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A system for the automated remote monitoring of home health parameter measurement activities to assure outpatient subscriber compliance with prescribed measurement schedule regimen, and to alarm-monitor for off-normal measurements. Typical monitored health parameters include blood pressure, blood gl

A system for the automated remote monitoring of home health parameter measurement activities to assure outpatient subscriber compliance with prescribed measurement schedule regimen, and to alarm-monitor for off-normal measurements. Typical monitored health parameters include blood pressure, blood glucose level, clotting factor, and the like. The system comprises at least one subscriber remote station which interfaces with a communications link, and a central monitoring station also interfaced with the link and operative to receive and analyze messages transmitted by the remote station. The preferred remote station embodiment transmits measurement outcome messages to the central station each time an interconnected health parameter measurement device generates a signal indicating whether the current measurement is "normal" or "in-alarm", based on uniquely specified alarm criteria. Central station hardware/software verifies receipt of such signals within each of the subscriber's uniquely scheduled measurement time windows, and alerts alarm dispatchers to take pre-specified action if a scheduled measurement is forgotten. Dispatchers are also alerted if "in-alarm" measurements occur. Alternative remote station embodiments accept monitoring device signals corresponding to health parameter measured values. One alternative embodiment performs alarm monitoring in the remote station, another performs alarm monitoring at the central station. All embodiments provide subscribers with help-buttons to initiate transmission of alarm messages to the central station in event of emergency. Since the central station is alerted if any scheduled measurement is missed, no immobilizing emergency can go undetected longer than the maximum time between consecutively scheduled measurements.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A home health parameter monitoring system for monitoring a subscriber's compliance with prescribed health parameter measurement activity regimen and for alarm-monitoring outcomes of said measurement activities via a communication link, comprising:(a) a subscriber remote station for

[ I claim:] [1.] A home health parameter monitoring system for monitoring a subscriber's compliance with prescribed health parameter measurement activity regimen and for alarm-monitoring outcomes of said measurement activities via a communication link, comprising:(a) a subscriber remote station for transmission of information corresponding to outcomes of said subscriber's health parameter measurement activities via said communication link, said subscriber remote station further comprising:a signal interface means operative to accept predetermined health parameter measurement outcome signals generated by at least one interconnected health parameter measurement device in response to said subscriber's health parameter measurement activities, wherein said outcome signals signify whether said health parameter measurements are either "normal" or "in-alarm", as differentiated by predetermined alarm criteria, anda communicator means operative to be activated by said measurement outcome signals to responsively transmit corresponding predetermined health parameter measurement outcome messages via said communication link,(b) a central monitoring station for receiving said measurement outcome messages via said communication link, said central station further comprising:a scheduler means operative to optionally preschedule periodic health parameter measurement time windows of the same or varying time width, one such time window for each of said subscriber's prescribed health parameter measurements, each said time window bounded by a unique opening time and a unique closing time specified by or for said subscriber; wherein said subscriber's compliance with prescribed health parameter measurement schedules can be inferred if either a valid "normal" or "in-alarm" health parameter measurement outcome message is transmitted from said subscriber's remote station to said central station via said communications link within each said prescheduled time window, andan alarm processor means operative to alarm-monitor said outcome messages for identification of said "in-alarm" messages, and to assure that at least one valid "normal" or "in-alarm" health parameter measurement outcome message is transmitted from said subscriber's remote station to said central station via said communication link within each said prescheduled time window, anda data storage means operative to store a data record of predetermined format for each said measurement outcome message.