Abstract:
The present invention provides a novel system and method for intake of medical patients to emergency rooms at hospitals. An embodiment of the invention includes a kiosk with an audio assisted touch screen that presents a number of intake questions to a patient in their preferred language to automate the repetitive component of the interviews. In response to the questions, the kiosk generates an intake report for presentation to a health care worker such as a doctor or a nurse to create a jump-start for the live interview. In this manner, waiting times at hospital emergency rooms can be used to initiate the patient care, even before they see the health care staff, safely since the application can also streamline the waiting room population and save time for all involved parties including the patients, nurses, the physicians and the health care facility. The application has desktop and web versions. The interview is customizable at every level for the questions, flow and language. The suggested consistent and methodical screening for all system/organs and documentation of the interview&#39;s findings helps to reduce physician errors and provides a malpractice shield.

Description:
PRIORITY CLAIM  
       [0001]    The present application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/432,612, filed Dec. 12, 2002, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     
    
     
       FIELD OF THE INVENTION  
         [0002]    The present invention relates generally to computerized systems used in the service professions such as medicine, and more particularly relates to patient intake in a hospital emergency room or the like.  
         BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
         [0003]    As the cost of medical care rises, medical systems are under pressure to provide more care under severe financial constraints. In industrialized countries, these pressures are expected to increase as the baby-boomer population ages. A stretched system means that there can be little room for any increased demand in the system. It is believed that the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (“SARS”) crisis that hit Hong Kong, Toronto and other centres around the world in 2002 pushed various medical systems close to their breaking point.  
           [0004]    Even absent a crisis such as SARS, patients are experiencing increasing waits before they receive medical attention. In the medical system it is common for patients to wait until a physician or other health care provider becomes available for a consultation. In order to reduce the time needed for the consultation, an intake worker, often a nurse or intern, will ask the patient a series of routine questions and make a written record of the patient&#39;s answers The intake process can also help to prioritize patients who may need more immediate attention than others—for example, a heart attack patient will need more immediate attention than a patient with a sprained ankle.  
           [0005]    However, even with the current intake process, patients are still experiencing long waiting periods. This results in frustration for the patient. In centers such as Toronto and New York, there can also be a language barrier as the system attempts to serve populations of diverse backgrounds. One solution is to hire more staff, however, many view this as cost prohibitive.  
           [0006]    Automation techniques to help streamline processing of patients are also well known. In particular, various triage type systems are available, that present questionnaires to patients to assist and/or automate diagnosis of the patient&#39;s condition. For example, Canadian Patent 2,070,561, (related to U.S. Pat. No. 5,572,421) “Portable Medical Questionnaire Presentation Device” and issued Aug. 12, 2003 provides a hand-held, battery-powered medical questionnaire presentation device. The device has means for displaying questions to the patient, a limited number of keys by which the patient can enter answers, and a memory device for storing the patient&#39;s answers. A microcomputer in the device tallies the patient&#39;s answers and, on the basis of that information and objective data supplied by a medical staffer, presents an evaluation of aspects of the patient&#39;s medical condition or health status. The evaluation may consist of recommendations for tests, an analysis of the patient&#39;s general medical condition, an analysis of the patient&#39;s surgical risk, an analysis of the patient&#39;s functional health status, recommendations for counseling the patient, recommendations for health-related lifestyle improvements, or any other conclusions which may be inferred from the patient&#39;s responses. Also of note is that Canadian Patent 2,070,561 contemplates the ability to provide the questionnaire in more than one language. Overall, however, Canadian Patent 2,070,561 is directed to conditions where portability is required, such as for use at bedside by a bedridden patient, or by ambulance technicians or paramedics, and thus the device in Canadian Patent 2,070,561 is not directed to patient intake in an emergency room.  
           [0007]    Likewise, U.S. Pat. No. 6,383,135, “System and Method for Providing Self-Screening of Patient Symptoms”, is a triage type system that presents an automated questionnaire in both pictorial and written format to the patient. U.S. Pat. No. 6,383,135 discloses a medical self-screening system that provides for software that displays an image of the body containing selectable regions that may be affected by patient symptoms and that may be selected by the patient. The software then generates an enlarged and more detailed view of the affected area, and the patient can then again select the more specific region of the affected area, The software then displays screens that permit the patient to compare and select the groups of symptoms they are experiencing. The software then displays the appropriate course of action to the patient, which can consist of appropriate tests, referrals, or diagnostic possibilities. U.S. Pat. No 6,383,135 is directed to a medical self-screening system and method that allows patients to evaluate their symptoms and to determine what the next course of action should be. Although the system may direct the patient to an emergency room, it is not directed to meeting the requirements of a patient intake upon arrival at the emergency room.  
           [0008]    The prior art includes a number of other automated questionnaire type devices, that are intended either to assist in the triage process, or to be used by patient&#39;s at home for self-diagnosis. U.S. Patent Application Publication 2002035486, “Computerized clinical questionnaire with dynamically presented questions”, is another example of such as device. U.S. Patent Application Publication 2002035486 includes a clinical questionnaire system that presents medical questions to a subject and determines additional questions to present based on the subject&#39;s response to previous questions. Positive responses to primary questions trigger presentation of secondary and lower-level questions requesting more specific information from the subject. Deeper-level questions follow a medical pathway correlated with a known medical condition and can prompt presentation of clinical warnings. U.S. Patent Application Publication 2002035486 stresses the advantage that, since the questionnaire is patient-centered, it is free from the medical bias inherent in a physician&#39;s administration of a questionnaire and orientation as to what constitutes true disease. U.S. Patent Application Publication 2002035486 further stresses that, by only presenting relevant questions, the questionnaire decreases the time burden on the subject. Thus, U.S. Patent Application Publication 2002035486 includes a questionnaire that again is primarily directed to diagnosis, but is not tailored to the specific needs of patient intake in an emergency room.  
           [0009]    U.S. Patent Application Publication US2002194031, “Method for acquiring and evaluating data during the admission of a patient for operation”, also includes an automated questionnaire, this time tailored for presentation to a surgeon. U.S. Patent Application Publication US2002194031 discloses a method for the acquisition and evaluation of data during the admission of an operation patient, to thereby enable the doctor to justify a decision when classifying the operation of patient as being in a particular risk group. The patient admission inquiries are made automatically using software, via an interactive data acquisition unit. A risk evaluation is provided throughout the data acquisition process, based on the current status of the data. During the data acquisition process, a list of still urgently required entries is provided with each risk evaluation and as yet unanswered questions are acknowledged as such in order to register the fulfillment of the duty of care in recording the data. Again, the automated questionnaire provided in U.S. Patent Application Publication US2002194031 is not directed to reducing waiting times in emergency rooms, but is tailored to identifying risks to surgeons prior to performing surgery.  
