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 Method for semantic communication of device data between a source and receiving client | 20130118497 | 20130516 |
 A treatment delivery system includes one or more medical therapy delivery devices (34) which deliver medical treatment or therapy to a patient, and one or more medical devices (10) which monitor results of the delivered medical therapy or treatment, clinical information, laboratory information, and health record information. The medical treatment delivery device has a proprietary communications protocol. A medical therapy delivery controller (18) semantically communicates among the medical device(s) and one or more medical treatment delivery devices. The controller has a user input (32) by which a user inputs therapy objectives in other than the proprietary communications protocol and a control processor (26) which generates treatment delivery device control commands, receives treatment or therapy results from a medical device (10), and adaptively adjusts the control commands... |
| Decision support method and system for project management of liquefied natural gas plant | 20130117066 | 20130509 |
 Provided are a decision support method and system for project management of a LNG plant. In the decision support method, a plurality of stages corresponding to sequential processes performed for Engineering, Procurement & Construction project management of the LNG plant are determined Decision items necessary to perform each of the plurality of stages are determined. Individual performance scores with respect to the decision items are estimated and a total performance score with respect to each of the plurality of stages is determined using the individual performance scores. Risk factors with respect to each of the plurality of stages are determined and risk indexes with respect to each of the plurality of stages are derived by evaluating the risk factors. Decision-making is performed with respect to a... |
| Terminal aircraft sequencing and conflict resolution | 20130110388 | 20130502 |
 Embodiments provide an advanced decision support tool to enable automated aircraft sequencing and conflict detection and resolution. The tool can be used to assist an air traffic controller (ATC) in determining merging, sequencing, and spacing resolutions; communicating the resolutions to the aircraft; and monitoring execution and compliance with the provided resolutions. According to embodiments, the tool can incorporate a broad range of inputs (e.g., surveillance data, weather information, aircraft equipage, etc.) and can be configured according to different aircraft sequencing modes of operation (e.g., one mode of operation is to minimize aircraft deviations necessary to resolve a particular conflict). In an embodiment, the tool includes a controller interface, which may be integrated within the controller interface of existing ATC systems or implemented separately. Embodiments can be... |
| System and method for rendering decision support information to medical workers | 20130110755 | 20130502 |
 Decision support information rendering systems and processes. A request for pre-authorization of a medical procedure for a medical condition is received. Data describing the request for pre-authorization is received. A recommendation regarding approval of the request for pre-authorization is received, the recommendation being generated by evidence based decision intelligence system.
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| Disease risk decision support platform | 20130103414 | 20130425 |
 A system provides a disease specific risk reference and includes a plurality of executable item modules that each define a different elementary disease to family structure relationship for a specific disease represented as a logical Boolean operation, and an item scoring engine that ranks positively scored item modules based on a risk level associated with a corresponding elementary disease to family structure relationship, wherein the positive scores identify an existence of a given disease to family structure relationship. The system further includes a disease specific risk reference generator that extracts item content associated with a subset of the highest ranked positively scored item modules from memory and provides the extracted item content in a disease specific risk reference for review by a clinician.
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| Energy and internal environment management control systems and methods for buildings and campuses | 20130096723 | 20130418 |
| An elective and private incrementally deployed, incrementally modifiable, relatively inexpensive building control system that provides for a range of energy and environmental capabilities including room and building environment sensing (one or more of temperature, humidity, air quality, etc.), statistical processing software, modeling software, analysis software, information visualization software, decision support software, data logging, storage and recall, control, optimal control, and interfacing with existing building systems (HVAC, solar, valves, power systems, etc. The invention can be configured to include incremental or trial deployment of equipment and software; exploratory or special-purpose information gathering; analysis, modeling, or simulation of current, past, or ongoing energy usage, loss, or waste as well as air temperature and air quality distributions, impacts of changes to a building, facilities, policies, or operations; and design... |
| Discharge decision support system for post acute care referral | 20130096942 | 20130418 |
| A system and method of recommending post-acute care services to a patient is described. The system and method include the steps of providing a plurality of questions relating to a patient, where each question has at least two selectable answers, and wherein each selectable answer has associated therewith a corresponding score, receiving one of the selectable answers for each of the plurality of questions, calculating a total score corresponding to the sum score of each of the answers selected, and generating a post-acute care referral if the total score meets a predetermined threshold value.
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| Pathway analysis for providing predictive information | 20130090257 | 20130411 |
| A method for assigning ranking scores to pathways in a set of pathways for classifying patients is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of comparing biomolecular datasets from different groups of patients and performing an analysis in order to assign ranking scores to pathways in a set of pathways. Furthermore, a method for using cancer pathway evaluation to support clinical decision making is disclosed. This assessment is further used for stratifying ovarian cancer patients based on chemosensitivity to platinum based drugs, the standard chemotherapy. We present the method for evaluation and ranking of the most relevant pathways responsible for platinum sensitivity. Clinical decision support software system should be able to then visualize this information for a clinician, contextualize it within a patient data set and help... |
| Systems and methods for optimizing medical care through data monitoring and feedback treatment | 20130085775 | 20130404 |
| Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing a decision support solution to medical professionals to optimize medical care through data monitoring and feedback treatment are provided herein. In another embodiment, a computer-implemented method for modeling patient outcomes resulting from treatment in a specific medical area includes receiving patient-specific data associated with a patient, determining a plurality of possible patient states under which the patient can be categorized, a current patient state under which the patient can be categorized and determining probabilities of the patient transitioning from any of the possible patient states to every other possible patient state.
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| Systems and methods for dynamic on-going decision support and trending based on a flexible data model | 20130086040 | 20130404 |
| Certain examples provide systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for clinical data analysis. Certain examples provide a clinical data analysis system including a user interface, a task manager, and a process manager. The example user interface is to facilitate user input and provide output to the user regarding a data query and analysis. The example task manager is to create and manage one or more analyzers to identify at least one of a trend and a correlation in query results. The example process manager is to facilitate querying of one or more data sources according to the data query and a flexible data model, the process manager to allocate tasks to the one or more analyzers for the data query and analysis. The example process... |
| System and method for decision support services based on knowledge representation as queries | 20130073504 | 20130321 |
| In a method for decision support, a request for information that is part of a context is received, data is generated in response the request, a knowledge model associated with the context is populated with the data, the knowledge model is populated with real-time data associated with the request, the knowledge model is executed, and a result of the executed knowledge model is output.
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| Configurable medical finding prediction system and method | 20130066643 | 20130314 |
| A reconfigurable medical decision support system for processing medical data of a patient includes a data processing system that receives the medical data of the patient and accesses a knowledge-base. The knowledge-base includes a feature set relating to a pathophysiological condition. The feature set has a plurality of associated features, each feature having a plurality of validated quantifiable stages, each assigned a score. The medical data is associated with features of the feature-set. A medical risk value is determined based on the modified validated quantifiable stage and the assigned score. A medical finding is determined from the knowledge base corresponding to the medical risk value. An output statement stored in the knowledge-base and associated with the medical finding is provided. The user is able to modify... |
| Method for a natural language question-answering system to complement decision-support in a real-time command center | 20130066886 | 20130314 |
| System and methods provide decision support by receiving suggested actions from a decision support system and automatically determining parameters of the suggested actions to serve as input to a question-answering system. System and methods also automatically generate questions based on the parameters, automatically search a corpus of unstructured data to retrieve answers to the questions, and automatically provide impact confidence values for each answer indicating the degree of impact the answers have on the suggested actions. The systems and methods can then output the questions, answers, and impact confidence values.
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| Exposure condition decision support system and method | 20130051704 | 20130228 |
| A console of an X-ray imaging system functions as a query receiver and a retrieval section to support decision on an exposure condition. The query receiver receives a retrieval query such as an exposed body portion and an exposure direction. The retrieval section refers to an exposure date of image files having the same patient ID number, and calculates an exposure interval between a pair of prior and subsequent image files the exposure dates of which are the nearest to each other. The exposure interval is compared with a threshold value. If the exposure interval is less than the threshold value, neither image file is assigned as a model image file. If the exposure interval is the threshold value or more, the subsequent image file is... |
| Systems and methods for optimizing medical care through data monitoring and feedback treatment | 20130054264 | 20130228 |
| Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing a decision support solution to medical professionals to optimize medical care through data monitoring and feedback treatment are provided herein. In another embodiment, a computer-implemented method for modeling patient outcomes resulting from treatment in a specific medical area includes receiving patient-specific data associated with a patient, determining a plurality of possible patient states under which the patient can be categorized, a current patient state under which the patient can be categorized and determining probabilities of the patient transitioning from any of the possible patient states to every other possible patient state.
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| System and method for integrated use of shared hardware, software and storage resources communicating through a network to standardize and simplify transactions between an organization and entities that do business with the organization | 20130054431 | 20130228 |
| Systems and methods that use “cloud” technologies to standardize and simplify transactions between the Federal government and entities that do business with it. The system may include cloud storage containing data files for account user data, grant reporting documentation and grant results/products; secure storage for user account/e-commerce data and USASPENDING archival data on the grant; and regulatory decision support tools for use among administrators, principal investigators, and program directors. The system may include a grant decision support engine for optimizing use of grant funds and a regulatory assistance engine for grant regulatory compliance, reporting, and approval requirements specific to Federal agencies.
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| Automated decision support for associating an unkown biological specimen with a family | 20130041594 | 20130214 |
| Three methods of predicting whether an unknown biological specimen of a missing person originates from a member of a particular family comprise an initial automated decision support (ADS) algorithm for determining a list of relatives of the missing person for DNA typing and which typing technologies of available technologies to use for a listed relative. The ADS algorithm may be implemented on computer apparatus including a processor and an associated memory. The ADS method comprises determining a set of relatives of available family member relatives for DNA typing via a processor from a stored list of family member relatives according to one of a rule base, a table of hierarchically stored relatives developed based on discriminatory power or by calculating the discriminatory power for available family... |
| Clinical decision support system with temporal context | 20130041681 | 20130214 |
| A clinical decision support system (CDSS) includes a CDSS module (20) comprising a digital processing device (10) configured to store patient data (34) and a clinical guideline (22). The clinical guideline comprises connected nodes representing clinical workflow events, actions, or decisions, wherein contiguous groups of the nodes are grouped into care phases (40). The CDSS module is configured to associate patient data with patient care phases selected from the care phases of the clinical guideline, and determine patient care phase time intervals for the patient care phases based on acquisition date information for the patient data associated with the patient care phases. The selected patient care phase may be a care phase associated with a clinical guideline node associated with the new patient data, or may... |
| Augmented reality enhanced triage systems and methods for emergency medical services | 20130035581 | 20130207 |
| An example system includes a virtual emergency medical record (vEMR) to be dynamically generated for a patient encountered by emergency medical services personnel, the vEMR created to store and organize patient information obtained from the patient at an emergency site to be transferred to an electronic medical record for the patient at a healthcare facility. The example system includes an image recognition and search service to identify the patient based on one or more obtained images and to provide information to the vEMR. The example system includes a prior history service to search for prior clinical information for the patient and to provide information to the vEMR. The example system includes triage decision support to process patient information and prior clinical information via the vEMR to... |
| Extracting mined ore, minerals or other materials using sensor-based sorting | 20130026263 | 20130131 |
| A method of analyzing minerals received within a mining shovel bucket includes collecting data associated with ore received in the bucket, where the bucket includes at least one active sensor, where the ore includes one or more mineral, and where the ore is within a field of the active sensor. The method further includes determining a content of the minerals using the data, transmitting information relating to the content of the minerals to a decision support system, and sorting or processing the ore based on an output of the decision support system. Collecting data associated with the ores may include generating source signals, applying the source signals to the active sensor, collecting a response from the active sensor, and comparing the response with a reference or... |
| Hierarchical modeling of physical systems and their uncertainties | 20130018642 | 20130117 |
| A hierarchical modeling tool or process is provided that represents the fill range of behavior of a hydrocarbon system, accurately including uncertainties and potential events affecting the system. The potential events may include actions taken and information learned. The hierarchical modeling tool may be embedded within a decision support system or used in a stand-alone fashion. Disclosed aspects may link from accurate (high-detail) physics models to an accurate uncertainty representation, and then reduce the accurate uncertainty representation to a high-speed representation of both the physics model and the uncertainty that can be used in an optimizer.
