Abstract: Often when a patient is diagnosed with an ongoing or chronic health care condition, it is desirable to prescribe an ongoing treatment regimen to that patient. In this type of environment, a user interface device (12) performs a self registration and patient association over a public or private network (20) to avoid the process of having to be registered and associated in a factory setting. The interface device (12) contacts a registration server (32) over a public or private network (20) and presents factory-configured credentials. The registration server (32) upon proper authentication of the device (12) then directs the device (12) to a configuration server that will associate it with a particular patient or treatment regimen. One the patient's treatment is complete, the device (12) can be returned and re associated with another patient, effectively recycling the device (12).

Abstract: A health management system (10) comprises a user interface (48) which enables an entry of a patient identification. An association device or means (130, 152) associates the biometric data acquired by medical monitoring devices (821, 822, . . . ) with the entered patient identification.

Abstract: A first station (12, 16) at least sends audio/visual content to audio/visual devices (50, 92). A user interface (50) displays audio/visual content received from the first station (12, 16) when the audio/visual devices (50, 92) are properly configured. A control device (52, 120) communicates with the audio/visual devices (50, 92) to adjust the audio/visual devices configurations to display the received audio/visual content on the user interface (50).