Jason K Grant

US Patent:

20110071363, Mar 24, 2011

Filed:

Nov 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/616754

Inventors:

Michael Montijo - Nashville TN, US
Jason Grant - Brentwood TN, US
John Turner - Nashville TN, US
Adam Hobgood - Smyrna TN, US

Assignee:

Healthways, Inc. - Franklin TN

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
G06Q 10/00
G06Q 50/00
G06N 3/02
G06N 5/02

US Classification:

600300, 705 2, 706 21, 706 52

Abstract:

A computer implemented method may be used for targeting patients within a population for increased medical interventions. In one embodiment, predictive models are used to determine whether a patient is likely to be near the end of life, whether the patient's healthcare costs are stabilizing, whether the patient is likely to have high future healthcare costs, and whether the patient is likely to have high future clinical risk. In one embodiment, scores from these predictive models are used to determine the level of medical intervention for a particular patient.