Detection of errors in the inference engine of a clinical decision support system
US8954339B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 10, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 11, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H50/20
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electronic clinical decision support system (CDSS) (10, 12) comprises: an inference engine (20, 22) configured to generate clinical decision recommendations for a patient based on information pertaining to the patient, the inference engine comprising rules (16) developed by a plurality of medical experts (14) and codified into software; an electronic outliers detector (52) configured to detect outlier cases that are probative of a potential flaw in the inference engine; an outliers database (60) configured to collect information pertaining to the outlier cases detected by the electronic outliers detector; and an outliers report generator (62) configured to generate a report (64) on the outlier cases detected by the electronic outliers detector, the generated report containing at least some information collected in the outliers database.
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