SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING PATIENT MEDICATION ADHERENCE

摘要

Invention for determining a patient's adherence to various prescribed medications. Here a variety of different types of patient pulse wave measurements (blood pressure, pulse oximeter, ECG) and other physiological measurements are obtained. This actual data is compared to calculated measurements that would be expected based on the various patient baseline measurements in the absence of medication, schedule of medications, and impact of medications the various patient baseline measurements. If the actual data meets expectations, then the patient is likely adhering to the regime. Depending on which types of data do not meet expectations, non-adherence to various previously described medications may be reported. Other types of patient physiological readings, such as temperature, motion, lung function, brain wave function (EEG) and the like may also be obtained, and these additional types of readings can be used to extend the range of different types of drugs/medications that the invention can successfully monitor.

主权项

1. A method for determining a patient's adherence to a medication regime, said method comprising:
obtaining patient operable instrumentation comprising a plurality of physiological monitoring devices configured to obtain a plurality of different types of actual patient pulse wave measurements; said patient operable instrumentation further comprising at least one processor and memory; obtaining a plurality of medication impact parameters, each individual medication impact parameter providing information on how a specific medication alters a specific type of pulse wave measurements; obtaining a plurality of patient reference information, each individual patient reference information providing information on a specific type of patient baseline pulse wave measurements in an absence of medication; obtaining medication schedule information pertaining to at least one medication and medication dosing schedule for said patient; wherein when said patient operable instrumentation is used on a patient with medication schedule information: using said at least one processor to analyze said plurality of different types of actual patient pulse wave measurements at a known time, and determining which of said plurality of different types of actual patient pulse wave measurements are inconsistent with those expected patient pulse wave measurements calculated from said medication schedule information, said known time, said plurality of patient reference information, and said plurality of medication impact parameters; and storing at least those medications where inconsistent findings were obtained in said memory.