           [0010]    Similarly, U.S. Patent Application Publication US20020081558, “Computer-Automated Implementation of User-Definable Decision Rules for Medical Diagnostic or Screening Interpretations”, relates to a method of utilizing software where a physician manipulates the software so that a technician can diagnose a patient in the absence of the physician. The software allows a physician to tailor the processing of test data by manipulating rules in a decision tree so that a value can be assigned to certain test criteria, which allows for comparison with actual test data values. A nonprofessional can then subject digital test results to the decision tree tailored by the physician, thus providing the patient with an analysis based on professional judgment, in the absence of a professional. U.S. Patent Application Publication US20020081558 is directed to increasing the efficient use of physician and patient time involved in diagnosis, but does not address patient intake issues in the emergency room of a medical facility.  
           [0011]    A number of other automated questionnaire disclosures can also be found in the prior art. U.S. Pat. No. 3,566,370 provides a device for the automatic history-taking of a patient by presenting a number of slides that pose questions to which a patient can respond by pushing one of a number of buttons associated with a range of responses. By the same token, U.S. Pat. No. 4,130,881, “System and technique for automated medical history taking” discloses an automated medical history taking system and technique where selected branch paths through a questionnaire are provided in accordance with stated patient complaints and wherein medically related questions are offered to the patient. What is particularly stressed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,130,881 is that questions are presented to a patient if medically related to a present area of inquiry, even though the patient may not have actually selected that series of questions. The example is given that, even as patient is questioned only with respect to complaints involving the head and neck, if the patient indicates that he is a heavy smoker, then the patient is provided further questions from the lung section, although this anatomical region was not specified for questioning by the patient. Thus, U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,566,370 and 4,130,881 are directed to assisting in automated patient diagnosis, rather than to managing and streamlining intake of a patient in a medical facility.  
           [0012]    It is also known to manage workflow through a hospital through automation. U.S. Pat. No. 5,065,315, “System And Method For Scheduling And Reporting Patient Related Services Including Prioritizing Services”, discloses a computerized hospital system that includes a terminal in all departments of the hospital for entering information pertinent to a patient&#39;s stay in the hospital. The initial information entered, as a part of the admitting procedure, includes the patient&#39;s history and admitting physician&#39;s physical examination results. It additionally includes the physician&#39;s orders for tests or hospital services to be performed. The system prints a history and physical report for the patient&#39;s chart and highlights the abnormal findings and complaints. The system additionally schedules all hospital services for the patient, thereby eliminating this responsibility from the nurses and other hospital personnel, and avoids situations where the patient is scheduled to be in two places at the same time. The scheduling system is capable of rescheduling tests or services in cases of emergency. Test results and/or technician&#39;s comments are entered into the system through terminals in each department and the results and comments are printed at the nurses&#39; station for inclusion in the patient&#39;s chart. Additionally, physician&#39;s and nurses&#39; notes and findings are entered into the systems, and printed at the nurses&#39; station for inclusion in the chart. The system finally prints a discharge planning document and a narrative discharge report for the chart, as well as a patient instruction document. The information entered into the system may be used by the billing program to bill the patient for all services and tests performed. Thus, while U.S. Pat. No. 5,065,315 can streamline the patient once they are admitted to the hospital, U.S. Pat. No. 5,065,315 actually utilizes technicians or nurses to ask the questions of the patient and input the data, and accordingly U.S. Pat. No. 5,065,315 still depends on a hospital technician to handle the intake of a patient at the emergency room.  
           [0013]    The use of an automated system to manage patient records to facilitate scheduling in a medical facility is disclosed in Canadian Patent Application 2,067,747, “System for Centralized Storage of Patient Related Data Records Including Medical Notes and Test Results and for Scheduling Patient Related Services”. Canadian Patent Application 2,067,747 provides for a computerized system of departmental terminals in a hospital that process information that is pertinent to a patient&#39;s stay including a patient&#39;s history, test or hospital services to be performed, test results and technicians&#39;, nurses&#39;, and doctors&#39; notes. The system prints out the patient&#39;s history and a patient chart report that highlights abnormal findings and complaints. The system also schedules and prioritizes hospital services that the patient requires. Once the patient is ready to be discharged, the system prints discharge planning documentation for the hospital as well as a patient instruction document. Canadian Patent Application 2,067,747 is, therefore, directed to improving the efficiency and timeliness of the administration of a patient during their stay in a medical facility rather than to improving patient intake in the emergency room of the medical facility.  
           [0014]    Similarly, U.S. Pat. No. 5,760,704, “Patient Tracking System for Hospital Emergency Facility”, is directed to an electronic patient tracking system for use in a hospital emergency room. The system includes patient tracking modules, which display the patient&#39;s name and complaint, and the names of the attending physician and nurse, and which communicate with each other when a patient is moved to a room associated with a different module. U.S. Pat. No. 5,760,704 also provides for color coded switches that illuminate according to orders for work to be done, or that flash to indicate an alarm condition if an order is not completed. The system allows for data entry and for setting of order indicators, as well as for the performance of those functions by the hospital&#39;s host computer system. Although directed to hospital emergency rooms, U.S. Pat. No. 5,760,704 relates to patient tracking and electronic handling and manipulation of patient chart information which, again, depends on hospital staff to deal with emergency room patient intake.  
           [0015]    U.S. Patent Application Publication US 20020072911, “System and Method for Interactively Tracking a Patient in a Medical Facility”, also relates to an automated system for patient tracking in a medical facility. U.S. Patent Application Publication US 20020072911 discloses a system for registering and tracking a patient in a treatment area of a medical facility by receiving personal, treatment, and logistical patient data U.S. Patent Application Publication US 20020072911 is directed to the processing and tracking of post-admission patient flow on the basis of diagnostic information, rather than to the initial patient intake in the emergency room of a medical facility.  
           [0016]    The prior art also discloses information networks that facilitate the delivery of information to physicians, nurses, pharmacists and patients. U.S. Patent Application Publication 20020188467, “Medical Virtual Resource Network”, relates to a virtual resource network that integrates voice interactive, text interactive and streaming video operative on high speed optical and satellite connections to deliver information. The network provides patient records upon voice command and verifies insurance coverage, searches for proper dosage and alternative drugs, and evaluates their price and availability. The network prepares and sends billing information, tracks patient progress and sends reminders to patients. The network can provide access to a second opinion, to universities, and to medical journals and treatises. Thus, U.S. Patent Application Publication 20020188467 relates to the seamless and interactive access and utilization of medical information by physicians in order to improve the delivery and quality of medical services, and to the streamlining of insurance and pharmaceutical procedures, rather than to patient intake in the emergency room of a medical facility.  
