Diagnostic System and Method
Disclosed are an apparatus and system for providing diagnosis information to a requestor. A request module receives information related to a request from the requestor for diagnosis and to facilitate communication to at least one expert resource. A receive module receives at least one response to the request for diagnoses from the at least one expert resource. A select module in communication with the receive module analyzes the at least one response and, based on the analysis, communicates information to at least one predetermined destination. A method is disclosed where a request module receives a request, a receive module receives a plurality of responses to the request and from the plurality of responses, a select module selects a subset of responses and communicates the subset of responses to a predetermined destination.
1 . A system for providing diagnosis information to a requestor, comprising:
a request module to receive information related to a request from the requestor for diagnosis and to facilitate communication to at least one expert resource;
a receive module to receive at least one response to the request for diagnoses from the at least one expert resource; and
a select module in communication with the receive module to analyze the at least one response and, based on the analysis, communicate information to at least one predetermined destination.
2 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising an expert system to receive the request from the request module and generate the at least one response to the request.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the expert system comprises at least one of a directory of expert resources, a listing of diagnoses and treatments, and a disease and symptom taxonomy.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the receive module and the select module are implemented as a single unit.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the request module comprises at least one of:
an aggregate module to aggregate data associated with the request;
a correlate module to correlate data associated with the request; and
an analyze module to analyze data associated with the request.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the select module comprises at least one of:
a pass through module; and
an analysis module.
7 . A method, comprising:
receiving a request by a request module;
receiving a plurality of responses to the request by a receive module;
from the plurality of responses, selecting a subset of responses by a select module; and
communicating the subset of responses to a predetermined destination by the select module.
8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
updating an expert system with information related to the request by the request module.
9 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
updating an expert system with information related to the subset of responses by the select module.
10 . An apparatus, comprising:
a request module to receive information related to a request from a requestor for diagnosis and to facilitate communication to at least one expert resource;
wherein the request module is configured to receive the information in a plurality of communication modalities from a plurality of data sources; and
wherein the request module is configured to send the request to the at least one expert resource.
11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the request module is configured to transmit the request to at least one expert system.
12 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the request module further comprises:
an aggregate module to aggregate data associated with the request;
a correlate module to correlate data associated with the request; and
an analyze module to analyze data associated with the request.
13 . An apparatus, comprising:
a receive module in communication with a select module, the receive module to receive at least one response to a request for diagnoses from at least one expert resource and to provide diagnostic information to the select module.
14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the receive module is configured to receive the at least one response to the request generated by the at least one expert system.
15 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the receive module is configured to receive the at least one response to the request from at least one of a directory of expert resources, a listing of diagnoses and treatments, and a disease and symptom taxonomy of the at least one expert system.
16 . An apparatus, comprising:
a select module in communication with a receive module, the select module to analyze at least one response received by the receive module and, based on the analysis, communicate information to at least one predetermined destination.
17 . The apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising:
a pass through module; and
an analysis module in communication with the pass through module.
18 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the pass through module communicates the at least one response directly to a requestor without determination of an appropriate subset of responses.
19 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the analysis module performs analysis of the at least one response according to a predetermined scheme to narrow the selection of the at least one response to a selected subgroup of responses.
20 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the select module comprises a receive module, the receive module to receive the at least one response to a request for diagnoses from at least one expert resource and to provide diagnostic information to the select module.