US Patent:
20030212578, Nov 13, 2003
Inventors:
Ronald Link - Tampa FL, US
Arthur Epstein - Great Neck NY, US
Kenneth Keith - Rockville Center NY, US
Assignee:
Applied Surgical Data Corporation - Tampa FL
International Classification:
G06F017/60
Abstract:
A method for providing a dynamic, customized patient consent form for informing a patient of the risk of undergoing refractive laser surgery to correct vision by inputting dynamic and semi-static data to create a rule-based algorithm for calculating different risks of undergoing the surgery; drafting different explanatory paragraphs of the different risks; inputting individual patient data; creating a customized risk assessment and assembling a customized consent form by selecting the appropriate explanatory paragraphs.