           [0017]    Similarly, U.S. Patent Application Publication 20020111830, “Method Using a Global Server for Providing Patient Medical Histories to Assist in the Delivery of Emergency Medical Services”, facilitates the delivery of emergency medical services by providing patient information via a wireline or wireless network, the Internet or a wide area network directly to the site of an emergency. U.S. Patent Application Publication 20020111830 is directed to a method for transmitting a patient&#39;s medical information directly to a computer at the site of the patient&#39;s emergency, either in an emergency room or in a rescue vehicle, or to a personal digital assistant carried by emergency personnel. The method also allows for the provision of insurance information. Thus, the method covered by U.S. Patent Application Publication 20020111830 is directed particularly to providing on-site access to a patient&#39;s medical records rather than to facilitating the intake of a patient in the emergency room of a medical facility.  
           [0018]    Also in the same vein, U.S. Patent Application Publication 20020046061, “Personal Information System”, relates to a personal information system that stores medical data. U.S. Patent Application Publication 20020046061 allows for a patient to provide medical data to a centralize system such as a healthcare service center, including a hospital or a clinic. U.S. Patent Application Publication 20020046061 also allows for a portable optical disk containing the medical data to be created for the patient to carry. The system provides storage for the data so that a patient can update the medical data via the Internet, and can order an updated optical disk. Thus, U.S. Patent Application Publication 20020046061 relates to a system for the storage and manipulation of patient data in a personal database rather than to increasing the efficiency of patient intake in a medical facility emergency room.  
           [0019]    Finally, it is also known to provide remote medical services via two-way communication systems. In this respect, U.S. Pat. No. 6,046,761, “Interactive Communication System for Medical Treatment of Remotely Located Patients”, comprises two inter-communicating stations, one for a patient and one for a physician, with video and audio capability. The patient station is equipped with devices that allow the physician to monitor and measure patient health, with a camera that transmits the patient&#39;s identifying documents to the physician, and with a credit card reader for the payment of services. The patient may also make a payment for medical services by using an accepted insurance card or by obtaining an account number from the retailer upon whose premises the station is placed. U.S. Pat. No. 6,046,761 emphasizes the medical diagnosis and treatment of patients in remote locations and does not, therefore, address the intake of patients in the emergency room of a medical facility.  
           [0020]    U.S. Pat. No. 6,205,716, “Modular Video Conference Enclosure”, also relates to the provision of remote medical services via two-way communication systems. U.S. Pat. No. 6,205,716 relates to a secure, modular and moveable interactive enclosure that has telecollaborative video conferencing and imaging capabilities and that provides a privileged and confidential environment. The device contemplates the incorporation of equipment for a physician to remotely monitor the physiological aspects of a user&#39;s health, as well as for the training and educating of students of the healing arts. U.S. Pat. No. 6,205,716 is directed to an enclosure that provides a secure environment for the remote exchange of sensitive information such as medical data, rather than to the intake of patients in the emergency room of a medical facility.  
           [0021]    Overall, it can be seen that the length of time spent to complete the intake of a patient presents a weakness in the medical system.  
         SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
         [0022]    It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel system and method for intake that obviates or mitigates at least one of the above-identified disadvantages of the prior art.  
           [0023]    According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a system for patient intake comprising a computer-based kiosk having an input device such as a keyboard or touch screen and an output device such as a monitor and/or headphones, and a computing unit connected to the input and output devices. The computing unit is operable to receive user responses via the input device and to present a intake questionnaire corresponding to the received user responses. The computing unit is further operable to compile all information gathered during the delivery of the intake questionnaire and prepare a summary of questions asked and a preliminary diagnosis to be verified by a medical pracitioner. The compiled information is then assembled into a report that is printed or otherwise outputted to a doctor or other medical professional. For example, soft copies of the questionnaire can be saved in a storage device connected to the kiosk. For privacy reasons, such retention of soft copies can be made contingent on the patient&#39;s consent and made retrievable only by an authorized system administrator. However presented, the report can be used to decrease the time it takes for the doctor to diagnose and/or treat the patient. The computing unit can also be used to prioritize a plurality of patients based on their medical needs and the available medical resources to treat those needs.  
           [0024]    The kiosk can use the patient&#39;s time that&#39;s generally wasted in the waiting room to extract the raw medical data regarding their complaints. Written text questions can be used for literate patients that can walk, talk and wait. For illiterate patients, the questions can be presented using as many pictograms or icons as possible, with audio messages in the patient&#39;s prefered language being used to guide the patient through which pictograms to select to provide a particular answer. Translating the questionnaire into as many as possible languages, and translating the report back again to the medical practitioner&#39;s native language can ameliorate language barriers.  
           [0025]    Headphones can be used to provide hearing assistance as well as privacy and to present the questionnaire, in order to reduce needed cognitive functioning during delivery of the questionnaire. The questionnaire in order can be furthered offered in terms of yes/no answers to further ease the difficulty of talking the questionnaire for the patient.  
           [0026]    The present invention provides a novel system and method for intake that can help health care facilities to serve patients more efficiently and within available resources. The facilities can save time and money since they can operate faster and produce more with the same resources. In certain situations where an emergency room is experiencing high demand, it can save time for all involved parties, including the patients, nurses, doctors and health care facility or the corresponding individuals for other types of waiting rooms. 
       
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0027]    The invention will now be described by way of example only, and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:  
         [0028]    [0028]FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a system for intake in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;  
         [0029]    [0029]FIG. 2 shows the kiosk of FIG. 1 in greater detail;  
         [0030]    [0030]FIG. 3 shows a flowchart depicting a method of patient intake in accordance with another embodiment of the invention;  
         [0031]    [0031]FIG. 4 shows an example screen shot that can be generated on the kiosk of FIG. 2 using the method in FIG. 3;  
         [0032]    [0032]FIG. 5 shows an example screen shot that can be generated on the kiosk of FIG. 2 using the method in FIG. 3;  
         [0033]    [0033]FIG. 6 shows an example screen shot that can be generated on the kiosk of FIG. 2 using the method in FIG. 3;  
         [0034]    [0034]FIG. 7 shows an example screen shot that can be generated on the kiosk of FIG. 2 using the method in FIG. 3;  
         [0035]    [0035]FIG. 8 shows an example screen shot that can be generated on the kiosk of FIG. 2 using the method in FIG. 3;  
         [0036]    [0036]FIG. 9 shows an example screen shot that can be generated on the kiosk of FIG. 2 using the method in FIG. 3;  
         [0037]    [0037]FIG. 10 shows an example screen shot that can be generated on the kiosk of FIG. 2 using the method in FIG. 3 and,  
         [0038]    [0038]FIG. 11 shows an example of a report that can be generated using the method in FIG. 3. 
