Records access and management

• US 9,489,486 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2013
• Issued: 11/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eIngot LLC
• Original Assignee: eIngot LLC
• Inventors: Raduchel, William J.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TRAN N
• Application Number:
  US14/083,691
• Publication Number:
  US 20140081669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,085 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys

Abstract

An electronic device for aggregating electronic medical records, in which electronic medical records are aggregated from multiple electronic repositories and displayed as a single set of records. The multiple electronic repositories may store records for a particular patient using varying identifying/access information to facilitate anonymous access to the electronic medical records. Emergency medical services providers may be able to access medical records for a patient using the electronic device after being authenticated as a valid/licensed medical services provider.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for aggregating electronic medical records for a user, the method comprising:

accessing, by a wireless device, a hardware specific machine token that encodes data representing an identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device, the hardware specific machine token having been previously stored at the wireless device;

transmitting, from the wireless device to a first communication device, a first request for a first electronic medical record associated with the user and stored in electronic storage accessible by the first communication device, the first request including the hardware specific machine token;

transmitting, from the wireless device to a second communication device different than the first communication device, a second request for a second electronic medical record associated with the user and stored in electronic storage accessible by the second communication device, the second request including the hardware specific machine token;

receiving, at the wireless device from the first communication device, the first electronic medical record in response to the first communication device receiving the first request and authenticating the first request based on the hardware specific machine token, wherein the first communication device authenticating the first request based on the hardware specific machine token comprises;

extracting, by the first communication device and from the first request, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device that is encoded in the hardware specific machine token,

comparing, by the first communication device, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the first request with corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device, and

authenticating, by the first communication device, the first request based on the comparison of the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the first request with the corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device;

receiving, at the wireless device from the second communication device, the second electronic medical record in response to the second communication device receiving the second request and authenticating the second request based on the hardware specific machine token, wherein the second communication device authenticating the second request based on the hardware specific machine token comprises;

extracting, by the second communication device and from the second request, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device that is encoded in the hardware specific machine token,

comparing, by the second communication device, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the second request with corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device, and

authenticating, by the second communication device, the second request based on the comparison of the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the second request with the corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device;

based on the first request and the second request being authenticated, establishing a secure, authenticated connection between the wireless device and a medical provider record system;

receiving, at the wireless device, a request for a medical record application of the wireless device to deliver the first and second electronic medical records to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection, wherein the medical provider record system stores electronic medical records that are stored across multiple medical record storage systems;

assembling, at the wireless device, the first and second electronic medical records in response to receiving the request to deliver the first and second electronic medical records using the secure, authenticated connection; and

transmitting the assembled first and second electronic medical records from the wireless device to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is associated with a user identity and the first and second electronic medical records are associated with a record identifier such that the user identity associated with the user is not identified by the record identifier associated with the first and second electronic medical records.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user identity associated with the user does not identify a name of the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical provider record system is associated with a pharmacy, and at least one of the first and second electronic medical records include prescription information, the medical provider record system transmitting the request for the medical record application of the wireless device to deliver the first and second electronic medical records to the medical provider record system upon the wireless device being disposed proximate to the pharmacy.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising enabling the delivery and printing of the prescription information included in the at least one of the first and second electronic medical records upon receipt of the request for the medical record application of the wireless device to deliver the first and second electronic medical records to the medical provider record system.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring the first communication device and the second communication device to deny the first request and the second request based on the first request and the second request each failing to include the hardware specific machine token.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling display of the assembled first and second electronic medical records at the medical provider record system.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device and the medical provider record system constitute separate devices, and further comprising enabling display of the assembled first and second electronic medical records at the wireless device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising accessing filter criteria associated with a service to be provided for the user, wherein the first request and the second request each include the filter criteria, and wherein the first and second electronic medical records meet the filter criteria.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the first and second electronic medical records are legitimate first and second electronic medical records based on authentication information associated with the first and second electronic medical records, wherein the authentication information associated with the first and second electronic medical records includes authentication information other than the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device that is encoded in the hardware specific machine token.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device and the medical provider record system are each at least one of a server and a personal computer.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the hardware specific machine token encodes data provided by a medical service provider associated with the medical provider record system, the data provided by the medical service provider associated with the medical provider record system being data that is required to receive the first and second electronic medical records at the wireless device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the secure, authenticated connection between the wireless device and the medical provider record system comprises establishing a secure, authenticated connection between the wireless device and the medical provider record system over the internet.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining at least one of a summary and a statistical analysis of the first and second electronic medical records; and

