Systems and methods for constructing a local electronic medical record data store using a remote personal health record server
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1. A local electronic medical record system, said system comprising:
- a local personal health record (PHR) client, the PHR client to download encrypted patient documents from a remote PHR server and parse the downloaded encrypted patient documents to form a local PHR database, the local PHR client to provide local electronic medical record service using the remote PHR server and the local PHR database for access by a clinician, the local PHR database to include encrypted patient documents for a plurality of patients associated with the clinician; and
an interface to receive user input including an encryption key to decrypt the downloaded encrypted patient documents and display patient medical information to the user based on the downloaded decrypted patient documents,the PHR client to encrypt data from the local PHR database before uploading the data to the remote PHR server, wherein the remote PHR server cannot decrypt the encrypted patient documents and is to receive only encrypted data,the local PHR client to facilitate both secure patient access to the remote PHR server for the patient'"'"'s PHR information and secure clinician access to the remote PHR server for the patient'"'"'s electronic medical record information, wherein the patient'"'"'s PHR information is to be controlled by the patient and made accessible to the clinician with the patient'"'"'s electronic medical record information via the remote PHR server.
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Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for managing medical information. Certain embodiments provide a local electronic medical record system including a local personal health record (PHR) client, the PHR client downloading encrypted patient documents from a remote PHR server and parsing the downloaded encrypted patient documents to form a local PHR database. The example system also includes an interface receiving user input including an encryption key to decrypt the downloaded encrypted patient documents and displaying patient medical information to the user based on the downloaded decrypted patient documents.
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1. A local electronic medical record system, said system comprising:
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a local personal health record (PHR) client, the PHR client to download encrypted patient documents from a remote PHR server and parse the downloaded encrypted patient documents to form a local PHR database, the local PHR client to provide local electronic medical record service using the remote PHR server and the local PHR database for access by a clinician, the local PHR database to include encrypted patient documents for a plurality of patients associated with the clinician; and an interface to receive user input including an encryption key to decrypt the downloaded encrypted patient documents and display patient medical information to the user based on the downloaded decrypted patient documents, the PHR client to encrypt data from the local PHR database before uploading the data to the remote PHR server, wherein the remote PHR server cannot decrypt the encrypted patient documents and is to receive only encrypted data, the local PHR client to facilitate both secure patient access to the remote PHR server for the patient'"'"'s PHR information and secure clinician access to the remote PHR server for the patient'"'"'s electronic medical record information, wherein the patient'"'"'s PHR information is to be controlled by the patient and made accessible to the clinician with the patient'"'"'s electronic medical record information via the remote PHR server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented method for providing a local electronic medical record system, said method comprising:
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downloading encrypted patient documents from a remote personal health record (PHR) server to a local PHR client; parsing the downloaded encrypted patient documents to form a local PHR database; providing local electronic medical record service using the remote PHR server and the local PHR database via the local PHR client for access by a clinician, the local PHR database to include encrypted patient documents for a plurality of patients associated with the clinician; decrypting the downloaded encrypted patient documents using an encryption key at the local PHR client; displaying patient medical information to a user via the local PHR client based on the downloaded decrypted patient documents; encrypting data from the local PHR database via the PHR client and uploading the data to the remote PHR server, wherein the remote PHR server cannot decrypt the encrypted patient documents and is to receive only encrypted data; and facilitating both secure patient access to the remote PHR server for the patient'"'"'s PHR information and secure clinician access to the remote PHR server for the patient'"'"'s electronic medical record information via the PHR client, wherein the patient'"'"'s PHR information is to be controlled by the patient and made accessible to the clinician with the patient'"'"'s electronic medical record information via the remote PHR server. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable medium including a set of instructions which, when executed on a computer, implement a local electronic medical record system, the set of instructions comprising:
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a local personal health record (PHR) client, the PHR client to download encrypted patient documents from a remote PHR server and parse the downloaded encrypted patient documents to form a local PHR database, the local PHR client to provide local electronic medical record service using the remote PHR server and the local PHR database for access by a clinician, the local PHR database to include encrypted patient documents for a plurality of patients associated with the clinician; and an interface receiving user input including an encryption key to decrypt the downloaded encrypted patient documents and displaying patient medical information to the user based on the downloaded decrypted patient documents, the PHR client to encrypt data from the local PHR database before uploading the data to the remote PHR server, wherein the remote PHR server cannot decrypt the encrypted patient documents and is to receive only encrypted data, the local PHR client to facilitate both secure patient access to the remote PHR server for the patient'"'"'s PHR information and secure clinician access to the remote PHR server for the patient'"'"'s electronic medical record information, wherein the patient'"'"'s PHR information is to be controlled by the patient and made accessible to the clinician with the patient'"'"'s electronic medical record information via the remote PHR server.
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