System and method of providing patients cost saving incentives for healthy behaviors
OwnerAnup Mahesh Desaiinventor
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Abstract
Methods for monitoring a patient's health are provided. The methods compromise the steps of providing a website accessible via a computer for monitoring a patient's health; entering the patient's clinical data onto the website; analyzing the data to assign at least one preventive care protocol to the patient; providing a clinic for monitoring the progress of the patient's health; and providing the patient at least one incentive should the patient's health improve.
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A method for monitoring at least one patient's health, the method comprising:
- a. providing a website accessible via a computer for monitoring the patient's health;
- b. entering the patient's clinical data onto the website;
- c. using the data to assign at least one preventive care protocol to the patient;
- d. providing a clinic for monitoring the progress of the patient's health;
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- e. providing the patient at least one incentive should the patient's health improve.
A system for monitoring at least one patient's health, comprising:
- a. an Internet website accessible via a computer for monitoring a patient's health;
- b. a database of patient information;
- c. a database of preventive care protocols;
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- d. a clinic for monitoring the progress of the patient's health.
A system for monitoring at least one patient's health, comprising:
- a. an Internet website accessible via a computer for monitoring the patient's health;
- b. a database of patient clinical and contextual information;
- c. a database of preventive care protocols;
- d. a means for assigning at least one preventive care protocol to the patient based upon patient clinical data;
- e. a clinic for monitoring the progress of the patient's health;
- f. a geographic information system application, wherein the geographic information system application organizes patient clinical and contextual data based upon geographic location of the patient;
- wherein the geographic information system creates one or more community profiles based upon patient clinical and contextual data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.