Systems and methods for providing access to medical information

A system comprising:

• a processor-based device comprising a portal engine stored on a computer-readable medium, the portal engine being configured to:
• receive attributes of a data source, wherein at least one of the attributes is a certification attribute comprising an identification of at least one association certifying the data source;
• score the certification attribute by:
• comparing the identification of the at least one association to a table of attribute values, each of the attribute values being associated with a value score;
• matching the identification of the at least one association to one of the attribute values;
• and
• identifying the value score associated with the matching one of the attribute values as a score for the certification attribute;
• generate a ranking based on the score;
• comparing the ranking to a threshold to determine the data source is a medical information expert;
• receive medical information from the data source;
• and
• store the medical information in a knowledge database.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is program code, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

• program code for receiving attributes of a data source, wherein at least one of the attributes is a certification attribute comprising an identification of at least one association certifying the data source;
• program code for scoring the certification attribute comprising:
• program code for comparing the identification of the at least one association to a table of attribute values, each of the attribute values being associated with a value score;
• program code for matching the identification of the at least one association to one of the attribute values;
• and
• program code for identifying the value score associated with the matching one of the attribute values as a score for the certification attribute;
• program code for generating a ranking based on the score;
• program code for comparing the ranking to a threshold to determine the data source is a medical information expert;
• program code for receiving medical information from the data source;
• program code for storing the medical information in a knowledge database;
• program code receiving an information request from a medical application;
• program code for generating a response to the medical information request, the response comprising at least part of the medical information from the knowledge database;
• and
• program code for returning the response to the medical application in a format adapted to be customized by the medical application.