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A decision-support system for providing a clinician with real-time patient data specific to each patient that the clinician is to examine in a defined time period. The system including a decision-support module that is configured to generate decision-supported patient data that is specific to each p

A decision-support system for providing a clinician with real-time patient data specific to each patient that the clinician is to examine in a defined time period. The system including a decision-support module that is configured to generate decision-supported patient data that is specific to each patient that a clinician is to examine in a defined time period. The decision-support module including an inference engine that communicates with a knowledge module and a patient module to generate the decision-supported patient data. In real-time communication with the decision-support module is a user module that is adapted to present the decision-supported patient data in real-time to the clinician in a configuration that assists the clinician in treating each patient. The user module further allowing the clinician to changes elements of the decision-supported patient data and receive new recommendations and medical care suggestions in real-time from the decision-support module.

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What is claimed and desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is: 1. In a medical decision-support system, a method for delivering decision-supported patient data from a decision-support module to a mobile user module in a controlled and repeatable manner, the method comprising the step

What is claimed and desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is: 1. In a medical decision-support system, a method for delivering decision-supported patient data from a decision-support module to a mobile user module in a controlled and repeatable manner, the method comprising the steps of: (a) upon identifying at least one patient which a clinician will treat during a time period and for which the clinician is to receive decision-supported patient data to assist the clinician in the medical care of the at least one patient, accessing patient data for the at least one patient from a patient storage module; (b) accessing updateable rules and parameters corresponding to one or more medical conditions and which are usable at the decision-support module for diagnosing medical conditions of the at least one patient, the accessed updateable rules and parameters being accessed from a medical knowledge module to assist in at least identifying the one or more medical conditions in the at least one patient; (c) generating decision-supported patient data for the at least one patient by evaluating, at the decision-support module remote from the mobile user module, the accessed patient data and any newly collected patient data for the at least one patient delivered to the patient storage using said updateable rules and parameters, the decision-supported patient data including one or more potential medical conditions for the at least one patient and one or more recommendations for medical care for the at least one patient; and (d) transferring the generated decision-supported patient data to the mobile user module, the clinician being presented with the generated decision-supported patient data for the at least one patient which the clinician will treat in the time period in a configuration to assist the clinician in treating the at least one patient, the configuration of the generated decision-supported patient data being selected from a default configuration associated with the mobile user module or a customized configuration selected by the clinician. 2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the step of transferring the generated decision-supported patient data to the mobile user module comprises transferring the generated decision-supported patient data to store the relevant patient data for the at least one patient within the mobile user module. 3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the step of transferring the generated decision-supported patient data to the mobile user module comprises transferring the generated decision-supported patient data to present the decision-supported patient data in at least one of real-time and perceived real-time. 4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the medical knowledge module comprises at least one database containing expert medical rules and parameters for diagnosing medical conditions. 5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the generating decision-supported patient data step comprises the steps of: (a) identifying a patient that the clinician is to examine; (b) searching the accessed patient data for patient data corresponding to the patient; and (c) applying the accessed updateable rules and parameters to the patient data corresponding to the patient to assist the clinician in determining if the patient has any of the corresponding one or more medical conditions. 6. A method as recited in claim 5, wherein the step of searching comprises the steps of: (a) searching a decision-support module; and (b) searching a medical module. 7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the generating decision-supported patient data step comprises evaluating the accessed patient data against an insurance carrier, a plurality of database modules, a medical module, a third-party module, or a user module. 8. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the step for accessing updateable rules and parameters comprises the step of accessing rules and parameters used to automatically generate one of a computerized medical condition diagnosis and computerized medical care recommendation. 9. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the accessing patient data step comprises the step of accessing patient data previously received from the mobile user module. 10. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the steps recited in claim 1. 11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the accessed updateable rules are configured to be updated when more recent medical knowledge corresponding to the one or more medical conditions becomes available. 12. In a medical decision-support system, a computer program product for implementing a method for transceiving data between a decision-support module and a mobile user module, the computer program product comprising: at least one computer readable medium carrying computer-executable instructions for implementing the method, wherein the computer-executable instructions comprise: program code means for, upon identifying at least one patient which a clinician will treat during a time period and for which the clinician is to receive decision-supported patient data to assist the clinician in the medical care of the at least one patient, accessing patient data from a patient storage module; program code means for accessing updateable rules and parameters corresponding to one or more medical conditions and which are usable at the decision-support module for diagnosing medical conditions of the at least one patient, the accessed updateable rules and parameters being accessed from a medical knowledge module to assist in at least identifying the one or more medical conditions in the at least one patient; program code means for generating decision-supported patient data for the at least one patient by evaluating, at the decision-support module remote from the mobile user module, the accessed patient data and any newly collected patient data for the at least one patient delivered to the patient storage module using said updateable rules and parameters, the decision-supported patient data including one or more potential medical conditions for the at least one patient and one or more recommendations for medical care for the at least one patient, the decision-supported patient data capable of being transferred to the mobile user module; and program code means for transferring the generated decision-supported patient data to the mobile user module, the clinician being presented with generated decision-supported patient data for the at least one patient which the clinician will treat in the time period in a configuration to assist the clinician in treating the at least one patient, the configuration of the generated decision-supported patient data being selected from a default configuration associated with the mobile user module or a customized configuration selected by the clinician. 