How it Works

ANONYMITY

All data collected on HHP is anonymous, please ensure that any data you upload is free of any identifying data. All data submitted on HHP is checked for anonymity and quality at every stage, case submission, commenting, outcomes/feedback. This allows data to be used for search and research purposes.

CASE INTRODUCTION AND REASONING
All Members of the HHP Network including medical professionals, patient advocates and other allied health specialists, may introduce cases for comments, and discussion. The purpose of case introduction is to provide all members who are providing care access to the collective expertise of health professionals, from a myriad of disciplines, around the world. Cases are categorized so that everything from discussions to the final outcome and case analysis is searchable by others. Basic patient demographic and historical information will be collected along with the presenting diagnosis.

DISCUSSION
Case discussion is conducted as a team approach, centering on the members whose specialty is most germane to the patient's needs, but yet open to all members who may have information relevant to the patient's needs. For example, a case may be submitted for a trauma patient suffering from serious physical injury. Case discussion may start with Primary care doctors advising on wound treatment, or medications, and then expand to surgical issues. Other HHP members may advise the case submitter on the psychological issues the patient may be dealing with, and yet others may submit information on, alternative holistic treatments, or how to access to medical devices that might be needed in the healing process.

REVIEW AND IMPLEMENTATION
The submitting HHP member reviews the comments, information and discussions presented, then decides what action to take. The member may decide to embrace some suggestions initially and others later as they see fit. They may request additional information from submitting members or a direct consultation with them in the implementation phase of care. It is incumbent upon the submitting member to judge the information provided, and to affect the most positive patient outcome.

FEEDBACK AND UNDERSTANDING
As treatment is implemented and the outcome later finalized, the HHP member completes a patient treatment analysis and outcome summary online. This assists others later with similar cases. The treatment analyses will be grouped and the outcomes summarized for quick review. HHP members will have the ability to drill down into the discussions themselves for a more detailed review of any submitted case. As they review the detailed discussions, patient data and actions chosen, they can see trend information on relevant cases which will continue to grow and change as more and more data populates the HHP knowledgebase. For example it may be determined that for certain types of trauma, a specific medication may be successfully combined with acupuncture, psychological counseling and physical therapy for the best possible outcome.

The HHP network is a massive and diverse database that will grow and change as new technologies, innovations and combinations of treatment modalities present themselves. The use of this database will be free of charge.