Optimizing Messages Sent to Diabetic Patients in an Interactive Reporting and Messaging System
AssigneeEosHealth, Inc.
InventorKimon J. Angelides
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system of education, monitoring and advising on glucose testing, diet, exercise and drug administration using a device which is carried by the patient and which is capable of: blood glucose testing, displaying messages advising the patient to initiate blood glucose testing, and of recording the results of the test; of displaying advice or further queries based on analysis of the results, and displaying messages relating to advice, education and/or or further queries based on the analysis. The messages are optimized based on their effectiveness in bringing about a favorable response in the patient's blood glucose level or based on other clinical endpoints.
Claims19
A process of increasing diabetic patient compliance with a recommended diet and exercise regime, comprising:
- providing a recommended diet and exercise regimen for the patient to follow for a particular forthcoming period;
- providing an interactive wireless link between a server and a device carried by the patient:
- (i) wherein the device is actuated by the patient to test a patient blood sample for patient blood glucose level and the device determines patient exertion level by measuring patient movement or acceleration and the device actively sends the determinations of said blood glucose level and exertion level to the server, and where the device or the server actively queries the patient about prior food consumption and time of food consumption,
- (ii) wherein the server analyzes the blood glucose level test results, exertion level and query responses, and sends the patient advisory messages about future food consumption and timing of food consumption, about timing of further testing, and also sends the patient advisory messages about commencing, continuing or ceasing exertion, and also sends the patient educational messages about particular diet and exercise choices;
- weighting the advisory messages based on their average effectiveness in moving patients to diet and exercise in a manner which moves their blood glucose level into a desired range or maintains their blood glucose levels in a desired range, wherein averaged effectiveness is the effectiveness of particular messages in causing patients to take actions which make their BG levels move into a desired range or which cause users to take actions which maintain their BG levels in a desired range over the number of times said particular messages are displayed on the patient's device;
- selecting messages frequency of display on the patient's device in accordance with the respective weight of the selected messages;
- repeating the weighting of messages based on their average effectiveness and the selection of messages for display in accordance with the respective weight of the selected messages.
A process of selecting particular messages for display to diabetic patients which are most effective in moving diabetic patients to diet and exercise in a manner which moves their blood glucose level towards a desired range or maintains their blood glucose levels in a desired range, comprising:
- providing a recommended diet and exercise regimen for the patient to follow for a particular forthcoming period;
- providing an interactive wireless link between a server and a device carried by the patient,
- (iii) wherein the device is actuated by the patient to test a patient blood sample for patient blood glucose level and the device actively determines patient exertion level by measuring patient movement or acceleration and the device sends the determinations of said blood glucose level and exertion level to the server, and where the device or the server actively queries the patient about prior food consumption and time of food consumption,
- (iv) wherein the server analyzes the blood glucose level test results, exertion level and query responses, and sends the patient advisory messages about future actions including food consumption and timing of food consumption, and about commencing, continuing or ceasing exertion, and also sends the patient educational messages about particular diet and exercise choices;
- weighting the advisory messages based on their average effectiveness in moving patients to diet and exercise in a manner which moves their blood glucose level into a desired range or maintains their blood glucose levels in a desired range, wherein:
- averaged effectiveness is the effectiveness of particular messages in causing patients to take actions which make their BG levels move into a desired range or which cause users to take actions which maintain their BG levels in a desired range over the number of times said particular messages are displayed on the patient's device;
- selecting the probability of display of particular messages on the patient's device in accordance with the respective weight of the selected messages such that only messages with greater than a designated average effectiveness are displayed or such that messages having greater weight are displayed more often;
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- repeating the last two steps of weighting the advisory messages based on their average effectiveness and of selecting particular messages for display.
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