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Abstract

A system for individualized patient care, including: a microfluidic bodily fluid reader, programmable to search for different species or components in a bodily fluid inserted in the microfluidic bodily fluid reader; a local computer analysis unit configured to receive data from the microfluidic reader; and a centralized server connectable to the local computer analysis unit. Additionally, a method for monitoring a patient's health is shown, including: reviewing medical history and current medical status of a patient; determining which species of a patient's bodily fluid should be monitored; preparing a microfluidic bodily fluid reader containing reagents for analysis of the species to be monitored; saving patient history and patient's current state; testing the patient with the microfluidic bodily fluid reader; analyzing patient data based on the testing and issuing an alert in case an abnormality is found; further analyzing the patient data for trends indicating that other tests should be added or removed; and adding or removing the other tests through personalization of the microfluidic bodily fluid reader.

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