A system for remotely monitoring an individual. The system includes a server system for generating a script program from a set of queries. The script program is executable by a remote apparatus that displays information and/or a set of queries to the individual through a user interface. Responses to the queries that are entered through the user interface together with individual identification information are sent from the remote apparatus to the server system across a communication network. The server system also includes an automated answering service for providing a series of questions from a stored set of questions for an individual at the remote apparatus to respond to, storing responses to each provided question in the series of questions and providing a service based on the individual's response to the questions.

Networked system for interactive communication and remote monitoring of individuals

A system and method is described that enables a health care provider to monitor and manage a health condition of a patient. The system includes a health care provider apparatus operated by a health care provider and a remotely programmable patient apparatus that is operated by a patient. The health care provider develops a script program using the health care provider apparatus and then sends the script program to a remotely programmable patient apparatus through a communication network such as the World Wide Web. The script program is a computer-executable patient protocol that provides information to the patient about the patient's health condition and that interactively monitors the patient health condition by asking the patient questions and by receiving answers to those questions. The answers to these health related questions are then forwarded as patient data from the remotely programmable patient apparatus to the health care provider apparatus through the communication network. The patient data may also include information supplied by a physiological monitoring device such as a blood glucose monitor that is connected to the remotely programmable patient apparatus. When the patient data arrives at the health care provider apparatus, the patient data is processed for further management of the patient's health condition by the health care provider, such as forwarding another script program to the remotely programmable patient apparatus.

Remote health monitoring and maintenance system

A heart monitoring system for a person includes one or more wireless nodes; and a wearable appliance in communication with the one or more wireless nodes, the appliance monitoring vital signs.

Health monitoring appliance

A health care monitoring system for a person includes one or more wireless nodes forming a wireless mesh network; a wearable appliance having a sound transducer coupled to the wireless transceiver; and a heart attack or stroke attack sensor coupled to the wireless mesh network to communicate patient data over the wireless mesh network to detect a heart attack or a stroke attack.

Mesh network stroke monitoring appliance

A medical system includes a network; one or more medical data collection appliances coupled to the network, each appliance transmitting data conforming to an interoperable format; and a server coupled to the network to store data for each individual in accordance with the interoperable format.

Systems and methods for providing interoperability among healthcare devices

A central monitoring system (11) coupled to a telecommunications system (13) generates questions concerning the health condition of a patient for the patient to answer using the keys of a telephone system or by speaking the correct response, and stores answers to the questions for later retrieval. The central monitoring system can include a DTMF modem (23) decoder for receiving and decoding DTMF tones generated by the patient using the touch-tone phones and transmitted to the central monitoring system. The DTMF tones represent the health condition of the patient. A voice generator (22) is coupled to a computer processor and generates voice output under the control of the computer processor. The voice output is transmitted to the touch-tone telephone. A database (24) is coupled to the computer processor for storing record reflecting the health condition of the patient and also storing questions concerning this health condition of the patient.

Kopel H. Cohen

Papers

Patient monitoring system including speech recognition capability