Inner Reach History Gathering Solutions HIGS for Researchers
Our Health Information Gathering System – HiGS

HiGS for Researchers enables research institutions such as universities and government institutions to license any agreed to combination of relevant HiGS Histories, Assessments, and Body Systems in conjunction with their area of research.  Inner Reach HiGS is a tracking, monitoring, and following-up preventive care technology which electronically collects, assesses, screens, teaches, tracks, stores, and retrieves an individual’s health histories. 

HiGS is a qualitative system
The Inner Reach HiGS is a qualitative system in which a user collects his or her own health history information after answering various questions based upon our protocols.  HiGS protocols are health-psychology instruments centered on health and preventive concerns, using a biological-physical-psychological-sociological-medical model, including nutritional, cultural, environmental, and occupational, components.  

All HiGS protocols are based upon standard Western medicine and nursing criteria and DSM-IV psychiatric criteria. Additionally HiGS protocols can include integrative health methods, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), joint medicine, Chinese Medicinal herbs (CMH), Oriental Medicine (OM) methods, and Ayurveda. 

Inner Reach pioneered the way for individuals to electronically collect, manage, update, and retrieve their own health histories which they alone control and can print, fax, or electronically send to anyone they wish, including family, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.

The only time a user’s personal ID information comes together with his or her health history information is when users themselves enter their email address and password to make that happen.  Personal information and health history information are stored in two separate HiGS data bases.  In other words, only the user ever has access to their own data with their personal identification displayed, with the exception of when a user gives or sends their data either in printed form or via fax or electronic email.

HiGS for Researchers is an arrangement made by Inner Reach and a research institution enabling a researcher to use specific subjects’ information collected by the HiGS system as part of an overall research project.  This system is different from HiGS since with HiGS, only the user can enter and access their own Health History; the user controls it completely. 

As part of the overall research programs, individuals participating in a research program will take specified histories and protocols authorized as part of the research project. Depending upon the selections made by the research institution’s study program, the user electronically enters answers to various HiGS Histories, Assessments and Screenings, and Body Systems (signs and symptoms recorded for each 24 hour period). 

 When the individual logs onto the HiGS, in addition to entering their normal identification information, they would enter a pre-assigned “Research Program Identification number”.  Once the individual completes the taking of the agreed upon histories and protocols, a copy of the information will be placed into a special “Research Program” data base under the individuals “Research Program Identification number”.

This Research Program data base will contain copies of information from all of the research participants under their unique Research Program Identification number.  With the Research Program data base, the researchers will have access to the research program participants’ data without having any access to the participants private data on the general HiGS system.

HiGS for Researchers enables the researcher to see the study participants’ results. The resultant data can be exported into several different formats for analysis. Study participants must authorize the use of their information in the research project.

It is important for the public to note that any studies, performed at universities and other research institutions, engage study participants who are aware they are being studied and are required, as participants of the study, to authorize the institutions use of their personal information for the purposes spelled out in each study.  Inner Reach was conceptualized and is structured to insure that individuals, and only individuals, create and control their own personal information with HiGS.  As with any reputable institution conducting a study, authorization by HiGS users for this type of purpose is vital.

Inner Reach is interested in all types of research and particularly studies which include Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and Chinese Medicinal Herbs (CMH) studies; Breast Cancer in both genders    (although rare in men); Prostate Cancer in Men; Colon Cancer, Dementias and Elderly Issues, Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), and all the Overweight and Obesity related diseases (see Inner Reach HiGS Dozen Dangerous Diseases White Paper which spells out these diseases in detail).

Inner Reach^® Corporation provides HiGS grants: Inner Reach is aware that obtaining and keeping grants can pose difficulties for certain institutions and with that understanding makes arrangements to assist research institutions in certain special situations by providing HiGS for a particular study, waving usual fees. 

For human studies of all kinds, health history data can be collected and daily signs and symptoms can be tracked by using HiGS for Researchers.  HiGS for Researchers can save researchers time while adding to data collection quality and volume on a study participant.

The Inner Reach system is independent of any specific healthcare provider such as; private physicians, PPOs, HMOs, insurance plans, Hospitals, Clinics etc., and not part of usual medical mechanisms.  It is strictly for and about health histories and preventive care for individuals.  The Inner Reach HiGS is designed for asymptomatic (not showing indications of a disease or medical condition) populations to enable populations to learn more about themselves through history information gathering to have and keep health and delay disease. HiGS is not about disease but rather health and risk. If people are concerned about having an illness or disease and or need diagnosing and treatment, their medical care provider is the contact for their healthcare.

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HiGS for Researchers