An interactive computer assisted method reviews, and analyzes, a patient one or more medications using a computer and a user associated therewith. The method includes the steps of pre-selecting patients to obtain a preliminary set of patients eligible for the interactive computer assisted method responsive to first predetermined criteria, and filtering the preliminary set of patients to identify and form a secondary set of patients from the preliminary set of patients having a greater likelihood of benefiting from the interactive computer assisted method responsive to second predetermined criteria. The method also includes the steps of enrolling a patient from the secondary set of patients, and communicating with the patient to obtain information to assist the user in determining whether therapy and/or medication issues are relevant. The method also includes the steps of preliminarily evaluating whether the therapy and medication issues are relevant responsive to the information, and communicating to a physician same. The method also includes the steps of determining whether the therapy and/or medication issues are relevant, and suggesting therapy changes, medication changes, or no changes for the patient.
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This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application No. 09/437,157, filed Nov. 10, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,356,873, issued Mar. 12, 2002, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application No. 09/053,349, filed Apr. 2, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,014,631, issued Jan. 11, 2000.
A decision-support system for providing a clinician with real-time patient data specific to each patient that the clinician is to examine in a defined time period. The system including a decision-support module that is configured to generate decision-supported patient data that is specific to each patient that a clinician is to examine in a defined time period. The decision-support module including an inference engine that communicates with a knowledge module and a patient module to generate the decision-supported patient data. In real-time communication with the decision-support module is a user module that is adapted to present the decision-supported patient data in real-time to the clinician in a configuration that assists the clinician in treating each patient. The user module further allowing the clinician to changes elements of the decision-supported patient data and receive new recommendations and medical care suggestions in real-time from the decision-support module.
