TELEMEDICINE SYSTEM

摘要

A telemedicine system for monitoring chronic conditions such as asthma or diabetes includes an electronic measurement device such as an electronic pea k expiratory flow meter or an electronic blood glucose meter, connected to a GPRS cellular telephone. The cellular telephone automatically receives, formats and transmits the data on acquisition by the medical device to a remote server. The server may acknowledge the data and make the data availab le to a clinician. The server may also analyse the data and provide automatic alerts to the patient and/or clinician in the event of the data causing concern. The formatting and transmission of the data from the telephone to t he server occurs in real time as the measurements are taken and is invisible to the patient.