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MEDICAL RECORDS NETWORK

  • US 20090240681A1
  • Filed: 03/20/2008
  • Published: 09/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A medical records network for providing communication between a plurality of client computer systems, one or more of which store medical records, the medical records network comprising:

  • a first client computer system comprising;

    a first client processor for executing instructions to provide access to medical records;

    a first agent application running on the first client processor, the first agent application for generating an authentication request and for generating a first record request query to request access to one or more medical records stored on one or more other client computer systems, the first record request query including query information for identifying the one or more medical records to be accessed;

    a communication network connected to the first client computer system, the communication network for communicating the authentication request and the first record request query to one or more other computer systems connected to the communication network;

    a proxy computer system connected to the communication network and operable to receive the authentication request and the first record request query, the proxy computer system comprising;

    a proxy database containing at least authentication data;

    a proxy processor for executing instructions to access the authentication data contained in the proxy database and determine whether one or more of the client computer systems are authorized to communicate over the medical records network, the proxy processor also for executing instructions to enable communications between client computer systems authorized to communicate medical records over the medical records network;

    a proxy application running on the proxy processor, the proxy application for determining, based at least in part on the accessed authentication data and the authentication request, whether the first client computer system is authorized to communicate over the medical records network, the proxy application further for generating a first proxy query based on the query information in the first record request query;

    the communication network for communicating the first proxy query to one or more other computer systems connected to the communication network;

    a second client computer system connected to the communication network and operable to receive the first proxy query, the second client computer system comprising;

    a second client processor for executing instructions to provide access to medical records;

    a second client database containing one or more medical records;

    a second agent application running on the second client processor, the second agent application for determining, based on the first proxy query, whether the one or more medical records requested by the first client computer system are contained in the second client database, the second agent application for generating a positive query response when the one or more medical records requested by the first client computer system are contained in the second client database;

    the communication network for communicating the positive query response to the proxy computer system; and

    the proxy application for receiving the positive query response and establishing a secure communication channel via the communication network between the first client computer system and the second client computer system based on the positive query response, whereby the second client computer system may communicate the requested one or more medical records to the first client computer system via the secure communication channel.

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