Patent ID: 7831444

Claim:
A remote health management system, the system comprising: a central computer, the central computer further comprising program instructions, wherein said program instructions comprise (i) a monitoring application configured to generate (a) a motivational driver of an individual, (b) a comprehension capacity of the individual, and (c) a media selection of the individual, (ii) a task scheduler configured to generate a queue for executing specific tasks in a specified order, (iii) a content assignor configured to select dialogs based on a health condition of the individual, (iv) a dialog generator configured to generate specific dialogs from a dialog library based on said dialogs selected by said content assignor, (v) a script generator configured to generate scripts based on said specific dialogs, and (vi) a report generator configured to generate reports used by a healthcare provider to monitor a health condition of the individual; a database in communication with the central computer, the database comprising (i) a protocol section, (ii) a profile section, (iii) a task list section, and (iv) a dialogs library section; and a communication network connected to the central computer, the communication network further connected to a plurality of remote terminals, wherein each of said remote terminals are in communication with (i) a monitoring device operated by the individual, (ii) an external data source through the communication network, (iii) a healthcare provider computer through the communication network, and (iv) a medical claims database of a managed care organization through the communication network, wherein (i) each of the remote terminals is configured to establish a respective communication link with the central computer to enter a communications mode, and (ii) the central computer is configured to send the program instructions to the remote terminal corresponding to the individual in response to establishing the respective communication link, wherein said remote health management system is configured such that (i) a medical condition of each individual is diagnosed, (ii) a risk-stratification is established of the individual in a group of individuals, and (iii) a treatment recommendation is developed for each individual based upon (a) the diagnosis of the individual and (b) the risk stratification assigned to the individual, (iv) said treatment recommendation is provided to the health care provider through said healthcare provider computer.