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION  
       [0039]    Referring now to FIG. 1, a system for intake is indicated generally at  50 . System  50  comprises at least one intake kiosk  54   1 ,  54   2  . . .  54   n  (generically referred to herein as kiosks  54 ) all of which are connected to at least one intake server  58  through a local area network (“LAN”)  62 . Each kiosk  54  is generally operable to conduct communications with server  58  over LAN  62 . While the present embodiment utilizes a LAN, in other embodiments other networks or combinations of networks can be used. In the present embodiment, system  50  is located in a hospital, wherein kiosks  54  are located in a waiting area  66  of the hospital emergency room, while server  58  is located inside a nursing station  70  of the emergency room.  
         [0040]    System  50  also includes a plurality of treatment room clients  74   1 ,  74   2  . . .  74   o  that are located in a respective treatment room  78   1 ,  78   2  . . .  78   o  of the hospital. Clients  74  are each connected to an output device  82 . In a present embodiment, output device  82  is a printer operable to convert an electronic document into paper form. Thus, as patients are admitted to the hospital, they are moved from waiting area  66  to an appropriate one of the treatment rooms  78  wherein a medical practitioner can treat the patient&#39;s condition, and/or run diagnostic tests, and/or the like, as appropriate. As will be explained in greater detail below, system  50  is operable to determine an appropriate treatment room  78  for a particular patient, and to schedule a time for that patient to be directed from waiting area  66 . Further, system  50  is operable to automatically direct the details of the patient intake to the printer  82  associated with that determined treatment room  78 .  
         [0041]    Referring now to FIG. 2, kiosk  54  is shown in greater detail. In a present embodiment, kiosk  54  includes a personal computer (not shown) housed within the chassis  86  of kiosk  54 . The personal computer typically includes a tower that includes one or more central processing units, a graphic card, random access memory, storage devices and a network interface to allow the kiosk  54  to communicate over LAN  62 . Kiosk  54  includes a touch-screen  90 , which is operable to operate as both an input device and an output device. As an input device, touch-screen  90  receives user-input by allowing a patient to depress active portions along the surface of touch-screen  90 . As an output device, touch screen  90  is operable to display information on screen  90  in the usual manner. Kiosk  54  additionally includes a magnetic card swipe reader  94  through which a patient can swipe a magnetic stripe card  98 . Magnetic stripe card  98  is typically owned by the patient using kiosk  54 , and can be a health insurance card, drivers license, credit card or the like. Each kiosk  54  additionally includes a set of headphones  102  that allows a patient to privately listen to audio output generated by kiosk  54 . As will be explained in greater detail below, kiosk  54  is generally operable to perform an intake of a patient into the emergency room of the hospital, and to present the results of the intake to the remainder of system  50 .  
         [0042]    Referring again to FIG. 1, server  58  can be any type of computing device operable to communicate with computing devices connected to LAN  62 , such as an Hewlett Packard® personal computer running Linux®, however, any type of computing environment can be used. Server  58  thus includes a tower that includes one or more central processing units, random access memory, storage devices and a network interface to allow the server  58  to receive intake messages from each kiosk  54 . Further details about the function of server  58 , and by extension the various types of hardware that can be used to implement server  58 , will become apparent in the discussion below.  
         [0043]    Referring now to FIG. 3, a method for intaking a patient into an emergency room of a hospital is indicated generally at  300 . In order to assist in the explanation of the method, it will be assumed that method  300  is operated using system  50 . Furthermore, the following discussion of method  300  will lead to further understanding of system  50  and its various components. (However, it is to be understood that system  50  and/or method  300  can be varied, and need not work exactly as discussed herein in conjunction with each other, and that such variations are within the scope of the present invention.)  
         [0044]    Beginning first at step  305 , the preferred language of the patient is determined. This step is performed by kiosk  54 , which in its ‘ready’ state displays the welcome screen  400  shown in FIG. 4. A patient arriving at the waiting room  66  of the hospital will approach one of the kiosks  54  and be presented with the welcome screen  400  on touch screen  90 . The patient can select from one of the plurality of languages shown on screen  400  by touching the appropriate area of touch screen  90 , and kiosk  54  will accordingly determine that the selected language is the preferred language of the patient. In the present example, it is assumed the patient presses “hello” to indicate English as the preferred language.  
         [0045]    Next, at step  315 , the identity of the patient is received. Kiosk  54  will thus present identification screen  402  shown in FIG. 5. Simultaneously, kiosk  54  will play an audio file in the preferred language of the patient through headphones  102  that corresponds to the instructional text in screen  402 , namely “Please type your first name and last name.” (While not mentioned in the following discussion, it is to be understood that in the present embodiment such audio files are played for each of the screens displayed on kiosk  54 , and in this manner, help alleviate any illiteracy issues for the patient and/or to otherwise enhance the patient&#39;s experience with kiosk  54 ). In this manner, the patient then depresses the “next” area on screen  402  to advance to the next question that is used to determine the identity of the patient. Additional identity questions are typically asked at this point as well, including an address, telephone number, age, gender, hospital insurance information, and social insurance number in order to complete the gathering of the patient&#39;s identity at step  315 . It should be noted that the questions asked are presented in such a way to comply with relevant privacy laws and or procedures.  
         [0046]    As an alternative to using screen  402 , (or in addition to using screen  402 ) kiosk  54  may perform step  315  by requesting that the patient swipe a magnetic stripe card  98  that includes the identity of patient through card reader  94 , and through this means establish the identity of the patient. Such a card could be a hospital card, medical insurance card, driver&#39;s license, credit card or the like.  
         [0047]    Having received the patient identification at step  315 , the method advances to step  320 . At step  320  an intake question is presented to the patient in the patient&#39;s preferred language. The question is presented in both visual format on screen  90  and in audio format through headphones  102 . FIG. 6 shows screen  404  that is presented on screen  90  at step  320 , and asks the patient to identify the reason that they are at the emergency room, by presenting the question “What brings you here today?”.  
