SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HEALTH RISKS
First Claim
1. A method of tracking health care metrics over time comprising:
- aggregating health related data via computer in a common computer database;
de-identifying persons in the data in the database to remove personally identifiable information (PII) and personal Health information (PHI);
matching de-identified persons with the related data;
analyzing the matched de-identified persons and related data to generate populations utilizing risk, condition, and appropriateness of care algorithms,stratifying the population into predefined groups,identifying opportunities for health improvement; and
disseminating the opportunities to the persons in the groups; and
tracking the groups over time to ascertain success of the opportunities disseminated.
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Abstract
A method and system for tracking health care metrics over time is disclosed which involves aggregating health related data via computer in a common computer database, de-identifying persons in the data in the database to remove personally identifiable information (PII) and personal Health information (PHI), matching de-identified persons with the related data, analyzing the matched de-identified persons and related data to generate populations utilizing risk, condition, and appropriateness of care algorithms, stratifying the population into predefined groups, identifying opportunities for health improvement, disseminating the opportunities to the persons in the groups; and tracking the groups over time to ascertain success of the opportunities disseminated.
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1. A method of tracking health care metrics over time comprising:
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aggregating health related data via computer in a common computer database; de-identifying persons in the data in the database to remove personally identifiable information (PII) and personal Health information (PHI); matching de-identified persons with the related data; analyzing the matched de-identified persons and related data to generate populations utilizing risk, condition, and appropriateness of care algorithms, stratifying the population into predefined groups, identifying opportunities for health improvement; and disseminating the opportunities to the persons in the groups; and tracking the groups over time to ascertain success of the opportunities disseminated. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method comprising:
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aggregating, utilizing a computing device having a processor operably connected to a database, health care related data associated with patients from sources selected from the group consisting of health insurance carriers, medical providers, dental providers, pharmacies, vision correction providers and individuals; generating, using the computing device, a unique identifier for each patient that contains no personal health information (PHI) or personally identifiable information (PII); matching, using the computing device, the health care related data to the unique identifiers; analyzing, using the computing device, patient population risks based on the matched health care related data; identifying, using the computing device, opportunities for health improvement; and generating suggestions for improvement for members of the patient populations. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a computing device having a processor operably connected to a common database and communicatively coupled to health related data sources to receive health related data from those sources, wherein the computing device is programmed to; aggregate the health related data in the common computer database; de-identify persons in the data in the database to remove personally identifiable information (PII) and personal Health information (PHI); match de-identified persons with the related data; analyze the matched de-identified persons and related data to generate populations utilizing risk, condition, and appropriateness of care algorithms, stratify the population into predefined groups, identify opportunities for health improvement; and disseminate the opportunities to the persons in the groups; and track health data for the groups over time to ascertain success of the opportunities disseminated. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A tangible machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:
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aggregating health care related data associated with patients from sources selected from the group consisting of health insurance carriers, medical providers, dental providers, pharmacies, vision correction providers and individuals; generating a unique identifier for each patient that contains no personal health information (PHI) or personally identifiable information (PII); matching the health care related data to the unique identifiers; analyzing patient population risks based on the matched health care related data; identifying opportunities for health improvement; and generating suggestions for improvement for members of the patient populations. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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