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US 2012/0072275 A1Published application
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OwnerJoseph P. Grace, William R. Grace, JR.inventors
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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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A system for providing incentives to a health care professional, the system comprising:
- a computer having computer-readable media stored in physical memory therein that is configured to cause the computer to:
- receive a request for access from a health care professional;
- confirm that the health care professional is an authorized user;
- retrieve a presentation for the health care professional to view, the presentation including information selected from the group consisting of information related to a pharmaceutical or medical product or service, a disease or medical condition, a diagnostic procedure, and a therapeutic or treatment protocol;
- retrieve at least one question pertaining to the information included in the presentation, market research, or experiences and opinions of the health professional with respect to the health care professional's practice;
- provide an incentive for the health care professional to answer the at least one question, the incentive comprising a donation to a charitable organization in a manner that is consistent with one or more opinions by a governmental agency that deems the donation not to be in violation of anti-kickback statutes;
- receive an answer of the health care professional to the at least one question;
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- generate instructions directing that a charitable contribution be made to the charitable organization of the health care professional's choice based at least on the donation amount associated with the received answer.
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A system for providing incentives to a health care professional, the system comprising:
- a computer having computer-readable media stored in physical memory therein that is configured to cause the computer to:
- provide a presentation for a health care professional to view, the presentation including information selected from the group consisting of information related to a pharmaceutical or medical product or service, a disease or medical condition, a diagnostic procedure, and a therapeutic or treatment protocol;
- retrieve at least one question pertaining to the information included in the presentation, market research, or experiences and opinions of the health professional with respect to the health care professional's practice;
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- provide an incentive for the health care professional to answer the at least one question, the incentive comprising a donation to a charitable organization in a manner that is consistent with one or more opinions by a governmental agency that deems the donation not to be in violation of anti-kickback statutes.
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A system for providing incentives to a health care professional, the system comprising:
- a computer having computer-readable media stored in physical memory therein that is configured to cause the computer to:
- provide a questionnaire to a health care professional pertaining to information selected from the group consisting of information related to a pharmaceutical or medical product or service, a disease or medical condition, a diagnostic procedure, a therapeutic or treatment protocol, market research, and experiences and opinions of the health professional with respect to the health care professional's practice;
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- provide an incentive for the health care professional to answer the questionnaire, the incentive comprising a donation to a charitable organization in a manner that is consistent with one or more opinions by a governmental agency that deems the donation not to be in violation of anti-kickback statutes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.