HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for managing health care requests comprising:
- providing a patient having a first criteria, including a medical symptom, from a plurality of patients;
selecting a subset of medical providers having expertise in treating the medical symptom from a plurality of medical providers;
generating a care request to obtain a treatment proposal for the medical symptom of the patient;
updating the care request with medical information associated with the medical symptom;
receiving at least one treatment proposal of the medical symptom from the medical providers; and
selecting a treatment proposal from at least one of the treatment proposals.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for facilitating and managing health care between a medical provider and a patient. In one aspect, the system and method includes providing a patient having a first criteria, which includes a medical symptom. The system and method also include selecting a subset of medical providers having expertise in treating the medical symptom, generating a care request to obtain a treatment proposal for the medical symptom of the patient, and updating the care request with medical information associated with the medical sympton. The system and method further include receiving at least one treatment proposal of the medical symptom from the medical providers and selecting a treatment proposal of the medical symptom from the medical providers.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for managing health care requests comprising:
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providing a patient having a first criteria, including a medical symptom, from a plurality of patients; selecting a subset of medical providers having expertise in treating the medical symptom from a plurality of medical providers; generating a care request to obtain a treatment proposal for the medical symptom of the patient; updating the care request with medical information associated with the medical symptom; receiving at least one treatment proposal of the medical symptom from the medical providers; and selecting a treatment proposal from at least one of the treatment proposals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for managing health care requests comprising:
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receiving care requests from a plurality of patients; selecting one of the plurality of patients having a first criteria, the first criteria including a medical symptom; selecting a subset of medical providers having expertise in treating the medical symptom; generating a care request by the patient to obtain a treatment proposal for the medical symptom; updating, by a medically trained individual, the care request with medical information associated with the medical issue of the patient; providing the care request to the subset of medical providers; receiving a treatment proposal of the medical symptom from at least one of the medical providers; providing a comparative report of the treatment proposals; transmitting each treatment proposal to each medical provider to enable each medical provider to modify their treatment proposal; receiving a final treatment proposal from each medical provider; transmitting each final treatment proposal to the patient; and receiving a selection of one of the final treatment proposals associated with at least one of the medical providers from the patient. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A health care management system comprising:
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a patient-client interface for providing a patient having a medical symptom; a provider-client interface for providing a medical provider having expertise in treating the medical symptom; and a server in communication with the provider-client interface for receiving a treatment proposal of the medical symptom and in communication with the patient-client interface for receiving a care request corresponding to the medical symptom, the server communicating the treatment proposal to the patient-client interface, and receiving a selection of a treatment proposal from the patient-client interface. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of consulting a medical specialist, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a consultation request requesting that a specialist be consulted from a treating physician via a telecommunications system; retrieving medical information relevant to but independent from the consultation request from an information data base accessible by a computer, the relevant medical information being retrieved by a medical information expert; providing the relevant medical information and the consultation request to the medical specialist via the telecommunications system, the medical information expert being neither the treating physician nor the medical specialist; receiving a comment made by the specialist in response to the consultation request and the relevant medical information; providing at least the comment to the treating physician; and providing continuing medical education credit for the treating physician based at least on the consultation request and the comment. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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