Patents by Inventor Joshua P. Brinkley

Joshua P. Brinkley 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).

  • Systems and methods for determining return on community investment in healthcare access programs
    Patent number: 8428962
    Abstract: A system includes a healthcare server for determining a return on investment (ROI) for a healthcare program of an organization that provides healthcare services to patients. The healthcare server includes an expense determination module, a benefit determination module and a ROI module. The expense determination module determines operating expenses for the healthcare program. The benefit determination module determines benefits of the healthcare program to beneficiaries of the healthcare program. The beneficiaries include the organization, the patients, employers of the patients and a community that is served by the healthcare program. The ROI module determines the ROI for the healthcare program based on the operating expenses and the benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Ascension Health
    Inventors: Joshua P. Brinkley, Connie J. Brooks, Christopher Felice Palombo, JoAnn A. Webster