But the Prometheus patent is different, the appeals court said, because in the former case the doctor is passively calculating results while under the Prometheus process the doctor has to administer a drug then adjust the dose based on how the patient responds.

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This sometimes becomes a nuisance to doctors, as one thing the patient input derails the thought process of the doctor, also sometimes it allows the patient to doubt about the doctors diagnosis.

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Allscripts hopes to convince hospitals to speed up the process by footing the doctor's bill.

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But the station's sources said the doctor decided against it because Holmes was in the process of withdrawing from the school.

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