Patents by Inventor Ann McAlearney

Ann McAlearney has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for monitoring and managing the health care of a patient population
    Patent number: 6385589
    Abstract: A system for managing the health care of a plurality of members in a population includes identification of member characteristics of one of the plurality of members, storage of a list of the member characteristics, continuous monitoring for information indicative of a medical event, obtaining information indicative of a medical event, automatic identification of a risk situation based on the member characteristics of the one member and the medical event, generation of a notification to address the risk situation, the notification being associated with a predetermined script to address the identified risk situation. Preferably, the risk situation corresponds to a potential process failure in the delivery of health care to the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Trusheim, Ann McAlearney, Timothy Melkus, J. Michael Yager