Portable health care history information system
First Claim
1. An automated system for maintaining patient medical records for a plurality of participating patients wherein the patient medical records are maintained on a server and which are remotely accessible for reading and editing of respective patient medical records that are maintained on a server , and permitting entry of the patient medical information in a plurality of categories by the plurality of participating patient patients or by other authorized persons;
- , the automated system employing a wide area computer network that permits communication between computer devices and said server, each of said computer device devices being suitably programmed with a web browser and having a capability for automatic input of patient identifying data when a patient inserts a coded access means into the computer device, the coded access means identifying the client and pointing to an access portal of said server;
respective participating patient, said server including a suitably programmed computer;
, the automated system comprising;
a memory, at the server, for storing said patient medical records, and software providing software modules to each of said computer devices into which a respective one of said coded access means has been inserted, corresponding to a respective given patient, so that the respective computer device displays a patient log-in screen on a computer device, said provided log-in screen including;
means permitting the patientlog-in entries to enter a respective patient name and password that provides access to a series of patient-editable patient history screens, in which the patient can review and change entries of his or her patient medical records on-lineby a patient;
meansa software button to access an emergency data screen thatwherein the accessed emergency data screen displays items of patient health data only in limited ones of said plurality of categories for the respective patient sufficient to facilitate emergency care for that the patient;
said password being required for access to said patient-editable patient history screens;
wherein said software modules provideto a patient access computer a set of patient history screens containing a patient medical record of the respective patient, and providemeans for accessing, on the server, patient medical records of the patient, in response to the entered respective patient name and password, wherein the accessed patient medical records of the patient are displayed on a series of patient screens for reviewing and editing by the patient;
tomeans for providing at a physician access computer in response to a physican'"'"'s entry of a user name and password, a set of physician screens containing a physician medical record of the at least one patient;
and wherein said server also includes a two-way firewall program that allows both the patient and the physician to access the respective patient medical record for reading and editing, but allows only the physician and not the patient to access the physician medical record;
and wherein at least one screen of the set of physician screens containing the physician medical record of the patient includes at least one space for physician entry of notes entered by the physician,wherein the accessed physician medical record of the at least one patient by the physician includes entered physician entry of notes concerning , the entered physician entry of notes including symptoms, diagnosis, medication prescribed and/or medical procedures performed on the patient, and wherein said physician entry of notes do not appear on the patient history screens.
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Abstract
A portable heath care records system employs a server on which the health care records of participating patients are stored. The patients are issued cards that are inserted into the patient'"'"'s computer to access each patient'"'"'s records via the Internet for review and editing. The patient record is protected by patient ID and password. Treating physicians have access to each patient'"'"'s records for review and update. A firewall permits patients to review their own health records only, but permits the physician to review both the physician files and the patient files. An read-only emergency screen containing important medical data about the patient may be accessed without the patient'"'"'s password. Records of many patients and of many clinics are maintained on a common server, so that the patient record can be accessed globally.
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1. An automated system for maintaining patient medical records for a plurality of participating patients wherein the patient medical records are maintained on a server and which are remotely accessible for reading and editing of respective patient medical records that are maintained on a server , and permitting entry of the patient medical information in a plurality of categories by the plurality of participating patient patients or by other authorized persons;
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, the automated system employing a wide area computer network that permits communication between computer devices and said server, each of said computer device devices being suitably programmed with a web browser and having a capability for automatic input of patient identifying data when a patient inserts a coded access means into the computer device, the coded access means identifying the client and pointing to an access portal of said server;
respective participating patient, said server including a suitably programmed computer;
, the automated system comprising;a memory, at the server, for storing said patient medical records, and software providing software modules to each of said computer devices into which a respective one of said coded access means has been inserted, corresponding to a respective given patient, so that the respective computer device displays a patient log-in screen on a computer device, said provided log-in screen including; means permitting the patientlog-in entries to enter a respective patient name and password that provides access to a series of patient-editable patient history screens, in which the patient can review and change entries of his or her patient medical records on-lineby a patient;
meansa software button to access an emergency data screen thatwherein the accessed emergency data screen displays items of patient health data only in limited ones of said plurality of categories for the respective patient sufficient to facilitate emergency care for that the patient;
said password being required for access to said patient-editable patient history screens; wherein said software modules provide to a patient access computer a set of patient history screens containing a patient medical record of the respective patient, and provide means for accessing, on the server, patient medical records of the patient, in response to the entered respective patient name and password, wherein the accessed patient medical records of the patient are displayed on a series of patient screens for reviewing and editing by the patient; tomeans for providing at a physician access computer in response to a physican'"'"'s entry of a user name and password, a set of physician screens containing a physician medical record of the at least one patient;
andwherein said server also includes a two-way firewall program that allows both the patient and the physician to access the respective patient medical record for reading and editing, but allows only the physician and not the patient to access the physician medical record;
andwherein at least one screen of the set of physician screens containing the physician medical record of the patient includes at least one space for physician entry of notes entered by the physician, wherein the accessed physician medical record of the at least one patient by the physician includes entered physician entry of notes concerning , the entered physician entry of notes including symptoms, diagnosis, medication prescribed and/or medical procedures performed on the patient, and wherein said physician entry of notes do not appear on the patient history screens. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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, the automated system employing a wide area computer network that permits communication between computer devices and said server, each of said computer device devices being suitably programmed with a web browser and having a capability for automatic input of patient identifying data when a patient inserts a coded access means into the computer device, the coded access means identifying the client and pointing to an access portal of said server;
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