Electronic health record transaction monitoring
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1. A computer-implemented method of providing individuals with notifications pertaining to use of health records, comprising:
- providing a network-accessible storage repository configured to store a plurality of electronic health records regarding a plurality of individuals;
receiving, over a data communications network, a plurality of requests to access selective electronic health records, wherein each request specifies a selected individual of the plurality of individuals whose records are to be accessed, and wherein each request includes a requestor identifier that identifies the entity initiating the request;
for each individual whose respective records are accessed, generating a report by use of one or more computing processors, wherein the generated report includes a listing of each request to access records associated with the individual and the respective requestor identifier for each request; and
providing the reports to the respective individuals.
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Abstract
Method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing individuals with notifications pertaining to use of health records. In one embodiment, a network-accessible storage repository is configured to store a plurality of electronic health records regarding a plurality of individuals. Requests to access selective records of the plurality of individuals are received over a data communications network. For each individual whose respective records are accessed, a report is generated describing the access. The reports may then be provided to the respective individuals.
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1. A computer-implemented method of providing individuals with notifications pertaining to use of health records, comprising:
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providing a network-accessible storage repository configured to store a plurality of electronic health records regarding a plurality of individuals; receiving, over a data communications network, a plurality of requests to access selective electronic health records, wherein each request specifies a selected individual of the plurality of individuals whose records are to be accessed, and wherein each request includes a requestor identifier that identifies the entity initiating the request; for each individual whose respective records are accessed, generating a report by use of one or more computing processors, wherein the generated report includes a listing of each request to access records associated with the individual and the respective requestor identifier for each request; and providing the reports to the respective individuals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including a program, which when executed on a processor performs a method for providing individuals with notifications pertaining to use of heath records, comprising:
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generating a report describing accesses to health records of respective individuals of a plurality of individuals whose respective health records are accessed in a network-accessible storage repository configured to store a plurality of electronic health records for the plurality of individuals;
wherein the network-accessible storage repository is configured to allow research organizations access to the health records and wherein each of the accesses described in the report are related to a one or more research projects, wherein, for each access described in the report, the report also includes a requestor identifier that identifies the research organization that initiated the access and specifies which of the one or more research projects are related to the access; andproviding the reports to the respective individuals, whereby each report is specific to the health records of the respective individual being provided the report. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for providing notifications of patient-controlled access to electronic health records, comprising:
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a network-accessible storage repository configured to store a plurality of electronic health records regarding a plurality of patients; a plurality of electronic health records accounts (HMR accounts) provided to the plurality of patients, wherein each HMR account identifies which electronic health records are associated with a particular patient; a computer with a memory containing a program configured to receive, over a data communications network, requests to access selective records contained in the plurality of HMR accounts; a report generator configured to; generate a report describing each access for each individual whose respective records are accessed; and provide the reports to the respective individuals, whereby each report is specific to the health records of the respective individual being provided the report, wherein each of the accesses described in the report includes an identification of a specific research project for which the accessed health records are to be used, and wherein each of the accesses described in the report includes a requestor identifier that identifies an entity that initiated the request. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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