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Scientific, signalling, checking, life-saving and teaching
apparatus and instruments; computer software, especially
software in the fields of health care, medical diagnosis
coding, billing and reimbursement in health care, health
information and health management; computer software for
reporting and communication of information relating to
patient care, hospital administration, hospital services,
hospital ward administration, patient billing and coding and
creation of patient bills; computer software for the
management of data for use by health care facilities;
computer software for providing communication between health
care providers regarding patient, clinical and insurance
information; computer software for the storage and
management of patient information, for the production of
recipes and recipe storage and management of information,
for locating price information and purchase of medical and
office supplies and related services; computer software for
use in the transmission of personal and medical information
for patients; downloadable medical enterprise directory
information relating to professional groups and healthcare
facilities; consumer health information and information
about health providers [downloadable via a global computer
network]; downloadable information in corporate management
of health care facilities and doctors' offices; health
information and analysis in terms of performance and quality
of care provided by hospitals, clinics and other healthcare
providers [downloadable via a global computer network]
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Advertising; business management; business administration;
office functions; services regarding the use and review of
health facilities, namely business management services for
others to assess and monitor the need, appropriateness
and/or effectiveness of services to be provided, or proposed
to provide health care services; promotion of medical
services of others by advertising and public relations,
namely the dissemination of information about their past
performance results in order to give information that
doctors or facilities meet certain criteria; managing
payroll of companies for others; business advisory services
for companies that offer health care services; services of
health care management organizations, namely business
administration and management for physician's offices,
physicians working on their own or small group practices;
file management of drug cost reimbursement programs (office
functions); business advisory services for plans of third
parties in relation to pharmacy services and prescription
drug benefits
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Telecommunications; instant messaging and transmission of
electronic messages; providing multiple-user access to a
global computer information network in the field of health
care; electronic transmission of data and documents via
computer terminals; electronic data exchange services;
computer-generated information services, namely providing
access to a computer database in the field of health care,
medical, pharmaceutical and health insurance information;
secure digital delivery (transfer) of medical records data
to health care providers; user support for information
technology, namely providing access to Internet portals and
applications for patients, doctors and clinics to enable the
exchange of electronic health information, the processing of
claims and telehealth; providing access to an online
computer database featuring medical information in the field
of pharmaceutical research; providing access to news and
information in the fields of medicine, health, medical
education on the Internet to enable the exchange of clinical
and laboratory information between practicing physicians and
laboratories and other health care facilities
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Database development by software programming in the field of
health care; computer services, namely computer system
analysis of computer databases in the field of health care;
quality assurance in the field of health care by performing
quality checks; research and technical consulting services
for others in the field of data analysis in health care to
improve the management of health care systems; rental of
software for use in the management of medical practices;
rental of software for use in electronic records management
in the areas of medical records and medical billing; rental
of software for use in the revenue management and in the
management of claim reimbursements for medical practices and
hospitals; technical advisory services for searching
databases in the field of science and research; technical
advisory services for supporting third parties in the
design, development, implementation and use of data
warehouses in health care
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Medical advisory services in relation to hospital admission;
support services in terms of patient care in the form of
supportive counseling in health care decisions and care
planning for persons with possible critical care needs;
services in the field of health care, in the context of
disease management programs; medical case management and
disease management services, namely disease-specific
information and medical health care to support patients in
managing their own health care and to strengthen the
treatment plan; health counseling; services in support of
employees, namely online, telephone and personal counseling
and information services relating to physical and mental
health; medical consulting services with regard to the
individual co-ordination of health care, namely the
facilitation of services in the field of medical care and
behaviour-oriented health; services in connection with
medical case management and disease management, namely
medical referral of patients to appropriate health programs