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Evidence-Based Medicine Supercharger

  • US 20080147440A1
  • Filed: 02/07/2007
  • Published: 06/19/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for processing medical literature comprising:

  • a text mining module detecting an outcome study for a medical treatment from a medical publication;

    a rule induction module mapping the medical treatment to a diagnostic and procedural code;

    a data analyzer configured to perform;

    (a) accessing a database for health data using the diagnostic and procedural code, the health data spanning previous treatment for a population of consumers;

    (b) associating an outcome metric for the medical treatment with a consumer group; and

    (c) repeating (a) and (b) to determine another outcome metric for another consumer group; and

    a utility generator generating a utility function from the plurality of outcome metrics, the utility function gauging an efficacy of at least one intervention channel for a consumer.

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