Networked remote patient monitoring with handheld devices
First Claim
1. A networked health-monitoring system configured to collect and process health-related data of a patient, comprising:
- at least one microprocessor device (i) including a display, a microprocessor and a memory and (ii) configured to collect the health-related data based on at least one health condition of the patient;
at least one central server (i) remotely located from and in signal communication with the microprocessor device on a first communication channel to receive the health-related data from the microprocessor device and (ii) configured to (a) generate health-related information from the health-related data and (b) store the health-related data with identification data, wherein (1) the identification data identifies both the patient and one or more authorized users who can access the health-related information and (2) the authorized users are non-patients; and
at least one healthcare professional computer remotely located from and in signal communication with the central server on a second communication channel and configured to (i) send the identification data of at least one of the authorized users, the identification data of at least one patient and identification of a selected one of a plurality of formats of the health-related information to the central server and (ii) receive the health-related information of the at least one patient in the selected format from the central server where the identification data identifies the at least one authorized user as authorized to access the health-related information of the at least one patient, wherein the central server is configured to transfer one or more computer programs to the microprocessor device, the computer programs once transferred being executed by the microprocessor device for collecting the health-related data.
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Abstract
A networked health-monitoring system is configured to collect and process patient health-related data. The system includes at least one handheld microprocessor device having a display; and a memory. At least one central server is connected to receive health-related data communicated to the handheld microprocessor device and at least one remotely located health care professional computer is in signal communication with the central server. It receives patient health-related information based on the patient health-related data received from the handheld microprocessor device. The system is configured to convert the handheld microprocessor device into a healthcare monitoring device that functions to monitor patient health conditions and communicate data related to the monitored conditions to the central server.
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93 Claims
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1. A networked health-monitoring system configured to collect and process health-related data of a patient, comprising:
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at least one microprocessor device (i) including a display, a microprocessor and a memory and (ii) configured to collect the health-related data based on at least one health condition of the patient; at least one central server (i) remotely located from and in signal communication with the microprocessor device on a first communication channel to receive the health-related data from the microprocessor device and (ii) configured to (a) generate health-related information from the health-related data and (b) store the health-related data with identification data, wherein (1) the identification data identifies both the patient and one or more authorized users who can access the health-related information and (2) the authorized users are non-patients; and at least one healthcare professional computer remotely located from and in signal communication with the central server on a second communication channel and configured to (i) send the identification data of at least one of the authorized users, the identification data of at least one patient and identification of a selected one of a plurality of formats of the health-related information to the central server and (ii) receive the health-related information of the at least one patient in the selected format from the central server where the identification data identifies the at least one authorized user as authorized to access the health-related information of the at least one patient, wherein the central server is configured to transfer one or more computer programs to the microprocessor device, the computer programs once transferred being executed by the microprocessor device for collecting the health-related data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 90, 91)
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45. A method of collecting and processing health-related data of a patient, comprising:
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using at least one microprocessor device, including a display, a microprocessor and a memory, to collect the health-related data based on at least one health condition of the patient; connecting at least one central server in signal communication with the microprocessor device on a first communication channel, the central server being remotely located from the microprocessor device; communicating the health-related data from the microprocessor device to the central server; generating health-related information from the health-related data in the central server; storing the health-related data with identification data in the central server, wherein (i) the identification data identifies both the patient and one or more authorized users who can access the health-related information and (ii) the authorized users are non-patients; putting at least one remotely-located, healthcare professional computer in signal communication with the central server on a second communication channel; sending the identification data of at least one of the authorized users, the identification data of at least one patient and identification of a selected one of a plurality of formats of the health-related information from the healthcare professional computer to the central server; receiving, at the healthcare professional computer, the health-related information of the at least one patient in the selected format from the central server where the identification data identifies the at least one authorized user as authorized to access the health-related information of the at least one patient; and transferring one or more computer programs from the central server to the microprocessor device, the computer programs once transferred being executable by the microprocessor device for collecting the health-related data. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 92, 93)
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89. A networked health-monitoring system configured to collect and process health-related data of a patient, comprising:
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at least one microprocessor means (i) including a display, a microprocessor and a memory and (ii) configured to collect the health-related data based on at least one health condition of the patient; at least one central server means (i) remotely located from and in signal communications with the microprocessor means on a first communication channel for receiving the health-related data from the microprocessor means and (ii) configured to (a) generate health-related information from the health-related data and (b) store the health-related data with identification data, wherein (1) the identification data identifies both the patient and one or more authorized users who can access the health-related data and (2) the authorized users are non-patients; and at least one healthcare professional computer, remotely located from and in signal communication with the central server means on a second communication channel and configured to (i) send the identification data of at least one of the authorized users, the identification data of at least one patient and identification of a selected one of a plurality of formats of the health-related information to the central server means and (ii) receive the health-related information of the at least one patient in the selected format from the central server means where the identification data identifies the at least one authorized user as authorized to access the health-related information of the at least one patient, wherein the central server means is configured to transfer one or more computer programs to the microprocessor means, the computer programs once transferred being executable by the microprocessor means for collecting the health-related data.
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