CONTEMPORANEOUS, MULTI-PHYSICIAN, ONLINE CONSULTATION SYSTEM

摘要

The computer-implemented system of providing online medical consultation services in which professionals associated with the system formulate structured survey questions for medical professionals selected from a database, based upon information provided to the system by the user through an Internet capable communications device. The survey is provided to the medical professionals electronically and responses are provided to the system electronically. Responses may be quantitative and quantitative in nature and are compiled by the system, and a consensus is obtained and displayed in real time on the system website, to which the user has access through the Internet capable communications device. The system may be used to provide "nested" surveys in which the medical professionals have the option of responding to the initial survey by defining recipients for a further survey, which may be the same or different than the initial survey.