Health management system for group interactions between patients and healthcare practitioners
First Claim
1. A health management system that facilitates interaction with a plurality of patients, the health management system comprising:
- a patient group management server that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices of patients, the patient group management server comprising;
a message interaction module configured to manage message based interactions between patients and other members within each of a plurality of patient groups;
a questionnaire distribution and feedback collection module configured to distribute questionnaires and collect data and feedback;
a remote patient premises data collection module configured to collect data from medical devices employed at a remote patient premises;
a coaching distribution module configured to distribute guided activities regarding proper habits, diet, medications, patient care, information a patient is interested in, and activities that a doctor or medical practitioner has created; and
a content distribution service module configured to distribute technical papers, recipes, relevant reference content, advisory information, reports and results of tests to the patients;
the patient group management server configured to receive an inquiry from one of the plurality of patients via a corresponding one of the plurality of mobile devices and share it with at least another member of a patient group among the plurality of the patient groups in which the one of the plurality of patients is a member;
the patient group management server configured to receive and share a response message, a coaching and guided activity, a questionnaire and a relevant reference content communicated by the at least another member of the patient group in response to the inquiry; and
the patient group management server configured to share a followup response from the one of the plurality of patients with an external insurance company server, as required.
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Abstract
A health management system for managing the healthcare data of patients, managing interactions with patients, doctors and insurance companies, and managing group messaging and data access from mobile phones of patients and doctors. The health management system facilitates interaction with a plurality of patients. It comprises a patient group management server that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices of patients. The patient group management server in turn comprises a message interaction module, a questionnaire distribution and feedback collection module, a remote patient premises data collection module, a coaching distribution module and a content distribution service module. The patient group management server enables communication to each other of an inquiry, a response message, a coaching and guided activity, a questionnaire and relevant reference content by members of the patient group.
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20 Claims
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1. A health management system that facilitates interaction with a plurality of patients, the health management system comprising:
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a patient group management server that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices of patients, the patient group management server comprising; a message interaction module configured to manage message based interactions between patients and other members within each of a plurality of patient groups; a questionnaire distribution and feedback collection module configured to distribute questionnaires and collect data and feedback; a remote patient premises data collection module configured to collect data from medical devices employed at a remote patient premises; a coaching distribution module configured to distribute guided activities regarding proper habits, diet, medications, patient care, information a patient is interested in, and activities that a doctor or medical practitioner has created; and a content distribution service module configured to distribute technical papers, recipes, relevant reference content, advisory information, reports and results of tests to the patients; the patient group management server configured to receive an inquiry from one of the plurality of patients via a corresponding one of the plurality of mobile devices and share it with at least another member of a patient group among the plurality of the patient groups in which the one of the plurality of patients is a member; the patient group management server configured to receive and share a response message, a coaching and guided activity, a questionnaire and a relevant reference content communicated by the at least another member of the patient group in response to the inquiry; and the patient group management server configured to share a followup response from the one of the plurality of patients with an external insurance company server, as required. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of operating a health management system by a patient group management server that facilitates interaction with a plurality of patients, the method comprising:
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providing, by the patient group management server, an interface that makes it possible to send same message, same instructions or coaching to the plurality of patients, wherein the same message, the same instructions or the coaching comprise information on proper habits, diet, medications and patient care; receiving and sharing, by the patient group management server that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices of patients, an inquiry from one of the plurality of mobile devices; gathering by the patient group management server, a response to the inquiry created by one of the patients employing a second one of a plurality of mobile devices, the response to the inquiry selectively comprising; a message, wherein the message is a combination of an audio component, textual component, a graphic component, a video component, a digital photo component, and a reference to patient data; a questionnaire for feedback; an interest inquiry form; a patient care related coaching instruction; a remote data collection command; and a reference content; sending by the patient group management server, the response to the inquiry to at least one of the plurality of mobile devices of patients; getting, by the patient group management server, a user followup response and storing it; sharing, by the patient group management server, the followup response from patients with an external insurance company server, as required; and making, by the patient group management server, at least one appointment selectively based on the user followup response. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of interacting with a health management system by a mobile client in a mobile device, the method comprising:
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sending an inquiry to a patient group management server that is communicatively coupled to the mobile device, wherein the inquiry has a patient provided category, type, and issue identified; receiving, a response to the inquiry, from the patient group management server, the response to the inquiry selectively comprising; an audio or video assisted message wherein the message is a combination of an audio component, textual component, a graphic component, a video component, a digital photo component, and a reference to patient data; a questionnaire for feedback; an interest inquiry form; a patient care related coaching instruction; a patient premises devices data collection command; and a reference content; displaying the response to the inquiry for review by a user; gathering a user input from the user; sending the user input as a user followup response, getting at least one appointment based on the user followup response and storing it; and sharing the followup response with an external insurance company server, as required. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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