Patent ID: 7769605

Claim:
A system for monitoring a plurality of patients regarding a health condition, comprising: a reception unit for receiving a corresponding set of measurements regarding said health condition from each patient included in the plurality of patients; a processing unit in communication with said reception unit for processing said corresponding set of measurements and identifying at least one patient included in the plurality of patients based upon said processing of said corresponding set of measurements; a database, the database being in communication with said processing unit, the database being configured for storing medical health history information for each patient included in the plurality of patients, wherein processing of said corresponding set of measurements by the processing unit includes evaluating said corresponding set of measurements against said stored medical health history information; a transfer unit in communication with said processing unit, wherein said transfer unit communicates with said at least one identified patient, said transfer unit being configured for transmitting a message for communicating with said at least one identified patient, the message being based upon said medical health history information and said processing of said corresponding set of measurements, the message being one of: a telephone message and an electronic mail message; and a display unit in communication with said processing unit, the display unit being configured for displaying a group overview chart, said group overview chart being generated by the processing unit based upon said processing and being provided to said display unit, said group overview chart including a plurality of data points, wherein each of the data points represents one corresponding patient included in the plurality of patients and indicates at least one control value for the one corresponding patient, the control value being indicative of the one corresponding patient's control over said health condition, the control value being based upon said corresponding set of measurements, each data point including an icon.