Homeopathic treatment selection system and method
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating the selection of remedies for a patient, the method implemented on a computer with an input unit, a display unit, a database providing a data file containing a plurality of indexed data records containing symptoms, rubrics, and remedies, the symptom data records containing indications of rubrics, the rubrics containing indications of remedies, the method comprising:
- a) receiving via the input unit a first set of input data identifying patient symptoms;
b) receiving via the input unit a first command to create at least one segment consisting of at least one rubric, the segment being associated with a subset of the symptoms;
c) creating the at least one segment by indexing via the database into the data file for a set of rubric data records related to the symptom data records,d) receiving via the input unit a second command to create at least one remedy from the at least one segment; and
e) creating the at least one remedy by indexing via the database into the data file remedy data records indicated by the set of rubric data records in related to the at least one segment.
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Abstract
A system and method for assisting a homeopath in the diagnosis and selection of treatments for a patient. The system includes a digital computer adapted to store information related to symptoms and remedies for symptoms. The computer is adapted, via a program, to assist the homeopath in case-taking by prompting the homeopath for collection of symptoms by providing case-taking suggestions. The computer is further adapted via the program to group symptoms into segments, and to facilitate the homeopath in building a cycle of segments. The segments are utilized to index into the stored information to select remedies for the symptoms incorporated into the segments. The system is further adapted to interact with the homeopath in the selection of which particular symptoms go into a particular segment.
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10 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating the selection of remedies for a patient, the method implemented on a computer with an input unit, a display unit, a database providing a data file containing a plurality of indexed data records containing symptoms, rubrics, and remedies, the symptom data records containing indications of rubrics, the rubrics containing indications of remedies, the method comprising:
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a) receiving via the input unit a first set of input data identifying patient symptoms; b) receiving via the input unit a first command to create at least one segment consisting of at least one rubric, the segment being associated with a subset of the symptoms; c) creating the at least one segment by indexing via the database into the data file for a set of rubric data records related to the symptom data records, d) receiving via the input unit a second command to create at least one remedy from the at least one segment; and e) creating the at least one remedy by indexing via the database into the data file remedy data records indicated by the set of rubric data records in related to the at least one segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer-implemented method for facilitating the selection of remedies for a patient, the method implemented on a computer with an input unit, a display unit, a database providing a data file containing a plurality of indexed data records containing symptoms, rubrics, and remedies, the symptom data records containing indications of rubrics, the rubric data records containing indication of remedies, the method comprising:
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1) building a set of rubrics until receiving a completion indicator via the steps of a) receiving via the input unit a first set of input data identifying patient symptoms, b) receiving via the input unit a first command to create at least one rubric from the symptoms, c) creating the at least one rubric by indexing via the database into the data file for the symptom data records matching the first set of input data and reading the indications of rubrics in the symptom data record, d) collecting the at least one rubric into the set of rubrics; 2) receiving via the input a second command to create at least one segment from the set of rubrics via the steps of e) indexing via the database into the data file for rubric data records matching the rubrics in the set of rubrics and collecting the rubric data records into a set of rubric records, f) creating via the database an at least one segment data record containing at least a portion of the rubric records, the segment data record representing the at least one segment; and 3) creating the at least one remedy by indexing via the database into the data file for remedy data records related to the at least a portion of the rubric data records in the at least one segment. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for assisting selection of a homeopathic treatment comprising:
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a digital computer; an input unit connected to the digital computer for inputting data; an output unit connected to the digital computer for outputting data; a computer readable memory adapted to store a program for control of the digital computer; a storage system under control of the digital computer containing data stored in records, the data containing information including symptoms, rubrics, and remedies; and a program in the computer readable memory adapted to control the digital computer to prompt, via the output unit, a first set of prompts for input, receive a first input containing a set of patient symptoms via the input unit, output a second set of prompts for input to identify a major symptom representing a portion of the set of patient symptoms, build a first segment representing said major symptom, retrieve from the storage system records rubric information related to the first segment, retrieve from the storage system records containing remedy information related to the retrieved records containing rubric information, and display the information in retrieved remedy records. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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