Patent ID: 8527293
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for generating patient management options, the method implemented on a physical computer, said method comprising: encoding, using a processor, a set of clinical guidelines and a set of local preferences to generate a set of encoded guidelines; identifying information to be obtained, wherein the information is identified based at least on the set of encoded guidelines; electronically acquiring, using a processor, the information that is available and noting information that is unavailable; generating, using a processor, one or more patient management recommendations by executing the set of encoded guidelines and analyzing the acquired information and the unavailable information; providing the one or more patient management recommendations to one or more decision makers, said patient management recommendations comprising options and argument evaluations for or against the patient management options; and providing an indication of the unavailable information and an indication of a potential impact on the one or more patient recommendations of the unavailable information.