α. a network connected to a plurality of healthcare user computers and a plurality of patient computers located remotely from each other

β. the network of computers configured to perform:

i. authorizing and scheduling a patient using a series of questions initiated by the P2P system that describes the patient's health condition in an appointment request and submitting the appointment request to a medical staff member for review;

ii. a remote patient registration wherein the patient logs in using a patient ID and password and inputs related healthcare information, including at least, patient's personal data, insurance policy information, and medical history into a patient computer, the remote patient registration sent to a healthcare provider computer using a P2P central server;

iii. an electronic patient sign-in sheet wherein the patient signs in to be listed on an electronic waiting room list;

iv. an automated exam room scheduling function for the healthcare provider to view the status of all exam rooms;

v. an automated insurance verification for performing verification for all patient appointments for a particular day;

vi. displaying an intelligent electronic superbill to assist the healthcare provider in selecting diagnosis codes and cost effective procedure codes after the patient has been examined by accessing information related to a diagnosis code/procedure code stored within the network and automatically searching the P2P network databases to present the resulting information to the healthcare provider;

vii. an automated electronic payment posting in a medical office database after extracting insurance payment information from a electronic explanation of benefits file sent by an insurance company;

viii. an automated electronic insurance claims submission to submit electronic insurance claims to a clearinghouse computer or directly to an insurance company computer;

ix. a check-out time patient billing function for generating a check-out statement after the healthcare provider has completed a superbill, the check-out statement containing a patient payment portion and a portion covered by the patient's insurance policy, the patient's statement for sending electronically to the patient;

x. an automated transfer of secure electronic messages between the healthcare providers and patients;

xi. an electronic referral form for electronically transferring information to a specialist's facility including at least one of: a medical office server and a hospital;

xii. an on-request/automated transfer of electronic medical records, electronic referrals, electronic prescriptions and related patient information among healthcare service providers and patients;

xiii. a storage of electronic reference books accessible by P2P members;

xiv. electronic communication and collaboration between physicians and office staff members;

xv. providing authorized users, including at least physicians, research scientists, and lab technicians to access the network to conduct research, prepare, store, view, and print research reports;

xvi. a conversion of paper medical records to electronic medical records;

xvii. the patient remotely accessing detail healthcare product information and the ability to purchase a plurality of healthcare products;

xviii. the healthcare provider to conducting video conferences among P2P members, wherein video conferencing includes enabling the physician to tele-examine the patient using a plurality of devices including a web camera;

xix. enabling healthcare providers and lab technicians to tele-diagnosis by allowing said physicians and lab technicians the ability to view images from diagnostic tests and send diagnosis reports;

xx. allowing the patient the ability to view and print their healthcare related information including at least one of: medical bill, diagnosis report, and electronic medical record;

xxi. allowing the patient access to their billing account, wherein the patient is able to view and pay their medical bill;

xxii. a q-rating system to provide feedback as to the quality of healthcare services to patients.