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iHomeoMate: Intelligent Case Analysis

Written by on September 18, 2024 in Homeopathy, iHomeoMate with 0 Comments
iHomeoMate: Intelligent Case Analysis

We have covered several interesting features of “iHomoMate” in the earlier articles. In this article, we will take a look at the most important and most useful feature: Intelligent Case Analysis. Decades ago, when computer repertories were not available, Homeopaths used hard copies of Repertories to study a case and the confirm the remedy with […]

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iHomeoMate: Generating Simulated Cases

Written by on September 6, 2024 in Homeopathy, iHomeoMate with 0 Comments
iHomeoMate: Generating Simulated Cases

If you are a homeopath who also teaches in a Homeopathy college, one of the interesting challenges you will face regularly is to come up with good case examples that demonstrate the prescription of “correct” remedies. For example, if you are taking a class on “Aurum Met”, after discussing the key features of the remedy, […]

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iHomeoMate: Remedy Kingdoms and Themes

Written by on August 28, 2024 in Homeopathy, iHomeoMate with 0 Comments
iHomeoMate: Remedy Kingdoms and Themes

A good understanding of various remedy “kingdoms” and their associated “themes” is important for homeopathic prescribing, especially in chronic cases. iHomeoMate’s Remedy Kingdoms and Themes feature allows homeopaths to interact with the system regarding this topic in detail. Let us walk through some examples. The following figure shows the dialog where the user can input a […]

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“iHomeoMate”: Automatic Case Review

Written by on August 17, 2024 in Homeopathy, iHomeoMate with 0 Comments
“iHomeoMate”: Automatic Case Review

One of the key features of “iHomeoMate”, and one that I am quite excited about, is the ability to automatically review a case and check whether the prescribed remedy matches the case. Here is an example case: Clinical Case: Chronic Urticaria in a 65-Year-Old Male Patient Profile: – Name: Mr. John D. – Age: 65 […]

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“iHomeoMate”: Part – 3

Written by on July 31, 2024 in Homeopathy, iHomeoMate with 0 Comments
“iHomeoMate”:  Part – 3

Let us continue the discussion of my Intelligent Homeopathy Assistant, officially called “iHomeoMate”. Samual Hahnemann’s Organon of Medicine is the foundation on which the entire edifice of homeopathy is built. Although every homeopath is expected to have a thorough understanding of the principles (“aphorisms”) in the book, it is very engrossing to go through it […]

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Intelligent Homeopathy Assistant: Part-2

Written by on July 17, 2024 in Homeopathy, iHomeoMate with 0 Comments
Intelligent Homeopathy Assistant: Part-2

In the last article I started to write about the Homeopathy application I have built. In particular, I explained the “Compare Remedies” feature that will be useful to homeopaths as part of their prescribing routine. In today’s article, let me go over another feature called “Lab Report Analysis”. This feature allows the doctor to share a […]

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Building an Intelligent Homeopathy Assistant

Written by on July 7, 2024 in Homeopathy, iHomeoMate with 0 Comments
Building an Intelligent Homeopathy Assistant

I have written extensively about my initial work on developing homeopathy Repertorization software and more recently, on Case Analysis Using RAG and using Semantic Search to find rubrics. As a student of homeopathy, I have been continuously doing research on how to improve the quality of homeopathy case analysis and in particular, how Generative AI can help […]

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Using Similarity Search in Homeopathy Repertorization Software – Part 2

Written by on February 21, 2024 in Homeopathy, Python with 0 Comments
Using Similarity Search in Homeopathy Repertorization Software – Part 2

In my earlier article, I had explained how natural language text describing a symptom can be converted to a formal “rubric” by using a vector database. In today’s article, I will show how this can be extended to support multiple symptoms in the input text with automatic repertorisation to identify potential remedies. Let us consider […]

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Using Similarity Search in Homeopathy Repertorization Software

Written by on February 11, 2024 in Homeopathy with 1 Comment
Using Similarity Search in Homeopathy Repertorization Software

Homeopathy Repertorization software such as RadarOpus, MacRepertory, Vithoulkas Compass, and Synergy Homeopathic Software (SHS) are widely used by homeopaths to speed up case taking, repertorization and case analysis. All of them have a “Search” feature, where the given text is searched (typically based on key words and synonyms) against one or more repertories and the […]

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Book Review: Homeopathic Strategies and Maps for Acute Conditions (Part-1)

Written by on January 10, 2024 in Book Review, Homeopathy with 0 Comments
Book Review: Homeopathic Strategies and Maps for Acute Conditions (Part-1)

Title: Homeopathic Strategies and Maps for Acute Conditions (Part-1) Author: Dr.Gaurang Gaikwad Publisher: Dr.Gaurang Gaikwad Year: 2024 This is the fourth and newest book by Dr.Gaurang Gaikwad of Mumbai. I have reviewed two of his other books earlier. There are hundreds of books on treating acute cases in homeopathy, but what differentiates this book from […]

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