Patent ID: 7254566
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a medical diagnosis comprising the steps of: creating a conversion table and storing said table in a computerized storage media of a computerized system, wherein said conversion table converts medical test data into numeric analyte values; creating a sub-diagnosis database and storing said sub-diagnosis database in said storage media, said sub-diagnosis database including a plurality of rules, each rule of said plurality of rules being identified by at least one diagnosis parameter; inputting at least one test result of a patient in said computerized system; converting said test result to at least two numeric analyte values by said conversion table; searching said rules in said sub-diagnosis database for at least one target rule having at least one of said diagnosis parameters corresponding to at least one of said numeric analyte values; saving said target rules identified in said searching step, wherein said saving step includes the step of excluding those of said target rules whose entire diagnosis parameters are duplicated in, or comprise a subset of, another single target rule; and generating a report listing at least one of said target rules found in said searching step.