Patent ID: 7008378
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: A61B,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for conditionally diagnosing a selected disorder in a patient and assessing and tracking symptoms of the patient during treatment for the disorder, comprising the steps of: a. providing an interview instrument including diagnostic and assessment information for a selected disorder, a joint-use portion for use by both said clinician and said patient and a follow-up portion, said diagnostic and assessment information, said joint-use portion and said follow-up portion each including a list of symptoms of said selected disorder; b. a clinician conducting a first interview of said patient for identifying and assessing the patient's symptoms of said disorder in accordance with said list of symptoms of said selected disorder and said diagnostic and assessment information; c. said clinician selecting said patient's identified symptoms from said list of symptoms on said joint-use portion and recording said symptoms and an assessment of said patient's identified symptoms by said clinician on said joint use portion; and said patient reviewing said joint-use portion and recording revised symptoms or assessments on said joint-use portion and/or selecting and recording additional symptoms on said joint-use portion; d. said clinician developing a diagnosis of said disorder based on said recorded symptoms, developing a treatment plan for treatment of said disorder, and recording said treatment plan on said interview instrument; e. said clinician conducting a subsequent interview of said patient for assessing changes in symptoms of said patient by reference to said list of symptoms on said follow-up portion; and f. said clinician recording said changes in symptoms of said patient on said follow-up portion of said interview instrument for tracking effects of said treatment plan.