Patent ID: 7668733

Claim:
A method of adaptively operating a medical triage system, comprising: presenting by a client computer to a triage operator a set of triage questions to ask of a plurality of persons to be triaged; presenting by the client computer to the triage operator a plurality of triage dispositions from which to select based on responses to the set of triage questions; acquiring by the client computer triage-related data as a result of the triage of the plurality of persons, wherein the triage-related data is stored in a database coupled with the client computer and represents an aggregate of triage-related data from the triage of the plurality of persons; analyzing the aggregated triage-related data with a server coupled with the database; setting, with the server, a threshold level of undesirable aggregate triage outcomes affiliated with previously-assigned triage dispositions; modifying with the server at least one question within the set of triage questions based on the analysis of the aggregated triage-related data to reduce a level of undesirable aggregate triage outcomes associated with exceeding the threshold level; and presenting by the client computer to the triage operator the at least one modified question to ask a next person to be triaged.