Structured testing method for diagnostic or therapy support of a patient with a chronic disease and devices thereof
First Claim
1. A hand-held device having an improved user interface for diagnostic or therapy support of a patient and for improving compliancy with a structured collection procedure with a chronic disease, comprising:
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a user interface; and
a processor coupled to the display and the user interface; and
program instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to;
prompt a plurality of medical use cases or questions related to the chronic disease for selection on the display,receive a selected medical use case or question via the user interface,select automatically the structured collection procedure for the diagnostic or therapy support of the patient with the chronic disease based on the selected medical use case or question from a plurality of structured collection procedures stored in a memory, andimplement the selected structured collection procedure,said selected structured collection procedure having parameters defining a schedule of events, each of said events comprising a request for collection of at least one type of biomarker data, wherein the at least one type of biomarker data comprises a biomarker measurement and wherein when the biomarker measurement is below or at a prescheduled time when compared to a data event request as determined by the processor through a comparison of a time of the biomarker measurement to a time of the data event request, the processor will give the biomarker measurement a unique identifier in a data file, and when the time of the biomarker measurement compared to the time of the data event request is above the prescheduled time, the processor will not give the unique identifier; and
when the unique identifier is provided by the processor, a user is prompted by the processor to provide context for the biomarker measurement;
when the unique identifier is provided, the processor is caused to generate and display a prompt for the user via the display to provide the context by providing a rating related to the biomarker measurement to be stored by the processor, and upon cancelation of the structured collection procedure, the processor nulls the unique identifier to improve compliancy with the collection procedure; and
the prompt requesting the rating comprises prompting the user to input a rating selection via the display of the rating generated by the processor, the rating selection comprising an energy level rating from 1 to 5, where 1 is indicative of a low energy level of the user and 5 is indicative of a high energy level of the user, and a meal size rating from 1 to 5, where 1 is indicative of a small meal and 5is indicative of a large meal, and when input of the rating selection is confirmed by the processor to be input within an exit time threshold, the processor is configured to determine at least one exit criterion is met to exit from the selected structured collection procedure, to generate a notification of the exit from the selected structured collection procedure, and to display on the display the biomarker measurement and the context for the biomarker measurement including the rating selection; and
an indicator connected to the processor and which operates under the control of the processor to emit at least one of audible, tactile, and visual alerts through the user interface at least one of as reminders regarding the request for collection of at least one type of biomarker data for each of said events of said schedule of events of said selected structured collection procedure or as the notification of the exit from the selected structured collection procedure; and
the program instructions lead to at least one of a sending of a report generated based on data collected from the selected structured collection procedure from the device to a physician and a displaying of the report on the user interface, wherein a communication link between a computer of the physician and the device is established on connection via a web server.
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Abstract
A structured testing method for diagnostic or therapy support of a patient with a chronic disease and devices thereof are disclosed which implement a structured collection procedure based on a medical use case and/or question which provides at least one or more parameters defining entry criterion, a schedule of events, adherence criterion, and exit criterion. The entry criterion establish conditions needed to be met prior to obtaining biomarker data from the patient. Each event can include one or more of a performance time, patient guidance to perform the event, a request for information from the patient a request for patient action, and a request for collection of biomarker data from the patient. The adherence criterion can be used to assess whether an event performed is acceptable to addressing the medical use case and/or question, and the exit criterion establishes conditions needed to be met prior to exiting the collection procedure.
