| 20110120470 | TREATMENT PROTOCOL TEMPLATE GENERATION AND BRANCHING LOGIC SYSTEM - A method for determining a next protocol step in a patient treatment protocol upon completion of a current treatment protocol step. The method includes accessing a treatment protocol template associated with a treatment protocol step. The treatment protocol step includes rules that determine when the protocol step is passed or failed and includes a first clinical decision point that specifies a second protocol step that is be performed next when the rules are passed and a second clinical decision point that specifies a third protocol step that is to be performed next when the rules are not passed. The method includes receiving input into parameter fields of the treatment protocol template, determining if the rules associated with the parameter fields of the treatment protocol template have been passed or not passed, and automatically determining which of the second or third protocol steps is to be performed next. | 05-26-2011 |
