Patent Document ID: 8396783
Application ID: 12461710

Base Claim:
1. An online computer network implemented method for arranging delivery of personal medical and/or healthcare services, said method comprising: configuring at least one computer data processor coupled to a communications network to effect posting, for accessing by other processors via said communications network, at least one proffered medical service in association with information identifying a provider of such service; defining and posting online via said computer data processor a complexity rating scale having one or more levels of medical procedural complexity and associated rating values for use by prospective online bidders; receiving, via said communications network, a bid to hire a provider for a proffered service; and receiving with said bid an online complexity rating value associated therewith , the complexity rating value having an indication of an estimated medical procedural complexity level based on concurrent personal medical problems/pre-existing conditions known to the bidder.

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Claim 3:
3. An online computerized method as in claim 1 wherein at least one defined level indicates that no concurrent medical problems/conditions exist that would affect a proffered service/procedure.