Medical diagnosis derived from patient drug history data
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1. A computer-based system having a memory and a processor which estimates a patient'"'"'s future demand for healthcare services,the computer-based system comprising a computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to analyze a patient'"'"'s drug history, sex, and age, and based on this analysis infers a diagnosis for the patient;
- wherein the analysis done by the processor comprises applying at least one rule which defines a relationship among a disease, drug usage expected to be associated with the disease, the sex of a person expected to be associated with the disease, and an age range of a person expected to be associated with the disease; and
,wherein the at least one rule is applied to the patient'"'"'s drug history based on a hierarchy of diseases, the hierarchy being a function, at least in part, of a severity of the disease to the patient'"'"'s health, and further wherein the hierarchy of diseases is applied such that if the application of the at least one rule yields a plurality of possible diseases including a more severe and a less severe disease, the more severe disease is associated with the patient.
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Abstract
In general the invention is directed to systems, methods, and/or software modules which may analyze a patient'"'"'s drug history, and optionally other data, and derive a probable diagnosis for the patient based on rules.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-based system having a memory and a processor which estimates a patient'"'"'s future demand for healthcare services,
the computer-based system comprising a computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to analyze a patient'"'"'s drug history, sex, and age, and based on this analysis infers a diagnosis for the patient; -
wherein the analysis done by the processor comprises applying at least one rule which defines a relationship among a disease, drug usage expected to be associated with the disease, the sex of a person expected to be associated with the disease, and an age range of a person expected to be associated with the disease; and
,wherein the at least one rule is applied to the patient'"'"'s drug history based on a hierarchy of diseases, the hierarchy being a function, at least in part, of a severity of the disease to the patient'"'"'s health, and further wherein the hierarchy of diseases is applied such that if the application of the at least one rule yields a plurality of possible diseases including a more severe and a less severe disease, the more severe disease is associated with the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method, the method implemented on a computer having at least one processor and a memory, comprising
receiving patient data comprising the patient'"'"'s drug history, sex, and age; -
analyzing, using the at least one processor of the computer, the patient data, wherein the analysis comprises applying at least one rule which defines a relationship among a disease, drug usage expected to be associated with the disease, the sex of a person to be associated with the disease, and an age range of the person expected to be associated with the disease, and further wherein the at least one rule is applied to the patient'"'"'s drug history based on a hierarchy of diseases, the hierarchy being a function, at least in part, of a severity of the disease to the patient'"'"'s health, and further wherein the hierarchy of diseases is applied such that if the application of the at least one rule yields a plurality of possible diseases including a more severe and a less severe disease, the more sever disease is associated with the patient; and based on the analysis, inferring a diagnosis for the patient. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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