Patent ID: 8224667

Claim:
A therapy adherence system, comprising: an at least one computer system; a database; and an application that, when executed on the at least one computer system, receives a message from a home-based patient device containing medication compliance information and physical condition information; compares medication compliance information and physical condition information with a current treatment regimen and historical medication and physical condition information stored in the database; calculates an updated regimen and an initial health risk level based on at least current and historical medication compliance information and physical condition information; notifies an at least one health care provider when the initial health risk level exceeds a threshold; receives a response from the at least one health care provider, the response comprising adjustments to the updated regimen and a diagnosis; communicates the updated regimen; calculates a subsequent risk level based upon data from at least one of the patient and the home-based patient monitoring device; when the subsequent risk level is higher than the initial health risk level, sends alerting notifications with at least one of increased frequency and increased intensity to the at least one healthcare provider; when the at least one health care provider does not timely respond to the alerting notifications, contacts an emergency medical provider or a law enforcement agency.