System and method for remotely evaluating patient compliance status
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1. A system for remotely evaluating compliance of a patient to a prescribed course of treatment, comprising:
- an implantable medical device (IMD) implanted in the patient, the IMD comprising one or more sensors;
a query module configured to check compliance to the course of treatment of a patient under remote management on a periodic and regular basis,the query module comprising a communicator configured to provide an interactive user interface for performing a qualitative inquiry of patient compliance and emotional state,the communicator further configured to receive responses to the qualitative inquiry;
wherein the one or more sensors are configured to remotely monitor health related physiometry of the patient contemporaneously with the qualitative inquiry;
a data storage device configured to store physiometry and the responses to the qualitative inquiry; and
an evaluation module configured to evaluate patient compliance based upon a comparison of the physiometry to baseline physiometric data and configured to assess contemporaneously received responses to the qualitative inquiry to determine an emotional state and to corroborate patient compliance with the determined emotional state,wherein the evaluation module is further configured to identify emotional imbalance based upon the comparison of the physiometry to baseline physiometric data and the assessment of the contemporaneously received responses to the qualitative inquiry, andwherein the evaluation module is further configured to output information regarding at least one of corroborating compliance, identifying an emotional imbalance, or a combination thereof, which is related to patient compliance toward the prescribed course of treatment.
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A system and method for remotely evaluating patient compliance status is presented. Compliance to a course of treatment is periodically checked through qualitative inquiry of a patient under remote management. Physiometry of the patient, that indicates emotional state, is remotely monitored contemporaneously with the qualitative state. Patient status is evaluated, including at least one of corroborating the compliance and identifying an emotional imbalance, based upon the indicated emotional state of the patient.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for remotely evaluating compliance of a patient to a prescribed course of treatment, comprising:
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an implantable medical device (IMD) implanted in the patient, the IMD comprising one or more sensors; a query module configured to check compliance to the course of treatment of a patient under remote management on a periodic and regular basis, the query module comprising a communicator configured to provide an interactive user interface for performing a qualitative inquiry of patient compliance and emotional state, the communicator further configured to receive responses to the qualitative inquiry; wherein the one or more sensors are configured to remotely monitor health related physiometry of the patient contemporaneously with the qualitative inquiry; a data storage device configured to store physiometry and the responses to the qualitative inquiry; and an evaluation module configured to evaluate patient compliance based upon a comparison of the physiometry to baseline physiometric data and configured to assess contemporaneously received responses to the qualitative inquiry to determine an emotional state and to corroborate patient compliance with the determined emotional state, wherein the evaluation module is further configured to identify emotional imbalance based upon the comparison of the physiometry to baseline physiometric data and the assessment of the contemporaneously received responses to the qualitative inquiry, and wherein the evaluation module is further configured to output information regarding at least one of corroborating compliance, identifying an emotional imbalance, or a combination thereof, which is related to patient compliance toward the prescribed course of treatment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for remotely evaluating compliance of a patient to a prescribed course of treatment, comprising:
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checking compliance to the course of treatment on a periodic and regular basis through qualitative inquiry of a patient under remote management, and receiving responses to the qualitative inquiry; remotely monitoring health related physiometry of the patient contemporaneously with the qualitative inquiry using an implantable medical device (IMD) implanted in the patient; evaluating patient compliance status based upon a comparison of the physiometry to baseline physiometric data and assessing contemporaneously received responses to the qualitative inquiry to determine an emotional state and to corroborate patient compliance with the determined emotional state; determining whether emotional imbalance exists based upon the comparison of the physiometry to baseline physiometric data and to the assessment of the contemporaneously received responses to the qualitative inquiry; and outputting information regarding at least one of corroborating compliance, identifying an emotional imbalance, or a combination thereof, which is related to patient compliance toward the prescribed course of treatment. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus for remotely evaluating compliance of a patient to a prescribed course of treatment, comprising:
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means for checking compliance to the course of treatment on a periodic and regular basis through qualitative inquiry of a patient under remote management and receiving responses to the qualitative inquiry; means for remotely monitoring health related physiometry of the patient contemporaneously with the qualitative inquiry using an implantable medical device (IMD) implanted in the patient; and means for evaluating patient compliance, comprising means for determining an emotional state and corroborating compliance with the determined emotional state based upon a comparison of the physiometry to baseline physiometric data and an assessment of the contemporaneously received responses to the qualitative inquiry, wherein the means for evaluating further comprises at least one means for identifying an emotional imbalance based upon a comparison of the physiometry to baseline physiometric data and to the assessment of the contemporaneously received responses to the qualitative inquiry, and wherein the means for evaluating further comprises means to output information regarding at least one of corroborating compliance, identifying an emotional imbalance, or a combination thereof, which is related to patient compliance toward the prescribed course of treatment.
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