Disease management system and method including preview mode
First Claim
1. A computerized system in a computing environment comprising a preview mode function that clarifies an impact of a question, the system comprising:
- a computing device configured to compute an automated therapy adjustment for a patient; and
a preview mode used by the computing device that allows a user to look ahead to preview a hypothetical result of answering one or more pre-stored questions before executing instructions to produce said result,wherein the hypothetical result of answering one or more pre-stored questions informs the user of consequences or medical recommendations.
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Abstract
A system and method for allowing a patient to access an automated process for managing a specified health problem called a disease. The system performs disease management in a fully automated manner, using periodic interactive dialogs with the patient to obtain health state measurements from the patient, to evaluate and assess the progress of the patient'"'"'s disease, to review and adjust therapy to optimal levels, and to give the patient medical advice for administering treatment and handling symptom flare-ups and acute episodes of the disease. The medical records are updated, the progression of the disease is stored and tracked, and the patient'"'"'s preferences for treatment are stored and then used to offer medical advice based on the current state of the disease. A prestored general disease trend curve is compared against a patient specific disease trend curve, and the system makes an automated response such as adjusting therapy.
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24 Claims
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1. A computerized system in a computing environment comprising a preview mode function that clarifies an impact of a question, the system comprising:
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a computing device configured to compute an automated therapy adjustment for a patient; and a preview mode used by the computing device that allows a user to look ahead to preview a hypothetical result of answering one or more pre-stored questions before executing instructions to produce said result, wherein the hypothetical result of answering one or more pre-stored questions informs the user of consequences or medical recommendations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An automated look ahead method of providing questions to a medical user and receiving responses implemented as a set of instruction executed by a computing system, the method comprising:
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displaying for a user a question and a set of response choices; displaying for the user an option to look ahead in a session; receiving a response from the user from the set of response choices and from the option to look ahead; and processing the response from the user, wherein the user elects the option to look ahead; outputting preview information; and re-displaying for the user the question and the set of response choices, wherein the preview information informs the user of consequences or medical recommendations. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for allowing a user to preview the computer program'"'"'s responses or recommendations, the computer readable code comprising instructions for:
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displaying one or more questions to a user of an automated medical computer program; and displaying an option for the user to preview the consequences that would result from a hypothetical answer to at least one provided question, wherein the consequences that would result are medical recommendations. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. An automated system comprising a computing device for interactions with a medical user, the system comprising:
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a computing device with a software function for interacting with a user through questions and answers; and an indicator corresponding to the questions, wherein the indicator allows the user to change a response to a question after the user learns a recommendation or consequence of the user'"'"'s response before the system executes instructions to produce said recommendation or consequence. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computerized preview mode method implemented as a set of instructions executed by a computing system, the method comprising:
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setting a preview mode for a medical script; asking a question related to the health of a patient; receiving a response to said question; processing said response; allowing the patient to receive information relating to a consequence of having answered the question; and resetting the medical script as if the question had not been answered. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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