Patent ID: 8401871
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06Q,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a processing device to notify a plurality of physicians of a medical event, the method comprising: receiving, by the processing device, electronic information indicating the medical event, wherein the medical event is selected from a group consisting of a drug recall, a medical device recall, a drug usage warning, a medical device warning, a medical equipment recall, a medical equipment warning, a biological threat and a communicable threat; selecting, by the processing device, a set of the plurality of physicians to notify in response to a type of medical event, wherein the selecting includes selecting the set from a database of physician names; selecting, by the processing device, a test to be completed by a physician in the set of physicians in order to earn credit toward continuing medical education requirements; preparing, by the processing device, an electronic healthcare notification of the medical event to the set of physicians; providing, by the processing device, the electronic healthcare notification to the set of physicians; providing, by the processing device, the test to each of the physicians in the set of physicians, wherein the test is related to information in the electronic healthcare notification, wherein the test includes a plurality of multiple choice questions, and wherein a plurality of answers to the plurality of multiple choice questions by the at least one physician indicates that the physician understood the content of the information in the electronic healthcare notification; receiving, by the processing device, the plurality of answers to the test provided by at least one of the physicians in the set of physicians; comparing, by the processing device, the plurality of answers with a plurality of correct answers; and assigning, by the processing device, a credit value to the at least one physician in response to the comparing.