A method for automatically abstracting and selecting an optimal set of variance-related functions that are an indicator of an individual outcome in healthcare, wherein the method comprises: generating, by one or more processors, an abstracted set of variance-related candidate-patient functions, wherein the abstracted set of variance-related candidate-patient functions are temporally heteroscedastic functions; optimizing, by one or more processors, each patient function from the abstracted set of variance-related candidate-patient functions by identifying a time period in which the variances and
heteroscedasticity of each patient function are maximized, wherein this optimization produces an optimal abstracted set of variance-related patient functions from the time period in which the variances and
heteroscedasticity of each patient function are maximized;by one or more processors comparing the optimal abstracted set of variance-related patient functions with a historical dataset for a
patient population to create a predictive set of variance-related patient functions, wherein the predictive set of variance-related patient functions predicts a health-related target outcome of the
patient population; by one or more processors generating a current optimal patient set of variance-related patient functions for a current patient; by one or more processors comparing the optimal set of variance-related patient functions for the
patient population with the current optimal patient set of variance-related patient functions for the current patient;In response to the optimal set of variance-related patient functions for the patient
population, which matches the current optimal patient set of variance-related patient functions for the current patient within a predefined limit, one or more processors determine whether the health-related target outcome matches a predefined health-related target outcome for the current patient; and in response to the health-related target outcome matching the predefined health-related outcome for the current patient, one or more processors issue an alert regarding the predefined health-related outcome for the current patient.