Diagnostic information systems

• US 20050033121A1
• Filed: 12/30/2002
• Published: 02/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ivan E. Modrovich
• Original Assignee: Ivan E. Modrovich
• Inventors: Modrovich, Ivan E.
• Application Number:
  US10/499,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20050033121A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

Relevant clinician determined diagnostic and marker information forming a patients profile are fed into a computer system containing comparative profiles. The comparative results are reported to the clinician as are recommendations for treatment and further investigation if desired. A final diagnosis is reported and treatment, if utilized, is fed back to enhance the computerized profiles.

Claims

1. A method for computerized determination of an abnormal medical condition in a human patient which comprises:

a) inputting, to a living databank containing a plurality of diagnostic profiles of normal and abnormal medical conditions, a diagnostic profile of at least one patient as supplied by at least one clinician;

b) comparing the input patient diagnostic profile to the diagnostic profiles contained in the living databank;

c) computing and reporting to the clinician based on the comparison a weighted list of possible abnormal medical conditions and means of treatment and, in order, suggestions for further diagnostic tests and markers;

d) further computing and reporting, on an iterative basis, and based on all clinician responses to suggested further diagnostic tests and markers a refined possible diagnosis and treatment;

e) continuously refining the diagnostic living databank utilizing clinician input of confirmed diagnosis and treatment.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1 in which abnormal diagnosis or treatment are input to the living databank to refine the diagnostic profiles contained in the living databank.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1 in which input information is processed by a gating program to accept only information confirmed and relevant to the diagnosis in question.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1 in which input digital data for a patient is converted to graphical format at least for the purposes of the comparison.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1 in which any output is presented in formats selected from verbal, written, digital, graphical and a combination thereof.

6. A method as claimed in claim 4 in which any output is presented in formats selected from verbal, written, digital, graphical and mixtures thereof.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1 in which the patient profile and other relevant information are input from remote sources.

8. A method as claimed in claim 1 in which the computed results are transmitted to a remote receiver.

9. A method as claimed in claim 7 in which the computed results are transmitted to a remote receiver.

10. A method as claimed in claim 1 which inputs are received from multiple clinicians and reports are made to multiple clinicians.

11. A method as claimed in claim 10 in which the computed results are transmitted to at least a remote receiver.

12. A method for computerized determination of an abnormal medical condition in a human patient which comprises:

a) inputting, to a living databank containing a plurality of gated diagnostic profiles of normal and abnormal medical conditions, a gated diagnostic profile of at least one patient as supplied by at least one clinician;

b) comparing the gated input patient diagnostic profile to the relevant diagnostic profiles contained in the living databank;

c) determining on a rule in/rule out basis a weighted list of possible abnormal medical conditions and means of treatment and requests for further diagnostic rule in/rule out tests and markers;

d) further computing on gated basis and reporting, on an iterative basis, and based on all clinician responses to suggested further diagnostic tests and markers a refined possible diagnosis and treatment;

e) refining the diagnostic living databank utilizing clinician input of confirmed diagnosis and treatment.

13. A method as claimed in claim 12 in which abnormal diagnosis or treatment are input to the living databank to refine the diagnostic profiles of the living databank.

14. A method as claimed in claim 12 in which input digital data for a patient is converted to graphical format at least for the purposes of the comparison.

15. A method as claimed in claim 14 in which any output is presented in formats selected from verbal, written, digital, graphical and combinations thereof.

16. A computer system for diagnosis of diseases and other human maladies which comprise:

a) living databank programmed to receive and retain on an ongoing basis clinical diagnostic and marker information input by a clinician;

b) means to form from input diagnostic information profiles of normal and abnormal medical conditions;

c) means to receive diagnostic and marker information to form a profile of the patient;

d) means to compare the formed profile of the patient to contained normal and abnormal profiles;

e) means to compute a weighted average of possible diagnosis and treatments and determine needs for fir diagnostic tests and markers;

f) means to report to the clinician the results of the computed weighted average;

g) means to receive and respond to responses from clinicians of further clinical test and markers to refine the diagnosis and methods for treatment; and

h) means to update the living databank from feedback on the results of step (g).

18. A computer system as claimed in claim 16 including gating means to retire information supplied to the databank to receive or reject information relevant to the databank.

19. A computer system as claimed in claim 16 including means to receive and transmit information by means selected from the group consisting of oral, digital, graphical sad combinations thereof.

20. A computer system as claimed in claim 16 which includes means to cornet received information to graphical format and transmit information in graphical and digital format.

17. A computer system as claimed in clan 16 which is adapted to receive diagnostic and marker information from a remote transmission means and deliver responses and requests to the remote receiver.