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| Maintenance decision support system and method for vehicular and roadside applications | 20130009793 | 20130110 |
| A method and system are provided in which maintenance vehicles collect information from sensors and operators, forward the collected information to a server, and, in response, receive maps and operator instructions.
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| Wellness decision support services | 20130013340 | 20130110 |
| Techniques for providing one or more user-centric wellness decision support services are provided. The techniques include providing an interface that facilitates selection of a risk assessment model of interest for a user and an action plan to trigger one or more follow-up action items, applying the selected model to assess the user's wellness risk level based on one or more user wellness records, and applying the selected action plan to trigger one or more relevant disease management and lifestyle interventions.
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| Labor resource decision support system | 20130013369 | 20130110 |
| A labor resource decision support system, in which labor resource data is maintained across multiple units within an organization using a standardized data record format. A demand measurement for a first type of labor resource having a unique combination of values for fields of the standardized data record format is determined based on input describing forecasted demand for the first type of labor resource within the organization and a supply measurement for the first type of labor resource is determined based on input describing forecasted supply for the first type of labor resource within the organization and the labor resource data. A gap measurement is calculated based on the determined demand measurement and the determined supply measurement and an output is provided based on the calculated... |
| Intelligent decision support for consent management | 20130013641 | 20130110 |
| Embodiments of the invention relate to a method for intelligently providing consent to access a record in a shared pool of resources. Tools are provided to support policies to address and maintain restrictive access of a designated record, both with respect to local and non-local rules and regulations, as well as personal restrictions pertaining to personal and discretionary sharing decisions.
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| Intelligent decision support for consent management | 20130014278 | 20130110 |
| Embodiments of the invention relate to a system and computer program product to intelligently provide consent to access a record in a shared pool of resources. Tools are provided to support policies to address and maintain restrictive access of a designated record, both with respect to local and non-local rules and regulations, as well as personal restrictions pertaining to personal and discretionary sharing decisions.
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| System and method healthcare diagnostics and treatment | 20130006649 | 20130103 |
| A computerized decision support system for designing, managing and executing clinical disease pathways for financially balanced evidence based care.
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| Methods and systems for utilizing prediction models in healthcare | 20130006662 | 20130103 |
| A method for providing decision support includes using a programmed computer to input a regression model specification, and to repeat the input a plurality of times to obtain and store a plurality of regression model specifications. The method further includes using the programmed computer to analyze selected regression model specifications to determine at least one of common variables and functions of common variables, to thereby determine a reduced-redundancy request for input of variables, when a plurality of the stored regression model specifications are selected for use.
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| Clinical decision support systems, apparatus, and methods | 20130006910 | 20130103 |
| A system includes a centralized repository for tracking rule content and managing subscriptions to rule content by organizations and providers utilizing the system; a rule-evaluation server for receiving requests for rule-evaluations for specific patients, wherein the server determines content needing to be evaluated and retrieves the content to be used; a rule engine for performing the evaluations, wherein content, patient data, and rule evaluation parameters are provided to the engine, and the engine returns recommendations triggered by the evaluation, if any; an aggregator for aggregating recommendations from multiple sources, detecting and coordinating related recommendations, and applying configuration settings based on the patient and/or provider in context; and a client component for coordinating communication between an electronic health records system, the server, and the aggregator.
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| Clinical decision support systems, apparatus, and methods | 20130006911 | 20130103 |
| A system includes a centralized repository for tracking rule content and managing subscriptions to rule content by organizations and providers utilizing the system; a rule-evaluation server for receiving requests for rule-evaluations for specific patients, wherein the server determines content needing to be evaluated and retrieves the content to be used; a rule engine for performing the evaluations, wherein content, patient data, and rule evaluation parameters are provided to the engine, and the engine returns recommendations triggered by the evaluation, if any; an aggregator for aggregating recommendations from multiple sources, detecting and coordinating related recommendations, and applying configuration settings based on the patient and/or provider in context; and a client component for coordinating communication between an electronic health records system, the server, and the aggregator.
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| System and method for remote health management | 20110010198 | 20110113 |
| A system for remote care management includes: (a) a communicating management unit coupled with at least one care rendering unit; the communicating management unit includes a principal decision support unit; and (b) at least one remote unit communicatingly coupled with the communicating management unit. The at least one remote unit includes at least one disconnected mode capable remote unit. The at least one disconnected mode capable remote unit includes an ancillary decision support unit. At least one of the principal decision support unit and the ancillary decision support unit cooperates with the communicating management unit to present at least one recommended result based upon at least one predetermined set of parametric values to effect remote health management.
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| Personalized monitoring and healthcare information management using physiological basis functions | 20110004110 | 20110106 |
| Analysis of individual's serial changes, also referred to as the physiological, pathophysiological, medical or health dynamics, is the backbone of medical diagnosis, monitoring and patient healthcare management. However, such an analysis is complicated by enormous intra-individual and inter-individual variability. To address this problem, a novel serial-analysis method and system based on the concept of personalized basis functions (PBFs) is disclosed. Due to more accurate reference information provided by the PBFs, individual's changes associated with specific physiological activity or a sequence, transition or combination of activities (for example, a transition from sleep to wakefulness and transition from rest to exercise) can be monitored more accurately. Hence, subtle but clinically important changes can be detected earlier than using other methods. A library of individual's PBFs and their transition... |
| Stochastic programming-based decision support tool for reservoir development planning | 20100332442 | 20101230 |
| A stochastic programming-based decision support tool for reservoir development planning can comprise a source of input data, an optimization model, a high fidelity model for simulating the reservoir, and one or more solution routines interfacing with the optimization model. The optimization model can consider unknown parameters having uncertainties directly within the optimization model. The model incorporates the flexibility that a decision-maker has in the real world and allows the decision-maker to adjust the decisions based on new information. The model can systematically address uncertain data, for example comprehensively or even taking all uncertain data into account. Accordingly, the optimization model can provide flexible or robust solutions that remain feasible over an uncertainty space. Once the reservoir model is optimized, final development plans may be generated.
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| Integration of physiological models in medical decision support systems | 20100332249 | 20101230 |
| When generating a model of physiological systems in a patient, differential equations representing parameters and variables in the systems are linked together to form one or more sub-models (e.g., one for each physiological system), which in turn are linked together to form the patient model. Simulations of hypothetical clinical situations are then run on the model to solve for the variables, and the solutions are output as decision support data for review by a clinician to facilitate a determination of a treatment of diagnosis for the patient. Additionally, model predictions can be compared to actual measurements, when available, and the model can be refined or optimized as a function of the comparison.
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| Method, computer program product and system for enabling clinical decision support | 20100332143 | 20101230 |
| A method enables clinical decision support based on test results for a plurality of tested biomarkers. The method is executed by a data reduction module (15) and comprises the steps of receiving the test results from a testing facility (11); accessing a predefined structure in which available biomarkers are associated with hosts, at least one host being associated with a plurality of biomarkers; identifying a set of hosts by mapping the tested biomarkers to the structure; assigning a host value to each host in said set of hosts based on the test results of the tested biomarker(s) mapped to the host; and providing input data indicative of the set of hosts and the assigned host values for input to a computer-based decision engine (13) for generating... |
| Apparatus for reconfiguration of a technical system based on security analysis and a corresponding technical decision support system and computer program product | 20100325412 | 20101223 |
| The invention relates to an apparatus for analyzing and reconfiguring a technical system (2) with respect to security, as well as a corresponding decision support system and computer program product. A graph constructor (20) provides, based on technical information about the system (2) received via an input interface (10), a representation of potential attacks in a directed graph of attack nodes. A system/countermeasure analysis unit (30) ranks different sets of countermeasures to enable a selected set of countermeasures to be taken to improve security. The analysis unit (30) performs the following procedure for each set of countermeasures: i) logically apply the set of countermeasures to attacks in the directed graph, and ii) determine a rank of the applied set of countermeasures based on the effectiveness of... |
| Method and apparatus for identifying relationships in data based on time-dependent relationships | 20100324938 | 20101223 |
| A decision support apparatus (100) includes a subject record database (102), a temporally dependent relationship identifier (104), an event predictor (130), a coded subject record database (106), a decision support system processor (108), and a user interface (110). The temporally dependent relationship identifier processes the data in the subject record database (102) to identify temporally dependent relationships in the data. Information indicative of the identified relationships is processed by the processor (108) and presented to a user via the user interface (110).
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| Senior care navigation systems and methods for using the same | 20100324927 | 20101223 |
| Senior care navigation systems and methods for using the same. In at least one exemplary system for utilizing and analyzing information to provide a desired outcome of the present disclosure, the system comprises an evidence repository comprising at least one item of evidence from each of at least two evidentiary sources, and a knowledge management and decision support system in communication with the evidence repository, the knowledge management and decision support system operable to retrieve the at least one item of evidence from the evidence repository and process the at least one item of evidence according to at least one reasoning approach, the knowledge management and decision support system further operable to generate at least one outcome.
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| Information value-driven near real-time decision support | 20100318559 | 20101216 |
| Information-based decision support may be provided by a query handler configured to receive a query which is applicable against different combinations of a plurality of remote databases and a corresponding plurality of replica databases including at least some replicated data of respective ones of the remote databases, wherein each replica database is synchronized with a corresponding remote database at a plurality of synchronization times and the different combinations include future versions of the replica databases defined by corresponding synchronization times. A query plan generator may be configured to determine information values associated with at least a subset of the different combinations, based on a query value associated with the query and on a diminishment of the query value caused by a corresponding combination, and further configured... |
| Advanced geographic information system (gis) providing modeling, decision support, visualization, sonification, web interface, risk management, sensitivity analysis, sensor telemetry, field video, and field audio | 20100318512 | 20101216 |
| An advanced Geographic Information System (GIS) providing modeling, analysis, Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), data visualization, data sonification, web interface, risk management, sensitivity analysis, and telemetry capabilities is described. Telemetry can be provided by field sensors, field video, and/or field audio, and can be recorded or provided live in either direct or analyzed form. Data visualizations can be displayed along with GIS graphics, and can be superimposed or otherwise integrated with GIS graphics. GIS graphics can be used as the basis for an interactive user interface for other parts of the system. Web interfaces can support remote use, server based implementations, and/or collaboration. Advanced multi-channel data sonification can be used to prevent visual overloading of GIS graphics and interactions with it. The system can include rich data... |
| Correlation aware synchronization for near real-time decision support | 20100318495 | 20101216 |
| A query handler may be configured to receive a query which is applicable against different combinations of a plurality of remote databases and a corresponding plurality of replica databases including at least some replicated data of respective ones of the remote databases, wherein the query arrives at a plurality of query arrival times and is executed at a plurality of query execution times. A replication manager may be configured to execute a synchronization plan for at least one selected replica database in which a selected synchronization timestamp of the at least one selected replica database is updated to a target synchronization timestamp, wherein the synchronization occurs during a synchronization processing time. A synchronization scheduler may be configured to schedule the synchronization plan to increase an information... |
| Rule processing method and apparatus providing automatic user input selection | 20100318476 | 20101216 |
| An improvement in decision automation employing a ZDD rule model indicative of a business or engineering rule to provide decision support to a user. The computer-implemented improvement automatically identifies compliant inputs for the rule processing system according to at least one input initially supplied by a user, and is particularly useful for determining product configuration, engineering designs, various outcome of planning scenarios, etc. Once a user selects an initial value(s), remaining compliant values unique to the user-selected value(s) are automatically identified. The improvement reduces time required to manually select inputs. In one embodiment, the improvement includes an I/O interface to enable the user to choose and observe inputs, an autoselect ZDD constructed from compliant inputs of the rule model, and a ZDD processing module that processes... |
| Security pricing method and system | 20100306129 | 20101202 |
| The present invention includes a method and system implemented using a general-purpose computer known as Security Pricing System that generates target price and price indicators for traded securities such as stocks, bonds, and related indices, composites and derivative instruments. The method includes receiving historical data and optional forward-looking projected data related to securities, developing a security pricing model, and creating a security pricing tool that utilizes received historical data and the developed security pricing model to generate target price and price indicators. The target price can be used to evaluate expected gain/loss from holding a position in a security through comparison with current bid/ask prices. Price indicators such as price channel, divergence, support level, velocity, and momentum provide additional insight regarding the price spread and appreciation... |
| Provider decision support | 20100293007 | 20101118 |
| A computer-implemented method is described for retrieving, from a data repository that stores decision support information, decision support information pertinent to a consumer of services with whom a service provider is engaged in a real-time consultation; and generating by one or more computers based on the retrieved decision support information one or more decision support items to facilitate decisions of the service provider in rendering medical care to the consumer of services.
