Healthcare Record System And Method For Providing Improved Portable Data

• US 20100257189A1
• Filed: 04/02/2010
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Epic Systems Corporation
• Original Assignee: Epic Systems Corporation
• Inventors: Weisberger, Brian M., Campbell, Janet L., Gage, Dustin L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,843,505 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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 health-data-portal aggregator executing a stored program to accept medical information entered by the patient for storage on the electronic computer, upload electronic clinical records generated by a healthcare institution in electronic format viewable in a browser interpreting HTML, and generate a downloaded index file in a format viewable in a browser interpreting HTML, the index file including patient medical data selected from at least one of: (1) the medical information from the patient and (2) the clinical records of the patient and accessible by at least one HTML link.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented health-data-portal aggregator comprising:

at least one electronic computer implementing a personal health record website connected to a computer network accessible by a patient using a standard browser, the electronic computer implementing a database for storage of medical records and executing a stored program to;

(a) receive medical information from the patient for storage in the database;

(b) receive clinical medical records of the patient from an electronic medical record system associated with at least one healthcare institution for storage in the database;

(c) display to the patient over the computer network data from at least one of the medical information from the patient and the clinical records of the patient in one or more personal health record web pages including graphical elements and links to features of a personal health record website; and

(d) generate a downloaded index file in a format viewable in a browser interpreting HTML, the index file including patient medical data accessible by at least one HTML link and selected from at least one of;

(1) the medical information from the patient and (2) the clinical records of the patient,

wherein the downloaded index file is augmented with at least one of;

(i) an HTML element displaying information generated based on the HTML link and derived from the content of the downloaded medical data file referenced by the HTML link;

(ii) a graphical element of at least one of the personal health record web pages;

(iii) a link to at least one element in the personal health record website;

(iv) a stylesheet configured to modify a display of the patient medical data accessible by at least one HTML link to have the same look and feel as the personal health record web page.

2. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 1, wherein the index file includes a link to the personal health record web page, the link including information directing the aggregator to forward to the personal health record web page a patient identification for the personal health record web page used for authenticated access to the personal health record web page when combined with the password.

3. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 1, wherein the index file includes a link to the personal health record web page directing the aggregator to forward to the personal health record web page data associated with the downloaded medical data file necessary to establish whether a more current medical data file is present at the database for storage of medical records associated with the personal health record web page.

4. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 1, wherein the downloaded patient medical data further includes a generic HTML stylesheet for a medical data file uploaded without an HTML stylesheet.

5. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 1, wherein the electronic computer accepts input from the patient to reformat the downloaded medical data files for password protection.

6. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 5, wherein reformatting the downloaded medical data files for password protection may be performed for less than all of the downloaded medical data files.

7. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 1, wherein the electronic computer is further configured to execute the stored program to compare the downloaded index file and associated files to the files stored in the database for validation.

8. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 7, wherein the comparison is performed based on an indication that the files are being uploaded to a second database for storage of medical records.

9. A health-data-portal aggregator comprising:

at least one electronic computer electronically implementing a personal health record website connected to a computer network accessible by a patient using a standard browser, the electronic computer implementing a database for storage of medical records and executing a stored program to;

(a) accept medical information entered by the patient for storage on the electronic computer and display to the patient over the computer network as one or more personal health record web pages including graphical elements and links to features of the personal health record web page;

(b) upload electronic clinical records generated by a healthcare institution in electronic format viewable in a browser interpreting HTML;

(c) review the uploaded files to provide at least one caution to the patient with respect to the propriety of uploading the files based on the content of the files, wherein the caution is selected from the group consisting of;

medical records for a patient with a different name than the patient of the personal health record website, corrupted medical records, duplicate medical records, and a display of the institution; and

(d) generate a downloaded index file in a format viewable in a browser interpreting HTML, the index file including patient medical data selected from at least one of;

(1) the medical information from the patient and (2) the clinical records of the patient and accessible by at least one HTML link.

10. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 9, wherein the index file includes a link to the personal health record web page, the link including information directing the aggregator to forward to the personal health record web page a patient identification for the personal health record web page used for authenticated access to the personal health record web page when combined with the password.

11. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 9, wherein the index file includes a link to the personal health record web page directing the aggregator to forward to the personal health record web page data associated with the downloaded medical data file necessary to establish whether a more current medical data file is present at the database for storage of medical records associated with the personal health record web page.

12. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 9, wherein the downloaded patient medical data further includes a generic HTML stylesheet for a medical data file uploaded without an HTML stylesheet.

13. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 9, wherein the electronic computer accepts input from the patient to reformat the downloaded medical data files for password protection.

14. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 13, wherein reformatting the downloaded medical data files for password protection may be performed for less than all of the downloaded medical data files.

15. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 9, wherein the electronic computer is further configured to execute the stored program to compare the downloaded index file and associated files to the files stored in the database for validation.

16. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 15, wherein the comparison is performed based on an indication that the files are being uploaded to a second database for storage of medical records.

17. A computer-implemented method for generating a portable medical record, comprising:

(a) receiving medical information from a patient for storage in a medical record database;

(b) receiving clinical medical records of the patient from an electronic medical record system associated with at least one healthcare institution for storage in the medical record database;

(c) displaying to the patient data, from at least one of the medical information from the patient and the clinical records of the patient, in one or more personal health record web pages including graphical elements and links to features of a personal health record website; and

(d) generating a downloaded index file in a format viewable in a browser interpreting HTML, the index file including patient medical data selected from at least one of;

(1) the medical information from the patient and (2) the clinical records of the patient and accessible by at least one HTML link,

wherein the downloaded index file is augmented with at least one of;

(i) an HTML element displaying information generated based on the HTML link and derived from the content of the downloaded medical data file referenced by the HTML link;

(ii) a graphical element of at least one of the personal health record web pages;

(iii) a link to at least one element in the personal health record website;

(iv) a stylesheet configured to modify a display of the patient medical data accessible by at least one HTML link to be have the same look and feel as the personal health record web page.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the index file includes a link to the personal health record web page, the link including information directing the aggregator to forward to the personal health record web page a patient identification for the personal health record web page used for authenticated access to the personal health record web page when combined with the password.

19. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 17, wherein the index file includes a link to the personal health record web page directing the aggregator to forward to the personal health record web page data associated with the downloaded medical data file necessary to establish whether a more current medical data file is present at the database for storage of medical records associated with the personal health record web page.

20. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 17, wherein the downloaded patient medical data further includes a generic HTML stylesheet for a medical data file uploaded without an HTML stylesheet.

21. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 17, wherein the electronic computer accepts input from the patient to reformat the downloaded medical data files for password protection.

22. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 21, wherein reformatting the downloaded medical data files for password protection may be performed for less than all of the downloaded medical data files.

23. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 17, wherein the electronic computer is further configured to execute the stored program to compare the downloaded index file and associated files to the files stored in the database for validation.

24. The health-data-portal aggregator of claim 23, wherein the comparison is performed based on an indication that the files are being uploaded to a second database for storage of medical records.