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Patent US10430904
Issued 2019-10-01
Use Of Web-based Symptom Checker Data To Predict Incidence Of A Disease Or Disorder
Symptoms and methods for predicting the incidence of a disease or disorder are disclosed. A system for predicting the incidence of a disease or disorder includes a web-based symptom checker for producing a structured dataset, a data analysis component for producing a multivariate dataset from the structured dataset, and a feature construction component for producing a linear combination of orthogonal symbols representative of a disease or disorder. A method for predicting the incidence of a disease or disorder includes producing a multivariate dataset representing patient symptom counts, performing feature construction analysis on the multivariate dataset, creating a time series model using weekly illness incidence data, and applying the time series model to new illness incidence data to predict the incidence of a disease or disorder in the future.
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- 1. A server computer for predicting the incidence of a disease or disorder, including:
at least one processor and associated memory; and a communication interface configured to receive a plurality of structured symptom datasets generated by an on-line symptom checking diagnostic tool (OLSC-DT) in response to a corresponding plurality of symptom queries initiated by one or more persons inquiring about symptoms of illness from at least one user device over a distributed computer network, the plurality of structured symptom datasets received prior to a change in public interaction with the distributed computer network; wherein the at least one process is configured to process the plurality of structured symptom datasets using a dataset algorithm to produce a multivariate dataset representing relevant symptom counts with geographical and temporal characteristics; wherein the at least one processor is configured to process the multivariate dataset using a feature construction algorithm to create orthogonal symbols representative of at least one illness; wherein the at least one processor is configured to create a time series model for the at least one illness based on the orthogonal symbols and historical illness incidence data associated with the at least one illness, the historical illness incidence data having been generated by at least one sentinel provider and being accessible to the at least one processor via the communication interface; wherein the at least one processor is configured to apply the time series model to new illness incidence data associated with the at least one illness to predict a future incidence of the at least one illness, the new illness incidence data having been generated by one or more sentinel providers and being accessible to the at least one processor via the communication interface; and wherein the at least one processor is configured to output a geographical and temporal alert of the at least one illness in response to the application of the time series model to the new illness incidence data.
- 5. A method for predicting the incidence of a disease or disorder, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of structured symptom datasets at a server computer, the plurality of structured symptom datasets having been generated by an on-line symptom checking diagnostic tool (OLSC-DT) in response to a corresponding plurality of symptom queries initiated by one or more persons inquiring about symptoms of illness from at least one user device over a distributed computer network, the plurality of structured symptom datasets received prior to a change in public interaction with the distributed computer network; processing the plurality of structured symptom datasets at the server computer using a dataset algorithm to produce a multivariate dataset representing medically-relevant symptom counts with geographical and temporal characteristics; processing the multivariate dataset at the server computer using a feature construction algorithm to create orthogonal symbols representative of at least one illness; creating a time series model for the at least one illness at the server computer based on the orthogonal symbols and historical illness incidence data associated with the at least one illness, the historical illness incidence data having been generated by at least one sentinel provider and being accessible to the server computer; and applying the time series model to new illness incidence data associated with the at least one illness at the server computer to predict a future incidence of the at least one illness, the new illness incidence data having been generated by one or more sentinel providers and being accessible to the server computer; and outputting a geographical and temporal alert of the at least one illness in response to the application of the time series model to the new illness incidence data.
- 12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a processor-controlled server computer to perform a method for predicting the incidence of a disease or disorder, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of structured symptom datasets at a server computer, the plurality of structured symptom datasets having been generated by an on-line symptom checking diagnostic tool (OLSC-DT) in response to a corresponding plurality of symptom queries initiated by one or more person inquiring about symptoms of illness from at least one user device over a distributed computer network, the plurality of structured symptom datasets received prior to a change in public interaction with the distributed computer network; processing the plurality of structured symptom datasets at the server computer using a dataset algorithm to produce a multivariate dataset representing medically-relevant symptom counts with geographical and temporal characteristics; processing the multivariate dataset at the server computer using a feature construction algorithm to create orthogonal symbols representative of at least one illness; creating a time series model for the at least one illness at the server computer based on the orthogonal symbols and historical illness incidence data associated with the at least one illness, the historical illness incidence data having been generated by at least one sentinel provider and being accessible to the server computer; applying the time series model to new illness incidence data associated with the at least one illness at the server computer to predict a future incidence of the at least one the new illness incidence data having been generated by one or more sentinel providers and being accessible to the server computer; and outputting a geographical and temporal alert of the at least one illness in response to the application of the time series model to the new illness incidence data.
