Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching

• US 8,463,622 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2011
• Issued: 06/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Garms, Jason, Tegreene, Clarence T., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Wood, Lowell L. Jr., Karkanias, Chris Demetrios, Malamud, Mark A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Rinaldo, John D. Jr., Leuthardt, Eric C., Hyde, Roderick A., Firminger, Shawn P., Levien, Royce A., Tolle, Kristin M.
• Primary Examiner(s): BURGESS, JOSEPH D
• Application Number:
  US13/200,546
• Publication Number:
  US 20120179482A1
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

Systems and methods are described relating to accepting user input relating to a plurality of health service option selection factors; presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors; and presenting at least one outcome output based on a selection of at least one of the plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

means for accepting a user'"'"'s preference relating to a plurality of health care option selection factors from at least one of a health care provider or a potential patient, where the health care option selection factors include symptom information related to an arthritis health-related condition, a personal preference for cost for an alternative medicine treatment for an arthritis condition and a personal preference for potential side effects of the alternative medicine treatment for the arthritis condition;

means for presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health care option selection factors where the personal preference for cost is presented as a first slider bar and the personal preference for potential side effects is presented as a second slider bar; and

means for presenting a recommended alternative medicine treatment for the arthritis health-related condition based on a selection of by the potential patient of the personal preference for cost and the personal preference for potential side effects.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for accepting a user'"'"'s preference relating to a plurality of health care option selection factors comprises:

means for accepting user input including an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the means for accepting user input including an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual comprises:

means for accepting health care provider input including an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein the means for accepting user input including an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual comprises:

means for accepting patient input including an indication of at least one health-related status of the patient.

5. The system of claim 2 wherein the means for accepting user input including an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual comprises:

means for accepting health maintenance organization input including an indication of at least one health-related status of a patient.

6. The system of claim 2 wherein the means for accepting user input including an indication of at least one health-related status of an individual comprises:

means for accepting insurer input including an indication of at least one health-related status of an insured individual.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for accepting a user'"'"'s preference relating to a plurality of health care option selection factors comprises:

means for accepting an indication of at least one symptom.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the means for accepting an indication of at least one symptom comprises:

means for accepting an indication of a symptom profile.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the means for accepting an indication of a symptom profile comprises:

means for accepting an indication of at least one of a symptom frequency, a symptom ranking, or a symptom severity.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for accepting a user'"'"'s preference relating to a plurality of health care option selection factors comprises:

means for accepting an indication of at least one health-related condition.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the means for accepting an indication of at least one health-related condition comprises:

means for accepting an indication of at least one goal.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the means for accepting an indication of at least one goal comprises:

means for accepting an indication of at least one of a short-term goal, a long-term goal, an achievement goal, or a stability goal.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein means for accepting an indication of at least one goal comprises:

means for accepting an indication of at least one of pregnancy, cosmetic manipulation goal, well-being goal, or dietary goal.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for accepting a user'"'"'s preference relating to a plurality of health care option selection factors comprises:

means for accepting at least one indication of an individual'"'"'s preference.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the means for accepting at least one indication of an individual'"'"'s preference comprises:

means for accepting at least one indication of an individual'"'"'s preference for at least one of longevity of a health service option, quality of life, or health service option cost.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health care option selection factors comprises:

means for presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors to an interested party.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the means for presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors to an interested party comprises:

means for presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors to a physician.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein the means for presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors to an interested party comprises:

means for presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors to an insurance company.

19. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health care option selection factors comprises:

means for presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors to a user interface.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein the means for presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors to a user interface comprises:

means for presenting the plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors as a slider bar.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein the means for presenting the plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors as a slider bar comprises:

means for presenting the plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors as at least one of a vertical slider bar or a horizontal slider bar.

22. The system of claim 20 wherein the means for presenting the plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors as a slider bar comprises:

means for presenting the plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors as the user interface including a slider bar corresponding with each factor.

23. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health care option selection factors comprises:

means for presenting the plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors at least partially based on selection factors that have been calculated with a normal distribution.

24. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for presenting at least one outcome output based on a selection of at least one of the plurality of choices for at least one of the health care option selection factors comprises:

means for presenting at least one outcome output to a third party.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein the means for presenting at least one outcome output to a third party comprises:

means for presenting at least one outcome output to a health care provider.

