Interactive system for patient access to electronic medical records
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1. An access program for an electronic medical record (EMR) system executable on a computer to:
- a) receive patient-sourced medical data about a patient from the patient;
b) process the patient-sourced medical data according to medical data about the patient held in the EMR; and
c) return information based on the processed patient-sourced data to the patient.
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Abstract
A programmable rules-based interface between a patient and an electronic medical record EMR allows controlled patient access to the EMR allowing increased patient participation in the healthcare process.
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1. An access program for an electronic medical record (EMR) system executable on a computer to:
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a) receive patient-sourced medical data about a patient from the patient;
b) process the patient-sourced medical data according to medical data about the patient held in the EMR; and
c) return information based on the processed patient-sourced data to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An access program for an electronic medical record (EMR) system executable on a computer to:
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a) receive a patient request for access to medical data about the patient from the EMR;
b) determine a permission for the patient with respect to access of the data using an administrator programmable rule receiving as an argument at least one of a type of data and a value of the data; and
c) allow access of the data by the patient only if the patient has permission to access the medical data as requested according to the administrator programmable rule. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An access program for an electronic medical record (EMR) system executing to:
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a) receive a patient request for medical data about the patient from the EMR;
b) translate the data received from the EMR in response to the request from terminology appropriate to the medical profession to terminology appropriate to a layperson; and
c) return the translated requested data to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. An access program for an electronic medical record (EMR) system executing to:
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a) receive patient-sourced medical data;
b) associate the patient-sourced medical data with a tag distinguishing the patient-sourced data from data entered by a healthcare professional; and
c) entering the tagged patient-sourced data into a central patient record system. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An access program for an electronic medical record (EMR) system executing a stored program to:
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a) receive patient-sourced medical data;
b) analyze the received data in light of other data stored in the EMR to determine a trend over time indicating a possible medical issue; and
c) notifying a healthcare professional if a medical issue is indicated. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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