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| Method and device for case-based decision support | 20100281037 | 20101104 |
| This invention relates to a method and device for case-based decision support. It proposes that a case-based decision support system is trained on inputs from several radiologists in order to have a “baseline” system, and then the system provides an option to a radiologist to refine the baseline system based on his/her inputs which either refine weights of features for similarity distance computation directly or provide new similarity ground truth clusters. By enabling modifying the similarity distance computation based on user inputs, this invention adapts similarity ground truth to different users with different experience and/or different opinions.
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| Detection of errors in the inference engine of a clinical decision support system | 20100280847 | 20101104 |
| 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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| First responder decision support system based on building information model (bim) | 20100280836 | 20101104 |
| A first responder support system is disclosed. The first responder support system includes a plurality of sensors deployed within a building, such that each of the plurality of sensors is configured to communicate an environmental condition, an emergency control module in communication with the plurality of sensors deployed within the building, the emergency control module is configured to receive the environmental conditions provide by the plurality of sensors, a modeling module configured to receive a building information model and to generate a building representation, and a responder support module in communication with the emergency control module and the modeling module and configured to generate an interactive rescue plan based on the building representation and the received environmental conditions.
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| Method and system for multi-component heart and aorta modeling for decision support in cardiac disease | 20100280352 | 20101104 |
| A method and system for generating a patient specific anatomical heart model is disclosed. Volumetric image data, such as computed tomography (CT), echocardiography, or magnetic resonance (MR) image data of a patient's cardiac region is received. Individual models for multiple heart components, such as the left ventricle (LV) endocardium, LV epicardium, right ventricle (RV), left atrium (LA), right atrium (RA), mitral valve, aortic valve, aorta, and pulmonary trunk, are estimated in said volumetric cardiac image data. A multi-component patient specific anatomical heart model is generated by integrating the individual models for each of the heart components. Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) simulations are performed on the patient specific anatomical model, and patient specific clinical parameters are extracted based on the patient specific heart model and the FSI... |
| Chinese medicine tele-diagnostics and triage system | 20100280350 | 20101104 |
| The present invention is tele-diagnostics and patient triage method and system for the practices of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that acquire patient health condition info through 4 diagnostics process, provide pathogenesis analysis (disease cause, progression, projection), and treatment and prescription options remotely. This method and system established medical business modules with standard syntax through the implementation of medical decision support tools such as relational database, lookup tables, calculators, decision trees, manifestation reference charts, case comparison and statistics, and visualization in disease, pattern and syndrome identification, differentiation and determination. It essentially transform complex Chinese medicine practices into a networked, expert supported system with a knowledge base that deliver the needed information to assist a TCM physician to make medical decisions. Used in medical call centers and large... |
| Decision support system for acute dynamic diseases | 20100256457 | 20101007 |
| The present invention relates to a medical apparatus (901, 100) for assisting clinicians, nurses or other users in choosing an intervention for the treatment of a patent suffering from an acute dynamic disease, e.g. sepsis. The medical apparatus is based on a method where a model of the disease is adapted or personalised to the patient. To ensure that the apparatus remains capable of predicting the health of the patient, the apparatus is continuously-provided with new patient values and the model is continuously adapted to the new patient values. Since the medical apparatus is configured to be continuously adapted to current state of health, the apparatus is able to assist the user by generating disease management information, e.g. suggestions for medications, to an output device (902,... |
| Chronic population based cost model to compare effectiveness of preventive care programs | 20100250277 | 20100930 |
| A particular embodiment of this model is the software program described in this application, called HealthKeys, which serves as a decision support system for CFOs of companies and healthplans to help institute relevant preventive care programs and measure the success of them. HealthKeys is one example of a “useful, concrete and tangible result” that is based on our invention of a new cost model.
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| Decision support systems and methods for complex networks | 20100241608 | 20100923 |
| Methods and systems for automated decision support in analyzing operation data from a complex network. Embodiments of the present invention utilize these algorithms and techniques not only to characterize the past and present condition of a complex network, but also to predict future conditions to help operators anticipate deteriorating and/or problem situations. In particular, embodiments of the present invention characterize network conditions from operation data using a state estimator. Contingency scenarios can then be generated based on those network conditions. For at least a portion of all of the contingency scenarios, risk indices are determined that describe the potential impact of each of those scenarios. Contingency scenarios with risk indices are presented visually as graphical representations in the context of a visual representation of the complex... |
| Decision support method and apparatus for chaotic or multi-parameter situations | 20100217738 | 20100826 |
| Body condition characterization apparatus comprises: measurement inputs for obtaining momentary values of different medical parameters; a baseline unit operative to modify the momentary values in relation to a first baseline, and a second baseline, the first baseline being an absolute baseline and the second baseline being a previously obtained momentary value; a transformation unit to selectively transform the modified momentary values into a body state characterization, comprising: an input scale for each parameter defining a variation range of the parameter; a boundary input module, that sets internal boundaries at locations along each input scale to define regions within the variation ranges, the regions being user modified; a scoring module providing scores to the input scale regions, and allowing reconfiguring of the scoring; a totalizer scale, defining... |
| Decision support method and apparatus for chaotic or multi-parameter situations | 20100217736 | 20100826 |
| A scoring or alarm method for obtaining scores or alarms of multi-parameter situations comprises obtaining momentary values of parameters; and transforming the measured values into alarms, by: for each parameter defining a variation range; setting internal boundaries at any of substantially continuous locations along each variation range, said boundaries defining a plurality of internal regions within said variation ranges; allowing for user or rule input to configure and reconfigure said internal regions; providing scoring to respective ones of said internal regions; allowing for user or rule input to configure and reconfigure said scoring; defining a variation range of a total derived from said measured momentary values and associated internal region scores; providing at least one conversion rule for converting an internal region score currently associated with... |
| Decision support | 20100217623 | 20100826 |
| Among other things, a computer implemented method includes receiving a unique patient identifier for a patient. The method also includes using the unique patient identifier to retrieve medical information associated with the patient from a centralized information source that includes a patient record containing the medical information. After performing a medical procedure on the patient based on the retrieved medical information, the method includes updating the patient record in the centralized information source to reflect the performed medical procedure.
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| System and method for cognitive decision support in a condition based fleet support system | 20100205021 | 20100812 |
| A cognitive decision support fleet management and maintenance decision system may comprise a first cognitive decision support system to process information regarding a plurality of platforms and generate a list of condition based response activities and a weighted ranking of the probability of success of each condition based activity. A second cognitive decision support system may be tasked by the first to, and configured to, provide a plurality of ranked courses of action. A third cognitive decision support system may be tasked by the second to, and be configured to, assess resource availability for each condition based response activity. The second cognitive decision support system may be further configured to generate from the list of condition based response activities and the resource availability assessment for each... |
| Systems and methods for associating nucleic acid profiles and proteomic profiles with healthcare protocols and guidelines in a decision support system | 20100197513 | 20100805 |
| A system, a method and a computer-readable medium are provided for associating a nucleic acid profile or proteomic profile with a patient state, to utilize a healthcare protocol or guideline for decision support, in which the patient state provides a description of a current status and a history of a patient, and the nucleic acid profile or proteomic profile is an analysis of characteristics including genetic constitution, gene expression, or modification of the protein content of the tissue or cell, all of which aid in diagnosis of the disease state of a patient. The nucleic acid profile or proteomic profile shows a molecular indicator of the patient state. The invention also provides a method for associating a stage in the healthcare protocol or guideline with the... |
| Method and system for optimized filling of an enclosure | 20100193067 | 20100805 |
| An enclosure is filled with a filling gas according to the disclosed method. An enclosure is provided having an interior, a width, a height, a thickness, and fluid filling and exit holes fluidly communicating with the interior. Filling of the enclosure is commenced by directing a flow of the filling gas at a filling flow rate into the fluid filling hole. An oxygen concentration of gas exiting the fluid exit hole is sensed. The filling of the enclosure is stopped when the sensed oxygen concentration reaches a threshold concentration, wherein the threshold oxygen concentration and/or the filling flow rate are selected by a Decision Support Tool based upon the width, height, and/or the thickness.
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| Mechanisms for ranking xml tags | 20100191745 | 20100729 |
| Mechanisms are described for providing decision support for an XML schema designer in the selection of candidate XML tags based on tags that are in use within a collection of XML documents. The approaches presented include a static analysis of tags in an XML collection which reflects the use of such tags in documents considered to be of high quality. The static analysis is independent of the context of the particular schema under design. A real-time analysis of tags considers the shared context of candidate XML tags with the set of tags already selected for use in the schema under design. Measure values resulting from the static analysis and/or the real-time analysis are used to derive an overall ranking measure for each candidate tag, and the... |
| Predictive prompting and decision outcome | 20100179928 | 20100715 |
| A system and method that provide for decision support and/or training support in crisis decision-making situations are provided. In one implementation, for example, a method identifies patterns from known cases based on information from a crisis event. Each of the known cases includes attributes and at least one outcome. The method also identifies a first subset of the known cases that relate to the identified patterns from the known cases. The method also analyzes the identified patterns to determine a cue that, if answered, will provide a second subset of the known cases including a more converged range of decision outcomes than the first subset.
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| Service oriented architecture based decision support system | 20090327796 | 20091231 |
| A service oriented architecture (SOA) based decision support system for a vehicle is provided. A database is provided for storing a workplan of the vehicle. A webservice provider is in communication with the database for integrating applications using a variety of open standards of an internet protocol backbone. A core is connected between the database and webservice provider. The core is adapted for analyzing fault conditions, creating the workplan to overcome the fault conditions, and generating a response for a webservice request. An enterprise service bus is connected to the webservice provider for providing loose connectivity between webservice enabled functions, a service customer, and the core.
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| Meta modeling in decision support system | 20090327325 | 20091231 |
| A method, system, and computer program product for providing troubleshooting data for reported fault conditions on equipment is provided. An engineering model is configured for the equipment. The engineering model includes at least one failure scenario and an associated symptom. The engineering model is stored in an equipment model database. A meta model representative of at least one relationship between the engineering model and a reported fault condition for the equipment is instantiated. A user input for the reported fault condition is stored in a decision support system (DSS) database. The DSS database forms a wrapper over the equipment model database based on the user input. The meta model is further instantiated using user input data from the DSS database. An optimal troubleshooting procedure for the... |
| Method and apparatus for a fuzzy distributed decision support system | 20090327317 | 20091231 |
| A method supports a decision-making process in a time critical scenario managed by a distributed workflow consisting of a plurality of distributed nodes. The method includes assessing a given situation with available information to establish confidence percentages for possible decisions associated with the given situation and the distributed workflow. A distributed workflow architecture is provided that allows the distributed workflow to use the confidence percentages to enable a decision maker to get knowledge of a best possible course of action when executing the distributed workflow. Fuzzy logic is used to compute and maintain the confidence percentages for the possible decisions based on the available information. Furthermore, an appropriate workflow management system is proposed.