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40 Claims
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1. A hand-held device having an improved user interface for diagnostic or therapy support of a patient and for improving compliancy with a structured collection procedure with a chronic disease, comprising:
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a display; a user interface; and a processor coupled to the display and the user interface; and program instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to; prompt a plurality of medical use cases or questions related to the chronic disease for selection on the display, receive a selected medical use case or question via the user interface, select automatically the structured collection procedure for the diagnostic or therapy support of the patient with the chronic disease based on the selected medical use case or question from a plurality of structured collection procedures stored in a memory, and implement the selected structured collection procedure, said selected structured collection procedure having parameters defining a schedule of events, each of said events comprising a request for collection of at least one type of biomarker data, wherein the at least one type of biomarker data comprises a biomarker measurement and wherein when the biomarker measurement is below or at a prescheduled time when compared to a data event request as determined by the processor through a comparison of a time of the biomarker measurement to a time of the data event request, the processor will give the biomarker measurement a unique identifier in a data file, and when the time of the biomarker measurement compared to the time of the data event request is above the prescheduled time, the processor will not give the unique identifier; and
when the unique identifier is provided by the processor, a user is prompted by the processor to provide context for the biomarker measurement;when the unique identifier is provided, the processor is caused to generate and display a prompt for the user via the display to provide the context by providing a rating related to the biomarker measurement to be stored by the processor, and upon cancelation of the structured collection procedure, the processor nulls the unique identifier to improve compliancy with the collection procedure; and the prompt requesting the rating comprises prompting the user to input a rating selection via the display of the rating generated by the processor, the rating selection comprising an energy level rating from 1 to 5, where 1 is indicative of a low energy level of the user and 5 is indicative of a high energy level of the user, and a meal size rating from 1 to 5, where 1 is indicative of a small meal and 5is indicative of a large meal, and when input of the rating selection is confirmed by the processor to be input within an exit time threshold, the processor is configured to determine at least one exit criterion is met to exit from the selected structured collection procedure, to generate a notification of the exit from the selected structured collection procedure, and to display on the display the biomarker measurement and the context for the biomarker measurement including the rating selection; and an indicator connected to the processor and which operates under the control of the processor to emit at least one of audible, tactile, and visual alerts through the user interface at least one of as reminders regarding the request for collection of at least one type of biomarker data for each of said events of said schedule of events of said selected structured collection procedure or as the notification of the exit from the selected structured collection procedure; and
the program instructions lead to at least one of a sending of a report generated based on data collected from the selected structured collection procedure from the device to a physician and a displaying of the report on the user interface, wherein a communication link between a computer of the physician and the device is established on connection via a web server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A hand-held device for diagnostic or therapy support of a patient with a chronic disease and for improving compliancy with a structured collection procedure, comprising:
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a processor; and program instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to; retrieve automatically from memory the structured collection procedure, said structured collection procedure being based on a medical use case or question of and having parameters defining; entry criterion which establishes conditions needed to be met prior to obtaining biomarker data, and a schedule of events, each of said events comprising a request for collection of at least one type of biomarker data, implement automatically the schedule of events of the structured collection procedure upon the entry criterion being met at some unknown time, wherein the at least one type of biomarker data comprises a biomarker measurement and wherein when the biomarker measurement is below or at a prescheduled time when compared to a data event request as determined by the processor through a comparison of a time of the biomarker measurement to a time of the data event request, the biomarker measurement will be given, by the processor, a unique identifier in a data file, and when the time of the biomarker measurement compared to the time of the data event request is above the prescheduled time, the processor will not give the unique identifier; and
when the unique identifier is provided, a user is prompted by the processor to provide context for the biomarker measurement; andwhen the unique identifier is provided, the processor is caused to generate and display a prompt for the user via a user interface display to provide the context by providing a rating related to the biomarker measurement to be stored by the processor, and upon cancelation of the structured collection procedure, the processor nulls the unique identifier to improve compliancy with the collection procedure; and the prompt requesting the rating comprises prompting the user to input a rating selection via the user interface display of the rating generated by the processor, the rating selection comprising an energy level rating from 1 to 5, where 1 is indicative of a low energy level of the user and 5 is indicative of a high energy level of the user, and a meal size rating from 1 to 5, where 1 is indicative of a small meal and 5 is indicative of a large meal, and when input of the rating selection is confirmed by the processor to be input within an exit time threshold, the processor is configured to determine at least one exit criterion is met to exit from the structured collection procedure, to generate a notification of the exit from the structured collection procedure, and to display on the user interface display the biomarker measurement and the context for the biomarker measurement including the rating selection; and an indicator connected to the processor and which operates under the control of the processor to emit at least one of audible, tactile, and visual alerts at least one of as reminders regarding the request for collection of at least one type of biomarker data for each of said events of said schedule of events of the structured collection procedure or as the notification of the exit from the structured collection procedure; and
