Patent ID: 6394811
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: A61B,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer program product storing data and instructions therein for instructing a computer to analyze medical data wherein the computer program product comprises:a memory device readable by the computer encoded with the following: a hierarchical decision tree comprising a plurality of hierarchical levels wherein each of said hierarchical levels corresponds to a particular result and wherein each of said hierarchical levels includes a plurality of rules that can be applied in an analysis of data elements; a first set of instructions that allow a user to select at least one of said rules within each of said plurality of hierarchical levels; a second set of instructions that allow a user to select a plurality of numerical quantities wherein each of said numerical quantities corresponds to a number of rules that must be met to indicate a result for a corresponding one of said hierarchical levels; a third set of instructions for receiving medical data obtained from a patient; a fourth set of instructions for processing said medical data so as to define a set of data elements; a fifth set of instructions for performing, for each of said hierarchical levels, the following steps: i) comparing said set of data elements to each of said selected rules within the hierarchical level to determine a number of selected rules that are met within the hierarchical level; ii) comparing said number of selected rules that are met to the numerical quantity corresponding to the hierarchical level; and iii) indicating a result corresponding to the hierarchical level when the number of selected rules that are met is greater than or equal to said numerical quantity corresponding to the hierarchical level.