Patent ID: 6974328

Claim:
A method of providing remote health education to a patient under the supervision of a health care provider comprising: (a) obtaining a profile for a patient comprising at least one value describing an attribute of the patient's health condition and an educational objective for the patient, (b) automatically selecting educational material based upon the patient's profile from a remotely-accessible collection of educational materials relevant to the patient's health condition and transmitting the selected material to the patient at a first location, (c) evaluating the patient's comprehension of the selected material, (d) transmitting the results of the evaluation to a preceptor at a second location and the patient, whereby the preceptor can (i) provide information, feedback, or both to the patient and (ii) report information concerning the evaluation to the health care provider, (e) updating the patient's profile based on the evaluation, and (f) assessing the patient's progress toward the educational objective.