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Computer assisted method for the diagnosis and treatment of illness

  • US 5,993,386 A
  • Filed: 07/15/1997
  • Issued: 11/30/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for using a computer to monitor the diagnosis and treatment of illness, said method comprisingevaluating a patient;

  • determining a first state of health for the patient at a first time,assigning a first numeric value to the first state of health for the patient and inputting such value to the computer,estimating an expected second state of health for a patient at or near a second time, wherein the expected second state of health can be the same as or different from the first state of health,assigning a numeric value to the expected second state of health and inputting such value to the computer,determining an actual second state of health for the patient at or near the second time,assigning a second numerical value to the actual second state of health for the patient and inputting such value to the computer,establishing, by use of the computer, a numeric value representative of error between theexpected second state of health and the actual second state of health according to a predetermined relationship between the numeric value assigned to the expected second state of health and the numeric value assigned to the actual second state of health,wherein the numeric values are selected from a range of numeric values which increase or decrease from a value corresponding to dead at one end of the range to normal at the other end of the range, andwherein the numeric value representative of error quantifies an outcome useful for evaluating the diagnosis and treatment of the patient.

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