Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of a method of influencing humans who interact in a network towards accomplishing a goal. The method may include configuring at least one computerized agent to interact with the humans in the network. Configuring the at least one computerized agent may include selecting a value associated with at least one parameter with which to configure the at least one computerized agent, wherein the value associated with the at least one parameter comprises a probability that affects how the at least one computerized agent acts at a time to influence the humans towards accomplishing the goal, wherein the probability affects how the at least one computerized agent acts by impacting whether the at least one agent at the time directly assists with performance of the goal at the time or at the time indirectly assists with the performance of the goal at the time.

Abstract: A method of creating social networks designed to facilitate diffusion of desired behavior among groups of people. A social network may be created prior to assigning people to nodes in the network. Communications between people in the network may be controlled and modified to promote diffusion of the desired behavior.

Abstract: A system for predicting future disease for a subject comprising: a population information set comprising population disease diagnoses for members of a population; a subject-specific information set comprising at least one subject-specific disease diagnosis; and a diagnoses-based prediction module configured to predict one or more future diseases for the subject based on said subject-specific disease diagnosis and said population disease diagnoses for population members having at least one disease in common with the subject.

Abstract: Health care costs can be predicted for a particular hospital relative to other hospitals by examining physician-physician network structural measures within the hospitals. The physician-physician networks are ascertained by examining patient sharing data between physicians and the network structural measures include the median adjusted degree of all physicians in the hospitals, and the relative centrality of primary care physicians in the hospitals. For any particular hospital, the median adjusted degree and the primary care physician relative centrality of can be compared to the median adjusted degree and median primary care physician relative centrality over all the hospitals to determine whether the health care costs for the particular hospital will be higher or lower than the other hospitals.

Abstract: In order to anticipate an epidemic or adoption of a trend, individuals are randomly selected from a population and friends of the selected individuals are determined. These friends are then designated as sensors and monitored to predict or anticipate the adoption of a trend or the spread of a contagious outbreak. In one embodiment, online searches performed by these friends are monitored for the use of selected search queries to predict or anticipate the adoption of a trend or the spread of a contagious outbreak.

Abstract: A method of creating social networks designed to facilitate diffusion of desired behavior among groups of people. A social network may be created prior to assigning people to nodes in the network. Communications between people in the network may be controlled and modified to promote diffusion of the desired behavior.

Abstract: A system for predicting future disease for a subject comprising: a population information set comprising population disease diagnoses for members of a population; a subject-specific information set comprising at least one subject-specific disease diagnosis; and a diagnoses-based prediction module configured to predict one or more future diseases for the subject based on said subject-specific disease diagnosis and said population disease diagnoses for population members having at least one disease in common with the subject.

Abstract: A Radiology Healthcare Network provides high quality, timely medical interpretations of radiological images on a national (e.g., across the U.S.) and regional basis. The images can include images created by conventional x-ray technology, computed radiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), ultrasound imaging, nuclear medicine, and mammography equipment. The invention includes the acquisition of these images from health care facilities, the conversion of these images to digital format, the routing of these converted images, the interpretation of these routed images, and the routing of the interpretations back to the originating facility. The images are routed (e.g., on a variety of high-speed digital and analog telecommunication networks) to the appropriate interpretation resource by an administrative site on the Network based on one or more requirements associated with the radiological study.

Abstract: A Radiology Healthcare Network provides high quality, timely medical interpretations of radiological images on a national (e.g., across the U.S.) and regional basis. The images can include images created by conventional x-ray technology, computed radiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), ultrasound imaging, nuclear medicine, and mammography equipment. The invention includes the acquisition of these images from health care facilities, the conversion of these images to digital format, the routing of these converted images, the interpretation of these routed images, and the routing of the interpretations back to the originating facility. The images are routed-(e.g., on a variety of high-speed digital and analog telecommunication networks) to the appropriate interpretation resource by an administrative site on the Network based on one or more requirements associated with the radiological study.

Abstract: A Radiology Healthcare Network provides high quality, timely medical interpretations of radiological images on a national (e.g., across the U.S.) and regional basis. The images can include images created by conventional x-ray technology, computed radiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), ultrasound imaging, nuclear medicine, and mammography equipment. The invention includes the acquisition of these images from health care facilities, the conversion of these images to digital format, the routing of these converted images, the interpretation of these routed images, and the routing of the interpretations back to the originating facility. The images are routed (e.g., on a variety of high-speed digital and analog telecommunication networks) to the appropriate interpretation resource by an administrative site on the Network based on one or more requirements associated with the radiological study.