COMPUTERIZED REWARD SYSTEM FOR ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION IN A HEALTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

摘要

A computerized reward system which encourages an individual's participation ina health management system includes a script generating means for generating ahealth management script, a script assignment means for assigning a healthmanagement script to the individual, a monitoring means for collecting data onthe individual's compliance, a memory means for storing the compliance data,an evaluation means for comparing the compliance data to evaluation criteriato determine if the patient is compliant, and a reward to be given to thecompliant individual. The individual's compliance is evaluated by his or heranswers to the health management script. Each health management script programcan be custom-made for each individual. The different monitoring meanspossible which the individual can use include a remotely programmableapparatus, an interactive telephone call, and a multimedia processor. Therewards include a coupon and an electronic reward credited to the individual'sdata card or personal account at a store.