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Disease management system and method including medication therapy self-management

  • US 8,628,470 B1
  • Filed: 09/20/2011
  • Issued: 01/14/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A patient medication therapy self-management method, utilizing a non-transitory computer readable medium, operating a computer readable program code, configured to provide therapy according to patient self-assessed pain, the computer readable code comprising instructions that are executed by a computer device or processor, causing the processor to perform the steps of:

  • storing, in a data storage accessible to the program code,(a) a listing of aspect words describing a pain and at least one of a degree or description of the pain; and

    (b) a therapy alteration permission level (TAPL) limiting available therapy changes;

    receiving, via direct interactive dialog between the patient and the computer device or processor, a patient self-selection of an aspect word from the listing of aspect words, the self-selection describing a pain experienced by the patient, the computer device or processor providing an interface configured to engage the patient in the direct interactive dialog;

    converting the received aspect word into an integer subcode that represents the received aspect word; and

    altering the patient'"'"'s therapy within the limitations of the TAPL based on at least one of the integer subcodes.

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