ARBITER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND ADVICE
First Claim
1. A computerized arbiter method utilized during an evaluation session in a medical diagnostic system having a computing device, the method comprising:
- asking general questions associated with a list of candidate diseases of a patient using a high level mode of inquiry by use of a user interface associated with a computing device;
selecting a set of most likely diseases based on the responses to the general questions;
asking questions focused on the set of most likely diseases using a middle level mode of inquiry;
selecting a most likely disease based on the responses to the questions from the middle level of inquiry; and
asking questions focused on the most likely disease using a low level mode of inquiry,wherein a sequence of questions corresponds to one of a plurality of evaluation strategies, wherein the set of most likely diseases is divided into one class that is allowed to vote for the next best question which is to be asked of the patient or into another class that is not allowed to vote for the next best question, wherein the diseases that are in the class that cannot vote for the next best question add a weight to a disease score, the weight corresponding to a response for a question asked by another disease, and wherein questions are asked until a goal of the evaluation session has been reached.
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Abstract
A computerized medical diagnostic system and method is described. A computer storage stores a list of candidate disease objects, where each disease object is associated with one or more questions. A computing device is in data communication with the computer storage, and executes instructions associated with an arbiter object. The arbiter object utilizes at least one of multiple evaluation strategies that determine the selection of a next best question to ask of a patient. The disease objects can be separated into a first class that is allowed to vote for the next best question which is to be asked of the patient or into a second class that is not allowed to vote for the next best question. The arbiter object can determine when a next evaluation strategy of the multiple evaluation strategies is to be started.
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52 Claims
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1. A computerized arbiter method utilized during an evaluation session in a medical diagnostic system having a computing device, the method comprising:
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asking general questions associated with a list of candidate diseases of a patient using a high level mode of inquiry by use of a user interface associated with a computing device; selecting a set of most likely diseases based on the responses to the general questions; asking questions focused on the set of most likely diseases using a middle level mode of inquiry; selecting a most likely disease based on the responses to the questions from the middle level of inquiry; and asking questions focused on the most likely disease using a low level mode of inquiry, wherein a sequence of questions corresponds to one of a plurality of evaluation strategies, wherein the set of most likely diseases is divided into one class that is allowed to vote for the next best question which is to be asked of the patient or into another class that is not allowed to vote for the next best question, wherein the diseases that are in the class that cannot vote for the next best question add a weight to a disease score, the weight corresponding to a response for a question asked by another disease, and wherein questions are asked until a goal of the evaluation session has been reached. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computerized medical diagnostic system, the system comprising:
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a computer storage storing a list of candidate diseases, each candidate disease associated with one or more questions; a computing device in data communication with the computer storage, the computing device performing software instructions to; ask general questions associated with the candidate diseases of a patient using a high level mode of inquiry; select a set of most likely diseases based on the responses to the general questions; ask questions focused on the set of most likely diseases using a middle level mode of inquiry; select a most likely disease based on the responses to the questions from the middle level of inquiry; and ask questions focused on the most likely disease using a low level mode of inquiry, wherein the set of most likely diseases is separated into a first class that is allowed to vote for the next best question which is to be asked of the patient or into a second class that is not allowed to vote for the next best question, wherein the diseases that are in the second class add a weight to a disease score, the weight corresponding to a response for a question asked by another disease, and wherein questions are asked until a goal of the evaluation session has been reached. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computerized medical diagnostic system, the system comprising:
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a computer storage storing a list of disease objects, each disease object associated with one or more questions; and a computing device in data communication with the computer storage, the computing device executing instructions associated with an arbiter object, wherein the arbiter object, in conjunction with a plurality of evaluation strategies, determines the selection of a next best question to ask of a patient. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A computerized arbiter method associated with an evaluation session in a medical diagnostic system, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of modes of inquiry, each mode including at least one evaluation strategy, including one mode of inquiry wherein a plurality of disease objects are separated into a first class that is allowed to vote for the next best question which is to be asked of a patient or into a second class that is not allowed to vote for the next best question to be asked; and asking the next best question of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computerized medical diagnostic system, the system comprising:
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a computer storage storing a list of candidate disease objects, each disease object associated with one or more questions; and a computing device in data communication with the computer storage, the computing device executing instructions associated with an arbiter object, wherein the arbiter object utilizes at least one of a plurality of evaluation strategies that help determine the selection of a next best question to ask of a patient, wherein the disease objects are separated into a first class that is allowed to vote for the next best question which is to be asked of the patient or into a second class that is not allowed to vote for the next best question. - View Dependent Claims (52)
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