Method and system for managing health and wellness programs

• US 20080177836A1
• Filed: 01/23/2007
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Organizational Wellness & Learning Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Organizational Wellness & Learning Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Bennett, Joel B.
• Application Number:
  US11/656,637
• Publication Number:
  US 20080177836A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A system and method are provided that include a health and wellness system that includes a network configured to provide one or more members of an organization access to the health and wellness system, a web server configured to provide a plurality of web pages over the network, and a plurality of wellness programs. A survey that has a plurality of health and wellness categories is delivered to the one or more members via the plurality of web pages. The one or more members provide a response to the survey that has a plurality of numerical scores for each of the plurality of health and wellness categories. Each of the plurality of wellness programs are configured to improve the health and wellness in at least one of the plurality of health and wellness categories for at least one of the one or more members. Each of the plurality of wellness programs have a predefined numerical equation for each of the plurality of health and wellness categories. One or more of the plurality of wellness programs are identified in a readable format via the plurality of web pages by comparing results from the predefined mathematical equations using the numerical scores as input.

Claims

1. A health and wellness system, comprising:

a network configured to provide one or more members of an organization access to the health and wellness system;

a web server configured to provide a plurality of web pages over the network, wherein a survey having a plurality of health and wellness categories is delivered to the one or more members via the plurality of web pages, the one or more members provide a response to the survey having a plurality of numerical scores for each of the plurality of health and wellness categories; and

a plurality of wellness programs, wherein each of the plurality of wellness programs is configured to improve the health and productivity in at least one of the plurality of health and wellness categories for at least one of the one or more members, each of the plurality of wellness programs has a predefined mathematical equation for each of the plurality of health and wellness categories, and wherein one or more of the plurality of wellness programs are identified in a readable format via the plurality of web pages by comparing results from the predefined mathematical equations using the plurality of numerical scores as input.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the predefined mathematical equations are derived from numerical ratings in each of the plurality of health and wellness categories provided by respective developers of the plurality of wellness programs.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of health and wellness categories comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of a Health &

Wellness category, a Work-Life Balance category, a Presence &

Engagement category, a Team Communication category, a Policy &

Accountability category, a Coping with Stress category and a Help &

Support category.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more members comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of employees and managers.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the numerical scores for each of the plurality of health and wellness categories comprise a plurality of strength scores and a plurality of risk scores.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the readable format comprises a graphical chart displayed via the plurality of web pages.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the readable format comprises a text message displayed via the plurality of web pages.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the identified programs comprise programs delivered to the one or more members, and wherein each delivered program has an associated effectiveness score.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the effectiveness scores are based on reductions in cost to the organization attributable to the respective delivered programs.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the effectiveness scores are based responses to a survey given to at least one of the one or more members.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the predefined mathematical equations are iteratively improved over time based on the effectiveness scores.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the survey is iteratively improved over time based on the effectiveness scores.

13. A method providing a health and wellness program to members of an organization, comprising:

maintaining a web server configured to provide a plurality of web pages over a network;

defining a mathematical equation in each of a plurality of health and wellness categories for each of a plurality of wellness programs, wherein each of the plurality of wellness programs is configured to improve the health and productivity in at least one of the plurality of health and wellness categories for at least one of the one or more members;

providing a survey for each of the plurality of health and wellness categories to the one or more members via the plurality of web pages;

receiving a response to the survey from the one or more members, wherein the response comprises a plurality of numerical scores for each of the plurality of health and wellness categories;

comparing results from the mathematical equations using the plurality of numerical scores as input;

identifying in a readable format one or more of the plurality of wellness programs via the plurality of web pages based comparison; and

delivering at least one of the identified programs to at least one of the one or more members.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of health and wellness categories comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of a Health &

Wellness category, a Work-Life Balance category, a Presence &

Engagement category, a Team Communication category, a Policy &

Accountability category, a Coping with Stress category and a Help &

Support category.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising determining a numerical effectiveness score for each of the delivered programs.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the determining the numerical effectiveness score comprises evaluating the reductions in cost to the organization attributable to the respective delivered program.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the effectiveness scores are based responses to a survey given to at least one of the one or more members for each of the delivered programs.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising iteratively improving the mathematical equations over time based on the effectiveness scores.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing health and wellness e-Learning via the plurality of web pages.