Novel methods for providing services and information relating to the health and well-being of adult women

• US 20020194025A1
• Filed: 06/10/2002
• Published: 12/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Morris Notelovitz
• Original Assignee: Morris Notelovitz
• Inventors: Notelovitz, Morris
• Application Number:
  US10/167,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20020194025A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

The services provided according to the subject invention address the important medical, financial, legal and/or lifestyle issues affecting the global health and well-being of adult women worldwide. Specifically, the overall well-being of adult women is improved by providing services and information which help women prevent and/or treat medical conditions, as well as address other factors which directly affect the well-being of the adult woman. The subject invention provides a comprehensive system whereby adult women are provided with information and/or services relating to 1) medical issues and 2) quality of life care issues. In a preferred embodiment, the subject invention provides an organizational structure to facilitate providing a multiplicity of services beneficial to adult women. This organizational structure is dedicated to adult women, typically aged 16 and over, helping them to achieve optimum health and quality of life through an integrated program which provides adult women'"'"'s medicine, legal, financial, and lifestyle information and services. These services can be made available to the professional and consumer public via a single web-site in sponsored neighborhood home gatherings, televised Town Hall meetings, and various print materials including but not limited to a journal.

Claims

1. A system for providing products, services, and information relating to women'"'"'s health and quality of life care needs comprising:

a) member enrolling means for enrolling at least one woman into a member registry;

b) provider enrolling means for enrolling product and service providers into a provider registry;

c) implementation and development of alliance partners;

d) gathering and tracking means for said products, services, and information relating to women'"'"'s health and quality of life care needs; and

e) development, coordination, and dissemination means for said products, services, and information relating to said women'"'"'s health and quality of life care needs.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said women'"'"'s quality of life care needs comprise one or more needs selected from the group consisting of financial issues, legal issues, real estate issues, career issues, or marriage/relationship issues.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said women'"'"'s health care needs comprise one or more needs selected from the group consisting of women'"'"'s health conditions, exercise, chronic diseases, reproductive issues, or nutritional issues.

4. The system according to claim 1, further comprising training and certification means for said service providers.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein said training and certification means comprises

a) means for providing quality systems regulations;

b) means for providing certification regulations;

c) means for providing continuing education for said products, services, and information relating to women'"'"'s health and quality of life care needs;

d) means for providing products, services, and information relating to clinical research; and

e) means for providing products, services, and information relating to practice development and enhancement.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein said service providers are health care providers.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein said service providers comprise educational institutions, pharmaceutical industry, diagnostic technology industry, Internet industry, financial planners, investment planners, career planners, retirement planners, or insurers.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein said dissemination means for said services, products, and information comprises a health educator and a mid-life manager.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein said dissemination means for said products, services, and information relating to women'"'"'s health and quality of life care needs comprise one or more means selected from the group consisting of personal communication, telephone communication, television communication, periodical distribution, Internet communication, or town hall meeting.

10. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a quality assurance means for service providers.

11. A method for providing products, services, and information relating to women'"'"'s health and quality of life care needs comprising:

a) enrolling at least one woman into a member registry;

b) enrolling product and service providers into a provider registry;

c) gathering and tracking said products, services, and information relating to women'"'"'s health and quality of life care needs; and

d) developing, coordinating, and disseminating said products, services, and information relating to said women'"'"'s health and quality of life care needs.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said women'"'"'s quality of life care needs comprise one or more needs selected from the group consisting of financial issues, legal issues, real estate issues, career issues, or marriage/relationship issues.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein said women'"'"'s health care needs comprise one or more health care needs selected from the group consisting of women'"'"'s health conditions, exercise, chronic diseases, reproductive issues, or nutritional issues.

14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising training and certifying said service providers.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said step of training and certifying further comprises

a. means for providing quality systems regulations;

b. means for providing certification regulations;

c. means for providing continuing education for said products, services, and information relating to said women'"'"'s health and quality of life care needs;

d. means for providing products, services, and information relating to clinical research; and

e. means for providing products, services, and information relating to practice development and enhancement.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein said service providers are health care providers.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein said service providers comprise one or more service providers selected from the group consisting of educational institutions, pharmaceutical industry, diagnostic technology industry, Internet industry, financial planners, investment planners, career planners, retirement planners, or insurers.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein said step of disseminating said products, services, and information relating to women'"'"'s health and quality of life care needs comprises a health educator and a mid-life manager.

19. The method according to claim 11, wherein said step of disseminating said products, services, and information relating to said women'"'"'s health and quality of life care needs comprise one or more forms of communication selected from the group consisting of personal communication, telephone communication, television communication, periodical distribution, Internet communication, or town hall meeting.

20. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of providing a quality assurance means for service providers.