SELF-IMPROVING METHOD OF USING ONLINE COMMUNITIES TO PREDICT HEALTH-RELATED OUTCOMES
First Claim
1. A method for providing real-time personalized medical predictions for an individual patient, the method comprising:
- providing a database containing patient information for a plurality of other patients including one or more attributes for each patient in the database;
constructing a model of a disease based on disease progressions for the plurality of patients;
receiving a request from the individual patient, the patient associated with one or more attributes; and
making a real-time prediction for the individual patient based on the mode and the individual patient'"'"'s attributes.
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Abstract
The invention is directed, in part, to method of using self-reported health data in online communities to predict significant health events in life-changing illnesses to improve the lives of individuals and to improve patient self-management. The invention provides a method for providing real-time personalized medical predictions for an individual patient. The method includes: providing a database containing patient information for a plurality of other patients including one or more attributes for each patient in the database; constructing a model of a disease based on disease progressions for the plurality of patients; receiving a request from the individual patient, the patient associated with one or more attributes; and making a real-time prediction for the individual patient based on the mode and the individual patient'"'"'s attributes.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for providing real-time personalized medical predictions for an individual patient, the method comprising:
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providing a database containing patient information for a plurality of other patients including one or more attributes for each patient in the database; constructing a model of a disease based on disease progressions for the plurality of patients; receiving a request from the individual patient, the patient associated with one or more attributes; and making a real-time prediction for the individual patient based on the mode and the individual patient'"'"'s attributes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a computer to perform a method for providing real-time personalized medical predictions for an individual patient, the method comprising:
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providing a database containing patient information for a plurality of other patients including one or more attributes for each patient in the database; constructing a model of a disease based on disease progressions for the plurality of patients; receiving a request from the individual patient, the patient associated with one or more attributes; and making a real-time prediction for the individual patient based on the mode and the individual patient'"'"'s attributes.
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27. A method for providing real-time personalized medical predictions, the method comprising:
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gathering patient-submitted information from a community of patients having a disease, the information including medical condition metrics and intervention data; utilizing the patient-submitted information to form a model of the disease; and predicting the progression of the disease in a particular patient by applying information submitted by an individual patient to the model. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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