DR. JOSEPH FINKELSTEIN, MD
Medical Practice at 5 Ave, New York, NY

6283923, Sep 4, 2001

Jun 3, 1998

9/089577

Joseph Finkelstein - New York NY
George Hripcsak - New York NY

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York - New York NY

A61B 508

600532

A system for remotely monitoring asthma severity includes a remotely located asthma monitoring station for administering a patient self-test and for gathering test data and relevant patient information indicative of asthmatic symptoms, and a central processing facility for receiving the test data and patient information from the remote monitoring station, determining whether the test data is valid, analyzing valid test data to generate test results and an appropriate response message to the monitoring station, storing the test results in a central data repository, and disseminating the test results and response message in a timely manner as required. The monitoring system also includes a remotely located diagnosis/evaluation station for displaying the test results, response messages and other patient information. Selectable data links are provided for real-time reciprocal exchange of the test data, test results, response message and patient information between said monitoring station, said central processing facility and said diagnosis/evaluation station. Preferably, the remote monitoring station, central processing facility and remote diagnosis/evaluation station are connected via the Internet wherein the test results can be accessed via a conventional Web browser.