STAR™ Blocks

STAR™ Blocks are a new healthcare information technology, educational device, to help organize the medical literature. The overall goal is to quantify the science of medicine behind medical treatments.

STAR™ may be considered to stand for "STatistic and a Reference." It is easy to say and easy to remember, even without the potential acronym. We also have other forms in consideration such as:

SaaR™
STaaR™

and so forth. They are good for the grammar purists and we are using them as well, but why deal with the confusion on our patient interface?

Everyone knows how to spell "star." STAR™ is convenient and easy whether we are referring to a
STAR™ block, STAR™ database, or a STAR™ graphic.

Statistic and a Reference

We are developing methods to quantify the science of medicine behind medical treatments and other clinical decisions. To do this we combine a Statistic and a Reference. We are calling these:
STAR™ blocks, StaaR™ blocks, STAR Blocks™, and StaaR Blocks™, depending on the situation and preferences. We use both the singular and plural forms. Capturing a statistic this way is an essential step in being able to use mathematics to weight medical statistics.

Evidence-Based Medicine is a Science

We believe that evidence-based medicine is a science. Science measures things. This means that if evidence-based medicine truly is a science it should be able to be measured.

This means we should be able to have all of the following:

Evidence-Based Medicine Score(s)™
Evidence-Based Medicine Grade(s)™
Evidence-Based Medicine Ranking(s)™
Evidence-Based Medicine Rating(s)™

and in more abbreviated form:

EBM Score(s)™
EBM Grade(s)™
EBM rating(s)™
EBM ranking(s)™


and also in more abbreviated form:

EBM™ Score(s)
EBM™ Grade(s)
EBM™ rating(s)
EBM™ ranking(s)

Evidence-Based Medicine

We believe that evidence-based medicine is a science. Science measures things. This means that if evidence-based medicine truly is a science it should be able to be measured.

This means we should be able to have all of the following:

Evidence-Based Medicine Scores™
Evidence-Based Medicine Grades™
Evidence-Based Medicine Rankings™
Evidence-Based Medicine Ratings™


and in more abbreviated form:

EBM Scores™
EBM Grades™
EBM ratings™
EBM rankings™

Treatment Scores, Inc. Intends to Help You with Evidence-Based Medicine

Treatment Scores, Inc. intends to help you with evidence-based medicine. The field of medicine is so complex that the "common man or woman" cannot organize all the data and understand it. We have created tools to help you.

Our main tool is called the Treatment Score Analyzer™.

We are producing Science of Medicine Treatment Scores™ and Science of Medicine Treatment Grades™.

We abbreviate Science of Medicine as SOM® or SoM®. Thus we are producing SOM® Treatment Scores and SOM® Treatment Grades.

We are using our Diagnosis Tool™, Treatment Organizer™, Treatment Score Calculator™, and STAR Blocks™ to do this.

Our goal is for you to be able to see and understand the science of medicine behind treatments and behind the clinical decision-making process. We are all about medical education.

List of terms used:
Treatment Score Analyzer™
Science of Medicine Treatment Scores™
Science of Medicine Treatment Grades™
SOM®
SoM®
SOM® Treatment Scores
SOM® Treatment Grades
Diagnosis Tool™
Treatment Organizer™
Treatment Score Calculator™
STAR Blocks™