System and method for supporting health management services
First Claim
1. A method in support of health management services for a patient, the method performed by a hardware device having a processor and memory having processor executable code that, when executed by the processor, causes the hardware device to:
- (a) monitor the patient by;
receiving passive data of a first type detected by at least one patient sensor from the patient, the passive data being associated with metadata concerning at least a time of the passive data detection;
receiving active data that represents an affirmative response to a first patient-specific query that has been provided to a user interface of a device associated with the patient, the active data being associated with metadata concerning at least a time of active data receipt; and
storing the received passive data, the received active data, and the metadata associated with the received passive data and the received active data;
(b) validate the received passive data and the received active data by;
comparing a portion of the received passive data to a portion of the received active data on the basis of the time in the metadata associated with the passive data and the active data, respectively; and
analyzing the data that was compared on the basis of the time in the metadata relative to a correlation threshold in order to assess whether the compared data correlate with the correlation threshold, wherein the correlation threshold comprises a threshold value, set of values or value range of a change relative to a baseline value or range;
(c) repeat the monitoring and validating steps if the compared data correlate with the correlation threshold, else, if the compared data does not correlate with the correlation threshold;
receive further passive data of a second type that is different than the first type and which is detected by a different sensor;
determine compliance and/or patient veracity in connection with health management based on the analysis of the compared data and an analysis of the received further passive data; and
in the event of the determination being either non-compliance or lack of patient veracity, generate a non-correlation notification and provide the non-correlation notification to a respective device associated with at least one of the patient, a healthcare professional, and a third-party.
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Abstract
A method in support of health management services acts upon active and passive data, in which the active data is communicated by a patient or healthcare professional and in which the passive data is detected by at least one sensor detectably coupled to the patient. These data are correlated with each other and if a predefined correlation is not met, further data can be solicited, patient-specific queries can be generated, alerts can be communicated, or a combination of these can be done in embodiments of the invention. Any Irregularity or trend in the data can be identified and processed in embodiments of the invention. Also in some embodiments, these data can be used in connection with intelligent, machine-based decisions to send communications concerning the provision of further healthcare resources to patients, such as in view of their relative acuity rank. Systems can be constructed to implement the methods described herein.
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1. A method in support of health management services for a patient, the method performed by a hardware device having a processor and memory having processor executable code that, when executed by the processor, causes the hardware device to:
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(a) monitor the patient by; receiving passive data of a first type detected by at least one patient sensor from the patient, the passive data being associated with metadata concerning at least a time of the passive data detection; receiving active data that represents an affirmative response to a first patient-specific query that has been provided to a user interface of a device associated with the patient, the active data being associated with metadata concerning at least a time of active data receipt; and storing the received passive data, the received active data, and the metadata associated with the received passive data and the received active data; (b) validate the received passive data and the received active data by; comparing a portion of the received passive data to a portion of the received active data on the basis of the time in the metadata associated with the passive data and the active data, respectively; and analyzing the data that was compared on the basis of the time in the metadata relative to a correlation threshold in order to assess whether the compared data correlate with the correlation threshold, wherein the correlation threshold comprises a threshold value, set of values or value range of a change relative to a baseline value or range; (c) repeat the monitoring and validating steps if the compared data correlate with the correlation threshold, else, if the compared data does not correlate with the correlation threshold; receive further passive data of a second type that is different than the first type and which is detected by a different sensor; determine compliance and/or patient veracity in connection with health management based on the analysis of the compared data and an analysis of the received further passive data; and in the event of the determination being either non-compliance or lack of patient veracity, generate a non-correlation notification and provide the non-correlation notification to a respective device associated with at least one of the patient, a healthcare professional, and a third-party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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