Patent ID: 8029448

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving medical data related to a patient at a remote communication center via a communication network, wherein the medical data is obtained via a self-administered test and wherein a test apparatus associated with the remote communication center is configured to apply the self-administered test, the test apparatus comprising: a breathing interval beginning determinator; a breathing interval end determinator; a timer associated with the breathing interval beginning determinator and the breathing interval end determinator configured to measure a time interval between activation of the breathing interval beginning determinator and the breathing interval end determinator; and a processor configured to assign levels of importance to the measured time interval, wherein the processor is further configured to assign high levels of importance to short measured time intervals and successively lower levels of importance to successively longer measured time intervals; identifying costs of the communication network associated with receipt of the medical data; determining, at a computing device associated with the remote communication center, a medical institution to which the costs are assigned; and sending a cost report assigning the identified costs to the medical institution via the communication network, wherein the patient and medical institution are at separate locations.