Patent ID: 8447629

Claim:
A server system configured to communicate healthcare information, the server system comprising: a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions; and memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: wirelessly transmit, via a wireless network configured to provide communication between the server system and a portable terminal that is associated with a physician and that is capable of voice and data communication, a file including a list of diagnosis codes to the portable terminal for storage of the list of diagnosis codes within on-board memory of the portable terminal; present, via the wireless network to the portable terminal, a data entry interface for ordering clinical laboratory tests; receive, via the wireless network from the portable terminal, an order for a clinical laboratory test and a name of a patient that are entered by the physician via the data entry interface; in response to receiving the order for the clinical laboratory test and the name of the patient, request a diagnosis code that describes a clinical condition of the patient; receive, via the wireless network from the portable terminal, a diagnosis code selected by the physician from the list of diagnosis codes stored in the on-board memory of the portable terminal; in response to receiving the diagnosis code, request the physician to provide confirmation of the diagnosis code by voice; in response to receiving the confirmation of the diagnosis code, retrieve healthcare information to be made available to the patient from a database, wherein the healthcare information includes a medical diagnosis corresponding to the diagnosis code and educational information for the patient; and transmit the healthcare information to a device associated with the patient via an Internet-connected web server.