Patent ID: 8255240

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with processing instructions for directing a processor to perform a method for compiling health information, the method comprising: establishing a database for storing a plurality of health statuses of a plurality of users, wherein the database is centrally-accessible; receiving, from the plurality of users, data corresponding to a respective health statistic of each of the plurality of users, the data being generated by a health monitoring device and computer, and wherein the data is generated during startup of the computer; determining a respective health status of each of the plurality of users from the health statistic, wherein each respective health status is a statistical comparison of a user health statistic with a totality of the respective health statistics received from each of the plurality of users; storing the health status in the database; storing a population statistic that describes the health condition of the population at large; and updating said population statistic based on the health status and the plurality of health statuses of the users.