Information record management system

• US 8,428,970 B1
• Filed: 07/13/2011
• Issued: 04/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey Fiferlick
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey Fiferlick
• Inventors: Fiferlick, Jeffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): Najarian, Lena
• Assistant Examiner(s): PASS, NATALIE
• Application Number:
  US13/181,775
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 4, 705/26.5, 705/67, 235/380, 235/382, 235/492, 709/217, 709/228, 713/201, 713/202, 713/186
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0185 Product, service or business identity fraud
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A information record management system for providing record owner controlled access to medical records by authorized users and owners through secure communications channels. The information record management system includes a database having a plurality of user records from a plurality of record owners, an authentication channel to limit access to authorized users utilizing multiple authentication techniques including physical and biometric aspects, and providing streaming video representations of each user record for added security.

Claims

1. An information record management system comprising:

a records database operationally running on at least one database server computer, said database containing a plurality of user records, each user record have a plurality of data items;

a database communications server computer, said database communications server computer being in operational communication with said database server computer;

at least one institutional communications server computer, said at least one institutional server being registered and authenticated for communications with said database communications server computer;

a network communications channel, said network communications channel providing selective communication between said database communication server computer and said at least one institutional communications server computer;

at least one user terminal, said user terminal being in selective communication with said institutional communications server computer;

a user validation database, said user validation database being accessible by said institutional communication server computer, said user validation database having a plurality of user validation records, each user validation record comprising a user photo, and associated facial recognition map of said user photo, and a numerical identifier corresponding to a radio frequency identification device;

a plurality of radio frequency identification devices, each one of said plurality of radio frequency identification devices being associated with a specific user;

a camera operationally coupled to said at least one user terminal, said camera capturing a facial image of a user approaching said at least one user terminal;

a radio frequency identification interrogator operationally coupled to said at least one user terminal, said radio frequency identification interrogator interrogating at least one of said radio frequency identification devices operationally coupled to a user approaching said at least one user terminal;

wherein said at least one user terminal routes a paired facial image of an approaching user and a numerical identifier corresponding to a radio frequency identification device operationally coupled to an approaching user to said user validation database, if the paired facial image and numerical identifier match recorded values associated in said user validation database the associated user is automatically logged into the at least one institutional communications server computer for access to said database communications server computer;

wherein said at least one user terminal automatically logs off a user if said radio frequency identification device associated with the user moves out of range of said radio frequency identification interrogator;

wherein said database communications server computer provides user records from said database when requested through said at least one user terminal formatted as streaming video regardless of the format of a data item;

at least one record owner terminal, associated with a record owner;

a second network communications channel, said second communications channel being a public channel;

an owner validation database operationally coupled to said database communications server computer, said owner validation database having a plurality of owner validation records, each owner validation record including multi-facet authentication criteria for each record owner;

wherein a record owner may access at least one user record associated with the record owner upon authentication of the record owner, said database communications server computer providing said at least one user record in the original format of the data item or as streaming video without regard to the original format of the data item;

wherein the record owner may update, correct, or release at least a subset of the plurality of data items associated with the record owner;

a translation engine, said translation engine being in operational communication with said records database, said translation engine accessing at least one data item and generating a narrative based upon said data item, said data item being maintained, said narrative being operationally tagged to said data item.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said database is replicated on a plurality of geographically diverse database communication servers, each one of said database communication servers being able to operationally communicate with any of the at least one institutional communication server computer.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said multi-facet authentication criteria includes at least two criteria selected from the group of criteria consisting of finger print, retinal scan, voice print, venous-arterial scan, facial recognition, DNA, MAC ID, Domain address, email address, telephone number, password, and authentication certificate.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising:

at least one insurer database server, said at least one insurer database server being operationally coupled to an insurer authorization database, said insurer authorization database facilitating pre-authorization of medical procedures based upon predetermined criteria;

a first insurer network communications channel, said first insurer communications channel providing communication between said at least one institutional communications server computer and said insurer database server;

a second insurer network communications channel, said second insurer communications channel providing communication between said database communication server and said insurer database server; and

wherein a user is logged onto said at least one user terminal and is authenticated, the user then attempts to log into the insurer database server, said user being logged onto the insurer database server after said insurer database server receives authentication from said database communication server.

5. An information record management system comprising:

a records database operationally running on at least one database server computer, said database containing a plurality of user records, each user record have a plurality of data items;

a database communications server computer, said database communications server computer being in operational communication with said database server computer;

at least one institutional communications server computer, said at least one institutional server being registered and authenticated for communications with said database communications server computer;

a network communications channel, said network communications channel providing selective communication between said database communication server computer and said at least one institutional communications server computer;

at least one user terminal, said user terminal being in selective communication with said institutional communications server computer;

a user validation database, said user validation database being accessible by said institutional communication server computer, said user validation database having a plurality of user validation records, each user validation record comprising a user photo, and associated facial recognition map of said user photo, and a numerical identifier corresponding to a radio frequency identification device;

a plurality of radio frequency identification devices, each one of said plurality of radio frequency identification devices being associated with a specific user;

a camera operationally coupled to said at least one user terminal, said camera capturing a facial image of a user approaching said at least one user terminal;

a radio frequency identification interrogator operationally coupled to said at least one user terminal, said radio frequency identification interrogator interrogating at least one of said radio frequency identification devices operationally coupled to a user approaching said at least one user terminal;

wherein said at least one user terminal routes a paired facial image of an approaching user and a numerical identifier corresponding to a radio frequency identification device operationally coupled to an approaching user to said user validation database, if the paired facial image and numerical identifier match recorded values associated in said user validation database the associated user is automatically logged into the at least one institutional communications server computer for access to said database communications server computer;

wherein said at least one user terminal automatically logs off a user if said radio frequency identification device associated with the user moves out of range of said radio frequency identification interrogator;

