Patent ID: 8616895

Claim:
A system for monitoring health related parameters of a user and for providing health related information comprising: a monitoring device having (i) a display port configured to interface to a display device, (ii) an audio port configured to interface to a speaker, (iii) a processor configured to provide an audio signal and a visual signal to the display port and the audio port and (iv) a disk reader configured to read programming from a removable disk; at least one health related data measuring device configured to provide a health signal representative of the health related parameters of the user; an interface coupled between the monitoring device and the health related data measuring device to electrically isolate the health related data measuring device from the monitoring device, wherein the interface comprises a patient isolating circuit separate from the monitoring device and the health related data measuring device; and a program controller configured to (i) receive an input from the user and (ii) provide a control signal to the monitoring device based upon the input from the user to allow the health related information to be provided to the user based upon both the health signal and the control signal, wherein the programming read from the removable disk is executable by the processor to show educational material on the display device, the educational material including a plurality of interactive steps of how to use the health related data measuring device.