US 12,072,899 B2
Healthcare provider search based on experience
Michel Claussenelias, Denver, CO (US); and William N. Bell, Westminster, CO (US)
Assigned to Healthgrades Marketplace, LLC, Fort Mill, SC (US)
Filed by Healthgrades Marketplace, LLC, Fort Mill, SC (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/973,073.
Application 17/973,073 is a continuation of application No. 17/114,051, filed on Dec. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,514,061.
Application 17/114,051 is a continuation of application No. 14/675,345, filed on Mar. 31, 2015, granted, now 10,977,254, issued on Apr. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/973,777, filed on Apr. 1, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052294 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/953 (2019.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 70/00 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 16/24578 (2019.01) [G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/953 (2019.01); G16H 70/00 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for identifying healthcare providers, the system comprising:
a processing unit; and
a memory coupled to the processing unit, the memory encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, perform a method comprising:
receiving a request to search for one or more of the healthcare providers, wherein the request includes a search query comprising at least one specialty;
assigning a total boost score to each of the one or more healthcare providers who match the search query, wherein the total boost score is based on an experience boost, a practicing specialty term boost, and one or more values from a group comprising: a certification boost, a degree boost, a distance boost, a legal boost, a parent boost, and an affiliated hospital boost;
wherein the practicing specialty term boost is based on whether any specialty of the health care provider matches the at least one specialty of the search query;
wherein the one or more specialties of each of the one or more health care providers are based on claims information received from a plurality of insurance companies regarding procedures performed or conditions treated by each of the one or more healthcare providers;
ranking the one or more healthcare providers who match the search query based on the total boost score to create a ranked results list; and
providing access to the ranked results list over a computer network.