METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING AND ENHANCING PATIENT COMPLIANCE WITH A HEALTH TREATMENT PROGRAM

摘要

Methods and systems for enabling and supporting patient compliance with a health treatment program or with health-related instructions from a caregiver An interactive feedback loop is implemented that enhances and improves on present methods of monitoring and supporting patient compliance with treatment programs A patient enters various types of data (e g, biometric readings, etc ) to a health data management system The feedback loop of the present invention provides compliance messages to the patient in a timely manner that are responsive to the data entered by the patient The system also allows patients to sends feedback on the messages he or she receives from the system This feedback can be used to measure the effectiveness of a treatment program or of the monitoring system itself Healthcare professionals play an active role in tailoring and "signing off the compliance-related messages that the patient receives.