Patent ID: 8731965

Claim:
A computer implemented method for managing health care and obtaining analytical insights using information related to said health care in a collaborative environment, comprising: providing a computer system comprising one or more processors, said processor configured to implement the following: providing a medication management platform comprising a medication management application and a research repository, wherein said medication management platform is accessed by a plurality of health care users and health care providers in said collaborative environment, and wherein said research repository comprises a plurality of analytical data registries configured to obtain analytical insights that facilitate research on aging processes, age-related diseases and special needs of aged health care users, drug post-marketing surveillance, early detection of adverse drug events, study of prescription trends and usage, study of compliance of medication by said health care users, identification of off-label drug use, and enhanced information on actual drug ingestion; providing a plurality of collaboration tools on said medication management platform to provide said health care users and said health care providers a platform to interact and communicate with each other in said collaborative environment; providing a family collaborator tool on said medication management platform configured to track information of families of said health care users and for said families of said health care users to reach out to said health care providers and vice versa; acquiring health care information of said health care users from a plurality of health care information sources using said collaboration tools; acquiring online portable personal health records of said health care users as one of said health care information sources and integrating said online portable personal health records with said medication management application and acquiring specific health care information related to said health care users, wherein said medication management platform builds assisted living facilities management functions around said acquired online portable personal health records of said health care users and said health care providers; monitoring and tracking said acquired health care information by said medication management application; arranging a medical cart by reviewing said acquired health care information and stocking up medications on said medical cart by said medication management application; updating said research repository by consolidating said monitored and tracked health care information and said medical cart information; analyzing said consolidated health care information in said updated research repository and obtaining said analytical insights related to said health care, wherein said analytical insights are correlated with geography of said health care users to derive geo inferences.