the program instructions lead to a sending of a report generated based on data collected from the structured collection procedure from the device to a physician, wherein a communication link between a computer of the physician and the device is established on connection via a web server. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A hand-held device for diagnostic or therapy support of a patient with a chronic disease and for improving compliancy with a structured collection procedure, comprising:
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a processor; and program instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to; retrieve automatically from memory the structured collection procedure, said structured collection procedure being based on a medical use case or question of and having parameters defining; a schedule of events, each of said events comprising a request for collection of at least one type of biomarker data, and adherence criterion which is used to assess whether an event is performed according to the schedule of events such that data provided according to the event is determined acceptable to addressing the medical use case by fulfilling the adherence criterion, and implement automatically the schedule of events of the structured collection procedure, and take one or more additional actions upon the adherence criterion not being met, wherein at least one of the additional actions is to reject the data provided according to the event as unacceptable such that such rejected data is not used for further calculations by the processor; and
wherein the at least one type of biomarker data comprises a biomarker measurement and wherein when the biomarker measurement is below or at a prescheduled time when compared to a data event request as determined by the processor through a comparison of a time of the biomarker measurement to a time of the data event request, the processor will give the biomarker measurement a unique identifier in a data file, and when the time of the biomarker measurement compared to the time of the data event request is above the prescheduled time, the processor will not give the unique identifier; and
when the unique identifier is provided, a user is prompted by the processor to provide context for the biomarker measurement; andwhen the unique identifier is provided, the processor is caused to generate and display a prompt for the user via a user interface display to provide the context by providing a rating related to the biomarker measurement to be stored by the processor, and upon cancelation of the structured collection procedure, the processor nulls the unique identifier to improve compliancy with the collection procedure; and the prompt requesting the rating comprises prompting the user to input a rating selection via the user interface display of the rating generated by the processor, the rating selection comprising an energy level rating from 1 to 5, where 1 is indicative of a low energy level of the user and 5 is indicative of a high energy level of the user, and a meal size rating from 1 to 5, where 1 is indicative of a small meal and 5 is indicative of a large meal, and when input of the rating selection is confirmed by the processor to be input within an exit time threshold, the processor is configured to determine at least one exit criterion is met to exit from the structured collection procedure, to generate a notification of the exit from the structured collection procedure, and to display on the user interface display the biomarker measurement and the context for the biomarker measurement including the rating selection; and an indicator connected to the processor and which operates under the control of the processor to emit at least one of audible, tactile, and visual alerts at least one of as reminders regarding the request for collection of at least one type of biomarker data for each of said events of said schedule of events of the structured collection procedure or as the notification of the exit from the structured collection procedure; and
the program instructions lead to a sending of a report generated based on data collected from the structured collection procedure from the device to a physician, wherein a communication link between a computer of the physician and the device is established on connection via a web server. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A hand-held device for diagnostic or therapy support of a patient with a chronic disease and for improving compliancy with the structured collection procedure, comprising:
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a processor; and program instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to; retrieve automatically from memory the structured collection procedure, said structured collection procedure being based on a medical use case or question of and having parameters defining a schedule of events, each of said events comprising a request for collection of at least one type of biomarker data, receive biomarker data according to the structured collection procedure, store the biomarker data together with data of the schedule of events as contextualized biomarker data such that conditions under which a specific biomarker measurement was collected for an associated event in the schedule of events is linked to a measured value for the specific biomarker measurement, calculate measured noise from the contextualized biomarker data by applying a noise function, wherein the noise function comprises one or more of measured noise, procedure noise, and system noise; and
wherein the at least one type of biomarker data comprises a biomarker measurement and wherein when the biomarker measurement is below or at a prescheduled time when compared to a data event request as determined by the processor through a comparison of a time of the biomarker measurement to a time of the data event request, the processor will give the biomarker measurement a unique identifier in a data file, and when the time of the biomarker measurement compared to the time of the data event request is above the prescheduled time, the processor will not give the unique identifier; and
