System and method for providing individually tailored health-promoting information
AssigneeHumana Inc.
InventorsDavid Kil, Bongjoo Shin
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Abstract
A system and method for providing to an individual certain information which is relevant to that individual's health status. More specifically, the invention relates to a system and method for providing information relevant to an individual's health status and wherein the information provided is chosen on the basis of not only the individual's health status but also complex psychosocial behavioral factors related to that individual's motivational structure and likely impact.
Claims15
A system for providing individually tailored health-promoting information, comprising:
- a server system including a response database containing individual responses to health risk assessment questions, behavior questions, lifestyle questions, and family history questions, a claims database, and a processor;
- said server system creating a multidimensional map position for an individual from information on the individual contained in the response database and the claims database.
A method for providing individually tailored healthy behavior-promoting information to an individual comprising the steps of:
- a. mapping the health status of the individual on the basis of information available concerning the individual with respect to the individual's clinical and disease history and the individual's behavioral and lifestyle and family history, thereby creating a multidimensional map position concerning the individual,
- b. eliciting from the individual one or more answers to questions concerning the individual's preferences and tendencies, thereby creating an answer set concerning the individual;
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- c. providing to the individual, in a format that varies according to the answer set, one or more recommendations concerning one or more behaviors in which the individual can engage in order to maintain or improve the individual's health,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.