TOOL FOR ALLOWING CLINICIANS TO DEFINE ALERT/TRIGGER RULES FOR TESTING DEVICES
The present invention provides a system and method that is customizable to provide an individualized approach to healthcare. The system described herein has a wide range of customizable GUIs capable of adding or deleting a plurality of thresholds and parameters for at least one health monitoring device. The system and methodology of the present invention allow medical professionals to use a database of predetermined monitoring protocols to determine when to use a health monitoring device or take corrective action for a patient. Medical professionals are able to customize the preloaded protocols and create new monitoring protocols thereby creating an individualized approach to healthcare.
1 . A method for remotely monitoring at least one patient associated with one or more health monitoring devices connected to a health monitoring computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
providing, a medical professional, with computer network access to a database comprising patient specific profiles, the patient specific profiles comprising identification of a set of health monitoring devices associated with a particular patient, and predetermined thresholds and monitoring protocols associated with the set of health monitoring devices;
providing a graphical user interface to allow the medical professional to select a certain patient profile from the database, and customize the predetermined thresholds and the monitoring protocols associated with the certain patient profile; and
communicating the customized thresholds and monitoring protocols to the set of health monitoring devices associated with the certain patient profile or other network connected devices.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring protocols are arranged to be used for determining for each patient when to use the health monitoring devices and/or take an action.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein customization of the predetermined thresholds and the protocols creates modified protocols.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the step of providing a graphical user interface further allows the medical professional to add and delete thresholds.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of providing a graphical user interface further allows the medical professional to include conditional statements as part of the customized monitoring protocol.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification of a set of health monitoring devices comprises unique device IDs.
7 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the monitoring protocols comprise predetermined messages or sets of symptoms to be displayed to the patient.
8 . A non-transient computer readable medium containing program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of:
providing, a medical professional, with computer network access to a database comprising patient specific profiles, the patient specific profiles comprising identification of a set of health monitoring devices associated with a particular patient, and predetermined thresholds and monitoring protocols associated with the set of health monitoring devices;
providing a graphical user interface to allow the medical professional to select a certain patient profile from the database, and customize the predetermined thresholds and monitoring protocols associated with the certain patient profile; and
communicating the customized thresholds and monitoring protocols to the set of health monitoring devices associated with the certain patient profile or other network connected devices.
9 . The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the monitoring protocols are arranged to be used for determining for each patient when to use the health monitoring devices and/or take an action.
10 . The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein customization of the predetermined thresholds and the protocols creates modified protocols.
11 . The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the step of providing a graphical user interface further allows the medical professional to add and delete thresholds.
12 . The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the step of providing a graphical user interface further allows the medical professional to include conditional statements as part of the customized monitoring protocol.
13 . The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the identification of a set of health monitoring devices comprises unique device IDs.
14 . The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the monitoring protocols comprise predetermined messages or sets of symptoms to be displayed to the patient.
15 . A method for delivering a physician recommended protocol to a patient being monitored through a computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a patient with a graphical user interface to select one or more symptoms associated with a health condition of the patient, wherein the health condition is identified upon a parameter of a health monitoring device exceeding a predetermined threshold for the patient; and
displaying, via the graphical user interface, an action to be taken by the patient based on the health condition and the selected symptoms.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the health condition is associated with eating frequency, blood pressure, and/or blood sugar.
17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the health monitoring device is selected from the group consisting of: a spirometer, a glucose meter, CPAP machine, indoor air quality meter, ventilator, pulse oximeter, sphygmomanometer, thermometer, nebulizer, and heart monitor.
18 . A patient device comprising:
means for receiving a set of symptoms associated with a health condition of a patient, wherein the health condition is identified upon a parameter of a health monitoring device exceeding a predetermined threshold for the patient; and
a graphical user interface to allow the patient to select one or more symptoms from the set of symptoms, wherein the graphical user interface displays a recommended remedial action to be taken based on the selected one or more symptoms.
19 . The patient device of claim 18 , wherein the health condition is associated with eating frequency, blood pressure, and/or blood sugar.
20 . The patient device of claim 18 , wherein the patient device is the health monitoring device.
21 . The patient device of claim 18 , wherein the patient device is not the health monitoring device.