US Patent Issued to CLINICENTRIC on Aug. 12 for "Method, system, and computer program product for determining a patient radiation and diagnostic study score" (Ohio, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,218, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to CLINICENTRIC LLC (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Method, system, and computer program product for determining a patient radiation and diagnostic study score" was invented by James Huizenga (Dayton, Ohio), Brian C. Breneman (Raleigh, N.C.) and Kathleen Huizenga (Dayton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a patient radiation and diagnostic study score associated with past diagnostic radiologic tests. In light of the obvious benefits of diagnostic radiology, the risks inherent in its use are often overlooked. Ionizing radiation, which is a component of much, but not all, diagnost...