Method and Apparatus for Providing Medical Records Registration

• US 20090271221A1
• Filed: 04/23/2009
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rabih Aridi, William Naim
• Original Assignee: Rabih Aridi, William Naim
• Inventors: Aridi, Rabih, Naim, William
• Application Number:
  US12/428,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20090271221A1
• 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: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method and network for managing and transferring medical information are disclosed. A network, in one embodiment, includes a portable medical device and a medical records registration (“MRR”) system for handling and transferring medical information. The portable medical device includes patient or client verification information and it is capable of issuing a request for medical related information via a communications network. The MRR system is capable of authenticating the request in response to a set of predefined verifications and obtaining the medical related information after passage of the authentication. The medical related information is subsequently forwarded in accordance with the request.

Claims

1. A method of accessing information, comprising:

issuing a first request for first medical related information via a communications network;

authenticating the first request in response to a set of predefined verifications;

obtaining the first medical related information after authentication; and

forwarding the first medical related information in accordance with the first request.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising registering the first medical related information associated to a first person with a medical records registration (“

MRR”

) system.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein registering the first medical related information associated to a first person with a MRR system allowing the MRR system to distribute the first medial related information between a medical institution and the first person.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein issuing a first request for a first medical related information via a communications network includes initiating a request for transferring medical records from a portable medical device capable of communicating with the communications network.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein initiating a request for transferring medical records from a portable medical device capable of communicating with the communications network includes sending the first request to a remote medical records registration (“

MRR”

) system in accordance with information stored in a first portable medical device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein authenticating the first request in response to a set of predefined verifications includes:

directing the first request to a medical records registration (“

MRR”

) system;

retrieving the first verification data from a local storage in response to information in the first request; and

authenticating the first request in response to the first verification data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the first medical related information after authentication further includes retrieving the first medical related information from a remote server for a medical institution.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the first medical related information after authentication further includes retrieving the first medical related information from a local database coupled to a medical records registration system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein forwarding the first medical related information in accordance with the first request includes sending the first medical related information to a device specified by the first request.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein forwarding the first medical related information in accordance with the first request includes sending the first medical related information to a predefined registered device specified by the first request.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein forwarding the first medical related information in accordance with the first request includes sending the first medical related information to a portable medical device specified by the first request.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

issuing a second request for a second medical related information via the communications network;

authenticating the second request in response to a set of second predefined verifications;

obtaining the second medical related information after authentication; and

forwarding the second medical related information in accordance with the second request.

13. A method of managing medical information, comprising:

allocating a database having a plurality of individual records for storing medical related information;

designating a first portion of each individual record for storing patient contact information and authentication information;

designating a second portion of each individual record for storing patient history;

designating a third portion of each individual record for storing patient medical records; and

permitting a remote access to one of the first, second, and third portions by a registered patient for predefined data after authentication.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein allocating a database having a plurality of individual records for storing medical related information includes assigning a portion of memory in a medical records registration (“

MRR”

) system for storing the plurality of individual records.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein designating a first portion of each individual record for storing patient contact information and authentication information includes assigning a unique MRR number for each patient.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein designating a second portion of each individual record for storing patient history includes storing data relating to relevant medical professionals and medications in connection to a particular patient.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein designating a third portion of each individual record for storing patient medical records includes obtaining at least a portion of patient medical records from a remote predefined hospital.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein permitting a remote access to one of the first, second, and third portions further includes authenticating an access request from the registered patient via a communications network in accordance with the authentication information.

19. A network for transferring medical information, comprising:

a portable medical device having patient verification information and capable of issuing a request for a medical related information via a communications network; and

a medical records registration (“

MRR”

) system logically coupled to the portable medical device via the communications network, and configured to perform;

authenticating the request in response to a set of predefined verifications;

obtaining the medical related information after authentication; and

forwarding the medical related information in accordance with the request.

20. The network of claim 19, wherein the MRR system is further capable of instructing a remote medical server located at a medical institution to forward at least a portion of the medical related information in response to the request.