Method and system for an online patient community based on "structured dialog"

Abstract

A system for an online community based on Structured Dialogs offering organizations the opportunity to create online communities and have a dialog with users on their status, condition, and progress without the risk of adverse event reports by users. The system may include an interface that limits user communication to Structured Dialogs comprising controlled vocabulary elements of specific choices, including pop-ups, drop downs, and sliders. The system includes a personal health and wellness management tool coupled with the community to enable the user to manage his or her medication and condition using Structured Dialogs and thus making the interaction more interesting and effective for users. The system may also include an information repository “Info” Layer that can offer articles that are relevant to users. The “We”, “Me” and “Info” Layers can share statistics and Structured Dialogs data.

1 . A system for an online community based on Structured Dialogs that allows a plurality of subscribing organizations creating online communities and have a dialog with a plurality of users/patients on at least one website and/or mobile Web/app of one of said plurality of organizations, without the risk of unnoticed adverse event reports by users/patients, said system comprising:
 an interface, wherein said plurality of users/patients can communicate with Structured Dialogs elements comprising at least one of pop-ups, drop downs, sliders and other preset screen controls, said interface allows user displays of personal health and wellness management tools, the management tools comprising a personal component, a community component, and a system component, wherein   said personal component administers the inputs of users/patients enabling the users/patients to track and achieve their health activities and goals;   said community component enables comparisons of the users/patients inputs with the inputs of other users/patients suffering from the same or similar infirmities; and   said system component is configured to offer articles relevant to the users/patients.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 said personal component is embodied as a personal health and wellness management “Me” Layer coupled to said community;   said community component is embodied as a “We” Layer displaying the output of an information feed to said “Me” Layer and said We Layer enabling a patient to share personal experiences with said community; and   said system component is embodied as an “Info” Layer providing personalized content and reference content automatically found by the system from the “Me” and “We” Layers.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein one of said plurality of organizations is a healthcare organization. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein said healthcare organization is a pharmaceutical company. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said at least one website does not accept free text users. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a personal online planner for medication, lifestyle changes, condition-related activities and personal tasks that are related to drugs or conditions. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said Structured Dialogs enable aggregation of statistics and market analysis for said plurality of organizations 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said Structured Dialogs enable use of game dynamics, rewards and statistics based on Structured Dialogs to support patients. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said system is implemented for touch screen mobile devices of said users, and wherein a controlled vocabulary within the Structured Dialogs responds to specific choices. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein said statistics enable opt-in recruitment.