US 2014/0180700 A1Published application

System and method for increasing compliance with a health plan

AssigneeHumana Innovations Enterprises, Inc.

InventorsRobert Schwarzberg, Marion Zabinski, Rene Melton, Timothy J. Dion

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Abstract

System and method to determine user compliance with personalized diet and exercise plans by analyzing responses to messages about the plans. An expert system has a number of stored messages and display characteristics from which it chooses. The expert system generates message relating to the user's diet or physical activity that are sent to a user's mobile device and analyzes responses. Display characteristics change periodically and compliance data relating to the user's adherence to the plan when certain display characteristics are used is stored (e.g., meal plan adherence, acceptance of specific food selections, and adherence to instructions and advice in messages). The expert system then determines which messages and display characteristics achieve the greatest compliance to the dietary and physical activity schedule and goals.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A computerized method for tracking, monitoring, and analyzing message data to increase compliance with personalized diet and exercise plans, comprising at least one server executing programming instructions for:

(a) storing in at least one user profile database for a plurality of users profile data comprising:
(1) contact information for said users;
(2) personal information for said users;
(3) dietary and exercise plan data for said users;
and
(4) compliance data for said users;
(b) storing in at least one message database:
(1) message content data for communicating messages to said users;
(2) display characteristics data for formatting said messages;
(c) identifying a group of users selected from said plurality of users according to similarities in said profiles for said users;
(d) selecting for said group of users:
(1) a plurality of messages from said message content data;
and
(2) display characteristics from said display characteristics data for formatting said plurality of messages;
(e) setting a time period for transmitting said plurality of messages and said plurality of display characteristics;
(f) during said time period,
(1) transmitting to mobile devices for said group of users said messages with at least a portion of said display characteristics;
and
(2) receiving from mobile devices for said group of users responses to said messages formatted with said display characteristics;
(g) after said time period, calculating a plurality of compliance measures for said messages and said display characteristics based on said responses from said group of users;
and
(h) transmitting to said mobile devices for said group of users additional messages with display characteristics determined from said compliance measures to result in positive responses from said group of users.

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A computerized system for tracking, monitoring, and analyzing message data to increase compliance with personalized diet and exercise plans, comprising:

(a) at least one user profile database storing for a plurality of users profile data comprising:
(1) contact information for said users;
(2) personal information for said users;
(3) dietary and exercise plan data for said users;
and
(4) compliance data for said users;
(b) at least one message database storing:
(1) message content data for communicating messages to said users;
(2) display characteristics data for formatting said messages;
(c) at least one server executing programming instructions to:
(1) identify a group of users selected from said plurality of users according to similarities in said profiles for said users;
(2) select for said group of users:
(i) a plurality of messages from said message content data;
and
(ii) display characteristics from said display characteristics data for formatting said plurality of messages;
(3) set a time period for transmitting said plurality of messages and said plurality of display characteristics;
(4) during said time period,
(i) transmit to mobile devices for said group of users said messages with at least a portion of said display characteristics;
and
(ii) receive from mobile devices for said group of users responses to said messages;
(5) after said time period, calculate a plurality of compliance measures for said messages and said display characteristics based on said responses from said group of users;
and
(6) transmit to said mobile devices for said group of users additional messages with display characteristics determined from said compliance measures to result in positive responses from said group of users.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/053,668Filed 15 Oct 2013
Priority: 18 Sep 2007
Published: 26 Jun 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G16H 50/20
ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or…: for…
G16H 20/30
ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient…:…
G16H 20/60
ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient…:…
G16H
Healthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the

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