MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS DERIVED FROM PATIENT DRUG HISTORY DATA
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1. A computer-implemented method, the method implemented on a computer having at least one processor and a memory, comprising:
- receiving patient data comprising the patient'"'"'s drug history;
analyzing, using the at least one processor of the computer, the patient data, wherein the analysis comprises applying at least one rule which defines a relationship among a disease and drug usage expected to be associated with the disease, and further wherein the at least one rule is applied to the patient'"'"'s drug history based on a hierarchy of diseases, the hierarchy being a function, at least in part, of a severity of the disease to the patient'"'"'s health, and further wherein the hierarchy of diseases is applied such that if the application of the at least one rule yields a plurality of possible diseases including a more severe and a less severe disease, the more severe disease is associated with the patient; and
,based on the analysis, inferring a diagnosis for the patient.
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Abstract
In general the invention is directed to systems, methods, and/or software modules which may analyze a patient'"'"'s drug history, and optionally other data, and derive a probable diagnosis for the patient based on rules.
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1. A computer-implemented method, the method implemented on a computer having at least one processor and a memory, comprising:
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receiving patient data comprising the patient'"'"'s drug history; analyzing, using the at least one processor of the computer, the patient data, wherein the analysis comprises applying at least one rule which defines a relationship among a disease and drug usage expected to be associated with the disease, and further wherein the at least one rule is applied to the patient'"'"'s drug history based on a hierarchy of diseases, the hierarchy being a function, at least in part, of a severity of the disease to the patient'"'"'s health, and further wherein the hierarchy of diseases is applied such that if the application of the at least one rule yields a plurality of possible diseases including a more severe and a less severe disease, the more severe disease is associated with the patient; and
,based on the analysis, inferring a diagnosis for the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented system for inferring a diagnosis for a patient based on at least the patient'"'"'s drug history comprising:
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a rules module, which receives a patient'"'"'s drug history, the drug history including at least two drugs the patient was previously prescribed and the dates associated with such prescriptions, and applies at least one rule that defines relationships between the patient'"'"'s drug history and a diagnosis, to yield at least two possible diseases that fit the patient'"'"'s drug history; and
,a diagnosis assignment module, which assigns a probable medical diagnosis to the patient based on the rules module'"'"'s application of rules, and wherein the probable medical diagnosis is assigned based on a hierarchy of diseases, the hierarchy being a function, at least in part, of a severity of the disease to the patient'"'"'s health, and further wherein the hierarchy of diseases is applied such that the more severe of the two possible diseases is associated with the patient. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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