Method and system for providing online medical records
First Claim
1. A method for providing a consumer with the ability to access and collect personal health records associated with the consumer in a secure and private manner, comprising:
- assigning a toll-free phone number individually associated with and dedicated to the consumer for private fax and voice communications from a health care provider;
associating access information with the consumer for the consumer to use to access a secure web site;
receiving a private fax communication comprising a personal health record associated with the consumer for which the consumer has requested and given permission to the health care provider to send to the toll-free number;
converting the private fax communications into an image file format;
storing the health record encoded in the image file format;
providing the consumer with secure access to the web site using the access information and providing on the web site an interface to the health records of the consumer for the consumer to access the health record.
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Abstract
A method for providing a consumer with the ability to access and collect personal health records associated with the consumer in a secure and private manner is provided. The method includes assigning a toll-free phone number individually associated with and dedicated to the consumer for private fax and voice communications from a health care provider, associating access information with the consumer for the consumer to use to access a secure web site, receiving a private fax communication comprising a personal health record associated with the consumer for which the consumer has requested and given permission to the health care provider to send to the toll-free number, converting the private fax communications into an image file format, storing the health record encoded in the image file format, and providing the consumer with secure access to the web site using the access information and providing on the web site an interface to the health records of the consumer for the consumer to access the health record.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for providing a consumer with the ability to access and collect personal health records associated with the consumer in a secure and private manner, comprising:
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assigning a toll-free phone number individually associated with and dedicated to the consumer for private fax and voice communications from a health care provider;
associating access information with the consumer for the consumer to use to access a secure web site;
receiving a private fax communication comprising a personal health record associated with the consumer for which the consumer has requested and given permission to the health care provider to send to the toll-free number;
converting the private fax communications into an image file format;
storing the health record encoded in the image file format;
providing the consumer with secure access to the web site using the access information and providing on the web site an interface to the health records of the consumer for the consumer to access the health record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23)
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24. A kit for assisting a customer with exercising rights to health records associated with the customer, accessing the health records, maintaining the health records as private, and providing access to the health records in case of emergency, the kit comprising:
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an access card comprising access information associated with the customer to be used to access a secure web site providing access to health records of the customer to be used to convey the access information to another in event of a medical emergency associated with the customer;
at least one document comprising a request to a health care provider to electronically send the health records to a destination and granting permission by the customer to the health care provider to electronically send the medical records to the destination and wherein the health records sent to the destination are accessible on the secure web site. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for communicating personal health records of a consumer, comprising:
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a consent document providing instructions for and giving permission to a health care provider to fax medical records of a patient to a dedicated phone number associated with the consumer;
a fax server for receiving faxes of the health records directed to the dedicated phone number;
a web server in operative communication with the fax server and adapted to provide a secure web-based interface to the health records. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 34)
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