Compensated electronic consults
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1. A system for providing a health care professional with health care information, the system comprising:
- a device having computer-readable media stored in physical memory therein that is configured to cause the device to present to the health care professional a presentation that includes information relating to a pharmaceutical or medical product or service or disease state awareness, the computer-readable media being further configured to cause the device to;
present on the device an on-line survey that comprises at least one question that is related to the information included in the presentation, andpresent on the device an incentive to the health care professional for answering the at least one question, the incentive comprising a donation to a charitable organization of the health care professional'"'"'s choice, wherein the health care professional receives no actual economic or other material benefit and the incentive is consistent with one or more opinions by a governmental agency that deems the donation to a charitable organization not to be in violation of anti-kickback statutes; and
a computer having computer-readable media stored in physical memory therein that is configured to cause the computer to;
receive an answer from the health care professional to the at least one question, and cause the donation to be sent to the charitable organization upon receiving the answer.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing health care information to health care providers and for obtaining information pertaining to the practice of a health care provider by providing incentives for provision of such information.
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1. A system for providing a health care professional with health care information, the system comprising:
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a device having computer-readable media stored in physical memory therein that is configured to cause the device to present to the health care professional a presentation that includes information relating to a pharmaceutical or medical product or service or disease state awareness, the computer-readable media being further configured to cause the device to; present on the device an on-line survey that comprises at least one question that is related to the information included in the presentation, and present on the device an incentive to the health care professional for answering the at least one question, the incentive comprising a donation to a charitable organization of the health care professional'"'"'s choice, wherein the health care professional receives no actual economic or other material benefit and the incentive is consistent with one or more opinions by a governmental agency that deems the donation to a charitable organization not to be in violation of anti-kickback statutes; and a computer having computer-readable media stored in physical memory therein that is configured to cause the computer to;
receive an answer from the health care professional to the at least one question, and cause the donation to be sent to the charitable organization upon receiving the answer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer system for providing a health care professional with health care information, the computer system comprising:
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a processor; and memory on which computer-readable media is stored, the computer-readable media comprising instructions that are adapted to cause the processor to; authenticate and confirm that a health care professional using the computer system is an authorized user; present the authenticated health care professional a presentation that includes information relating to a pharmaceutical or medical product or service or disease state awareness and an on-line survey that comprises a plurality of questions that are related to the information included in the presentation; accumulate a plurality of answers by the authenticated health care professional to the plurality of questions; and
present the authenticated health care professional an opportunity to designate a charitable organization to which a donation is provided as an incentive for the authenticated health care professional to provide the plurality of answers, wherein the authenticated health care professional receives no actual economic or other material benefit and the incentive is consistent with one or more opinions by a governmental agency that deems the donation to a charitable organization not to be in violation of anti-kickback statutes.
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