Secure extranet operation with open access for qualified medical professional
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1. A business method of facilitating communication between health care professionals and subscribing Web sites, the Web sites containing secured areas, comprising the steps of:
- when the health care professional attempts to access said secured areas of the subscribing Web sites, allowing said health care professional to either provide previously assigned identifiers, or provide other identifying data;
verifying said previously assigned identifiers or said other identifying data;
allowing said health care professional access to said secured area upon verification of said previously assigned identifiers or said other identifying data, while concealing sufficient information about said professionals to preclude said subscribing sites from initiating solicitations of said professionals.
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A business method of verifying status of health care professionals for entry to limited access areas of Web sites. Users are not required to be preregistered, and can gain access by entering identifiers which are checked against American Medical Association records.
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1. A business method of facilitating communication between health care professionals and subscribing Web sites, the Web sites containing secured areas, comprising the steps of:
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when the health care professional attempts to access said secured areas of the subscribing Web sites, allowing said health care professional to either provide previously assigned identifiers, or provide other identifying data;
verifying said previously assigned identifiers or said other identifying data;
allowing said health care professional access to said secured area upon verification of said previously assigned identifiers or said other identifying data, while concealing sufficient information about said professionals to preclude said subscribing sites from initiating solicitations of said professionals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12)
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5. A business method of facilitating communication between health care professionals and subscribing Web sites, comprising the steps of:
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when access to controlled information is requested from a subscribing site by one of said professionals, requesting verification from a secure server site which has an authorization list, and if said secure server site provides said verification, then permitting access, while concealing sufficient information about said professionals to preclude said subscribing sites from initiating solicitations of said professionals, wherein said verification is achieved by comparing personal data entered by the professional to data on said authorization list.
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9. A business method of brokering privacy for access to controlled information by licensed professionals, said controled information contained on subscribing Web sites, comprising the steps of:
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when said professional attempts access to said controlled information, permitting said subscribing sites to obtain short-term verification of authorization for said professional to access said controlled information, with reference to a database that is not accessible to said subscribing site and is kept on a secured server;
comparing personal data entered by said professional to data kept on said database; and
preventing said subscribing site from accessing the data entered by said professional;
p1 wherein said professional need not be preregistered on said secure server or be issued a username or password by said secure server.
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