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System and method to administer a patient specific anonymous medical questionnaire over the public Internet using manual decryption of user information

  • US 20080215356A1
  • Filed: 03/01/2008
  • Published: 09/04/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system and method for a physician to administer an Internet based branched logic computerized medical questionnaire to patients, which keeps the physicians'"'"' and patents'"'"' identity anonymous while the patient is using the questionnaire from any Internet enabled computer run over the public Internet, through the use of information known only by the physician and patient, and which information is decoded manually by the physician to protect patent identity, said system and method comprising:

  • (a) a physician registration website hosting a physician database where a physician can register his name and fax number, and receive a personal identification number (PIN) which can be provided to his patients;

    (b) the setting of an appointment between the physician and patient which identifies a specific date and time for which the patient should visit the physician'"'"'s office to discuss a medical symptom or problem;

    (c) the physician providing the patient with his PIN, and directing the patient to a medical questionnaire website where the patient can take a branched logic computerized medical questionnaire;

    (d) the patient visiting the medical questionnaire website hosting said branch logic computerized medical questionnaire, and registering using the physician PIN number and appointment time and date, then including additional data of the patient'"'"'s date of birth and gender required by the branched logic computerized medical questionnaire;

    (e) when the questionnaire is completed, output from the questionnaire is formatted and the PIN number is decoded automatically between the medical questionnaire website and the physician registration website containing the physician database to retrieve the physician'"'"'s fax number;

    (f) converting the questionnaire output into a cover page with the physician'"'"'s fax number, appointment date and time and patient date of birth and gender, and a medical output consisting of the results of the branched logic computerized medical questionnaire, then combining said cover page and said medical output into one electronic file known as a TIF file, which is the typical graphics file format for faxing;

    (g) Sending the cover page and medical output to the physician'"'"'s fax number by means of a fax server;

    (h) when the physician receives the questionnaire output, the appointment time and date on the cover page is compared to the appointment time and date in the physician'"'"'s appointment book;

    (i) the physician then identifies any and all patients listed in the physician'"'"'s appointment book at said appointment time and date, and retrieves the medical file records of all said patients;

    (j) the physician compares the date of birth and gender listed on the cover page with the date of birth and gender of all patients whose medical file records were retrieved, and finds the true unique patient whose date of birth and gender matches the date of birth and gender listed on said cover page; and

    (k) the physician files the cover page and medical output of the matched patent into the medical record file of the true unique patient.

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