Abstract: A health care apparatus (10) and methods are described for rendering audio visual content to a medical patient in the patient's home, in which a content element storage (22) stores a plurality of audio visual content elements (28) to be rendered to the patient in the patient's home, including personal story content elements (40) in which an interviewee (42) is shown discussing one or more issues related to the patient's medical condition. One or more content elements are selected according to a medical condition of a given patient and presented to the patient via a display device (14) of a user interface (12) located in the patient's home. Methods are presented for generating audio visual content for presentation to a medical patient in the patient's home in which a set of questions relating to a given medical condition is generated (102) and questions from the set are presented (104) to at least one interviewee, such as an actor or a person having the given medical condition.

Abstract: A health care apparatus (10) and methods for rendering audio visual content to a medical patient in the patient's home, in which a content element storage (22) stores a plurality of audio visual content elements (28) to be rendered to the patient, including role playing simulation content elements (40) in which in which the patient is presented with a situation involving an issue related to a medical condition confronted by a character (42) and in which the patient provides input related to the character's situation.

Abstract: A health care apparatus (10) and methods are described for rendering audio visual content to a medical patient in the patient's home, in which a content element storage (22) stores a plurality of audio visual content elements (28) to be rendered to the patient in the patient's home, including personal story content elements (40) in which an interviewee (42) is shown discussing one or more issues related to the patient's medical condition. One or more content elements are selected according to a medical condition of a given patient and presented to the patient via a display device (14) of a user interface (12) located in the patient's home. Methods are presented for generating audio visual content for presentation to a medical patient in the patient's home in which a set of questions relating to a given medical condition is generated (102) and questions from the set are presented (104) to at least one interviewee, such as an actor or a person having the given medical condition.

Abstract: When providing a cost-efficient remote patient monitoring and/or education system, a home-end device (HED) (12) is coupled to a central server (14) using a communication link over PSTN line or the like. Educational audio/video (AN) content is delivered to the patient on a storage medium (18) for playback via a media player (20, 38) in the HED (12). The server (14) provides keys to the HED (12) at predefined times to permit the HED (12) to display a scheduled video segment stored on the storage medium (18) to the patient at the scheduled time. The patient answers survey questions, and patient responses are transmitted over the PSTN line to the server for review by a clinician or doctor, who may be present at the server (14) or at a remote terminal (16) coupled to the server (14).

Abstract: A computer-based apparatus provides access to complex technical information needed, for example, to maintain and repair complicated equipment, such as a motor vehicle. The apparatus includes a processor unit and a selectively detachable remotely operated interactive display for accessing information from the processor unit and displaying the information, as well as controlling the functions of the processor unit. The processor unit and display unit communicate over a bi-directional communications cable or, alternatively, over a wireless communication link.