enabling display of the at least one of the summary and the statistical analysis of the first and second electronic medical records.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second electronic medical records constitutes a partial medical record, such that the assembled first and second electronic medical records is a complete medical record that includes at least a portion of the first and second electronic medical records.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the wireless device, (i) a request to add an electronic medical record, and (ii) information associated with the electronic medical record to be added; and

generating, by the wireless device and based on the request to add the electronic medical record, an electronic medical record that includes at least a portion of the information associated with the electronic medical record to be added.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a location of at least one of the first and second electronic medical records, wherein determining the location of at least one of the first and second electronic medical records comprises:

transmitting, from the wireless device, information that identifies the wireless device; and

receiving, at the wireless device, information validating the identity of the wireless device, based on the information that identifies the wireless device validating the wireless device as authorized to receive information relating to the location of the at least one of the first and second electronic medical records, wherein the information validating the identity of the wireless device includes address information relating to the location of the at least one of the first and second electronic medical records.

18. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining, based on an electronic communication between the wireless device and the medical provider record system or a recipient device associated with the medical provider record system, that the wireless device is proximate to the recipient device associated with the medical provider record system; and

transmitting the assembled first and second electronic medical records from the wireless device to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection based at least on determining that the wireless device is proximate to the recipient device associated with the medical provider record system.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the hardware specific machine token at the wireless device comprises:

determining, based on an electronic communication between the wireless device and the medical provider record system or a recipient device associated with the medical provider record system, that the wireless device is proximate to the recipient device associated with the medical provider record system;

receiving, at the wireless device and in response to determining that the wireless device is proximate to the recipient device associated with the medical provider record system, a hardware specific machine token; and

storing the hardware specific machine token at the wireless device.

20. An apparatus for aggregating electronic medical records for a user, the system comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

accessing, by a wireless device, a hardware specific machine token that encodes data representing an identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device, the hardware specific machine token having been previously stored at the wireless device;

transmitting, from the wireless device to a first communication device, a first request for a first electronic medical record associated with the user and stored in electronic storage accessible by the first communication device, the first request including the hardware specific machine token;

transmitting, from the wireless device to a second communication device different than the first communication device, a second request for a second electronic medical record associated with the user and stored in electronic storage accessible by the second communication device, the second request including the hardware specific machine token;

receiving, at the wireless device from the first communication device, the first electronic medical record in response to the first communication device receiving the first request and authenticating the first request based on the hardware specific machine token, wherein the first communication device authenticating the first request based on the hardware specific machine token comprises;

extracting, by the first communication device and from the first request, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device that is encoded in the hardware specific machine token,

comparing, by the first communication device, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the first request with corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device, and

authenticating, by the first communication device, the first request based on the comparison of the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the first request with the corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device;

receiving, at the wireless device from the second communication device, the second electronic medical record in response to the second communication device receiving the second request and authenticating the second request based on the hardware specific machine token, wherein the second communication device authenticating the second request based on the hardware specific machine token comprises;

extracting, by the second communication device and from the second request, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device that is encoded in the hardware specific machine token,

comparing, by the second communication device, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the second request with corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device, and

authenticating, by the second communication device, the second request based on the comparison of the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the second request with the corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device;

based on the first request and the second request being authenticated, establishing a secure, authenticated connection between the wireless device and a medical provider record system;

receiving, at the wireless device, a request for a medical record application of the wireless device to deliver the first and second electronic medical records to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection, wherein the medical provider record system stores electronic medical records that are stored across multiple medical record storage systems;

assembling, at the wireless device, the first and second electronic medical records in response to receiving the request to deliver the first and second electronic medical records using the secure, authenticated connection; and

transmitting the assembled first and second electronic medical records from the wireless device to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program for aggregating electronic medical records for a user, the computer program comprising instructions that, if executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

accessing, by a wireless device, a hardware specific machine token that encodes data representing an identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device, the hardware specific machine token having been previously stored at the wireless device;

transmitting, from the wireless device to a first communication device, a first request for a first electronic medical record associated with the user and stored in electronic storage accessible by the first communication device, the first request including the hardware specific machine token;

