Quality control system in disease management services for checking adherence to therapy

US7186216B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Abraham-Fuchs · Erlangen, DE
• Johannes Bieger · Birkenfeld, DE
• Eva Rumpel · Erlangen, DE
• Kai-Uwe Schmidt · Munich, DE
• Daniel Tietze · Spardorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2007
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S128/92
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Quality control system in Disease Management Services involving education, development and motivation of patients suffering from widespread chronic diseases, such as diabetes, asthma or hypertension, possibly involving telemonitoring of critical body values and resultant early identification and avoidance of risk situations, where an automatic delivery monitoring facility is provided which monitors the receipt of all messages and information by the patients and, if appropriate, informs a control station in order to eliminate access problems.