IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE MEDICAL CONDITIONS OF A PATIENT
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1. A mobile computing apparatus for identifying one or more medical conditions possibly associated with a patient, said mobile computing apparatus comprising:
- a display;
a user input interface;
a memory area for storing a plurality of questions related to a plurality of symptoms, said memory area further storing a correspondence between the plurality of symptoms and a plurality of medical conditions; and
a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions for;
selecting a series of questions from the plurality of questions stored in the memory area;
presenting each of the selected questions to the patient in succession via the display;
receiving, via the user input interface, a response to each of the presented questions as the questions are presented, wherein the response corresponds to one or more of the symptoms stored in the memory area, and wherein each next question in the series is dynamically selected based on the response received from the patient to a previous question; and
determining, based on the correspondence between the plurality of symptoms and the plurality of medical conditions stored in the memory area, one or more of the medical conditions associated with the patient.
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Abstract
Assisting a health care provider in rapidly detecting a possible medical condition in a patient. In an embodiment, a handheld portable device programmed with software instructions is configured to interact with the patient to deduce a list of possible medical conditions. The deduced list of possible medical conditions is provided to a health care provider for diagnosis. Suggested treatment plans may also be provided based on the list of possible medical conditions.
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1. A mobile computing apparatus for identifying one or more medical conditions possibly associated with a patient, said mobile computing apparatus comprising:
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a display; a user input interface; a memory area for storing a plurality of questions related to a plurality of symptoms, said memory area further storing a correspondence between the plurality of symptoms and a plurality of medical conditions; and a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions for; selecting a series of questions from the plurality of questions stored in the memory area; presenting each of the selected questions to the patient in succession via the display; receiving, via the user input interface, a response to each of the presented questions as the questions are presented, wherein the response corresponds to one or more of the symptoms stored in the memory area, and wherein each next question in the series is dynamically selected based on the response received from the patient to a previous question; and determining, based on the correspondence between the plurality of symptoms and the plurality of medical conditions stored in the memory area, one or more of the medical conditions associated with the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable components for aiding in the diagnosis of a patient, said components comprising:
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a correspondence component including a decision tree, said decision tree defining a relationship between a plurality of questions and a plurality of medical conditions; an interface component for receiving input from the patient; a questionnaire component for dynamically selecting a series of the questions from the questionnaire component based on input received from the patient via the interface component; an analysis component for identifying one or more of the medical conditions for the patient based on the decision tree in the correspondence component and on the input from the patient received via the interface component; and a feedback component for receiving a diagnosis for the patient from a health care provider and comparing the received diagnosis with the medical conditions identified by the analysis component, wherein the feedback component adjusts the decision tree stored in the correspondence component based on the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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accessing a decision tree having nodes corresponding to questions, wherein each of the questions is conditionally linked to other questions within the decision tree, said decision tree having leaf nodes representing medical conditions; applying the questions from the decision tree to the user; traversing the decision tree based on responses received from the user to the applied questions to identify one or more of the leaf nodes; determining the medical conditions associated with the identified leaf nodes; identifying a plurality of questions within the decision tree that were not applied to the user; applying one or more randomly selected questions from the identified plurality of questions to the user and traversing the decision tree based on responses to the applied randomly selected questions to identify additional medical conditions; and providing the determined medical conditions and the additional medical conditions to a health care provider. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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