Method and System for Creating, Assembling, Managing, Utilizing, and Securely Storing Portable Personal Medical Records

• US 20090112627A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Health Record Corp.
• Original Assignee: Health Record Corp.
• Inventors: Rosensteel, Gregory J., Berkman, Seth M., Bushkin, Merle J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,180,654 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/88 Medical equipments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3226 using a predetermined code, e.g. password, passphrase or PIN network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using passwords in a packet data network H04L63/083

Abstract

A method and system are provided for utilizing indexed electronic patient medical records stored on portable memory devices. Each of the portable memory devices is associated with a patient for electronically storing indexed medical records for the patient from a plurality of care providers. The indexed medical records are sortable or searchable. For each visit to a care provider by a patient, the method includes: (a) accessing the indexed medical records from a portable memory device associated with the patient; (b) automatically generating one or more documents for use during the visit from the indexed medical records; (c) providing medical services to the patient utilizing the indexed medical records and the one or more documents; (d) recording information relating to the medical services on the one or more documents, and loading the information on the portable memory device; and (e) sending delayed information relating to the medical services to a remote server for subsequent downloading by the patient or another authorized person of the delayed information from the server to the portable memory device.

Claims

1. A method for utilizing indexed electronic patient medical records stored on portable memory devices, each of said portable memory devices associated with a patient for electronically storing indexed medical records for said patient from a plurality of care providers, said indexed medical records being sortable or searchable, for each visit to a care provider by a patient, the method comprising:

(a) accessing said indexed medical records from a portable memory device associated with the patient;

(b) generating one or more documents to be used for said visit from said indexed medical records;

(c) providing medical services to said patient utilizing said one or more documents and said indexed medical records;

(d) recording information relating to said medical services on said one or more documents, and loading said information on said portable memory device; and

(e) sending delayed information relating to said medical services to a remote server for subsequent downloading by the patient or another authorized person of said delayed information from said server to said portable memory device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said one or more documents contain a health summary report, an encounter report form, an immunization report, an insurance application report, or a hospital admission report.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein accessing said indexed medical records comprises using an anatomical location interface or an interface listing human body systems linked to associated indexed medical records stored on each of said portable memory devices.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said indexed medical records are encrypted and protected by password or biometric access to one or more levels.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising periodically backing up medical records that is stored on a portable memory device.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating a report from data stored on said portable memory device illustrating progression of one or more health related measurements over a given period of time.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising using a patient record manager to electronically store and manage encounter records for a plurality of patients treated by a care provider.

8. A method for managing portable patient medical records, comprising:

(a) providing a portable memory device to each of a plurality of patients for electronically storing indexed medical records for said patient from a plurality of care providers and generating one or more documents from said indexed medical records; and

(b) for each visit to a care provider by a patient;

(i) receiving from the care provider delayed information relating to medical services provided by the care provider to the patient; and

(ii) transmitting said delayed information to a computer operated by the patient or another authorized person for subsequent downloading of said delayed information by said patient or another authorized person from said computer to the portable memory device of the patient.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising notifying said patient or another authorized person of receipt of delayed information from said care provider at step (ii).

10. The method of claim 8 wherein each portable memory device stores a log of transactions for said portable memory device, and wherein the method further comprises receiving said log and performing a business, marketing, or technical analysis of said log.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising receiving data from third party services to be transmitted to a computer operated by a patient or another authorized person for subsequent downloading of said data by said patient or another authorized person, wherein said third party services include a national provider identifier database and a prescriptions database or network.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising automatically delivering software updates to said portable memory devices.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising backing up data from said portable memory devices.

14. A system for managing portable patient medical records, comprising:

a plurality of portable memory devices, each to be provided to one of a plurality of patients for electronically storing indexed medical records for said patient from a plurality of care providers and generating one or more documents from said indexed medical records; and

a computer server for (i) receiving delayed information from the plurality of care providers for each visit by a patient to a care provider, said delayed information relating to medical services provided to the patient by the care provider; and

(ii) transmitting said delayed information to a computer operated by the patient or another authorized person for subsequent downloading of said delayed information by said patient or another authorized person from said computer to said portable memory device.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein said computer server further receives from each portable memory device a log of transactions for said portable memory device, and performs a business, marketing, or technical analysis of said log.

16. The system of claim 14 wherein said computer server further receives data from third party services to be transmitted to a computer operated by a patient for subsequent downloading of said data by said patient, wherein said third party services include a national provider identifier database and a prescriptions database.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein said computer server further automatically delivers software updates to said portable memory devices.

18. The system of claim 14 wherein each of said portable memory devices includes a standardized interface selected from the group consisting of a USB port, a Firewire port, a Serial/RS-232 port, and a wireless interface, and wherein each portable memory device includes a flash drive or other standardized storage device.

19. The system of claim 14 wherein each of the portable memory devices includes a display for showing selected information relating to the patient associated with said portable memory device, and a control mechanism for operating said display.

20. The system of claim 14 wherein anatomical location and human body system interfaces linked to said indexed medical records are stored on each of said portable memory devices.

21. The system of claim 14 wherein said indexed medical records are encrypted and password protected.

22. The system of claim 14 wherein each of said portable memory devices includes freely accessible emergency information.

23. The system of claim 14 wherein said computer server periodically backs up medical records stored on a portable memory device.

24. The system of claim 14 wherein medical records stored by each portable memory device are unalterable.

25. The system of claim 14 wherein said portable memory devices store a training video or demo on use of the device.