Patent ID: 8463620

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprises: receiving, by a computer, a request to generate a medical service team for a particular consumer of medical services; accessing by the computer a data repository storing records of medical service providers providing a medical service to the consumer of medical services; sending by the computer an electronic message to the medical service providers corresponding to the retrieved records, the electronic message including an invitation to join the medical service team associated with providing medical services to the consumer of medical services; receiving by the computer responses to the electronic message; and generating from the responses and the records a listing of medical service team members in the medical service team, with the medical service team members providing the medical service to the consumer of medical services; receiving, by the computer, a request to view information representing medical service providers who are associated with attributes specifying that the medical service providers are medical service team members of the medical service team of the consumer; accessing, by the computer, a data repository that stores information pertaining to medical service providers, including availability of the medical service providers for participating in a consultation; determining in the computer, which of the medical service providers are available; identifying in the computer, an available medical service provider associated with one or more attributes that specify that the available medical service provider is a medical service team member of the medical service team of the consumer; and producing information indicative of the available medical service team member.