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| Decision support systems using multi-scale customer and transaction clustering and visualization | 20090327036 | 20091231 |
| Systems, methods and consumer-readable media for using multi-scale customer and transaction clustering and visualization according to the invention have been provided. Systems and methods according to the invention may use program code to obtain customer transaction data and categorize obtained customer transaction data. The systems and methods may also analyze the categorized customer transaction data in order to identify patterns among the data. The systems and methods may also use the identified patterns to isolate a selected number of behavioral factors and group customers into population segments based on the behavioral factors.
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| Method and system for increasing the degree of autonomy of an unmanned aircraft by utilizing meteorological data received from gps dropsondes released from an unmanned aircraft to determine course and altitude corrections and an automated data management | 20090326792 | 20091231 |
| A system and method for determining wind profile and current icing potential information, comprising the steps of flying a plane; carrying a plurality of dropsondes on the plane; releasing the dropsondes into an atmosphere, for movement with a wind; collecting meteorology data by the dropsondes; transmitting the data from the dropsondes to the plane; transmitting the data from the plane to a remote control center; interpreting the meteorological data; and guiding the plane to a flight path with favorable winds and other favorable weather conditions. The invention also discloses an automated data management and decision support navigational system to make these navigational calculations and to correct the unmanned aircraft's flight path thus increasing the degree of autonomy of the unmanned aircraft.
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| Method and system for providing clinical decision support | 20090319300 | 20091224 |
| A method and system for providing clinical decision support is disclosed herein. The method comprises: mapping medication information with at least one follow up action based on a predefined relation. The follow up actions are suggested to a user upon selecting a medication formation. The method further includes scheduling the follow up actions may automatically.
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| Sample-based robust inference for decision support system | 20090313204 | 20091217 |
| The present invention deals with sampling-based robust inference for decision support systems (DSS). The invention relates to a method of operating a decision support system comprising at least one Bayesian network, to a decision support system and to a computer program product for implementing the system. The system comprising at least one Bayesian network (1), comprising a plurality of nodes (2, 20, 21), each node associated with parameters (4, 200, 210) expressing prior probabilities. At least a subset of the parameters stores a value range (6), and a set of probabilities of interest are calculated based on the parameters.
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| Method and device for monitoring a physiological parameter | 20090312621 | 20091217 |
| The present invention is related to a method and device for monitoring a physiological parameter, like the blood glucose level, using prediction of future evolution of the physiological parameter based on continuous traces. The present method and device can be employed as a decision support system for diabetic patients.
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| Electronic surveillance network system | 20090309974 | 20091217 |
| We have defined an automated detection system consisting of a combined visible and Short Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) camera that identifies vehicle identification number and the number of occupants in a given vehicle, as well as the speed of the automobile. This information is processed in conjunction with law enforcement rules to determine whether the particular vehicle driver is in violation to enable the law enforcement personnel to issue traffic violation ticket and mail it to the registered driver's address. Such an automated system could be placed at strategic locations along the stretch of the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) or carpool lanes and interconnected with backend computing and decision support system to assist law enforcement personnel in identifying vehicle driver violating the HOV or carpool lane rules... |
| Intelligent human-machine interface | 20090299924 | 20091203 |
| Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to methods and apparatus for an intelligent human-machine interface. By way of example, but not limited thereto, embodiments of methods and apparatus are presented of an intelligent human-machine interface for the operating room, and more particularly, to systems and processes for real-time management and feedback of process control, situational awareness, logistics, communication, and documentation, herein referred to as system. One element of the system, among others, provides a knowledge base that organizes information and rules that enables an accurate, relevant and timely decision support system. The knowledge base is represented in a hierarchical structure of functions and systems. The system serves as platform for the avoidance, detection and timely correction of errors, and as such, acts as a... |
| Methods, computer program products, apparatuses, and systems to accommodate decision support and reference case management for diagnostic imaging | 20090274384 | 20091105 |
| A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to accommodate decision support and reference case management for diagnostic imaging. An apparatus may include a processor configured to receive a request for an image from a client device. The processor may be further configured to retrieve a source image corresponding to the requested image from a memory. The processor may additionally be configured to process the source image to generate a second image having a greater resolution than the source image. The processor may also be configured to provide the second image to the client device to facilitate viewing and manipulation of the second image at the client device. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
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| Methods, computer program products, apparatuses, and systems to accommodate decision support and reference case management for diagnostic imaging | 20090274384 | 20091105 |
| A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to accommodate decision support and reference case management for diagnostic imaging. An apparatus may include a processor configured to receive a request for an image from a client device. The processor may be further configured to retrieve a source image corresponding to the requested image from a memory. The processor may additionally be configured to process the source image to generate a second image having a greater resolution than the source image. The processor may also be configured to provide the second image to the client device to facilitate viewing and manipulation of the second image at the client device. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
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| Device for medical treatment decision support and/or monitoring the status of a patient | 20090264814 | 20091022 |
| The invention relates to a device for medical treatment decision support and/or monitoring the status of a patient, the device comprising a first measuring means at the ipsilateral side and a second measuring means at the contralateral side and a comparison means in order to find the optimal and/or suboptimal time for drug treatment and/or other medical treatment steps.
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| System and method for automated decision support for service transition management | 20090254411 | 20091008 |
| A system and method for determining and managing risk impact of service downtime includes defining a process structure of one or more process types, services the process structure employs and a distribution of the services' time durations. Process usage data is collected for each type of process, and risk is estimated based on penalties and expected deadlines for each process. For a service change and outage of a given length of time, an optimal change window is determined with respect to a minimized impact on the process based on the estimated risk.
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| System and method for automated decision support for service transition management | 20090254411 | 20091008 |
| A system and method for determining and managing risk impact of service downtime includes defining a process structure of one or more process types, services the process structure employs and a distribution of the services' time durations. Process usage data is collected for each type of process, and risk is estimated based on penalties and expected deadlines for each process. For a service change and outage of a given length of time, an optimal change window is determined with respect to a minimized impact on the process based on the estimated risk.
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| Performance-related decision support for model-driven engineering | 20090249281 | 20091001 |
| A performance analysis model may be determined based on a development model associated with development of a software process, the development model defining an execution of the software process, and the performance analysis model being annotated with performance data characterizing the execution. At least one user-specified performance profile characterizing performance parameters associated with an improved execution of the software process according to the development model may be determined. An assessment computation model may be determined, using the performance analysis model and the at least one user-specified performance profile. At least one performance-based characteristic associated with the improved execution of the software process according to the development model may be determined. A performance assessment model may be determined using the assessment computation model and the performance-based characteristic,... |
| Risk based data assessment | 20090234684 | 20090917 |
| A system for receiving and processing data includes a data processing and verification component that accepts data from a client in an electronic format and identifies therefrom data elements that can be directly verified. A risk assessment component receives data elements that have not been identified as directly verifiable and assesses a risk that the data elements are incomplete or incorrect. The risk assessment component generates risk assessment data. A decision support component receives the risk assessment data from the risk assessment component and selects appropriate actions for subsequent processing of the client data according to the assessment of risk contained in the risk assessment data.
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| Risk based data assessment | 20090234684 | 20090917 |
| A system for receiving and processing data includes a data processing and verification component that accepts data from a client in an electronic format and identifies therefrom data elements that can be directly verified. A risk assessment component receives data elements that have not been identified as directly verifiable and assesses a risk that the data elements are incomplete or incorrect. The risk assessment component generates risk assessment data. A decision support component receives the risk assessment data from the risk assessment component and selects appropriate actions for subsequent processing of the client data according to the assessment of risk contained in the risk assessment data.
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| System and method for explaining a recommendation produced by a decision support tool | 20090222398 | 20090903 |
| In accordance with a particular embodiment of the invention, a method for explaining a recommendation produced by a decision support tool is disclosed. The method comprises submitting a list of observation inputs to the decision support tool and producing a recommendation. The list of inputs is then reordered according to an observation metric. The method further comprises quantifying how each input impacts the probability of the recommendation produced. The inputs may then be ranked by comparing the associated changes in probability of the recommendation produced.
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| Methods for management of anticoagulation therapy | 20090216561 | 20090827 |
| Presented herein are methods for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Also presented herein are apparatuses for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are electronic medical records systems comprising a program for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are clinical decision support programs for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are virtual anticoagulation clinics for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are point of care anticoagulation devices for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient.
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| Case managed counter-terrorism system and process | 20090216599 | 20090827 |
| A machine-implemented Case-Managed ontology and decision support framework provides a basis for a family of machine database architectures for use in a system for countering forces of unknown intentions including fighting and winning the Global War on Terror. The system focuses resource allocation decisions on logically derived, targeted areas of interest with an emphasis on non-kinetic, non-destructive effects. The system combines proven doctrines and novel operational approaches. It employs readily available intelligence information, an ontological understanding of the problem domain, a three-level, metrics-driven, case-managed system and process to counter the forces of unknown origin, and an entire set of operational level activities combining strategic intent, tactical approaches, expected utility analysis, mission-level simulations, and integrated cost modeling.
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| Methods for management of anticoagulation therapy | 20090216561 | 20090827 |
| Presented herein are methods for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Also presented herein are apparatuses for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are electronic medical records systems comprising a program for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are clinical decision support programs for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are virtual anticoagulation clinics for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are point of care anticoagulation devices for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient.
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| Case managed counter-terrorism system and process | 20090216599 | 20090827 |
| A machine-implemented Case-Managed ontology and decision support framework provides a basis for a family of machine database architectures for use in a system for countering forces of unknown intentions including fighting and winning the Global War on Terror. The system focuses resource allocation decisions on logically derived, targeted areas of interest with an emphasis on non-kinetic, non-destructive effects. The system combines proven doctrines and novel operational approaches. It employs readily available intelligence information, an ontological understanding of the problem domain, a three-level, metrics-driven, case-managed system and process to counter the forces of unknown origin, and an entire set of operational level activities combining strategic intent, tactical approaches, expected utility analysis, mission-level simulations, and integrated cost modeling.
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| Methods for management of anticoagulation therapy | 20090216561 | 20090827 |
| Presented herein are methods for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Also presented herein are apparatuses for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are electronic medical records systems comprising a program for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are clinical decision support programs for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are virtual anticoagulation clinics for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are point of care anticoagulation devices for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient.
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| Case managed counter-terrorism system and process | 20090216599 | 20090827 |
| A machine-implemented Case-Managed ontology and decision support framework provides a basis for a family of machine database architectures for use in a system for countering forces of unknown intentions including fighting and winning the Global War on Terror. The system focuses resource allocation decisions on logically derived, targeted areas of interest with an emphasis on non-kinetic, non-destructive effects. The system combines proven doctrines and novel operational approaches. It employs readily available intelligence information, an ontological understanding of the problem domain, a three-level, metrics-driven, case-managed system and process to counter the forces of unknown origin, and an entire set of operational level activities combining strategic intent, tactical approaches, expected utility analysis, mission-level simulations, and integrated cost modeling.
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| Methods for management of anticoagulation therapy | 20090216561 | 20090827 |
| Presented herein are methods for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Also presented herein are apparatuses for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are electronic medical records systems comprising a program for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are clinical decision support programs for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are virtual anticoagulation clinics for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are point of care anticoagulation devices for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient.
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| Case managed counter-terrorism system and process | 20090216599 | 20090827 |
| A machine-implemented Case-Managed ontology and decision support framework provides a basis for a family of machine database architectures for use in a system for countering forces of unknown intentions including fighting and winning the Global War on Terror. The system focuses resource allocation decisions on logically derived, targeted areas of interest with an emphasis on non-kinetic, non-destructive effects. The system combines proven doctrines and novel operational approaches. It employs readily available intelligence information, an ontological understanding of the problem domain, a three-level, metrics-driven, case-managed system and process to counter the forces of unknown origin, and an entire set of operational level activities combining strategic intent, tactical approaches, expected utility analysis, mission-level simulations, and integrated cost modeling.
