Multiple accounts for health record bank
First Claim
1. A method for providing controlled access to electronic health records, comprising:
- configuring a network-accessible storage repository to store a plurality of electronic medical records for a plurality of individuals;
providing each of the plurality of individuals with an electronic health care records account (EHR account), wherein each EHR account is available to store, in the storage repository, a portion of the electronic health records associated with each of the respective individuals and wherein electronic records associated with at least one of the respective individuals are further associated with at least one sub-account, wherein the respective individual may specify which sub-accounts to associate with a particular electronic health record and wherein at least one sub-account is a restricted-control sub-account, and wherein the respective individual is prevented from limiting access to selected electronic health records associated with the restricted-control sub-account once the respective individual has authorized an entity to access the restricted-control sub-account;
in response to a request for access to a particular sub-account received over a data-communications medium, determining whether the respective individual has authorized the entity making the request to access to the particular sub-account; and
if so, granting access to the electronic records associated with the particular sub-account.
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Abstract
A health record databank configured to associate electronic health records with multiple-accounts is provided. A network-accessible storage repository is used to store a plurality of electronic medical records for a plurality of individuals. In turn, individuals are provided with an electronic health records account (EHR account), wherein the EHR account is available to store electronic health records associated with the individual, in the storage repository. The individual may authorize access to the electronic records in a given sub-accounts. Requests for access may include both requests to deposit records into the sub-account, and requests to retrieve and view the records in a given sub-account.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for providing controlled access to electronic health records, comprising:
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configuring a network-accessible storage repository to store a plurality of electronic medical records for a plurality of individuals; providing each of the plurality of individuals with an electronic health care records account (EHR account), wherein each EHR account is available to store, in the storage repository, a portion of the electronic health records associated with each of the respective individuals and wherein electronic records associated with at least one of the respective individuals are further associated with at least one sub-account, wherein the respective individual may specify which sub-accounts to associate with a particular electronic health record and wherein at least one sub-account is a restricted-control sub-account, and wherein the respective individual is prevented from limiting access to selected electronic health records associated with the restricted-control sub-account once the respective individual has authorized an entity to access the restricted-control sub-account; in response to a request for access to a particular sub-account received over a data-communications medium, determining whether the respective individual has authorized the entity making the request to access to the particular sub-account; and if so, granting access to the electronic records associated with the particular sub-account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable medium, containing a program, which when executed by a computer system performs operations for providing patient-controlled access to electronic health records, the operations comprising:
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configuring a network-accessible storage repository to store a plurality of electronic medical records for a plurality of individuals; providing each of the plurality of individuals with an electronic health care records accounts (EHR account), wherein each EHR account is available to store, in the storage repository, a portion of the electronic health records associated with each of the respective individuals and wherein electronic records associated with at least one of the respective individuals are further associated with at least one sub-account, wherein the respective individual may specify which sub-accounts to associate with a particular electronic health record and wherein at least one sub-account is a restricted-control sub-account, and wherein the respective individual is prevented from limiting access to selected electronic health records associated with the restricted-control sub-account once the respective individual has authorized an entity to access the restricted-control sub-account; in response to a request for access to a particular sub-account, received over a data-communications medium, determining whether the respective individual has authorized the entity making the request to access to the particular sub-account; and if so, granting access to the electronic records associated with the particular sub-account. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for providing controlled access to electronic health records, comprising:
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a network-accessible storage repository to store a plurality of electronic medical records for a plurality of individuals; a plurality of electronic health records accounts (EHR accounts), wherein each EHR account is available to store, in the storage repository, a portion of the electronic health records associated with each of the respective individuals and wherein electronic records associated with at least one of the respective individuals are further associated with at least one sub-account, wherein the respective individual may specify which sub-accounts to associate with a particular electronic health record and wherein at least one sub-account is a restricted-control sub-account, and wherein the respective individual is prevented from limiting access to selected electronic health records associated with the restricted-control sub-account once the respective individual has authorized an entity to access the restricted-control sub-account; and a computer with a memory containing a program configured to; receive a request to access electronic records associated with a particular sub-account, the request being received over a data-communications medium; in response to the request, to determine whether the respective individual, associated with the particular sub-account, has authorized the entity making the request to access to the particular sub-account; and if so, grant access to the electronic records associated with the particular sub-account. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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