Patent ID: 11907180
Assignee: ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A structured testing method for diagnostic or therapy support of a patient with a chronic disease, comprising:
selecting a structured collection procedure on a computer for the diagnostic or therapy support;
having a processor of the computer retrieve automatically from memory the structured collection procedure, said structured collection procedure being based on a medical use case and having parameters defining:
entry criterion which establishes conditions needed to be met prior to obtaining biomarker data,
a schedule of events, each of said events comprising at least one or more of a performance time, guidance to perform the event, a request for patient action, a request for information, and a request for collection of at least one type of biomarker data, wherein the at least one type of biomarker data comprises a biomarker measurement and wherein when the biomarker measurement is within a range associated with or at a prescheduled time when compared to a data event request as determined by the processor through a comparison of a time of the biomarker measurement to a time of the data event request, the processor will give the biomarker measurement a unique identifier in a data file, and when the time of the biomarker measurement compared to the time of the data event request is outside the range associated with the prescheduled time, the processor will not give the unique identifier; and when the unique identifier is provided by the processor, a user is prompted by the processor to provide context for the biomarker measurement,
adherence criterion which is used to qualitatively assess that an event performed according to the schedule of events provided data which is acceptable to addressing the medical use case such as acceptable data comprising the biomarker measurement given the unique identifier in the data file, and exit criterion which establishes the conditions needed to be met prior to exiting the structured collection procedure; and

prescribing the selected structured collection procedure to the patient, wherein the processor of the computer provides as output the selected structured collection procedure to the patient to perform when prescribed.