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| Methods for management of anticoagulation therapy | 20090216561 | 20090827 |
| Presented herein are methods for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Also presented herein are apparatuses for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are electronic medical records systems comprising a program for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are clinical decision support programs for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are virtual anticoagulation clinics for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient. Further presented herein are point of care anticoagulation devices for determining dosages of anticoagulants for a patient.
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| Case managed counter-terrorism system and process | 20090216599 | 20090827 |
| A machine-implemented Case-Managed ontology and decision support framework provides a basis for a family of machine database architectures for use in a system for countering forces of unknown intentions including fighting and winning the Global War on Terror. The system focuses resource allocation decisions on logically derived, targeted areas of interest with an emphasis on non-kinetic, non-destructive effects. The system combines proven doctrines and novel operational approaches. It employs readily available intelligence information, an ontological understanding of the problem domain, a three-level, metrics-driven, case-managed system and process to counter the forces of unknown origin, and an entire set of operational level activities combining strategic intent, tactical approaches, expected utility analysis, mission-level simulations, and integrated cost modeling.
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| Trusted decision support system and method | 20090210378 | 20090820 |
| Methods and apparatus for providing a comprehensive decision support system to include predictions, recommendations with consequences and optimal follow-up actions in specific situations are described. Data is obtained from multiple disparate data sources, depending on the information deemed necessary for the situation being modeled. Some embodiments perform complex systems modeling including performing massive correlative analyses of the data obtained from the multiple disparate data sources with current situational data obtained regarding the situation for which the decision support process is being utilized. The decision support system provides a prediction or predictions and a recommendation or a choice of recommendations based on the correlative analysis and/or other analyses. In some embodiments the decision support system provides possible consequences that could result from a recommendation. In other embodiments... |
| Sustainable design decision support system | 20080319812 | 20081225 |
| A software application providing system and methods for using Web Services to connect an Analysis calculator, a Recommendations engine, Social Networking, and Knowledge Management technologies in a platform for operationalizing sustainability into Product Life Cycle Management (e.g., conception, design, manufacture, service, end-of-life disposition) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (including enterprise-wide activities of manufacturing, supply change management, financials, human resources, customer relationship management, and external stakeholder engagement). A Web Service Framework integrates Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) software technology with product design, manufacturing, and distribution process design tools. A logic layer can perform sustainability estimates within a Knowledge Management System. A Web Service Framework is utilized for constructing or entering LCA models, methodologies and source data. A social software-based participation environment is integrated with sustainable product design and... |
| Health care data management system | 20080312959 | 20081218 |
| The present invention is directed to a health care data management system comprising a workflow management system and a decision support system, as well as to a corresponding computer program product and a method. The decision support system comprises a probabilistic expert system for medical advice and is arranged to create a query to be sent to the workflow management system. It is also arranged to receive a corresponding answer determined by the workflow management system. This answer comprises entity allocation data relating to the allocation of an entity handled by the workflow management system. Furthermore, the decision support system is arranged to utilize the data as probabilistic input variable(s) for the expert system. Such a system has the advantage of combining up-to-date patient data and... |
| Methods and apparatus to generate rules for clinical lab results | 20080288288 | 20081120 |
| A computer-based method for generating rules for a clinical decision support system includes displaying a selected lab result for a patient, receiving a command from a user to create a rule using the selected lab result, and displaying questions and receiving answers from the user concerning future values of the selected lab result and/or trends of the selected lab result. The method further includes generating a rule for notifying the user based upon the future values of the selected lab result and/or trends of the selected lab result, in accordance with the received answers from the user.
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| Method to share and exchange geographic based information | 20080281848 | 20081113 |
| A simplified approach to sharing and exchanging geographic-based information containing the maps and corresponding data and metadata was developed to enable easy sharing of information for decision support tools. Current Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technologies are limited in their ability to share maps and data in the exact format that the user created the information. This technology shares the corresponding data with the map information (not just a ‘picture’ of the data—e.g., a static map) in the exact form that the user wants to provide to other users of the software application. The technology and use of this software application provides the unique ability for users to share the information directly with other users of the software, eliminating process and setup of importing new information into... |
| Method for decision support licensing and micropayments | 20080275835 | 20081106 |
| A method of increasing the quality of healthcare provided by health care professionals is provided. The method includes providing a computer system comprising a server including a database, downloading a decision support system onto the database, the decision support system includes a plurality of sets of rules, and accessing the plurality of sets of rules and paying for access on a usage basis.
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| Conflicting rule resolution system | 20080275838 | 20081106 |
| A method for identifying conflicting and duplicate rules in a decision support system is provided. The method includes establishing a first subsystem including a protocol of existing rules, each existing rule includes an input feature. The method also includes creating a new rule that includes an input feature, and comparing terminology in the input feature of the new rule against terminology in the input feature of each existing rule of the protocol using a second subsystem and determining whether the new rule and at least one existing rule from the protocol are similar.
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| Decision support response systems and methods | 20080263050 | 20081023 |
| A computer-implemented method for managing data for a clinical decision support system includes providing a computer management system including a server and a database, and downloading the decision support system onto the computer management system. The decision support system includes a plurality of rules and receives data. The method also includes accessing the decision support system and issuing an alert associated with a predetermined data pattern to at least one client system according to the rules, receiving a request for additional information from the at least one client system in response to the issued alert, determining additional data that has been requested, and retrieving the additional information associated with the issued alert.
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| Decision-based displays for medical information systems | 20080256490 | 20081016 |
| A decision support device incorporates a number of user friendly features. The device is operable to determine context by displaying a flow diagram of a clinical guideline so the clinician can select the current step in treatment (S630). Initial, automatic display of decision support data can be restricted to clinical data only (S420). Data pertinent to the current decision, and therefore automatically selected for display, can be highlighted (S340) when appearing in screens subsequently brought up by the clinician.
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| Weaning and decision support system for mechanical ventilation | 20080236582 | 20081002 |
| A system for mechanical ventilation treatment is described. In one embodiment the system provides advice on treatment and/or weaning of patients from mechanical ventilation based on the patient's conditions. In another embodiment the system includes apparatus to monitor and analyze the patient's data and data from the mechanical ventilator and controls the ventilator automatically.
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| Creating computer aided medical recommendations | 20080243547 | 20081002 |
| A computer aided method and apparatus for decision support within a medical investigation of a patient. The method comprises the steps of integrating and analyzing patient related data such particular symptoms and insurance related data; querying a recommendation support module with the patient related data and the insurance related data; deriving a recommendation for a patient treatment dependant on the patient related data and on the insurance related data.
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| Statistical methods for multivariate ordinal data which are used for data base driven decision support | 20080234976 | 20080925 |
| A method of analysis including an intrinsically valid class of statistical methods for dealing with multivariate ordinal data. A decision support system that can (1) provide automated decision support in a transparent fashion (2) optionally be controlled by a decision maker, (3) provide for an evidence acquisition concept, including automatically increasing the content of an underlying database, and (4) provide a computationally efficient interactive distributed environment. The method is exemplified in the context of assisted diagnostic support.
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| Generalized faceted browser decision support tool | 20080222561 | 20080911 |
| Embodiments of the present invention provide a faceted browser for decision-making that enables interactive visualization of a decision space as choices are made. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a selection of a first choice from a user. The first choice is displayed in a user interface that includes a plurality of facets, each facet including a plurality of choices. The method further comprises disabling at least one second choice in response to the selection of the first choice, and determining a first result set in response to the selection of the first choice. The user interface is then updated in real-time to display the selected status of the first choice, the disabled status of the second choice, and the first result set... |
| Resource scheduling with rule violation feedback | 20080215407 | 20080904 |
| Generally, an airline operations computing system accomplishes rule checking in an efficient and useful manner and provides functionality that allows multiple different users to accomplish schedule changes in a manner that minimizes conflicts between different schedulers. In addition, an airline operations computing system includes a common rules engine that is used by multiple different optimizer and decision support systems of the airline operations computing system.
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| Multiple user resource scheduling | 20080215408 | 20080904 |
| Generally, an airline operations computing system accomplishes rule checking in an efficient and useful manner and provides functionality that allows multiple different users to accomplish schedule changes in a manner that minimizes conflicts between different schedulers. In addition, an airline operations computing system includes a common rules engine that is used by multiple different optimizer and decision support systems of the airline operations computing system.
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| Generation of four dimensional grid of probabilistic hazards for use by decision support tools | 20080208474 | 20080828 |
| A new method and system for generating probabilities of objective values of hazards as a fine granularity grid in four dimensions (three spatial dimensions plus time) to be used by decision support and visualization tools. Utilizing the proposed system, proxies for hazard data received at different times and in different formats may be used as input data to a grid of intelligent software agents which generate a four dimensional matrix of probabilities of objective values of hazards. The method allows for proxies and/or subjective information on hazards that may arrive asynchronously and with coarse temporal and spatial accuracy to be converted into a standard fine granularity four dimensional hazard probability grid. The grid is created automatically, without the need for expert human interpretation, can provide visualization... |
| Medical ontologies for machine learning and decision support | 20080201280 | 20080821 |
| A medical ontology may be used for computer assisted clinical decision support. Multi-level and/or semantically grouped medical ontology is incorporated into a machine learning algorithm. The resulting machine-learnt algorithm outputs information to assist in clinical decisions. For example, a patient record is input to the algorithm. Based on the incorporated medical ontology, similarities are aggregated in different groups. An aggregate similarity of at least one group is a function of an aggregate similarity of at least another group. One or more similar patients and/or outcomes are identified based on similarity. Probability based outputs may be provided.
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| Example-based diagnosis decision support | 20080192995 | 20080814 |
| A computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) technique matches an image of an undiagnosed tumor against respective images of a group of tumors of known pathology, either malignant or benign (104, 208). Either a database of malignant tumor images is designated, or a database of benign tumors is designated (112). The closest group of reference tumor images in terms of similarity is found (228). Similarity between the test image and the group of reference images is determined by the smallest Mahalanobis distance between the test and reference images (216). The group is altered by a genetic algorithm to include different images that are then tested for distance, this process being iteratively executed subject to a stopping criterion (216, 220, 224, 228).
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| Cross-program dependency scheduling | 20080195446 | 20080814 |
| A scheduling application that provides decision support for program managers by interrelating activities across multiple product-development programs and by creating dependencies for such activities. The application is platform independent and uses Internet technologies to manage multiple dependent programs. The application manages dependent programs by graphically displaying an activity schedule, displaying real time status of activities, and displaying available resources. Changes to an activity in one dependent program will reschedule activities in other programs. Alternatively, a change to an activity in one dependent program sends an electronic notification to parties of programs affected by the change for ratification of the change.
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| Virtual information technology assistant | 20080183852 | 20080731 |
| A unified support system is adapted to a user to manage his or her entire personal electronics environment. The system supports a wide range of hardware, software and network configurations, as well as a vast universe of additional products and accessories that may be added to the user's personal electronics environment. The unified support system employs a multi-modal interface incorporating multiple communication channels for interfacing with a system user. The unified support is adapted to provide purchase decision support, customized new product installation instructions, new product and ancillary product recommendations, warranty registration, troubleshooting assistance, proactive maintenance, as well as other functions for managing a user's personal electronics environment.
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| System and method for optimal and adaptive process unification of decision support functions associated with managing a chaotic event | 20080177687 | 20080724 |
| A method for displaying information related to a chaotic event. A mathematical optimization algorithm is used to select a first optimal decision set for a user. The mathematical optimization algorithm takes as input a decision template, chaotic event information, at least one constraint, and a user profile. A heuristic algorithm is used to eliminate a first subset of decisions. The first subset of decisions is in the first optimal decision set. A second optimal decision set is formed. The second optimal decision set comprises the first optimal decision set less the first subset of decisions. The mathematical optimization algorithm is used to select a sequence in which decisions in the second optimal decision set are to be considered. The mathematical optimization algorithm takes as input the... |
| Methods and interface for set-partitioning decision support tool | 20080162238 | 20080703 |
| A visual interactive multi-criteria decision-making method and computer-based apparatus for portfolio management. The method/apparatus supports partitioning of a portfolio of physical or other assets into two mutually exclusive categories, such as assets recommended for sale and assets recommended for retention. The method/apparatus utilizes one or more coupled 2-D projections of the portfolio in criteria space. The user interacts with the projections to express and record preferences.
