Apparatus, System and Method for Natural History of Disease

Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method for presentation of a natural history and the progression pathway of a disease is presented. In one embodiment, the apparatus an input / output adapter configured to receive information to generate a health profile for an individual. The apparatus may also include a processor configured to retrieve a disease progression map comprising one or more disease progression states from a data storage device, and determine a disease progression state associated with the individual in response to the health profile. In a further embodiment, the apparatus may include a display adapter coupled to the state determination module, the display module configured to display a graphical representation of the disease progression state with reference to the disease progression map.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 098,185 filed Sep. 18, 2008, the entire contents of which is specifically incorporated herein by reference without disclaimer.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]This invention relates to disease identification and management and more particularly relates to an apparatus system and method for presenting a natural history and natural progression of disease.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Most typical health treatment plans are reactive rather than proactive. For example, a physician typically only treats patients for symptoms or diseases that have presented. Even when there are known relationships between diseases or symptoms, these diseases and symptoms are often left untreated until they present in a patient.[0006]Some resources available to physicians present treatment plans or protocols for physicians treating patients wi...

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[0022]The term “substantially” and its variations are defined as being largely but not necessarily wholly what is specified as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art, and in one non-limiting embodiment “substantially” refers to ranges within 10%, preferably within 5%, more preferably within 1%, and most preferably within 0.5% of what is specified.

[0023]The terms “comprise” (and any form of comprise, such as “comprises” and “comprising”), “have” (and any form of have, such as “has” and “having”), “include” (and any form of include, such as “includes” and “including”) and “contain” (

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Even when there are known relationships between diseases or symptoms, these diseases and symptoms are often left untreated until they present in a patient.

Although such treatment plans are often helpful, they typically do not present a clear picture of the disease from start to finish, and they often fail to provide the physician with assistance in determining the patient's current status within a typical progression of the disease.

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