US 2014/0278504 A1Published application

Medical Research Technology Information Consortium

OwnerMark M. BRAUERinventor

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Abstract

Systems and methods for communicating an accumulation of medical and healthcare research within an electronic nationwide medical research technology information consortium (MRTIC) housed at a centralized location. The manipulable electronic databases associated with the system function to respond to queries from both professionals and private individuals (patients) in a particular medical or healthcare field. The system operates to disseminate information and to identify areas where duplication of effort may be replaced by collaborative efforts. The information disseminated is non-proprietary in nature and serves primarily to identify rather than quantify current and past research efforts. The system therefore benefits broad categories of researchers, institutes, government organizations, sponsors, and patients.

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Dependent claims

A system for communicating medical and healthcare information to private patients and professionals in the field, the system comprising:

(a) a manipulable first digital electronic database having medical and healthcare information stored therein, the information in the form of past, current, and planned research, the information organized by domain sectors;
(b) a manipulable second digital electronic database having user information associated with researchers, sponsors, and private individuals accessing the first digital electronic database;
(c) an electronic data processor connected to the first and second digital electronic databases and operable to process queries from users of the databases, the electronic data processor operating a search engine based on queries and configured to identify overlapping research efforts made by distinct researchers;
(d) a digital electronic network server connecting the electronic data processor to the Internet to provide access to the first and second digital electronic databases from disparately located users.

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