METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCOMMODATING DIVERSE HEALTHCARE RECORD CENTERS
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1. A health data portal aggregator comprising:
- at least one electronic computer electronically connected to a computer network communicating with at least two health data portals of the type providing access by a patient to clinical records of the patient from electronic medical record systems associated with corresponding healthcare institutions, the electronic computer executing a stored program to;
(a) receive authentication information from a patient;
(b) use the authentication information together with stored access information for the health data portals to collect clinical records from the electronic medical record systems of the healthcare institutions over the computer network, the clinical records providing clinical medical data having datatypes;
(c) display the clinical medical data visually aggregated by datatypes; and
(d) visually associate the visually aggregated clinical medical data with information identifying the healthcare institutions sourcing the clinical medical data.
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Abstract
A healthcare portal aggregator collects data from healthcare portals of different institutions to provide patients with a comprehensive view of their healthcare information. The aggregator visually organizes data by datatypes for easy reference while visually linking the data to healthcare institution identifiers to preserve the healthcare institution'"'"'s connections to their patients.
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1. A health data portal aggregator comprising:
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at least one electronic computer electronically connected to a computer network communicating with at least two health data portals of the type providing access by a patient to clinical records of the patient from electronic medical record systems associated with corresponding healthcare institutions, the electronic computer executing a stored program to; (a) receive authentication information from a patient; (b) use the authentication information together with stored access information for the health data portals to collect clinical records from the electronic medical record systems of the healthcare institutions over the computer network, the clinical records providing clinical medical data having datatypes; (c) display the clinical medical data visually aggregated by datatypes; and (d) visually associate the visually aggregated clinical medical data with information identifying the healthcare institutions sourcing the clinical medical data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computerized aggregator for personal medical information comprising:
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(a) an electronic memory holding; (i) healthcare institution data related to multiple healthcare providers who provide patient accessible Web portals for personal medical information; (ii) credentialing data for the patient accessible Web portals, the credentialing data allowing access by a given patient; (b) an electronic computer connected to the Internet and executing a stored program to; (i) connect to each of the patient-accessible portals identified in the electronic storage medium; (ii) extract healthcare information for the given patient from each of the portals with datatype identifying information; (iii) generate a Web-accessible report blending the healthcare information of different healthcare providers according to the datatype identifying information; and (iv) link the healthcare information to a trademark of the healthcare provider.
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