Protocol builder for managing patient care

A system for managing patient care, comprising:

• a memory adapted to store computer instructions;
• a database;
• and
• a processor adapted to process said computer instructions to implement method for managing patient care comprising the steps of:
• creating a treatment protocol customized for the patient, the patient protocol including one-time events and periodic events relating to patient care and tied to an anchor date;
• automatically contacting the patient in a customized manner to notify the patient of one-time and periodic events requiring patient action and accepting indications from the patient of compliance with the required patient action as well as patient symptom data;
• storing the customized treatment protocol, patient compliance information and patient symptom data in said database;
• and
• enabling a patient's caregiver to modify the customized patient protocol based on the patient's compliance with any required patient actions and feedback from the patient relating to patient symptoms.

A non-transitory computer readable storage device storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to implement a method of managing patient care comprising the steps of:

• creating a treatment protocol customized for the patient, the patient protocol including one-time events and periodic events relating to patient care and tied to an anchor date;
• automatically contacting the patient in a customized manner to notify the patient of one-time and periodic events requiring patient action and accepting indications from the patient of compliance with the required patient action as well as patient symptom data;
• storing the customized treatment protocol, patient compliance information and patient symptom data in a database;
• and
• enabling a patient's caregiver to modify the customized patient protocol based on the patient's compliance with any required patient actions and feedback from the patient relating to patient symptoms.