339 results about "Lower risk" patented technology

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of determining a risk for fraud for an order, including: receiving an order from a customer; evaluating an order based upon indicators of possible high risk activities; if the order is not classified as a high risk order, then evaluating the order based upon indicators of possible medium risk activities; and if the order is not classified as a medium risk activity, then classifying the order as a low risk order.

The Automated Healthcare Risk Management System is a real-time Software as a Service application which interfaces and assists investigators, law enforcement and risk management analysts by focusing their efforts on the highest risk and highest value healthcare payments. The system's Risk Management design utilizes real-time Predictive Models, a Provider Cost Index, Edit Analytics, Strategy Management, a Managed Learning Environment, Contact Management, Forensic GUI, Case Management and Reporting System for individually targeting, identifying and preventing fraud, abuse, waste and errors prior to payment. The Automated Healthcare Risk Management System analyzes hundreds of millions of transactions and automatically takes actions such as declining or queuing a suspect payment. Claim payment risk is optimally prioritized through a Managed Learning environment, from high risk to low risk for efficient resolution by investigators.

The present invention relates to improved methods for treating anemia. Methods and compounds useful for treating anemia, wherein the anemia treatment is associated with a lower risk of thrombosis or hypertension compared to that observed with rhEPO therapy, are provided.

The invention discloses an intelligent health service system and an alarming reliable detection method. The method comprises a falling detection method and a platform alarming method. The falling detection method comprises the following steps: collecting an accelerated speed and angular speed data of a wearer at fixed time, monitoring a parameter and recording a changing data sequence; judging if a falling process exceeds a falling threshold value thereof; if the falling process exceeds the falling threshold value, judging if heart rate is abnormal, and if the heart rate belongs to an abnormal scope, setting a high-risk-level falling alarm; otherwise, setting a medium-risk-level falling alarm; if the falling process does not exceed the falling threshold value, setting a low-risk-level falling alarm; sending a falling alarm event and a physiological sign data of the wearer to a cloud health service platform. An intelligent wearing device provided by the invention can accurately confirm if a serious falling event occurs, a mistakenly reported and low-influence falling event is effectively filtered, and the alarm answering and processing pressures of the cloud health service platform and seat mould are reduced.

The subject disclosure presents systems and computer-implemented methods for assessing a risk of cancer recurrence in a patient based on a holistic integration of large amounts of prognostic information for said patient into a single comparative prognostic dataset. A risk classification system may be trained using the large amounts of information from a cohort of training slides from several patients, along with survival data for said patients. For example, a machine-learning-based binary classifier in the risk classification system may be trained using a set of granular image features computed from a plurality of slides corresponding to several cancer patients whose survival information is known and input into the system. The trained classifier may be used to classify image features from one or more test patients into a low-risk or high-risk group.

The invention discloses a tumor malignant risk stratification auxiliary diagnosis system of an artificial intelligence medical image. The system comprises a data acquisition module, a data preprocessing module, a model establishment module, a model verification and optimization module, a stratification diagnosis module and a database platform. The tumor malignant risk stratification auxiliary diagnosis system of the invention is based on artificial intelligence technology, successive stratification of the malignant risk of the tumor can be achieved, the clinical diagnosis thinking is simulated, based on the high-precision ability of detecting benign lesions and malignant tumors of artificial intelligence model, and the space-occupying lesions with definite imaging features are diagnosed automatically. As a result, the system can substantially assist the clinical management decision of space-occupying lesions, improve the existing work flow of clinical diagnosis, increase the confidenceof doctors in diagnosis, reduce the work pressure, reduce the anxiety of patients with low-risk malignant lesions, greatly improve the diagnostic rate of benign lesions and malignant tumors, and hopefully realize the landing implementation of artificial intelligence clinical auxiliary diagnosis.

Methods and apparatus are provided for assessing the risk of an acute cardiovascular event that includes providing an endothelial or vascular function test to identify higher risk from lower risk individuals in a population of symptomatic individuals presenting with chest pain that have inconclusive results in ECG and cardiovascular marker tests, such as a tropinin test, and are administered for triage in hospital and additional tests such as ECG exercise and nuclear stress tests. The invention further provides methods and apparatus for assessing the vascular status and response of patients in clinical trials for cardiovascular therapies.

