Patent Document ID: 20090276241
Application ID: 12433552
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. An expected outcome data system storing data representing a plurality of different expected outcomes of patient care and treatment for use in providing healthcare to a patient, comprising: an acquisition processor for acquiring data representing an expected outcome of treatment associated with a medical problem, for storage in a repository; a repository, electrically coupled to said acquisition processor, including data representing a plurality of different expected outcomes and an individual expected outcome has an expected outcome name and is characterized by expected outcome attributes and an individual expected outcome attribute has a plurality of attribute properties determining how an expected outcome attribute is represented, said expected outcome attributes including, a focus term indicating a topic of an expected outcome, an expected outcome likelihood term indicating an assessment of likelihood of the associated corresponding expected outcome, and a client term indicating at least one target person for care; said attribute properties including, a format attribute property indicating a format constraint of an expected outcome attribute, and a content attribute property indicating a content constraint of an expected outcome attribute; and a retrieval processor, electrically coupled to said repository, for retrieving data representing at least one expected outcome from said repository.