Patents by Inventor Ruby K. Woo

Ruby K. Woo 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).

  • Publication number: 20100042431
    Abstract: A system and methods for evaluating quality and cost efficiency of a healthcare service to a patient are presented. In one embodiment, the system may include a merged database comprising administrative data and clinical data, a cost-of-care efficiency engine coupled to the merged database, the cost efficiency engine configured to analyze the merged clinical data and administrative data to determine a measurement of cost efficiency, a quality engine coupled to the merged database, the quality engine configured to analyze the merged clinical data and administrative data to determine a compliance value, wherein the compliance value indicates a level of compliance with a clinical guideline, and a reporting application coupled to the cost efficiency engine and the quality engine, the reporting application configured to generate a report representing at least one of the measurement of cost efficiency and the compliance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Joe O'Connor, Janis Diring Khan, Ruby K. Woo