ILLNESS SPECIFIC DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM

• US 20100241472A1
• Filed: 11/02/2009
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David Antonio Hernandez
• Original Assignee: David Antonio Hernandez
• Inventors: Hernandez, David Antonio
• Granted Patent: US 8,521,562 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/60 relating to pathologies

Abstract

A method for diagnosing diseases in human subjects and a computer system implementing the method. The novel method uses historical patient medical records to create tables, which are used by a medical center to determine what diagnostic test is associated with confirmation of a disease in question. The method provides nonparametric, retrospective, disease cohort, rank ordered, weighted concatenation tables, which are unique to a disease and specific to the medical center where they are created, with prospective application. The method is more efficient and effective than presently used methods.

Claims

1. A method of determining the suitability of a diagnostic test for confirmation of a disease in humans comprising:

obtaining disease treatment results for a plurality of patients grouped by disease in a Diagnostic Related Group (DRG);

obtaining a plurality of diagnostic tests corresponding to each patient, each diagnostic test having a test result selected from the group comprising a positive result, a negative result, and an equivocal result;

retrieving a first result for a first diagnostic test performed for each of the plurality of patients;

retrieving a second result for a second diagnostic test performed for each of the plurality of patients; and

transforming the first and second results to create a system value by solving for

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a system table using the system value;

performing a clinical assessment based on a persons'"'"' symptoms;

determining a provincial disease diagnosis based on the clinical assessment;

determining the best diagnostic test for the determined provincial disease diagnosis using the system table;

performing the diagnostic test; and

confirming or denying the presence of the disease based on the results of the diagnostic test.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of patients are from a single medical facility.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

measuring the medical facility'"'"'s diagnostic capacity at a first time;

measuring the medical facility'"'"'s diagnostic capacity at a second time;

determining if a relevant change has occurred in the facility'"'"'s diagnostic capacity between the measurement at the first time and the measurement at the second time;

analyzing the system value or the system table for quality control based on the diagnostic capacity of the medical facility; and

re-calculating the system value, responsive to a change in the diagnostic capacity of the medical facility.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the relevant change is one or more of the changes chosen from the group consisting of a change in equipment, a change in diagnosticians, and a change in technology.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a baseline value for a diagnostic instrument based on existing a medical physics evaluation record; and

updating the system value responsive to a change in the baseline value.

7. A computer system adapted to determine the suitability of a diagnostic test for confirmation of a disease in humans comprising:

a processor; and

a tangible memory storage including software instructions that cause the computer system to perform;

obtaining disease treatment results for a plurality of patients grouped by disease in a Diagnostic Related Group (DRG),

obtaining a plurality of diagnostic tests corresponding to each patient, each diagnostic test having a test result selected from the group comprising a positive result, a negative result, and an equivocal result,

retrieving a first result for a first diagnostic test performed for each of the plurality of patients,

retrieving a second result for a second diagnostic test performed for each of the plurality of patients, and

transforming the first and second results to create a system value by solving for

8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the tangible memory storage further includes software instructions that cause the computer system to perform:

generating a system table using the system value.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of patients are from a single medical facility.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the tangible memory storage further includes software instructions that cause the computer system to perform:

measuring the medical facility'"'"'s diagnostic capacity at a first time,

measuring the medical facility'"'"'s diagnostic capacity at a second time,

determining if a relevant change has occurred in the facility'"'"'s diagnostic capacity between the measurement at the first time and the measurement at the second time,

analyzing the system value or the system table for quality control based on the diagnostic capacity of the medical facility, and

re-calculating the system value, responsive to a change in the diagnostic capacity of the medical facility.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the relevant change is one or more of the changes chosen from the group consisting of a change in equipment, a change in diagnosticians, and a change in technology.

12. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the tangible memory storage further includes software instructions that cause the computer system to perform:

;

determining a baseline value for a diagnostic instrument based on existing a medical physics evaluation record, and

updating the system value responsive to a change in the baseline value.

13. A method of diagnosing disease in humans comprising:

obtaining disease treatment results for a plurality of patients grouped by disease in a Diagnostic Related Group (DRG);

obtaining a plurality of diagnostic tests corresponding to each patient, each diagnostic test having a test result selected from the group comprising a positive result, a negative result, and an equivocal result;

retrieving a first result for a first diagnostic test performed for each of the plurality of patients;

retrieving a second result for a second diagnostic test performed for each of the plurality of patients; and

transforming the first and second results to create a system value by solving for

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

generating a system table using the system value;

performing a clinical assessment based on a persons'"'"' symptoms;

determining a provincial disease diagnosis based on the clinical assessment;

determining the best diagnostic test for the determined provincial disease diagnosis using the system table;

performing the diagnostic test; and

confirming or denying the presence of the disease based on the results of the diagnostic test.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the plurality of patients are from a single medical facility.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

measuring the medical facility'"'"'s diagnostic capacity at a first time;

measuring the medical facility'"'"'s diagnostic capacity at a second time;

determining if a relevant change has occurred in the facility'"'"'s diagnostic capacity between the measurement at the first time and the measurement at the second time;

analyzing the system value or the system table for quality control based on the diagnostic capacity of the medical facility; and

re-calculating the system value, responsive to a change in the diagnostic capacity of the medical facility.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the relevant change is one or more of the changes chosen from the group consisting of a change in equipment, a change in diagnosticians, and a change in technology.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining a baseline value for a diagnostic instrument based on existing a medical physics evaluation record; and

updating the system value responsive to a change in the baseline value.

19. A computer system adapted to determine the suitability of a diagnostic test for confirmation of a disease in humans comprising:

a processor; and

a tangible memory storage including software instructions that cause the computer system to perform;

obtaining disease treatment results for a plurality of patients grouped by disease in a Diagnostic Related Group (DRG),

obtaining a plurality of diagnostic tests corresponding to each patient, each diagnostic test having a test result selected from the group comprising a positive result, a negative result, and an equivocal result,

retrieving a first result for a first diagnostic test performed for each of the plurality of patients,

retrieving a second result for a second diagnostic test performed for each of the plurality of patients, and

transforming the first and second results to create a system value by solving for

20. The computer system of claim 19, wherein the tangible memory storage further includes software instructions that cause the computer system to perform:

generating a system table using the system value.

21. The computer system of claim 20, wherein the plurality of patients are from a single medical facility.

22. The computer system of claim 21, wherein the tangible memory storage further includes software instructions that cause the computer system to perform:

measuring the medical facility'"'"'s diagnostic capacity at a first time,

measuring the medical facility'"'"'s diagnostic capacity at a second time,

determining if a relevant change has occurred in the facility'"'"'s diagnostic capacity between the measurement at the first time and the measurement at the second time,

analyzing the system value or the system table for quality control based on the diagnostic capacity of the medical facility, and

re-calculating the system value, responsive to a change in the diagnostic capacity of the medical facility.

23. The computer system of claim 22, wherein the relevant change is one or more of the changes chosen from the group consisting of a change in equipment, a change in diagnosticians, and a change in technology.

24. The computer system of claim 20, wherein the tangible memory storage further includes software instructions that cause the computer system to perform:

;

determining a baseline value for a diagnostic instrument based on existing a medical physics evaluation record, and

updating the system value responsive to a change in the baseline value.