System and method for providing notifications to a user

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions for providing notifications and communication to a patient based on a first scheduled visit to a healthcare services facility that, as a result of being executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to at least:

• a) receive information related to the first scheduled visit to the healthcare services facility, wherein a mobile device is associated with the patient;
• b) store the information related to the first scheduled visit to the healthcare services facility in a data store;
• c) send a first notification to or retrieving the first notification from the mobile device, wherein the first notification includes information about the first scheduled visit and is based upon the location of the healthcare services facility and patient and a geofenced area indicating that the patient is in close proximity to the healthcare services facility when entered into by the mobile device associated with the patient and one of or any combination of:
• the medical history of the patient, the insurance network of the patient, where the patient lives and works, price information of the healthcare service being performed for the patient, preferences of the patient, the knowledge and skill and self-confidence of the patient to manage healthcare, and the location of the healthcare services facility and patient and a geofenced area indicating that the patient is in close proximity to the healthcare services facility when entered into by the mobile device associated with the patient;
• d) output the first notification to the mobile device;
• e) determine whether the patient has read the first notification;
• f) receive information related to a second scheduled visit of the patient to the healthcare services facility;
• g) send a second notification to or retrieving the second notification from the mobile device, wherein the second notification includes information about the second scheduled visit and is based upon the location of the healthcare services facility and patient and a geofenced area indicating that the patient is in close proximity to the healthcare services facility when entered into by the mobile device associated with the patient, wherein the second notification includes more or less information based on determining whether the patient has read the first notification;
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• h) output the second notification to the mobile device.