Patent ID: 8437963
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G01N,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for preprocessing test results for a plurality of tested biomarkers to provide reduced input data for subsequent input to a computer-based decision engine, said method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a patient's test results for a plurality of biomarkers, wherein the test result for each biomarker is at a first level of resolution, and further wherein the computing device includes a predefined data structure in which available biomarkers are associated with hosts, at least one host being associated with a plurality of biomarkers; and reducing the test results to input data by mapping the tested biomarkers to the predefined data structure, thereby identifying a set of hosts, and assigning a host value to each host in said set of hosts, wherein the host value is determined by the computing device based on the test results of the tested biomarker(s) mapped to the host, wherein said host value is provided at a second level of resolution; thereby providing reduced input data indicative of the set of hosts and the assigned host values for each host in said set for subsequent input to a computer-based decision engine for generating clinical decision support.