Patent ID: 7223236

Claim:
A physiological data monitoring system comprising: (a) at least one central server arranged to receive and communicate data; (b) at least one microprocessor-based subsystem (i) including at least one microprocessor, a display and a memory, (ii) configured to present information on the display and provide a digital signal representative of physiological data from a person, and (iii) arranged to establish a communication link to the central server, facilitate a communication of the physiological data on the communication link to the central server and disconnect the communication link after the communication of the physiological data has finished; and (c) at least one health care professional computer in signal communication with the central server to receive health-related information based on the physiological data received from the microprocessor-based subsystem, wherein the central server stores additional data received from the health care professional computer and provides the additional data to the microprocessor-based subsystem to run after the communication link has been established by the microprocessor-based subsystem, the additional data including instructions to the person effecting a change in a treatment regimen based on earlier physiological data.