Patent ID: 7668735

Claim:
A computer system for providing incentives to a health care provider to provide information pertaining to the health care provider's practice, said system comprising: an authentication device operatively configured to authenticate that a health care provider entering the computer system is an authorized user; a query device operatively configured to proffer at least one practice-related question tailored to the professional profile of said health care provider, said at least one practice-related question pertaining; to experiences and opinions of the health care provider with respect to the health care provider's practice, and being selected from the group consisting of: the health care provider'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; the query device being further configured to: dynamically generate surveys based on an answer to said at least one practice-related question, and receive a communication from the health care provider, the communication being selected from the group consisting of: a report of adverse drug reactions, a request for samples, a request for participation in a clinical trial, a request for clinical trial data updates, a request for an appointment with a sale representative, a request for information pertaining to off-label product use, a request for patient education material, and a request for reduced-cost medication for indigent patients; an incentive device operatively configured to proffer an authenticated provider an opportunity to provide assistance to one or more charitable organization(s) by providing responses to said at least one practice-related question as generated by said query module, wherein the opportunity to provide assistance to the one or more charitable organization(s) is an incentive for the authenticated provider to provide said responses; and an incentive calculation device operatively configured to determine the incentive earned by said health care provider by responses provided to said at least one practice-related question.