Patent ID: 7941323

Claim:
A hand held device for monitoring and managing a patient, the hand held device configured such that the patient is identified, the hand held device comprising: a data management unit having (i) a processing unit and (ii) a computer-readable medium, said data management unit configured (a) to receive at least one current health related parameter of the patient from at least one sensor via a first communication channel, wherein said at least one sensor is separate from said hand held device and the patient establishes communication between said at least one sensor and said hand held device, and (b) to facilitate two-way communications with a remote computer across a second communication channel; an output device in communication with said data management unit; and an input device in communication with said data management unit, wherein the computer-readable medium is programmed with a set of instructions that cause the processing unit to automatically initiate a first communication session with the remote computer, wherein during the first communication session at least one computer program is received from the remote computer and stored in said computer-readable medium, said computer program comprising at least one text question and a plurality of predetermined responses corresponding to the at least one text question, prompt the patient with the at least one text question from the computer program stored on said computer-readable medium via the output device, receive from the patient at least one current response of the predetermined responses corresponding to the at least one text question via the input device and store said current response in said computer-readable medium, prompt the patient to establish communication with said at least one sensor and collect the at least one current health related parameter, and transmit the at least one current response and the at least one current health related parameter stored in said computer-readable medium to the remote computer during a second communication session with the remote computer.