Patents Assigned to Hospital Corporation of America Holdings, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20140372138
    Abstract: A quality of medical care can be estimated based on factors such as a mortality rate or complications rate. However, by this point, poor care may have already reached its consequence. In some embodiments, characteristics pertaining to a care experience are analyzed to identify those predictive of a health result. The identified characteristics may include ones that depend on care factors, such that they are not, alone, easy to manipulate. Those characteristics can then be monitored, and unsatisfactory characteristics can be addressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Ravi S. Chari, Jenny F. Barber, Dawn A. Winans
  • Publication number: 20140349262
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a scheme engine selects a progressive support scheme that promotes wellness by encouraging users to responsibly respond to a health condition. The scheme includes a set of nodes. Each node represents a progression of the health condition being experienced by a user. A node of the set of nodes is associated with a set of tasks, each promoting wellness given a presence of the condition. A progression tracker identifies, for the user, the node as corresponding to a current progression of the condition. A task engine assigns a weight to a task characteristic based on an input received from the user and selects a task from amongst the set of tasks associated with the identified node. The selection of the task is based on the weight assigned to the task characteristic. The task engine further presents the task to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Hospital Corporation of America Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Mason, Edmund Fishbough