26. The system of claim 24 wherein the means for presenting at least one outcome output to a third party comprises:

means for presenting at least one outcome output to an insurance provider.

27. The system of claim 24 wherein the means for presenting at least one outcome output to a third party comprises:

means for presenting at least one anonymized outcome output.

28. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for presenting at least one outcome output based on a selection of at least one of the plurality of choices for at least one of the health care option selection factors comprises:

means for presenting at least one outcome output to an output device.

29. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for presenting at least one outcome output based on a selection of at least one of the plurality of choices for at least one of the health care option selection factors comprises:

means for selectively presenting at least one outcome output only to the potential patient.

30. A computer-implemented method comprising:

accepting, using a microprocessor, a user'"'"'s preference relating to a plurality of health care option selection factors from at least one of a health care provider or a potential patient, where the health care option selection factors include symptom information related to an arthritis health-related condition, a personal preference for cost for an alternative medicine treatment for an arthritis condition and a personal preference for potential side effects of the alternative medicine treatment for the arthritis condition;

presenting, using a microprocessor, a plurality of choices for at least one of the health care option selection factors where the personal preference for cost is presented as a first slider bar and the personal preference for potential side effects is presented as a second slider bar; and

presenting, using a microprocessor, a recommended alternative medicine treatment for the arthritis health-related condition based on a selection of by the potential patient of the personal preference for cost and the personal preference for potential side effects.

31. A system comprising:

circuitry for accepting a user'"'"'s preference relating to a plurality of health care option selection factors from at least one of a health care provider or a potential patient, where the health care option selection factors include symptom information related to an arthritis health-related condition, a personal preference for cost for an alternative medicine treatment for an arthritis condition and a personal preference for potential side effects of the alternative medicine treatment for the arthritis condition;

circuitry for presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health care option selection factors where the personal preference for cost is presented as a first slider bar and the personal preference for potential side effects is presented as a second slider bar; and

circuitry for presenting a recommended alternative medicine treatment for the arthritis health-related condition based on a selection of by the potential patient of the personal preference for cost and the personal preference for potential side effects.

32. A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium bearing

one or more instructions for accepting a user'"'"'s preference relating to a plurality of health care option selection factors from at least one of a health care provider or a potential patient, where the health care option selection factors include symptom information related to an arthritis health-related condition, a personal preference for cost for an alternative medicine treatment for an arthritis condition and a personal preference for potential side effects of the alternative medicine treatment for the arthritis condition;

one or more instructions for presenting a plurality of choices for at least one of the health care option selection factors where the personal preference for cost is presented as a first slider bar and the personal preference for potential side effects is presented as a second slider bar; and

one or more instructions for presenting a recommended alternative medicine treatment for the arthritis health-related condition based on a selection of by the potential patient of the personal preference for cost and the personal preference for potential side effects.

33. The computer program product of claim 32, wherein the computer-readable medium includes a recordable medium.

34. The computer program product of claim 32, wherein the computer-readable medium includes a communications medium.

35. A system comprising:

a computing device; and

instructions that when executed on the computing device cause the computing device to

accept a user'"'"'s preference relating to a plurality of health care option selection factors from at least one of a health care provider or a potential patient, where the health care option selection factors include symptom information related to an arthritis health-related condition, a personal preference for cost for an alternative medicine treatment for an arthritis condition and a personal preference for potential side effects of the alternative medicine treatment for the arthritis condition;

present a plurality of choices for at least one of the health care option selection factors where the personal preference for cost is presented as a first slider bar and the personal preference for potential side effects is presented as a second slider bar; and

present a recommended alternative medicine treatment for the arthritis health-related condition based on a selection of by the potential patient of the personal preference for cost and the personal preference for potential side effects.

36. The system of claim 35 wherein the computing device comprises:

one or more of a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal entertainment device, a mobile phone, a laptop computer, a tablet personal computer, a networked computer, a computing system comprised of a cluster of processors, a computing system comprised of a cluster of servers, a workstation computer, and/or a desktop computer.

37. The system of claim 35 wherein the computing device is operable to accept user input relating to a plurality of health service option selection factors;

present a plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors; and

present at least one outcome output based on a selection of at least one of the plurality of choices for at least one of the health service option selection factors.