SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATED WELLNESS ASSESSMENT

• US 20090177613A1
• Filed: 01/07/2009
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Noel J. Guillama
• Original Assignee: Quantum Group Inc.
• Inventors: Martinez, Pedro, Guillama, Noel
• Granted Patent: US 8,352,408 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/52
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients

Abstract

A system for generating measurable indexes for providing a total wellness assessment of an individual is provided. The system can include a data communications interface for accessing a plurality of databases of population data derived from samplings of one or more populations. The system further can include an integration and synthesis engine for generating a plurality of weighting factors based upon a predetermined combination of the data, each weighting factor corresponding to a predetermined body region of the individual or to a predetermined health condition associated with the individual and based upon the population data. The system also can include a conditions capture engine for capturing individual-specific data corresponding to a set of predetermined of health conditions associated with the individual. The system can further include a modeling tool for combining at least one of the plurality of weighting factors with the individual-specific data corresponding to a set of predetermined of health conditions associated with the individual. Moreover, the system can include a quotient generator for generating an individual-specific overall health score corresponding to the individual based on the combining of weighting factors, population data, and individual-specific data.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for generating measurable indexes for providing a total wellness assessment of an individual, the method comprising:

accessing a plurality of databases of population data derived from samplings of one or more populations;

generating a plurality of weighting factors based upon a predetermined combination of the population data using a dynamic data integration and synthesis engine, each weighting factor corresponding to a predetermined body region of the individual or to a predetermined health condition associated with the individual and based upon the population data;

combining at least one of the plurality of weighting factors with individual-specific data corresponding to a set of predetermined of health conditions associated with the individual and based on the combining of weighting factors and individual-specific data computing an overall health score corresponding to the individual.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising computing an integrated overall health score based upon at least one deviation between the overall health score and a statistical norm derived from population data contained in one or more of the plurality of databases.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein computing the integrated overall health score is based upon projected changes in predetermined health conditions associated with the individual.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein computing the integrated overall health score is based upon projected environmental changes affected the individual.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising generating a list of recommendations for the individual based upon the projected changes, the list of recommendations comprising at least one of a therapeutic regime for the individual, an environmental change, and a behavioral change.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of databases comprise at least one of a demographic database, an historical database, an actuarial database, a medical database, and a genomic database;

and wherein the step of accessing comprises retrieving at least one of demographic data from the demographic database, historical data from the historical database, actuarial data from the actuarial database, medical data from the medical database, and genomic data from the genomic database.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating at least one of the weighting factors based upon a statistically estimated trend.

8. A system for generating measurable indexes for providing a total wellness assessment of an individual, the system comprising:

a data communications interface for accessing a plurality of databases of population data derived from samplings of one or more populations;

an integration and synthesis engine for generating a plurality of weighting factors based upon a predetermined combination of the data, each weighting factor corresponding to a predetermined body region of the individual or to a predetermined health condition associated with the individual and based upon the population data;

a conditions capture engine for capturing individual-specific data corresponding to a set of predetermined of health conditions associated with the individual;

a modeling tool for combining at least one of the plurality of weighting factors with the individual-specific data corresponding to a set of predetermined of health conditions associated with the individual; and

a quotient generator for generating an individual-specific overall health score corresponding to the individual based on the combining of weighting factors, population data, and individual-specific data.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the quotient generator is configured to generate an integrated overall health score based upon at least one deviation between the overall health score and a statistical norm derived from population data contained in one or more of the plurality of databases.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the quotient generator is configured to compute the integrated overall health score based upon projected changes in predetermined health conditions associated with the individual.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein computing the integrated overall health score is based upon projected environmental changes affected the individual.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising generating a list of recommendations for the individual based upon the projected changes, the list of recommendations comprising at least one of a therapeutic regime for the individual, an environmental change, and a behavioral change.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of databases comprise at least one of a demographic database, an historical database, an actuarial database, a medical database, and a genomic database;

and wherein the step of accessing comprises retrieving at least one of demographic data from the demographic database, historical data from the historical database, actuarial data from the actuarial database, medical data from the medical database, and genomic data from the genomic database.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the integration and synthesis engine is further configured to update at least one of the weighting factors based upon a statistically estimated trend.

15. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable code embedded therein, which, when loaded in and executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform the steps of:

accessing a plurality of databases of population data derived from samplings of one or more populations;

generating a plurality of weighting factors based upon a predetermined combination of the data using a dynamic data integration and synthesis engine, each weighting factor corresponding to a predetermined body region of the individual or to a predetermined health condition associated with the individual and based upon the population data;

combining at least one of the plurality of weighting factors with individual-specific data corresponding to a set of predetermined of health conditions associated with the individual and based on the combining of weighting factors and individual-specific data computing an overall health score corresponding to the individual.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising code for causing the computing device to compute an integrated overall health score based upon at least one deviation between the overall health score and a statistical norm derived from population data contained in one or more of the plurality of databases.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein computing the integrated overall health score is based upon projected changes in predetermined health conditions associated with the individual.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein computing the integrated overall health score is based upon projected environmental changes affected the individual.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, further comprising code for causing the computing device to generate a list of recommendations for the individual based upon the projected changes, the list of recommendations comprising at least one of a therapeutic regime for the individual, an environmental change, and a behavioral change.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of databases comprise at least one of a demographic database, an historical database, an actuarial database, a medical database, and a genomic database;

and wherein the step of accessing comprises retrieving at least one of demographic data from the demographic database, historical data from the historical database, actuarial data from the actuarial database, medical data from the medical database, and genomic data from the genomic database.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising updating at least one of the weighting factors based upon a statistically estimated trend.