Structured testing method and device for diagnosis or treatment support of chronically ill patients

Abstract

A structured testing method (200, 300, 388) and device (18) for diagnosis or treatment support of a chronic disease patient (12) are disclosed. The device (18) implements a medical usage and / or question based structured collection process (70) that provides at least one or more parameters (220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 237, 238, 240), said parameters (220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 237, 238, 240) define at least one entry criterion (226), event schedule (222), at least A compliance criterion (224) and at least one exit criterion (228). Entry criteria (226) establish conditions that need to be met before obtaining biomarker data (256) from patient (12). Each event (237) in the event schedule (222) may include a delivery time (238), instructions (230) for carrying out the event (237), a request for information from the patient (12) (240), an At least one or more of a request (240) for an action and a request (240) for collection of at least one type of biomarker data (256) from the patient (12). Adherence criteria (224) are used to qualitatively assess whether events (237) delivered against event schedules (222) provide acceptable data (256, 170, 145) to address medical usage and / or issues, and exit criteria (228 ) establishes the conditions that need to be met before the structured collection process (70) exits.

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technical field [0001] Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to nursing management of chronic diseases, and more particularly to a structured test method and apparatus thereof for diagnosis or treatment support of patients with chronic diseases. Background technique [0002] Chronic disease is generally defined as a disease that persists for a long time or recurs frequently. Known chronic diseases include depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, alcoholism, asthma, autoimmune diseases (eg ulcerative colitis, lupus erythematosus), osteoporosis, cancer and diabetes, among others. Such chronic conditions require chronic disease care management for effective long-term treatment. After the initial diagnosis, one of the following functions of chronic disease care management is to optimize the treatment of the patient's chronic disease. [0003] In the example of diabetes characterized by hyperglycemia due to insufficient insulin secretion, insufficient insulin ...

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Such limited guidance and functionality provided by prior art collection devices may also further discourage patients from seeking any future optimization of their treatment, as performing another collection procedure in this manner may be viewed as laborious by the patient, by This makes such an optimization a simple guesswork

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