Patent ID: 8577716
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a computer based system for managing healthcare information, a first on-line survey to healthcare providers based on a type of healthcare item associated with a health care provider, wherein the survey comprises a first request for information for a first attribute of the type of healthcare item and a second request for information for a second attribute of the type of healthcare item; transmitting, by the computer based system, a second on-line survey to patients based on the type of healthcare item received by the patients, wherein each patient is associated with a patient profile, and wherein each patient profile is associated with the type of healthcare item and the health care provider; receiving, by the computer based system, responses to the on-line surveys from the healthcare providers and the patients; correlating, by the computer based system, the first online survey from the healthcare provider with the second online survey from the patient based on the patient profile into correlated survey data, wherein first subjective data from the first on-line survey and second subjective data from the second on-line survey are associated, and wherein first objective data from the first on-line survey and second objective data from the second on-line survey are associated; sorting, by the computer based system, the correlated survey data based on a demographic selection associated with the patient profile; consolidating, by the computer based system, the responses to the online surveys based on the type of healthcare item and the demographic selection; collecting, by the computer based system, a plurality of responses to the first request for information to create a first collective analysis for the first attribute; collecting, by the computer based system, a plurality of responses to the second request for information to create a second collective analysis for the second attribute; and determining, by the computer based system, an honorarium linked to at least one of the response to first request for information and the response to the second request for information.