A Software System, known as an Automatic Well Planning Risk Assessment Software System, is adapted to determine and display risk information in response to a plurality of input data by: receiving the plurality of input data, the input data including a plurality of input data calculation results; comparing each calculation result of the plurality of input data calculation results with each logical expression of a plurality of logical expressions; ranking by the logical expression the calculation result; and generating a plurality of ranked risk values in response thereto, each of the plurality of ranked risk values representing an input data calculation result that has been ranked by the logical expression as either a high risk or a medium risk or a low risk; generating the risk information in response to the plurality of ranked risk values; and displaying the risk information.

A method for accurate and rapid automated detection of atrial fibrillation (AF), sinus rhythm (SF), and atrial flutter (AFL) is disclosed, which allows distinguishing of these cardiac signals with lowered risk of errors by implanted pacemakers and like devices. The method includes training episodes of intra-cardiac signals (called the closed data set CDS) to evaluate five feature parameters with a discriminator classifying the signal into AF, AFL or sinus rhythm (SR). Comparison with the independent decisions of experienced physicians for each episode reveals specificity, accuracy and sensitivity of greater than 97%. Each episode is a window of intracardiac signal of interval 1-2 seconds with the discriminator providing results in less than 0.25 s. In another aspect, the method is resistant to the presence of noise in the data. In yet another aspect, more feature parameters may be used in alternative implementations including for detecting signals other than AF, AFL & SR.

A device for generating alerts for Hypo and Hyperglycemia Prevention from Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) determines a dynamic risk based on both information of glucose level and a trend obtainable from a CGM signals. The device includes a display whose color depends on the DR (for example, red for high DR, green for low risk). When DR exceeds a certain threshold, alerts are generated to suggest the patient to pay attention to the current glucose reading and to its trend, both of which are shown on the display in numbers and symbols (e.g. an arrow with different slope or color).

There is provided a method for controlling a flow of fluid in the vas deferens in order to obtain a controlled male contraception. The method comprises gently constricting (i.e., without substantially hampering the blood circulation in the tissue wall) at least one portion of the tissue wall to influence the flow vas deferens, and stimulating the constricted wall portion to cause contraction of the wall portion to further influence the flow in the vas deferens. The method can be used for restricting or stopping the flow in the vas deferens, or for actively moving the fluid in the vas deferens, with a low risk of injuring the organ.

The present invention related to methods and kits for evaluating the histology and prognosis of lung cancer by measuring expression levels of specific gene markers. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery of 99 genes that were found to be differentially expressed among lung cancer subtypes, 30 genes which correlate with a high risk, and 12 genes which correlate with a low risk, of cancer death within 12 months.

Colorectal cancer patients with operable tumors must decide whether to receive adjuvant therapy after surgical resection in order to reduce their chances of recurrence. Current clinical guidelines are crudely based on the stage of the disease, as well as a few other clinicopathologic features. The instant invention integrates data from these clinicopathologic features with data on multiple biomarkers using advanced informatic methods to provide a far more accurate prediction of recurrence than the current guidelines. The instant invention consists of a panel of biomarker assays plus an algorithm into which the scored biomarker data, as well as standard clinicopathologic data, is entered. A tumor sample from an individual patient is submitted for test, and an individualized report is produced with a prognostic score that accurately reflects the patient's risk of recurrence. This helps guide the patient and his / her oncologist in their choice of whether to receive adjuvant treatment. Low-risk patients are spared the unnecessary toxicities associated with cytotoxic treatments, and high-risk patients are given the best chance for a cure, maximizing both life expectancy and quality of life.

Disclosed is a system and method for operating an investment account which provides a predetermined level of principle preservation while achieving growth by investing gains from zero or low-risk stable investments into options. In one form, the investment account may be owned by an individual investor or by a number of investors, such as in the form of a mutual fund. In yet another form, business logic may be programmed to automatically select the options based upon their associated premium cost per week until expiration.

There is provided a method for controlling the movement of bile and / or gall stones in the biliary duct. The method comprises gently constricting (i.e., without substantially hampering the blood circulation in the tissue wall) at least one portion of the tissue wall to influence the movement of bile and / or gallstones in the biliary duct, and stimulating the constricted wall portion to cause contraction of the wall portion to further influence the movement of bile and / or gallstones in the biliary duct. The method can be used for restricting or stopping the movement of bile and / or gallstones in the biliary duct, or for actively moving the fluid in the biliary duct, with a low risk of injuring the biliary duct.

