Patent ID: 11923074
Assignee: IQVIA INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. The method of claim 4, wherein distributing the magnitude of peer influence among one or more physicians comprises:
calculating an influence score based on the magnitude of peer influence;
for each physician in a second level of the tree structure that influences the treating physician, distributing a portion of the influence score to the physician based on a weight of influence of the physician as indicated by the link between the physician and the treating physician; and
for each subsequent level of the tree structure, distributing a portion of the influence score to each physician in the subsequent level that influences one or more physicians in a previous level to whom a portion of the influence score was distributed based on a weight of influence of the physician as indicated by the link between the physician and the treating physician.