Personal assessment including familial risk analysis for personalized disease prevention plan

Abstract

Family health history information can be used to assess familial risk for common diseases and determine early detection and prevention medical strategies. Assessed familial risk of disease can then be used to determine recommendations for disease prevention and screening that are targeted to familial risk. Other factors can be included to generate personalized disease prevention recommendations. For example, personal health history information, personal health behavior information, or both can be collected and assessed to generate personalized disease prevention recommendations based on the information collected. Recommendations for disease prevention and screening based at least on familial risk can be used to provide a personalized disease prevention plan that encourages a person to make behavior changes that will reduce the risk of disease and utilize preventive health services.

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         21 . A computer-implemented method of providing a personalized disease prevention plan for a subject, the method comprising:
 receiving family health history information of the subject;   receiving personal health information of the subject;   identifying, by a computer system, one or more familial risk matrices based at least on the family health history information of the subject;   determining, by the computer system, a risk assessment for the subject based on an intersection of two familial disease history scenarios in a familial risk matrix included in the identified familial risk matrices;   based at least on the risk assessment for the subject and the personal health information of the subject, generating one or more personalized disease prevention recommendations for the subject; and   transmitting the one or more personalized disease prevention recommendations for the subject in the personalized disease prevention plan for the subject.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein receiving the family health history information comprises receiving the family health history information from a computer interface. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the computer interface is configured to collect the family health history information by at least one of:
 receiving family health history information inputs via the interface; or   receiving a records file including family health history information.   
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein receiving personal health information comprises receiving collected information from an interface of a computer interface. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein the interface is configured to collect the personal health information by at least one of:
 receiving personal health information inputs via the interface; or   receiving a records file including personal health information.   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the personal health information comprises personal health history information. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the personal health information comprises personal health behavior information. 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein identifying one or more familial risk matrices comprises:
 storing a plurality of familial risk matrices, each familial risk matrix including two axes of familial disease history scenarios, each familial risk matrix cell including risk information; and   identifying the one or more familial risk matrices based on a comparison of the familial disease history scenarios included in a matrix and the family health history information of the subject.   
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 28 , wherein the familial disease history scenarios are based on one or more of a number of first and second degree relatives from a lineage having a disease of interest or an indicator disease, an age of a relative at time of diagnosis of the disease of interest or the indicator disease, or gender of the relative. 
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein determining the risk assessment for the subject comprises:
 identifying a first familial disease history scenario along a first axis of a familial risk matrix, the first familial disease history scenario describing a first portion of the family health history information of the subject;   identifying a second familial disease history scenario along a second axis of the familial risk matrix, the second familial disease history scenario describing a second portion of the familial health history information of the subject; and   determining the risk assessment based on risk information included in a cell located at an intersection of the first familial disease history scenario and the second familial disease history scenario.   
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein determining the risk assessment based on risk information comprises one of:
 generating a quantitative risk value based on the risk information; and   generating a qualitative risk value based on the risk information.   
     
     
         32 . A system for providing a personalized disease prevention plan for a subject, the system comprising:
 a health history collector configured to:
 receive family health history information of the subject; and 
 receive personal health information of the subject; 
   a processor configured to:
 identify one or more familial risk matrices based at least on the family health history information of the subject; 
 determine a risk assessment for the subject based on an intersection of two familial disease history scenarios in a familial risk matrix included in the identified familial risk matrices; 
 based at least on the risk assessment for the subject and the personal health information of the subject, generate one or more personalized disease prevention recommendations for the subject; and 
   a transmitter configured to transmit the one or more personalized disease prevention recommendations for the subject in the personalized disease prevention plan for the subject.   
     
     
         33 . The system of  claim 32 , wherein the health history collector is configured to receive the family health history information by receiving collected family health history information from a computer interface. 
     
     
         34 . The system of  claim 32 , wherein the health history collector is configured to receive the personal health information by receiving collected information from a computer interface. 
     
     
         35 . The system of  claim 32 , further comprising a memory configured to store a plurality of familial risk matrices, each familial risk matrix including two axes of familial disease history scenarios, each familial risk matrix cell including risk information. 
     
     
         36 . The system of  claim 35 , wherein the processor is configured to identify one or more familial risk matrices by identifying one or more familial risk matrices stored in the memory based on a comparison of the familial disease history scenarios included in a matrix and the family health history information of the subject. 
     
     
         37 . The system of  claim 32 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the risk assessment for the subject by:
 identifying a first familial disease history scenario along a first axis of a familial risk matrix, the first familial disease history scenario describing a first portion of the family health history information of the subject;   identifying a second familial disease history scenario along a second axis of the familial risk matrix, the second disease history scenario describing a second portion of the family health history information of the subject; and   determining the risk assessment based on risk information included in a cell located at an intersection of the first familial disease history scenario and the second familial disease history scenario.   
     
     
         38 . The system of  claim 32 , further comprising a memory configured to store risk lowering recommendations associated with one or more diseases. 
     
     
         39 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, the instructions that, when executed by a processor of an apparatus, cause the apparatus to:
 receive family health history information of a subject;   receive personal health information of the subject;   identify, by a computer system, one or more familial risk matrices based at least on the family health history information of the subject;   determine, by the computer system, a risk assessment for the subject based on an intersection of two familial disease history scenarios in a familial risk matrix included in the identified familial risk matrices;   based at least on the risk assessment for the subject and the personal health information of the subject, generate one or more personalized disease prevention recommendations for the subject; and   transmit the one or more personalized disease prevention recommendations for the subject in a personalized disease prevention plan for the subject.   
     
     
         40 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 39 , wherein identifying one or more familial risk matrices comprises:
 storing a plurality of familial risk matrices, each familial risk matrix including two axes of familial disease history scenarios, each familial risk matrix cell including risk information; and   identifying the one or more familial risk matrices based on a comparison of the familial disease history scenarios included in a matrix and the family health history information of the subject.