Health Care Management System
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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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40 Claims
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21. A method of consultation with a physician, the method comprising:
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a) receiving by a computer system a request from a user for the consultation with the physician; b) searching a medical database for information relevant to the request, thereby identifying a relevant information, wherein the computer system comprises a processor, and the searching is performed by the processor; c) providing the request and the relevant information to the physician; d) receiving a comment from the physician, wherein the comment is in response to the request and wherein the comment comprises medical information; and e) providing the comment to the user. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of consultation with a physician, the method comprising:
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a) providing to a computer system a request for the consultation with the physician, wherein the computer system comprises a processor, whereupon the processor searches a medical database for information relevant to the request, thereby identifying a relevant information, whereupon the computer system provides the request and the relevant information to the physician; and b) receiving a comment from the physician, wherein the comment is in response to the request and wherein the comment comprises medical information. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of consulting a selected specialist, the method comprising:
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a) receiving by a computer system a request for a specialist, wherein the request is associated with a specialty; b) selecting a specialist associated with the specialty to provide the selected specialist; c) searching a medical database for information relevant to the specialty, thereby identifying a relevant information, wherein the computer system comprises a processor, and the searching is performed by the processor; d) providing the request and the relevant information to the selected specialist; e) receiving a comment from the selected specialist, wherein the comment is in response to the request and wherein the comment comprises medical information; and f) providing the comment to a user. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. A method comprising:
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a) receiving a medical record associated with a subject by a computer system; b) searching based on the medical record by the computer system for a physician having an expertise associated with the medical record to provide a result, wherein the result identifies at least one physician, wherein the computer system comprises a processor, and the search is performed by the processor; c) selecting based on the result the physician having the expertise associated with the medical record; and d) reporting to a user the physician having the expertise associated with the medical record. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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