Graphical output of health testing data

A new indicator to evaluate the health status of an examinee by computerizing selected health screening data has been devised and designated as a disease score. By employing such an index, it is possible to display to some extent the functional status of organs in simple, easily understood, computer-generated cartoons. Thus a computer program has been developed for a desk-top personal computer to calculate the disease score index from screening data and to generate an output in an easily understandable graphic and pictorial format. The disease score index with a graphic display (i.e., a disease map), a score graph and short comments are incorporated in the report form. This type of output should be especially useful in communicating with subjects who are screened and in helping them to understand selected aspects of their own state of health better. The index could also be helpful in screening and selecting subjects who require further detailed clinical examinations but this assumption needs full clinical evaluation to prove its efficacy.