Editing Medical algorithm (section)

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[[File:Assessment and treatment algorithm for overweight and obesity.png|thumb|450px|A medical algorithm for assessment and treatment of [[overweight]] and [[obesity]].]]
A '''medical algorithm''' is any [[computation]], [[formula]], [[statistical survey]], [[nomogram]], or [[look-up table]], useful in [[healthcare]].  [[Medical]] [[algorithm]]s include [[decision tree]] approaches to healthcare treatment (e.g., if [[symptom]]s A, B, and C are evident, then use treatment X) and also less clear-cut tools aimed at reducing or defining uncertainty. A [[medical prescription]] is also a type of medical algorithm.