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| Multi-criteria decision support tool interface, methods and apparatus | 20080163085 | 20080703 |
| A visual interactive multi-criteria decision-making method and computer-based apparatus for portfolio management. The method/apparatus supports partitioning of a portfolio of physical or other assets into two mutually exclusive categories, such as assets recommended for sale and assets recommended for retention. The method/apparatus utilizes one or more coupled 2-D projections of the portfolio in criteria space. The user interacts with the projections to express and record preferences.
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| Decision support system | 20080147587 | 20080619 |
| A system comprises a means to enter hypothetical scenario data required for decision making and data necessary for decision making scenario module, being composed of information such as an occurrence probability value and an estimated gain value, a means to enter a logical combination relation for combining the decision making scenario modules by using logical symbols or commonly used words to build a composite decision making module, a means to process, according to the logical combination relation, hypothetical scenario data corresponding to a desired composite scenario and decision making information, display the processing results in a predetermined diagram form and store them in a database, a means to search decision making scenario modules stored in the database, and a means to incorporate into a module information... |
| Systems and methods for exploiting missing clinical data | 20080133275 | 20080605 |
| A method for providing information to a clinician regarding a patient's medical problems based upon a combination of the information recorded in the medical record and information omitted from the medical record is described. A patient's medical record is obtained. The medical record may include information regarding the medical conditions experienced by the patient, information from a clinician's observations of treating or testing the patient, and results from tests or therapies administered to the patient. A computer system having a decision support system is used. The decision support system comprises a prediction engine. The decision support system is used to predict conditions or problems omitted from the patient's medical record. These predictions are then provided to the clinician for recording into the medical record.
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| Automated systems for aggregating, identifying, and analyzing real estate wealth | 20080133312 | 20080605 |
| The invention is business intelligence system and method for multi-faceted aggregation and analysis of property ownership which enables the identification and classification of individuals and corporate entities for use in generating product and service marketing lists/groups. The inventions application provides its users with a knowledge base about clients and potential clients and allows users to customize their output by applying their own analytics to the inventions base results. The system can provide input to automated marketing systems or interactive decision support systems that support the real estate, mortgage, accounting, or legal or other professions.
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| Case management for image-based training, decision support, and consultation | 20080120142 | 20080522 |
| Methods, apparatuses, and articles for medical case management are described herein. In various embodiments, a server receives a plurality of medically-related documents being associated with a medical case. The server may organize the documents into a case portfolio for distribution to a client for interactive viewing and editing of the documents, the organizing including integrating with the case portfolio client-side logic for facilitating the interactive viewing and editing. In various embodiments, the client may provide an interactive element to facilitate a user of a client in entering medical information to associate with a case portfolio. The client device may retrieve and manifest medical information suggestions in response to entered medical information. In some embodiments, the client may facilitate the user in reviewing the case portfolios to... |
| Decision support for tax rate selection | 20080103792 | 20080501 |
| For a multi-party advertising exchange including advertising and publishing entities, each participant specifies tax rate(s), such as import tax and export tax, that apply to at least one other entity in the exchange. Since tax rate(s) can be expressed in different transactional terms by different parties, each tax rate is reduced to a common tax rate expression within the exchange for comparison. Intelligent tax rate selection and support can be provided to dynamically set tax rates that achieve utilitarian goals for the individual participants taking into account the tax rates expressed by other participants and their respective advertising goals, and dynamically adjusting tax rates over time in response to condition changes. Various refinements are provided and disclosed according to a host of optional implementations.
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| Method, computer program product, and apparatus for managing decision support related event information | 20080103845 | 20080501 |
| An apparatus for managing decision support related events and solutions includes a plurality of case management elements. Each of the case management elements is in communication with at least an associated one of a corresponding plurality of portal access controllers associated with a corresponding unit within an organization. Each of the case management elements includes at least a corresponding one of a plurality of solution elements. Each of the solution elements is configured to receive solution information from the at least one corresponding portal access controller and to communicate the solution information only with each other one of the solution elements. The solution information comprises data regarding a decision support related event associated with a case associated with the corresponding unit.
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| Decision support system for simulating execution of an executable clinical guideline | 20080097733 | 20080424 |
| A system and method are provided for performing a simulation of patient treatment using at least one executable clinical guideline. The method includes the steps of: providing for getting a selected start point associated with a step of a guideline, wherein the start point is selectable regardless of the actual treatment provided to the patient and condition of the patient; providing for accessing a guideline associated with the start point; and providing for performing a simulation. The simulation includes the steps of providing for processing the start point; providing for accessing the guideline having the step associated with the start point; and providing for executing at least the associated guideline including beginning execution at the start point.
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| System and method for coupling patient data with executable guideline decision support system | 20080097791 | 20080424 |
| A system and method are provided for exchanging data between a local information storage system (26) storing first data elements associated with respective data, and an executable guideline decision support system (12) executable on at least one processor for storing a plurality of executable guidelines and executing the guidelines, including processing at least data associated with a second data element. The method includes the steps of generating a request to exchange data between the local information system and the decision support system (12); determining a first data element of the plurality of first data elements that corresponds to the second data element, and at least one interoperability parameter defining how the first and second data elements correspond; processing the data being exchanged in accordance with the... |
| Automatic decision support | 20070299665 | 20071227 |
| Speech is transcribed to produce a transcript. At least some of the text in the transcript is encoded as data. These codings may be verified for accuracy and corrected if inaccurate. The resulting transcript is provided to a decision support system to perform functions such as checking for drug-drug, drug-allergy, and drug-procedure interactions, and checking against clinical performance measures (such as recommended treatments). Alerts and other information output by the decision support system are associated with the transcript. The transcript and associated decision support output are provided to a physician to assist the physician in reviewing the transcript and in taking any appropriate action in response to the transcript.
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| Diagnosis of equipment failures using an integrated approach of case based reasoning and reliability analysis | 20070288795 | 20071213 |
| Equipment failures are diagnosed using an integrated approach of case-based reasoning (CBR) and statistical reliability analysis. The method outputs a single list of suggested failed components, ranked by an overall probability of failure, and their associated past solutions from the case base. The overall probability of failure is calculated using the combined logic of case based reasoning and statistical reliability analysis. The method is typically used in a real-time decision support system to aid equipment diagnosis by a maintenance technician working in the field.
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| Methods and systems for determining optimal pricing for retail products | 20070282667 | 20071206 |
| A data warehouse system and application which analyzes historical sales and product data contained within a data warehouse to determine the best product prices across a set of products for a retailer. The application automatically creates statistical models, determines product price elasticity, and identifies and estimates product cross-sell and substitution effects. It does all modeling and analysis directly on the data within a data warehouse system, without any data extraction or manual data preparation. Output from the analytic application can be used operationally to set new product prices, or the application can be utilized as a decision support tool to help retailers understand the influencers on their product sales and profitability.
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| Methods and systems for determining product price elasticity in a system for pricing retail products | 20070282668 | 20071206 |
| A data warehouse system and application which analyzes historical sales and product data contained within a data warehouse to determine the best product price for a retail product. The application automatically creates statistical models using relevant information in the database and determines price elasticity characteristics for the retail product indicating the probable change in sales volume of the product resulting from a change in the selling price for the product. Output from the application can be used operationally to set new product prices, or the application can be utilized as a decision support tool to help retailers understand the influencers on their product sales and profitability.
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| System for visualization and analysis of numerical and chemical information | 20070276636 | 20071129 |
| The invention contains methods for identifying, parameterizing, saving and utilizing Multicriterion Decision Making (MCDM) functions to analyze data sets. The invention contains methods for performing selections with individual interaction with checkboxes, plots, algorithms, and queries, all linked to a single selection state attribute that is automatically added to each dataset. Successive selection steps may be combined with boolean operators: SET/AND/OR. Selection state is sortable to allow selected objects to be visually collected. Together, this provides a powerful suite for MCDM, which is true Decision Support. The invention contains methods for visualizing molecular structures which allow greater cognitive power to be brought to bear on crucial aspects of many types of structural comparison and analysis, using visual topological cueing. The invention contains visual methods for enhancing an... |
| Embedded decision support | 20070260631 | 20071108 |
| Systems and methods for providing automated access to embedded decision support are disclosed. More specifically, the subject innovation provides a method for encoding decision support tools and for using those tools to adaptively provide decision support. Data can be provided to an engine in real-time and, if needed or desired, can be combined with additional existing data (e.g., from a store or entered by a user). The engine can process that data using its library of decision support tools and take action based on the results of that processing. Additionally, contextual awareness of decision support for a particular user and a specific working environment can be established and employed to trigger and/or select appropriate action.
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| Sourcing controller | 20070250330 | 20071025 |
| An intelligent sourcing controller for sourcing potential suppliers from external sources such as the Internet as well as internal sources such as a local data server. The intelligent sourcing engine controller provides a supplier appraisal to the buyer as decision support. The intelligent sourcing controller integrates its supplier appraisal criteria with the buyer's sourcing criteria, classifying the collected information in the same way a buyer configures his requirements for the suppliers. The intelligent sourcing controller synchronizes the Internet sourcing results with the local data server after each search to renew data in the local data server in time and the sourcing criteria can be reused in future for decision support.
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| Method and software for determining the eligibility of a voter and for providing pollworker training | 20070235535 | 20071011 |
| Methods and software for determining voter eligibility in an election on an electronic device through decision support program control. The primary method includes confirming the election and an election date on a screen provided by the device, selecting the proper precinct, and selecting a desired voter election decision process from a menu. Other methods include providing a voter lookup screen, initiating a voter lookup search, providing a voter search result list, providing detailed information on a selected voter, providing detailed information for a particular polling place, providing an address lookup screen to determine a voter's correct voting location, providing a broadened search function, identifying that the voter is only eligible to vote provisionally, identifying that the voter is not eligible to vote, providing help information on... |
| Systems and methods for clinical decision crawler agent | 20070226167 | 20070927 |
| Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for clinical decision support including a crawler agent component. The crawler agent component is adapted to receive a search parameter. The search parameter specifies a criteria for evidence data to be searched for. The crawler agent component is adapted to initiate a search of a plurality of evidence sources based at least in part on the search parameter. The search identifies the evidence data. The evidence data is utilized by the clinical decision support system to provide decision support to a healthcare provider for a patient.
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| Decision support system for cbrne sensors | 20070226184 | 20070927 |
| A decision support system (DSS) operates to generate a contact list of members of a media share group who are to be contacted when a sensor alarm signals the occurrence of an event, such as a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive (CBRNE) event. The list generation begins when a sensor alarm report is received from a sensor data controller, processing the sensor alarm report and accessing at least one data source of the plurality of data sources, dependent upon the sensor alarm report, to obtain accessed data. The contact list, which is dependent upon the accessed data, is output to a media share controller to control media signals, such as text, graphics, audio and/or video signals, between members of the media share group.
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| Statistical methods for hierarchical multivariate ordinal data which are used for data base driven decision support | 20070208545 | 20070906 |
| A method of analysis including an intrinsically valid class of statistical methods for dealing with multivariate ordinal data. A decision support system that can (1) provide automated decision support in a transparent fashion (2) optionally be controlled by a decision maker, (3) provide for an evidence acquisition concept, including automatically increasing the content of an underlying database, and (4) provide a computationally efficient interactive distributed environment. The method is exemplified in the context of assisted diagnostic support.
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| Computer implemented medical integrated decision support system | 20070203752 | 20070830 |
| A software-based, integrated member decision support system provides a method for corporations, insurance carriers, health maintenance organizations, physicians, physician groups, or other clients to efficiently provide medical, pharmaceutical, and health benefit advice and information for an enrolled population. The system contains one or more databases which include member profiles, clinical information and guidelines, pharmaceutical information and guidelines, health benefit information, and optional additional information. A caller establishes communication with the system, which directs the caller to an operator who provides the caller with medical, pharmaceutical, and/or health benefit advice based on an inquiry from the caller and the information stored on the system. The system may automatically alert the caller or the operator of important medical or pharmaceutical information. At the conclusion of the call, the... |
| Clinical decision support system | 20070192134 | 20070816 |
| A clinical decision support system and methods are provided for the management of acute and chronic disorders.
