Methods and systems for enabling and supporting patient compliance with a
health treatment program or with health-related instructions from a
caregiver are described. An interactive feedback loop is implemented that
enhances and improves on present methods of monitoring and supporting
patient compliance with treatment programs, particularly for patients
with chronic conditions. A patient enters various types of data (e.g.,
biometric readings, diary entries, responses to surveys and health
assessments, etc.) to a health data management system that includes a
patient compliance monitoring system. The patient is encouraged to enter
as much data as is practical and as frequently as possible. The feedback
loop of the present invention provides compliance messages to the patient
in a timely manner that are responsive to the data entered by the
patient. The messages are customized, supportive, and timely. The system
can also implement a reward scheme in which patients who go beyond their
prescribed treatment program or consistently stay within a compliance
range obtain direct financial benefits or rewards. The system also allows
patients to sends feedback on the messages he or she receives from the
system. This feedback can be used to measure the effectiveness of a
treatment program or of the monitoring system itself. Healthcare
professionals play an active role in tailoring and "signing off" the
compliance-related messages that the patient receives.