Patent ID: 8234131

Claim:
A computerized system programmed for providing care support to at least one patient having at least one chronic illness, comprising a server comprising: (a) a medical professional module adapted for receiving, storing, and providing data in communication with at least one medical professional at the point of care, wherein the medical professional module comprises at least one algorithm for generating at least one care decision for the at least one patient at the point of care, wherein the at least one algorithm is based at least in part on at least one of disease-specific national diagnostic guidelines, disease-specific national treatment guidelines, patient-specific medication plans, and clinical care pathways; (b) a health coach module adapted for receiving, storing, and providing data in communication with the at least one patient and at least one health coach; (c) a patient module adapted for receiving, storing, and providing data in communication with the at least one patient; and (d) a public health module adapted for receiving, storing, and providing data in communication with at least one research professional, wherein the public health module is adapted for generating cost-benefit information associated with at least one treatment decision for a chronic illness selected by at least one of the at least one medical professional and at least one health coach, wherein the server and each of the medical professional module, health coach module, patient module, and public health module are operatively associated with a corresponding one of the at least one medical professional, the at least one health coach, the at least one patient, and the at least one research professional through a network computing system to perform for interacting with at least one user of the system programmed for providing care support to at least one patient having at least one chronic illness.