Medical symptoms tracking apparatus, methods and systems

A method of monitoring one or more symptoms of a plurality of persons, comprising:

• (a) repeating, for each person over a respective period of time for that person, the steps of:
• (i) displaying by a respective electronic device, to that person, for selection by that person, one or more symbolic representations corresponding to one or more symptoms from a predefined set of symbolic representations,
• (ii) electronically recording data on the electronic device regarding the one or more displayed symbolic representations selected by that person as being one or more symptoms of that person, the data including identification of time and geographical location of the selection, and
• (iii) electronically communicating from the electronic device the data recorded on the electronic device regarding the one or more symbolic representations selected by that person;
• and
• (b) based on the data electronically communicated in step (a)(iii) from respective electronic devices for at least two of the plurality of persons, generating and displaying a combined history of the symptoms of the at least two of the plurality of persons over a selected period of time overlapping with the respective periods of time of the at least two persons, including showing a relationship of one or more symptoms of the at least two persons to time.

A method of monitoring one or more symptoms of a plurality of persons, comprising:

• (a) repeating, for each person over a respective period of time for that person, the steps of:
• (i) displaying by a respective electronic device, to that person, for selection by that person, one or more symptoms from a predetermined set of symbolic representations,
• (ii) electronically recording data on the electronic device regarding the one or more displayed symbolic representations selected by that person, the data that is electronically recorded on the electronic device comprising,
• (A) identification of symbolic representation of a symptom the one or more displayed symptoms selected by the person as being one or more symptoms of that person,
• (B) identification of the time at which the selection is made by the person, and
• (C) identification of a geographical location at which the selection is made by the person, and
• (iii) electronically communicating from the respective electronic device the data recorded on the electronic device regarding the one or more symbolic representations selected by the person;
• and
• (b) based on the data electronically communicated in step (a)(iii) from respective electronic devices for at least two of the plurality of persons, generating and displaying a combined history of the symptoms of at least two of the plurality of persons over a selected period of time overlapping with the respective periods of time of the at least two persons, including showing a relationship of one or more symptoms of the at least two persons to time.