Information exchange for health care providers

Abstract

A method is provided for exchanging healthcare information between a plurality of healthcare providers. The method includes providing a software platform which is prepopulated with the profiles of healthcare providers; assigning a prepopulated profile to a healthcare provider via an authentication process, thus establishing the healthcare provider as a member on the platform; establishing a communication means on the platform which allows a member healthcare provider to (a) communicate with other member healthcare providers via secure messages, and (b) exchange healthcare related documents with each other as attachments to the messages; and creating a network associated with a first healthcare provider on the platform by (a) transmitting an invitation initiated by the first healthcare provider to a second healthcare provider inviting the second healthcare provide to join the first healthcare provider's network, (b) receiving an acceptance of the invitation from the second healthcare provider, and (c) authenticating the second healthcare provider.

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