Delivery of health information to a patient suffering from a chronic
condition is personalized by displaying the health information directly
on a customized image of a body. The patient's medical record, standards
of care for the condition, prescribed treatments, and patient input are
applied to a generalized health model of a disease to generate a
personalized health model of the patient. The personalized health model
comprises an HTML file encoding an image map of a body. The body image
illustrates the health condition of the individual patient. Preferably,
data is collected from health provider sources and stored in a database
on a server at a service provider site. The data is processed at the
server, and is displayed in the patient's home using a TV connected to a
multimedia processor. The multimedia processor connects the television
set to a communications network such as the Internet. Applications
include preventive care of chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma.