Patent ID: 8827905

Claim:
A system for remotely monitoring patient healthcare characteristics, the system comprising: a plurality of sensors in a home environment of a patient, wherein the plurality of sensors collect a set of patient health characteristics from a patient; a central hub located in the home environment, wherein the central hub controls the collection of the set of patient health characteristics and receives the set of patient health characteristics from the plurality of sensors, wherein the central hub determines whether the set of patient health characteristics is in a pre-determined range, send a patient status and generates a report and an alarm according to the determination; a wireless network, wherein the wireless network couples the plurality of sensors and the central hub; a clinician hub coupled with the central hub, wherein the clinician hub receives the patient status, the set of patient health characteristics, and any of the report and alarm generated from the central hub and sends the patient status and the set of patient health characteristics to an appropriate clinician, further wherein the clinician hub is configured to communicate with a plurality of central hubs in a plurality of home environments; a graphical patient interface in the home environment, wherein the graphical patient interface allows the patient to activate the plurality of sensors, and further allows the patient to communicate with the clinician; and a graphical user interface at the appropriate clinician, wherein the graphical user interface allows the clinician to access the clinician hub and reconfigure the central hub, wherein the reconfiguring of the central hub allows the clinician to utilize a sensing application selection portion of the graphical user interface to select the set of patient health characteristics to be collected and further wherein reconfiguring includes, reconfiguring the graphical patient interface, and further allows the clinician to communicate with the patient.