System and method for identifying relationships in community healthcare measures

A method implemented on a data processing system identifying related factors affecting geographic communities based on community health care attributes, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the data processing system, health care information from a plurality of health care claims;
• receiving, by the data processing system, community information associated with the health care information from the plurality of health care claims, the community identifying information identifying one or more communities associated with each of the health care claims;
• storing, by the data processing system, the health care information for each of the health care claims in association with the community identifying information for each of the health care claims;
• identifying, by the data processing system, a set of community health care measures including measures of the stored health care information;
• receiving, by the data processing system, values of one or more of the community health care measures from the health care information;
• storing, by the data processing system, the values and/or statistics of the values for each of the communities in association with the corresponding community identifying information;
• receiving, by a computer implemented application of a community measures tool having a graphical user interface, a first user interface (UI) input that selects one of the community health care measures as a main measure;
• and
• in response to receiving the first UI input:
• automatically computing, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, correlated data between the main measure and each of the other community health care measures;
• processing, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, the correlated data, the processing of correlated data comprising:
• generating, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, a community score for the plurality of communities;
• displaying, by the graphical user interface of the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, a visual representation of the selected communities, population attributes, and health care outcomes, the visual representation comprising a first correlation graph of data points, wherein each of the data points corresponds to a community and wherein a graph location of each of the data points is defined by a value of the main measure on a horizontal axis and a value of a second measure on a vertical axis for the corresponding community;
• receiving, by the graphical user interface of the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, selection of user-defined weights for one or more of the communities, population attributes, and/or one or more of the health care outcomes to customize the visual representation and community score to the user;
• automatically updating, by the graphical user interface of the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, the visual representation of the correlated data in response to changes to the user-defined weights from the graphical user interface of the computer implemented application;
• receiving, by the graphical user interface of the computer implemented application of the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, a user input that selects one or more of the plurality of communities from the visual representation of the selected communities, population attributes, and health care outcomes;
• and
• identifying, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, other geographic communities that are similar or dissimilar to the selected communities from the visual representation of the selected communities, population attributes, and health care outcomes on the graphical user interface based on the selected user-defined weights for one or more of the communities, population attributes, and/or one or more of the health care outcomes;
• automatically ranking, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, each of the other community health care measures in order of the computed strength of correlation;
• and
• automatically displaying, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, a ranked list of the other community health care measures based on the ranking.

A system of identifying related factors affecting geographic communities based on community health care attributes, the system comprising:

• one or more electronic data storage systems;
• a processor in communication with the electronic data storage systems;
• and
• a user interface in communication with the processor, the user interface comprising a graphical user interface (GUI) display in communication with the processor and an input device in communication with the processor;
• wherein the processor is configured for:
• running, by the processor, a computer implemented application of a community measures tool;
• receiving, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool via the input device, a first user interface (UI) input that selects one of a set of community health care measures for a corresponding set of communities stored in the electronic data storage systems as a first measure;
• receiving, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool via the input device, a second UI input that selects another one of the set of community health care measures for the corresponding communities stored in the electronic data storage systems as a second measure;
• and
• automatically computing, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, correlated data between the first measure and the second measure for the each of the communities in response to receiving the first UI input and the second UI input;
• processing, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, the correlated data using the community measures tool, the processing of correlated data comprising:
• generating, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, a community score for the plurality of communities;
• displaying, by the GUI display of the user interface, a visual representation of the selected communities, population attributes, and health care outcomes, the visual representation comprising a first correlation graph of data points, wherein each of the data points corresponds to a community and wherein a graph location of each of the data points is defined by a value of the first measure on a horizontal axis and a value of the second measure on a vertical axis for the corresponding community;
• receiving, via the input device of the user interface, selection of user-defined weights for one or more of the communities, population attributes, and/or one or more of the health care outcomes to customize the visual representation and community score to the user;
• automatically updating, by the GUI display of the user interface, the visual representation of the correlated data in response to changes to the user-defined weights from the input device;
• receiving, via the input device of the user interface, a user input that selects one or more of the plurality of communities from the visual representation of the selected communities, population attributes, and health care outcomes;
• and
• identifying, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, other geographic communities that are similar or dissimilar to the selected communities from the visual representation of the selected communities, population attributes, and health care outcomes on the GUI display of the user interface based on the selected user-defined weights for one or more of the communities, population attributes, and/or one or more of the health care outcomes.

A system of identifying related factors affecting a geographic community based on community health care attributes, the system comprising:

• one or more electronic data storage systems;
• a processor in communication with the electronic data storage systems;
• and
• a user interface in communication with the processor, the user interface comprising a graphical user interface (GUI) display in communication with the processor and an input device in communication with the processor;
• wherein the processor is configured for:
• running, by the processor, a computer implemented application of the community measures tool;
• receiving, by the processor, health care information from a plurality of health care claims;
• receiving, by the processor, community information associated with the health care information from the plurality of health care claims, the community identifying information identifying one or more communities associated with each of the health care claims;
• storing, by the processor, in the data storage systems the health care information for each of the health care claims in association with the community identifying information for each of the health care claims;
• identifying, by the processor, a set of community health care measures including measures of the stored health care information;
• receiving, by the processor, values of one or more of the community health care measures from the health care information;
• storing, by the processor, in the data storage systems, the values and/or statistics of the values for each of the communities in association with the corresponding community identifying information;
• receiving, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, a first user interface (UI) input that selects one of the community health care measures as a main measure;
• in response to receiving the first UI input:
• automatically computing, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, correlated data between the main measure and each of the other community health care measures;
• processing, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, the correlated data, the processing of correlated data comprising:
• generating, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, a community score for the plurality of communities;
• displaying, by the GUI display of the user interface, a visual representation of the selected communities, population attributes, and health care outcomes, the visual representation comprising a first correlation graph of data points, wherein each of the data points corresponds to a community and wherein a graph location of each of the data points is defined by a value of the main measure on a horizontal axis and a value of a second measure on a vertical axis for the corresponding community;
• receiving, via the input device of the user interface, selection of user-defined weights for one or more of the communities, population attributes, and/or one or more of the health care outcomes to customize the visual representation and community score to the user;
• automatically updating, by the GUI display of the user interface, the visual representation of the correlated data in response to changes to the user-defined weights from the input device of the user interface;
• receiving, via the input device of the user interface, a user input that selects one or more of the plurality of communities from the visual representation of the selected communities, population attributes, and health care outcomes;
• and
• identifying, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, other geographic communities that are similar or dissimilar to the selected communities from the visual representation of the selected communities, population attributes, and health care outcomes on the GUI display of the user interface based on the selected user-defined weights for one or more of the communities, population attributes, and/or one or more of the health care outcomes;
• automatically ranking, by the computer implemented application of the community measures tool, each of the other community health care measures in order of the computed strength of correlation;
• automatically displaying, by the GUI display of the user interface, a ranked list of the other community health care measures based on the ranking.