Online Medical Panel for Expert Opinion Aggregation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Patients face challenges in obtaining informed opinions on medical treatment options due to limitations in accessing multiple expert opinions, with current methods being time-consuming, costly, and often unreliable, especially for complex conditions, and existing online diagnostics tools are not equipped to provide comprehensive recommendations for complex medical conditions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for selecting a panel of medical experts based on their minimally clinically important difference (MCID) scores, allowing for remote consultation and providing a report summarizing their treatment recommendations, which includes anatomical images and treatment options, facilitating informed decision-making within the treating physician-patient relationship.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If patients seek multiple expert opinions for complex medical conditions, then the reliability of treatment recommendations improves, but the time and cost required increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple expert opinions into a single integrated panel structure that provides comprehensive treatment recommendations. The panel of medical experts collectively reviews and recommends treatment options, merging their individual expertise into a unified assessment that improves reliability without requiring patients to separately consult each expert.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary online platform that facilitates communication between patients and medical experts. This digital mediator enables efficient coordination of expert opinions, allowing the system to aggregate multiple perspectives while reducing the time and effort required for patients to access these recommendations.
2Reliability
If patients access multiple expert opinions through traditional methods, then the comprehensiveness of treatment recommendations improves, but the cost and complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal online platform that serves multiple functions: it coordinates expert panel selections, manages communication with medical professionals, aggregates treatment recommendations, and presents integrated results to patients. This multi-functional system provides comprehensive expert opinions while simplifying the overall process for patients.
3Ease of operation
If existing online diagnostics tools are used, then accessibility improves, but the ability to provide comprehensive recommendations for complex conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the medical expertise into a specialized panel of qualified medical professionals rather than relying on general online diagnostics tools. This segmentation ensures that complex conditions are evaluated by experts with specific knowledge and experience, maintaining high reliability while keeping the system accessible through online interaction.
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AI summary
A system, method, and computer program may provide second opinions from live, highly qualified medical experts to a treating physician or patient without needing to schedule appointments, travel to visits, and waste time seeking the second opinions. The method can include (i) forwarding information, based on patient data, to a panel of medical experts, each medical expert chosen according to a rating system; (iv) receive, from each of the medical experts, a recommended treatment option for the medical condition as it applies to the patient based on the information, thereby receiving a plurality of recommendations from the panel; and (v) generating a report for the treating physician, the report summarizing the recommendations.