The invention discloses an output optimal operation method of a thermal power unit in the environment of ensuring electricity price bidding marketization, and the method comprises the following steps: establishing a manual input cost parameter table and a unit production real-time system database; establishing a generating fuel cost curve of the unit; calculating the start-stop cost and the fixed cost of the unit; calculating the environment cost of the unit, internalizing the environment cost and calculating the environment cost directly according to harmful gas emission and a discount standard; analyzing bidding risk; establishing an objective function of a mathematical model of economic operation of a single unit based on profit maximization; guaranteeing constraint conditions of optimal operation of the unit; and establishing the best output model table of the unit at various periods. The method considers the factors of environmental protection cost and bidding risk comprehensively, thus reducing harmful gas emission of the power plant when a generation company does not add environmental protection equipment, and moreover, reasonable analysis of the bidding risk can realize price bidding of low risk and high profit.

The invention provides methods of estimating the likelihood of lung cancer recurrence in a subject, including those afflicted with NSCLC. The methods of the invention are useful for developing a therapeutic treatment plan to prevent cancer recurrence for subjects deemed to be at high risk, and withholding treatments from those subjects deemed to be at low risk. The invention also provides methods of generating and using metagene-based prediction tree models for estimating the likelihood of lung cancer recurrence. The invention also provides reagents, such as DNA microarrays, software and computer systems useful for estimating cancer recurrence, and provides methods of conducting a diagnostic business for the prediction of cancer recurrence.

System for fall prevention for a user, comprising a number of sensors (2) attachable to at least one lower body segment (3), wherein said sensors (2) are adapted to measure movement of said at least one lower body segment (3) and to translate the movement into a signal (S), the system further comprising a control (12) adapted to receive the signal (S) from said respective sensors (2), wherein in use the control (12) observes the signal (S) as an actual sequence of postures of said at least one lower body segment (3) and compares the actual sequence with a predetermined sequence of postures as a function of time, (the predetermined sequence relating to a low risk of falling,) wherein the control (12) is adapted to determine a high risk of falling when the actual sequence deviates from the predetermined sequence (to a certain degree). The invention further relates to a method for fall prevention using such a system for fall prevention.

Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance can progress to multiple myeloma. Applying significance analysis of microarrays, 52 genes, involved in important pathways related to cancer, were differentially expressed between plasma cells from healthy subjects and patients with stringently defined monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance / smoldering multiple myeloma and symptomatic multiple myeloma. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering of 351 multiple myeloma and 44 cases of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and 16 cases of multiple myeloma with a monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance history, created two major cluster branches, one containing 82% of the monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance cases and 28% of the multiple myeloma, termed monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance-like multiple myeloma. Using the same clustering approach on an independent cohort of 213 cases of multiple myeloma revealed 27% with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance-like multiple myeloma which, despite a lower incidence of complete remission, was associated with low-risk clinical and molecular features and superior survival. The monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance-like multiple myeloma signature was also seen in patients surviving more than 10 years after autotransplant.

The method comprises: 1) establishing an environment risk recognizing index system and its sorting terms; 2) calculating the enterprise environment risk hybrid index; based on the grading score of each factor, using directly summation or weight summation to get the enterprise environment risk hybrid index; 3) making a grading for the industrial park enterprises environment risk to form 4 areas which are high risk, middle risk, low risk, and very low risk area; 4) confirming the main factor of industrial park enterprises environment risks.

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of data processing, and especially relates to a risk assessment method and device, a storage medium, and electronic equipment. The methodcan comprise the steps: transmitting insurance data of a user for preset insurance types to a risk control model, wherein the risk control model is constructed based on a big data sample; obtaining the historical data and external data of a user through the risk control model; and calculating the insurance claim probability of the user for the preset insurance types based on the insurance data, the historical data and the external data through the risk control model. The method greatly improves the risk evaluation efficiency and flexibility, can meet the timeliness of the insurance checking,saves a large amount of manpower and material cost, is high in insurance checking accuracy, can screen out a high-value low-risk user, effectively intercepts a counter selection user, and reduces theclaim payment cost.

