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Abstract

Access, analysis and processing medical-related data in an integrated knowledge base is initiated by one of a plurality of initiating events, such as a user query, the occurrence of a medical event, a change of state of data within the knowledge base, and a system-generated initiating event, such as based upon attaining various triggering levels or expiration of. The integrated knowledge base may be physically located in quite disparate locations, and processing strings may occur on one or more computer system. The triggering events begin specific processing based upon algorithms which can respond to the specific triggering event, or can analyze data in manners not necessarily requested by the triggering event. The technique thus permits analysis of a wide range of medical-related data for user-related purposes, patient-related purposes, as well as to identify and discover particular medical care needs or relationships between data to enhance diagnosis, treatment, institutional performance, and so forth.

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