Patent ID: 7945460
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer readable non-transitory medium on a computer storing program instructions comprising instructions causing the computer to: confirm that a health care professional is an authorized user; provide the health care professional with a presentation that includes information relating to a pharmaceutical or medical product or service or disease state awareness; submit to the health care professional at least one question, the at least one question pertaining to information included in the presentation, market research or experiences and opinions of the health care professional with respect to the health care professional's practice, the at least one question being selected from the group consisting of: the pharmaceutical or medical product or service or disease state addressed in the presentation, pharmaceutical or medical products or services that are used by professionals in the health care professional's field, insurance information, health care news and announcements of news of interest to persons in the health care professional's field, practical experiences of the health care professional with respect to the health care professional's profession, the health care professional's thoughts on various dosing regimens, potential new indications, combination therapies, potential adverse drug interactions and side effects, and management techniques for known side effects or diagnosis; present the health care professional with an incentive for answering the at least one question, the incentive comprising a donation to a charitable organization of the health care professional's choice, wherein the health care professional receives no actual economic or other material benefit and the incentive is consistent with one or more opinions by a governmental agency that deems the donation to a charitable organization not to be in violation of anti-kickback statutes; receive from the health care professional an answer to the at least one question; and cause the charitable organization to receive the donation upon receiving the answer by the health care professional.