Personalized Health Plan Ranking - One Application of Cloud Computing to Health Care Data

Health plan ranking is one important factor when people are considering their health plan selection. The current health plan ranking is done by National Committee for Quality Assurance, which calculates the ratings based on three types of quality measures and gives an overall ranking of health plans. Individual consumers may be more interested in the ranks of health plans for people with similar conditions. For example, what is the plan ranking for people with both asthma and diabetes? This paper will explore how to combine some data mining techniques and cloud computing to provide a personalized health plan ranking based on each individual´s physical conditions.