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| Decision support system to detect the presence of artifacts in patients monitoring signals using morphograms | 20070185408 | 20070809 |
| A method for monitoring a patient (110) includes determining (114) convex hulls for pairs of monitored signals from the patient, and determining whether a perturbation has occurred (115, 116) in one or more of the convex hulls. This exemplary embodiment (110) can also include alerting an operator that a clinically significant change may have occurred (117) in the patient each of the convex hulls has been perturbed. If only a subset of the convex hulls is perturbed, an artifact has probably occurred (118).
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| Clinical decision support system for guideline selection and knowledge/location indication with the guideline | 20070175980 | 20070802 |
| A clinical decision support system (30) displays a patient treatment guideline (20) for a given patient in response to a query from a medical practitioner along with an indicator (21) as to what state in the patient treatment guideline (20) the current patient is. According to one aspect of the present invention, an exemplary embodiment of a method (40) for interacting with a medical record of a patient includes: entering a patient identification (43) into a user interface (33) along with a care provider identification; selecting a patient treatment guideline (45) based on the entered information; and displaying the patient treatment guideline (46) on the user interface (33) along with an indicator (21) identifying a current point in the patient treatment guideline (20). An exemplary embodiment... |
| System for storage and navigation of application states and interactions | 20070179646 | 20070802 |
| Complex collaboration or decision support applications perform complex design or planning tasks, often with the input of large groups of people over long periods of time. The combination of time and complexity can often obscure past actions, making it difficult to remember the factors that influenced earlier stages in the planning task. This is especially true if the task involves many people and different people work at different times. The application state navigation system provides an application-independent mechanism that allows operators to walk back through the history of the application in order to better understand (or remember) the application actions that were taken in the past and the triggers for those actions.
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| Decision support tool for interleaving review software testing | 20070180430 | 20070802 |
| A computer-implemented method for reviewing software includes monitoring a review session held by one or more reviewers for locating errors in a computer program, and automatically detecting a suggestion-triggering event in the monitored session. A suggested action predicted to increase a likelihood of locating the errors is determined based on known bug patterns responsively to the detected suggestion-triggering event. The suggested action is applied in an execution of the review session.
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| Systems and method for integrative medical decision support | 20070168308 | 20070719 |
| A system for providing medical decision support for diagnosis and treatment of disease comprises a medical knowledge database comprising medical information, the medical information including probabilities of disease outcomes for a disease of interest, a memory device for storing a program, a processor in communication with the memory device, the processor operative with the program to obtain patient information and in vitro test results for a patient, and automatically generate a recommendation for a medical test based on a combination of the patient information, the in vitro test results, and medical information from the medical knowledge database.
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| System and method for longitudinal patient dosimetry management decision support | 20070162311 | 20070712 |
| Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system for patient dosimetry management including a processing component. The processing component is capable of receiving and/or aggregating dosimetry data from a plurality of information sources. Each information source in the plurality of information sources includes dosimetry data for a patient. The processing component is capable of generating patient dosimetry information based at least in part on the aggregated dosimetry data.
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| Physician treatment ordering system | 20070162312 | 20070712 |
| A system provides decision support information that improves patient care by enabling physicians who are placing orders to see historical treatment ordering patterns and adjust order associated workflow (e.g., as part of a computerized Health Care Order Entry System) based on an analysis of past orders placed on similar types of patients with similar demographic information under similar conditions. A patient treatment decision support system employing historical treatment order data includes a pre-processor. The pre-processor analyzes and collates historical patient treatment order information for multiple different patients based on criteria including diagnostic code to provide historical order information identifying treatment orders previously initiated for patients associated with a treatment order of a particular type. The historical treatment order information is stored by the pre-processor in a... |
| Multi-sensor system | 20070146195 | 20070628 |
| An avionics system including a radar system being capable of automatically tracking a radar target, an optical image producing system, a radar monitor, an optical image monitor, a decision support unit having a connection to the radar system and to the optical image producing system, and an input/output unit for entering one or more decision parameters. The decision support unit is connected to the input/output unit. During a flight mission the decision support unit receives one or more automatic radar tracking parameters from the radar system, uses the decision parameters on the radar tracking parameters to decide upon which radar target(s) to be subjected to observation by the optical image producing system.
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| Decision support methods and apparatus | 20070150430 | 20070628 |
| Improved decision support techniques are disclosed. For example, a technique for processing transactional data for use in accordance with a decision support operation comprises the following steps/operations. The transactional data is transformed into an interim form according to a relative importance of the transactional data to the decision support operation. The transformed data is incrementally analyzed, wherein the incremental analysis comprises applying a successive approximation to the data in the interim form, such that the decision support operation can be incrementally performed based on a transactional load. The technique may further comprise allocating one or more computing resources to incrementally perform the decision support operation.
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| Intelligent human-machine interface | 20070136218 | 20070614 |
| Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to methods and apparatus for an intelligent human-machine interface. By way of example, but not limited thereto, embodiments of methods and apparatus are presented of an intelligent human-machine interface for the operating room, and more particularly, to systems and processes for real-time management and feedback of process control, situational awareness, logistics, communication, and documentation, herein referred to as system. One element of the system, among others, provides a knowledge base that organizes information and rules that enables an accurate, relevant and timely decision support system. The knowledge base is represented in a hierarchical structure of functions and systems. The system serves as platform for the avoidance, detection and timely correction of errors, and as such, acts as a... |
| System and method for integrating heterogeneous biomedical information | 20070130206 | 20070607 |
| A system and method for using heterogeneous data from multiple healthcare information sources in a medical decision support system is disclosed. Each healthcare information system stores medical data using a different local schema. The medical decision support system provides responses to user queries. A query is received from a user that is generated in a standardized global schema. The query includes information from medical ontologies. Database queries are generated from the user queries that use the medical ontologies to generate constraints in the queries. The medical ontologies are also used to infer database queries. The generated query is translated into multiple queries for the multiple healthcare systems wherein each query is in the local schema of the healthcare information system that is being queried. Each database... |
| Systems and methods for automatic change quantification for medical decision support | 20070122018 | 20070531 |
| A method of automatic change quantification for medical decision support includes: automatically detecting a structure in a set of medical images; characterizing the detected structure including modeling of deformation characteristics of the detected structure; matching images based on the characterization of the detected structure, wherein a size measure of the detected structure is constrained according to the deformation characteristics; and quantifying a change in the detected structure.
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| On-line healthcare consultation services system and method of using same | 20070122783 | 20070531 |
| The present invention relates to a healthcare consultation system that includes a means for gathering data, a knowledge database, a decision support server and an interactive help system. The present invention further relates to a method for providing training and help services to a healthcare provider, a healthcare manufacturer or a healthcare user by providing a resource center that comprises a knowledge database, a decision support server and an interactive help system, building the knowledge database by compiling information, analyzing the information in the knowledge database to develop the decision support server, establishing a connection between the interactive help system and the healthcare provider, healthcare manufacturer and healthcare user, accessing the decision support server, and delivering education, training and consultation services via the interactive help system.
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| Methodology and apparatus for the detection of biological substances | 20070122916 | 20070531 |
| A methodology and an apparatus for the detection of biological substances employing the integration of multiple functions and units designed into and implemented in the form of an individual silicon chip, described as a sensor unit. The deployment of a set of sensor units as a group results in a distributed detecting, discriminating, and alerting network. Distribution of the sensor units facilitates the on-the-spot detection of different biological substances such as viruses, bacteria, spores, allergens, and other toxins that can be suspended in multiple media (air, liquid, blood, etc.). Besides detection/sensing, the individual sensor units perform: data acquisition, data development, data storage, statistical analysis, and data transmission. A set of sensor units deployed in proximity to each other can be designated as a group and act... |
| System and method for real-time healthcare business decision support through intelligent data aggregation and data modeling | 20070118401 | 20070524 |
| Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a real-time healthcare business decision support system including a plurality of information sources, a processing component, and a user interface component. Each information source includes resource information for a resource in a healthcare environment. The healthcare environment includes a plurality of resources. The processing component aggregates resource information from the plurality of information sources. The processing component is capable of generating performance information based at least in part on the aggregated resource information in substantially real-time. The performance information corresponds at least in part to the performance of at least one of the plurality of resources. The user interface component is capable of displaying the performance information.
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| System and method for radiology decision support using picture-in-picture | 20070118408 | 20070524 |
| Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system for viewing medical images including a set of image slices, a selected image, an overview image, and a user interface component. The selected image is selected from the set of image slices. The overview image includes a representation of the set of image slices. The user interface component is capable of simultaneously displaying the selected image and the overview image.
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| Method and system for generating and validating clinical reports with built-in automated measurement and decision support | 20070112599 | 20070517 |
| A method and system for generation and validation of clinical reports with built-in automated measurement and decision support is provided. XML templates may be used for ensuring report data quality. The template data may include static, dynamic, calculated data, and others. The validation method may be based on formal logical constraint specifications. The constraint descriptions may include data types, cardinality, order, co-occurrence, Boolean logic, read-only data, regular expression patterns, etc. The method can be used to validate collected data on-the-fly based on constraint specifications without human interaction.
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| System and method of textual information analytics | 20060277465 | 20061207 |
| This invention provides a method and system for analyzing and deriving analytical insights from textual information. The information structuration process determines the structure in which the text information is rendered. A cyclical extraction process using the parameters of co-frequency, co-dependency, and co-relatedness and parts of speech, determines various textual aspects and their subcomponents such as themes and dimensions. Using the subcomponents of the textual aspects, relationship maps are built, disambiguated and ranked. A text analytics and decision support matrix is created using the ranked relations, thereby providing a highly relevant result set to the user's information need. A multidimensional navigation matrix is created that helps a user navigate across dimensions.
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| System and method for providing data for decision support | 20060253550 | 20061109 |
| A system and method for providing decision support data records to users comprising a network, at least one access device capable of accessing the network wherein users connect to the network using the at least one access device, and a server arrangement that connects to the network, wherein the server arrangement transmits data records to users based upon a predetermined mapping scheme. The server arrangement searches and retrieves the data records from both public and private networks. The server arrangement assigns document content identifiers to each data record and maps the data record to at least one user class based upon the respective assigned document identifiers. The data records and associated mapping may be modified and enhanced by domain experts after expert review. The server arrangement... |
| Decision support system and method | 20060241950 | 20061026 |
| The invention provides a decision support method comprising: for two or more predefined criteria each criterion associated with one or more pre-defined categories, determining a point value for each category on each criterion by the pairwise ranking of profile pairs wherein each profile comprises a set of two or more of the criteria, each criterion in the set instantiated with one of the categories for that criterion. The invention also provides a related system and computer program.
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| Decision support method and system | 20060235707 | 20061019 |
| In accordance with the invention, there is a decision support method comprising collecting data about a set of components of an asset, wherein the data comprises information about the status of each component in the set of components. The method also comprises comparing the data to a set of requirements for a use of the asset and estimating a remaining life for each of the components in the set of components based on the status of each of the components and the set of requirements for an intended use of the asset.
