Health trend identification

• US 10,340,047 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2017
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Merative US LP
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Arffa, Brian, Lu, Fang, Wang, Yajuan, Ross, Steven I., Mahatma, Shilpa N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Holcomb, Mark
• Application Number:
  US15/846,270
• Publication Number:
  US 20190096529A1
• Time in Patent Office: 560 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and a system for determining and providing health risk alerts. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to collect numbers entered by a user, which in turn are used to determine the health risks of the behavior of the user. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to issue alerts to a person of interest based, at least in part, on the number strings entered by the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method performed on a processor executing method steps comprising:

collecting a set of sequence of numbers comprising one or more digits accessed by a user;

determining a frequency for each of the one or more digits in the set of sequence of numbers;

determining a set of categories for each of the one or more digits based on either an associated utility for the sequence of numbers or a mode of entry for the sequence of numbers;

determining that the frequency of at least one of the one or more digits exceeds a threshold value, wherein the threshold value serves as a trigger to identify a first subset of categories from the determined set of categories associated with each of the one or more digits;

responsive to determining that the frequency of at least one of the one or more digits exceeds a threshold value, identifying a set of health risks associated with the first subset of categories of the determined set of categories associated with each of the one or more digits wherein identifying a set of health risks associated with the first subset of categories comprises;

determining the first subset of categories from the determined set of categories associated with a digit of a sequence of numbers of the set of sequence of numbers having a greater frequency of use for the digit of the first sequence of numbers in comparison to a second subset of categories associated with the digit of the sequence of numbers;

linking a respective behavior to the first subset based on either an associated utility for the sequence of numbers or a mode of entry for the sequence of numbers;

accessing a set of medical documentation that detail a set of health risks and a set of behaviors that cause each health risk in the set of health risks;

matching the respective linked behavior to a behavior specified in the set of medical documentation; and

identifying a set of health risks from the set of medical documentation that matches the respective linked behavior;

generating, a health risk notification that includes a health risk report based on the identified set of health risks;

issuing the generated health risk notification to a person of interest based, at least in part, on the identified set of health risks;

generating a user interactive interface that displays the issued health risk notification, wherein the generated user interactive interface includes one or more graphical icons and selectable fields that can modify the health risk report;

receiving, one or more user selected options from the generated user interactive display; and

responsive to receiving the one or more user selected options from the generated user interactive display, modifying the health risk report to increase or decrease a health risk based on the received one or more user selected options.