Ann M Johnson

US Patent:

20030046113, Mar 6, 2003

Filed:

Aug 31, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/945038

Inventors:

Ann Johnson - River Forest IL, US
Tracy Heilman - Chicago IL, US
Joseph Donlan - Chicago IL, US
John Fiacco - Roswell GA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/003000

Abstract:

A method and system for healthcare decisionmaking wherein a consumer begins with a diagnosis, is educated on the interpretation of relevant data relating thereto, assess risk, selects and prioritizes search criteria, reviews treatment option results and compares the results based on their preference, or by using statistically valid data derived from consumers like themselves. The method and system presents a structured framework for communicating information that has been personalized and customized to an individual who is a consumer of information about healthcare. The system is a networked, knowledge-based system that assists the consumer in assessing healthcare treatment options for a variety of healthcare conditions, procedures and clinical diagnoses. The system includes a server and a server-driven remote interface through which a series of progressively more personalized presentations of information are achieved by matching a consumer's preferences with those of demographically similar consumers and best practice information obtained from a variety of public and private sources.

US Patent:

20090094060, Apr 9, 2009

Filed:

Aug 28, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/200465

Inventors:

Ann Mond JOHNSON - River Forest IL, US
Tracy J. HEILMAN - Chicago IL, US
Joseph DONLAN - Chicago IL, US
John FIACCO - Alpharetta GA, US

Assignee:

WEBMD - New York NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06Q 50/00

US Classification:

705 3

Abstract:

A method and system for healthcare decisionmaking wherein a consumer begins with a diagnosis, is educated on the interpretation of relevant data relating thereto, assess risk, selects and prioritizes search criteria, reviews treatment option results and compares the results based on their preference, or by using statistically valid data derived from consumers like themselves. The method and system presents a structured framework for communicating information that has been personalized and customized to an individual who is a consumer of information about healthcare. The system is a networked, knowledge-based system that assists the consumer in assessing healthcare treatment options for a variety of healthcare conditions, procedures and clinical diagnoses. The system includes a server and a server-driven remote interface through which a series of progressively more personalized presentations of information are achieved by matching a consumer's preferences with those of demographically similar consumers and best practice information obtained from a variety of public and private sources.

US Patent:

20140222455, Aug 7, 2014

Filed:

Apr 7, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/246235

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
Ann Mond JOHNSON - River Forest IL, US
Joseph DONLAN - Chicago IL, US
Tracy HEILMAN - Chicago IL, US
John FIACCO - Alpharetta GA, US

Assignee:

WEBMD, LLC - New York NY

International Classification:

G06Q 50/22
G06Q 30/02

US Classification:

705 2

Abstract:

Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method that can comprise, for a predetermined user, automatically determining a score for each resource from a plurality of predetermined resources based on the user's weighting of predetermined factors associated with the resources and an objective score for each factor for each resource, ranking the scored resources, and/or providing an identity of a best matched resource for the user.