US Patent 11315166 Method and system for locating a service provider

Systems and methods for providing recommendations of healthcare service providers are provided. A method includes receiving search criteria from a computing device of a search user. The method also includes determining at least one group of users associated with the search user. The method additionally includes determining recommendations that satisfy the search criteria and that are associated with at least one user in the at least one group of users. The method further includes transmitting the determined recommendations to the computing device of the search user. The determining the at least one group of users and the determining the recommendations are performed by a recommendation tool running on a computing device.