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| Decision support system for litigation evaluation | 20060229999 | 20061012 |
| Information about a pre-litigation case is received from a claimant. A case score is determined based on the received information, and compared with a predefined threshold. Further processing for the case is selected based on the comparison. The case score is based on a liability score and a damages score, each of which may be computed as a weighted average. The further processing may be determining what additional information should be collected from the claimant; determining what documents should be collected from the claimant; interviewing the claimant; rejecting the case, referring the case to an outside attorney; or accepting the case for further consideration. The received information includes a case type, and documents are prepared based on the received information and predetermined information associated with the... |
| Method to share and exchange geographic based information | 20060230051 | 20061012 |
| A simplified approach to sharing and exchanging geographic-based information containing the maps and corresponding data and metadata was developed to enable easy sharing of information for decision support tools. Current Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technologies are limited in their ability to share maps and data in the exact format that the user created the information. This technology shares the corresponding data with the map information (not just a ‘picture’ of the data—e.g., a static map) in the exact form that the user wants to provide to other users of the software application. The technology and use of this software application provides the unique ability for users to share the information directly with other users of the software, eliminating process and setup of importing new information into... |
| Voice activated decision support | 20060223042 | 20061005 |
| A coaching device and method for providing emergency medical care instructions is shown. The device can include a memory, an audio input, an audio output, a visual display, and a processor. The memory stores a file set made up of multiple question files. The question files include audio data representing a spoken question, at least one valid answer proposed for the question, and visual material. The visual material can be a text version of the question or a valid answer or a visual illustration of the subject matter of the question. Each question file is linked with at least one other question file. A program manages the question files by playing a question, detecting a spoken valid answer to the spoken question, and loading another question... |
| System for calculating the anticipated outcome of an immediately following defibrillator shock | 20060217624 | 20060928 |
| A system is provided for evaluating the probability that the outcome of an immediately following defibrillator shock will result in return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and for providing a decision support signal based thereon. The system includes electrodes and sensors, a module for measuring CPR and ECG related data from the electrodes and sensors, the ECG related data being measured and/or stored as ECG segments, an analysis unit connected with the module and adapted to calculate a property vector characterizing the condition of the heart from the ECG segments. The analysis unit is further adapted to calculate a probability indicator representing the probability that the outcome of an immediately following defibrillator shock will result in ROSC based on the property vector. The analysis unit is also... |
| Performance adjustments in medical decision support systems | 20060210133 | 20060921 |
| A user adjusts the performance for assisted diagnosis. The sensitivity, specificity or both are adjusted as desired by the physician or end-user. By adjusting the trade-offs, a decision support system may be optimized by each user or for each case, possibly avoiding a one-fits-all approach or requiring purchase of different CAD products.
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| Methods and apparatus for providing decision support | 20060200549 | 20060907 |
| A method for providing decision support includes using a programmed computer to input a regression model specification, and to repeat the input a plurality of times to obtain and store a plurality of regression model specifications. The method further includes using the programmed computer to analyze selected regression model specifications to determine at least one of common variables and functions of common variables, to thereby determine a reduced-redundancy request for input of variables, when a plurality of the stored regression model specifications are selected for use.
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| Missing data approaches in medical decision support systems | 20060184475 | 20060817 |
| Missing data is addressed in a medical decision support system. The classifier applied to the patient record with missing data is obtained as a function of the available data. For example, one of a plurality of different classifiers is selected based on the features available in the patient record to be classified. The different classifiers are developed using different feature sets. The classifier developed using a feature set closest to or a sub-set of the features available in the patient record is selected for classifying the patient record. As another example, features in a training set corresponding to features available in the patient record are used to build a classifier. The classifier is applied to the patient record by inputting the available features of the patient... |
| Procedure based decision support | 20060179015 | 20060810 |
| Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method and computer instructions for providing procedure based decision support. In an embodiment, a procedure based decision support system includes a procedure input module that allows a user to input a procedure; a procedure identification module that identifies procedures that are the same and/or similar to the input procedure; and an output module that outputs information based on the identified procedures. The procedure based decision support system may also include a decision support activation module that activates the procedure based decision support system, for example.
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| Health information system and method | 20060173715 | 20060803 |
| The present invention relates to a distributed computer-based decision support technology for the healthcare industry. It also relates to a systematic knowledge diffusion technology for the healthcare industry. The tool and methodology packages and distributes computation and data processing software components in both centralized and federated fashions to process medical data in-situ and in real-time, applying the knowledge and best practices that can reflect the most recent advancement of medical sciences. This tool and methodology interacts with a healthcare organization's existing internal and external information sources, including those sources of its trading partners, such as practice management systems, health information systems, electronic medical records systems, lab systems, medical reference systems, and existing decision support systems. Due to this sharing of information and the ability to construct... |
| Online business case software and decision support system | 20060173726 | 20060803 |
| The present invention provides an on-line computer systems (herein defined to include software) that includes processes, technologies, facilities to manage comprehensively a “project.” Management defined as spanning the time from the idea or inception that inspired the project to the resulting products' or processes' ends-of-life. The system provides a central data depository for data and information generated or gleaned from others that bear on any and all aspects of a “project.” Common metrics, vocabularies, forms and other such data facilitates review, approval and management from all corporate functions. Hierarchical access to current stored information and condensed summaries allows timely decisions by upper corporate management. The present system facilitates analyses at detailed levels, or at overall levels, and includes comparisons to past projects and for collecting cumulative... |
| System management scheme for a signal-processing-based decision support system | 20060164549 | 20060727 |
| A decision support system and a method for a signal processing system includes a video processing system for receiving and processing a video stream and providing a video output; a video quality evaluation module that receives the video output from the video processing system and evaluates the quality according to predetermined criteria; a video optimizer adapted for receiving the evaluated quality of the video output from evaluation module and level settings of parameters and for setting controls of the levels settings of parameters of video processing system, said video optimizer including a Multi Objective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA) engine, wherein the MOGA uses genetic algorithms to optimize the settings of controls for video processing system to optimize image quality at a predetermined level.
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| System and method for many-to-many information coordination and distribution | 20060168592 | 20060727 |
| A hazard information coordination system is provided with intelligent routing to enhance the distribution of information from multiple information sources to a plurality of destinations. Routing is performed based on data values and associated intelligence that determines what data is relevant to which users. User preferences, geographical location, local environment, current activities, and planned activities help a decision support system determine what data is relevant for each user. Thus, decision support systems are preferably provided with situational awareness, context awareness, and forecasting capabilities.
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| Medical decision support systems utilizing gene expression and clinical information and method for use | 20060129034 | 20060615 |
| Embodiments of this invention provide improved medical decision support systems and methods for using such systems to simultaneously consider two or more different types of information along with estimates of accuracies of the information to produce a combined predictor. Such predictors have greater accuracy compared to use of the individual types of information alone. Increased accuracy can increase the likelihood of correct diagnosis and/or evaluation of clinical condition or outcome, and can decrease the frequency of false negative results, including misdiagnosis. Embodiments of medical decision support systems can include EFuNN, Bayesian or other statistical estimators to produce a combined predictor. The systems can be used to extract relationship rules between sets of genes and clinical variables common for patients of a group, thus making a personalized... |
| Statistical methods for multivariate ordinal data which are used for data base driven decision support | 20060122807 | 20060608 |
| A method of analysis including an intrinsically valid class of statistical methods for dealing with multivariate ordinal data. A decision support system that can (1) provide automated decision support in a transparent fashion (2) optionally be controlled by a decision maker, (3) provide for an evidence acquisition concept, including automatically increasing the content of an underlying database, and (4) provide a computationally efficient interactive distributed environment. The method is exemplified in the context of assisted diagnostic support.
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| System and method for standardizing care in a hospital environment | 20060122869 | 20060608 |
| A system and method for standardizing care in a hospital environment. Information concerning the latest care and practice standards for a given condition is provided to a decision support module. The decision support module comprises decision support algorithms that reflect a standardize guideline of practice for a particular medical condition. The general categories of cardiovascular, endocrinology, general, gastrointestinal, hematology, infectious diseases, neurology, pharmacology, pulmonary, renal, surgery, toxicology, trauma all have guidelines and practice standards associated with them. Patient data and user input are inputted to the decision support algorithm. The user may be prompted for user input, and an assessment is made of the patient so as provide patient care advice for the patient. Examples of patient care advice are a diagnosis, a method of treatment,... |
| System and method for global group reporting | 20060123389 | 20060608 |
| A system and method for collecting and correlating information about development of a computer software, including software tools reports. The system and method provides overview of entire software development lifecycle, provides decision support engine for project management, allows estimation of project timelines based upon empirical data, allows evaluation of project quality based upon empirical data, and correlates information from previous projects to estimate progress of current project (confidence factors). The system and method for collecting and correlating information about development of a computer software include collecting data from a plurality of software tools during each point in lifecycle of the computer software; storing the collected data in a database; and correlating the stored collected data to monitor the development of the computer software.
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| System and method for presentation of enterprise, clinical, and decision support information utilizing eye tracking navigation | 20060109237 | 20060525 |
| Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for using gaze detection to improve information display in a healthcare environment. Certain embodiments of a gaze detection and control system include an information system including information related to at least one image, a display device capable of displaying images and data, and a gaze tracking system for detection a location of a user's gaze with respect to the display device. The gaze tracking system triggers a retrieval of information from the information system based at least in part on the location of the user's gaze, and the retrieved information is displayed at the display device. In an embodiment, the retrieved information is overlaid over an image at the display device. In an embodiment, the... |
| Adaptive medical decision support system | 20060111933 | 20060525 |
| A method and system for providing diagnostic and treatment information to a health professional is disclosed. A set of diagnostic and treatment rules are applied to patient specific information inputted by the health professional during an adverse medical event. The system then selects and delivers appropriate diagnoses and treatment algorithms in response to various user inputs. An outcome analysis module receives actual treatment and response data which may then be used to confirm or modify the diagnostic and treatment rules.
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| Systems and methods for adaptive medical decision support | 20060112050 | 20060525 |
| A computer-implemented method for adaptively supporting medical decisions of at least one user includes receiving a first input from a first device, receiving a second input from a second device, determining a suggested medical decision based at least in part on the first input and the second input, and transferring the suggested medical decision to the second device.
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| Remote command center for patient monitoring relationship to other applications | 20060085229 | 20060420 |
| A remote command center for providing services to geographically dispersed hospitalized patients. A datastore accessible to the remote command center receives patient data from geographically dispersed hospitalized patients. Monitored data elements of geographically dispersed hospitalized patients are also received at the remote command center and stored in the datastore. A smart alert module generates and applies patient specific rules to selected data elements. If a patient-specific rule for a hospitalized patient has been contravened, an alert is issued from the remote command center. A patient care module displays selected data elements of the hospitalized patients at the remote command center. A decision support module applies decision support algorithms to selected data elements of a hospitalized patient and to user input to provide patient care advice. Patient... |
| Automated method for conducting buy/sell transactions for non-commodity materials or devices | 20060085285 | 20060420 |
| A method for conducting engineering process analysis is a unified part of evaluating buy/sell transactions for non-commodity materials or items and is particularly suited to the matching of buyers and sellers for non-commodity materials or items, defined as materials or items that cannot solely be distinguished by price alone, in that subtle differences in features or chemical/physical characteristics will influence the performance of a particular process or design that utilizes the material or item. In the system, databases describing the materials or items available in a marketplace are linked with an automated methodology to evaluate the performance of a process or design with any one or combination of the materials or items. Accordingly, an “intelligent exchange”, is provided in which key decision support tools enable the... |
| System and method for hazardous incident decision support and training | 20060085367 | 20060420 |
| A system and method for providing hazardous incident decision support and training includes a user interface component that receives situation definition data, a hazard assessment component and a decision aid. Decision support advice and decision prompts are presented by the system in response to the situation definition interface and hazard assessment. The hazard assessment and expert advice of the system are updated with elapsed time. In another embodiment of the present invention, graphical user interfaces are provided to display a set of menu entries wherein individual menu entries represent a hazardous incident characteristic. The user may select one or more of the menu entries to create a situation definition. Such definitions may be used, for example, to identify a hazardous agent based upon user-inputted signs and... |
| System, method and associated software for managing the transportation of goods | 20060074791 | 20060406 |
| A macro-collaboration solution is provided through which trading partners in the transportation and logistics industry can efficiently exchange contractual, order and financial information facilitating the movement of shipments over the road, or through intermodal means. A combination of web portals and wireless devices are leveraged by this marketplace to offer trading partners a means for real-time acquisition of information critical to supply chain, decision support, shipment visibility, asset tracking, and exception management.
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