MEDICAL RECORD CARD AND INTEGRATION OF HEALTH CARE

• US 20120296674A1
• Filed: 05/20/2011
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: ACKERSON, ROBERT SCOTT, CARTER, BRIAN ROBERT, PATTERSON, CLAY
• Application Number:
  US13/112,658
• Publication Number:
  US 20120296674A1
• 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

Abstract

Systems and methods for updating a user'"'"'s health record and integrating medical care are provided. A user identification card is associated with the user'"'"'s health record, and this user identification card may be employed by the user to transmit user identification information to an authenticated terminal. The identification information may be used by the authenticated terminal and a central data store to select a portion of the user health record for access by the authenticated terminal. A user health record connection may be established at one or more of a plurality of authenticated terminals. The user identification card may facilitate maintenance and updating of the user health record from the plurality of authenticated terminals. The user identification card provides seamless integration of the user'"'"'s health record with a plurality of facilities having authenticated terminals, such as hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, fitness centers, grocery stores, schools, etc.

Claims

1. Computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, perform a method of updating a user'"'"'s health record, the method comprising:

receiving identification information for a user from a user identification card at an authenticated terminal;

selecting a portion of a user health record for the user at a central data store using the identification information;

receiving the selected portion of the user health record for the user at the authenticated terminal; and

storing the selected portion of the user health record for the user at a database associated with the authenticated terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining whether a connection with the user health record for the user at the central data store is established for the authenticated terminal;

if the connection is not established for the authenticated terminal,

establishing the connection for the authenticated terminal with the user health record at the central data store.

3. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

providing one or more additions to the user health record at the authenticated terminal;

transmitting the one or more additions to the central data store; and

storing the one or more additions to the user health record at the central data store.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the authenticated terminal is associated with at least one of a hospital, clinic, fitness center, grocery store, restaurant, or pharmacy.

5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

receiving a personal identification number from the user.

6. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising displaying the selected portion of the user health record at the authenticated terminal.

7. A method for maintaining a user'"'"'s health record, the method comprising:

receiving identifying information from a user identification card at a first authenticated terminal;

selecting a portion of a user health record for the user at a central data store using the identification information;

receiving the selected portion of the user health record for the user at the first authenticated terminal; and

displaying the selected portion of the user health record for the user at the first authenticated terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, the method further comprising:

determining whether a user health record connection for the user has been established for the first authenticated terminal, wherein the user health record connection connects to the user health record at the central data store; and

if the user health record connection has not been established for the first authenticated terminal,

establishing the user health record connection for the first authenticated terminal.

9. The method of claim 7, the method further comprising:

providing one or more additions to the user health record at the first authenticated terminal;

transmitting the one or more additions to the central data store; and

storing the one or more additions at the central data store.

10. The method of claim 7, the method further comprising:

downloading the selected portion of the user health record to a database associated with the first authenticated terminal.

11. The method of claim 7, the method further comprising:

associating the user identification card with the user health record; and

activating the user identification card with the user.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein activating the user identification card by the user occurs at one of a second authenticated terminal or at a personal computing device.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the first authenticated terminal is associated with at least one of a hospital, a clinic, a pharmacy, a restaurant, a school, fitness center, and a grocery store.

14. A system for maintaining a user health record, the system comprising:

a user identification card associated with a user health record, wherein the user health record is stored on a central data store;

an authenticated terminal comprising at least one database and configured to receive identification information from the user identification card and transmit the identification information to the central data store and further configured to receive a selected portion of the user health record for the user from the central data store; and

the central data store configured to store the user health record and further configured to select a portion of the user health record for the user using the identification information.

15. The system of claim 14, the authenticated terminal further configured to provide one or more additions to the user health record and transmit the one or more additions to the central data store and the central data store further configured to store the one or more additions in association with the user health record.

16. The system of claim 15, the authenticated terminal further configured to receive approval from the user of the one or more additions to the user health record prior to transmission.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the authenticated terminal is associated with at least one of a hospital, a clinic, a pharmacy, a grocery store, a fitness center, or a restaurant.

18. The system of claim 14, the authenticated terminal further configured to receive a personal identification number from the user.

19. The system of claim 14, the user identification card comprising at least one of a magnetic strip and a bar code and the authenticated terminal comprising at least one of a magnetic strip reader and bar code reader.

20. The system of claim 14, the authenticated terminal further configured to determine if the authenticated terminal has a connection established with the user health record stored on the central data store.