| CPC A61B 5/4227 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/02405 (2013.01); A61B 5/0531 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01); A61B 5/7465 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 70/40 (2018.01)] | 14 Claims |
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1. A method for treatment for thyroid abnormality, the method comprising:
obtaining a medication prescription date of a patient diagnosed for hyperthyroidism, wherein the medication prescription date is a prescription date of a hyperthyroidism medication prescribed for the patient;
obtaining a specific date;
receiving heart rate measurements of the patient obtained by a wearable device for an extended period comprising a plurality of days during which the patient is supposed to take the hyperthyroidism medication; computing a heart rate index of the patient for the specific date using one or more of the heart rate measurements, wherein the heart rate index is used to monitor hypothyroidism for the patient or both of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism for the patient;
for the specific date, determining whether a predetermined period has passed from the prescription date;
if it is determined that the predetermined period has passed from the prescription date to the specific date,
generating a hypothyroidism alert if the heart rate index is smaller than a first reference value associated with hypothyroidism, and
generating a hyperthyroidism alert if the heart rate index is greater than a second reference value associated with hyperthyroidism; or
if it is determined that the predetermined period has not passed from the prescription date to the specific date,
generating the hypothyroidism alert if the heart rate index is smaller than the first reference value associated with hypothyroidism, while the hyperthyroidism alert does not generate even if the heart rate index is greater than the second reference value associated with hyperthyroidism; and
conducting a blood test on the patient in reply to the hypothyroidism alert or taking the hyperthyroidism medication in adjusted doses by being re-prescribed in reply to the hypothyroidism alert,
wherein the heart rate index is a personalized index reflecting attributes of the patient diagnosed for hyperthyroidism,
wherein the predetermined period is not set based on attributes of the patient diagnosed for hyperthyroidism, and is set based on a type of the hyperthyroidism medication prescribed for the patient, and
wherein as the first reference value is smaller than the second reference value, the hypothyroidism alert and the hyperthyroidism alert are not generated simultaneously.
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