Systems and Methods for Self-Directed Patient Fluid Management

A patient self-care method, comprising:

• receiving periodic readings from a patient monitoring system including a patient implanted wireless sensor indicating status of a monitored medical condition of the patient, wherein the patient-implanted sensor is configured to measure a physiological parameter associated with the monitored medical condition as an input to the periodic readings;
• receiving patient-specific information;
• determining based on the received readings and patient-specific information, using a stored diagnostic or treatment algorithm, whether the monitored medical condition falls within or outside of a normal range;
• generating a notification to the patient indicating normal range when the received readings are determined to fall within the normal range;
• generating a notification to the patient including instructions for self-care actions when the received readings are determined to fall outside of the normal range;
• and
• generating a notification to a care provider when the received readings are determined to exceed pre-set thresholds or limits.

A patient self-care method, comprising:

• receiving periodic readings from a patient monitoring system including a patient-implanted wireless sensor indicating status of a monitored cardiac condition of the patient, wherein the patient-implanted sensor is configured to measure a physiological parameter associated with patient fluid volume as an input to the periodic readings;
• receiving patient-specific information comprising current patient physical parameters, past patient physical parameters and patient medical history related to the monitored medical condition;
• generating prompts to the patient to initiate periodic readings;
• determining based on the received readings and patient-specific information, using a stored diagnostic or treatment algorithm, whether patient fluid volume falls within or outside of a normal range of fluid volume for the patient, wherein the normal range corresponds to at least a portion of a euvolemic range of fluid state for the patient;
• generating a notification to the patient indicating normal range when the received readings are determined to fall within the normal range;
• generating a notification to the patient including instructions for self-care actions when (i) the received readings fall outside of the normal range or (ii) the received readings are within the normal range and a change in patient fluid volume exceeds a pre-set threshold;
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• generating a notification to a care provider when the received readings are determined to exceed pre-set limits comprising one or more of (i) a hypovolemic warning zone at a hypovolemic end of the patient euvolemic range, (ii) a hypervolemic warning zone at a hypervolemic end of the patient euvolemic range, and (iii) a combination of a change in patient fluid volume and position of patient fluid state within the normal range of the euvolemic range for the patient.