System and method for repetitive interval clinical evaluations

Abstract

A healthcare tool allows a patient to record daily parameters associated with the patient's clinical status, for example, body weight for congestive heart failure patients. A graph may be created showing the parameters on a control chart. The parameters are statistically analyzed against a control range, and when a parameter moves out of the control range, the system automatically creates a pop-up window alerting the patient that the parameter is outside the control range, and that the patient should consider informing a healthcare professional.

1 . A computer implemented method of impeding a progression of a disease within a patient comprising the steps of: 
 defining a set of disease associated parameters;    performing repetitive measurements on said set of disease associated parameters;    evaluating said repetitive measurements of disease-associated parameters;    performing statistical analysis on a history of said repetitive measurements of disease associated parameters;    alerting the patient to those statistical analyses which indicate a potential future problem that requires intervention; and    transmitting said statistical analyses to a network associated with a plurality of health care providers; and    applying secondary prevention techniques to address said potential future problem.