Patent ID: 8630868

Claim:
A method for generating a list of target patients, the method comprising: receiving, at a network server, a request to generate the list of target patients, the request including an identified list of symptoms associated with an identified patient of a first healthcare professional; comparing, at the network server, at least one symptom from the identified list of symptoms against at least one target list of symptoms, wherein each target list of symptoms is associated with one target patient; and generating, at the network server, the list of target patients including a matching index for at least one target patient in the generated list, wherein the matching index comprises a numerical value representative of the similarity between the identified list of symptoms with the target list of symptoms; ranking, at the network server, the list of target patients, wherein the list of target patients is ranked based at least in part on the matching index, wherein each target patient on the generated list is associated with at least one second healthcare professional; the network server providing an option to a first computer to communicate with any one of the at least one second healthcare professionals associated with the generated list of target patients; and based on a user selection of the option, the first healthcare professional sharing data related to the identified list of symptoms associated with the identified patient with the at least one second healthcare professional associated with the generated list of target patients.