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US 8,285,559 B1Granted
Method for providing personalized medical care
AssigneeHealthnetwork Foundation, Inc.
InventorWilliam W. Rowley
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Abstract
A method for providing personalized medical care is described herein. The membership provider provides access to qualified members to highly qualified healthcare facilities. A dedicated staff person is available for the members, along with a selection of preferred services to make the health care facility visit more pleasant. The membership provider will then facilitate a meeting between the healthcare facility and the member to encourage and solicit a donation by the member to the healthcare facility.
Claims17
A method of providing personalized medical care, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a membership provider,
- providing memberships to one or more high net worth potential members as determined by the membership provider, wherein the potential members are chosen based upon at least one requirement for membership into the membership provider, the at least one requirement comprising financial worth,
- providing an electronic database containing independent healthcare organizations to be offered to at least one of said members for providing personalized medical care,
- searching the database using criteria including member's medical need and at least one quantitative rating system and identifying a selection of said independent healthcare organizations from said electronic database with a specialty of said independent healthcare organizations corresponding to said member's medical need and said at least one quantitative rating system using a computer algorithm choosing only healthcare organizations in approximately the top 20% of the rating system,
- displaying to said member the selection of said independent healthcare organizations corresponding to said member's medical need arranged by one or more of geography, specialty and ranking,
- receiving from the member identification of a selected healthcare facility chosen from facilities in the selection of independent healthcare organizations,
- staffing the selected healthcare facility with a dedicated staff person trained for the program, wherein the membership provider at least partially supports the dedicated staff person, offering preferred services to the member,
- providing personalized medical care to the member, wherein the medical procedure is performed on the member by the selected healthcare facility, wherein the dedicated staff person assists the member in obtaining the personalized medical care from the healthcare facility, and optionally,
- soliciting a donation from the member for one selected from the group consisting of the selected healthcare facility, the membership provider, research and development related to a specific disease or condition of the member's choice, and a combination thereof.
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