Patent ID: 7739130
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring disease therapy of a patient, wherein the disease therapy includes a patient-administered medication regimen and a patient-administered regimen for a test that monitors efficacy of the medication regimen, wherein the test is administered by the patient according to a first schedule, the method comprising the following steps: receiving test results from a patient-administered test at a portable, hand-held apparatus that is configured to receive and analyze information regarding patient compliance with the patient-administered medication and test regimens, and wherein the apparatus is configured to modify the patient-administered medication and test regimens; directing the patient, via the portable, hand-held apparatus, to administer future tests according to a second schedule different from the first schedule in response to determining that the received test results are within or not within a desired range, wherein the second schedule has a frequency of administration that is lower in value than a frequency of administration of the first schedule when the received test results are within a desired range, and wherein the second schedule has a frequency of administration that is higher in value than a frequency of administration of the first schedule when the received test results are not within a desired range; receiving non-medication related data from a patient at the portable, hand-held apparatus, wherein the non-medication related patient data includes at least one of physiological data, pathophysiological data, biological data, psychological data, neuropsychological data, and behavioral data; and analyzing the received non-medication related data via the portable, hand-held apparatus to determine if a change is necessary to the patient-administered medication regimen and/or to the patient-administered test regimen.