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Method and apparatus for directing Internet users to health care information such as names of health care providers

  • US 20040064440A1
  • Filed: 09/29/2003
  • Published: 04/01/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing a host computer system, the host computer system being adapted to retrieve descriptive information about a plurality of ailments, the descriptive information comprising one or more of the following;

    physiological aspects of the ailment, pathological aspects of the ailment, information as to whether the ailment is treatable, information about expected clinical course, and information about potential complications, the host computer system further being adapted to send to a client computer system communicating with the host computer system via the Internet the descriptive information of any one of the plurality of ailments upon receiving from the client computer system a search query concerning said any one of the plurality of ailments;

    associating the descriptive information of each of the plurality of ailments with a plurality of ICD or CPT codes;

    associating a plurality of content components with the plurality of ICD or CPT codes in a manner so that each of the content components is associated with at least one of the ICD or CPT codes;

    sending the descriptive information of said any one of the plurality of ailments to the client computer system via the Internet, the sending of the descriptive information being initiated by the host computer system receiving from the client computer system the search query concerning said any one of the plurality of ailments;

    sending to the client computer system via the Internet each of the content components that are associated with the ICD or CPT codes with which the sent descriptive information is associated.

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