Panel diagnostic method and system
First Claim
1. A computerized medical diagnostic system, the system comprising:
- a diagnostic module configured to interact with a patient or a healthcare professional, obtain associated patient health items representative of the health of the patient via input, and provide an initial differential diagnosis; and
a panel module in data communication with the diagnostic module, the panel module comprising a plurality of diagnostic strategy processes, each of which generates a corresponding strategy differential diagnosis based on the patient health items, wherein the panel module compares at least a portion of the strategy differential diagnoses to thereby generate a panel differential diagnosis;
a computing environment operative to execute the modules, the computing environment comprising at least one processor; and
wherein the initial differential diagnosis and the panel differential diagnosis are reconciled so as to recommend an action or provide a diagnosis via output to the patient or the healthcare professional.
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Abstract
A method and system for computerized medical diagnostics is disclosed. Beginning with interacting with a patient or a healthcare professional via a diagnostic module to obtain patient health items, the system automatically obtains an initial differential diagnosis and multiple strategy differential diagnoses based on the patient health items. In one embodiment, each strategy differential diagnosis is obtained with different analysis criteria of the patient health items. At least a portion of the strategy differential diagnoses are compared and a panel differential diagnosis based on the compared differential diagnoses is determined. The initial diagnosis and the panel differential diagnosis are reconciled so as to recommend an action or provide a diagnosis to the patient or the healthcare professional.
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69 Claims
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1. A computerized medical diagnostic system, the system comprising:
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a diagnostic module configured to interact with a patient or a healthcare professional, obtain associated patient health items representative of the health of the patient via input, and provide an initial differential diagnosis; and a panel module in data communication with the diagnostic module, the panel module comprising a plurality of diagnostic strategy processes, each of which generates a corresponding strategy differential diagnosis based on the patient health items, wherein the panel module compares at least a portion of the strategy differential diagnoses to thereby generate a panel differential diagnosis; a computing environment operative to execute the modules, the computing environment comprising at least one processor; and wherein the initial differential diagnosis and the panel differential diagnosis are reconciled so as to recommend an action or provide a diagnosis via output to the patient or the healthcare professional. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 62, 63, 65)
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35. A computerized medical diagnostic method, comprising:
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interacting with a patient or a healthcare professional via a diagnostic module to obtain associated patient health items representative of the health of the patient; automatically obtaining an initial differential diagnosis based on the patient health items; automatically obtaining a plurality of strategy differential diagnoses based on the patient health items, each strategy differential diagnosis being obtained with different analysis criteria of the patient health items; comparing at least a portion of the strategy differential diagnoses; determining a panel differential diagnosis based on the compared differential diagnoses; reconciling the initial diagnosis and the panel differential diagnosis so as to recommend an action or provide a diagnosis to the patient or the healthcare professional and wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computerized medical diagnostic system, comprising:
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means for interacting with a patient or a healthcare professional via a diagnostic module to obtain associated patient health items representative of the health of the patient; means for automatically obtaining an initial differential diagnosis based on the patient health items; means for automatically obtaining a plurality of strategy differential diagnoses based on the patient health items, each strategy differential diagnosis being obtained with different analysis criteria of the patient health items; means for comparing at least a portion of the strategy differential diagnoses; means for determining a panel differential diagnosis based on the compared differential diagnoses; and means for reconciling the initial diagnosis and the panel differential diagnosis so as to recommend an action or provide a diagnosis to the patient or the healthcare professional. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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64. A computerized medical diagnostic system, comprising:
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a diagnostic module configured to interact with a patient or a healthcare professional, obtain associated patient health items representative of health of the patient via input, and provide an initial differential diagnosis; a panel module in data communication with the diagnostic module, the panel module comprising a plurality of different diagnostic strategy processes, each of which generates and updates a corresponding strategy differential diagnosis based on the patient health items, wherein the panel module compares a plurality of the differential diagnoses to thereby generate a panel differential diagnosis; and a computing environment operative to execute the modules, the computing environment comprising at least one processor.
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66. A computerized medical diagnostic system, comprising:
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a module configured to interact with a user to obtain patient health items representative of the health of the patient via input; an initial diagnostic module configured to make an initial differential diagnosis of a patient based on the obtained patient health items, wherein the initial differential diagnosis comprises at least a particular disease and a first weight associated with the particular disease; a first strategy diagnostic module configured to make a first strategy differential diagnosis of the patient based on the obtained patient health items, wherein the first strategy differential diagnosis comprises at least the particular disease and a second weight associated with the particular disease different than the first weight associated with the particular disease; a reconciliation module configured to reconcile the initial differential diagnosis and the first strategy differential diagnosis so as to recommend an action or provide a diagnosis to the user via output; and a computing environment that executes the modules, the computing environment comprising at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (67)
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68. A computerized medical diagnostic system, comprising:
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a module configured to interact with a user to obtain patient health items representative of the health of the patient via input; a first strategy diagnostic module configured to make a first strategy differential diagnosis of the patient based on the obtained patient health items, wherein the first strategy differential diagnosis comprises at least a particular disease and a first weight associated with the particular disease; a second strategy diagnostic module configured to make a second strategy differential diagnosis of the patient based on the obtained patient health items, wherein the second strategy differential diagnosis comprises at least the particular disease and a second weight associated with the particular disease; a moderator module configured to provide a panel differential diagnosis based, at least in part, on the first strategy differential diagnosis and the second strategy differential diagnosis and to recommend an action or provide a diagnosis to the user via output; and a computing environment that executes the modules, the computing environment comprising at least one processor.
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69. One or more processor-readable storage devices having computer-executable instructions for one or more processors to perform a medical diagnostic method, the method comprising:
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interacting with a patient or a healthcare professional via a diagnostic module to obtain associated patient health items representative of the health of the patient; automatically obtaining an initial differential diagnosis based on the patient health items; automatically obtaining a plurality of strategy differential diagnoses based on the patient health items, each strategy differential diagnosis being obtained with different analysis criteria of the patient health items; comparing at least a portion of the strategy differential diagnoses; determining a panel differential diagnosis based on the compared differential diagnoses, wherein the initial differential diagnosis comprises at least a disease with an associated first probability and the panel differential diagnosis comprises at least the disease with an associated second probability different from the first probability; and reconciling the initial diagnosis and the panel differential diagnosis so as to recommend an action or provide a diagnosis to the patient or the healthcare professional.
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