IDENTIFYING ONE OR MORE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
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1. A computer implemented method of generating a healthcare provider recommendation that is personalized for a particular user, the method comprising:
- maintaining a user profile for the particular user that includes at least one characteristic of the particular user;
receiving an indication of a medical condition associated with the particular user;
accessing healthcare provider profiles for at least two healthcare providers, two or more of the healthcare provider profiles each corresponding to a single healthcare provider that treats the medical condition and including statistics that are related to the individual healthcare provider'"'"'s treatment of one or more patients who have been diagnosed with the medical condition and who have the at least one characteristic in common with the particular user, wherein the at least one characteristic in common with the particular user is different than a shared diagnosis of the medical condition; and
providing a personalized healthcare provider recommendation to the particular user based on the accessed healthcare provider profiles, wherein the healthcare provider recommendation identifies at least one of the healthcare providers to the particular user and provides the particular user with access to the statistics that are related to the healthcare provider'"'"'s treatment of one or more patients who have been diagnosed with the medical condition and who have the at least one characteristic in common with the particular user.
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Abstract
Users may be interested in identifying healthcare providers consistent with their needs. Systems and methods for identifying and presenting one or more healthcare providers to a user are disclosed. Various different metrics may be used to calculate the relative appropriateness of healthcare providers for a user. In order to identify healthcare providers that are particularly appropriate for a user, the metrics used to calculate the relative appropriateness of a healthcare provider may be customizable on a per user basis.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method of generating a healthcare provider recommendation that is personalized for a particular user, the method comprising:
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maintaining a user profile for the particular user that includes at least one characteristic of the particular user; receiving an indication of a medical condition associated with the particular user; accessing healthcare provider profiles for at least two healthcare providers, two or more of the healthcare provider profiles each corresponding to a single healthcare provider that treats the medical condition and including statistics that are related to the individual healthcare provider'"'"'s treatment of one or more patients who have been diagnosed with the medical condition and who have the at least one characteristic in common with the particular user, wherein the at least one characteristic in common with the particular user is different than a shared diagnosis of the medical condition; and providing a personalized healthcare provider recommendation to the particular user based on the accessed healthcare provider profiles, wherein the healthcare provider recommendation identifies at least one of the healthcare providers to the particular user and provides the particular user with access to the statistics that are related to the healthcare provider'"'"'s treatment of one or more patients who have been diagnosed with the medical condition and who have the at least one characteristic in common with the particular user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer implemented method of generating a healthcare provider recommendation for a user, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a medical condition associated with a user; identifying two or more healthcare providers that treat the medical condition; for each identified healthcare provider that treats the condition, estimating an average cost for receiving treatment for the medical condition from the healthcare provider; providing a healthcare provider recommendation to the user based on estimated average costs for receiving treatment for the medical condition, wherein the healthcare provider recommendation identifies one of the healthcare providers to the particular user and enables the user to access the estimated average cost for receiving treatment for the medical condition from the healthcare provider. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A computer implemented method of generating a healthcare provider recommendation that is personalized for a particular user, the method comprising:
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maintaining a set of criteria for ranking healthcare providers, the set of criteria including at least two criteria for ranking healthcare providers; receiving indications of weights to be assigned to each of the at least two criteria from a user; in response to receiving indications of weights to be assigned to each of the at least two criteria from the user, assigning the weights to each of the at least two criteria; accessing healthcare provider profiles for at least two healthcare providers, each of the healthcare provider profiles corresponding to an individual healthcare provider and including quantitative representations of each of the at least two criteria; for each of the at least two healthcare providers, calculating a healthcare provider score by applying the weights assigned to each of the at least two criteria to the quantitative representations of each of the at least two criteria; ranking the at least two healthcare providers based on their calculated healthcare provider scores; and providing a healthcare provider recommendation to the user based on ranking the at least two healthcare providers.
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15. A computer implemented method of generating a healthcare provider recommendation that is personalized for a particular user, the method comprising:
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maintaining a user profile for the particular user that includes at least one characteristic of the particular user; receiving an indication of a medical condition associated with the particular user; accessing healthcare provider profiles for at least two healthcare providers, two or more of the healthcare provider profiles each corresponding to a single healthcare provider that treats the medical condition and including statistics that are related to the individual healthcare provider'"'"'s treatment of one or more patients who have been diagnosed with a related medical condition and who have the at least one characteristic in common with the particular user; and providing a personalized healthcare provider recommendation to the particular user based on the accessed healthcare provider profiles, wherein the healthcare provider recommendation identifies at least one of the healthcare providers to the particular user and provides the particular user with access to the statistics that are related to the healthcare provider'"'"'s treatment of one or more patients who have been diagnosed with the related medical condition and who have the at least one characteristic in common with the particular user. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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