Disease risk evaluation tool and method
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1. A disease evaluation tool comprising:
- logic configured to accept data representative of a person'"'"'s medical condition;
logic configured to calculate the risk of developing coronary heart disease based on said data and on a Framingham data set.
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Abstract
A disease risk evaluation and education tool, preferably implemented in logic on a computing device such as a Personal Digital Assistant, permits a user to input patient-specific data relevant to evaluating that patient'"'"'s risk for a particular disease, e.g., coronary heart disease. The tool'"'"'s logic calculates the equivalent age of the patient, based on the Framingham data set and on the input data, and presents one or more treatment recommendations.
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1. A disease evaluation tool comprising:
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logic configured to accept data representative of a person'"'"'s medical condition;
logic configured to calculate the risk of developing coronary heart disease based on said data and on a Framingham data set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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9. A disease evaluation tool comprising:
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means for accepting data representative of a person'"'"'s medical condition;
means for calculating the risk of developing coronary heart disease based on said data and on a Framingham data set. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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17. A method of evaluating the disease state of a person, comprising:
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accepting data representative of a person'"'"'s medical condition; and
calculating the risk of developing coronary heart disease based on said data and on a Framingham data set. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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