System and method for obtaining patient information

Abstract

A system and method provide medical personnel with additional information about their patients. The system typically includes a portable computing device, communication link, printer, and/or fileserver. The method typically includes administering one or more healthcare screens from the portable computing device. On the portable device, the method typically includes displaying questions and appropriate answer choices for a patient to select from. In response to at least some of the questions, the method also typically includes displaying a next question and answers choices, the next question being useful in providing additional information about the patient. The method also typically includes scoring the healthcare screen according to standard scoring practices and printing or displaying a summary of the results. In addition, the method typically includes sending the summary to a printer and/or file server. The method may further include administering additional screens based on the score of the initial screen.

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