Patent Document ID: 7702600
Application ID: 11389857

Base Claim:
1. A clinical decision support system including: a processor: a computer-readable medium encoded with a crawler agent component, wherein the crawler agent component receives a search parameter, wherein the search parameter specifies a criteria for evidence data to be searched for, wherein the search parameter includes a context limiter, and wherein the crawler agent component initiates a simultaneous search of a plurality of evidence sources based at least in part on the search parameter, wherein the search identifies the evidence data, wherein the evidence data is utilized by the clinical decision support system to provide decision support to a healthcare provider for a patient, wherein at least one of the plurality of evidence sources is selected based at least in part on the context limiter, the context limiter restricting evidence to be searched for to an area in which at least one healthcare facility is located and/or healthcare facility capabilities; wherein the crawler agent component provides a link to the source of the evidence data, wherein each of the plurality of evidence sources comprises one or more of PACS, RIS, and/or CVIS, wherein the search parameter comprises one or more of patient name, patient identifier, order number and/or exam type, and wherein the evidence data comprises one or more of prior exams, images, key image notes, laboratory exams and reports, allergies, pathology results, medication, alerts, and/or document images, and a recommendation component that generates a recommendation for a diagnosis and/or course of treatment for a patient based at least in part on the evidence data.

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Claim 7:
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the crawler agent component is located at a first healthcare facility and wherein at least one of the plurality of evidence sources is located at a second healthcare facility, wherein the second healthcare facility is geographically remote from the first healthcare facility.