System and method for graphic creation of a medical logical module in the arden syntax file format
US6725447B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 18, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H40/20
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The system and method for graphic creation of a medical logical module in the Arden syntax file format allows a user to define a medical decision process in terms of flowcharts and outlines. The system and method provide for creation of a medical logical module for a computer in the Arden syntax file format. A graphic representation of a medical decision logic tree of a connected series of a plurality of nodes in a medical decision process is encoded, with each node having a logical path from the node, and each connected series of nodes containing at least one intermediate node and a concluding node. For each node, a conditional statement is encoded for each path from the node; a definition of a path for each intermediate node is encoded; and an outcome for each concluding node is encoded.
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