Remote monitoring of high-risk patients using artificial intelligence

A system for remote monitoring of at least one patient by using telephone lines and artificial intelligence, through a monitoring device which is used by the patient, without the patient having to read the monitoring device, said system comprising:

• recorded patient information including patient data, medical history and other considerations relevant to treatment of the patient concerned;
• a plurality of physician generated questions recorded in the voice of the patient's physician, which questions could be selectively asked of the patient in the physician's voice using voice technology through telephone lines without a modem;
• a programmed read-only memory which is programmed using artificial intelligence to select applicable questions and to parse said selected questions in a sequence from said physician generated questions, based on the patient's response;
• and
• means without a modem for obtaining and transmitting signals from said monitoring device over telephone lines to a computer integrated telephone system, wherein by comparison of the transmitted signals with criteria predetermined by the physician, suitable intervention and action can be initiated.

In a method of remote monitoring of at least one patient by a physician through a monitoring device which is used by the patient, without the patient having to read the monitoring device, the improvement comprising:

• recording patient information including patient data, medical history and other considerations determined by an attending physician to be relevant to treatment of a concerned patient;
• recording physician generated questions in the physician's own voice, which generated questions could be selectively asked of a patient being monitored;
• using voice-technology and creating a telephone monitoring encounter with said patient to be monitored directly through telephone lines without a modem to present to said patient selected ones of said physician generated questions;
• using artificial intelligence (AI) for parsing said several questions to create a selection of parsed questions based on progressive patient response;
• obtaining a reading signal from said monitoring device using telephone lines without a modem but using a telephone cord splitter;
• and
• applying physician's predetermined criteria for evaluating said progressive patient response and the obtained reading signal and concurrently determing any course of action to be taken by said physician.