Patent ID: 8032399

Claim:
A system comprising: a server configured to determine if a patient is complying with a treatment regimen; a handheld device configured to (i) monitor and encourage compliance with said treatment regimen, (ii) inform said patient when to follow said treatment regimen, and (iii) generate a first data in response to a patient input, said handheld device comprising (i) a processor, (ii) a computer-readable memory, (iii) a presentation element, and (iv) an input element, wherein the computer-readable memory is programmed with a set of instructions and an identification code associated with the set of instructions, and the set of instructions, when executed by said processor, cause the processor to present at least one query and a plurality of predetermined responses corresponding to the at least one query to the patient via the presentation element and receive at least one of the predetermined responses corresponding to the at least one query as the patient input via the input element; a data management device configured to be coupled to said handheld device, wherein said data management device is configured to (i) receive said set of instructions and said identification code from said server, (ii) program said computer-readable memory of said handheld device with said set of instructions and said identification code, (iii) receive said first data and said identification code from said handheld device, and (iv) send said first data and said identification code to said server; and a network configured to connect said data management device to said server.