Enhancing patient referral outcome through structuring data for efficient place of service utilization rate analysis
US12354722B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 5, 2023 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H80/00
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed are a method, a device, and/or a system of enhancing patient referral outcome through structuring data for efficient place of service utilization rate analysis. In one embodiment, a device extracts a set of utilization logs that each describe a type of facility from a log data structure modeling healthcare providers associated by referral logs. A referral request agent receives a referral profile generated for a patient. The referral profile is compared by a profile matching engine to the set of utilization logs. A dataset reduction subroutine generates a reduced dataset that is compared to a minimum threshold of healthcare providers to determine a sufficient number are within the reduced dataset. The utilization rate routine then calculates a POS utilization rate, and a healthcare provider is selected based on criteria including the POS utilization rate. The selection can be transmitted to a computing device of a healthcare provider.
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