Process of interfacing a patient indirectly with their own electronic medical records
First Claim
1. A process of allowing a patient to have limited input access to their electronic medical record comprising of the steps of forming a basic patient medical record in a computer application through entry of information using a machine-readable questionnaire, a scanner, and a computer application;
- a) providing the patient with a machine readable questionnaire concerning their medical history, their environment, their symptoms, or other pertinent information for answering by the patient;
b) interfacing the machine readable card with a scanning type machine to convert the patient'"'"'s written answers to a data stream;
c) arranging the data stream into a defined set of data structure simulating the protocol structure from a party having authorization to export data to the patient'"'"'s medical record;
d) sending the formatted data to an assigned location for importing into the patient'"'"'s medical record;
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Abstract
A process of allowing a patient to have limited input access to their electronic medical record including the steps of forming a basic patient medical record in a computer through entry of information using a keyboard, providing the patient with a machine readable medical questionnaire concerning their history, environment, symptoms, and other pertinent information for answering by the patient, interfacing the machine readable medical questionnaire with a scanner to send the data stream to a microprocessor and converting the patient'"'"'s answers to a protocol simulating the protocol from a party having authority to export data to the patient'"'"'s medical record, and transferring the protocol-arranged data into the patient'"'"'s medical record housed in a database through use of an interface engine.
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17 Claims
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1. A process of allowing a patient to have limited input access to their electronic medical record comprising of the steps of forming a basic patient medical record in a computer application through entry of information using a machine-readable questionnaire, a scanner, and a computer application;
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a) providing the patient with a machine readable questionnaire concerning their medical history, their environment, their symptoms, or other pertinent information for answering by the patient;
b) interfacing the machine readable card with a scanning type machine to convert the patient'"'"'s written answers to a data stream;
c) arranging the data stream into a defined set of data structure simulating the protocol structure from a party having authorization to export data to the patient'"'"'s medical record;
d) sending the formatted data to an assigned location for importing into the patient'"'"'s medical record;
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