Patient directed system and method for managing medical information
First Claim
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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Abstract
A system and method is provided for the management of a patient'"'"'s medical records by a central data repository under the direction of the patient and enabled by an entity managing records on behalf of the patient. Medical records from a plurality of the patient'"'"'s healthcare providers, including past and present healthcare providers, are maintained in this central repository in a way that provides a centralized, comprehensive, and accessible medical history of the patient, as well as a comprehensive organizational structure across all records. An embodiment has the patient directed central repository as the hub in a hub-and-spoke arrangement, where each spoke goes to one of the patient'"'"'s healthcare providers, both past and present. The patient'"'"'s medical records are collected from all the patient'"'"'s healthcare providers, then classified, stored, and organized for use by the patient, healthcare providers, and any other authorized individuals. The records in the repository can be sorted and/or selected in several different ways and displayed to the patient or to his designated medical care providers, and to certain patient designated third parties.
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56 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for a patient accessing said patient'"'"'s medical records originating from a plurality of healthcare providers, wherein at least two healthcare providers of said plurality have different medical records systems, said method comprising:
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collecting from said plurality of healthcare providers at the request of the patient a plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents of said patient'"'"'s medical records, wherein said plurality of healthcare providers comprise a past and a present health care provider of said patient, wherein the patient identifies the plurality of healthcare providers to a service provider, and wherein said collecting is performed by the service provider, said collecting including the steps of (1) the service provider contacting said plurality of healthcare providers to request said plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents of said patient'"'"'s medical records and (2) the service provider receiving said plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents of said patient'"'"'s medical records from said plurality of healthcare providers; categorizing said plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents according to a categorization system, having more than two categories, wherein said categorizing includes categorizing each substantially unaltered copied document in the patient'"'"'s collected medical records; storing in a storage area of a central computer storage 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 storage area is under the control of said patient; and retrieving a document of said stored categorized plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents according to at least one of a plurality of selection criteria, said plurality of selection criteria based on said categorization system. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for a patient accessing said patient'"'"'s medical records originating from a plurality of healthcare providers, said method comprising:
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collecting from said plurality of healthcare providers at the request of the patient said patient'"'"'s medical records, wherein the patient identifies the plurality of healthcare providers to a service provider, and wherein said collecting is performed by the service provider, said collecting including the steps of (1) the service provider contacting said plurality of healthcare providers to request said patient'"'"'s medical records and (2) the service provider receiving said patient'"'"'s medical records from said plurality of healthcare providers; categorizing a plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents of said patient'"'"'s medical records according to a categorization system, wherein said categorizing includes categorizing each substantially unaltered copied document in the patient'"'"'s collected medical records; storing in a storage area of a central computer storage said categorized plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents, wherein said central computer storage comprises a database, and access to said categorized plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents in said storage area under the control of said patient; and displaying a document log of said categorized plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents to said patient. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for centrally managing a plurality of medical records of a patient distributed across a plurality of healthcare providers, said system comprising:
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a collection module for collecting from said plurality of healthcare providers at the request of the patient said plurality of medical records, wherein the patient identifies the plurality of healthcare providers to a service provider, wherein the service provider contacts said plurality of healthcare providers to request said plurality of medical records and receives said plurality of medical records from said plurality of healthcare providers, and wherein said collection module is other than the patient; a computerized categorization system for categorizing each substantially unaltered copied documents of said plurality of medical records, wherein said categorization system is the same for all healthcare providers of said plurality of healthcare providers; a patient directed central storage area wherein said central storage area comprises a database for electronically storing said categorized substantially unaltered copied documents of said plurality of medical records, wherein the patient controls the scope of access to the patient'"'"'s stored substantially unaltered copied documents; and a retrieval module for retrieving an ordered plurality of documents of said categorized substantially unaltered copied documents of said plurality of medical records, wherein said ordered plurality of documents is arranged using at least one of a plurality of criteria, said plurality of criteria based on said computerized categorization system. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of centrally managing medical records of a patient authored by a plurality of healthcare providers, said method comprising:
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collecting from said plurality of healthcare providers at the request of the patient a plurality of medical records, wherein said plurality of medical records comprise a plurality of paper based documents, and wherein said plurality of healthcare providers comprise a past and a current health care provider, wherein the patient identifies the plurality of healthcare providers to a service provider, and wherein said collecting is performed by the service provider; classifying each page of said plurality of paper based documents using classes of a classification system common across said plurality of healthcare providers; converting each page of said plurality of paper based documents to a substantially unaltered electronic image; storing each substantially unaltered electronic image in a computer storage readable medium wherein access to said computer storage readable medium is authorized by said patient; retrieving an organized subset of said substantially unaltered electronic images, using at least one of a plurality of criteria; and displaying an electronic image of said organized subset. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A system for centrally managing a plurality of medical records of a patient originating from a plurality of healthcare providers, said system comprising:
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a backend server for receiving said plurality of medical records, each medical record comprising a plurality of documents, from said plurality of healthcare providers, wherein each document of said plurality of medical records is categorized, wherein the patient identifies the plurality of healthcare providers to a service provider, and wherein said plurality of medical records are collected by the service provider in response to a request by the patient for the collecting, wherein the service provider contacts said plurality of healthcare providers to request said plurality of medical records and the service provider receives said plurality of medical records from said plurality of healthcare providers; a database connected to said backend server for storing said categorized documents, wherein access to said categorized documents is controlled by said patient; and a Web server connected to said backend server and to a client system, wherein said Web server processes a search request by said client system for retrieving a set of ordered documents of said categorized documents, said set arranged by using at least one of a plurality of criteria. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56)
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