Abstract: Method and apparatus for the collection and management of healthcare practitioner profile information prior to inclusion in a hospital directory of affiliated practitioners or insurance provider directory of participating practitioners. Healthcare practitioners (e.g., physicians) enter and communicate changes to their profile data to a central database to increase their compliance and decrease the frequency of providing updated or incomplete information in a hospital or insurance provider directory. The profile data can be credentialed according to rules specific to each hospital or insurance provider, prior to inclusion in the directory. The directory may further provide online booking of available appointment times for affiliated physicians from multiple practice groups. The online booking process can simultaneously be available on multiple websites of a hospital, insurance provider, physician practice group and/or centralized provider (aggregator).
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 12, 2010
Publication date:
September 9, 2010
Applicant:
ZocDoc, Inc.
Inventors:
Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Cyrus E. Massoumi
Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 15, 2008
Publication date:
March 18, 2010
Applicant:
ZocDoc, Inc.
Inventors:
Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Cyrus E. Massoumi
Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 15, 2008
Publication date:
March 18, 2010
Applicant:
ZocDoc, Inc.
Inventors:
Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Cyrus E. Massoumi
Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 15, 2008
Publication date:
March 18, 2010
Applicant:
ZocDoc, Inc.
Inventors:
Cyrus E. Massoumi, Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol
Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 15, 2008
Publication date:
March 18, 2010
Applicant:
ZocDoc, Inc.
Inventors:
Cyrus E. Massoumi, Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol