Enhanced medical treatment system
First Claim
1. A data processing system comprising:
- one or more computer processors programmed to receive health information from a patient using software operable to pose a logic-driven, branching series of questions to identify, discriminate current from past, and prioritize said patient'"'"'s major symptoms,(a) wherein said major symptoms are ranked by priority to said patient; and
wherein exploratory questions are used to survey selected topics;
(b) wherein said exploratory questions ask about groups of related items;
(c) wherein said exploratory questions determine a time frame of relevance to said patient and the priority of a symptom or provisional problem,(d) wherein said priority is characterized by one or more patient factors, selected from the group of;
patient'"'"'s priority for discussion with a clinician, severity of said symptom, impairment of functional abilities, impact on quality of life resulting from said symptom, or system criteria based on a potential clinical importance of said symptom;
(e) wherein said software is further operable to construct subsequent, more detailed questions from a database of potential questions, based upon said patient'"'"'s responses to said exploratory questions; and
(f) wherein said software is operable on the one or more computer processors or on a server distributed to the one or more computers over an Internet connection.
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Abstract
This invention deals with an enhanced medical treatment system which seeks input from the patient and the physician about the medical problems faced by the patient. It analyzes this information and seeks to guide physicians to a correct diagnosis of the complaint. It also seeks to educate the patient about his/her medical problems and provides information about the problem. It is able to store all this information, so that a continues record of the patient'"'"'s visits and problems is kept on file and the physician is able to utilize the medical history to solve the patient'"'"'s current problems. With this system in place the medical establishment will be able to improve health care delivery to the patients and be able to better manage the process of the providing health care. Furthermore, this system will also lower the cost of providing health care without compromising on the quality of health care.
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14 Claims
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1. A data processing system comprising:
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one or more computer processors programmed to receive health information from a patient using software operable to pose a logic-driven, branching series of questions to identify, discriminate current from past, and prioritize said patient'"'"'s major symptoms, (a) wherein said major symptoms are ranked by priority to said patient; and
wherein exploratory questions are used to survey selected topics;(b) wherein said exploratory questions ask about groups of related items; (c) wherein said exploratory questions determine a time frame of relevance to said patient and the priority of a symptom or provisional problem, (d) wherein said priority is characterized by one or more patient factors, selected from the group of;
patient'"'"'s priority for discussion with a clinician, severity of said symptom, impairment of functional abilities, impact on quality of life resulting from said symptom, or system criteria based on a potential clinical importance of said symptom;(e) wherein said software is further operable to construct subsequent, more detailed questions from a database of potential questions, based upon said patient'"'"'s responses to said exploratory questions; and (f) wherein said software is operable on the one or more computer processors or on a server distributed to the one or more computers over an Internet connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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