Tailoring Medication to Individual Characteristics
First Claim
1. A medical outcome prediction tool for predicting an individual patient'"'"'s medical outcomes, the medical outcome prediction tool implementing a method comprising:
- a. identifying patients having a same disease;
b. selecting a set of characteristics unique to an individual;
c. determining the similarities between the individual and other cases by;
i. calculating the number of matches between the individual and the cases over the set of characteristics; and
ii. using the result of the calculated matches to determine a similarity score; and
d. calculating the expected outcome for the individual that is proportional to a weighted sum of outcomes of similar the cases.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a medical outcome prediction tool that predicts an individual patient'"'"'s medical outcomes by identifying patients having a same disease; selecting a set of characteristics unique to an individual; determining the similarities between the individual and other cases; and calculating the expected outcome for the individual that is proportional to a weighted sum of outcomes of similar cases. The similarities can be determined by calculating the number of matches between the individual and cases over the set of characteristics, and using that result to determine a similarity score.
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13 Claims
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1. A medical outcome prediction tool for predicting an individual patient'"'"'s medical outcomes, the medical outcome prediction tool implementing a method comprising:
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a. identifying patients having a same disease; b. selecting a set of characteristics unique to an individual; c. determining the similarities between the individual and other cases by; i. calculating the number of matches between the individual and the cases over the set of characteristics; and ii. using the result of the calculated matches to determine a similarity score; and d. calculating the expected outcome for the individual that is proportional to a weighted sum of outcomes of similar the cases. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for predicting an individual patient'"'"'s medical outcomes, the method comprising:
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a. identifying patients having a same disease; b. selecting a set of characteristics unique to an individual; c. determining the similarities between the individual and other cases by; i. calculating the number of matches between the individual and the cases over the set of characteristics; and ii. using the result of the calculated matches to determine a similarity score; and d. calculating the expected outcome for the individual that is proportional to a weighted sum of outcomes of similar the cases. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for predicting an individual patient'"'"'s medical outcomes, the system comprising:
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a. a patient-disease identifier, configured for identifying patients having a same disease; b. a characteristics identifier, configured for selecting a set of characteristics unique to an individual; c. a similarities determiner, configured for determining the similarities between the individual and other cases by; i. a matcher, configured for calculating the number of matches between the individual and the cases over the set of characteristics; and ii. a similarity scorer, configured for determining a similarity score by using the result of the calculated matches; and d. an expected outcome generator, configured for calculating the expected outcome for the individual that is proportional to a weighted sum of outcomes of similar the cases. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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