Computerized medical diagnostic and treatment advice system
DCFirst Claim
1. A computerized method of providing information related to any one of a plurality of patients for use in an automated medical advice system, the method comprising:
- selectively executing at least a portion of medical diagnostic code, wherein the code;
accesses a patient medical history during an evaluation process, wherein the patient medical history comprises a plurality of records, each patient being associated with at least one unique record, wherein the patient medical history is persistently stored;
determines medical advice particular to a medical condition associated with the portion of the medical diagnostic code through communication with a selected one of the patients and with information stored in the patient medical history; and
provides the medical advice to a selected recipient.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing computerized, knowledge-based medical diagnostic and treatment advice. The medical advice is provided to the general public over a telephone network. Two new authoring languages, interactive voice response and speech recognition are used to enable expert and general practitioner knowledge to be encoded for access by the public. “Meta” functions for time-density analysis of a number of factors regarding the number of medical complaints per unit of time are an integral part of the system. A semantic discrepancy evaluator routine along with a mental status examination are used to detect the consciousness level of a user of the system. A re-enter feature monitors the user'"'"'s changing condition over time. A symptom severity analysis helps to respond to the changing conditions. System sensitivity factors may be changed at a global level or other levels to adjust the system advice as necessary.
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35 Claims
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1. A computerized method of providing information related to any one of a plurality of patients for use in an automated medical advice system, the method comprising:
selectively executing at least a portion of medical diagnostic code, wherein the code; accesses a patient medical history during an evaluation process, wherein the patient medical history comprises a plurality of records, each patient being associated with at least one unique record, wherein the patient medical history is persistently stored; determines medical advice particular to a medical condition associated with the portion of the medical diagnostic code through communication with a selected one of the patients and with information stored in the patient medical history; and provides the medical advice to a selected recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of providing information to a patient for use in a medical diagnostic advice system comprising a computerized device including an input and an output device, the method comprising:
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transmitting information to the patient by the output device; receiving information from the patient by the input device; selectively executing at least a portion of medical diagnostic code based on at least a portion of the received information; scoring at least a portion of the processed received information; and diagnosing a medical condition associated with the executed portion of the medical diagnostic code based upon a comparison of the score and a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of providing patient information for use in a medical diagnostic advice system comprising a computerized device, including an input and an output device, the method comprising:
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transmitting information to a patient via the output device; receiving information from the patient via the input device; selectively executing at least one portion of a plurality of medical diagnostic code portions based on at least a portion of the received information; scoring at least a portion of the processed received information; and diagnosing a medical condition associated with the executed portion of the medical diagnostic code portions based upon a comparison of the score and a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computerized method of providing medical information related to any one of a plurality of patients for use in an automated medical advice system, the method comprising:
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accessing a patient medical history during an automated evaluation process, wherein the patient medical history comprises a plurality of electronic medical records, each patient being associated with at least one unique record, wherein the patient medical history is persistently stored; determining medical advice particular to a medical condition associated with the automated evaluation process through communication corresponding to a selected one of the patients and with information stored in the patient medical history; and providing the medical advice to a selected recipient. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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