Patent ID: 7818339

Claim:
An automated system for processing medical information for an employment determination, the automated system comprising: a mapping module configured to map an employment rules collection into general medical information queries; a data storage configured to store the general medical information queries; a query generation module configured to receive screening procedure data concerning an applicant, an employer, and an occupation, and to generate, based at least in part on, and limited by, the screening procedure data and the employment rules collection, a plurality of selected medical information queries specific to the applicant, the employer, and the occupation, from a subset of the general medical information queries; a protocol module configured to create, in computer-readable form, at least one data collection protocol based on and limited by the plurality of selected medical information queries specific to the applicant, the employer, and the occupation; and an employment assessment module configured to provide an employment assessment based on answers to the selected medical information queries, the employment assessment comprising a recommended employment determination; wherein the selected medical information queries vary by the applicant, vary by the employer, and vary by the occupation, wherein the query generation module is configured to generate the plurality of selected medical information queries specific to the applicant, the employer, and the occupation, prior to receiving responses by the applicant to the subset of general medical information queries.