Method and system for providing current industry specific data to physicians
First Claim
1. A method for distributing medical information stored on a computer system to a group of physicians, the method comprising:
- at a server in said computer system;
identifying a group of physicians from multiple physicians by examining respective profiles of each respective physician of the group of physicians;
generating an interactive message comprising;
customizing at least a portion of said medical information stored on the computer system to said identified group based on said respective profiles; and
including objects that physicians in the group can select to respond to, or dispose of, the interactive message;
receiving, at the server, a signal from a respective handheld computing device operated by a respective physician of the group of physicians, wherein said signal indicates an availability of said respective handheld computing device for receipt of said interactive message; and
in response to said signal, automatically transmitting said interactive message from the computer system to said respective handheld computing device.
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Abstract
The present invention provides physicians access to formulary data as well as important clinical and practice management information at the point of care on easy-to-use handheld electronic devices. The invention also provides a method for distributing medical data to medical personnel. The method comprises the steps of storing medical data in a database and periodically communicating selected medical data between the database and an electronic device to establish a medical data distribution system subsidized by sponsoring entities. The invention also provides a computer readable memory storing executable instructions for execution by a computer system such that the computer system functions in a specified manner. The instructions comprise instructions for storing medical data in a database, and instructions for periodically communicating selected medical data between the database and an electronic device to establish a medical data distribution system subsidized by sponsoring entities.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for distributing medical information stored on a computer system to a group of physicians, the method comprising:
at a server in said computer system; identifying a group of physicians from multiple physicians by examining respective profiles of each respective physician of the group of physicians; generating an interactive message comprising; customizing at least a portion of said medical information stored on the computer system to said identified group based on said respective profiles; and including objects that physicians in the group can select to respond to, or dispose of, the interactive message; receiving, at the server, a signal from a respective handheld computing device operated by a respective physician of the group of physicians, wherein said signal indicates an availability of said respective handheld computing device for receipt of said interactive message; and in response to said signal, automatically transmitting said interactive message from the computer system to said respective handheld computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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