METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED INTERACTIVE GATEWAY SYSTEM
Embodiments of the present teachings disclose method, system, and programs that utilize a gateway and an optional interactive voice response system to allow remote monitoring of a patient's vital signs.
1 . A patient monitoring system for remotely monitoring a patient's vital signs comprising:
a sensor for measuring the patient's vital signs;
a data gateway for collecting the patient's vital signs;
a patient response system; and
a portal for processing the patient's vital signs,
wherein the data gateway communicates the collected patient vital signs to the portal in response to a patient management protocol.
2 . A method for remotely monitoring a patient's vital signs comprising:
contacting, via a patient response system, the patient to be monitored;
authenticating, via a data gateway, the patients identity;
initiating, on a server, a disease management protocol for the patient;
obtaining the patient's vital signs, via a sensor connected to the data gateway, in accordance with the disease management protocol;
verifying a criteria about the obtained patient's vital signs; and
communicating the patient's obtained vital signs to the server.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the patient response system is an active voice response system.
4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the patient response system is an active voice response system.
5 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
detecting the absence of vital sign data in the sensor;
contacting the patient through the patient response system; and
reminding the patient to submit vital sign data using the sensors.
6 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
providing, via the patient response system, instructions and feedbacks to the patient based on a date and a time of the vital sign data.
7 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
providing, via the patient response system, instructions and feedbacks to the patient based on status data of the sensor received from the data gateway.
8 . The patient monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a multipurpose sensor.
9 . The patient monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is an application on a smart device.
10 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the authenticating is accomplished by at least one of the following:
a patient identification number, a patient biometric identifier, a voice recognition system and an equipment identifier.
11 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the patient response system schedules reminder interactions with the patient to remind the patient to take vitals.