Methods for personal emergency intervention

Abstract

There are provided methods and systems for personal emergency Intervention, comprising determining that an event regarding a patient has occurred, and thereupon enabling a tracking mode in a device controlled by the patient; monitoring one or more conditions to determine whether the tracking mode should be disabled, and until the tracking mode is disabled, the device: obtains a data pairing, the data pairing comprising a location of the patient and a time related to the location of the patient, and stores the data pairing within a memory in the device; and formatting a report for transmission to a medical data server, the report comprising at least a patient identifier for the patient and the data pairing. This method can be practiced automatically to allow a device controlled by a patient or other subject to be monitored without requiring the patient to manually enter information. Methods and systems also provide for networked implementations of personal emergency tracking in a defined locality and relay of emergency assistance through audial communications with the patient.

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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENTNot applicable.NOTICE OF INCLUDED COPYRIGHTED MATERIALA portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. All trademarks and service marks identified herein are owned by the applicant.DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the InventionThe present invention relates to systems and methods for remote patient monitoring, and more particularly, to systems and methods for providing mobile personal emergency response and tracking.2. Background of the InventionHistorically, patient medical care was often provided for in the patient's home or some other environment apart from a clinical setting. Physicians, midwives, o...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a system and method for receiving and transmitting medical device data through a wired connection to a intermediary device (such as a mobile phone or personal digital assistant) for review and analysis by a healthcare professional at a remote location. The system can receive data from a range of medical devices and use different communication protocols. The data can be processed and formatted for transmission to a medical data server, which can also receive data from multiple devices. The system can also encrypt the data for secure transmission. The technical effects of the invention include improved monitoring and analysis of medical device data, as well as increased security and privacy for patient data."

Problems solved by technology

In large part, health care providers conducted fewer and fewer house calls because it became impractical to bring bulky medical diagnosis and test equipment to the patient.

Likewise, it was not cost effective or intellectually feasible for patients to purchase and operate the complicated and expensive medical machines in a home setting.

Unfortunately, although portable medical devices such as blood glucose meters now allow patients to perform tests outside the context of medical facilities, patients still need to meet with health care providers to discuss the results obtained.

There are drawbacks with these conventional devices.

Because of their complexity and proprietary interfaces, many are very expensive, which reduces the cost-savings benefit of RPM.

Additionally, they often require a land-line connection (such as phone or VPN) to transmit data and / or are physically bulky / heavy and therefore difficult to transport.

Furthermore, conventional systems are often unable to provide data to healthcare providers quickly where data must be manually entered by a patient, which can reduce the level of benefit the patient receives from RPM.

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