Patent ID: 7899702

Claim:
A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for a method for facilitating generation and performance of on-line evaluations for one or more individuals to evaluate one or more other individuals of an academic hospital, said method steps comprising: providing a database accessible by a computer device; providing to said database information comprising profiles of individuals associated with said hospital, said profiles of individuals including: a user name, a user type, a start date of that user at said hospital, a department of said hospital within which individual is associated; an individual's rotation schedule organized as predetermined time intervals within which an individuals of certain user types are assigned tasks to perform at said hospital; and, a minimum number of evaluations to be completed by said individual within a predetermined time interval; and, assigning evaluations to be completed by one or more individuals selected according to said one or more of: user name, user type, or start date of that user; and, scheduling evaluation assignments to said one or more individuals by a date range commensurate with said predetermined time interval of said rotation schedule, an assigned individual accessing, via a computer device, said assigned evaluation on-line for completion thereof; and, tracking, via a computer device, data comprising a number of pending evaluations assigned to an individual per said date range, and completed by said individual per said date range, and storing said tracked data; periodically scanning said tracked data computer and obtaining a number of pending evaluations to be completed by an individual within each scheduled date range, said number of pending evaluations comprising overdue evaluations or partially completed evaluations, and, for each assigned evaluation overdue, automatically calculating a number of days beyond said scheduled date range that said assigned evaluation is overdue and, for each assigned evaluation not yet completed within said date range, automatically calculating a remaining number of days within said date range that said individual can complete said assigned evaluation; and, automatically generating for an individual a list of said overdue evaluations including, for each, said number of days overdue and a list of said partially completed evaluations per scheduled date range, including, said remaining number of days within per scheduled date range with which to complete an evaluation; and, automatically notifying said individual with said list of overdue evaluations or partially completed evaluations to ensure increased compliance in performing said evaluations within said academic hospital.