Treatment decision engine with applicability measure
First Claim
1. A method, for use with at least one processor on at least one computer in a computer system, of recommending a treatment among a plurality of treatment options for a given treatable medical condition of a patient, the method comprising:
- receiving patient information related to the patient and the medical condition;
searching a database with indexed scientific studies, each scientific study evaluating an effect of a different treatment option on different trial subjects who have the given medical condition;
assigning a distinct study value to each of the scientific studies, each distinct study value corresponding to a grading of evidence in the scientific study;
determining applicability of the scientific studies to the patient using the patient information to produce a plurality of applicability values, each applicability value based on matching between patient characteristics and characteristics of the trial subjects tested in a distinct scientific study from the indexed scientific studies;
generating a distinct treatment score for each distinct treatment option using at least the study values for scientific studies involving the distinct treatment option and the applicability values for those scientific studies; and
generating a report listing the treatment options and a) the treatment scores or b) information derived from the treatment scores.
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Abstract
A system and method may generate a report to help decide among a plurality of treatment options for a medical condition. The system and method receive patient information and to generate a plurality of potential treatment options for the medical condition. The system and method also receive the patient'"'"'s preference(s) for potential treatment outcomes of the treatment options, used to produce a preference value. The system and method also analyze indexed study data relating to the plurality of treatment options to produce based on the analysis a study score for each of the treatment options. For each treatment option, the system and method produce a treatment score based on at least the preference value and the study score, thus permitting generation of a report listing the treatment options and a) the treatment scores or b) the information derived from the treatment scores.
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44 Claims
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1. A method, for use with at least one processor on at least one computer in a computer system, of recommending a treatment among a plurality of treatment options for a given treatable medical condition of a patient, the method comprising:
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receiving patient information related to the patient and the medical condition; searching a database with indexed scientific studies, each scientific study evaluating an effect of a different treatment option on different trial subjects who have the given medical condition; assigning a distinct study value to each of the scientific studies, each distinct study value corresponding to a grading of evidence in the scientific study; determining applicability of the scientific studies to the patient using the patient information to produce a plurality of applicability values, each applicability value based on matching between patient characteristics and characteristics of the trial subjects tested in a distinct scientific study from the indexed scientific studies; generating a distinct treatment score for each distinct treatment option using at least the study values for scientific studies involving the distinct treatment option and the applicability values for those scientific studies; and generating a report listing the treatment options and a) the treatment scores or b) information derived from the treatment scores. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer code thereon for recommending a treatment among a plurality of treatment options for a given treatable medical condition of a patient, the computer code comprising:
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computer code for receiving patient information related to the patient and the medical condition; computer code for accessing, a database with a plurality of scientific studies, each scientific study evaluating an effect of a different treatment option on different trial subjects who have the given medical condition; computer code for assigning a distinct study value to each of the plurality of scientific studies, each distinct study value corresponding to a grading of evidence in the scientific study; computer code for determining applicability of the scientific studies to the patient using the patient information to produce a plurality of applicability values, each applicability value based on matching between patient characteristics and characteristics of the trial subjects tested in the scientific study; computer code for using at least the study values and the applicability values to generate a distinct treatment score for each distinct treatment option; and computer code for generating a report listing the treatment options and the a) treatment scores or b) information derived from the treatment scores. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A medical treatment recommendation system for generating a report to help decide among a plurality of treatment options for a patient for a given treatable medical condition comprising:
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a receiving module executing on a computer that receives patient information related to the patient and the medical condition; an access module executing on a computer that accesses and searches a database with a plurality of indexed scientific studies, each scientific study evaluating an effect of a different treatment option on different trial subjects who have the given medical condition; a study scoring module executing on a computer that assigns a distinct study value to each of the plurality of scientific studies, each distinct study value corresponding to a grading of evidence in the scientific study; an applicability scoring module executing on a computer that determines applicability of the scientific studies to the patient using the patient information to produce a plurality of applicability values, each applicability value based on matching between patient characteristics and characteristics of the trial subjects tested in the scientific study; a study value module executing on a computer that uses at least the study values and the applicability values to generate a distinct treatment score for each distinct treatment option; and a reporting module executing on a computer that generates a report listing the treatment options and a) the treatment scores or b) information derived from the treatment scores. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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