Optimizing behavioral change based on a population statistical profile

• US 20080126276A1
• Filed: 11/27/2006
• Published: 05/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Digital Care Advisors LLC
• Original Assignee: Pharos Innovations, Inc.
• Inventors: Pitocco, John Anthony, Fulling, Russell, Williams, Randall E., Heuer, Timothy J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,540,515 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/14
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

A system for directing behavior of a first patient of a plurality of patients towards a behavioral objective includes a patient behavioral path calculator, a patient goal calculator, and a patient monitoring processor. The system also includes an information communication processor and a statistical processor. The patient behavioral path calculator calculates a patient behavioral path based on a statistical profile. The patient goal calculator calculates patient goals along the patient behavioral path toward a behavioral objective. The statistical processor can modify the statistical profile based on a response to a targeted message sent by the information communication processor.

Claims

1. A method for directing behavior of a first patient of a plurality of patients towards a behavioral objective, the method comprising:

calculating a first behavioral path to the behavioral objective for the first patient based on an initial state of the patient and a statistical profile of the plurality of patients;

determining a first targeted message based on the calculated behavioral path;

establishing a first session with the first patient;

sending the first targeted message to the first patient during the first session to motivate the first patient to achieve the behavioral objective and elicit a first response from the first patient representative of a result thereof; and

modifying the statistical profile based on the first response.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising defining a first plurality of intermediate behavioral goals along the calculated first behavioral path for achieving the behavioral objective.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

re-calculating the first behavioral path to the behavioral objective for the first patient based on the modified statistical profile of the plurality of patients;

determining a second targeted message based on the re-calculated first behavioral path;

establishing a second session with the first patient;

sending the second targeted message to the first patient during the second session to motivate the first patient to achieve the behavioral objective and elicit a second response from the first patient representative of a result thereof; and

modifying, based on the second response, the modified statistical profile.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising re-defining a previously defined first plurality of intermediate behavioral goals using the re-calculated first behavioral path for achieving the behavioral objective, where the previously defined first plurality of intermediate behavioral goals were previously based on the calculated first behavioral path.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

calculating a second behavioral path to the behavioral objective for a second patient of the plurality of patients based on an initial state of the second patient and the modified statistical profile of the plurality of patients;

determining a second targeted message based on the second behavioral path;

establishing a second session with the second patient;

sending the second targeted message to the second patient during the second session to motivate the second patient to achieve the behavioral objective of the second behavioral path and elicit a second response from the second patient representative of a result thereof; and

modifying, based on the second response, the modified statistical profile.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second patient is more likely to achieve the first intermediate behavioral goal than the first patient.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

calculating the statistical profile of the plurality of patients based on provided statistical information.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the first intermediate behavioral goal has been achieved based on the first response.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

intervening when the patient fails to achieve the first intermediate behavioral goal.

10. A system for directing behavior of a first patient of a plurality of patients towards a behavioral objective, the system comprising:

a patient behavioral path calculator operative to calculate a first behavioral path to the behavioral objective for the first patient based on an initial state of the first patient and a statistical profile of the plurality of patients.

a patient monitoring processor coupled with the patient behavioral calculator operative to select a first targeted message based on the calculated first behavioral path;

an information communication processor coupled with the patient monitoring processor operative to send the first targeted message to the first patient during a first session to motivate the first patient to achieve the behavioral objective and to receive a first response from the first patient representative of a result thereof; and

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a statistical processor coupled with the information communication processor operative to modify the statistical profile based on the first response from the first patient.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising a patient goal calculator coupled with the patient behavioral path calculator and operative to calculate a first plurality of intermediate behavioral goals along the first behavioral path for achieving the behavioral objective.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the patient monitoring processor selects the first targeted message based on a first intermediate behavioral goal of the first plurality of intermediate behavioral goals.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the patient behavioral path calculator is further operative to recalculate the first behavioral path to the behavioral objective for the first patient based on the modified statistical profile of the plurality of patients;

the patient monitoring processor is further operative to select a second targeted message based on the recalculated first behavioral path;

the information communication processor is further operative to send the second targeted message to the first patient during a second session to motivate the first patient to achieve the first intermediate behavioral goal and to receive a second response from the first patient representative of a result thereof; and

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the statistical processor is further operative to modify the modified statistical profile based on the received second response.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the patient goal calculator is further operative to recalculate a previously calculated first plurality of intermediate behavioral goals along the recalculated first behavioral path for achieving the behavioral objective, wherein the previously calculated first plurality of intermediate behavioral goals were calculated based on the calculated first behavioral path.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the patient behavioral path calculator is further operative to calculate a second behavioral path to the behavioral objective for a second patient of the plurality of patients based on the modified statistical profile of the plurality of patients;

the patient monitoring processor is further operative to select a second targeted message based on the calculated second behavioral path;

the information communication processor is further operative to send a second targeted message to a second patient during a second session to motivate the second patient to achieve the behavioral objective and to receive a second response from the second patient representative of a result thereof; and

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the statistical processor is further operative to modify the modified statistical profile based on the received second response.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the second patient is more likely to achieve the first intermediate behavioral goal than the first patient.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the statistical processor is operative to further calculate the statistical profile of the plurality of patients based on provided statistical information.

