The server creates a file containing the benchmarks and sends this during the next communication with the program. During the first contact there will be no benchmark results. DiabCare Bavaria and DiabCare Italy have installed central servers for data collection, aggregation and evaluation. The BIS in paper form has been transformed into a fax form which can be read by a special software. The participant sends data sets to a central server and receives from this database accumulated own and anonymized evaluations from other participants who have the same health care level.
Every fax is answered by the server.
Simple queries on all data fields are possible as well as complex queries using up to four Boolean operators. To secure confidentiality sending data sets as well as requesting evaluations from the server requires a legitimation through special key cards. The key cards create a unique key linked to the participant s record. The service is available at least 23 hours per day and works automatically.