Patient-Driven Adaptive Prediction Technique

The authors of the assigned article, “A Patient-Driven Adaptive Prediction Technique to Improve Personalized Risk Estimation for Clinical Decision Support

(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3392846/) have found that using patient-driven, adaptive technologies to guide clinical decision making are influencing the quality of patient care.
How might these technologies minimize risk, promote health, and encourage patient engagement in their own care?