         [0048]    At step  325 , the patient response is received. In the example of screen  404  shown in FIG. 6, it is assumed that the patient depresses the button marked “pain”, and shading associated therewith accordingly changes to indicate to the patient that the selection for “pain” has been made.  
         [0049]    At step  330 , the patient will verify their response made at step  325 . It is thus open to the patient at this point to change their selection on screen  104  to something different, in which case at step  330  it will be determined that “no”, the patient has not verified the response and method  300  will return to step  320 , at which point screen  90  will present an appropriately updated version of screen  404 , and the method will cycle to steps  325  and  330  as previously mentioned. However, if the patient does verify the response, by pressing the “next” button in the bottom right hand corner of screen  404 , then method  300  advances to step  340 .  
         [0050]    (While not shown in method  300 , it is also open to the patient to depress the “back” button at this point in the method and return to step  315  to change their identification information).  
         [0051]    At step  340 , it is determined whether there are further questions to be asked of the patient. Such a determination is based on the preprogrammed questions within kiosk  54 , and such questions are based on whether sufficient information exists to provide at least a basic intake report of the patient. Once, at step  320 , general questions pertaining to the existence of pain have been ascertained, then in this example at step  340  it would be determined that “yes”, further questions are to be asked and the method advances to step  345 .  
         [0052]    At step  345 , the next question to be asked of the patient is determined, such a question being determined according the context of the response received at step  325 . Thus, since the patient responded with the answer “pain”, then it is determined that further questions about the patient&#39;s pain are to be asked, and the next of those questions is presented on screen  90  as method  300  returns from step  345  to step  320 . Continuing with this example, FIG. 7 shows a screen  406  that asks “Where is your pain? Please point to the picture.” Additionally, in screen  406 , a pictoral representation of the human body is provided, and the patient can select an area of the body. Method  300  then advances to step  325  again, where the patient selection is received. In the example being given, it is shown on screen  406  that the patient has selected the front abdominal area of the human body.  
         [0053]    Method  300  then advances to step  330  and step  340  in the manner previously described. For example, FIG. 8, shows screen  408 , which is presented at step  320  following the presentation of screen  406  during the previous cycle, and asks the patient to identify more specifically where, in the abdomen, the pain is occurring. Typically, method  300  could cycle through steps  320 - 345  dozens of times until at step  340  it is determined that “no”, further questions are not needed to complete the intake.  
         [0054]    Table I shows a list of questions that give a complete example of a set of intake questions and hypothetical responses for a patient that has indicated abdominal pain that follows with the example being described thus far.  
                                                           TABLE I                           Exemplary Questions                Question   Response options   Response (Received at           Question   (Presented at   (Presented at Step   step 325 and verified   Further Questions?       Number   Step 320)   320)   at step 330)   (Step 340)                    1   Hello (in various   Depress “Hello”   Please touch screen to   Yes           languages)   corresponding to   begin. Patient selects               patient&#39;s preferred   “Hello” according to               language.   their preferred                   language.       2   Please type your   Pictorial   LINDA OWENS   Yes           first name and   representation of a           last name.   keyboard.       3   Please type your   Pictorial   35   Yes           age.   representation of a               keyboard.       4   Are you male or   Male, Female   Female   Yes           female?       5   Are you   Pregnant, Not   Pregnant   Yes           pregnant?   Pregnant, Don&#39;t know       6   When was your   Less than 4 weeks   Less than 4 weeks ago   Yes           last menstrual   ago, More than 4           period?   weeks ago,               Menstruating now       7   Is this your first   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           visit at this           clinic?       8   Are you here to   Here to report a new   Here to report a new   Yes           report a new   medical problem   medical problem           medical problem   Follow up from an           or to follow up   earlier visit           from an earlier           visit?       9   Please type the   Pictorial   HEARTBURN   Yes           name of your   representation of a           condition(s).   keyboard       10   Have you had   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           any medical           tests lately?       11   Was it one of   Blood test,   Blood test   Yes           the following   Ultrasound, X-ray,           tests?   ECG, CAT Scan,               Endoscopy, MR,               ECHO, Nuclear               imaging test, Other       12   What Brings   Pain, Bleeding,   Pain   Yes           You Here?   Injury, Worsening of               Condition, Shortness               of Breath, Other       13   Where is Your   Pictorial   Abdominal Area   Yes           Pain? Please   representation of           point on the   human body with           picture.   areas selectable on               touch screen.       14   In what part of   Pictorial   Abdominal Area   Yes           your belly are   representation of           you feeling the   human abdomen with           pain?   middle of abdomen               selected on touch               screen.       15   Does your pain   Yes, No   No   Yes           go (radiate)           anywhere?       16   Is this the first   Yes, Not first time   Yes   Yes           time you&#39;re           having this           pain?       17   Did your pain   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           start suddenly?       18   How old is your   Less than 4 fours,   Less than four hours   Yes           pain?   Between 4 and 24               hours, Longer than 24               hours       19   If you gave it a   Less than 5, More   Less than 5   Yes           score between 1   than 5           and 10, how bad           is your pain?       20   Is your pain   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           increasing?       21   Is your pain   Pain is always, there   Pain is always there   Yes           always there or   Pain comes and goes           does it come and   away           go away?       22   Is your pain   Sharp, Dull   Sharp   Yes           sharp or dull?       23   Do you   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           remember what           you were doing           when it started?       24   What brings   During rest, During   During rest   Yes           your pain on?   exercise           Does it come           during rest or           exercise?       25   Is your pain   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           related to           eating?       26   Do you have   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           back pain now?       27   Do you have   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           high blood           pressure?       28   Are you   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           coughing?       29   Do you have a   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           sore throat?       30   Do your legs   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           become painful           when walking?       31   How far can you   Less than 2 blocks,   Less than 2 blocks   Yes           walk?   More than 2 blocks       32   Are your ankles   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           swelling?       33   Did you throw up?   Yes, No   Yes   Yes       34   What did you   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           throw up? Was           it brown and           similar in           appearance to           coffee grounds?       35   How much did   Less than a full glass,   Less than a full glass   Yes           you throw up?   More than a full glass       36   How long have   Within the last 4   Within the last 4   Yes           you been   hours, In the last 24   hours           throwing up?   hours, For longer than               24 hours       37   Have you been   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           losing weight           during the last 3           months?       38   How much   Less than 10 pounds,   Less than 10 pounds   Yes           weight have you   More than 10 pounds           lost during the           last 3 months?       39   Are you   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           sweating now?       40   Do you have a   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           fever?       41   Does your neck   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           feel stiff?       42   How has your   Same, Decreased,   Decreased   Yes           appetite been   Increased           lately?       43   Do you drink   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           alcohol?       44   How many   Less than 3 times,   Less than 3 times   Yes           times per week   Between 5 or 10           do you drink   times, More than 10           alcohol?   