A method for building a big data risk model for electricity charges, involving a risk control method. At present, the payment of electricity bills is carried out in a uniform frequency and in a unified way; on the one hand, there are problems of excessive calls and frequency, and on the other hand, there is a problem that payment cannot meet the target. The invention includes the following steps: 1) data preparation, 2) index system construction, 3) correlation analysis, 4) model construction, 5) model output, and 6) electricity charge risk difference processing. This technical solution focuses on high-risk users and improves the pertinence of reminders. For low-risk users, it is possible to appropriately reduce reminders and notifications, reduce the frequency of reminders, and give priority to the promotion of electronic bills; focus on collection work for high-risk users and increase the frequency of reminders; effectively optimize and concentrate resources to increase the success rate of collections .

The invention relates to methods, devices and systems for assessing appendicitis in a subject. More particularly, this invention relates to methods, devices and systems for assessing appendicitis in a subject by evaluating multiple biomarkers in a sample from the subject and comparing the values of the biomarker to a reference value from a group having high or low risk for appendicitis, or combining the values of the biomarkers using a mathematical algorithm to produce a numerical test score, and comparing the test score to a reference value to assess appendicitis in the subject.

Systems and methods for conducting fantasy sports tournaments are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes at least four key features that should be in the same tournament structure to produce an effective tournament. These features include the following: 1) entry fees must be a nominal (e.g., low cost, low risk for the consumer) cost to the consumer so the masses can afford to play; 2) the grand prize must be a multi-million dollar offering so the masses will enthusiastically desire to play; 3) participants must not be subjected to playing the entire field at the same time to discourage the masses; and 4) there must be a re-entry component that allows fantasy players an option to continue getting back into the tournament for as long as possible.

A method of providing portability and conversion life insurance plans to departing employees is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of establishing risk parameters for pricing an insurance policy, collecting data regarding a departing employee's individual risk level upon termination of employment, assigning the departing employee a rating based on risk level, and offering a rate based on the departing employee's rating, where low-risk individuals pay a lower premium than do higher-risk individuals. The method results in the retention within the plan of low-risk individuals who might otherwise opt for another policy with a more competitive rate. Implementation of the method thereby creates a more favorable risk pool of insured individuals and represents a tremendous increase in efficiency compared to the way portability and conversion insurance programs are conventionally managed.

The invention belongs to the field of agricultural product circulation intelligentization, and discloses an agricultural product supply and demand matching system and method. Methods such as model prediction, production monitoring and network information grabbing are used to predict the time to market and the market volume of agricultural products in all regions in advance; the demand for consumption of the agricultural products in all regions is predicted according to aspects such as population, an income level and a consumption habit in advance; market prices of the agricultural products can be judged through a big data technique from aspects such as monitoring data and network data, and supply and demand matching of the agricultural products is conducted in advance according to factors such as marketing periods of the agricultural products, preservation time, transportation preservation conditions and producing and marketing region prices. The matching and schedule arrangement of main agricultural products in the nation can be achieved in advance, a producing and marketing matching scheme which is highest in benefit can be custom-made for a producer and a customer, the best purchasing region is selected for the customer, the best marketing region is selected for the producer, so that the optimized producing and marketing matching and the lowest risk can be achieved.

The invention relates to a biliary tract radiation treatment stent which is characterized by comprising an outer stent (1) and an inner stent (2), wherein the main part of the inner stent (2) is expanded in the outer stent (1) in a use state, the main body of the inner stent (2) is a columnar grid framework structure (7) formed by weaving nickel and titanium wires; and the main body of the outer stent (1) is a mesh framework structure (3) formed by weaving nickel and titanium wires, and a radiation particle filling bag (4) is arranged on the surface of the mesh framework structure (3). The invention has the advantages of simple and novel structure, minimally invasive procedure, low risk, little pain of patients, good treatment effect and less complications.

A system reduces the risk of eavesdropping on data used to access an establishment's computer network. In one embodiment, a system includes a personal area network (PAN) access device that couples a low power, low frequency modulated signal to a wearer, the PAN access device including a data storage unit for storing personal identification data including biometric data and a modulator for modulating a low power, low frequency signal with the personal identification data, a personal area network (PAN) receiver for receiving the modulated signal, a database for storing purchasing data for a plurality of customers, a memory including instructions which, when executed, associate the received personal identification data with the stored shopping data for one of the plurality of customers and a microprocessor for executing the stored instructions.