Patent ID: 8060376
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for collecting medical information from patients, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of substantially blank clipboard forms for collecting patient information from a plurality of health care providers, wherein the plurality of clipboard forms include a plurality of answer spaces for responding to a plurality of questions, and wherein at least a portion of the clipboard forms have distinct predefined layouts with predefined locations associated with the answer spaces; mapping positional coordinates of the predefined locations associated with the answer spaces for respective clipboard forms to create template documents defined by the positional coordinates of the respective clipboard forms; providing a database including a digitized image of the plurality of clipboard forms, respective positional coordinates of answer spaces associated with the plurality of clipboard forms based on the mapping step, and a location where respective clipboard forms should be sent when completed; reviewing the plurality of questions in the plurality of clipboard forms to determine a series of common questions that are substantially common to the plurality of clipboard forms; matching questions in the series of common questions with the positional coordinates for answer spaces associated with respective clipboard forms; providing a web-based system for a patient to setup an account, wherein the web-based system is configured to allow the patient to complete a patient questionnaire that includes the series of common questions; storing the patient's responses to the patient questionnaire on the web-based system; allowing the selection of a healthcare provider from a plurality of healthcare providers to whom the patient's responses should be sent; populating a clipboard form associated with the selected healthcare provider with the patient's responses based on the matching step so that the patient's responses appear in the respective answer spaces corresponding to the predefined layout for the selected healthcare provider's clipboard form; and sending the populated clipboard form to the selected healthcare provider based on the location associated with the clipboard form in the database.