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Patient directed system and method for managing medical information

  • US 7,647,320 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2002
  • Issued: 01/12/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing a patient'"'"'s medical records authored by a plurality of healthcare providers, wherein at least two healthcare providers of said plurality have different medical records systems, said method comprising:

  • collecting a plurality of medical records from a plurality of healthcare providers identified by the patient, wherein said collecting is by a service provider in response to a request by the patient for said collecting of said plurality of medical records;

    making a substantially unaltered copy in electronic image format of each document in the patient'"'"'s collected medical records;

    categorizing a plurality of said substantially unaltered copied documents according to a categorization system, such that each said substantially unaltered copied document is identified by a unique document identifier;

    storing in a central storage area said categorized plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents, wherein said central storage area comprises a database, and wherein access to said categorized plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents in said central storage area must be authorized by said patient; and

    retrieving from said central storage area an ordered set of documents of said categorized plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents, using at least one of a plurality of predetermined criteria.

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