Method and System for Providing Information to Physicians
First Claim
1. A method of disseminating medical information to a plurality of physicians, the method comprising:
- a plurality of medical specialists performing steps comprising;
reviewing medical knowledge, the medical knowledge comprising information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of patients, and, based on the reviewing step, selecting a subset of the knowledge as being worthy to disseminate;
updating a computer system using the selected subset, the computer system being accessible by the plurality of physicians via a computer network, the computer system providing medical diagnosis and treatment information to the plurality of physicians.
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Abstract
A group of medical specialists reviews an up-to-date body of medical knowledge and, based on its review, selects a subset of that knowledge as being important enough to merit prompt dissemination to the medical community. The selected subset of medical knowledge is then input into a computer system where it can then be accessed by physicians over a computer network. A physician may, for example, access the system before, during or after a patients visit so that he/she can have the most up-to-date information regarding how to best advise the patient. In effect, the group of medical specialists acts as a single voice of authority on which the medical community can rely.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of disseminating medical information to a plurality of physicians, the method comprising:
- a plurality of medical specialists performing steps comprising;
reviewing medical knowledge, the medical knowledge comprising information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of patients, and, based on the reviewing step, selecting a subset of the knowledge as being worthy to disseminate;updating a computer system using the selected subset, the computer system being accessible by the plurality of physicians via a computer network, the computer system providing medical diagnosis and treatment information to the plurality of physicians. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- a plurality of medical specialists performing steps comprising;
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11. A method for keeping a medical community up-to-date regarding the latest medical knowledge, the method comprising:
- selecting a plurality of leading physicians from the medical community;
organizing the plurality of physicians into a governing board that performs steps comprising;
reviewing new medical findings regarding the treatment and/or diagnosis of medical conditions, identifying which of the new findings should be disseminated to the medical community, and ensuring that a computer system is updated with the new findings; and
receiving, from client computers via a computer network, requests for information regarding treatment and/or diagnosis of medical conditions, wherein the computer system analyzes the requests, generates responses to the requests, and transmits the responses to the client computers via the computer network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- selecting a plurality of leading physicians from the medical community;
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18. A method for providing up-to-date medical information, the method comprising:
- a board of physicians reviewing a body of medical literature wherein the body of medical literature comprises works that contain medical information;
the board of physicians determining, based on the review, which works of the body of medical literature should be disseminated to the medical community;
a computer system receiving those works of medical literature that the board of physicians has determined should be disseminated to the medical community;
the computer system storing those works of literature under a plurality of categories;
a physician or an agent of the physician establishing communication with the computer system;
the physician or the agent of the physician selecting a category of the plurality of categories;
the physician or the agent of the physician requesting medical information relating to the selected category; and
the physician or the agent of the physician receiving, in response to the request, one or more works of literature that the board of physicians determined should be disseminated to the medical community. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
- a board of physicians reviewing a body of medical literature wherein the body of medical literature comprises works that contain medical information;
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