US 2022/0101985 A1 · EFFICIENTLY SCHEDULING REFERRAL APPOINTMENTS

Abstract

Embodiments herein disclose computer-implemented methods, computer program products and computer systems for efficiently scheduling referral appointments. The computer-implemented method may include receiving text data corresponding to a referral request; determining patient data based on the text data comprising patient demographic data, patient complaint data, patient medication data, and patient history data; determining doctor data based on the text data comprising sending doctor data and receiving doctor; determining a patient treatment time based on the patient data and the receiving doctor data; sending an appointment request including the patient treatment time to a receiving doctor computing device; and receiving an appointment confirmation including the patient treatment time, wherein the appointment confirmation indicates acceptance of the appointment request by the receiving doctor. Text fields having respective text field entries may be identified in a medical referral document using an NLP engine for the referral request.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for scheduling a referral appointment, comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, text data corresponding to a referral request;
determining, by the one or more processors, patient data, based on the text data, comprising one or more of patient demographic data, patient complaint data, patient medication data, and patient history data;
determining, by the one or more processors, doctor data, based on the text data, comprising receiving doctor data;
determining, by the one or more processors, a patient treatment time based on the patient data and the receiving doctor data;
sending, by the one or more processors, an appointment request including the patient treatment time to a computing device associated with the receiving doctor data;
and
receiving, by the one or more processors, an appointment confirmation including the patient treatment time, wherein the appointment confirmation indicates acceptance of the appointment request.

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A computer program product for scheduling a referral appointment, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to receive text data corresponding to a referral request;
program instructions to determine patient data based on the text data, the patient data comprising one or more of patient demographic data, patient complaint data, patient medication data, and patient history data;
program instructions determine doctor data based on the text data, the doctor data comprising receiving doctor data;
program instructions to determine a patient treatment time based on the patient data and the receiving doctor data;
program instructions to send an appointment request including the patient treatment time to a computing device associated with the receiving doctor data;
and
program instructions to receive an appointment confirmation including the patient treatment time, wherein the appointment confirmation indicates acceptance of the appointment request.

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A computer system for scheduling a referral appointment, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media;
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to receive text data corresponding to a referral request;
program instructions to determine patient data based on the text data, the patient data comprising one or more of patient demographic data, patient complaint data, patient medication data, and patient history data;
program instructions determine doctor data based on the text data, the doctor data comprising receiving doctor data;
program instructions to determine a patient treatment time based on the patient data and the receiving doctor data;
program instructions to send an appointment request including the patient treatment time to a computing device associated with the receiving doctor data;
and
program instructions to receive an appointment confirmation including the patient treatment time, wherein the appointment confirmation indicates acceptance of the appointment request.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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