Patent ID: 7676379

Claim:
A method for automated extraction and display of past health care use data to aid in predicting future health status, comprising the steps of: a. accessing a database containing insurance claim information; mapping said insurance claim information by a processor, said mapping comprising: i. mapping said insurance claim information by individual and claim to at least one of a set of major clinical conditions to create a plurality of MCC claim mappings; ii. mapping said insurance claim information by individual and claim to at least one of a set of place of treatment identifiers, based on the classification of submitter of said insurance claim information into place of treatment categories, to create a plurality of POT claim mappings; associating each MCC claim mapping with an individual identifier, a time identifier, and a cost identifier; where the step of associating each MCC claim mapping with an individual identifier, a time identifier and a cost identifier, further includes associating each MCC claim mapping to each POT claim mapping; and d. creating at least one display for at least one individual showing, by each of said set of major clinical conditions over a time period, a representation of the MCC claim mappings, each MCC claim mapping being weighted by its respective cost identifier.