Patent Document ID: 9378531
Application ID: 14594969
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method that enables a user to optimize value of care, comprising interactions between a medical care provider, a computer containing a processor comprising a first clinical outcome tracking and analysis module, a client device comprising a second clinical outcome tracking and analysis module that is communicatively linked to the first clinical outcome tracking and analysis module via a network, and the user, the method comprising: (a) executing on the processor comprising the first clinical outcome tracking and analysis module the steps of: (A) accounting for biological variance up front by grouping patients in a patient population, thereby effectively removing biological variance as a factor in value of care, and leaving treatment variance as a predominant factor in treatment outcome by: (i) Receiving, collecting and recording in a database personal health information from each patient in the patient population, the personal health information comprising each parameter that characterizes each patient in the patient population; (ii) sorting the personal health information for each patient in the patient population using a sorting filter, (i) to provide a sorted set of personal health information for that population, and (ii) to identify patients satisfying each parameter in the patient population; (iii) classifying like personal health information, and grouping types of patients in the patient population, based on the personal health information associated with the patient population by generating and assigning a plurality of nodal addresses within the first clinical outcome tracking and analysis module, wherein said generating and assigning said plurality of nodal addresses comprises: (1) Representing each nodal address as a discrete punctuated string of digits comprising a prefix, a middle, and a suffix that represent a set of preselected variables that partition the sorted and classified information into a clinically relevant set of health information; (2) Reducing trillions of possible permutations to a reduced number of clinically meaningful permutations based on the discrete punctuated string of digits representing each nodal address that enable analysis of first behavioral and then consequent clinical and cost outcome variance from an ideal value, expressed as best clinical outcome at lowest possible cost, in a requisite time needed to alert for necessary care and avoidance of unnecessary care, thereby increasing the value of care, meaning better clinical outcomes at a lowest possible cost; (3) allowing the user (a′) to identify certain of the personal health information as a desired set of characteristics, and (b′) to add one or more attribute(s) to the personal health information to identify the personal health information of each patient as being of on an equal level of importance to other health information in the patient population database, (4) reducing processing requirements and time for processing to make real-time monitoring of medical provider performance efficient based on the discrete punctuated string of digits representing each nodal address and based on the reduction in permutations; and (5) enabling prediction of key points in time at which behavioral variance is likely to occur and interrupting treatment flow to avoid over-/under-utilization of care to prevent the behavioral variance; B. measuring clinical outcome for each nodal address by: analyzing the clinically relevant set of personal health information for the subset of the patient population for one or more patients in the subset of the patient population; C. measuring behavioral variance for each medical care provider of each patient in the patient population assigned to each nodal address by comparing differences between one medical care provider and another medical care provider(s), in treating, testing, following-up, complying with prescribed medicines, and cost for each patient in the patient population assigned to each nodal address; and D. reporting the behavioral variance data for each nodal address in (C) to the client device comprising the second clinical outcome tracking analysis module communicatively linked to the first clinical outcome tracking and analysis module of the processor by transmitting a communication containing an alert over the network; (b) notifying the medical care provider of both necessary care that is absent and of unnecessary care contributing to the medical care provider's behavioral variance for patients at each nodal address at key points in time during treatment, and (c) leading the medical care provider to change his/her behavior in time to make adjustments in care by reducing care unnecessary to clinical outcome, adding care necessary to clinical outcome, or both; and (d) producing for the medical care provider better clinical outcomes at the lowest possible cost.