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Abstract

Devices and methods to simply prompt and record medical events provide improved medical treatment devices and methods. A hand-held electronic device can prompt patients regarding and train patients in a medical event. Physicians or other health care workers can program pre-determined time intervals for scheduled medical events into the device. An alarm can prompt the patients regarding the scheduled medical events at the pre-determined time intervals. Patients can enter scheduled and non-scheduled medical events into the device. The health care workers can access this information from the device directly or the information can be downloaded to an office personal computer for permanent recording in the patient's chart. In another embodiment, the device can determine a compliance rate based upon the occurrence of the medical events. This compliance rate can be compared with a pre-determined target rate. The pre-determined time intervals can be advanced to new intervals when the compliance rate is equal to or greater than the pre-determined target rate; and further advanced if a more rapid retraining rate is desired. In still another embodiment, the device can display informational and/or instructional messages to patients. Switches or other means can allow patients to turn off the alarm during sleep or other standby intervals. Notwithstanding, the patient can still record medical events while the device is in its alarm-standby mode.

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