Patent ID: 8628470
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: G16H,Y02A,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A patient medication therapy self-management method, utilizing a non-transitory computer readable medium, operating a computer readable program code, configured to provide therapy according to patient self-assessed pain, the computer readable code comprising instructions that are executed by a computer device or processor, causing the processor to perform the steps of: storing, in a data storage accessible to the program code, receiving, via direct interactive dialog between the patient and the computer device or processor, a patient self-selection of an aspect word from the listing of aspect words, the self-selection describing a pain experienced by the patient, the computer device or processor providing an interface configured to engage the patient in the direct interactive dialog; converting the received aspect word into an integer subcode that represents the received aspect word; and altering the patient's therapy within the limitations of the TAPL based on at least one of the integer subcodes.