Method and system for providing medical consulting services, with automatic remuneration to the service provider
First Claim
1. A system for making expert knowledge accessible to a user of medical examination equipment comprising:
- an electronic communication system for, in response to an inquiry from a user including diagnostic information, transmitting a handling procedure to the user tailored by an expert to said diagnostic information; and
an electronic accounting system electronically coupled to said electronic communication system for, upon transmittal of said handling procedure, automatically arranging for remuneration to said expert for providing said handling procedure.
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Abstract
In a system for making expert knowledge accessible to a user, such as a physician, of medical examination equipment, after an inquiry from the user to a physician with specialized knowledge, a system for transmitting a handling procedure in the form of pulse sequences, protocols, sets of parameters or the like for the user'"'"'s examination equipment is transmitted via a communication system to the user, from the specialized physician. The handling procedure is tailored by the specialized physician to actual medical diagnoses of the requesting user. The communication system is coupled with a license accounting system which arranges for the expert creating the handling procedure to receive a royalty.
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1. A system for making expert knowledge accessible to a user of medical examination equipment comprising:
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an electronic communication system for, in response to an inquiry from a user including diagnostic information, transmitting a handling procedure to the user tailored by an expert to said diagnostic information; and
an electronic accounting system electronically coupled to said electronic communication system for, upon transmittal of said handling procedure, automatically arranging for remuneration to said expert for providing said handling procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for making expert knowledge accessible to a user of medical examination equipment comprising the steps of:
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via an electronic communication system, transmitting an inquiry, containing diagnostic information, from a user of medical equipment to an expert;
said expert formulating a handling procedure tailored to said diagnostic information;
via said electronic communication system, for transmitting said handling procedure to the user; and
electronically coupling an electronic accounting system to said electronic communication system and, upon transmittal of said handling procedure, automatically arranging for remuneration to said expert for providing said handling procedure. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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