Health information database creation and secure access system and method
First Claim
1. A healthcare data management system comprising:
- a central processor;
a database accessible by the processor, the database containing an electronic personal health journal, the journal comprising a plurality of fields of information relating to a patient, including health status;
a software program installed on the processor adapted to establish secure communication between a user and the central processor to interact with an information field of the journal subject to a predetermined permission level, the permission level established on the basis of a relationship between the user and the patient and on the basis of user entity and is determinative of the information fields to which the user is permitted access and of the information fields that are amendable by the user.
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Abstract
A healthcare data management system includes a central processor and a database accessible by the processor that contains an electronic personal health journal. The journal includes a plurality of fields of information relating to a patient, including health status. A software program installed on the processor is adapted to establish secure communication between a user and the processor to interact with an information field of the journal subject to a predetermined permission level, which is established on the basis of a relationship between the user and the patient and on the basis of user entity and is determinative of the information fields to which the user is permitted access and of the information fields that are amendable by the user. Methods are provided for accessing and maintaining health data, increasing patient compliance, and decreasing duplication of services, healthcare costs, and iatrogenic pharmaceutical interactions.
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23 Claims
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1. A healthcare data management system comprising:
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a central processor;
a database accessible by the processor, the database containing an electronic personal health journal, the journal comprising a plurality of fields of information relating to a patient, including health status;
a software program installed on the processor adapted to establish secure communication between a user and the central processor to interact with an information field of the journal subject to a predetermined permission level, the permission level established on the basis of a relationship between the user and the patient and on the basis of user entity and is determinative of the information fields to which the user is permitted access and of the information fields that are amendable by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for accessing and amending patient healthcare data comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request from a user to electronically access a healthcare data management database for data on a patient;
requesting the user to provide an electronic, secure identification;
verifying an entity of the user and a relationship between the user and the patient; and
if the user has a valid certification and the relationship between the user and the patient has been established in the database;
accessing in the database a data filter to be applied to stored data on the patient, the data filter for determining an accessibility of an information field to the user; and
directing a display to the user of a user-accessible information field. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A method for increasing patient compliance in disease or disorder self-management and for thereby decreasing healthcare costs for treating the patient for the disease or disorder, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing electronic communication between a patient having a disease or disorder and a healthcare management system, the healthcare management system comprising a database accessible by the processor, the database containing an electronic personal health journal, the journal comprising a plurality of fields of information relating to a patient, including health status and a self-care regimen;
offering to the patient an incentive for compliance with the self-care regimen;
establishing a reminder system for time and type of actions to be taken by the patient to comply with the self-care regimen;
issuing reminders commensurate with the established reminder system;
securely electronically communicating with the patient;
receiving from the patient and entering into the database data comprising an indication of timely completion of the actions; and
if the patient is determined to have been sufficiently compliant with the regimen, providing the offered incentive to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method for reducing duplication of services at a healthcare facility comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a healthcare facility a request from a patient for treatment for an ailment;
receiving permission from the patient for secure access to at least a portion of an electronic healthcare record, the portion including data on prior patient treatment for the ailment;
electronically entering a secure healthcare management system comprising a database having therein health data on the patient;
providing electronic certification to the system of a registry of the facility with the system and of the received permission;
accessing the permitted portion of the record; and
if the ailment and the permitted portion of the record meet predetermined criteria, treating the patient for the ailment. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method for decreasing a likelihood of an adverse drug interaction in a patient comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a healthcare facility a request from a patient for treatment for an ailment;
identifying a potential pharmaceutical with which to treat the ailment;
receiving permission from the patient for secure access to a portion of an electronic healthcare record including patient prescription data;
electronically entering a secure healthcare management system comprising a database having therein prescription data on the patient;
providing electronic certification to the system of a registry of the facility with the system and of the received permission; and
if the identified pharmaceutical and the patient prescription data meet predetermined criteria, prescribing the identified pharmaceutical to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for establishing a system for accessing and amending patient healthcare data, reducing duplication of healthcare services, increasing patient compliance in disease self-management, and decreasing a likelihood of an adverse drug interaction in a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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certifying and registering a plurality of users for healthcare information access;
establishing a secure database of healthcare information, the database comprising a plurality of individual electronic health journals, each journal comprising a plurality of fields of information relating a patient, including health status, the database further comprising data on each certified user including a user role;
establishing a community foundation for mediating healthcare management;
establishing a role-based rule set for granting access to and for permitting emendation of selected information fields in a journal by each user;
establishing a secure electronic protocol for granting access to each user with an electronic identification device;
receiving funding support for the foundation;
selecting community volunteers for providing motivational support to a patient for self-management of a patient disease.
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