Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for determining and maintaining a concentration level of medication in a patient sufficient to achieve and maintain a desired effect on that patient. Generally speaking, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a medication delivery controller uses a patient response profile to determine a concentration of medication in the patient that will achieve the desired effect on the patient. The patient response profile is a graphical, tabular or analytical expression of the relationship between the concentration of a medication and the effect of the medication at the specific concentration. Using this information, the medication delivery controller provides instructions to a medication delivery unit such as, for example, an infusion pump or inhalation device, to deliver the medication to the patient at a rate that will achieve the desired concentration level of the medication in the patient.

Abstract: A system for scheduling an appointment between a client and a provider including a monitoring and validation component that includes a transaction database, a validation engine and at least one transaction monitoring rule, and an Internet-based scheduling component the populates the transaction database, wherein the validation engine is configured to apply the transaction monitoring rules to the transaction database to identify the presence of exceptional transactions in the transaction database.