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Internet medical information system (IMED)

  • US 20060229919A1
  • Filed: 04/10/2006
  • Published: 10/12/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for creating, maintaining and accessing medical histories and, in emergencies, for providing pre-authorized access to the medical histories, wherein the patients pre-authorize selected parties to access the histories and wherein access to the histories is limited for many of the selected parties, the system comprising:

  • at least one server, which has stored therein at least one database, the at least one database storing multiple patient files, wherein each patient file is associated with a patient and contains patient information, wherein the patient information defines a medical history of the associated patient, the patient information being stored in multiple fields within each patient file, the at least one server also having stored therein multiple access modules, wherein each access module is associated with a selected party and at least one patient file, further wherein each access module comprises multiple data files, and at least one of the data files is an access file that contains limiting information that dictates an amount of the patient'"'"'s medical history the associated selected party may access;

    a network, wherein the at least one sever is connected to the network;

    a computer, wherein the computer is associated with an access module and is connected to the network, and wherein the patients can use the computer to authorize access to their medical histories; and

    , an identification device that is connected to the computer, capable of identifying the patient upon interaction with the patient, wherein upon identification, the patient'"'"'s medical history is displayed on the computer in accordance with the associated access module.

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