18. The system of claim 10, further comprising a patient goal analyzer coupled with the patient monitoring processor operative to determine whether the first intermediate behavioral goal has been achieved based on the first response.

19. The system of claim 10, further comprising a failure prevention mechanism coupled with the patient goal analyzer operative to intervene when the patient fails to achieve the first intermediate behavioral goal.

20. A method for directing behavior of a first patient of a plurality of patients towards a behavioral objective, the method comprising:

calculating a first behavioral path for a first patient of a plurality of patients based on an initial state of the first patient and a statistical profile of the plurality of patients, wherein the first behavioral path comprises a first individual baseline outcome and a first predicted intervention outcome;

calculating a first baseline fault tolerance limit based on a magnitude of difference between the first individual baseline outcome and the first predicted intervention outcome;

determining a first survey for communicating to the first patient based on the calculated first behavioral path;

sending the first survey to the first patient to motivate the first patient to achieve the first predicted intervention outcome and to elicit a first response from the first patient indicative of a result thereof; and

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calculating a first interval outcome based on the elicited first response.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

determining a second survey for communicating to the first patient based on the calculated first behavioral path and the calculated first interval outcome;

sending the second survey to the first patient to motivate the first patient to achieve the first predicted intervention outcome and to elicit a second response from the first patient indicative of a result thereof; and

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calculating a second interval outcome based on the elicited second response.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

calculating a second fault tolerance limit based on comparing the first interval outcome and the second interval outcome with the first baseline fault tolerance limit;

determining a third survey for communicating to the first patient based on the calculated first behavioral path and the calculated second fault tolerance limit;

sending the third survey to the first patient to motivate the first patient to achieve the first predicted intervention outcome and to elicit a third response from the first patient indicative of a result thereof; and

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calculating a third interval outcome based on the elicited third response.

23. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

comparing the first interval outcome with the calculated first baseline fault tolerance limit; and

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intervening when the first interval outcome exceeds the calculated first baseline fault tolerance limit.

24. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

modifying the statistical profile of the plurality of patients based on the first interval outcome of the first patient;

calculating a second behavioral path for a second patient of the plurality of patients based on an initial state of the second patient and the modified statistical profile of the plurality of patients, wherein the second behavioral path comprises a second individual baseline outcome and a second predicted intervention outcome;

calculating a second baseline fault tolerance limit based on a magnitude of difference between the second individual baseline outcome and the second predicted intervention outcome;

determining a second survey for communicating to the second patient based on the calculated second behavioral path;

sending the second survey to the second patient to motivate the second patient to achieve the second predicted intervention outcome and to elicit a second response from the second patient indicative of a result thereof; and

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calculating a second interval outcome based on the elicited second response.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

comparing the second interval outcome with the calculated second baseline fault tolerance limit;

calculating a third fault tolerance limit based on the comparison of the second interval outcome with the calculated second baseline fault tolerance limit;

determining a third survey for communicating to the second patient based on the calculated second behavioral path and the calculated third fault tolerance limit;

sending the third survey to the second patient to motivate the second patient to achieve the second predicted intervention outcome and to elicit a third response from the second patient indicative of a result thereof; and

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calculating a third interval outcome based on the elicited third response.

26. A system for directing behavior of a first patient of a plurality of patients towards a behavioral objective, the method comprising:

means for calculating a first behavioral path to the behavioral objective for the first patient based on an initial state of the patient and a statistical profile of the plurality of patients;

means for determining a first targeted message based on the calculated behavioral path;

means for establishing a first session with the first patient;

means for sending the first targeted message to the first patient during the first session to motivate the first patient to achieve the behavioral objective and elicit a first response from the first patient representative of a result thereof; and

means for modifying the statistical profile based on the first response.

27. The system of claim 26, further comprising means for defining a first plurality of intermediate behavioral goals along the calculated first behavioral path for achieving the behavioral objective.

28. The system of claim 26, further comprising:

means for re-calculating the first behavioral path to the behavioral objective for the first patient based on the modified statistical profile of the plurality of patients;

means for determining a second targeted message based on the re-calculated first behavioral path;

means for establishing a second session with the first patient;

means for sending the second targeted message to the first patient during the second session to motivate the first patient to achieve the behavioral objective and elicit a second response from the first patient representative of a result thereof; and

means for modifying, based on the second response, the modified statistical profile.

29. The system of claim 26, further comprising:

means for calculating a second behavioral path to the behavioral objective for a second patient of the plurality of patients based on an initial state of the second patient and the modified statistical profile of the plurality of patients;

means for determining a second targeted message based on the second behavioral path;

means for establishing a second session with the second patient;

means for sending the second targeted message to the second patient during the second session to motivate the second patient to achieve the behavioral objective of the second behavioral path and elicit a second response from the second patient representative of a result thereof; and

means for modifying, based on the second response, the modified statistical profile.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the second patient is more likely to achieve the first intermediate behavioral goal than the first patient.

31. The system of claim 26, further comprising:

means for calculating the statistical profile of the plurality of patients based on provided statistical information.

32. The system of claim 26, further comprising:

means for determining whether the first intermediate behavioral goal has been achieved based on the first response.

33. The system of claim 32, further comprising:

means for intervening when the patient fails to achieve the first intermediate behavioral goal.