Method and system for automated differential medical diagnosis assesment

One or more non-transitory computer readable mediums each having stored therein a plurality of instructions for causing one or more processors, on one more network devices, to execute the steps of:

• providing a medical diagnosis application as a Software as a Service (Saas) on a cloud server network device with one or more processors via a cloud communications network,
• the SaaS medical diagnosis application including a comprehensive, integrated, graphical user interface (GUI) with a plurality of different differential diagnosis display screens that reduces a risk level and a complexity level three ways:
• (1) reducing a first risk level and a first complexity level by providing a list of a possible diagnoses and a list of related possible differential diagnoses related to one or more patient complaints obtained for a specific patient at a medical facility, (2) reducing a second risk level and a second complexity level associated with determining a final diagnosis related to the one or more patient complaints obtained for the specific patient at the medical facility by providing a created electronic visit summary, a created new medical record and a created treatment plan, related to one or more patient complaints obtained for the specific patient at the medical facility, and (3) reducing a third risk level and a third complexity level by providing a list of a plurality of morbidity threat levels for medical diagnoses related to one or more patient complaints obtained for the specific patient at the medical facility;
• displaying from the (SaaS) medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device with one or more processors, a list of a plurality of patient complaints from the one or more cloud databases for one or more patient complaints received at the medical facility, on a network device with one or more processors via the cloud communications network on a secure connection,
• the one or more cloud databases including one or more cloud storage objects comprising one or more of a REpresentational State Transfer (REST), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) cloud storage objects, portions thereof, or combinations thereof, stored in the one or more cloud databases;
• receiving a first message on the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device including the one or more patient complaints for a specific patient at the medical facility from the network device with via the cloud communications network on the secure connection;
• displaying from the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device, a list of a possible differential diagnoses related to the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient on the graphical user interface (GUI) with the plurality of different differential diagnosis display screens on the network device via the cloud communications network on the secure connection,
• the first differential diagnosis display screen on the GUI including:
• the list of possible differential diagnoses related to the one or more patient complaints including:
• (1) a graphical check box to include differential diagnoses for the one or more patient complaints including a differential name and differential diagnosis description, (2) a diagnosis code (Dx), (3) a delete diagnosis icon to remove a diagnosis that does not apply to the specific patient from the list, and (4) an add diagnosis link including a link to a list of additional related diagnoses that could apply to the specific patient including one or more electronic links to add additional diagnoses to the list of a plurality of patient complaints displayed for the one or more patient complaints received in the first message, and
• the first differential diagnosis display screen on the GUI including the plurality of sections with the list of possible differential diagnoses reducing a first complexity level and a first risk level associated with determining a primary diagnosis and one or more differential diagnoses related to the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility;
• receiving a second message on the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device including one or more selection inputs with diagnosis information selected for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility from the network device with via the cloud communications network on the secure connection;
• displaying from the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device, diagnosis information and differential diagnosis information related to the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient on a second differential diagnosis display screen with a second plurality of sections on the GUI on the network device via the cloud communications network on the secure connection;
• the second differential diagnosis display screen with the second plurality of sections on the GUI comprising:
• the diagnosis information and differential diagnosis information including:
• (1) a determined diagnosis section including a graphical checkbox to add the determined diagnosis as a final diagnosis for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility, (2) a differential diagnosis section including a graphical checkbox to add one or more differential diagnoses for the specific patient at the medical facility, (3) a diagnosis name section including a diagnosis description and an International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnostic code, (4) a list of evaluation methods section used to include and rule out one or more differential diagnoses and select a final diagnosis, (5) a diagnosis (Dx) morbidity threat section including a list of plurality of morbidity threat levels for the one or more differential diagnoses, and (6) a search section including a graphical search electronic link to search for additional diagnoses to add to the likely differential diagnosis list;
• receiving a third message on the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device including one or more selection inputs with differential diagnosis information selected for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility from the network device with via the cloud communications network on the secure connection;
• determining automatically on the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device with the one or more medical diagnosis methods with information from the first message, second message and third messages:
• (1) final diagnosis information including a final diagnosis for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility, and (2) differential diagnosis information including one or more likely differential diagnoses and one or more critical differential diagnoses for the specific patient at the medical facility;
• creating automatically on the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device with the one or more diagnosis methods with information from the first message, second message and third messages:
