Patent ID: 8554195

Claim:
A health management system that facilitates interaction with a plurality of patients, the health management system comprising: a patient group management server that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices of patients, the patient group management server comprising: a message interaction module configured to manage message based interactions between patients and other members within each of a plurality of patient groups; a questionnaire distribution and feedback collection module configured to distribute questionnaires and collect data and feedback; a remote patient premises data collection module configured to collect data from medical devices employed at a remote patient premises; a coaching distribution module configured to distribute guided activities regarding proper habits, diet, medications, patient care, information a patient is interested in, and activities that a doctor or medical practitioner has created; and a content distribution service module configured to distribute technical papers, recipes, relevant reference content, advisory information, reports and results of tests to the patients; the patient group management server configured to receive an inquiry from one of the plurality of patients via a corresponding one of the plurality of mobile devices and share it with at least another member of a patient group among the plurality of the patient groups in which the one of the plurality of patients is a member; the patient group management server configured to receive and share a response message, a coaching and guided activity, a questionnaire and a relevant reference content communicated by the at least another member of the patient group in response to the inquiry; and the patient group management server configured to share a followup response from the one of the plurality of patients with an external insurance company server, as required.