Virtual clinic for medical practice

Details Virtual clinic for medical practice Virtual clinic for medical practice

2001-07-30

2008-08-12

Gilligan, C Luke (Department: 3626)

Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

Health care management

C705S003000, C600S300000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07412396

ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for a virtual clinic to establish communications and working relationships among itself, patients, physicians, and insurance companies patient to facilitate the remote diagnosis and treatment of patients. In one embodiment, a patient may contact its insurance carrier via a web page on the Internet. The insurance company then matches the patient to one of its plans and then forwards information to the virtual clinic which then responds to the patient's web request. The patient is then put in operative communication with a physician who is known by the virtual clinic to be licensed to practice medicine in the patient's current location and to have expertise in the patient's condition.

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