Predicting diagnosis of a patient

US8996428B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8996428-B2
Application numberUS-201213351243-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 17, 2012
Priority dateJan 17, 2012
Publication dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateMar 31, 2015

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Method, system, and computer program product are provided for predicting diagnosis of a patient performed by a computerized device. The method may include: modeling data from a group of successfully diagnosed patients, wherein the data is modeled as treatment paths of patients including referrals to medical practitioners; and predicting diagnosis for a current patient by comparing a treatment path of the current patient with the modeled treatment paths of successfully diagnosed patients, including calculating a probability of a given diagnosis from the modeled treatment paths. The method may include: defining a set of medical entities including medical practitioners to which a patient has been referred; and gathering treatment paths of successfully diagnosed patients, wherein the treatment path links medical entities in a directional route. Predicting diagnosis for a current patient may use the modeled data to calculate the probability of each model instance for each diagnosis and choosing the model instance of the diagnosis that maximizes the treatment path probability.

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What is claimed is: 1. A computer-implemented method for predicting diagnosis of a patient performed by a computerized device having a processor, comprising: modeling data from a group of patients successfully diagnosed as having one or more medical conditions, wherein the data is modeled as treatment paths of patients including referrals to medical practitioners; and predicting diagnosis of one or more medical conditions for a current patient by comparing a treatment path of th…

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What does patent US8996428B2 cover?
Method, system, and computer program product are provided for predicting diagnosis of a patient performed by a computerized device. The method may include: modeling data from a group of successfully diagnosed patients, wherein the data is modeled as treatment paths of patients including referrals to medical practitioners; and predicting diagnosis for a current patient by comparing a treatment p…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Baras Dorit, Farkash Ariel, Vitkin Edward, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F19/3437. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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