Decentralized patient management method
AssigneeSwineburn Limited
InventorRichard B. Silberstein
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Abstract
A system (2) for evaluating the efficiency of therapeutic treatments of patients (40) located at remote sites (6) by communicating a cognitive task to the remote site via a network (10) which provides two-way communication between a central analysis site and the remote sites, presenting the task to the patient before, during, or after carrying out a therapeutic intervention or treatment, detecting brain response from the patient, and communicating this response to the central analysis site via the network.
Claims13
A method of evaluating the efficacy of treatment of a neuropsychiatric disorder of a patient at a remote site comprising the steps of:
- presenting a first cognitive task to the patient at the remote site;
- recording a first steady state visually evoked potential (SSVEP) corresponding to when the patient is presented with the first cognitive task;
- administering a dose of psychotropic medication to the patient;
- presenting a second cognitive task to the patient at the remote site, the second cognitive task being similar to or the same as the first cognitive task;
- recording a second steady state visually evoked potential (SSVEP) corresponding to when the patient is presented with the second cognitive task;
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- assessing at a central site the efficacy of the psychotropic medication on the basis of differences between the first and second SSVEPs.
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