System and method for electronic medical record keeping

• US 20030115084A1
• Filed: 12/19/2001
• Published: 06/19/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (State University of New York)
• Original Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (State University of New York)
• Inventors: Gage, John S.
• Application Number:
  US10/026,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20030115084A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A portable medical record comprises a plurality of processors connected by a network to database including a medical record, a plurality of folders for storing messages in the medical record, a means for controlling access to each of the folders, and a means for sorting each messages into at least one folder.

Claims

1. A method for making an entry to an electronic medical record comprising the steps of:

associating the medical record with a patient, wherein the medical record is managed by an administrator;

providing access to a portion of the medical record;

receiving an entry at a server serving the medical record on a network of processors, wherein the medical record includes at least one folder storing the entry; and

storing the entry in a folder according to a header of the entry.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the entry is provided by a user, wherein the user is one of a patient and a provider.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the entry is provided by a user, wherein the user is one of a business and an organization.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the entry is provided by a processor on the network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing access further comprises the step of providing patient consent.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing limited access and usage to a user according to a user'"'"'s current identity.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing limited access and usage to a user according to a user'"'"'s scope of employment.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing limited access and usage to a user according to a user'"'"'s demographic profile.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing limited access and usage to a user according to a user'"'"'s business character.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing limited access and usage to a user according to a user'"'"'s group membership.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing limited access and usage to a user according to a user'"'"'s security clearance.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the entry received at the server is encrypted by a sender.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the entry received at the server is digitally signed.

14. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for making an entry to an electronic medical record, the method steps comprising:

associating the medical record with a patient, wherein the medical record is managed by an administrator;

providing access to a portion of the medical record;

receiving an entry at a server serving the medical record on a network of processors, wherein the medical record includes at least one folder storing the entry; and

storing the entry in a folder according to a header of the entry.

15. A system for a portable medical record comprising:

a plurality of processors connected by a network to database including a medical record;

a plurality of folders for storing a message in the medical record;

a means for controlling access to each of the folders; and

a means for sorting the message into at least one folder.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the message can be one of a plain text message, a digital image, an audio file, and a multimedia file.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the message includes one or more attachments.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein a message attachment can be one of plain text message, a digital image, an audio file, and a multimedia file.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the means for controlling access further comprising:

a data encryption module for encryption communications across the network; and

a digital signature module.

20. A graphical User interface system supporting a medical record comprising:

a menu generator for generating;

at least one menu permitting User browsing of at least one folder of a medical record; and

a menu permitting User entries to the medical record, wherein each entry is automatically filed into at least one desired folder of the medical record.

21. The graphical User interface of claim 20, further comprising a means for accessing a multimedia file including a portion of an entry to the medical record.

22. The graphical User interface of claim 20, wherein the multimedia file is comprised of multipurpose Internet mail extensions.