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Patient data mining for cardiology screening

  • US 7,744,540 B2
  • Filed: 11/04/2002
  • Issued: 06/29/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for screening for coronary heart disease, the method comprising the steps of:

  • retrieving a test for assessing risk of coronary heart disease, the test including a plurality of data fields relating to coronary risk factors;

    accessing a database to populate the data fields of the test with patient information of an individual patient, the patient information being from computerized patient records having an unstructured data source;

    calculating a risk assessment of the individual patient developing coronary heart disease as a function of the patient information in the data fields;

    using a processor, performing as a function of the patient information in the data fields, a sensitivity analysis on the coronary risk factors of the individual patient to determine which factor will have the greatest effect in influencing the risk assessment; and

    creating a model of a coronary heart disease patient to simulate effects of different variables to perform the sensitivity analysis.

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