Inventors:
Catherine Edmundson - Dunlap IL, US
Linda Lavaux - Washington IL, US
Richard Luetkemeyer - Peoria IL, US
John Ruthman - Dunlap IL, US
Syamala Srinivasan - Peoria IL, US
Michael Taylor - Morton IL, US
International Classification:
A61B005/00, G06F017/60
US Classification:
600/300000, 128/923000, 705/002000
Abstract:
The present invention is associated with a system and method of analyzing the health of a population. The population includes a plurality of members. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of establishing a plurality of health related characteristics associated with the population, the characteristics including a plurality of primordial characteristics, establishing a relationship between the health related characteristics and at least one health condition, and analyzing at least a portion of the population in response to the relationship. The analysis may include establishing at least one primordial characteristic associated with a health condition, applying an intervention in response to the characteristic, monitoring a success characteristic of the intervention, and determining a cause of the success characteristic