Methods and systems for a healthcare provider search

A system, comprising:

• a hardware processor;
• and
• a non-transitory memory device coupled to the hardware processor and storing executable instructions that when executed cause the hardware processor to:
• receive, from a user device via a network, a search query input to the user device by a user;
• automatically determine one or more search contexts based on the search query;
• calculate a score for each of the one or more search contexts indicating similarity of each of the one or more search contexts to the search query;
• and
• perform a search in a database of health care providers for the search query, the search limited to a search context of the one or more search contexts with a highest score.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a user device over a network, a search query;
• generating suggestions based on the search query;
• converting the suggestions into contexts with types;
• calculating scores for each context of the contexts;
• selecting a first context with a highest score for a search and a second context for an alternate search suggestion;
• searching a database based on the first context;
• and
• transmitting, over the network to the user device, search results from the search and the alternate search suggestion for display to a user.