US Patent Issued to Zocdoc on June 24 for "Method and apparatus for managing physician referrals" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,348, issued on June 24, was assigned to Zocdoc Inc. (New York).

"Method and apparatus for managing physician referrals" was invented by Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Nikhil Ganju (New York) and Cyrus E. Massoumi (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus for managing the physician referral process, whereby a referring physician (e.g., a primary care provider) refers a patient to another physician (e.g., a specialist) for a particular medical procedure, analysis or care. An aggregator provides systems and methods available to physicians and their administrative staff (herein collectively referred to as...