Method for automated recording of patient actions
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1. A method for recording of patient actions for tracking patient progress of participants in the course of clinical studies suitable for trialing the effectiveness of drugs, comprising:
- providing medical equipment able to obtain patient medical data from the patient at a treatment facility with a recording device for acquiring patient identification information from an electronic wirelessly communicating patient identification device carried by the patient, wherein said medical equipment is unaware of patient identification information prior to acquisition of said identification information;
acquiring, from said patient identification device, data for identifying a patient and a patient location address;
automatically associating data obtained during use of the medical equipment in a clinical study with the data identifying the patient and patient location address; and
automatically communicating said associated data via a communications network to an evaluation station for monitoring progress of the participants in the clinical study; and
storing said associated data in a storage device.
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Abstract
A method is for automated recording of patient actions, for example in the course of telemedical care, in the course of clinical studies for the merit of a form of therapy or for trialing the effectiveness of drugs. The medical equipment or devices used in this context are provided with recording devices for identifying the patient so that the data obtained during use of the equipment or accessories can automatically be attributed to the patient in question.
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1. A method for recording of patient actions for tracking patient progress of participants in the course of clinical studies suitable for trialing the effectiveness of drugs, comprising:
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providing medical equipment able to obtain patient medical data from the patient at a treatment facility with a recording device for acquiring patient identification information from an electronic wirelessly communicating patient identification device carried by the patient, wherein said medical equipment is unaware of patient identification information prior to acquisition of said identification information; acquiring, from said patient identification device, data for identifying a patient and a patient location address; automatically associating data obtained during use of the medical equipment in a clinical study with the data identifying the patient and patient location address; and automatically communicating said associated data via a communications network to an evaluation station for monitoring progress of the participants in the clinical study; and storing said associated data in a storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for recording of patient actions for tracking patient progress of participants in the course of clinical studies suitable for trialing the effectiveness of drugs, comprising:
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providing medical equipment able to obtain patient medical data from the patient at a treatment facility with a biometric recording device for acquiring patient identification information by recording a predetermined biometric feature of the patient, wherein said medical equipment is unaware of patient identification information prior to acquisition of said biometric identification information; acquiring, from said recorded biometric feature, data identifying a patient and a patient location address; automatically associating data obtained during use of the medical equipment in a clinical study with the data identifying the patient and patient location address; automatically communicating said associated data via a communications network to an evaluation station for monitoring progress of the participants in the clinical study; and storing said associated data in a storage device. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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