Patent ID: 8103524

Claim:
A method for generating a physician recommendation, comprising: obtaining, using a computer processor and from a first patient, a first patient feedback for a first physician and a second physician wherein the first patient feedback indicates that the first physician is a favorite physician of the first patient, as specified by said first patient; obtaining, using the computer processor and from a second patient, a second patient feedback for the first physician and the second physician, wherein the second patient feedback indicates that the first physician is the favorite physician of the second patient; as specified by the second patient; receiving, using the computer processor and from a third patient, a medical condition criterion specifying a medical condition of the third patient; searching, using the computer processor and the medical condition criterion, a plurality of physicians to identify the first physician and a second physician, wherein the first physician and the second physician specialize in treating the medical condition; ranking, using the computer processor, the first physician with a first rank and the second physician with a second rank, wherein the first rank and the second rank are based on the first patient feedback and the second patient feedback, and wherein the first rank exceeds the second rank; and wherein the feedback comprises the first and second patients specifying experiences with said first and second physicians related to the medical condition; generating, using the computer processor, the physician recommendation for the first physician based on the first rank exceeding the second rank.