Patent ID: 8326647
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G06Q,G16H,G16Z,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for referring patients to practitioners to perform a procedure, said method comprising: maintaining a referral directory comprising data stored on a computer system, the referral directory data including contact information for practitioners and information that the practitioners, are certified to perform the procedure, the data further comprising information for sorting practitioners prioritized in a plurality of tiers depending on the number of procedures that they have performed; electronically receiving inquiries from prospective patients regarding the procedure; and electronically transmitting a referral to individual patients, in response to their requests, practitioners within the patient's geographic area, wherein practitioners are selected from the referral directory and sorted by the computer system such that the transmitted referral preferentially presents practitioners from tiers which require a higher number of procedures relative to practitioners from tiers which require a lower threshold number of procedures.