System and method for exchanging documents
First Claim
1. A method of delivering documents electronically, comprising the steps of:
- (a) Prompting a first user at a first business to send a reference to a document to a second user at a second business over a secure network;
(b) Verifying that the second business has rights to the document; and
(c) Granting all users at the second business access to the document if the second business has rights to the document.
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Abstract
A method of delivering documents electronically, including prompting a first user at a first business to send a reference to a document to a second user at a second business over a secure network, verifying that the second business has rights to the document, and granting all users at the second business access to the document if the second business has rights to the document. In another aspect, a method of creating notes, including verifying that a user is a practitioner, prompting the practitioner to enter text, prompting the practitioner to submit the text as a portion of a permanent record, and if the practitioner submits the text, saving the text as a portion of a permanent record. In another aspect, a method of segregating data within a file into distinct patient documents, including identifying the beginning of each document by searching for one or more predetermined phrases, and storing each document.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of delivering documents electronically, comprising the steps of:
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(a) Prompting a first user at a first business to send a reference to a document to a second user at a second business over a secure network;
(b) Verifying that the second business has rights to the document; and
(c) Granting all users at the second business access to the document if the second business has rights to the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of delivering documents electronically, comprising the steps of:
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(a) Prompting a first user at a first business to send references to a plurality of documents to a second user at a second business over a secure network;
(b) Verifying that the second business has rights to each of the plurality of documents; and
(c) Granting all users at the second business access to each document to which the second business has rights. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of delivering documents electronically, comprising the steps of:
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(a) Prompting a first user at a first business to send a reference to a document to a second user at a second business over a secure network;
(b) Verifying that the second business has rights to the document;
(c) Granting all users at the second business access to the document if the second business has rights to the document; and
(d) If the second business does not have rights to the document, granting limited access to the second user only to the document.
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22. A method of creating notes, comprising the steps of:
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(a) Verifying that a user is a practitioner;
(b) Prompting the practitioner to enter text;
(c) Prompting the practitioner to submit the text as a portion of a permanent record; and
(d) If the practitioner submits the text, saving the text as a portion of a permanent record. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of segregating data within a file into distinct patient documents, comprising the steps of:
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(a) Identifying the beginning of each document by searching for one or more predetermined phrases; and
(b) Storing each document.
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27. A method of categorizing documents, comprising the steps of:
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(a) Verifying that a document meets predetermined image quality specifications;
(b) Verifying that the document is complete and correctly sorted, ordered, and oriented;
(c) Resorting, reordering, and reorienting any incorrectly sorted, ordered, or oriented document;
(d) Rejecting any incomplete document or any document failing to meet predetermined image quality specifications;
(e) Marking an indication relating to a customer at the beginning of the document; and
(f) Storing each page grouping from the first page of the document to but not including the first page of the following document as a separate file with an identifier relating to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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