Personalized display of health information

A method of providing personalized health information to a patient, said method comprising the steps of:

• a) generating a set of data {D[j]}, j=1 . . . J, from a set of inputs, wherein a datum D[j] of the set of data {D[j]} characterizes a personal health condition of a patient;
• b) generating a personalized health model of the patient, wherein the personalized health model is generated by a processing means from a generalized health model of the patient and from the set of data {D[j]};
• c) generating a display on a display means, wherein the display is generated by the processing means, and wherein the display comprises a body image, the body image illustrating the personalized health model of the patient;
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• d) having the patient view the body image on the display means, wherein the patient relates personally to the personalized health model illustrated by the body image and, wherein said the body image comprises an image map such that the patient can access information on at least one body part or organ of the body image by interacting with a section of the body image on the display means.

A system for displaying a personalized health model of a patient to the patient, comprising:

• a) a set of inputs for generating a set of data {D[j]}, j=1 . . . J, wherein a datum D[j] of said set of data {D[j]} characterizes a personal health condition of a patient, wherein said set of inputs comprises a first set of inputs and a second set of inputs, said first set of inputs located at a home of the patient, and said first set of inputs comprising a patient identification means and a patient feedback means, and wherein said second set of inputs are located at a health care provider remote from a home of the patient, and said second set of inputs selected from the group consisting of a medical record of said patient, a record of a standard of care for a general health condition of said patient, a record of a prescribed treatment of said patient, a record of a display preference, and a record of a personal profile of said patient;
• b) a central server including a processing means in communication with said set of inputs, said processing means for generating a personalized health model of a patient from a generalized health model of the patient and from said set of data {D[j]};
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• c) a plurality of display means, each of said plurality of display means located at a location remote from said processing means and in communication with said processing means over a remote network, each of said plurality of display means for generating a display comprising a body image illustrating said personalized health model of a patient, wherein said body image comprises an image map.