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Optimizing Test Procedures for a Subject Under Test

  • US 20110161104A1
  • Filed: 12/31/2010
  • Published: 06/30/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of optimizing a diagnostic test sequence to diagnose a medical condition of a subject, comprising:

  • determining a group of diagnostic tests related to a symptom of the subject from a pool of diagnostic tests;

    conducting a probabilistic medical condition analysis determining the efficacy of each of the diagnostic tests based on historical outcomes of actual diagnostic testing;

    analyzing a comparative utility of each diagnostic tests based on a plurality of factors that can affect a problem resolution;

    assigning a weight to each factor involved in the probabilistic medical condition analysis;

    ordering the diagnostic tests based upon at least one of;

    a probability of the diagnostic test identifying a cause of the medical condition in a minimum amount of time;

    a probability of the diagnostic test identifying the cause of the medical condition at a minimum cost; and

    a relative weighting of minimizing time versus minimizing cost; and

    selecting a first diagnostic test from the group based at least in part on the probabilistic medical condition analysis and the weighted factors involved therein.

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