CONSUMER PORTAL FOR HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS ACROSS PRACTICE GROUPS
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1. A method for online booking of a healthcare appointment comprising:
- accessing a website offering a plurality of healthcare appointments from a plurality of healthcare practice groups for online booking;
requesting an appointment from the website based on practitioner specialty and patient location; and
booking an appointment by selecting from available appointments, provided on the website, which match the requested specialty and location.
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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 for online booking of a healthcare appointment comprising:
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accessing a website offering a plurality of healthcare appointments from a plurality of healthcare practice groups for online booking; requesting an appointment from the website based on practitioner specialty and patient location; and booking an appointment by selecting from available appointments, provided on the website, which match the requested specialty and location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for online booking of a healthcare appointment comprising:
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providing a webpage display of available healthcare appointment time slots from a plurality of healthcare practitioner groups for online booking of an appointment; the webpage including associated practitioner location and practitioner insurance information; and the webpage including a means enabling a patient to send an online request for a selected one of the available time slots to book an appointment.
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21. A system for online booking of a healthcare appointments comprising:
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providing a website offering a plurality of available appointments from a plurality of healthcare practice groups for online booking from the website; the website providing search criteria enabling patients to specify for a desired appointment; practitioner specialty; procedure type; location; and insurance. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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