Internet based patient-monitoring system featuring interactive messaging engine

• US 20070073558A1
• Filed: 09/18/2006
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Berkeley HeartLab, Inc. (Quest Diagnostics Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Berkeley HeartLab, Inc. (Quest Diagnostics Incorporated)
• Inventors: Dhillon, Marshal, Visser, Henk, Hall, Christopher, Fleming, Adam, Schultz, Randon, Lanier, Vance, Banet, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US11/522,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20070073558A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

The invention provides: 1) a monitoring device featuring systems that monitor the patient'"'"'s vital sign and exercise information; 2) an Internet-based system configured to receive, store, and display vital sign and exercise from the monitoring device, and blood test information from an external blood test; and 3) a messaging system configured to process the vital sign, exercise, and blood test information, and in response send a personalized message to the patient.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring a patient, comprising:

a monitoring device comprising systems that monitor the patient'"'"'s vital sign and exercise information;

an Internet-based system configured to receive, store, and display vital sign and exercise information from the monitoring device, and blood test information from an external blood test; and

a messaging system configured to process at least one of the vital sign, exercise, and blood test information, and in response send a personalized message to the patient.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the messaging system is further configured to send a message to an email address, wireless device, or monitoring device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the messaging system is further configured to send at least one of a text message, SMS message, HTML-based message, or link to a web page.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the messaging system is further configured to send a message that includes at least one of vital sign, exercise, and blood test information.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the messaging system is further configured to send a message that additionally includes content describing at least one of diet recommendations, exercise recommendations, recipes, program goals, progress toward goals, articles, educational content, or related content.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the messaging system is further configured to send a message that comprises a time-dependent trend in the patient'"'"'s exercise behavior.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the messaging system is further configured to send a message that includes a time-dependent trend in the patient'"'"'s vital signs.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the messaging system is further configured to receive messages from the patient.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the messaging system is further configured to send a message that comprises a text field wherein the patient can enter a response.

10. The system of claim 9, further configured to include a software component configured to parse the response entered in the text field once the message is received.

11. The system of claim 2, wherein the wireless device is a cellular telephone or personal digital assistant.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the vital sign information comprises at least one of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse blood pressure, heart rate, pulse oximetry, plethysmograph, weight, and percent body fat.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the exercise information comprises at least one of exercise time, heart rate, steps, distance traveled, and calories burned.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the blood test information describes the patient'"'"'s cholesterol.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the blood test information describes at least one sub-class of the patient'"'"'s LDL cholesterol.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the blood test information describes at least one sub-class of the patient'"'"'s HDL cholesterol.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the blood test information describes at least one of the following compounds:

C-reactive protein, Apoliprotein A-1, Apoliprotein B, Apoliprotein E Isoforms, Fibrinogen, Folate, HbA_1c, Glucose, Insulin, Homocysteine, Lipoprotein (a), and Chlamydia.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the Internet-based system comprises a website to display the blood test, cardiovascular and exercise information.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the website comprises a first web interface that displays information for a single patient, and a second web interface that displays information for a group of patients.

20. A system for monitoring a patient, comprising:

a monitoring device comprising systems that monitor the patient'"'"'s vital sign and exercise information;

an Internet-based system configured to receive, store, and display vital sign and exercise information from the monitoring device, and blood test information from an external blood test; and

a messaging system configured to process at least one of the vital sign, exercise, and blood test information, and in response send a personalized message to the patient, the message comprising at least one of the vital sign, exercise, and blood test information.

21. A system for monitoring a patient, comprising:

a monitoring device comprising systems that monitor the patient'"'"'s vital sign and exercise information;

an Internet-based system configured to receive, store, and display vital sign and exercise from the monitoring device, and blood test information from an external blood test; and

a bi-directional messaging system configured to;

     1) process at least one of the vital sign, exercise, and blood test information;

     2) send a personalized message to the patient, the message comprising at least one of the vital sign, exercise, and blood test information; and

     3) receive a message from the patient.