Patent ID: 8670998

Claim:
A method for providing at least one notification to a patient, the method comprising: for a patient registered for notification services, determining, via one or more processors, whether health-related data associated with the patient satisfies one or more business rules; storing, via the one or more processors, notification preferences for the patient that identify at least one communication format and at least one electronic destination address to be used in providing notifications to a mobile device associated with the patient, wherein the at least one communication format is selected from the group consisting of a text message, an email message, and a voice message; monitoring, via the one or more processors, the location of the mobile device associated with the patient to determine when the location of the mobile device associated with the patient is within a predetermined distance from a designated location; and responsive to determining that the location of the mobile device associated with the patient is within the predetermined distance from the designated location, providing, via the one or more processors, a notification to the mobile device associated with the patient, the notification corresponding to the one or more business rules, the notification preferences, and the designated location.