• (1) an electronic visit summary for the specific patient at the medical facility supplied to the specific patient at the medical facility including the determined final diagnosis information and differential diagnosis information, (2) a new medical record for the specific patient at the medical facility including the determined final diagnosis information and differential diagnosis information, and (3) a treatment plan for the specific patient at the medical facility including the determined final diagnosis information and differential diagnosis information,
• the created electronic visit summary, the created new medical record and the created treatment plan reducing a second complexity level and a second risk level associated with determining a final diagnosis, one or more differential diagnoses created for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility;
• determining automatically on the SaaS medical diagnosis application on cloud server network device a plurality of morbidity threat levels for the determined final diagnosis information, the determined differential diagnosis information including the one or more likely differential diagnoses and the determined one or more critical differential diagnoses for the specific patient at the medical facility,
• the determined plurality of morbidity threat levels reducing a third complexity level and a third risk level associated with diagnosing medical problems for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility;
• storing from the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device the determined final diagnosis information and differential diagnosis information, the determined electronic visit summary, the created new medical record and the created treatment plan for the specific patient at the medical facility in the one or more cloud databases, including the one or more cloud storage objects comprising the one or more of the REpresentational State Transfer (REST), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) cloud storage objects, portions thereof, or combinations thereof, stored in the one or more cloud databases;
• displaying from the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device, diagnosis summary information related to the one on more patient complaints for the specific patient at medical facility on a third differential diagnosis display screen with a third plurality of sections on the GUI on the network device via the cloud communications network on the secure connection;
• the diagnosis summary information including:
• final diagnosis information including:
• (1) the final diagnosis for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility, (2) the differential diagnosis information including one or more likely differential diagnoses and critical differential diagnoses for the specific patient at the medical facility, (3) the created electronic visit summary for the specific patient at the medical facility supplied to the specific patient at the medical facility, (4) the created new medical record for the specific patient at the medical facility supplied to the specific patient at the medical facility (5) the created treatment plan for the specific patient;
• and
• sending a fourth message from the from the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device to the network device via the cloud communications network on the secure connection,
• the fourth message including the created new medical record, the created electronic visit summary and the created treatment plan for the specific patient at the medical facility.

A system for automated differential medical diagnosis, comprising in combination:

• one or more network devices, each with one or more processors;
• one or more cloud server network devices, each with one or more processors;
• a cloud communications network;
• the one or more processors on the one or more network devices and one or more cloud server network devices including a plurality of instructions configured:
• for providing a medical diagnosis application as a Software as a Service (SaaS) on a cloud server network device with one or more processors via the cloud communications network,
• the SaaS medical diagnosis application including a comprehensive, integrated, graphical user interface (GUI) with a plurality of different differential diagnosis display screens that reduces a risk level and a complexity level three ways:
• (1) reducing a first risk level and a first complexity level by providing a list of a possible diagnoses and a list of related possible differential diagnoses related to one or more patient complaints obtained for a specific patient at a medical facility, (2) reducing a second risk level and a second complexity level associated with determining a final diagnosis related to the one or more patient complaints obtained for the specific patient at the medical facility by providing a created electronic visit summary, a created new medical record and a created treatment plan, related to one or more patient complaints obtained for the specific patient at the medical facility, and (3) reducing a third risk level and a third complexity level by providing a list of a plurality of morbidity threat levels for medical diagnoses related to one or more patient complaints obtained for the specific patient at the medical facility;
• for displaying from the (SaaS) medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device with one or more processors, a list of a plurality of patient complaints from the one or more cloud databases for one or more patient complaints received at the medical facility, on a network device with one or more processors via the cloud communications network on a secure connection,
• the one or more cloud databases including one or more cloud storage objects comprising one or more of a REpresentational State Transfer (REST), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) cloud storage objects, portions thereof, or combinations thereof, stored in the one or more cloud databases;
• for receiving a first message on the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device including the one or more patient complaints for a specific patient at the medical facility from the network device with via the cloud communications network on the secure connection;
• for displaying from the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device, a list of a possible differential diagnoses related to the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient on the graphical user interface (GUI) with the plurality of different differential diagnosis display screens on the network device via the cloud communications network on the secure connection,
• the first differential diagnosis display screen on the GUI including:
• the list of possible differential diagnoses related to the one or more patient complaints including:
• (1) a graphical check box to include differential diagnoses for the one or more patient complaints including a differential name and differential diagnosis description, (2) a diagnosis code (Dx), (3) a delete diagnosis icon to remove a diagnosis that does not apply to the specific patient from the list, and (4) an add diagnosis link including a link to a list of additional related diagnoses that could apply to the specific patient including one or more electronic links to add additional diagnoses to the list of a plurality of patient complaints displayed for the one or more patient complaints received in the first message, and
