PATIENT VERIFICATION FOR BOOKING OF HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS ACROSS PRACTICE GROUPS
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1. A method of screening online requests for healthcare appointments comprising:
- offering a plurality of available appointments from a plurality of healthcare practice groups for online booking from a website;
receiving a request from a patient via the website for an appointment;
prior to approving the requested appointment, requiring the patient to open an account which includes providing a phone number associated with the patient for contacting the patient;
comparing the provided phone number to a collection of previously opened patient accounts each having a unique phone number;
if the provided phone number is not previously associated with another patient account, opening a new account for the requesting patient with the provided phone number.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records.
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1. A method of screening online requests for healthcare appointments comprising:
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offering a plurality of available appointments from a plurality of healthcare practice groups for online booking from a website; receiving a request from a patient via the website for an appointment; prior to approving the requested appointment, requiring the patient to open an account which includes providing a phone number associated with the patient for contacting the patient; comparing the provided phone number to a collection of previously opened patient accounts each having a unique phone number; if the provided phone number is not previously associated with another patient account, opening a new account for the requesting patient with the provided phone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of screening online requests for healthcare appointments comprising:
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offering a plurality of available appointments from a plurality of healthcare practice groups for online booking from a website; receiving a request from a patient via the website for an appointment; prior to approving the requested appointment, performing a location verification comprising determining, from an IP address at which the patient sent the request, a patient geographic location; and comparing the distance between the patient geographic location and a geographic location of the practitioner associated with the requested appointment. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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