Systems and methods for identifying patient preferences with respect to medical treatment attributes

A system, comprising:

• a computing device comprising one or more processors;
• a non-transitory data store coupled to the processing device, the data store storing a set of treatment options for a first medical condition, wherein a given treatment option comprises a plurality of attributes including side effects and attributes other than side effects;
• a display interface coupled to the computing device;
• and
• non-transitory media that stores program code that when executed by the computing device causes the system to perform operations comprising:
• accessing, from the non-transitory data store, a first subset of treatment options from the set of treatment options for the first medical condition;
• causing, using the display interface, the first subset of treatment options to be displayed to a first patient;
• instructing the first patient to select a most preferred treatment option, a least preferred treatment option, or a most preferred treatment option and a least preferred treatment option of the first subset of treatment options;
• receiving an indication from the first patient of a most preferred treatment option, or a least preferred treatment option, or a most preferred treatment option and a least preferred treatment option of the first subset of treatment options, wherein the first patient does not provide additional feedback regarding other treatment options in the first subset of treatment options;
• identifying a second subset of treatment options from the set of treatment options for the first medical condition, the first subset different than the second subset;
• causing, using the display interface, the second subset of treatment options to be displayed to the first patient;
• receiving an indication from the first patient of a most preferred treatment option, or a least preferred treatment option, or a most preferred treatment option and a least preferred treatment option of the second subset of treatment options;
• based at least in part on the indications received from the first patient regarding the first subset of treatment options and the second subset of treatment options, dynamically and adaptively generating, in substantially real time, a third subset of treatment options from the set of treatment options for the first medical condition, the third subset different than the first and second subsets;
• receiving an indication from the first patient of a most preferred treatment option, or a least preferred treatment option, or a most preferred treatment option and a least preferred treatment option of the third subset of treatment options;
• based at least in part on the indications received from the first patient regarding the first subset of treatment options, the second subset of treatment options, and the third subset of treatment options, generating in substantially real-time a utility function;
• using the utility function to generate, in substantially real-time, scoring information, ranking information, or both scoring information and ranking information with respect to the plurality of attributes of the set of treatment options;
• reporting, by the computer system, at least a portion of the scoring information, at least a portion of the ranking information, or at least a portion of both the scoring information and the ranking information.

Non-transitory media that stores program code that when executed by a computing system causes the system to perform operations comprising:

• accessing, from a non-transitory data store storing a set of treatment options for a first medical condition, wherein a given treatment option comprises a plurality of attributes including side effects and attributes other than side effects, a first subset of treatment options from the set of treatment options for the first medical condition;
• enabling the first subset of treatment options to be displayed to a first patient;
• instructing the first patient to select a most preferred treatment option, a least preferred treatment option, or a most preferred treatment option and a least preferred treatment option of the first subset of treatment options;
• receiving an indication from the first patient of a most preferred treatment option, a least preferred treatment option, or a most preferred treatment option and a least preferred treatment option of the first subset of treatment options;
• identifying a second subset of treatment options from the set of treatment options for the first medical condition, the first subset different than the second subset;
• enabling the second subset of treatment options to be displayed to the first patient;
• receiving an indication from the first patient of a most preferred treatment option, a least preferred treatment option, or a most preferred treatment option and a least preferred treatment option of the second subset of treatment options;
• based at least in part on the indications received from the first patient regarding the first subset of treatment options and the second subset of treatment options, dynamically and adaptively generating, in substantially real time, a third subset of treatment options from the set of treatment options for the first medical condition, the third subset different than the first and second subsets;
• receiving an indication from the first patient of a most preferred treatment option, a least preferred treatment option, or a most preferred treatment option and a least preferred treatment option of the third subset of treatment options;
• based at least in part on the indications received from the first patient regarding the first subset of treatment options, the second subset of treatment options, and the third subset of treatment options, generating in substantially real-time a utility function;
• using the utility function to generate, in substantially real-time, scoring information, ranking information, or both scoring information and ranking information with respect to the plurality of attributes of the set of treatment options;
• reporting at least a portion of the scoring information, at least a portion of the ranking information, or at least a portion of both the scoring information and the ranking information.