Method and System to Exchange Information About Diseases
First Claim
1. A method for matching users interested in studying and/or sharing information about diseases, particularly rare diseases, based on lists of symptoms of patients under their care, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of:
- a) Creating a profile of a user including personal and professional information, research data, lists of symptoms and health information of patients under the user'"'"'s care;
b) Calculating a matching index for a list of symptoms of patient relative to each target list of symptoms, wherein the matching index is calculated by list matching algorithms and methods well-known in the art;
c) Creating and displaying a match report that ranks target lists of symptoms relative to a list of symptoms of patient according to their respective matching index;
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Abstract
An online system and method enabling users to exchange information and establish collaboration in scientific projects on rare diseases is described. The website allows users to create a list of symptoms for a patient with a rare disease who is under their care. The patient'"'"'s list of symptoms is then used to find other patients sharing a similar list of symptoms. A matching system creates a match report that ranks patients with similar symptoms. Once a list of potential matches is available, the user may take the initiative of contacting other colleagues with similar clinical cases under their care, for the purpose of exchanging information and/or establishing collaboration in scientific projects about a particular rare disease. A database containing information on rare diseases, along with other services, is also provided to the users at the website.
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1. A method for matching users interested in studying and/or sharing information about diseases, particularly rare diseases, based on lists of symptoms of patients under their care, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of:
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a) Creating a profile of a user including personal and professional information, research data, lists of symptoms and health information of patients under the user'"'"'s care; b) Calculating a matching index for a list of symptoms of patient relative to each target list of symptoms, wherein the matching index is calculated by list matching algorithms and methods well-known in the art; c) Creating and displaying a match report that ranks target lists of symptoms relative to a list of symptoms of patient according to their respective matching index; - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for matching users interested in studying and/or sharing information about rare diseases based on lists of symptoms of patients under their care, comprising a server having:
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at least one storage device to store user profiles, matching reports, and the rare disease database; at least one processor having a memory, coupled to the storage device; the storage device to store software applications for controlling the processor and the processor is operative with the software applications to manage the website and the services provided by the system; and
,connection means to a network of communications.
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