Abstract: A system and method for guideline-based discharge planning of a patient from a facility, comprising determining via a processor whether a patient meets predetermined discharge criteria from the facility, generating a first signal indicative of the patient's risk of re-admission to the facility, generating a second signal indicative of a plan for providing care for the patient, generating a third signal indicative of a status of the patient for a post-discharge care report, and generating a fourth signal indicative of instructions to discharge the patient from the facility.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of manufacturing a computer-readable storage medium for a remote patient management system with instructions for causing the execution of a care plan comprising a coaching plan. The method comprises: displaying a list of psychological determinants, receiving a selection of a group of psychological determinants chosen from the list of psychological determinants, generating a list of behavioral models using the group of psychological determinants, receiving a selection of at least one selected behavioral model from the list of behavioral models, determining a time line for the global structure of the coaching plan using the at least one selected behavioral model, compiling a coaching object file using the time line, linking the coaching object file to a library of multi-media content to resolve unresolved symbolic links of the time line, integrating the coaching plan into the care plan, and writing the care plan to the computer-readable storage medium.

Abstract: A method of mapping health data acquired by a measurement device (101a-c) which is useable by a plurality of users to an appropriate health record is described. The method involves receiving (201) new health data acquired by the measurement device (101a-c); identifying (206; 209) the user to which the new health data relates; and mapping (207) the health data to at least one health record for said user; wherein the step of identifying the user to which the new health data relates comprises: identifying at least one item of context data associated with said new health data; and determining (205, 208) whether said context data corresponds to a known context for at least one user. The context data is data regarding the circumstances in which the new health data was acquired and/or the relationship of the new health data to other measurement data associated with a particular user.

Abstract: A system and method for guideline-based discharge planning of a patient from a facility, comprising determining via a processor whether a patient meets predetermined discharge criteria from the facility, generating a first signal indicative of the patient's risk of re-admission to the facility, generating a second signal indicative of a plan for providing care for the patient, generating a third signal indicative of a status of the patient for a post-discharge care report, and generating a fourth signal indicative of instructions to discharge the patient from the facility.

Abstract: A patient monitoring system for determining a health coaching parameter of a patient, the patient monitoring system comprising: A. a health professional user interface; B. a patient user interface; C. a patient database comprising an electronic health record belonging to the patient; D. a domain model comprising a knowledge base for a medical condition; E. a template database comprising at least one template form for constructing at least one question and possible responses to the at least one question about the medical condition using the domain model, wherein the at least one template form comprises a mapping for each of the possible responses to determine a value for the health coaching parameter; F.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating a care plan for a patient, the method comprising the steps of (a) receiving an intervention goal, (b) creating a behavioral determinants list using the intervention goal, (c) assigning a ranking to each behavioral determinant in the list of behavioral determinates using patient data descriptive of the patient, (d) receiving a subset of the behavioral determinant list, wherein the subset is determined by using the ranking of each behavioral determinant in the list of behavioral determinates; and (f) creating the care plan using the subset.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of manufacturing a computer-readable storage medium for a remote patient management system with instructions for causing the execution of a care plan comprising a coaching plan. The method comprises: displaying a list of psychological determinants, receiving a selection of a group of psychological determinants chosen from the list of psychological determinants, generating a list of behavioral models using the group of psychological determinants, receiving a selection of at least one selected behavioral model from the list of behavioral models, determining a time line for the global structure of the coaching plan using the at least one selected behavioral model, compiling a coaching object file using the time line, linking the coaching object file to a library of multi-media content to resolve unresolved symbolic links of the time line, integrating the coaching plan into the care plan, and writing the care plan to the computer-readable storage medium.

Abstract: A communication system includes a HAVi-based in-home network 140 and a remote device 110 operative to communicate with an intermediate device 130 of the in-home network via Internet. The remote device loads a HAVi applet (Havlet) 238 for controlling at least one of the in-home devices using HAVi. The remote device also loads an HAVi API (HJA) emulator 310 which emulates HJA. The HJA emulator provides an interface for the Havlet and communicates with a module 330 in the intermediate device. The intermediate device includes the actual HJA 236 which provides the actual interface functionality for the HAVi functions used by the Havlet. The interface functionality is provided by controlling the intermediate device and/or communicating with other in-home device(s) according to application messages of the in-home application protocol.

Abstract: When a new system component is loaded into a system, the system sends information about the system component and a configuration of the system to a remote acceptance server. The acceptance server verifies whether the system including the system component and configured according to information about the configuration meets a criterion of interoperability, for example by checking that it does not contain illegal instructions which damage critical system data or functions that are not available in the configuration. The server sends an acceptance signal to the system. The acceptance signal may detail which of multiple events handled by the computer program are handled acceptably. The system qualifies operation of the system component dependent on the acceptance signal, for example by disabling operation of the new system component or handling of events that are not handled acceptably according to the acceptance signal.

Abstract: A communication system includes a HAVi-based in-home network 140 and a remote device 110 operative to communicate with an intermediate device 130 of the in-home network via Internet. The remote device loads a HAVi applet (Havlet) 238 for controlling at least one of the in-home devices using HAVi. The remote device also loads an HAVi API (HJA) emulator 310 which emulates HJA. The HJA emulator provides an interface for the Havlet and communicates with a module 330 in the intermediate device. The intermediate device includes the actual HJA 236 which provides the actual interface functionality for the HAVi functions used by the Havlet. The interface functionality is provided by controlling the intermediate device and/or communicating with other in-home device(s) according to application messages of the in-home application protocol.

Abstract: A communication system (100) including a controller station (114) and a controlled station (102), interconnected via a communication network (120). A set of functions of the controlled station (102) is accessible through a base software element. An extension to said set of functions is accessible through an extended software element, which has a link to the base software element. Also a method of providing standardized extended functionality in the communication system (100).