Methods and Systems for Facilitating Chronic Care of a Patient with a Chronic Medical Condition

Abstract

An exemplary method includes a chronic care solutions provider system 1) maintaining data representative of a chronic care plan for a patient with a chronic medical condition, 2) providing a notification by way of a patient portal for the patient to use a biometric device to acquire a biometric reading, 3) receiving data representative of the biometric reading acquired by the biometric device, 4) determining that the biometric reading is outside an acceptable range specified in the chronic care plan, 5) generating, in response to the determination that the biometric reading is outside the acceptable range specified in the chronic care plan, an actionable task based on the biometric reading and in accordance with the chronic care plan, and 6) presenting, by way of the patient portal, an interactive task interface configured to facilitate completion by the patient of the actionable task. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 732,177, filed Nov. 30, 2012. The contents of the provisional patent application are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.BACKGROUND INFORMATION[0002]Chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and coronary artery disease, cause about seventy percent of deaths and result in well over a trillion dollars in health care spending each year in the United States alone. In addition to the direct costs in health care, chronic medical conditions are a significant burden to the economy, through limitations in daily activities, lost productivity, and employee absenteeism.[0003]Conventional chronic care techniques often involve prescribing a regimen that a chronic care patient is supposed to follow in between follow-up visits with a health care practitioner (e.g., a doctor or other chronic ca...

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