13. A computer program product as recited in claim 12, further comprising program code means for storing patient data relevant to the at least one patient the clinician is to examine within the mobile user module. 14. A computer program product as recited in claim 12, wherein the knowledge base comprises at least one database containing expert medical rules and parameters for diagnosing medical conditions. 15. A computer program product as recited in claim 12, wherein the program code means for generating decision-supported patient data comprises: (a) program code means for identifying a patient the clinician is to examine; (b) program code means for searching the accessed patient data for patient data corresponding to the patient; and (c) program code means for applying the accessed updateable rules and parameters to the patient data corresponding to the patient to assist the clinician in determining if the patient has any of the corresponding one or more medical conditions. 16. A computer program product as recited in claim 15, wherein the program code means for searching comprises: (a) program code means for searching a decision-support module; and (b) program code means for searching a medical module. 17. A computer program product as recited in claim 12, wherein the program code means for generating decision-supported patient data comprises program code means for evaluating the accessed patient data against modules selected from the group consisting of (i) an insurance carrier, (ii) a plurality of database modules, (iii) a medical module, (iv) a third-party module, and (v) a user module. 18. A computer program product as recited in claim 12, wherein program code means for accessing updateable rules and parameters comprises program code means for accessing rules and parameters used to automatically generate one of a computerized medical condition diagnosis and a computerized medical care recommendation. 19. A computer program product as recited in claim 18, wherein the program code means for accessing patient data comprises program code means for accessing patient data the was previously received from the mobile user module. 20. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the accessed updateable rules are configured to be updated when more recent medical knowledge corresponding to the one or more medical conditions becomes available. 21. A medical decision-support system, comprising: (a) a decision-support module configured to: (i) access patient data for at least one patient from a patient storage module to assist in the medical care of the at least one patient; (ii) access updateable rules and parameters corresponding to one or more medical conditions, the accessed updateable rules and parameters being accessed to assist in at least identifying the one or more medical conditions in the at least one patient; (iii) generate decision-supported patient data for the at least one patient by evaluating the accessed patient data and newly collected patient data for the at least one patient delivered to the patient storage module using said updateable rules and parameters, the decision-supported patient data including at least one of (i) one or more potential medical conditions for the at least one patient and (ii) one or more recommendations for medical care for the at least one patient; and (iv) transfer the generated decision-supported patient data to a mobile user module, the clinician being presented with decision-supported patient data for the at least one patient in a configuration to assist the clinician in treating the at least one patient; and (b) a user module remotely located from the decision-support module and configured to receive the generated decision-supported patient data from the decision-support module, the mobile user module comprising a user interface configured to present the generated decision-supported patient data in a configuration to assist the clinician in treating the at least one patient, the configuration of the generated decision-supported patient data being selected from a default configuration associated with the mobile user module or a customized configuration selected by the clinician. 22. A medical decision-support system as recited in claim 21, wherein the medical knowledge module comprises a plurality of databases. 23. A medical decision-support system as recited in claim 21, wherein the decision-support module communicates with the medical knowledge module to generate the decision-supported patient data. 24. A medical decision-support system as recited in claim 21, wherein the decision-support module comprises a plurality of ancillary modules. 25. A medical decision-support system as recited in claim 21, wherein the medical knowledge module is updateable as more recent medical knowledge corresponding to the one or more medical conditions becomes available. 26. A medical decision-support system as recited in claim 21, wherein decision-support module receives patient data from the user module. 27. A medical decision-support system as recited in claim 21 wherein the user module communicates with the decision-support module by way of a communication protocol selected from the group consisting of (i) a connection orientated protocol and (ii) a connectionless network protocol. 28. A medical decision-support system as recited in claim 21, wherein the user module comprises a mobile user module configured to communicate in real-time with the decision-support module. 29. A medical decision-support system as recited in claim 21, wherein the decision-support module communicates with the user module via a network. 30. A medical decision-support system as recited in claim 29, wherein the network is selected from a group consisting of (i) a local area network, (ii) a wide area network, (iii) a wireless network, (iv) a packetized network, and (v) a real-time network. 31. A medical decision-support system as recited in claim 21, wherein the decision-support module communicates with a medical knowledge module to generate the decision-supported patient data. 32. A medical decision-support system as recited in claim 31, wherein the medical knowledge module comprises a plurality of ancillary modules. 33. The system as recited in claim 21, wherein the user interface comprises one or more of a graphical user interface, an interactive user interface, a voice recognition user interface, and a textual user interface.