Patent ID: 7383197
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: G06Q,G16H,G16Z,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system to match a consumer of health care services to a health care service provider over a communications network, the system comprising: at least one computer terminal associated with the consumer for allowing the consumer access to the communications network; a network server coupled to the communications network, the server comprising a computer program having: a service provider data base identifying a plurality of health care service providers and a plurality of medical service associated health care service products offered by the service providers; a first software portion for receiving a diagnosis provided by at least one of a consumer and an alternative diagnosis determiner and automatically determining at least one treatment option based on the received diagnosis provided by the consumer or determined by the alternative diagnosis determiner; and a second software portion for allowing the consumer to select a treatment from the at least one treatment option and automatically determining at least one appropriate service provider for the selected treatment, based on the selected treatment and further based on a treatment preference, the treatment preference comprising at least one of: geographical location of the provider, insurance plan participation, cost, provider experience with the at least one treatment option and provider outcome with respect to the at least one treatment option.