SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING USERS WITH A SERVICE PROVIDER, PROGRAM, OR PROGRAM SITE BASED ON DETAILED ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

• US 20100211411A1
• Filed: 05/03/2010
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Emergingmed.com
• Original Assignee: Emergingmed.com
• Inventors: Hudson, Courtney
• Application Number:
  US12/772,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20100211411A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

A system and method for matching a user with service providers, at least one program offered by a service provider, and/or a program site for a program is provided. A user is prequalified if the user'"'"'s profile satisfies acceptance criteria established for the service providers, at least one program offered by a service provider, and/or a program site. Once the user is prequalified, the user is given information to allow them to inform themselves about available service providers, programs offered by the service providers, or program sites and connect with the service provider, program, or program site. The present invention also envisions providing information about a user to at least one service provider, program offered by a service provider, or program site when the user satisfies specific acceptance criteria.

Claims

1. A method of matching a user with service providers, at least one program offered by a service provider, and/or a program site for a program comprising

receiving, at a server, acceptance criteria pertaining to the service provided by the service provider and a series of targeted questions targeted to the service;

comparing a user'"'"'s profile with the acceptance criteria specifically developed for the program offered by the service provider or a group of service providers;

determining whether the user prequalifies for any of the programs offered by the service provider or a group of service providers;

notifying the user or the service provider when the user has prequalified for any of the programs offered by the service provider or a group of service providers clinical trials; and

providing the user with an application to authorize further follow-up in connection with the any of the programs offered by the service provider or a group of service providers

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a program includes a system of projects or services intended to meet a need, a product, procedure evaluation and test.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising developing the user'"'"'s profile by asking the user questions and then building the user'"'"'s profile based on the user'"'"'s responses to the questions,

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the user'"'"'s profile is stored on the server.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the questions include a first series of questions based on the user'"'"'s needs or problem and a second series of questions based on the user'"'"'s response to the first series of questions and directed to one or more service providers, at least one program offered by the one or more providers and/or a program site for an offered program after determining that the user meets the preliminary acceptance criteria for the one or more service providers, at least one program offered by the one or more providers and/or a program site for an offered program.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the user'"'"'s profile is built by using personal information for the user received from and external source.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the personal information includes medical records, social services records, and/or publically available records and the personal information can be used to answer the series of questions to build the user profile.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein service providers include trial sponsors, clinical trial investigators, financial assistance providers, case management providers, and social assistance providers.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user includes a patient, an individual in need of program assistance, family member, and doctor.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acceptance criteria and the targeted questions can be received from an external source using a wired or wireless connection.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the acceptance criteria are received from an external source using a wired or wireless connection.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the external source includes a database, a system of the service provider or a system of a third party that received acceptance criteria from a service provide.

13. The method of claim 1, the service provider includes a trial sponsor, investigator, financials services provider and the provider of any other service.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the service program includes clinical trials for new drugs, medical devices, or treatments to treat their disease and financial services for new financial instruments, products and services or any other service or product provided by a service provider.

15. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving authorization for additional follow-up from the user.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising providing the user with contact information for the service provider.