when the unique identifier is provided, a user is prompted by the processor to provide context for the biomarker measurement; andwherein when the unique identifier is provided, the processor is caused to generate and display a prompt for the user via a user interface display to provide the context by providing a rating related to the biomarker measurement to be stored by the processor, and upon cancelation of the structured collection procedure, the processor nulls the unique identifier to improve compliancy with the collection procedure; and the prompt requesting the rating comprises prompting the user to input a rating selection via the user interface display of the rating generated by the processor, the rating selection comprising an energy level rating from 1 to 5, where 1 is indicative of a low energy level of the user and 5 is indicative of a high energy level of the user, and a meal size rating from 1 to 5, where 1 is indicative of a small meal and 5 is indicative of a large meal, and when input of the rating selection is confirmed by the processor to be input within an exit time threshold, the processor is configured to determine at least one exit criterion is met to exit from the structured collection procedure, to generate a notification of the exit from the structured collection procedure, and to display on the user interface display the biomarker measurement and the context for the biomarker measurement including the rating selection; and an indicator connected to the processor and which operates under the control of the processor to emit at least one of audible, tactile, and visual alerts through the user interface at least one of as reminders regarding the request for collection of at least one type of biomarker data for each of said events of said schedule of events of said structured collection procedure or as the notification of the exit from the structured collection procedure; and
the program instructions lead to at least one of a sending of a report generated based on data collected from the structured collection procedure from the device to a physician and a displaying of the report on the user interface, wherein a communication link between a computer of the physician and the device is established on connection via a web server. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A hand-held collection device having an improved user interface for performing a prescribed structured collection procedure and for improving compliancy with the structured collection procedure with a chronic disease, said device comprising:
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a memory storing the structured collection procedure and for storing patient data, said patient data comprising collected biomarker data and other data associated with each instance of the collected biomarker data, said other data comprising contextualized data which characterizes the associated collected biomarker, and said structured collection procedure comprising entry criterion to begin the structured collection procedure and which establishes conditions needed to be met prior to starting a schedule of events, at least one exit criterion to end the structured collection procedure, the schedule of events in which each of said events comprising at least one or more of guidance to perform the collection event, a request for information, a request for patient action, a request for at least one type of biomarker data, and adherence criterion to qualitatively assess whether an event performed according to the schedule of events provided data which is acceptable to addressing the medical use case; a user interface for selecting the structured collection procedure and comprising a display; at least one biomarker reader to provide the at least one type of biomarker data specified in the structured collection procedure; a processor coupled to the memory, the display, the user interface, and the biomarker reader; and a program having instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to; receive input from the user interface indicating selection of the structured collection procedure, implement automatically the schedule of events after the selection upon the conditions of the entry criterion being met, store in memory the patient data resulting from each of the events when performed, associate automatically a unique identifier for the collected biomarker data comprising a biomarker measurement and wherein when the biomarker measurement is below or at a prescheduled time when compared to a data event request as determined by the processor through a comparison of a time of the biomarker measurement to a time of the data event request, the processor will give the biomarker measurement a unique identifier in a data file, and when the time of the biomarker measurement compared to the time of the data event request is above the prescheduled time, the processor will not give the unique identifier; and
when the unique identifier is provided, a user is prompted by the processor to provide context for the biomarker data;end automatically the selected structured collection procedure when the at least one exit criterion is met; and when the unique identifier is provided, the processor is caused to generate and display a prompt for the user via the display to provide the context by providing a rating related to the biomarker measurement to be stored by the processor, and upon cancelation of the structured collection procedure, the processor nulls the unique identifier; and the prompt requesting the rating comprises prompting the user to input a rating selection via the display of the rating generated by the processor, the rating selection comprising an energy level rating from 1 to 5, where 1 is indicative of a low energy level of the user and 5 is indicative of a high energy level of the user, and a meal size rating from 1 to 5, where 1 is indicative of a small meal and 5 is indicative of a large meal, and when input of the rating selection is confirmed by the processor to be input within an exit time threshold, the processor is configured to determine the at least one exit criterion is met to exit from the selected structured collection procedure, to generate a notification of the exit from the selected structured collection procedure, and to display on the display the biomarker measurement and the context for the biomarker measurement including the rating selection; and an indicator connected to the processor and which operates under the control of the processor to emit at least one of audible, tactile, and visual alerts through the user interface at least one of as reminders regarding the request for collection of at least one type of biomarker data for each of said events of said schedule of events of said selected structured collection procedure or as the notification of the exit from the selected structured collection procedure; and
the program instructions lead to at least one of a sending of a report generated based on data collected from the selected structured collection procedure from the device to a physician and a displaying of the report on the user interface, wherein a communication link between a computer of the physician and the device is established on connection via a web server.
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