Patent ID: 7244231
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: A61B,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of assessing functional or medical ability of an actor in an environment comprising: providing a plurality of data sources in the environment of the actor; receiving a request to perform an evaluation of a first functional or medical ability; determining which of the plurality of data sources generate information relating to the first functional or medical ability by comparing each of the plurality of data sources with an electronically stored list of desirable informational sources designated as being relevant to the first functional or medical ability, wherein the determination is made solely by a functional ability assessment module as operated by a processor; gathering previously-stored data from the data sources determined to generate information relating to the first functional or medical ability; automatically evaluating the first functional ability of the actor based upon a combined assessment of the gathered data; and forwarding information relating to the evaluation to a third party.