Systems and methods for manipulating medical data via a decision support system
First Claim
1. In a decision-support system having a decision-support module, having a knowledge base of medical conditions, diagnostic criteria, and treatments, that communicates with at least one client module adapted to aid with collecting patient data from a patient, a method for delivering decision-supported patient data to a clinician to aid the clinician with the diagnosis and treatment of a medical condition, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) at a client module remote from a decision-support module, presenting a patient with a plurality of questions generated by the decision-support module and gathering patient data indicative of a plurality of responses to the plurality of questions from the patient, wherein each question presented to the patient is based upon the prior questions presented to and the patient data gathered from the patient;
(b) upon receiving the patient data from the client module, evaluating the patient data at the decision-support module to generate decision-supported patient data, the decision-supported patient data comprising a medical condition diagnosis of the patient, pertinent medical parameters associated with the medical condition, and one or more medical care recommendations for the medical condition; and
(c) at either the client module or another client module specific to the clinician, presenting the clinician with the decision-supported patient data specific to the patient in either a standardized format associated with a progress note or a format selected by the clinician that assists the clinician in treating the patient.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for delivering decision-supported patient data to a clinician to aid the clinician with the diagnosis and treatment of a medical condition. The method including presenting a patient with questions generated by a decision-support module and gathering patient data indicative of the responses to the questions. Each question presented to the patient is based upon the prior questions presented to and the patient data gathered from the patient. Upon receiving the patient data from the client module, evaluating the patient data at the module to generate decision-supported patient data, this supported patient data includes medical condition diagnoses, pertinent medical parameters for the medical condition, and medical care recommendations for the medical condition. At the client module or a clinician'"'"'s client module, presenting the clinician with this patient data in either a standardized format associated with a progress note or a format selected by the clinician.
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36 Claims
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1. In a decision-support system having a decision-support module, having a knowledge base of medical conditions, diagnostic criteria, and treatments, that communicates with at least one client module adapted to aid with collecting patient data from a patient, a method for delivering decision-supported patient data to a clinician to aid the clinician with the diagnosis and treatment of a medical condition, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) at a client module remote from a decision-support module, presenting a patient with a plurality of questions generated by the decision-support module and gathering patient data indicative of a plurality of responses to the plurality of questions from the patient, wherein each question presented to the patient is based upon the prior questions presented to and the patient data gathered from the patient;
(b) upon receiving the patient data from the client module, evaluating the patient data at the decision-support module to generate decision-supported patient data, the decision-supported patient data comprising a medical condition diagnosis of the patient, pertinent medical parameters associated with the medical condition, and one or more medical care recommendations for the medical condition; and
(c) at either the client module or another client module specific to the clinician, presenting the clinician with the decision-supported patient data specific to the patient in either a standardized format associated with a progress note or a format selected by the clinician that assists the clinician in treating the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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- 9. A method as recited in claim 9, wherein the step of broadcasting patient data comprises broadcasting patient data following a defined schedule.
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22. In a decision-support system having a decision-support module, having a knowledge base of medical conditions, diagnostic criteria, and treatments, that communicates with at least one client module adapted to aid with collecting patient data from a patient, a method for delivering a decision-supported progress note to a clinician to aid the clinician with the diagnosis and treatment of a medical condition, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) upon delivering patient data to the decision-support module following a question/answer interaction between the patient and the client module, where the patient data is indicative of the responses to the question presented to the patient, evaluating the received patient data with the data stored in the knowledge base to generate data indicative of a decision-supported progress note having either a standardized format associated with a progress note or a format selected by the clinician that assists the clinician in treating the patient; and
(b) delivering the data indicative of a decision-supported progress note to at least one client module to present at least one of the clinician and the patient with the decision-supported progress note in a format that assists the clinician in treating the patient. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. In a decision-support system having a decision-support module, having a knowledge base of medical conditions, diagnostic criteria, and treatments, that communicates with at least one client module, a method for delivering decision-supported patient data to a clinician to aid the clinician with the diagnosis and treatment of a medical condition, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving patient data from the at least one client module remote from the decision-support module, the patient data being gathered from a patient in response to a decision-supported questionnaire generated by the decision-support module based upon questions presented to the patient, responses to the presented questions, and the knowledge base;
(b) evaluating the patient data with the knowledge base of the decision-support module to generate decision-supported patient data for the patient, the decision-supported patient data comprising a medical condition diagnosis of the patient, pertinent medical parameters associated with the medical condition, and one or more medical care recommendations; and
(c) delivering the decision-supported patient data to a user module for presenting the clinician with the decision-supported patient data specific to the patient in either a standardized format associated with a progress note or a format selected by the clinician that assists the clinician in treating the patient.
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36. A decision-support system, comprising:
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(a) a decision-support module configured to generate decision-supported patient data specific to each patient that a clinician is to examine in a defined period, the decision-support module comprising;
(i) a knowledge module storing data representative of expert knowledge within at least one medical field;
(ii) a patient module configured to store patient data; and
(iii) an inference module communicating with the knowledge module and the patient module, the inference module being configured to generate a decision-supported progress note; and
(b) a client module in communication with the decision-support module and adapted to present the decision-supported progress note to the clinician in a configuration that assists the clinician in treating each patient.
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