times       45   Do you smoke?   Yes, No, Quit   Yes   Yes       46   How many   Less than 10   Less than 10   Yes           cigarettes do   cigarettes a day, More   cigarettes a day           you smoke per   than 10 cigarettes a           day?   day       47   How long have   Less than 10 years,   Less than 10 years   Yes           you been   More than 10 years           smoking?       48   Do you live   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           alone?       49   What kind of   Physical labor, Office   Physical labor   Yes           work do you do?   work       50   Have you done   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           any traveling lately?       51   Are you using   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           any over the           counter           medications?       52   Are you using   Tylenol, Aspirin,   Aspirin   Yes           any of the   Zantac, Antacid,           following   Herbal remedies or           medications?   vitamins, Stool               softener, Cough               medication, Claritin,               Nicotine replacement,               Other       53   Are you using   Yes, No   No   Yes           any prescribed           medications?       54   Do you have   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           allergies?       55   Are you allergic   Penicillin, Pets &amp;   Peanuts   Yes           to any of the   Animals, Dust, Food,           following   Grass or trees, Mold           agents?   spores, Cockroaches,               Cigarette Smoke,               Ragweed, Peanuts,               Other       56   Do you have   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           diarrhea?       57   Do you have   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           blood in your           stool?       58   Did your urine   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           recently turn           dark?       59   Are your pants   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           getting tighter           around your           waste?       60   Are you having   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           difficulty           swallowing?       61   Do you have a   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           duodenal or           gastric ulcer?       62   Do you have   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           cirrhosis or liver           disease?       63   Have you had   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           surgery in your           abdomen (belly)           in the past?       64   When did you   Within the last 1   Within the last 1   Yes           have surgery in   month, Longer than a   month           your abdomen   month ago           (belly)?       65   Do you have a   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           burning           sensation when           passing urine?       66   Do you have   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           discharge from           your vagina?       67   Have you been   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           passing urine           more often than           usual?       68   Have you been   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           urinating a lot           lately?       69   Are you   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           sexually active?       70   How has your   Down, Up, Same   Down   Yes           mood been           lately?       71   How&#39;s your   Down, Up Same   Down   Yes           energy level           lately?       72   How&#39;s your   Less, More, Same   Less   Yes           sleep been           lately?       73   How has your   Poor, Same   Poor   Yes           memory been           lately?       74   Have you been   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           feeling anxious           lately?       75   How&#39;s your   Withdrawn, Active   Withdrawn   Yes           social life been           lately? Are you           withdrawn or           socially active?       76   Do you have   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           pain in your           joints?       77   Do you have   Yes, No   No   Yes           joint swelling?       78   Have you been   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           drinking a lot of           water lately?       79   Do you feel cold   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           easily lately?       80   Do you have eye   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           problems?       81   Do you have   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           skin changes?       82   Do you have   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           hair changes?       83   Have you been   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           having           chemotherapy?       84   Do you bruise   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           easily?       85   Do you have   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           nose bleeds?       86   Do you feel   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           bumps and           lumps in your           body?       87   Where do you   Pictorial   Upper Torso Area   Yes           feel lumps and   representation of           bumps? Please   human body with           point on the   areas selectable on           screen.   touch screen.       88   Have you ever   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           had a           gynecological           procedure?       89   Have you ever   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           been diagnosed           with           ovary/cervix or           uterus cancer?       90   Have you been   Yes, No   Yes   Yes           having           headaches           lately?       91   Have you had a   Yes, No   No   Yes           spell or           convulsion?       92   Do you have   Yes, No   No   Yes           weakness in           your hands or           arms?       93   Do you have   Yes, No   No   Yes           weakness in           your feet or           legs?       94   Do you feel   Yes, No   No   Yes           numbness           anywhere in           your body?       95   Do you have   Yes, No   No   Yes           shaking or           tremors?       96   Do you   Yes, No   Yes   No           sometimes wet           your underwear?                  
 
         [0055]    It is to be understood that Table I is merely an illustrative example and a virtually infinite number of questionnaires and possible responses can be configured into system  50  as desired.  
         [0056]    Thus, once the patient completes a sufficient number of questions at step  340 , it is determined that “no” further questions need not be asked, then method  300  will advance to step  350 . At step  350 , screen  410  in FIG. 9 is presented to the patient, which thanks the patient for their responses and offers them the opportunity to decide whether to finish the intake procedure (by pressing “yes”), or to amend the responses (by pressing “no” or “go back”). If the patient presses “no” or “go back” then method  300  moves from step  350  back to step  345 , at which point the next question to be presented to the patient is determined as previously described. In this particular situation, the previous question screen may be shown (if “go back” is presses, or if “no” is pressed, then the patient may be given the opportunity to select any number of options, from reanswering certain specific questions to restarting the entire questionnaire).  
         [0057]    However, if, at step  350 , the patient selects “yes”, then method  300  advances to step  355 , at which point the exit screens are presented to the patient. Screen  412  of FIG. 10 gives an example of such an exit screen, that gives the patient general instructions about what will happen next. In the present embodiment, screen  412  also asks the patient if they wish to save their questionnaire answers in the event there is a followup visit—this question is posed to respect patient wishes, for example, the patient wishes to protect their privacy and would thereby want to answer “no” to this question.  
         [0058]    At this point, method  300  advances to step  360  at which point a report summarizing the intake is generated in the language of the hospital staff Referring now to FIG. 11, an example intake report is shown generally at  414  which is based on the exemplary questions and responses provided in Table I. In the present embodiment, it is to be noted that report  414  is directed to an intake report summary for the emergency room of the hospital. In the present embodiment, report  414  is generated by kiosk  54  and sent to server  58 . At this point, an operator (i.e. a nurse) of server  58  can manually select an appropriate one of treatment rooms  78  and cause report  414  to be output at the printer  82  corresponding to that selected treatment room  78 . Alternatively, this process can be automated, completely or in part, as software executing on server  58  is configured to prioritize various intake reports received from kiosks  54  according to urgency (thereby directing such reports to appropriate treatment rooms  78 ) according to that urgency, and/or according to the type of condition. Thus, where a condition identified on report  414  is more suitable for the facilities and/or professionals working in one of the treatment rooms, then that report  414  will be delivered to that treatment room  78 . Other criteria for selecting a treatment room will now occur to those of skill in the art.  
