PCQI

COMPUTER SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR USE BY PHYSICIAN-BASED MEDICAL PRACTICES, HOSPITALS, OR OTHER HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR GATHERING PATIENT DATA PRIMARILY FOR THE PURPOSES OF MEASURING THE QUALITY OF PATIENT, ASSESSING PATIENT SYMPTOMS, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND FUNCTIONAL STATUS, ASSESSING PATIENT UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR MEDICAL CONDITION AND TREATMENT AND OF APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE PREVENTION MEASURES, ASSESSING PATIENT COMPLIANCE WITH TREATMENT, ASSESSING PATIENT SATISFACTION WITH MEDICAL CARE, AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE THROUGH EMPOWERING AN EDUCATING PATIENTS, THROUGH ENHANCING PHYSICIAN-PATIENT COMMUNICATION, AND BY PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATORS, WITH SUCH PATIENT DATA COMPRISING, IN PART, INFORMATION PROVIDED BY PATIENTS IN RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC MEDICALLY-ORIENTED QUERIES