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Method for direct-to-patient marketing and clinical trials recruitment with outcomes tracking and method for confidential appointment booking

  • US 8,015,028 B2
  • Filed: 02/24/2009
  • Issued: 09/06/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic method performed on a computer for booking appointments for a client'"'"'s medical product or therapy for a patient via a marketer'"'"'s web site, comprising:

  • a. finding potential patients who are suitable candidates for a specific medical condition including the steps of;

    b. interactively qualifying interested parties utilizing predetermined criteriac. referring the qualified interested party to at least one preferred health care professional capable of offering the client'"'"'s specific product comprising;

    1) electronically querying by a computer, in advance, with preferred health care professionals which can provide medical services utilizing the client'"'"'s product or therapy,2) electronically querying by a computer a further database of said preferred health care professionals providing the patient with a preferred health care professional most appropriate to the patient;

    in advance of booking appointments, electronically contracting, by a computer, with preferred health care professionals to obtain pre-approved appointment slots which may be scheduled by the marketer; and

    storing said data in marketer'"'"'s data base;

    electronically querying the patient to schedule an appointment for the patient with a preferred health care professional drawing from the data base of pre-approved appointment slots; and

    scheduling an appointment for the patient with a preferred health care professional drawing from the database of pre-approved appointment slots.

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