Patent Document ID: 20150317443
Application ID: 14641463
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Claim One:
1. A method for determining a patient radiation and diagnostic study score ( 10 ) associated with the patient's past diagnostic radiologic tests, comprising the steps of: a) accessing, by at least one score processor, a database ( 100 ) and retrieving data indicative of a patient's past radiologic tests ( 200 ) during a scoring period; b) associating, by the at least one score processor, a measure of ionizing radiation with each of the patient's past radiologic tests ( 200 ) from the scoring period; c) forming, by the at least one score processor, a lifetime attributable risk ( 400 ) for each of the patient's past radiologic tests ( 200 ) from the scoring period, and creating a total lifetime attributable risk ( 400 ) for the scoring period; d) transforming, by the at least one score processor, the total lifetime attributable risk ( 400 ) for the scoring period into a scaled lifetime attributable risk ( 410 ) for the scoring period by comparing the total lifetime attributable risk ( 400 ) for the scoring period with general population radiologic test data, wherein the scaled lifetime attributable risk ( 410 ) indicates a measure of the total lifetime attributable risk ( 400 ) relative to the general population; and e) creating, by the at least one score processor, the patient radiation and diagnostic study score ( 10 ) from the scaled lifetime attributable risk ( 410 ) to display on a visual media.