WELLNESS PROGRAM CURATION
A system to assist users with the selection of and participation in wellness programs. The system assists a user in selecting wellness programs by recommending a curated set of wellness programs to the user. In recommending a curated set of wellness programs that a user can select, the system analyzes several factors. Some of the factors used in recommending wellness programs include user data, a population segment associated with a user, sponsor criteria, the likelihood that the user will be successful in recommended wellness programs, and user preferences.
1 . A method implemented by a computing system to recommend wellness programs to users, the method comprising:
maintaining a dataset of wellness programs that are available for enrollment by users, each wellness program comprising one or more tasks that are performed by a user;
maintaining data characterizing sponsors of wellness program, each sponsor having criteria specifying one or more wellness programs that are available to users associated with that sponsor;
receiving data characterizing a user, the user data comprising age, gender, and health information about the user;
assigning the user to a population segment based on the received data characterizing the user;
identifying a plurality of wellness programs that are suitable for the assigned population segment of the user;
filtering the identified plurality of wellness programs based on one or more factors to generate a recommended set of wellness programs; and
providing the recommended set of wellness programs to the user.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the plurality of wellness programs is based on keyword searching.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the population segment is generated by:
identifying a population of users that includes the user; and
clustering the population of users to generate a plurality of population segments that includes the population segment.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein criteria for assigning the user to the population segment is provided by an industry group.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the data characterizing the user is received from a service that maintains health information of the user.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more factors are selected from the group consisting of: sponsor criteria associated with the user, a likelihood of success of the user in a wellness program, or user preferences.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein user preferences are derived from responses to one or more queries to the user after the user completed a wellness program.
8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the likelihood of success of the user in a wellness program is based on the successful completion of similar wellness programs by other users in the population segment to which the user is assigned.
9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the likelihood of success of the user in a wellness program is based on the user successfully completing similar wellness programs.
10 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the sponsor criteria include the cost of the wellness program.
11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of a wellness program or programs from a user; and
in response to receiving the selection, providing an itinerary of enrolled wellness programs to the user.
12 . A tangible computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, perform a method to recommend wellness programs to users, the method comprising:
maintaining a dataset of wellness programs that are available for enrollment by users, each wellness program comprising one or more tasks that are performed by a user;
maintaining data characterizing sponsors of wellness program, each sponsor having criteria specifying one or more wellness programs that are available to users associated with that sponsor;
receiving data characterizing a user, the user data comprising age, gender, and health information about the user;
assigning the user to a population segment based on the received data characterizing the user;
identifying a plurality of wellness programs that are suitable for the assigned population segment of the user;
filtering the identified plurality of wellness programs based on one or more factors to generate a recommended set of wellness programs; and
providing the recommended set of wellness programs for the user.
13 . The tangible computer-readable storage of claim 12 , wherein identifying the plurality of wellness programs is based on keyword searching.
14 . The tangible computer-readable storage of claim 12 , wherein the population segment is generated by:
identifying a population of users that includes the user; and
clustering the population of users to generate a plurality of population segments that includes the population segment.
15 . The tangible computer-readable storage of claim 12 , wherein criteria for assigning the user to the population segment is provided by an industry group.
16 . The tangible computer-readable storage claim 12 , wherein the data characterizing the user is received from a service that maintains health information of the user.
17 . The tangible computer-readable storage of claim 12 , wherein the one or more factors are selected from the group consisting of: sponsor criteria associated with the user, a likelihood of success of the user in a wellness program, or user preferences.
18 . The tangible computer-readable storage of claim 17 , wherein user preferences are derived from responses to one or more queries to the user after the user completed a wellness program.
19 . The tangible computer-readable storage of claim 17 , wherein the likelihood of success of the user in a wellness program is based on the successful completion of similar wellness programs by other users in the population segment to which the user is assigned.
20 . The tangible computer-readable storage of claim 17 , wherein the likelihood of success of the user in a wellness program is based on the user successfully completing similar wellness programs.
21 . The tangible computer-readable storage of claim 12 , wherein receiving data characterizing the user further comprises:
receiving data characterizing the user from a third party database, wherein the third party is different from the sponsors having wellness programs; and
including the received data characterizing the user in assigning the user to a population segment.