Abstract: A substance abuse surveillance system comprising a source of respondent responses to a self-administered virtual interview and a data collector coupled to receive from the source multiple respondent responses and analyzing the same in near real-time to form current substance abuse data, the data collector allowing access to the current substance abuse data by third parties. The data collector is coupled to the source in a manner enabling delay-free, continuous feed of the respondent responses.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 27, 2006
Date of Patent:
July 3, 2012
Assignee:
Inflexxion, Inc.
Inventors:
Stephen F. Butler, Simon H. Budman, Nathaniel Paul Katz, Albert J. Villapiano