Virtual physician office systems and methods
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving an electronic healthcare communication to a communications system, the electronic healthcare communication comprising a communications address associated with one of a physician office legacy system, another legacy system, and a non-participant legacy system;
matching the communications address to a list of registered communications addresses of the physician office legacy system;
if the communications address matches a registered communications address, then automatically categorizing the electronic healthcare communication, the category comprising (1) data associated with an access agent, (2) data associated with a security agent, (3) data associated a messaging agent, (4) data associated with a transactional agent, (5) data associated with a troubleshooting agent, and (6) data associated with an application agent;
if the communications address does not match one of the registered communications addresses, then receiving an identifier and categorizing the electronic healthcare communication, the identifier associating the healthcare communication with one of another legacy system and the non-participant legacy system; and
if the electronic healthcare communication is associated with the application agent, then accessing and using a physician management application to process the electronic healthcare communication, the physician management application running on a server of the communications system,wherein the communications system enables an exchange of the electronic healthcare communication among the physician office legacy system and one or more communications devices associated with at least one telecommunications service provider.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for enabling a virtual physician office (VPO) that uses a network-based physician practice application and leverages the assets of a shared, communications network of legacy systems. A data connection is established with a rule-based application dataserver of a telecommunications network facility to control access, sharing, notification, security, and/or management of electronic healthcare communications. Typically, the rule-based application dataserver is associated with a central office (“CO”), a mobile telephone switching center (“MTSO”), or a combination CO/MTSO.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving an electronic healthcare communication to a communications system, the electronic healthcare communication comprising a communications address associated with one of a physician office legacy system, another legacy system, and a non-participant legacy system; matching the communications address to a list of registered communications addresses of the physician office legacy system; if the communications address matches a registered communications address, then automatically categorizing the electronic healthcare communication, the category comprising (1) data associated with an access agent, (2) data associated with a security agent, (3) data associated a messaging agent, (4) data associated with a transactional agent, (5) data associated with a troubleshooting agent, and (6) data associated with an application agent; if the communications address does not match one of the registered communications addresses, then receiving an identifier and categorizing the electronic healthcare communication, the identifier associating the healthcare communication with one of another legacy system and the non-participant legacy system; and if the electronic healthcare communication is associated with the application agent, then accessing and using a physician management application to process the electronic healthcare communication, the physician management application running on a server of the communications system, wherein the communications system enables an exchange of the electronic healthcare communication among the physician office legacy system and one or more communications devices associated with at least one telecommunications service provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method, comprising:
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establishing a first data connection between a communications device of a physician office legacy system and a communications system; receiving an electronic healthcare communication from the communications device over the first data connection; accessing a physician practice management application running on a server of the communications system; using the physician practice management application to manage the electronic healthcare communication, the physician management application comprising (i) a calendar and schedule, (ii) patient information, (iii) charges and fees, (iv) receipts, (v) laboratory testing, (vi) prescriptions, (vii) reports, (viii) office facilities and maintenance, (ix) compliance and inspections, (x) patient triage and medical protocols, (xi) on-call services, (xii) insurance billing and appeals, (xiii) patient billing, and (xiv) back-up storage settings; establishing a second data connection between the communications system and a second legacy system, the second data connection using a rule-based application dataserver to control access to and from the second legacy system, the rule-based application dataserver comprising rules for categorizing the electronic healthcare communication, the category of the electronic healthcare communication comprising (1) data associated with an access agent, (2) data associated with a security agent, (3) data associated a messaging agent, (4) data associated with a transactional agent, (5) data associated with a troubleshooting agent, and (6) data associated with an application agent; and communicating the electronic healthcare communication via the first data connection and the second data connection, wherein the communications system enables an exchange of at least one of the electronic healthcare communication between one or more networks of communications devices associated with at least one telecommunications service provider.
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23. A computer-readable medium on which is encoded instructions for performing:
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receiving an electronic healthcare communication to a communications system, the electronic healthcare communication comprising a communications address associated with one of a physician office legacy system, another legacy system, and a non-participant legacy system; matching the communications address to a list of registered communications addresses of the physician office legacy system; if the communications address matches a registered communications address, then automatically categorizing the electronic healthcare communication, the category comprising (1) data associated with an access agent, (2) data associated with a security agent, (3) data associated a messaging agent, (4) data associated with a transactional agent, (5) data associated with a troubleshooting agent, and (6) data associated with an application agent; if the communications address does not match one of the registered communications addresses, then receiving an identifier and categorizing the electronic healthcare communication, the identifier associating the healthcare communication with one of another legacy system and the non-participant legacy system; and if the electronic healthcare communication is associated with the application agent, then accessing and using a physician management application to process the electronic healthcare communication, the physician management application running on a server of the communications system, wherein the communications system enables an exchange of the electronic healthcare communication among the physician office legacy system and one or more communications devices associated with at least one telecommunications service provider.
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