• the first differential diagnosis display screen on the GUI including the plurality of sections with the list of possible differential diagnoses reducing a first complexity level and a first risk level associated with determining a primary diagnosis and one or more differential diagnoses related to the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility;
• for receiving a second message on the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device including one or more selection inputs with diagnosis information selected for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility from the network device with via the cloud communications network on the secure connection;
• for displaying from the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device, diagnosis information and differential diagnosis information related to the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient on a second differential diagnosis display screen with a second plurality of sections on the GUI on the network device via the cloud communications network on the secure connection;
• the second differential diagnosis display screen with the second plurality of sections on the GUI comprising:
• the diagnosis information and differential diagnosis information including:
• (1) a determined diagnosis section including a graphical checkbox to add the determined diagnosis as a final diagnosis for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility, (2) a differential diagnosis section including a graphical checkbox to add one or more differential diagnoses for the specific patient at the medical facility, (3) a diagnosis name section including a diagnosis description and an International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnostic code, (4) a list of evaluation methods section used to include and rule out one or more differential diagnoses and select a final diagnosis, (5) a diagnosis (Dx) morbidity threat section including a list of plurality of morbidity threat levels for the one or more differential diagnoses, and (6) a search section including a graphical search electronic link to search for additional diagnoses to add to the likely differential diagnosis list;
• for receiving a third message on the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device including one or more selection inputs with differential diagnosis information selected for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility from the network device with via the cloud communications network on the secure connection;
• for determining automatically on the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device with the one or more medical diagnosis methods with information from the first message, second message and third messages:
• (1) final diagnosis information including a final diagnosis for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility, and (2) differential diagnosis information including one or more likely differential diagnoses and one or more critical differential diagnoses for the specific patient at the medical facility;
• for creating automatically on the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device with the one or more diagnosis methods with information from the first message, second message and third messages:
• (1) an electronic visit summary for the specific patient at the medical facility supplied to the specific patient at the medical facility including the determined final diagnosis information and differential diagnosis information, (2) a new medical record for the specific patient at the medical facility including the determined final diagnosis information and differential diagnosis information, and (3) a treatment plan for the specific patient at the medical facility including the determined final diagnosis information and differential diagnosis information,
• the created electronic visit summary, the created new medical record and the created treatment plan reducing a second complexity level and a second risk level associated with determining a final diagnosis, one or more differential diagnoses created for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility;
• for determining automatically on the SaaS medical diagnosis application on cloud server network device a plurality of morbidity threat levels for the determined final diagnosis information, the determined differential diagnosis information including the one or more likely differential diagnoses and the determined one or more critical differential diagnoses for the specific patient at the medical facility,
• the determined plurality of morbidity threat levels reducing a third complexity level and a third risk level associated with diagnosing medical problems for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility;
• for storing from the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device the determined final diagnosis information and differential diagnosis information, the determined electronic visit summary, the created new medical record and the created treatment plan for the specific patient at the medical facility in the one or more cloud databases, including the one or more cloud storage objects comprising the one or more of the REpresentational State Transfer (REST), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) cloud storage objects, portions thereof, or combinations thereof, stored in the one or more cloud databases;
• for displaying from the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device, diagnosis summary information related to the one on more patient complaints for the specific patient at medical facility on a third differential diagnosis display screen with a third plurality of sections on the GUI on the network device via the cloud communications network on the secure connection;
• the diagnosis summary information including:
• final diagnosis information including:
• (1) the final diagnosis for the one or more patient complaints for the specific patient at the medical facility, (2) the differential diagnosis information including one or more likely differential diagnoses and critical differential diagnoses for the specific patient at the medical facility, (3) the created electronic visit summary for the specific patient at the medical facility supplied to the specific patient at the medical facility, (4) the created new medical record for the specific patient at the medical facility supplied to the specific patient at the medical facility (5) the created treatment plan for the specific patient;
• and
• for sending a fourth message from the from the SaaS medical diagnosis application on the cloud server network device to the network device via the cloud communications network on the secure connection,
• the fourth message including the created new medical record, the created electronic visit summary and the created treatment plan for the specific patient at the medical facility.