System and method for electronically managing medical data files
First Claim
1. A secure medical record system for storing distributed medical information, the medical record system comprising:
- a medical records database, residing on a repository computing device, having stored therein a plurality of records associated with respective patients, including a particular record associated with a particular patient;
a plurality of data files, each data file describing a medical care service dispensed to a corresponding patient, the plurality of data files being stored in at least one additional database which are distinct from the medical records database;
the medical records database and the at least one additional database storing medical information about the patients without storing nominative information of the patients;
a nominative information data storage medium storing nominative information for the particular patient;
an identifier structure including data components stored in the medical records database and in the data storage medium, respectively, linking the nominative information for the particular patient, the particular record associated with the particular patient, and at least one data file describing medical care services dispensed to the particular patient.
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Abstract
A network server arrangement including a processor with a machine readable storage encoded with software for execution by the processor. The network server arrangement is responsive to requests to access a medical record of an individual and generates summary medical record data including summary information having a plurality of data elements associated with the individual, at least one of the data elements conveying medical information about the individual, and a pointers component including at least one pointer pointing to a network location containing importable medical information in connection with the individual that is not contained in the summary information component. The pointer includes a machine readable address part for processing by the client, allowing the client to import the medical information from the network location, and a label part for displaying to a user the nature of the medical information residing at the network location.
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40 Claims
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1. A secure medical record system for storing distributed medical information, the medical record system comprising:
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a medical records database, residing on a repository computing device, having stored therein a plurality of records associated with respective patients, including a particular record associated with a particular patient; a plurality of data files, each data file describing a medical care service dispensed to a corresponding patient, the plurality of data files being stored in at least one additional database which are distinct from the medical records database; the medical records database and the at least one additional database storing medical information about the patients without storing nominative information of the patients; a nominative information data storage medium storing nominative information for the particular patient; an identifier structure including data components stored in the medical records database and in the data storage medium, respectively, linking the nominative information for the particular patient, the particular record associated with the particular patient, and at least one data file describing medical care services dispensed to the particular patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for storing medical information in a data network, comprising:
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providing a medical records database;
residing on a repository computing device, having stored therein a plurality of records associated with respective patients, including a particular record associated with a particular patient;storing a plurality of data files in at least one additional database which are distinct from the medical records database, each data file describing a medical care service dispensed to a corresponding patient, the medical records database and the at least one additional database storing medical information about the patients without storing nominative information of the patients; storing in the data network nominative information for the particular patient such that the nominative information is segregated from the medical records database and the at least one additional database; storing in the data network an identifier structure including a data component stored in the medical records database and a data component associated with the nominative information, linking the nominative information for the particular patient, the particular record associated with the particular patient, and at least one data file describing medical care services dispensed to the particular patient. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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