Patent ID: 8214229

Claim:
A method for creating a network of medical image reading professionals, said method comprising; providing a list of expertise areas for a medical image reading professional candidate to select, via a computing device, at least one expertise area to focus in participating in a network of medical image reading professionals; selecting the candidate by selecting a medical image reading professional candidate who meets at least one criteria prior to the medical image reading professional being allowed to select from the list, the at least one criteria including performing at least a predetermined number of medical image readings per year; distributing, via an electronic medium, sets of medical images of the selected at least one expertise area to the medical image reading professional candidate; testing, on the computing device, proficiency of the medical image reading professional candidate in reading and diagnosing information presented in the distributed sets of medical images; determining whether the medical image reading professional candidate qualifies to participate in the network of medical image reading professionals for the selected at least one expertise area based on the proficiency of the medical image reading professional candidate in reading and diagnosing information presented in the distributed sets of medical images; and if the medical image reading professional candidate qualifies to participate in the network of medical image reading professionals, including the medical image reading professional candidate in the network of medical image reading professionals to enable the medical image reading professional candidate to participate in reading medical images of the at least one expertise area in which the medical image reading professional candidate has qualified to participate; otherwise, not including the medical image reading professional candidate in the network of medical image reading professionals.