Systems and methods for treatment adherence in substance abuse treatment
AssigneeRia Technology Management Inc.
InventorsDavid A. G. Deacon, Robert P. Nix, John E. Mendelson
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Patients with substance abuse problems may be prescribed regular medication that dulls the positive effects of the substance. However, one of the largest challenges for substance abuse patients is that many do not regularly take their medication as they want to experience the high of the substance. Accordingly, systems and methods have been developed for medication sessions that distract the patient from taking the medicine by incorporating the reminder and other med actions in close temporal proximity.
Claims14
A method for implementing a treatment program adherence protocol, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a mobile device, a data structure with instructions to initiate a measurement session;
- delaying sending the data structure with instructions to initiate the measurement session to a measurement device by a preset amount of time determined using a counter running a control system;
- receiving measurement data outputted from a sensor of the measurement device;
- calculating an intoxication level based on the measurement data;
- sending a measurement data structure to the mobile device, the measurement data structure including data representing the intoxication level;
- and
- initiating, in close temporal proximity to the measurement session, a medication session, the medication session including:
- initiating a reminder, on a display, to ask a patient whether they took their medication today as prescribed;
- receiving, through an interface associated with the display, the patient's response to the reminder;
- and
- sending, to a server, a care plan session data structure that includes a date and time stamp, and information representing the patient's response to the reminder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.