Encrypted portable electronic medical record system

• US 8,498,884 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2011
• Issued: 07/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Angelillo
• Original Assignee: United Healthcare Network, LLC
• Inventors: Maitland, Vic, Angelillo, Michael, Cramer, Ed, Miller, Kurt
• Primary Examiner(s): Cobanoglu, Dilek B
• Application Number:
  US13/052,682
• Publication Number:
  US 20120209624A1
• Time in Patent Office: 862 Days
• Field of Search: 705/3, 713/193
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

A portable, electronic and encrypted medical record device and management system that receives and stores a registrant'"'"'s or patient'"'"'s medical history in a secured database, records the medical history on a portable computer readable medical storage device, includes a multi-level encrypted security system to control access to the medical information on the storage device or in the system for authorizing modification or access to the medical information, allows authorized medical personnel to update recently acquired medical data, dictates the data that authorized medical entities or personnel have access to and includes a recognizable logo to alert medical personnel of the medical storage device.

Claims

1. An encrypted medical information system for storing and facilitating access to medical information of an individual, said system comprising:

a portable medical information storage device comprising a computer readable storage device having medical data for an individual;

a multilevel password system comprising a plurality of encryption codes for selectively controlling access to predetermined portions of said medical data, said encryption codes being stored on said portable medical device and comprising;

a personal patient password code that allows the personal patient to view its corresponding medical data without the ability to change said medical data anti to view and edit personal identification information;

a provider password code that allows a medical provider to modify and view predetermined portions of said patient medical data on said portable medical device; and

an emergency medical password code that limits access to predetermined medical data required to render life-saving or life-changing medical treatment;

an authentication means, on said portable medical information storage device, for authenticating said encryption codes wherein said portable medical information storage device does not require an external server for encrypting and decoding;

a set of computer processor readable code for communicating data to and from said storage device;

means, in communication with said set of computer processor readable code, for allowing and controlling access to said medical data based on said encryption codes; and

database for storing said medical data.

2. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said portable computer readable storage device comprises:

a USB device.

3. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a form stored on said portable medical device comprising medical data on a patient electronically stored in said system;

said form comprising electronically identified fields for storing and accessing predetermined data.

4. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

an authorization server comprising an authentication list having said encryption codes and only being accessible to create or modify said authentication list.

5. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a document handler.

6. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a document management system.

7. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a database.

8. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a portable medical device information viewer.

9. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a portable medical device test file reader and viewer.

10. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a portable medical device encrypted data update process.

11. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising an authentication and authorizer provider.

12. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising an emergency record reporting engine.

13. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising, a third party extract transformation and loading program.

14. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising an emergency logging provider.

15. A system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a data warehouse.