Health Information Gathering System

Abstract

A health information gathering system for gathering information from at least one user. The health information gathering system includes a database storing information relating to a user and pertaining to at least two of the areas of information selected from a group consisting of nutritional information, psychological information, occupational information, physical information and personal history information, access to the information stored in the database being controlled by the user. The user can input information pertaining to the at least two areas of information selected from the group consisting of nutritional information, psychological information, occupational information, physical information and personal history information into the database, and the user can retrieve information from the database.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A health information gathering system for gathering information from a plurality of users, comprising:
 a computer system comprising an interface, a processor, a communication device, a memory, a reporting mechanism and a database, the database storing user health history information relating to the users and pertaining to at least two of the areas of information selected from a group consisting of nutritional information, psychological information, occupational information, physical information, and personal history information, the database being programmed to permit the users to control access to their user health history information stored in the database via the reporting mechanism;   the interface permitting the users to input user health history information pertaining to the at least two areas of information selected from the group consisting of nutritional information, psychological information, sociological information, occupational information, physical information and personal history information into the database and storing the user health history information in the database as a part of the users' user information, the interface also permitting the users to input information indicative of which of their own user health history information in the database is selected for retrieval and an identification of where the selected information is to be provided; and   wherein the reporting mechanism retrieves health history information based upon the input indicative of the user health history information in the database selected for retrieval.   
     
     
         2 . The health information gathering system of  claim 1 , wherein the communication device of the computer system is accessible over the Internet so that users can access their user health history information in the database utilizing a web browser. 
     
     
         3 . The health information gathering system of  claim 1 , further comprising means for charging a subscription fee. 
     
     
         4 . The health information gathering system of  claim 1 , wherein the reporting mechanism prepares a personal health status profile based on the user health history information contained in the database. 
     
     
         5 . The health information gathering system of  claim 4 , wherein the interface permits the user to grant a healthcare provider access to the user's personal health status profile. 
     
     
         6 . The health information gathering system of  claim 4 , wherein the user interface permits the users to make a hard copy of the personal health status profile. 
     
     
         7 . The health information gathering system of  claim 4 , wherein computer system is programmed to deliver the personal health status profile electronically to a healthcare provider. 
     
     
         8 . The health information gathering system of  claim 1 , wherein the health history information relating to the users includes information about an individual's physical symptoms. 
     
     
         9 . The health information gathering system of  claim 8 , wherein the information about the individual's physical symptoms is grouped by body system. 
     
     
         10 . The health information gathering system of  claim 9 , wherein the body system is selected from the group consisting of: neurology, eye, ear, nose, throat, endocrinology, reproductive male—genital urinary; circulatory and cardiopulmonary, digestion and dietary issues, skin, hair, nails, muscular skeletal, female reproductive, obstetrics, gynecology, and urology.