Patent ID: 8407063

Claim:
A system for monitoring a physiological condition of an individual, comprising: a central processing unit configured to (i) access one or more databases, (ii) assign a first one of a plurality of programs to the individual, (iii) customize the first program to the individual with particular data related to the individual and (iv) transmit the first program as customized via a communications network, wherein the first program includes a command for collecting measurement data relating to the physiological condition of the individual; a remote processing apparatus in communications with the central processing unit via the communications network and configured to (i) receive the first program from the central processing unit via the communications network, (ii) connect with a measuring device, (iii) execute the first program to receive the measurement data relating to the physiological condition of the individual from the measuring device per the command and (iv) transmit said measurement data to the central processing unit via the communications network; and a workstation in communications with the central processing unit via the communications network and configured to (i) transmit the particular data relating to the individual to the central processing unit via the communications network and (ii) receive a report generated based on the measurement data, wherein (i) said report is available at the workstation for review by a health care provider, (ii) the central processing unit is further configured to (a) store the measurement data in the database, (b) generate a second one of the programs based on said measurement data and (c) transmit the second program to the remote processing apparatus via the communications network and (iii) the remote processing apparatus is further configured to execute the second program.