Hierarchical network system for disseminating medical, drug and diagnostic information and guidance

A hierarchical system for providing medical information to medical practitioner comprising:

• a control unit for setting forth system navigation and for providing a plurality of rated medical guidance information stored in a database;
• means for assisting a medical professional in obtaining disease specific hierarchical information from the database;
• and
• means for distributing hierarchical information to said medical practitioner.

A method for generating medical information in a global computer system comprising the following steps:

• authoring a plurality of medical related guidance statements related to specific diseases and rating said information based upon at least one reliability criterion;
• placing the plurality of statements in an accessible database as a module and linking thereto a plurality of additional information and data related to the guidance statements;
• and
• providing end users with access to statements and modules via a user interface.

A method for generating medical information for use in a global computer system comprising the following steps:

• authoring and pre-storing a plurality of medical related guidance statements related to specific diseases and providing for each a qualitative rating based upon the evidence supporting the statement;
• placing the guidance statements within an accessible database as a module and linking thereto a plurality of additional information and data related to the guidance statements;
• and
• providing end users with access to statements and modules via a user interface such that the guidance statements, additional information and data are accessible.