Patent ID: 8521562
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method of selecting a diagnostic test for confirmation of a disease in a human subject comprising the steps of: obtaining disease treatment results for a plurality of patients grouped by disease in a Diagnostic Related Group (DRG); obtaining a plurality of diagnostic tests corresponding to each patient, each diagnostic test having a test result selected from the group comprising a positive result, a negative result, and an equivocal result; retrieving a first set of result for a first diagnostic test performed for each of the plurality of patients; retrieving a total number of all results obtained from the plurality of diagnostic tests; transforming the first set of results to create a system value by solving for  where X is the number of positive results for the first diagnostic test, Y is the number of negative results for the first diagnostic test, T is the total number of positive results, negative results, and equivocal results for the first diagnostic test, and N is the total number of all results obtained from the plurality of diagnostic test, wherein the system value represents a relative effectiveness of the first diagnostic test for confirmation of the disease; performing the steps of retrieving a set of results for a diagnostic test and transforming the retrieved set of results into a system value representing a relative effectiveness of the diagnostic test for other diagnostic tests within the plurality; and sorting the diagnostic tests by relative effectiveness.