Patent ID: 8126736

Claim:
A method of patient assessment and outcome modeling, comprising: obtaining, using a processor, patient characteristic information associated with a current patient, wherein said obtaining operation includes: identifying at least one patient symptom, selecting at least one patient category from a predefined set of patient categories associated with the at least one patient symptom, and depending on the selected category, obtaining the patient characteristic information corresponding to the at least one patient category, defining, using the processor, one or more desirable outcome factors based on the characteristic information of the current patient; weighting, using the processor, the one or more desirable outcome factors; accessing, using the processor, at least one database having medical records of prior patients, the medical records including at least prior patient characteristic information, prior patient treatment plan, and prior patient outcome; comparing, using the processor, the weighted factors of the current patient to the medical records of the prior patients to identify one or more prior patient records relevant to the patient characteristic information of the current patient; retrieving, using the processor, at least a portion of the relevant prior patient records, the portion including at least the prior patient treatment plan and the prior patient outcome; and performing, using the processor, a simulation of at least one of the prior patient treatment plans based on the current patient's characteristic information.