transmitting, from the wireless device to a second communication device different than the first communication device, a second request for a second electronic medical record associated with the user and stored in electronic storage accessible by the second communication device, the second request including the hardware specific machine token;

receiving, at the wireless device from the first communication device, the first electronic medical record in response to the first communication device receiving the first request and authenticating the first request based on the hardware specific machine token, wherein the first communication device authenticating the first request based on the hardware specific machine token comprises;

extracting, by the first communication device and from the first request, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device that is encoded in the hardware specific machine token,

comparing, by the first communication device, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the first request with corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device, and

authenticating, by the first communication device, the first request based on the comparison of the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the first request with the corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device;

receiving, at the wireless device from the second communication device, the second electronic medical record in response to the second communication device receiving the second request and authenticating the second request based on the hardware specific machine token wherein the second communication device authenticating the second request based on the hardware specific machine token comprises;

extracting, by the second communication device and from the second request, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device that is encoded in the hardware specific machine token,

comparing, by the second communication device, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the second request with corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device, and

authenticating, by the second communication device, the second request based on the comparison of the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the second request with the corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device;

based on the first request and the second request being authenticated, establishing a secure, authenticated connection between the wireless device and a medical provider record system;

receiving, at the wireless device, a request for a medical record application of the wireless device to deliver the first and second electronic medical records to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection, wherein the medical provider record system stores electronic medical records that are stored across multiple medical record storage systems;

assembling, at the wireless device, the first and second electronic medical records in response to receiving the request to deliver the first and second electronic medical records using the secure, authenticated connection; and

transmitting the assembled first and second electronic medical records from the wireless device to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the user is associated with a user identity and the first and second electronic medical records are associated with a record identifier such that the user identity associated with the user is not identified by the record identifier associated with the first and second electronic medical records.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the user identity associated with the user does not identify a name of the user.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the medical provider record system is associated with a pharmacy, and at least one of the first and second electronic medical records include prescription information, the medical provider record system transmitting the request for the medical record application of the wireless device to deliver the first and second electronic medical records to the medical provider record system upon the wireless device being disposed proximate to the pharmacy.

25. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, the operations further comprising enabling the delivery and printing of the prescription information included in the at least one of the first and second electronic medical records upon receipt of the request for the medical record application of the wireless device to deliver the first and second electronic medical records to the medical provider record system.

26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, the operations further comprising configuring the first communication device and the second communication device to deny the first request and the second request based on the first request and the second request each failing to include the hardware specific machine token.

27. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, the operations further comprising:

enabling display of the assembled first and second electronic medical records at the medical provider record system.

28. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the wireless device and the medical provider record system constitute separate devices, and further comprising enabling display of the assembled first and second electronic medical records at the wireless device.

29. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, the operations further comprising accessing filter criteria associated with a service to be provided for the user, wherein the first request and the second request each include the filter criteria, and wherein the first and second electronic medical records meet the filter criteria.

30. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, the operations further comprising:

determining that the first and second electronic medical records are legitimate first and second electronic medical records based on authentication information associated with the first and second electronic medical records, wherein the authentication information associated with the first and second electronic medical records includes authentication information other than the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device that is encoded in the hardware specific machine token.

31. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the wireless device and the medical provider record system are each at least one of a server and a personal computer.

32. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the hardware specific machine token encodes data provided by a medical service provider associated with the medical provider record system, the data provided by the medical service provider associated with the medical provider record system being data that is required to receive the first and second electronic medical records at the wireless device.

33. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein establishing the secure, authenticated connection between the wireless device and the medical provider record system comprises establishing a secure, authenticated connection between the wireless device and the medical provider record system over the internet.

34. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, the operations further comprising:

determining at least one of a summary and a statistical analysis of the first and second electronic medical records; and

enabling display of the at least one of the summary and the statistical analysis of the first and second electronic medical records.

35. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein each of the first and second electronic medical records constitutes a partial medical record, such that the assembled first and second electronic medical records is a complete medical record that includes at least a portion of the first and second electronic medical records.

36. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, the operations further comprising:

receiving, at the wireless device, (i) a request to add an electronic medical record, and (ii) information associated with the electronic medical record to be added; and

generating, by the wireless device and based on the request to add the electronic medical record, an electronic medical record that includes at least a portion of the information associated with the electronic medical record to be added.