         [0059]    Appendix I attached hereto provides a complete example of a questionnaire that can be used with kiosk  54 .  
         [0060]    While only specific combinations of the various features and components of the present invention have been discussed herein, it will be parent to those of skill in the art that desired subsets of the disclosed features and components and/or alternative combinations of these features and components can be utilized, as desired. For example, kiosk  54  can be substituted for other types of computing devices, such as, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant, cell phone, laptop computer, email paging device etc, through which the intake software is activated via a wired or wireless network connection. In this manner, the intake software operating on the computing device can allow the intake procedure to be performed while a patient is at home, office, or other remote location or en route to the hospital, further streamlining the intake process, as the results of the intake process are collected and tabulated by server  70 .  
         [0061]    As another variation, server  70  can be located at a 911 dispatch centre (or other central dispatch centre), and can be operable to execute the intake software on wired or wireless computing devices of the type previously described. Thus, while a patient is conducting the intake procedures at home or en route to the hospital, server  70  can be dynamically determining availability of certain hospitals to handle the condition being reported by the patient, and direct that patient to a particular hospital that has capacity and/or expertise to handle the patient and the patient&#39;s condition.  
         [0062]    System  50  can be modified to operate in an application service provider (“ASP”) format, wherein network  62  is the Internet and server  58  hosts the application that performs method  300  (and its variants), and the questions in Appendix I are presented as web-pages on each kiosk  54 . As a further variation, where server  58  hosts the application, kiosks  54  (or other suitable computing devices) can actually be located in different waiting rooms of different hospitals or other waiting room environments such as individual doctor&#39;s offices. This particular variation can be desirable where the waiting room environment using kiosk  54  does not wish to maintain the hardware and software needed to perform method  300 , but instead desires to have the questionnaire engine of system  50  maintained by a third party. By the same token, where server  58  hosts the application that performs method  300 , it is also contemplated that the specific questions that are presented on a given kiosk  54  can be remotely configured. In this manner, server  58  can operate an underlying engine that performs method  300 , but the specific questions that are posed at step  320 , and the linked responses thereto, can be tailored to different ones of the kiosks  54 . In other words, a simple user interface can be provided to either server S 8  or community service sector since the questions are customizable in terms of text, algorithmic flow, relating printout information, and language.  
         [0063]    The above-described embodiments of the invention are intended to be examples of the present invention and alterations and modifications may be effected thereto, by those of skill in the art, without departing from the scope of the invention which is defined solely by the claims appended hereto.  
       APPENDIX I  
     Exemplary Questionnaire  
       [0064]    Section 1: Intro  
         [0065]    1(1): Name  
         [0066]    1(2): Age  
         [0067]    1(3): Gender  
         [0068]    if female 1(4): Pregnant? 
         [0069]    if pregnant 1(5): How long pregnant  
         [0070]    if not pregnant 1(6): LMP  
         [0071]    1(7) First visit? 
         [0072]    1(8) Reporting new problem or follow up? 
         [0073]    if reporting new problem 1(7): Reason for visit  
         [0074]    if injured 1(8): Injury location  
         [0075]    if injured 1(9): Accident? 
         [0076]    In injured 1(10): Assault? 
         [0077]    If injured 1(11): Injury when? 
         [0078]    If injured 1(12): tetanus history  
         [0079]    1(13): Past medical history MH List 1  
         [0080]    1(14): Past Medical History MH List 2  
         [0081]    if chosen a PMH from list 1(15): Condition name  
         [0082]    if chosen other from PMH list 1(16): other condition name  
         [0083]    1(17): Medical tests  
         [0084]    if had medical tests 1(18): What medical tests  
         [0085]    1919): Surgey in last 1 month  
         [0086]    if chosen Pain for question 1(7) Section 5: Pain  
         [0087]    5(1): Pain location general  
         [0088]    if abdominal region selected from image 5(2) Abdominal pain location  
         [0089]    5(10): Pain radiates  
         [0090]    5(3): Pain first time? 
         [0091]    5(4): Pain suddenly? 
         [0092]    5(5): Pain duration  
         [0093]    5(6): Pain intensity  
         [0094]    5(7): Pain increasing? 
         [0095]    5(8): Pain constant? 
         [0096]    5(9): Pain sharp or dull  
         [0097]    5(11): Pain radiation location  
         [0098]    5(12): Pain trigger event  
         [0099]    5(13): Pain trigger: exercise? 
         [0100]    If abdominal pain 5(14): Pain trigger: Eating? 
         [0101]    If female and pregnant 5(15): Abdominal cramp  
         [0102]    5(16): Back pain  
         [0103]    if chosen Bleeding for question 1(7) Section 6: Bleeding  
         [0104]    6(1): Bleeding location general  
         [0105]    if chosen head in the image for question 6(1) 6(2): Bleeding location head  
         [0106]    6(3): Bleeding duration  
         [0107]    6(4): Bleeding amount  
         [0108]    if chosen mouth or nose for Question 6(2) 6(5): Hemoptisis  
         [0109]    if chosen mouth or nose for Question 6(2) 6(6): Hematemesis  
         [0110]    if chosen abdomen or bottom Question 6(2)6(7): Hematuria  
         [0111]    if chosen abdomen or bottom 6(8): Rectal bleeding  
         [0112]    if chosen abdomen or bottom 6(9): Vaginal bleeding  
         [0113]    Section 7: Associating Symptoms  
         [0114]    7(1) Nausea? 
         [0115]    If nausea yes 7(1): Vomiting? 
         [0116]    If vomiting yes 7(2): Vomit consistency  
         [0117]    If vomiting yes 7(3): Vomit amount  
         [0118]    If vomiting yes 7(4): Vomit duration  
         [0119]    7(5): Weight loss? 
         [0120]    If lost weight 7(6): Weight loss amount  
         [0121]    If bleeding or vomited 7(7): Orthostatic hypotension? 
         [0122]    7(8): Sweating? 
         [0123]    7(9): Fever? 
         [0124]    If yes to fever 7(10): Fever duration  
         [0125]    If yes to fever 7(11): Fever measured  
         [0126]    7(12): Stiff neck? 
         [0127]    7(13): Appetite  
         [0128]    7(14): Last meal  
         [0129]    Section 8: Personal History  
         [0130]    8(1): Alcohol? 
         [0131]    If yes to alcohol 8(2): How much alcohol? 
         [0132]    8(3): Smoking? 