wherein said database communications server computer provides user records from said database when requested through said at least one user terminal formatted as streaming video regardless of the format of a data item;

at least one insurer database server, said at least one insurer database server being operationally coupled to an insurer authorization database, said insurer authorization database facilitating pre-authorization of medical procedures based upon predetermined criteria;

a first insurer communications channel, said first insurer network communications channel providing communication between said at least one institutional communications server computer and said insurer database server;

a second insurer network communications channel, said second insurer communications channel providing communication between said database communication server and said insurer database server;

wherein a user is logged onto said at least one user terminal and is authenticated, the user then attempts to log into the insurer database server, said user being logged onto the insurer database server after said insurer database server receives authentication from said database communication server,

at least one record owner terminal, associated with a record owner;

a second network communications channel, said second communications channel being a public channel;

an owner validation database operationally coupled to said database communications server computer, said owner validation database having a plurality of owner validation records, each owner validation record including multi-facet authentication criteria for each record owner;

wherein a record owner may access at least one user record associated with the record owner upon authentication of the record owner, said database communications server computer providing said at least one user record in the original format of a data item or as streaming video without regard to the original format of the data item;

wherein the record owner may update, correct, or release at least a subset of the plurality of data items associated with the record owner;

a translation engine, said translation engine being in operational communication with said records database, said translation engine accessing at least one data item and generating an English narrative based upon said data item, said data item being maintained, said English narrative being operationally tagged to said data item; and

wherein the record owner is authenticated by said insurer database server through the use of an encoded identification card and owner biometric information matched to data stored on said insurer database server prior to pre-authorization of medical procedures based upon predetermined criteria, said biometric information selected from the group of biometric information types consisting of finger print, retinal scan, voice print, venous-arterial scan, and facial recognition.

6. An information record management system comprising:

a records database operationally running on at least one database server computer, said database containing a plurality of user records, each user record have a plurality of data items;

a database communications server computer, said database communications server computer being in operational communication with said database server computer;

at least one institutional communications server computer, said at least one institutional server being registered and authenticated for communications with said database communications server computer;

a network communications channel, said network communications channel providing selective communication between said database communication server computer and said at least one institutional communications server computer;

at least one user terminal, said user terminal being in selective communication with said institutional communications server computer;

a user validation database, said user validation database being accessible by said institutional communication server computer, said user validation database having a plurality of user validation records, each user validation record comprising a user photo, and associated facial recognition map of said user photo, and a numerical identifier corresponding to a radio frequency identification device;

a plurality of radio frequency identification devices, each one of said plurality of radio frequency identification devices being associated with a specific user;

a camera operationally coupled to said at least one user terminal, said camera capturing a facial image of a user approaching said at least one user terminal;

a radio frequency identification interrogator operationally coupled to said at least one user terminal, said radio frequency identification interrogator interrogating at least one of said radio frequency identification devices operationally coupled to a user approaching said at least one user terminal;

wherein said at least one user terminal routes a paired facial image of an approaching user and a numerical identifier corresponding to a radio frequency identification device operationally coupled to an approaching user to said user validation database, if the paired facial image and numerical identifier match recorded values associated in said user validation database the associated user is automatically logged into the at least one institutional communications server computer for access to said database communications server computer;

wherein said at least one user terminal automatically logs off a user if said radio frequency identification device associated with the user moves out of range of said radio frequency identification interrogator;

wherein said database communications server computer provides user records from said database when requested through said at least one user terminal formatted as streaming video regardless of the format of a data item;

at least one insurer database server, said at least one insurer database server being operationally coupled to an insurer authorization database, said insurer authorization database facilitating pre-authorization of medical procedures based upon predetermined criteria;

a first insurer network communications channel, said first insurer communications channel providing communication between said at least one institutional communications server computer and said insurer database server;

a second insurer network communications channel, said second insurer communications channel providing communication between said database communication server and said insurer database server;

wherein a user is logged onto said at least one user terminal and is authenticated, the user then attempts to log into the insurer database server, said user being logged onto the insurer database server after said insurer database server receives authentication from said database communication server computer,

at least one record owner terminal, associated with a record owner;

a second network communications channel, said second communications channel being a public channel;

an owner validation database operationally coupled to said database communications server computer, said owner validation database having a plurality of owner validation records, each owner validation record including multi-facet authentication criteria for each record owner;

wherein a record owner may access at least one user record associated with the record owner upon authentication of the record owner, said database communications server computer providing said at least one user record in the original format of the data item or as streaming video without regard to the original format of the data item

wherein the record owner may update, correct, or release at least a subset of the plurality of data items associated with the record owner;

a translation database, said translation database having a plurality of code reference records, each one of said code reference records having an associated medical code, each one of said code reference records having at least one associated English narrative;

a translation engine, said translation engine being in operational communication with said records database, said translation engine systematically accessing said plurality of data items, said translation engine being in operational communication with said translation database, said translation engine creating associated English narratives for any data item with a corresponding associated medical code;

an information record format translation engine, said information record format translation engine converting a data item to a streaming video format upon request from an authorized user;

a wireless user terminal;

a third network communications channel, said third communications channel having a wireless component;

said third communications channel providing selective communication between said institutional communications server computer and said wireless user terminal; and

wherein the record owner is authenticated by said insurer database server through the use of an encoded identification card and owner biometric information matched to data stored on said insurer database server prior to pre-authorization of medical procedures based upon predetermined criteria, said biometric information selected from the group of biometric information types consisting of finger print, retinal scan, voice print, venous-arterial scan, and facial recognition.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said wireless user terminal is a communications terminal for first responders.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein said wireless user terminal is a communications terminal for emergency room use.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein said wireless user terminal is a communications terminal for admissions use.