Health care policy on-line maintenance dissemination and compliance testing system
First Claim
1. A health care policy document storage and contents comprehension testing system comprising:
- means for storing the contents of a plurality of health care policy documents in a database;
means for storing data representing one or more groups of users responsible for comprehending the contents of each of the stored documents;
means for storing data representing one or more groups to which each user is a member;
means for matching the document responsibility data and the user member data to compile a list of documents for which the user is responsible;
means for providing the user with access to review the contents of each stored document on the user'"'"'s list;
means for indicating whether a test is required for each stored document;
means for preparing and storing a test on the contents of documents for which a test is required;
means for providing the stored test to the user, upon request of the user;
means for scoring the test results; and
means for storing the user'"'"'s test score.
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Abstract
The software based interactive system provides accessibility to an institution'"'"'s own policies via either an internet web site or an intranet home page. Qualified users may search for and access documents related to institution policies for review, including a list of those which the user is required to know. Where required, a test is provided to the user. The responses are scored and the results stored. Administrative users can set and change qualification parameters as to individual, group and/or institution-wide policy access and receive individual, group and/or institution-wide test results. Identification of incomplete, contradictory or obsolete policies, policies awaiting approval, policies due for review and data on user review of policies can be reported.
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20 Claims
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1. A health care policy document storage and contents comprehension testing system comprising:
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means for storing the contents of a plurality of health care policy documents in a database;
means for storing data representing one or more groups of users responsible for comprehending the contents of each of the stored documents;
means for storing data representing one or more groups to which each user is a member;
means for matching the document responsibility data and the user member data to compile a list of documents for which the user is responsible;
means for providing the user with access to review the contents of each stored document on the user'"'"'s list;
means for indicating whether a test is required for each stored document;
means for preparing and storing a test on the contents of documents for which a test is required;
means for providing the stored test to the user, upon request of the user;
means for scoring the test results; and
means for storing the user'"'"'s test score. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A health care policy document storage and contents comprehension testing method comprising the steps of:
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storing the contents of a plurality of health care policy documents in a database;
storing data representing one or more groups of users responsible for comprehending the contents of each of the stored documents;
storing data representing one or more groups of which each user is a member;
matching the document responsibility data and the user member data to compile a list of documents for which the user is responsible;
providing the user with access to review the contents of each stored document on the user'"'"'s list;
indicating whether a test is required for each stored document;
preparing and storing a test on the contents of documents for which a test is required;
providing the stored test to the user, upon request of the user;
scoring the test results; and
storing the user'"'"'s test score. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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