Method, system, and apparatus for patient controlled access of medical records

• US 20050182661A1
• Filed: 02/17/2004
• Published: 08/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Allard, David J., Szabo, Robert M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,185,411 B2
• 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: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD

Abstract

A method of permitting controlled access to medical information can include establishing a storage means for containing medical information and establishing a means for accessing the medical information. The method further can include controlling the means for accessing the medical information according to a type of entity accessing the medical information, wherein access is limited according to the type of entity.

Claims

1. A method of permitting controlled access to medical information comprising:

establishing a storage means for containing medical information;

establishing a means for accessing the medical information; and

controlling the means for accessing the medical information according to a type of entity accessing the medical information, wherein access is limited according to the type of entity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the storage means is a central repository.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the means for accessing the medical information is controlled using a universally unique identifier.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said controlling step is overridden by a registered emergency provider.

5. The method of claim 1, said controlling step further comprising notifying a patient that their medical information has been accessed.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the storage means is a central repository.

6. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having a plurality of code sections, said code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

establishing a storage means for containing medical information;

establishing a means for accessing the medical information; and

controlling the means for accessing the medical information according to a type of entity accessing the medical information, wherein access is limited according to the type of entity.

7. The machine-readable storage of claim 6, wherein the storage means is a central repository.

8. The machine-readable storage of claim 6, wherein the means for accessing the medical information is controlled using a universally unique identifier.

9. The machine-readable storage of claim 6, wherein said controlling step is overridden by a registered emergency provider.

10. The machine-readable storage of claim 6, said controlling step further comprising notifying a patient that their medical information has been accessed.

11. A system for permitting controlled access to medical information comprising:

storage means for containing medical information;

means for accessing the medical information; and

means for controlling said means for accessing the medical information according to a type of entity accessing the medical information, wherein access is limited according to the type of entity.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the means for controlling the means for accessing the medical information comprises a unique identifier.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein said means for controlling the access of the medical information may be overridden by registered emergency providers.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein said means for controlling the access of the medical information further includes means for notifying a patient that their medical information has been accessed.