SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING ON-CALL DATA FOR HEALTH CARE LOCATIONS AND PHYSICIANS
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1. A system for delivering on-call schedule information for health care providers, comprising:
- a machine-readable database comprising on-call schedule information for a plurality of health care providers, and locations of health care facilities with which said health care providers are affiliated; and
a server computer system configured to electronically receive a query comprising a health service category and a patient location, the computer system configured to respond to the query by searching the database to find at least one health care facility having a health care provider currently on-call, the health care provider having expertise in said health service category, said health care facility being within a certain distance of said patient location.
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Abstract
A system which contains real-time specialist on-call data is disclosed. The system allows for the input and searching of specialist on-call data for various health care locations. The system is configured to allow a patient in need of the medical care of a specialist not currently available at the patient'"'"'s location to search for the nearest health care location(s) with a physician of the desired specialization presently or soon to be on call. Methods of the same are also disclosed.
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1. A system for delivering on-call schedule information for health care providers, comprising:
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a machine-readable database comprising on-call schedule information for a plurality of health care providers, and locations of health care facilities with which said health care providers are affiliated; and a server computer system configured to electronically receive a query comprising a health service category and a patient location, the computer system configured to respond to the query by searching the database to find at least one health care facility having a health care provider currently on-call, the health care provider having expertise in said health service category, said health care facility being within a certain distance of said patient location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of identifying a health care facility, comprising:
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sending a query over an electronic network to a server computer, said query including a health service category and a patient location; and receiving over the network an identification and location of a health care facility having an health care provider currently on-call, the health care provider having expertise in said health service category; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of providing health care facility information, comprising:
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receiving a query comprising a health service category and a patient location; and searching a machine-readable database comprising on-call schedule information for a plurality of health care providers, and locations of health care facilities with which the health care providers are affiliated;
wherein searching the database comprises finding at least one health care facility having a health care provider currently on-call, the health care provider having expertise in said health service category, said health care facility being within a certain distance of the patient location;wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of finding medical treatment for a patient at a first health care location, the method comprising:
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performing a medical screening examination of a patient; sending a query over an electronic network to a server computer system, the query including a specialty and the first health care location; and receiving over the network a second health care location within a certain distance of the first health care location, wherein a physician of the specialty is or will be available to treat the patient at the second health care location; wherein the sending and receiving steps are performed by one or more computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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