Method and system to offer and to acquire clinical knowledge using a centralized knowledge server
First Claim
1. A method for providing clinical knowledge from a provider to a medical user based on one or more diagnostic questions submitted by the user to the provider, comprising the steps of:
- providing a clinical knowledge communication server with an associated knowledge data base;
sending said at least one or more diagnostic questions by the user to the server; and
with the server conducting an initial examination of the at least one or more diagnostic questions, associating examination steps with the at least one or more diagnostic questions and creating a sequence of the examination steps, and sending said sequence of examination steps to said medical user.
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Abstract
In a method and system for providing clinical knowledge from a provider to a medical user based on one or more diagnostic questions submitted by the user to the provider, a clinical knowledge communication server is provided with an associated knowledge database. The at least one or more diagnostic questions are sent by the user to the server. With the server, an initial examination of the at least one or more diagnostic questions is conducted. Examination steps are associated with the at least one or more diagnostic questions and placed in a sequence. The sequence of examination steps are then sent to the medical user. The provider may also request clinical knowledge from the medical user such as, for example, relating to the diagnostic questions submitted by the user.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for providing clinical knowledge from a provider to a medical user based on one or more diagnostic questions submitted by the user to the provider, comprising the steps of:
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providing a clinical knowledge communication server with an associated knowledge data base;
sending said at least one or more diagnostic questions by the user to the server; and
with the server conducting an initial examination of the at least one or more diagnostic questions, associating examination steps with the at least one or more diagnostic questions and creating a sequence of the examination steps, and sending said sequence of examination steps to said medical user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for providing clinical knowledge from a provider to a medical user based on one or more diagnostic questions submitted by the user to the provider, comprising the steps of:
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providing a clinical knowledge communication server with an associated knowledge data base;
sending said at least one or more diagnostic questions by the user to the server; and
with the server conducting an initial examination of the at least one or more diagnostic questions, associating examination steps with the at least one or more diagnostic questions, determining an economic combination of the examination steps that answer said at least one or more diagnostic questions, optimizing a sequence of the examination steps, harmonizing the examination steps, and sending said optimized and harmonized sequence of examination steps to said medical user.
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19. A system for providing clinical knowledge from a provider to a medical user based on one or more diagnostic questions submitted by the user to the provider, comprising:
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a clinical knowledge communication server with an associated knowledge data base, said at least one or more diagnostic questions being sent by the user to the server; and
said server conducting an initial examination of the at least one or more diagnostic questions, associating examination steps with the at least one or more diagnostic questions and creating a sequence of the examination steps, and sending said sequence of examination steps to said medical user. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer program product for providing clinical knowledge from a provider to a medical user based on one or more diagnostic questions submitted by the user to the provider, said computer program product being used in a clinical knowledge communication server with an associated knowledge data base and wherein said server receives said at least one or more diagnostic questions from the user, said computer program product performing the steps of:
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conducting an initial examination of the at least one or more diagnostic questions;
associating examination steps with the at least one or more diagnostic questions; and
sending said optimized sequence of examination steps to said medical user. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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