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Patient informational exchange

  • US 20090193085A1
  • Filed: 01/29/2008
  • Published: 07/30/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. ) A system for sharing information related to medical conditions among a community of patient users, the system comprising:

  • a) a forum for online discussion in which conversation among patients or their caretakers is generated in the form of one or more electronic messages relating to a topic, the forum comprising;

    i) a posting routine capable of generating messages from said users that can be posted to a server; and

    ii) a storage routine for storing messages from said users on the server;

    wherein the discussion is in the form of synchronous or asynchronous communication; and

    wherein a message comprises at least one word, image, or sound submitted by an author;

    b) a moderator of the online forum, wherein the moderator is a medical expert who monitors the forum and is able to post a cautionary or informative message to the forum;

    c) an index, wherein a user is able to select at least one of the electronic patient messages using a topic parameter, said index comprising a text indexing server operable to index the messages based on keywords or phrases contained in the messages, wherein the text indexing server is operable to;

    i) receive a user query, said query being a request for information about a topic of interest;

    ii) determine whether there exists one or more electronic message(s) responsive to said user query; and

    iii) if a responsive message(s) exists, retrieve at least a portion of the responsive message(s) or information concerning the message(s) and transmit at least a portion of the retrieved message(s) or information to the user in response to the query such that the transmitted message(s) or information is reviewable by the user;

    wherein the sorting of patient conversations into topics is supervised by a medical expert; and

    d) a data-miner which analyzes the users'"'"' electronic communications in order to identify a feature of interest related to a health condition or symptom.

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