Patent ID: 7301463
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for assisting and monitoring a person's compliance to complete certain healthcare tasks, and simultaneously providing an automated communication tool to other persons or systems comprising: generating an activity event log of data pertaining to the person's healthcare-compliance activities by monitoring and time-based recording of signals from at least one input mechanism; providing a task reminder schedule containing time-sensitive reminder alerts to alert the person of scheduled healthcare tasks they need to complete; comparing the activity event log to the task reminder schedule to create a compliance metric associated with every scheduled healthcare task; communicating selective parts of the activity event log and compliance metrics to other persons or systems; providing a capability for periodic review of the data pertaining to the time-based recorded signals and computed compliance metrics in said activity event log; and providing a capability to update memory contents, with an updated task reminder schedule, profile preference settings, and digital messages.