US Patent:
20090125334, May 14, 2009
Inventors:
Sriram Krishnan - Exton PA, US
Debarshi Datta - Old Bridge NJ, US
R. Bharat Rao - Berwyn PA, US
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA. Inc. - Malvern PA
International Classification:
G06Q 50/00
G06F 17/00
G06F 17/30
Abstract:
A method for providing automatic decision support for the selection of a treatment protocol includes receiving information pertaining to the patient, the condition and the preferences partially or wholly by automatically parsing patient records. The information pertaining to the patient, the condition and the preferences may be partially or wholly ascertained by prompting a user for manual input of the desired data. The information is used to calculate one or more surrogate variables. A knowledge base including a plurality of treatment protocols is accessed and one or more of the plurality of treatment protocols are selected from the knowledge base based on the received information pertaining to the patient, the condition, and the preferences, the surrogate variables, and using a probabilistic framework. The selected treatment protocols are provided as treatment guidance.