Method, apparatus and computer readable medium for identifying health care options
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1. A method of identifying health care options having at least one act implemented in a computer, the method comprising the acts of:
- receiving patient information for a first patient, evaluating said patient information for the first patient to identify a low cost alternative health care option from among a plurality of health care options, and conveying at least a first recommendation of a group of recommendations relating to said patient information for the first patient, said first recommendation including a recommendation to select the low cost alternative health care option.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods, apparatuses and computer readable media for identifying health care options that benefit patients and reduce costs associated with providing health care for those patients.
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1. A method of identifying health care options having at least one act implemented in a computer, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving patient information for a first patient, evaluating said patient information for the first patient to identify a low cost alternative health care option from among a plurality of health care options, and conveying at least a first recommendation of a group of recommendations relating to said patient information for the first patient, said first recommendation including a recommendation to select the low cost alternative health care option. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus for identifying health care options, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more computer processors that receive patient information for a first patient, evaluate said patient information for the first patient to identify a low cost alternative health care option from among a plurality of health care options, and initiate conveyance of at least a first recommendation of a group of recommendations relating to said patient information for the first patient, said first recommendation including a recommendation to select the low cost alternative health care option.
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26. A computer readable medium for identifying health care options, the computer readable medium having one or more computer modules executable on one or more computer processors, the computer modules carrying out the following acts:
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receiving patient information for a first patient, evaluating said patient information for the first patient to identify a low cost alternative health care option from among a plurality of health care options, and initiating conveyance of at least a first recommendation of a group of recommendations relating to said patient information for the first patient, said first recommendation including a recommendation to select the low cost alternative health care option.
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27. A method of identifying health care options having at least one act implemented on a computer, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving patient information for a first patient, evaluating said patient information to determine whether one or more health care options may be recommended for the first patient, the one or more health care options having a tendency to lower future health care costs for the first patient, and recommending said one or more health care options if it is determined that the one or more health care options may be recommended for the first patient. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of identifying health care options having at least one act implemented on a computer, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving patient information for a first patient, evaluating said patient information to determine whether one or more health care options may be recommended for the first patient, the one or more health care options having a tendency to improve the quality of health care for the first patient, and recommending said one or more health care options if it is determined that the one or more health care options may be recommended for the first patient. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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35. An apparatus for identifying health care options, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more computer processors that receive patient information for a first patient, evaluate said patient information to determine whether one or more health care options may be recommended for the first patient, the one or more health care options having a tendency to lower future health care costs for the first patient, and generate a recommendation to select said one or more health care options if it is determined that the one or more health care options may be recommended for the first patient.
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37. An apparatus for identifying health care options, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more computer processors that receive patient information for a first patient, evaluate said patient information to determine whether one or more health care options may be recommended for the first patient, the one or more health care options having a tendency to improve the quality of health care for the first patient, and generate a recommendation to select said one or more health care options if it is determined that the one or more health care options may be recommended for the first patient.
- View Dependent Claims (38)
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39. A computer readable medium for identifying health care options, the computer readable medium having one or more computer modules executable on one or more computer processors, the computer modules carrying out the following acts:
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receiving patient information for a first patient, evaluating said patient information to determine whether one or more health care options may be recommended for the first patient, the one or more health care options having a tendency to lower fuiture health care costs for the first patient, and generating a recommendation to select said one or more health care options if it is determined that the one or more health care options may be recommended for the first patient. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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41. A computer readable medium for identifying health care options, the computer readable medium having one or more computer modules executable on one or more computer processors, the computer modules carrying out the following acts:
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receiving patient information for a first patient, evaluating said patient information to determine whether one or more health care options may be recommended for the first patient, the one or more health care options having a tendency to improve the quality of health care for the first patient, and generating a recommendation to select said one or more health care options if it is determined that the one or more health care options may be recommended for the first patient. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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