Disease management system and method including preview mode

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.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the consequences comprise contacting a health care professional or emergency personnel.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the medical recommendations comprise a new treatment or a modified dosage of an existing treatment.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an explicit warning in the preview mode that warns the user that serious consequences may result from answering a question.

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:

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.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein electing the option to look ahead comprises an oral or written preview of at least one of health assessment information therapy optimization information.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein health assessment information identifies one or more consequences related to an answer of the user.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein therapy optimization information comprises modifying an existing prescription for a disease.

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:

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.

10. The computer usable medium of claim 9 , wherein the preview option comprises an indicator flag for informing the user of an ability to learn an impact or focus of at least one of the one or more displayed questions.

11. The computer usable medium of claim 9 , further comprising receiving a selection from the user to use the preview option to view recommendations for the one or more displayed questions.

12. The computer usable medium of claim 9 , further comprising processing an answer to one or more provided questions without previewing what consequences will result from the answer.

13. An automated system comprising a computing device for interactions with a medical user, the system comprising:

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.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the indicator comprises a flag corresponding to a question.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the indicator comprises a written or oral comment that reminds the user of an ability to learn an impact or focus of a question.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the indicator comprises a selection element in the software function that allows the user to change an answer based on information learned from the software function.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the user comprises a patient, an agent of the patient, or a health care professional.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the patient is a human being in need of wellness care.

19. A computerized preview mode method implemented as a set of instructions executed by a computing system, the method comprising:

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.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the consequence of having answered the question comprises an oral or written preview of health assessment information or therapy optimization information.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein health assessment information comprises analyzing health measurements provided by the patient.

22. The method of claim 20 , wherein therapy optimization information comprises modifying an existing prescription for a disease.

23. The method of claim 19 , wherein the consequence of having answered the question comprises contacting a medical health professional.

24. The method of claim 19 , wherein the consequence of having answered the question comprises a recommendation from an automated medical system for medical treatment.