indicative of one or more previous health assessments in a medical history indicative of the particular patient.
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Abstract
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. A prestored general disease trend curve is compared against a patient specific disease trend curve, and the system makes an automated response such as adjusting therapy.
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23 Claims
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1. A computerized no response method comprising:
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retrieving, by a computing device, a prestored question associated with a medical aspect of a patient; outputting, by the computing device, the question to the particular patient; waiting, by the computing device;
for a time period for a response from the particular patient; andtriggering, by the computing device, a time out condition if the response is not received in the time period; and if the time out condition is triggered, implementing a predetermined response from a plurality of possible responses based on information indicative of one or more previous health assessments in a medical history indicative of the particular patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An automated disease management system for reacting to a time out condition when a patient does not respond to a question, the system comprising:
a processor configured to; determine whether a time out condition has been satisfied, wherein the time out condition occurs when a patient does not provide a timely response to a question; and determine a party from a plurality of parties to be notified by the automated notification based on information indicative of one or more previous health assessments in a medical history of the patient if the time out condition has been satisfied; and an output device configured to provide an automated notification as a result of the time out condition that informs the party to be notified that the patient did not provide a response. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for reacting to a medical user who does not provide a response to an automated medical question, the computer readable code comprising instructions for:
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displaying one or more questions to a medical user; waiting for a response to the displayed questions; and implementing a continuation action from a plurality of possible continuation actions when the response is not received, wherein the continuation action is based on information indicative of one or more previous health assessments in a medical history indicative of the medical user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An automated medical treatment system for automated health assessment and treatment of a disease comprising:
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a database storing data indicative of a user'"'"'s previous patient medical history; a processor configured to;
interact through questions and answers with a user;determine based on information indicative of one or more previous health assessments in the user'"'"'s medical history which of the user'"'"'s plurality of designated agents to contact when the user fails to provide a timely answer to a question; and inform the one or more designated agents of the user'"'"'s failure to provide a timely answer, based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A computerized no response method, comprising:
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storing, by a computing device, information about a patient'"'"'s medical history; sending, by the computing device, a selected question from a medical script;
waiting, by the computing device, a preset time for a response to the question; andperforming, by a computing device, an action from a plurality of possible actions based on the information indicative of one or more previous health assessments in a patient'"'"'s medical history after the preset time expires with no response. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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