Patient conditional diagnosis assessment and symptom tracking system
First Claim
1. A method for conditionally diagnosing a disorder in a patient and assessing and tracking the symptoms of the patient during treatment for the disorder, comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an interview instrument including diagnostic and assessment information for a selected disorder and a follow-up portion;
b. said clinician conducting a first interview of said patient for identifying and assessing said patient'"'"'s symptoms of said disorder in accordance with said list of symptoms and diagnostic and assessment information;
c. said clinician recording said patient'"'"'s symptoms and said clinician'"'"'s assessment of said patient'"'"'s symptoms on said interview instrument;
d. said clinician developing a diagnosis and treatment plan for treatment of said disorder and recording said treatment plan on said interview instrument;
e. said clinician conducting a subsequent interview of said patient for assessing changes in said patient'"'"'s symptoms of said disorder; and
f. said clinician recording changes in said patient'"'"'s symptoms on said follow-up portion of said interview instrument for tracking effects of said treatment plan.
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Abstract
A system and method for conditionally diagnosing, assessing and tracking the symptoms of patients having mental or physical disorders involves providing an interview instrument having diagnostic and assessment information for a selected disorder. A clinician conducts a first interview of a patient to identify and assess the patient'"'"'s symptoms. The clinician records the symptoms and assessment on the interview instrument. Alternatively, the patient records symptoms on the interview instrument and the clinician then conducts a first interview. The clinician develops a diagnosis and treatment plan and records them on the instrument. The clinician conducts one or more subsequent interviews of the patient for identifying and assessing the patient'"'"'s symptoms and records any changes in the symptoms on the interview instrument for documenting the effects of the treatment plan. The interview instrument includes a joint use portion having a list of symptoms and assessment criteria and spaces for recording the patient'"'"'s symptoms and an assessment, a diagnostic portion having predetermined, recognized diagnostic criteria for use by the clinician, a patient-use portion having educational information for use by the patient and a follow-up portion for tracking the effects of a treatment plan across multiple subsequent visits.
37 Citations
24 Claims
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1. A method for conditionally diagnosing a disorder in a patient and assessing and tracking the symptoms of the patient during treatment for the disorder, comprising the steps of:
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a. providing an interview instrument including diagnostic and assessment information for a selected disorder and a follow-up portion;
b. said clinician conducting a first interview of said patient for identifying and assessing said patient'"'"'s symptoms of said disorder in accordance with said list of symptoms and diagnostic and assessment information;
c. said clinician recording said patient'"'"'s symptoms and said clinician'"'"'s assessment of said patient'"'"'s symptoms on said interview instrument;
d. said clinician developing a diagnosis and treatment plan for treatment of said disorder and recording said treatment plan on said interview instrument;
e. said clinician conducting a subsequent interview of said patient for assessing changes in said patient'"'"'s symptoms of said disorder; and
f. said clinician recording changes in said patient'"'"'s symptoms on said follow-up portion of said interview instrument for tracking effects of said treatment plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for conditionally diagnosing a disorder in a patient and assessing and tracking the symptoms of the patient, comprising the steps of:
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a. providing an interview instrument;
said interview instrument including a diagnostic portion for use by said clinician, a patient-use portion for use by said patient, a joint-use portion for use by both said clinician and said patient, and a follow-up portion for use by said clinician;
said diagnostic portion of said interview instrument including symptom, diagnosis and assessment information for a selected disorder;
said patient-use portion of said interview instrument including educational information about said disorder;
b. said clinician reviewing said diagnostic and assessment information, interviewing said patient, recording said symptoms on said joint-use portion of said interview instrument to create a record of symptoms, and identifying target symptoms for treatment;
c. said patient reviewing said educational information on said patient-use portion of said interview instrument and reviewing said record of said symptoms; and
d. said clinician again interviewing said patient, said patient reporting changes in said symptoms, and said clinician recording said changes in symptoms on said follow-up portion of said interview instrument for documenting the effects of said treatment. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of promoting usage of a therapeutic agent, including the steps of:
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a. providing an interview instrument including a list of symptoms and diagnostic and assessment information for a selected disorder;
b. printing advertising indicia for a predetermined therapeutic agent on said interview instrument;
c. said clinician conducting an interview of said patient and recording said patient'"'"'s symptoms on said interview instrument;
d. said clinician analyzing said symptoms and developing a treatment plan for treatment of said disorder and recording said treatment plan on said interview instrument; and
e. upon said treatment plan calling for a therapeutic agent such as said predetermined therapeutic agent, said clinician prescribing said predetermined therapeutic agent to said patient.
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16. An interactive interview instrument for conditionally diagnosing a disorder in a patient and assessing and tracking the symptoms of the patient during treatment by a clinician for the disorder, comprising:
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a. a diagnostic portion for use by said clinician, said portion including diagnostic information for a selected disorder and space for recording a treatment plan;
b. a patient-use portion for use by said patient, said portion including instructions for communicating with said clinician and educational information about said disorder;
c. a joint-use portion for use by both said clinician and said patient, said portion including a list of symptoms and assessment criteria and space for recording said patient'"'"'s symptoms and said clinician'"'"'s assessment of said patient'"'"'s symptoms;
d. a follow-up portion for use by said clinician, said portion including said listing of symptoms and a plurality of spaces for recording changes in symptoms of said patient over time under said treatment plan. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An interview instrument for conditionally diagnosing a disorder in a patient and assessing and tracking the symptoms of the patient during treatment;
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a. a diagnostic portion including diagnostic criteria for a selected disorder;
b. space for a clinician to record symptoms of said patient and a treatment plan;
b. a follow-up portion, said portion including a listing of symptoms and a plurality of spaces for recording changes in symptoms of said patient over time under said treatment plan. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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