         [0133]    If yes to smoking 8(4): Smoking duration  
         [0134]    If yes to smoking 8(5): Smoking amount  
         [0135]    8(6): Social support  
         [0136]    8(7): Work environment  
         [0137]    8(8): Travel  
         [0138]    Section 9: Medications and Allergy  
         [0139]    9(1): OCD? 
         [0140]    If yes to OCD 9(2): OCD names  
         [0141]    9(3): Prescription? 
         [0142]    If yes to prescription 9(4): Prescription names  
         [0143]    9(5): Allergy  
         [0144]    if yes to allergy 9(6): Allergy names  
         [0145]    Section 10: Heart and Lung  
         [0146]    10(1): High blood pressure? 
         [0147]    If chosen shortness of breath for Question 1(7) 10(2): Heart&amp;Lung disease? 
         [0148]    If chosen shortness of breath for Question 1(7) 10(3): What lung disease? 
         [0149]    If chosen shortness of breath for Question 1(7) 10(4): Dyspnea history? 
         [0150]    If chosen shortness of breath for Question 1(7) 10(5): Nocturnal dyspnea? 
         [0151]    If chosen shortness of breath for Question 1(7) 10(6): Orthopnea? 
         [0152]    10(7): Cough? 
         [0153]    If yes to cough 10(8): Cough duration  
         [0154]    If yes to cough 10(9): Sputum? 
         [0155]    If yes to sputum 10(10): Sputum color  
         [0156]    10(11): Sore throat? 
         [0157]    If shortness of breath reported 10(12): Palpitation? 
         [0158]    If shortness of breath reported 10(13): Syncope? 
         [0159]    10(14): Leg claudication? 
         [0160]    If leg claudication yes 10(15): Leg exercise tolerance  
         [0161]    10(16): Pretibial edema? 
         [0162]    Section 11: GIS  
         [0163]    11(1): Diarrhea? 
         [0164]    If yes to diarrhea 11(2): Diarrhea duration  
         [0165]    If yes to diarrhea 11(3): Diarrhea frequency  
         [0166]    If yes to diarrhea 11(4): Mucus in stool  
         [0167]    If no to diarrhea 11(5): Constipation? 
         [0168]    11(6): Rectal bleeding  
         [0169]    11(7): Dark urine? 
         [0170]    11(8): Abdominal distention? 
         [0171]    11(9): Dysphagia? 
         [0172]    11(10); GIS ulcer? 
         [0173]    11(11) Cirrhosis or liver dis? 
         [0174]    11(12): Abd surgery? 
         [0175]    If yes to abdominal surgery 11(13): Abd surgery history  
         [0176]    Section 12: GUS  
         [0177]    12(1): burning sensation  
         [0178]    12(2): Urinary discharge  
         [0179]    if female 12(3): Vaginal discharge  
         [0180]    if male 12(4): Penile discharge  
         [0181]    if male 12(5): Hesitancy  
         [0182]    12(6): Frequency  
         [0183]    12(7): Nocturia  
         [0184]    12(8): Sexually active? 
         [0185]    If sexually active 12(9): Condoms? 
         [0186]    If sexually active 12(10): Only one sexual partner  
         [0187]    If sexually active 12(11): Dyspareunia  
         [0188]    12(12): UTI history? 
         [0189]    12(13): Urinary tract stone history  
         [0190]    Section 14: Psyche  
         [0191]    14(1): Mood  
         [0192]    14(2): Energy  
         [0193]    14(3): Sleep  
         [0194]    14(4): memory  
         [0195]    14(5): Anxiety? 
         [0196]    14(6): Social life  
         [0197]    Section 13: Locomotor  
         [0198]    13(1): Arthralgia? 
         [0199]    If yes to arthralgia 13(2): Mono vs Polyarthralgia  
         [0200]    If yes to arthralgia 13(3): Arthralgia location  
         [0201]    13(4): Joint effusion? 
         [0202]    If yes to arthralgia 13(5): Morning stiffness? 
         [0203]    If yes to morning stiffness 13(6): Morning stiffness duration  
         [0204]    If yes to morning stiffness 13(7): Morning stiffness and activity  
         [0205]    If yes to arthralgia 13(8): Limping? 
         [0206]    If yes to limping 13(9): Limping duration  
         [0207]    Section 15: Endocrin  
         [0208]    15(1): Polydypsia? 
         [0209]    If yes to polyuria 15(2): DM? 
         [0210]    15(3): Cold intolerance  
         [0211]    if no to cold intolerance 15(4): Hot intolerance  
         [0212]    15(5): Eye problems  
         [0213]    15(6): Skin changes  
         [0214]    15(7): Hair changes  
         [0215]    Section 16: Hematologic  
         [0216]    If bleeding 16(1): Blood disease  
         [0217]    If yes to blood disease 16(2): What blood disease  
         [0218]    16(3): Chemotherapy  
         [0219]    if yes to chemotherapy 16(4): Last chemotherapy  
         [0220]    16(5): Easy bruising  
         [0221]    16(6): Epistaxis  
         [0222]    if yes to epistaxis 16(7): Gum bleeding  
         [0223]    16(8): LAP, nodule or mass? 
         [0224]    If yes to LAP, nodule or mass 16(9): LAP, nodule or mass location  
         [0225]    If female Section 17: OB&amp;Gyno  
         [0226]    17(1): OCP? 
         [0227]    17(2): Hormone therapy? 
         [0228]    17(3): Parity? 
         [0229]    If given birth 17(4): Parity number  
         [0230]    17(5): Miscarriage  
         [0231]    17(6): Gynecologic procedure? 
         [0232]    If yes to gynecologic procedure 17(7): What gyno procedure? 
         [0233]    17(8): Ovary, cervix or uterus malignancy  
         [0234]    Section 18: Neurologic  
         [0235]    18(1): Headache  
         [0236]    if yes to headache 18(2): Migraine  
         [0237]    if yes to headache 18(3): Head injury  
         [0238]    18(4): Convulsion? 
         [0239]    18(5): Upper extr weakness  
         [0240]    18(6): Lower extr weakness  
         [0241]    18(7): Numbness  
         [0242]    if yes to numbness 18(8): Numbness location  
         [0243]    18(9): Slurred speech  
         [0244]    18(10): Tremor  
         [0245]    18(12): Urinary incontinence  
         [0246]    if yes to urinary incontinence  18 (13): Fecal incontinence  
         [0247]    if yes to 1895) or 18(6) or 18(12) 18(14): Stroke? 
         [0248]    Section 20: Finishing  
         [0249]    20(1): Edit warning