Supporting patients in the repeated taking of drugs
AssigneeBayer Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHubert TRÜBEL, Philip Patrick BÖHME, Martin VAN EICKELS, Wilfried DINH, Frank KRAMER, Carlos CASTELLON
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Abstract
The invention relates to the technical field of supporting patients in the repeated taking of drugs within the context of a therapeutic treatment. The invention relates to a method, to a system, and to a computer program product that monitor the taking of drugs by a patient and inform the patient or a doctor or another person if a drug portion should not be taken in order to thus optimize the effectiveness of the treatment or reduce risks.
Claims15
A method comprising the steps
- automatically monitoring repeated taking of medication by a patient;
- registering an event for which taking the medication is contraindicated;
- identifying a discontinuation time after which the medication should no longer be taken on the basis of the contraindication;
- registering an attempted or actual taking of the medication after the discontinuation time;
- in the event of an attempt to take the medication:
- sending a warning to the patient that the medication should not be taken;
- and
- in the event of an actual ingestion:
- sending a message informing the patient and/or another person related to the event about the actual ingestion.
A system, comprising
- means for the automated monitoring of repeated taking of medication by a patient
- means for registering an event for which taking the medication is contraindicated
- means for identifying a discontinuation time after which the medication should no longer be taken on the basis of the contraindication
- means for registering an attempted or actual taking of the medication after the discontinuation time
- means for sending a warning to the patient that the medication should not be taken and/or for sending a message informing the patient and/or another person related to the event about the actual ingestion.
A computer program product comprising a data carrier and program code that is stored on the data carrier, and causes a computer unit, in the memory of which the program code is loaded, to execute the following steps:
- receiving an event time for an event, for which taking a medication is contraindicated
- identifying a discontinuation time from which the medication should no longer be taken on the basis of the contraindication
- registering an attempt to take or an actual ingestion of a portion of the medication by a patient
- sending a warning to the patient that the portion of medication should not be taken, and/or to another person related to the event about the actual ingestion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.